In this war against the Monkey Country, Zhu Cixiang also ordered the investment of the "Condor" multi-purpose helicopter developed by the Academy of Sciences and already in mass production.
This helicopter is an enlarged version of the Black Hawk armed helicopter and can carry a crew of six, including two pilots and four soldiers.
The Army has ordered 1,000 aircraft and reserves the right to purchase an additional 4,000 aircraft at a discounted price within three years.
The navy version is called "Sea Eagle" and is mainly used for beach landings and search and rescue of pilots and crew members who have fallen into the water.
In the early stages of the attack on Annan, all helicopters of this type were Army versions of the "Vulture".
Because it is much more difficult to fight deep into the country's hinterland than to land on the beach, the "Vulture" can also come in handy.
Unlike the Vietnam War, the air defense forces in the north and south of Annan are now very weak. To be precise, they are in name only.
On the one hand, the generals of the Zheng family did not pay attention to air defense and did not think that the Ming army's fighters would appear on their territory.
On the other hand, a certain emperor deliberately prevented both Annan and South Korea from obtaining a large number of automatic weapons with air defense functions.
Most of the weapons flowing into the country either do not have the repeating function or are second-hand goods that are almost at the end of their useful life.
The surrounding countries such as Kimchi, Japan, and Siam are already Ming Dynasty's little partners, but Annan has always been uneasy.
Zhu Cihong was guarding against this guy, so he had been restricting arms exports to Annan...
This directly resulted in the country's anti-aircraft firepower being almost powerless to fight back when faced with the Ming army aircraft groups raging overhead.
When launching an assault in depth, a "Black Hawk" armed helicopter is responsible for clearing the way in front of the "Condor" utility helicopter.
Now the remaining defeated generals in Thang Long City saw strange aircraft appearing in the sky above their heads, which were Ming army helicopters.
The "Condor" utility helicopter responsible for besieging the defenders generally has only four crew members, two pilots and two machine gunners.
The cabin is equipped with a sliding door. When the door is closed, it can withstand gun bullets. When the machine gunner opens the door, he can shoot the city defenders with machine guns.
More than a dozen "Vultures" lined up in a column and flew along the outside of the city wall, ruthlessly clearing away the defenders on the top of Thang Long City.
If the opponent still dares to come out and stink, then sweep them again. Anyway, it is much easier to attack the city defenders than to search for the remnants of Annan's army in the surrounding rain forest.
Due to simultaneous attacks from above and from the river, especially the fierce fire from enemy ships on the river, many parts of the city wall were destroyed.
The defenders were really unable to withstand this level of attack. If they continued to fight, everyone would be killed or buried alive, so they figured it out.
In just six days, the Ming army captured Thang Long, the capital of Annan, and captured tens of thousands of defenders and more than 200,000 civilians. It was considered a victory.
Wanli, the commander-in-chief of the army who sent troops to Annan, was quite satisfied with this, but he also knew that this was only the first step to eliminate this country that was pushing its nose and its face.
Next, fighting deep into the inland areas will be much more difficult than it is now, and it will require close cooperation between the navy and air force.
Another good news is that Mu Tianbo has sent three brigades, totaling 15,000 people, to attack Annan from the northwest.
The Mu family in Yunnan is the only noble family in the country that can raise private soldiers. This was specially approved by Emperor Haojing.
As long as the scale does not exceed ten brigades with 50,000 people, it can be managed by Mu Tianbo himself and does not need to be reported at any time.
Because of the Mu family's reputation in Yunnan, especially its ability to intimidate the natives, Zhu Cixiang allowed them to act like this.
In Yunnan, except for tobacco tax and mineral tax, no other taxes are required to be paid to the court.
This is the capital left for Mu Tianbo to expand his army. It is completely sufficient if the scale is not too large.
Mu Tianbo was also very sensible and knew the emperor's intentions. In addition, it was too expensive to raise too many soldiers and horses.
Therefore, the size of the Mu family army has always been around 20,000, with another 40,000 reserve soldiers, which can be quickly assembled in wartime.
This time, the three main brigades under Mu Tianbo were the first to invade Annan, and three reserve brigades would follow them later.
Zhu Cixiang has informed Mu Tianbo that during wartime, the imperial court will bear the military salaries of these six brigades, and their treatment will be the same as that of the army. The food and grass will be raised by themselves, and the free ammunition and medicines can be transported to Yunnan by railway.
In addition, the Mu family army can get full cover from the air force. Zhu Cixiang also provided 500 brand-new tanks, as well as 1,000 machine guns and 5,000 submachine guns.
In short, it was to let Mu Tianbo have no worries and punish the Annan natives who dared to cause trouble to death.
Except for official items such as military symbols, seals, and letters, all the money seized by the troops can be used at their own discretion.
This move aroused the enthusiasm of the Mu family army. After all, it is not often good to make money in wars.
The navy dispatched three brigades and the army committed ten brigades. Adding Mu Tianbo's six brigades, the total reached nineteen brigades.
If these forces are deployed to the entire Annan region, it may not be enough, but if they are only used to capture the north, it will not be much different.
If the local climate was not too hot and humid, Zhu Cixiang would have invested ten brigades of prairie cavalry...
"Your Majesty, I have a plan that may be able to alleviate the current shortage of troops for the king's division!"
"Oh? I love you, but it doesn't matter!"
"I heard that Luzon also has indigenous armed forces loyal to the imperial court. Luzon has a similar climate to Annan, but I am worried about the combat effectiveness of the indigenous armed forces..."
Sun Chuanting's idea is not to mobilize reserves on a large scale in the local area
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In this case, the indigenous armed forces of Luzon were used to make up the number.
"Well! Aiqing, this strategy is feasible!"
Zhu Cixiang thought about it for a while and found it interesting. After all, if the natives of Luzon went to attack Annan, then there would be no acclimatization for Zhenzi.
Although its combat effectiveness is really unflattering, it can allow the Ming Dynasty King's soldiers to die less and the court to spend less on pensions.
"Then let's mobilize four brigades of 20,000 people to join the battle first! With fighter planes and tanks covering them, they won't be defeated by the Annan natives in broad daylight, right?"
The natives fight the natives, and the barbarians fight the barbarians. This trick of Lao Suntou is really wonderful!
When Zhu Cihong fought, he wanted to have both firepower and troop advantage.
When possible, it would be better to make the enemy tired and vomiting blood and unable to turn the tables!
In the future, the battle line was extended to the entire territory of Annan, and the Ming and Japanese armies were not enough. The Luzon native army could at least hold on in the city.
If the opponent has no heavy weapons, if they really can't survive, then all these losers should commit suicide and don't go back to Luzon...
Zhu Cihong also thought about it. If the Luzon natives were really useless, he would have to hope to continue to increase the number of Japanese troops, at least hiring another 100,000.
At the same time, the Air Force was ordered to implement "Operation Rolling Thunder"!
That is to say, a group of "Hercules" bombers were dispatched to carry out indiscriminate carpet bombing of the major cities in northern Annan!
Since Annan's air force and air defense capabilities were negligible, Zhu Cixiang decided to launch the first "thousand-plane bombing" against the country in history!
Of course, it is impossible to dispatch thousands of "Hercules" bombers. There will be some "Blackfoot Albatross" and "Albatross" fighters in the fleet that have nothing to do and can also attack the enemy.
At this time, the role of Cat Ba Island is reflected. Due to the huge area of the island, it is equivalent to a giant aircraft carrier docked on the northern coast of Annan.
The airport on the island has been repaired, with two main runways one kilometer long, two auxiliary runways 500 meters long, and four main and auxiliary runways under construction.
Not only was it necessary to build a runway for a field airport, but due to the island's size and special location, Zhu Cixiang decided to turn the island into a naval and air force base.
After all the infrastructure is built, there will be 100,000 troops stationed on the island, tens of thousands of fighter planes stationed, and it will be no problem to park an entire fleet at the port.
The "Hercules" bomber uses this as a base, and its combat radius can cover most areas in northern Annan.
At this time, Jiexuan had left the land with three marine brigades.
The Marines' first mission has been completed, and the next step is to go to another place.
This is the dividing line between Zheng's and Ruan's territories, where they can land on the beach and cut off the land connection between the two parties.
Zhu Cixiang also sent someone to fly directly from Yunnan to Bangkok to contact his good friend the King of Siam, hoping that the other party would strengthen the alert in the northeastern region.
The purpose was to reduce the possibility of the remnants of the Annan Zheng family fleeing into northeastern Siam, and to avoid misunderstandings between the armies of the Ming and Siamese armies.
To this end, Ming Dynasty will provide free assistance to Siam with a batch of weapons and equipment.
Including one hundred "Albatross" fighter jets, 200 tanks, 1,000 machine guns, 3,000 submachine guns, 20,000 magazine-type rifles, and supporting ammunition.
In addition to a second-hand first-class ironclad ship, twenty brand-new inland river gunboats, and fifty new speedboats, they can all be used for inland river operations.
Without spending a single silver coin, he got such a big gift package for free. The King of Siam naturally knew what to do, and besides, he expected Zhu Cihong to provide him with the elixir!
Finally, he asked his two younger brothers, Zhu Cizhao and Zhu Cican, who had settled in Angkor, to mobilize their troops and prepare to take action.
Both of them are the sons of Concubine Tian, so their biological mother is also worried about their safety in the country.
Zhu Cixiang promised to take care of Concubine Tian Guifei's three sons, so he would not harm them.
The fifth elder Zhu Cihuan's fiefdom is in Myanmar, and it is the largest fiefdom in Gesanli.
His elder brother Zhu Cizhao and his younger brother Zhu Cizhan went to Angkor together. The two brothers also looked after each other in the past.
At first, of course, the territory could only be confined to a narrow area on the southwest coast of the Cardamom Mountains. No one could defeat the surrounding enemies.
However, with the constant support of Zhu Cixiang, who could not be defeated by anyone, the power of these two vassal kings developed very quickly.
Now most of the area west of Jiading (Saigon) and south of Tonle Sap Lake is owned by the two brothers.
Siam did not dare to offend Emperor Hao Jing's younger brother, so it could only choose to expand northward...
Now, Zhu Cixiang sent someone to inform the two brothers that except Siam, where they could not fight, they could try their skills elsewhere.
The problem is that there are only two neighbors in the two brothers' territory, which makes the meaning very clear.
As the elder brother, Zhu Cixiang would not cheat his two half-brothers.
Five full shiploads of military supplies were sent to each of them, all of which were brand new or 70% to 80% new weapons and equipment, plus a pile of food and medicine!
They had to raise the relevant manpower by themselves. No matter how much territory they grabbed, a certain emperor brother would not share the cake with him. It all depended on his personal wishes.
The purpose of this is to isolate the north and south sides of Annan and make them fight alone.
The two brothers were not stupid. On the one hand, they armed their own troops and quickly expanded and trained them to avoid being defeated by Annan's army.
On the other hand, they sent people to inquire about the news and see what the war was like in the north, and then they decided when to take action.
The two of them don't expect to have a territory as big as King Burma, but as long as there are millions of people in the fiefdom,
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, and I was satisfied.
Each of his subordinates, Zimin, pays one silver coin in taxes and fees each year, which brings the total to one million. Even with a 50% discount, there are still half a million.
To achieve this small goal, we will undoubtedly have to continue to expand to the north and east...
Zhu Cixiang now wants to see how these monkeys can defeat the Ming Dynasty Master without any external aid!
Previously, a certain emperor had agreed to invest one thousand tanks, five hundred "Blackfoot Albatross" fighter/attack aircraft, five hundred "Hercules" bombers, one thousand helicopters, Five hundred river boats.
Half or even all of these equipment can be lost. The purpose is to completely push back the northern and southern regions of Ping An, eradicate the weeds, and avoid future troubles forever!
If not for the enriched uranium needed for the atomic bomb, Zhu Cixiang would have planned to use the war zone as a nuclear test site!
But just the incendiary bombs dropped by the "Hercules" bombers and the cluster bombs dropped by the "Black-footed Albatross" are enough for the monkeys to drink...
The combat purpose of the Air Force is - the accuracy is not enough & the iron balls must be used to make up!
Especially for large targets such as destroying enemy cities, it is the favorite of Air Force bomber pilots!
As long as they can be thrown away, even if it is domestic garbage generated by one's own internal anxiety, they will be thrown away...
The Japanese troops who witnessed the bombing and the Luzon indigenous troops who had just arrived on the battlefield were extremely shocked by the wealth of the Ming Empire.
This is what the Ming Emperor called modern warfare. It is completely unreasonable and does not require any advanced military skills. It can be pushed along the way and is invincible.
As long as the sun has not set, there will always be fighter planes circling in the sky.
As long as the water depth of the inland river exceeds one foot, Ming army speedboats will appear.
As long as there are no swamps on the plains, tanks will be at the forefront.
Even if a Ming army company faces thousands of Annan soldiers rushing towards them, there is no need to be afraid. Our own firepower is enough to repel the opponent.
After the coalition force under attack fires a signal flare, Air Force fighter jets will arrive at the scene of the incident within a quarter of an hour.
Mandai plans to capture all the large and medium-sized cities in northern Annan in about a month. Even if they are out of reach, bombers will be sent to destroy them.
Because Zheng's military industry is located in the city, destroying the enemy's military industry will play a decisive role when the other party cannot obtain foreign aid.
The purpose of Wanli is to make Zheng Fan poorer and poorer as he fights more and more, and his population will decrease more and more, so that all the soldiers who can fight will be killed and injured, and finally he will be forced to go to complete destruction!
The advantage the other party took in Guangxi must now be repaid at a hundred times the price!
If you don’t have enough money, use people to make up for it; if not, use land to make up for it!
If Louis XIV was not busy shooting the rebels to death, the Ming Dynasty was cleaning up Annan, and the European emperor would be interested in getting involved, and get some benefits by the way!
Dear, this chapter is finished, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^
