Major General Elston Fenn, who is fifty years old this year, is a military expert who grew up during the Napoleonic Wars!
After Emperor Napoleon was defeated, he was sent to India by his old boss, the Duke of Wellington, because of his outstanding military achievements. He stayed in India for more than ten years, during which he defeated many princes of the princes who dared to resist the British Empire. This is called being invincible in every battle and having great military achievements!
It was precisely because of his great reputation that his boss, George Cotton, left him in Peshawar and asked him to lead two regiments of British-Indian infantry to keep a close watch on this army logistics center - Peshawar is located in Gandhara. Within the basin, the surrounding population is densely populated and agriculture is developed, so it is relatively easy to raise some military rations. It is also the trade throat leading to Central Asia, facing the famous Khyber Pass.
It can be said that as long as Peshawar is held, British India will be safe even if the British and Indian troops are defeated in Afghanistan.
However, in the view of Major General Elston Fen, who is based in Peshawar, holding Peshawar is probably the easiest and most boring task in military history. It is almost three hundred miles away from Kunduz, and it is also separated by natural obstacles such as the Salang Pass and the Khyber Pass. Those backward feudal armies of the Jin Kingdom, which were almost still in the medieval era, would not be able to cross the Salang Pass. , Khyber Pass to Peshawar...unless they can fly!
Of course, although Peshawar is far enough away from the front line, Major General Elston Fen still felt that defenses should be deployed here... because Peshawar is a city of Tenka believers after all, and the East India Company had never had one before. Ruled Peshawar.
Moreover, the residents of Peshawar and the people on the Afghan plateau are of the same ethnic group. They have always been martial and aggressive, and have always been a nightmare for Indians!
In addition, not far east of Peshawar is the territory of the Sikh Empire. Ranjit Singh, who single-handedly created an empire, is not a fuel-efficient lamp! Although he sided with the British Empire this time and sent 20,000 Sikh troops to participate in the Afghan expedition. But who knows whether this prince of a princely state who rules a large area of land in northwest India will do something crazy under the instigation of a big country in the north?
Therefore, Major General Elston Fen not only deployed defenses in Peshawar City and the Khyber Pass, but also deployed defenses in the mountain passes to the east and south of the Gandhara Basin. He also had people pull up defenses between Peshawar and Kabul. Telegraph lines and telephone lines can be said to be foolproof.
After the military deployment was completed, Major General Elsfinton and his white officers of course wanted to enjoy life... So when dusk arrived, they spent most of the day listlessly in their office. Major General Elsfinton's spirit has risen!
Because tonight, Abbas Khan, the governor of Peshawar (sent by the Emir of Afghanistan) from Kabul, will arrange a banquet full of Persian style for the officers of the headquarters, including Elsfinton. .....There will be dancers from Persia performing belly dance, and there will also be female slaves from Central Asia to serve. It's really exciting!
Thinking of the exciting nightlife, His Excellency the Major General Commander was looking forward to the sun setting as soon as possible. A little impatient, he stood up from behind the desk, walked to the window, opened the carved wooden window, and looked out.
The headquarters of Major General Elsfinton is located in the Peshawar Fort in the city of Peshawar. This is a fortress made of white stone left over from the Mughal Dynasty. It is not only strong, but also very beautiful. Looking out from the window of the major general's office, one can not only see the spacious courtyard inside the fortress, but also the towering stone watchtower and the outer wall of the fortress.
The setting sun shines on the white stone walls, stone buildings and an oval white UFO, forming a dazzling golden light...
UFO?
what is that?
Elsfinton suddenly realized that something was wrong. How could there be a UFO floating in the sky dozens of feet above the stone wall of the castle? Is that...an airship? Whose airship is it?
Just when he thought of this, he saw an unbelievable sight. Two ropes suddenly hung down from the white airship, all the way to the city wall. Then he saw two people wearing yellow jackets and dog-skin hats, holding a large blade in one hand. The tall man holding the rope with one hand slid down from the cabin of the airship!
This scene is really a bit magical. Two "yellow jackets" wielding large blades rappelled from an airship... Is this advanced or backward?
While Elsfenton was thinking about this weird question, the crackling gunfire sounded!
It was not the British and Indian sentries guarding the fortress walls who were firing, but the airship soldiers on the airships who were sniping the British and Indian soldiers with their rifles. Although the shot was not very accurate, it still stunned the "third brothers" below. For a while, they even forgot to fight back and only knew how to run away.
The sounds of machine gun fire and bomb explosions also started immediately, and it was the airships in the sky that fired and dropped bombs.
There is more than one airship appearing over the Peshawar Fortress at this moment! Instead, seven or eight airships came up at the same time, but only one was performing a rappel. The other airships were dropping bombs and firing machine guns from a higher position to suppress the firepower of the fortress defenders.
In addition, over several streets around the fortress, there are also several airships performing rappelling missions. The Daikin Navy airborne troops landing there will be responsible for blocking the reinforcements and temporarily blocking the British reinforcements.
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The Minister of the Admiralty of Dajin and Pingxi King Wu Zhenxian had jumped onto the wall of Peshawar Castle with a roar, then waved the sword in his hand and pounced on a stunned Indian soldier Asan.
"Wow, a certain family is King Wu Zhen of Pingxi. Who dares to come and fight to the death with a certain family... Bang!"
This Wu Zhenfa was really powerful. While shouting that he wanted to fight with someone, he secretly took out the "shell gun", then waved his hand and fired a "pop" shot, killing the soldier Asan who hadn't reacted yet. head!
Seeing this airborne soldier wearing ancient costumes and holding a broadsword, he seemed to be very powerful. The other two "third brothers" who were stunned by the surprise attack finally came to their senses. They picked up the rifle with a bayonet in their hands and pulled the bolt of the rifle tremblingly. Rushed up. Two against one, you're not afraid of that, right?
"Wow, look at the knife... snap! snap!"
Wu Zhenzhen waved his big blade and fired two more shots, sending the two "third brothers" to the west. It has to be said that his Wu family swordsmanship is still very powerful. In the blink of an eye, he has knocked down three "third brothers", and all of them defeated the enemy with one move, and the opponent did not even have a chance to fight back.
As the saying goes, in martial arts in the world, only fast ones can't defeat you. No matter how fast your martial arts is, it's not as fast as a gun!
There was more than one Wu Zhenzhen who displayed his power on the walls of Peshawar Castle. The soldiers in golden jackets who descended with King Pingxi were all good soldiers. According to the Manchu language that is about to be lost, these people should be called "Baya La". ", also called white-armored soldiers. They are all the best Manchu warriors. They were the ones who protected Nurhaci, Huang Taiji, and Dorgon from killing each other. Later, King Zhuge Wuzhong "cut a bunch of leeks", and the ones that "grew" kept Kangxi safe and fled to the Wuji Valley of the Western Regions, and evolved in the Wuji Valley... Now they are all sharpshooters!
But when it comes to Wu Zhenzhen's generation, he is even more powerful. He is capable of both sword and gun (shell gun), and he also has grenades in his waist. He is really unstoppable!
Wu Zhenzhen was not the only one who was unstoppable. Who among the "yellow jackets" parachuting down was not unstoppable? I saw them just like magic soldiers descending from the sky, with a broadsword in one hand and a shell gun in the other. I saw "Third Brother" appearing. He hit them with guns when they were far away, and chopped them with knives when they were close. There were also airship soldiers in the sky who opened fire with rifles. The beating made the "third brothers" stagger around and scream.
And where have those "third brothers" seen such a fierce opponent? In the panic, he even forgot to aim, and couldn't even pull the bolt of the gun. And the new bass breech-loading guns in their hands cannot fire continuously. They have to shoot once and pull the bolt. They are no match for the twenty-four-shot shell pistol at close range - they only fired one round here, and others have already fired. After firing several shots in succession, where is the opponent?
What's worse is that most of the British and Indian soldiers guarding the fort are waiting for meals in two canteens (one is a Hindu canteen and the other is a Tianfang canteen), while the white officers are preparing to attend the dinner. Only a few British and Indian soldiers standing guard could go into battle, but their number was small, and they were attacked by surprise, and they were immediately stunned...
