Hussein wanted to join forces with Shiren to fight against the Ming Empire, and tried to use the Japanese army to occupy the western region of French India in disguise.
Although the local indigenous people believed in the same belief as the Persians, they believed that they were saved with the arrival of the Persian army, and they also tried to resist the Ming Dynasty army together with the Persian army.
Hussein also deployed ten brigades in Afghanistan, hoping to use the mountainous areas stretching east and west as a barrier to block the advancement of the Ming Dynasty's division.
In the face of absolute power, this level of effort is futile and destined to fail...
In the early morning of April 1, the Ming army stationed in the southern region of Zhongzhou launched thousands of short-range tactical missiles at many military targets in Afghanistan.
At the same time, 300 Tu-22M3 and Tu-160 bombers taking off from airports in Zhongzhou launched 3,300 Kh-101 cruise missiles.
The attack wave of more than 4,000 missiles is difficult for the Persian army stationed in Afghanistan to withstand. In particular, the missile rain tactics are very clear, which is to focus on hitting certain important targets.
Even if half of it is destroyed, it doesn't matter. The remaining half can complete the task well. Zhang Huangyan has calculated the redundancy of the strike in place.
More than 4,000 missiles need to destroy more than 200 targets, with an average of nearly 20 missiles hitting one target, which is theoretically quite feasible.
Unless the target itself is an air defense system, it simply cannot survive a strike of this intensity.
The targets are airports, train stations, arsenals, fuel depots, command centers, armored vehicle assembly areas, etc. The Ming army already knew these targets well in advance.
The impact was so good that only a dozen targets survived, but they struggled to escape the second strike, according to satellite imagery.
The second strike was when the Ming Air Force dispatched "Skyfire" and "Avenger" bombers to carry out carpet bombing on large target areas that were difficult to destroy with missiles.
Types of aerial bombs include cloud blast bombs, gasoline bombs, cluster bombs, and ground-penetrating bombs. Anyway, those that are effective against the Persian army and indigenous armed forces will be thrown over.
The Ming Dynasty King's Master can accept surrender, but only unconditionally. If there are conditions, then let's endure a few rounds of air attacks first, and then talk about it after we have a clear mind...
Since Persia borders the Ming Dynasty, the disaster Hussein's death-defying choice brought to Persia was exactly in line with his great idea.
Zhongzhou in the Ming Dynasty is a very special state because it is divided into two parts in terms of taxes and fees.
Taking the line from Lake Balkhash to the Aral Sea as the boundary, there is a 20% tax to the north and full tax exemption to the south.
The reason is that the southeastern part of Zhongzhou is mountainous and the southwest part is desert terrain.
It is difficult for the people themselves to find jobs. If a 20% tax is imposed, there will be basically no way to survive.
Not only did the imperial court implement tax exemptions in the southern region of Zhongzhou, it also had to open mines and build roads, create a large number of jobs, and absorb the local idle labor force to avoid the accidents that occurred during the Chongzhen Emperor's period...
Only enterprises controlled by the imperial court and the emperor in the southern part of Zhongzhou pay taxes. Private enterprises and self-employed individuals are all tax-free. Two armored brigades, four mechanized infantry brigades, six infantry brigades and fifty border defense battalions are stationed.
Zhu Cihong's strategy for dealing with such places is to promote employment, tax exemptions, and station heavy troops, so as to ensure long-term peace and stability in border areas.
In the southern part of Zhongzhou, as long as the laws and regulations are followed, there is no problem for the people to have enough food and clothing, but they cannot touch the bottom line of the court.
If it is discovered that he is colluding with the Li gang in Persia, or is supporting his own troops, then he will not be given a lenient sentence.
At worst, they were sent to serve in wilderness farms north of the 60th parallel, and at worst, they were all shot.
There are a lot of armored patrol vehicles in one place in the Ming Dynasty. This place is the southern part of Zhongzhou.
Even the streets of Minsk are filled with ordinary sedan-type patrol vehicles, but in cities in southern China, such as Dushanbe, Tashkent, Hubbard, and Markhan, armored patrol vehicles must be used just in case.
Outsiders don't need to be afraid when they see patrols with armed weapons in cities in southern Zhongzhou, because that's the local situation.
There are always stubborn natives who feel that they are invincible and insist on challenging the patrols.
The patrol officers will not show mercy to this kind of thing.
Generally speaking, in the past fifty years, the security situation in southern Zhongzhou has improved and stabilized.
This is a hard-won result achieved after hundreds or even thousands of sweeps.
But with the outbreak of the Mingbo War, some people saw a glimmer of hope...
The Ming people living there are not easily deceived. Only the natives who speak the same language as Afghanistan and Persia will have two minds.
However, stimulated by rewards for reporting, most of the unscrupulous acts were severely punished. The natives succeeded only a few times, but they themselves suffered heavy losses and were forced to flee to Persia for refuge.
After the Ming Dynasty built trenches, barbed wire, and gun towers in the border areas, and increased the number of aircraft and armored patrol vehicles, it was not easy to successfully infiltrate from Afghanistan to the south of Zhongzhou.
The indigenous gangs could not bear the cost of losing nearly a thousand people every year, so they had to disguise themselves as a convoy and attempted to use logistics and transportation to enter Zhongzhou of the Ming Empire.
However, the border inspection stations were equipped with military dogs and corresponding equipment. Most of the indigenous gangs were arrested on the spot by soldiers from the border camp before they even set foot on Zhongzhou's land.
It is a capital crime to smuggle weapons and corona to the Ming Empire. Unless the person concerned has performed a major meritorious service, he can receive amnesty.
Such a harsh blow made the native Afghans furious, and they retaliated with night raids, digging holes, and using propeller aircraft.
The result is that one enemy is killed and oneself suffers hundreds of losses...
The Ming army's method of retaliation was very simple. As long as they learned who did it from the surviving natives, they would be able to find a hiding place to deal with it in a short time, and then kill them all in one fell swoop.
This is the most typical cross-border strike, but it was a last resort after many protests were made to the Persian side in advance to no avail.
The Persian side seemed indifferent to the anger of the Ming Empire, and instead condemned the arbitrary behavior of the Ming Dynasty.
This directly caused the relationship between the two parties to become increasingly estranged, and eventually they seemed to be inseparable.
Persia could not even obtain high-end weapons from the Ming Dynasty, and could only purchase them from France and the Netherlands.
This is the serious consequence caused by the eunuchs around the Persian King Suleiman taking the benefits of the indigenous chiefs.
Zhu Cixi thought that the situation would improve after Hussein became king, but unexpectedly, it fell directly to the bottom.
Is it over when you reach rock bottom?
No!
There is a mine at the bottom of the valley!
The mine itself is deeper than the valley!
Zhu Cixiang simply sent the "Airport Protector PsMAX" MiG-35, Su-25 attack aircraft, Mi-28 armed helicopters, and Mi-35 armed transport helicopters to the indigenous people of Afghanistan.
The 2S23 Nora-SVK 120mm wheeled mortar, 2S35-152mm self-propelled howitzer, 2S4 Tulip 240mm self-propelled mortar, and the fire-breathing TOS-1 24-tube self-propelled rocket launcher that can carry out high-elevation angle attacks are all here. To the Imperial Cemetery.
Although the air force invested in the Afghan battlefield was not much, the Ming Air Force quickly seized air supremacy due to the loss of all the local Persian army's fighter planes.
When giving gifts, you have to give them what they like. The natives like to be beaten, grilled, and turned into minced meat, so you must satisfy their demands!
In order to solve the problem at once, Zhang Huangyan deployed three special operations brigades, three armored brigades, three infantry brigades, three artillery brigades, five mountain brigades, and ten infantry brigades into the Afghan battlefield.
At the same time, the Air Force will mobilize 1,500 Su-25 attack aircraft, 1,500 MiG-35 fighter jets, 3,000 armed helicopters, 1,200 transport helicopters, 300 bombers, and 600 transport aircraft to cooperate with ground troops.
Emperor Haojing has approved that the army can use tactical nuclear bombs against special targets when necessary!
This "imperial cemetery" will become a cemetery where the Ming Empire buries indigenous armed forces!
If necessary, Zhang Huangyan will also invest ten brigades of ground troops.
This is not Nanyang, there is no rainforest to hide in.
The Ming Dynasty King's Division used a combination of air mobility, armored assault, tactical nuclear bombs, carpet bombing, and dragnet sweeps.
Zhu Cixiang did not believe that the indigenous armed forces could continue to fight against the Ming Dynasty army for a long time without the help of foreign aid.
The results of military consolidation in the past fifty years can just be used in the war against Persia, especially in the Afghan battlefield.
In the first three days after the war started, more than 90% of the military targets in Afghanistan had been destroyed.
The approximately 50,000 Persian troops garrisoned there suffered nearly 10,000 casualties, and the indigenous servant army recruited also suffered heavy losses.
This is still under the condition that the defenders have trenches and tunnels, otherwise they will be exhausted within a week.
Neither the Persian soldiers nor the local natives had ever seen an overwhelming enemy force, and they were completely dumbfounded when faced with such a battle.
When the Ming army invested 300 armed helicopters and 300 attack aircraft at one time, the original terrain advantage was gone.
The defenders were unable to resist and were unable to fight back. The firepower points on the hilltop were bombarded by missiles one after another.
Heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, and mortars were no match for the fleet. They were almost waiting to be destroyed.
Anti-aircraft missile positions are the most important targets, and there are not many left after missile strikes and air strikes.
If they lose their air defense capabilities and are unable to retreat to the rear as quickly as possible, the fate of the defenders is doomed.
Some natives even tried to stay in place, relying on caves extending in all directions to catch the Ming army by surprise at any time.
But they thought too much. This tactic was originally invented by the Ming army.
The Master of the Ming Dynasty knew how to fight in caves and also knew how to whack moles!
As early as after the campaign on the Apennine Peninsula, the Ming army had accumulated a lot of experience in whack-a-mole.
As long as you find the entrance to the hole, you don't need to go in to catch the gopher at all. You can directly install explosives near the entrance of the hole to blow it down.
If you find one, blow it up. Since gophers like burrows so much, they can stay in them for the rest of their lives.
As for how to find the entrance to the cave...
Prisoners can identify them, and if they point out one cave entrance, they will be rewarded with tobacco, alcohol, etc., and if they point out ten cave entrances, they can get amnesty.
Amnesty means being released after the war. You only need to stay in a prisoner of war camp and do not need to be sent to mine.
If the prisoners of war do not tell, the soldiers of Wang Division can also use thermal imaging cameras and military dogs to detect them. These two methods are also easy to use.
Also acting with the Wang Division were tribal armed forces close to the Afghan border. These tribal chiefs all defected to the imperial court.
You can enjoy subsidies from the court on your own territory without having to pay taxes, and you can also own a certain number of light weapons.
Now is the time to use them. Anyone who provides information and personnel and cooperates with Master Wang to eliminate the enemy will receive cash rewards, and you can also choose Master Wang to seize part of the loot that has been obtained.
The Ming Dynasty King's Division basically doesn't need things like horses. The mountain brigades are equipped with mules and donkeys that are more suitable for mountainous operations. Horses are the favorite rewards of tribal armed forces.
The second is the opponent's vehicles. If the King's Division troops use such trophies, it will undoubtedly increase the logistical burden. They will simply be given to the tribe or disposed of at a low price.
However, all captured heavy weapons must be transported to the rear, counted and destroyed to prevent anyone from stealing them.
Light weapons can be used depending on the specific situation. The requirements in this regard are not strict. The main thing is that they should not be used against people.
No matter which tribe a person belongs to, as long as they use light weapons to participate in the rebellion or attack the imperial garrison on their own, they must pursue the relevant responsibilities of the tribe.
Chiefs from all over Zhongzhou go to Almaty every year to attend the meeting to obtain the latest orders from the court and avoid misunderstandings.
Chiefs with outstanding performance were even fortunate enough to be invited to move to Minsk. The court would emphatically commend them and distribute rewards at the same time.
On the other hand, if you dare to confront the imperial court.
Individuals commit crimes and deal with the parties concerned.
Gangs commit crimes and deal with those involved.
If the tribe commits a crime, the entire tribe can go to the cold zone to open up wasteland...
If all members of a certain tribe are executed at one time, a certain emperor will not take the blame.
But letting them experience the feeling of life being worse than death can also serve as a warning to others.
Most of the obedient tribal chiefs sent a certain number of relatives to cooperate with the king's troops in the war in Afghanistan.
On the one hand, it can show favor to the court, and on the other hand, it can also gain many practical benefits.
Zhang Huangyan also wanted to tell the world through this battle that the Ming army could still win the war without the Japanese and Korean servants.
It's not that the King's Division doesn't have a servant army, it's just that it changed from a Japanese servant army to a summoned servant army.
At least on the Afghan battlefield with complex terrain, Russian combat aircraft and crews performed very well.
The biggest difficulty is not that the natives are too cunning, but that there is only one set of ammunition for the summoned weapon.
This means that fighter planes or armed helicopters can only go back and lie down after firing their own ammunition.
Zhu Cixiang had no good solution for this.
In addition to self-produced similar products, only the very perfect "Kimchi Eagle" can be used.
Then there are the "Jaguar" attack aircraft in the British gift package and the "Tiger" armed helicopter in the Spanish gift package. These two items can last for half a month.
Zhang Huangyan had a good relationship with Jiexuan, so he borrowed hundreds of AV-8Bs, which were regarded as useless by the naval aviation force.
Using its low-altitude and low-speed performance to assist ground troops in attacking the indigenous people in Afghanistan, this thing has a much higher survivability than helicopters.
The key point is that the AV-8B is a vertical take-off and landing fighter that does not require a runway at all. The take-off and landing process is similar to that of a helicopter, and it can also use a variety of missiles.
What the naval aviation force needs is a deck and high-performance carrier-based aircraft, and I really hope that the AV-8B will go away quickly...
