Ming Dynasty is not a wealthy country, but it has never been indulging in its opponents when it comes to fighting.
As long as Zhu Cixiang sees that the opponent's air power is negligible, he will order the air force to carpet bomb it!
"Operation Rolling Thunder" was not a code name for a specific air strike, but a general code name for "carpet bombing."
For a creature like Annan who was not very strong but still took the initiative to kill him, Zhu Cixiang decided to let him have a taste of the power of carpet bombing!
In response to the large number of wooden houses in the country, the Air Force specially equipped all bombers on missions with gasoline bombs!
This kind of weapon is much more powerful than ordinary bombs when used against wooden targets. After the explosion, it can cause side effects like burning a company on fire.
In the first month after the Ming Dynasty's division sent troops to Annan, the bomber force dispatched more than 5,000 sorties and dropped more than 100,000 gasoline bombs.
Over a hundred towns in northern Annan were destroyed, and it was estimated that over ten thousand enemy soldiers were killed and injured, and the number of trees burned was incalculable...
Regarding arson, Zhu Cixiang also approved Sun Chuanting's suggestion and specially sent four brigades of Luzon indigenous soldiers to Wanli.
These people are not good at fighting hard. It is more than enough to follow the Ming army and the Japanese army to wipe out the remnants of the Zheng family and set fire to them.
Taking advantage of the dry season in Annan, the coalition forces quickly set fire to the mountains. This move can effectively reduce the opponent's hiding places.
Zhu Cixiang would rather turn the entire Annan into a no-man's land than tolerate the group of monkeys stamping on their noses and faces to continue to get mad.
The main tasks of the Luzon indigenous troops are two--setting fires and clearing the countryside!
If Zheng Fan is unwilling or unable to clear the country in time, the coalition forces will do it for you for free!
All the Annan people who stayed in the war zone were to be relocated, first boarded on ships, and then transported by sea to the north of Daming for mining.
If you are unwilling to leave, it will be regarded as a deliberate collaboration with the enemy, so there is no need to keep breathing...
Naturally, the Ming Empire has the final say as to who the enemy is, because this place is an integral part of it.
It was recaptured during the reign of Emperor Yongle, and was successfully revolted by rebels during the Xuande period.
Today, the Ming Dynasty is well-known and has extraordinary strength. Looking around the world, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks about this war.
If necessary, Emperor Haojing can completely move the First Emperor out to suppress the battle!
During the Qin Dynasty, prefectures and counties were established here.
Of course, to uncivilized monkeys, this is equivalent to a heavenly book...
The easier way to understand these things is carpet bombing!
The monkeys on the ground are so stinky that they will naturally attract thunder!
After seeing the air force strength of the Ming Dynasty King's Division, the Luzon indigenous army instantly understood their mission.
During the battle, everyone strives to be first, fearing that they will be sent back to their hometown if they perform poorly.
Because the food in the war zone is much better than at home, and you can feel full even if you eat canned food.
It was their first time to participate in an overseas expedition, and they didn't know that they would be well treated when fighting overseas.
A certain emperor can guarantee that any soldier fighting overseas can eat canned food until he vomits!
In particular, the Annan battlefield is close to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, so supply transportation is very convenient, even the air force is saved.
Although the total strength of the coalition forces fighting there in the early stage was less than 200,000, Zhu Cixiang had already asked the Military Aircraft Department to organize thousands of merchant ships to transport supplies.
At the same time, Wanli was asked to issue an order to warn all ministries not to drink water from the battlefield directly unless necessary.
Even if you must drink raw water, it must be filtered and sterilized before you can drink it.
On the one hand, we need to beware of parasites in the water, and on the other hand, we need to beware of monkeys poisoning the water.
From Lianzhou Prefecture in the far west of Guangdong, at least twenty merchant ships transporting fresh water set sail to the mouth of the Red River every day.
All kinds of food, fruits and vegetables needed by the army were also purchased from Guangdong, which made the local people make a lot of money.
Nearly half of the fishing boats in the coastal areas of Guangdong were mobilized for one errand, which was to provide fresh aquatic products to the troops in the Beibu Gulf.
As long as they can be fished out, no matter the quantity or even the variety, the troops will eat all the food ordered and purchase it at the market price, no matter how much it is.
As for the dangers of fishing offshore Annan…
Jiexuan was happy to see an enemy ship appear, but unfortunately the fleet just wandered around the waters of the war zone, and there was nothing left of the enemy ship.
Overall, this was almost the most boring war the Ming Navy had fought since its establishment.
After all, the Marines were able to land on the beach and have a great time killing 1,800 enemies.
Aviation units can also take off from aircraft carriers or amphibious assault ships to support troops operating inland.
However, the navy's pile of 10,000-ton warships burn countless amounts of oil every day, but the results are only a handful! ,
Using large-caliber naval guns to bombard targets on the shore is the end of it.
As a result, even if an enemy wooden sailboat appears in the distance, a group of captains are planning to swarm it...
There are more wolves and less meat, which is not enough to eat!
The mission is to wait for an opportunity to annihilate the enemy, but in fact it is armed fishing!
Emperor Haojing worked hard and spent billions of silver coins on the navy, but the result was disastrous.
How lonely is it to be invincible?
Now the whole navy feels it!
Everyone planned to have a big fight, but in the end they were just daydreaming.
Today, the strength of the Ming Navy has reached the level of the next two to ten combined, or even stronger.
But to deal with Annan, the navy, especially the captains of the battleships, felt like a heavy punch to the cotton.
The other party didn't even have an ironclad ship, not even a second-hand one.
All that can go into battle are wooden sailboats. To put it exaggeratedly, one's own side doesn't even need to fire, and it can sink the enemy ship by ramming it.
boring!
This is the biggest feeling that the sailors serving on the battleships had when they participated in the Annan War. The actual combat intensity was not as intense as their usual drills!
The captains also acquiesced that during the day, except for necessary personnel on duty, others could sleep, fish, and bask in the sun.
If you anchor offshore, you can save some fuel for the Commander...
So much so that the sailors joked that they saw more seagulls than Annan monkeys!
Compared with the navy, which can enjoy a "free vacation", the situation of the army makes Wanli more relaxed.
If there weren't enough toilet water and individual nets in the warehouse, his men would have been wiped out by mosquitoes.
The biggest enemy on the Annan battlefield is not Zheng Fan's remnants, but those annoying little flying insects all over the sky, plus leeches!
Except for the troops who stick to the base, all units that attack and suppress must be cautious from top to bottom.
While guarding against possible sneak attacks by enemy soldiers, you must also prevent mosquito bites.
You don’t need to wear a helmet, but you must wear a mesh mask, otherwise you won’t be able to sleep not only during the day but also at night.
Now the whole army realized how great the difficulties Li Dingguo's troops encountered when they launched a campaign on Java Island.
The situation there is even worse than in Annan, with rainforests and swamps.
Now that it is the dry season, the situation is much better. It only rains once a day at most.
Since a large number of helicopters were invested to cover the advancement of ground troops, it also effectively reduced the possibility of coalition forces being ambushed by the other side.
Whenever Zheng Jun prepares to ambush an invading enemy in the grass, he will first worry about the things flying over his head.
Unlike their own aircraft, this special-looking aircraft has a very small turning radius.
Once your position is exposed, you will immediately receive a violent blow from above.
What’s even more sad is that in many cases, hundreds of people together can’t hit a plane...
This is not over yet, once the fire is fired, more aircraft with similar appearance will soon arrive at the scene of the firefight.
Even if one's side has assembled a thousand troops, it may be completely annihilated by the other side in less than a quarter of an hour.
Most Annan soldiers who have had similar experiences are unwilling to recall what happened that day, because the scene was so horrific that it often gave them nightmares.
The enemy's aircraft was equipped with a musket that could fire continuously, and a large area of our comrades was knocked down in an instant, and the process was as easy as mowing grass.
Those dropped bombs are even more terrifying. As long as they splash on the body, they will automatically catch fire and are very difficult to extinguish.
Many people were eventually burned until they looked no longer like humans or ghosts, but they were still wailing and begging for help...
The remnants who had retreated from the battlefield were unwilling to return to the battlefield.
If possible, everyone prefers to hide in the mountains until the rainy season arrives.
Frequent rainfall will minimize the power of enemy firearms and help our own counterattack.
Zheng Fan believed that he had an army of 200,000, so of course he could not bow to Man Ming.
If necessary, the two sides can negotiate a peace and the two armies can return to the original national border.
Although the weapons and equipment of the Ming army are very advanced, Zheng Fan feels that as long as it can wait until the rainy season, his side will usher in a turn for the better.
Even if they cannot hold on to the town, their own troops can retreat into the mountains and continue fighting, using night raids and ambushes to attack the invading barbarian army.
There is just a slight discrepancy between the imagination and reality, that is, Zheng Fan did not expect that he would encounter an organized and premeditated large-scale arson operation by the enemy!
The Ming army not only used petrol bombs on towns, but also set fire to forests!
It's not your own forest land, so there's no need to feel bad. You can burn as much as you can.
Under this order, many arson experts emerged from various coalition forces...
When Ming army pilots were performing missions, they could see hundreds of towering giant smoke towers rising nearby at any time.
If you do this, the air condition on the battlefield will naturally not be good.
But it doesn't matter. The Ministry of War has distributed gas masks to all participating troops, including sailors in the Navy.
These are strategic reserve materials. They will expire if they are not used anyway. They just come in handy now.
In addition to food and medicine, the most abundant items in the warehouse are small arms.
Zhu Cixiang required that the total number of small arms in stock, including short guns, rifles, machine guns, submachine guns, and individual rocket launchers, should not be less than one million.
Once a large-scale war breaks out, arsenals cannot immediately produce so many light weapons.
The brand new small arms used by the Japanese army were actually stock.
The reason why the other party was still overjoyed was the full set of high-end products.
The rifles were all magazine-bolt-action, much better than their flintlock muskets.
Many Japanese lords were reluctant to equip all their subordinates with new rifles. If they had the money, they might as well buy some practical machine guns.
They hoped that by working for the Ming Emperor, they could use their efforts to get some second-hand goods from the other party.
Zhu Cixiang, who was wealthy and wealthy, also gave in to his wishes. All light weapons used by Japanese soldiers who participated in the expedition could be brought back to his hometown.
This is considered an additional reward for them in addition to military pay.
After the other party has benefited so much, he is naturally willing to continue playing with him...
As for whether to send more Japanese troops to the Annan battlefield, Zhu Cihong would have to wait for Manli's report on the war before he could make a decision.
From the current point of view, the situation of the Mandai Department fighting on the eastern front is not bad. With the support of the air force, the offensive is going smoothly.
The number of reported enemy annihilations has reached nearly 30,000, and the number of enemy troops injured and defeated is estimated to be more than 100,000.
The progress of Mu Tianbo's troops fighting on the western front was not as good as that of Wanli, but they were also slowly advancing toward the southeast.
Zhu Cixiang did not expect the combat effectiveness of this unit to be equal to that of the coalition forces, as long as it could invade Annan and contain some of Zheng Fan's troops.
As for the fighting in Guangxi, Zhu Cixiang did not plan to launch a full-scale counterattack to drive the monkeys out of the country.
The reason is simple. If this war cannot be ended before the rainy season, then part of the opponent's troops must be dragged in Guangxi!
By then, the situation on the Annan battlefield will become even worse. Once rainfall continues, the river will surge, followed by flash floods, landslides, and mudslides.
Zhu Cixiang can responsibly say that the Annan battlefield is a more cruel place than the Xianbelia battlefield.
There are not as many mosquitoes in Xianbelia in summer as there are in Annan battlefield in winter!
An Annan War almost saved the entire Ming Dynasty's toilet water and mosquito net factories, and by the way, the lime mine owners...
Now the government and the opposition finally understood why the emperor opposed the attack on India.
Annan If this is the case, India's environment will inevitably become even worse.
Presumably the first thing the king's soldiers did after setting foot on Indian soil was to drink three glasses of Ganges water that could protect their bodies!
This is no exaggeration, as reported by the garrison in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
The garrison there is much more honest, because apart from the base, there is basically no place for people to stay.
Not only humans, livestock, and wild animals, but also their feces.
It is very possible to accidentally step on poop when you go out!
The garrison's interest in the local area is only in seafood, fruits and vegetables...
In other words, after taking over the island from the Dutch, the Ming Dynasty still failed to achieve complete control of the island.
At first, troops were sent to suppress the local indigenous people, but later they simply turned to air force bombing.
Because the garrison found that the cost of dropping bombs was much cheaper than treating sick soldiers.
With Zhu Cixiang's approval, the final method of controlling the island became to support the obedient natives and deal with the disobedient natives.
This does not apply to the situation on the Annan battlefield. The purpose of sending troops this time is to eliminate the root cause and never cause future troubles!
Zhu Cixiang could no longer be merciful to the white-eyed wolf who had the strength to bite him back.
Zheng Fan was just like Mang Bai who was blocking him. If he didn't put him to death, the other party would definitely harm Daming's interests.
Zhu Cixiang also made the other party understand through the actions of the Wanli Department.
I have only one purpose in sending troops over this time, and that is to kill you and all your men!
