There were ten brigades of Persian troops stationed in Afghanistan and twenty brigades of servant indigenous troops. Hussein mobilized about forty brigades of indigenous troops.
The total strength reached seventy brigades, and they vowed to fight to the death with the invading enemy.
In terms of military strength, the twenty-seven brigades of the Ming Dynasty Division had a great advantage.
The defenders had the advantage in time, location, and people, while the Ming Dynasty's division had advantages in firepower, technology, and tactics.
The Persians knew it, and the Ming Dynasty masters basically knew it.
The Persians had it, and the Ming Dynasty masters basically had it.
The only advantage the defenders could take advantage of was the terrain, especially mountainous terrain.
But this trick only works for other armies. The Ming Dynasty King Division is not afraid of fighting in mountainous areas.
Ten mountain brigades are stationed in mountainous areas all year round, and all special operations brigades also have routine theater combat training every year.
After mobilization, fifteen mountain brigades and ten special operations brigades are enough to deal with the war in Afghanistan.
The mountain brigade is mainly responsible for entering the mountains to clear out enemies, while Zhang Huangyan assigns the infantry brigade to defend the captured territory.
This arrangement will not occupy the strength of the mountain brigade. The infantry brigade is not good at mountain combat, but it is no problem to defend on the top of the mountain.
In order to prevent being ambushed by indigenous people, logistics does not need to use trucks to take the mountain roads in the warring areas. Supplies in non-occupied areas will be transported by helicopters and transport aircraft.
Zhang Huangyan simply refused to give the natives a chance to take action, and at the same time let each ministry continue to encroach on each other's territory and gradually reduce their space for activities.
The natives had never seen so many combat aircraft, not even the Persian army.
Especially after seeing the enemy's fleet of aircraft bombing indiscriminately above his head, he felt even more ashamed and angry.
They were also equipped with a lot of light anti-aircraft missiles, and they shot down more than fifty aircraft of various types using sneak attacks.
But the opponent's strength was so strong that they could not withstand such a high-intensity war of attrition.
As long as a plane is shot down by ground artillery or missiles, the Ming army will dispatch a fleet of aircraft to bomb the entire area.
Then at least one company of mountain infantry will be transported by helicopter to clear it up, and reinforcements will be provided depending on the specific situation.
The entire process from discovering the target to the mountain infantry launching the attack will not take more than an hour.
Even if the natives try to escape, they are unlikely to succeed. The Ming army planes overhead will monitor the whole process.
Wanting to shoot against Ming army fighters is what the pilots are most looking forward to...
A week after the war began, the defenders had very few anti-aircraft weapons left.
Most of those who survived the air attack were portable anti-aircraft missiles, and then there were light anti-aircraft guns that could be put into caves.
The Ming Dynasty Air Force launched 4,524 cruise missiles and dropped more than 80,000 aerial bombs of various types.
The Ming Army launched 650 tactical missiles, and various types of artillery fired more than 150,000 artillery shells and rockets.
Basically, all the targets exposed by the opponent are "taken good care of", and the rest are in the cave and the basement.
Emperor Haojing also prepared at least twenty nuclear bombs for the local indigenous people. If necessary, they can all be given to them to eat mushrooms...
Generosity and joy are so simple!
Zhang Huangyan plans to use 20,000 missiles, 300,000 aerial bombs, and 500,000 artillery shells and rockets on the Afghan battlefield.
This level of firepower investment is naturally not small. If you include the consumption of aircraft, vehicles, soldiers, and materials, it will be even greater.
But it doesn’t matter, the bill can be reimbursed.
Of course the imperial court will foot the bill, but if we go back to the source, we can still let the locals foot the bill.
The reason is simple. Less than fifty kilometers southeast of Kabul is the famous Aynak Copper Mine.
The reason why it is so famous is that it is one of the top ten giant copper mines in the world with copper metal reserves of more than 10 million tons.
After cleaning up the local disobedient natives, the imperial court can send people over to mine.
This copper mine alone is enough to fully reimburse the war investment in Afghanistan.
There are more than one billion tons of iron ore in the cemetery, with a grade of over 50%.
There are also many other metals, so the Ming Empire will not lose money.
In the first week of the war, the ground troops of the Ming Dynasty Division fought in the area north of the Hindu Kush Mountains.
Regarding this battle, Zhu Cixiang did not seek a quick victory. Instead, he asked Master Wang not to rush and attack fiercely, but to make sure to stay step by step.
The main purpose is to sweep and exterminate the natives in the mountainous areas, supplemented by capturing enemy towns.
It is very difficult to complete the task of capturing the town, because the defenders are completely unable to withstand the strong attack of the king's division.
On the contrary, it is extremely difficult to go into the mountains to encircle and suppress the indigenous people. Every mountain and even every hilltop must be carefully searched.
No matter how many caves there are, how deep or complex they are, they must all be blown down to avoid future troubles forever.
Therefore, the most consumed ammunition is explosives, grenades, grenades, etc., and almost every transport helicopter has one of them.
Cleaning out the moles in the cave is a long and complicated task that requires enough patience, perseverance and ammunition.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty Master has no shortage of these three things, so it’s just like celebrating the New Year in advance...
At first, the natives would fight back around the cave entrance and the commanding heights on the top of the mountain.
But they soon discovered that their own side was completely suppressed by the other side in terms of firepower.
Although fighting in mountainous areas, the Ming Army's mountain troops can transport howitzers, light rocket launchers, and heavy mortars through helicopters.
With an absolute advantage in firepower, aerial gunships and a large number of armed helicopters can also hover over the battlefield to provide fire cover for ground troops.
From discovering the enemy to beating him into the cave, the whole process takes less than ten minutes.
This is no exaggeration at all. Hundreds of rockets were fired and the top of the mountain was almost flattened.
If people don't run away, they will immediately become a pile of minced meat...
After launching the rocket, the armed helicopter will hover close to the target area to observe the situation.
If a human figure is found, directly use machine guns and machine guns to fire. If that doesn't work, let the aerial gunships fire a few shots.
When the fight was almost over, the transport helicopter unloaded the mountain infantry on the top of the mountain, and these people searched for the cave entrance along the ridge.
Once you find the parallel hole, use a few grenades and a rocket to ensure that you won't be attacked by the natives.
If it is an oblique hole, you can just throw explosive packets into it.
Some natives were standing ten meters away from the cave entrance, and wanted to invite you to enter the urn.
As a result, before anyone came, there was a loud noise, and then the cave fell into darkness.
As a last resort, I could only hold a flashlight and move to other nearby caves.
The natives believed that as long as there were enough holes, the enemy would be able to do nothing and eventually withdraw their troops.
But they thought too much. As more and more Ming troops entered Afghanistan, the situation became more serious day by day.
If only the Middle East and Central Asia were to fight against each other, the Ming Empire would be able to handle it.
There is no need to even dispatch armies from other continents, just the troops stationed in the mainland.
Zhang Huangyan invested in three special operations brigades, three armored brigades, three mechanized brigades, three artillery brigades, five mountain brigades, and ten infantry brigades in the early stage.
Depending on the development of the battlefield, ten infantry brigades will also be invested, increasing to up to thirty infantry brigades.
These troops, combined with thousands of combat aircraft, are enough to beat the natives of Afghanistan to death!
There are many mountainous areas in Afghanistan, but only in the central and northern areas, and in the south is the endless Gobi desert terrain.
This kind of terrain is completely impossible to conduct guerrilla warfare, because even people cannot hide.
Therefore, as long as the Ming Dynasty King's Division invested enough troops to eliminate the moles in the northern area, it would be equivalent to controlling this land.
Zhu Cixiang's upper limit of investment is five special operations brigades, ten mountain brigades, and thirty infantry brigades, not counting armored units. He should be able to control the cemetery to death.
When Ming army tanks appeared outside Kabul on April 25, Zhang Huangyan already thought that the overall situation was decided.
Because it is easy to occupy the southern Gobi Desert area, it is important to open the transportation channel from the border to the south.
From the combat direction, it was equivalent to a roundabout outflank from northwest to east, surrounding most of the enemies in the mountainous areas in the north.
Just put the dumplings in the pot, and when the heat is up, they will be cooked naturally.
There is no need to rush into the suppression of the natives in the mountainous areas, and the task cannot be accomplished in a hurry.
The first step was to cut off the natives' contact with the outside world, especially Persia.
The second step is to gradually shrink the encirclement while continuously attacking the indigenous people.
The third step is to continue to increase troops and carry out a dragnet-like sweep of the encirclement.
Zhang Huangyan believes that it should be possible to eliminate most of the indigenous people in the mountainous area in as little as one year or as long as three years.
Without the support of the Persians, unless France could secretly help the natives, they would not be able to fight for a long time with the ammunition in their hands.
In broad daylight, it was almost impossible to rob the Ming Dynasty's transport convoys or town strongholds, and the best they could do was launch a night attack.
Seeing that the occupation was irreversible, except for those who died in battle and were captured, the remaining Persian troops retreated in panic within two weeks of the start of the war. If they didn't run away, it would be too late.
Only the local tribal armed forces are still resisting. They simply do not believe that barbarians from the north can occupy this geomantic treasure land...
In this regard, Zhang Huangyan's plan is very simple, that is, to eliminate the effective forces of the indigenous tribes, that is, the men of military age.
Old people are not a threat to the Ming Dynasty King, and children are not a big threat until they reach adulthood.
Before it becomes a threat, Zhang Huangyan can send it to a good place in the Ottoman Empire for mining.
The only ones left are women, and in the future we can let the cemetery gradually move towards sterilization!
Only in this way can the cemetery be developed smoothly and thoroughly by the Ming Empire.
Zhu Cixiang believed that it was not difficult for the Ming Dynasty's army to defeat the Persian army in the cemetery, but what was difficult was to eliminate the natives.
Taking three months to occupy the cemetery and another three years to eliminate the indigenous armed forces is theoretically consistent with the actual situation.
If it is seriously overdue, then nuclear bombs can be used...
Since he found signs that Shi Ren had fled to Persia, Zhu Cihong also agreed to Louis XIV's French army to regain the western region of French India.
The French fleet commanded by Tourville also set sail from Bombay and entered the eastern waters of the Arabian Sea to participate in this naval blockade.
Zhu Cixiang did not think that Shi Ren would stay there, which meant that he would most likely be killed.
The smart choice is to escape to Persia as soon as possible, or even go to the heart of the war-torn Middle East.
It is also not ruled out that Shiren will make an attack in the east and west, and call it a submarine to escape to other parts of the world.
There is no doubt that joining forces with David and Hussein is the wisest choice at this time.
If he goes to other places, unless there are lurking summoning players, Shiren can only jump around by himself.
Judging from the information at hand, there are no summoned players that have not been eliminated yet.
The chance of Shiren going to places other than the Middle East is not high. Maybe he will be able to find clues about the target in a few days.
Even if Louis XIV gets this big gift package, there is nothing Zhu Cihong can't accept.
At the worst possible time, we can stop providing some of the weapons in the gift package to our old friend and let him amuse himself with the Japanese gift package.
40K Japanese women...
Should be very popular!
Except for the Aegis destroyer and F-35, there are basically no weapons that Zhu Cixiang really wants in the gift package.
After fighting against Shiren's Japanese army and obtaining the prisoners' confessions, Zhu Cixiang had a clearer understanding of the situation in the gift package.
If you could upgrade to something like the Super Pickle Gift Pack, it might be very attractive to you.
Ordinary weapons and soldier gift packs without bombers, large aircraft carriers, and long-range rocket launchers are useless.
The Japanese gift package means that some weapons technology is closer to that of the American system. In other aspects, the number of models is not as good as the Russian type, and the aircraft carrier tonnage is not as good as the British type.
Excluding the F-35 fighter jets and Challenger-3 stabilized Type 10 main battle tanks that are included in both the British and Japanese gifts, the combat effectiveness of the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier far exceeds that of the "Izumo".
The "Storm" tracked anti-aircraft anti-tank vehicle can defend both air defense and ground attack, and the Type 87 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun can also do this, but its range and power are not.
The biggest advantage of the Japanese gift pack is that it has more naval destroyers and frigates than other gift packs, up to 34 ships.
In comparison, Britain and Spain both have only 8 ships, and Russia has only 16 ships. Counting the "Glorious" class cruisers, the Three Kingdoms ship has just reached the same number of destroyers and frigates as Japan has.
If Louis XIV were to receive a Japanese gift package, the French Navy would be able to obtain 48 small aircraft carriers, 168 destroyers, 192 frigates, 96 conventional submarines, 36 transport ships, and 48 supply ships every year.
The French Air Force can add 1,825 F-15J fighter jets, 1,825 F-2A fighter jets, 1,825 F-35A fighter jets, 730 C-1 transport aircraft, 730 C-2 transport aircraft, and 730 P-1 anti-submarine patrol aircraft.
The Army received 3,000 combat vehicles each, including Type 90 main battle tanks, Baqiu-type infantry fighting vehicles, Type 99 self-propelled howitzers, Type 87 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and Type 13 fire support vehicles, as well as soldiers from 12 brigades. It can also share 15,000 helicopters of various types with the Navy and Air Force.
In general, this is the actual benefit that Louis XIV brought to the French army after receiving the Japanese gift package.
If it is allowed to accumulate for ten years, the French army will indeed achieve a transformation-like change.
What Zhu Cixiang is thinking about is not knowing when the gift package will expire. It is not impossible for this kind of thing to happen...
Once that happens, especially within three to five years, that means a lot of call arms are going to be organ donors.
Unlike the upgraded Kimchi gift package, the ordinary gift package does not provide parts and supporting ammunition.
Not to mention battleships, planes, and tanks, even a rifle is just a steel mallet without standard bullets.
Poirot and Zheng Chenggong both purchased relevant production lines based on this consideration.
