How would the industrialized Ming Dynasty defeat the "Mongolian-style" cavalry carrying rifles and pulling field guns?
Just when Admiral Hugh Gough, who had transformed into "Gough Khan", led his more than 200,000 Anglo-Saxon cavalry across the Great Dividing Range and appeared on the vast Australian grasslands, the command ship "Nanjing" I already knew that Zhuge was the Taoist.
The first trick for this Ming army to defeat the "Mongolian-style" cavalry is... airship reconnaissance!
Hugh Gough's army was hundreds of kilometers away from the Brisbane battlefield. Photos of his Anglo-Saxon cavalry troops had already been sent to the "Nanjing" where Zhuge Weidao and Mu Zhongjun were aboard.
The "Nanjing" is now docked at the Robbery Beach in Brisbane, dropped a large anchor, and began to serve as the command ship of the "Pacific-Southern Continent General Admiral Division". And this "General Admiral's Department" is actually a joint headquarters, headed by Zhuge Weidao, the admiral of the Pacific Fleet, and Mu Zhongjun, the admiral of the Southern Continental Army.
Although the family of the Chief Admiral is composed of two admirals, the Admiral of the Pacific Fleet and the Admiral of the Southern Continental Army are still retained, and each is in charge of the two large areas of sea and land.
Therefore, this "General Admiral's Department" is actually a coordinating agency for the Ming Navy and Army in the Pacific-Southern Continent, and it is also a temporary government office. According to the plan, when the Ming army completely captures Brisbane and completes the first phase of landing operations, the main force of the Pacific Fleet will immediately return to Pearl Harbor along the coast of the southern continent to rest. After that, the land operations in the Southern Continent had nothing to do with the Pacific Fleet. This area was all the work of the Southern Continent Legion.
However, the Pacific Fleet will not be idle. Next, it will be responsible for ensuring the logistics of the Southern Continental Army, and will also have to sweep the Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Fiji. The British troops on islands such as New Zealand and New Zealand - these islands must be captured one by one. Later, a group of "little Ming kings" will have to be arranged to become kings. From now on, they will all be vassals of the Ming Dynasty, together with England, France, and It doesn't matter about the Netherlands or anything.
If there is still a United Nations in this timeline, then during the meeting, there will be a big Ming leading a group of small Mings...a neat "family"!
In addition, Zhuge Weidao had to continue to worry about the battle in the Caribbean Sea.
The United States is much more difficult to deal with than Australia! Although their industrial technology is not very advanced, they have crossed the threshold of industrialization, and they have unique conditions for industrialization. In the northeastern United States, coal mines, iron mines, and oil are all provided for you. Inland waterways and canals, whose transportation costs are cheaper than railways, have been arranged to connect these resources together, and the cost of industrialization is extremely low. Moreover, the United States has always been a paradise for white-skinned Europeans to start businesses, turn over, and avoid starving to death (the Irish). Capital and talents are constantly flowing to the United States. The industrialization of the United States came so easily!
Although the level of industrialization in the United States is not very high today, the scale is not small. In terms of hard indicators of early industrialization such as oil, coal, steel, and electricity, the United States is on the same level as France, Prussia, Rakshasa, and Austria.
If the Ming Dynasty and Great Britain are considered first-tier industrial countries, then the United States is still a second-tier industrial country, and it is very promising to become a new first-tier industrial country... Therefore, Mexico, Texas, and the Republic of Florida have been struggling during this period. More than half of Texas has fallen into the hands of the United States, the northern part of the Republic of Florida has also fallen, and Father Fidel Guevara has led his men to hide in the swamps to fight guerrillas.
What's even more troublesome is that the "New United States" class, which has improved its power system and strengthened its anti-aircraft firepower, has already appeared on the Atlantic battlefield during this time! Since the Mexicans have not dug the Nicaragua Canal yet, the Ming Dynasty's Pacific Fleet is temporarily unable to pass through, so the Americans have taken back a little bit of sea control in the Caribbean.
If the Ming Dynasty cannot defeat Australia in a short period of time, win the biggest victory in the war against Britain, start a "peace movement" with Britain, and then concentrate on containing the United States, then the United States, the chosen country, may be able to recover... ...
Therefore, Zhuge Weidao, who is well aware of the potential of the United States, is most worried about Hugh.
Gough adopted delaying tactics and kept all his two to three hundred thousand troops in the Sydney Fortress... If they stayed there for a year and a half, things would be in trouble.
"Your Majesty," Zhuge Weidao looked up after reading the photo in his hand and asked Mu Zhongjun, who had already attacked Lord Qian, "What do you think of the cavalry in this photo?"
Mu Zhongjun knew cavalry. He studied cavalry in the military academy. Later, he served as a cavalry officer in the Mongolian grasslands and the Western Regions for several years. He served as the commander of the cavalry regiment, and then was transferred to the Army Staff Department. Later he transferred to the Army Aviation Corps.
When Zhuge Weidao was asking questions, Mu Zhongjun was holding a magnifying glass and carefully looking at a photo at hand. While looking at it, he nodded and replied: "Yes, yes...one person and two horses, and a large number of carriages, and there are also a lot of cavalry cannons. To be honest, our cavalry in Mongolia and the Western Regions is not as good as others Great! Fortunately, Australia does not border on us..."
Are you, the Army, asking me for military expenses? I, Zhuge Military Advisor, am from the Navy!
Zhuge Weidao almost amused Mu Zhongjun and asked with a smile: "Can you handle it? Do you want our navy to help?"
Of course, the Ming Dynasty also had disputes over land and sea...it had to compete for military expenditures! As long as the army and navy are not the same system and are evenly matched, there will inevitably be disputes.
"Of course!" Mu Zhongjun nodded, smiled and said to Zhuge Weidao, "Daozi... you have to lend me all the Double Dragon 2s in the carrier aviation, otherwise I am really not sure! "
"Not sure?" Zhuge Weidao didn't know what to say, "Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, you have no less than 2,500 A-11 tanks on hand...that in Hawaii There are also 2,500 reserve tanks on the side! With so many tanks, isn’t it better to deal with the cavalry than kill a chicken with a single blow?”
Mu Zhongjun smiled and said: "Daozi, why are you so stingy? Those planes of yours can't be used for the time being... let me use them first! Do you think it's enough to kill a chicken with a sledgehammer? I have to add more It's safe to shoot the chicken with a box cannon!"
The "chicken" Gaofhan was miserable enough. He imitated the Mongolian cavalry, but Mu Zhongjun wanted to imitate the "American Army". Armored chariots alone were not enough, but they also had to drop bombs from planes!
If there is an atomic bomb, he probably wants to use it too.
Mu Zhongjun saw Zhuge Weidao's expression was a little strange, and thought he refused, so he said: "Daozi... our army is different from your navy. As long as your navy is strong enough, it will definitely be It can be won. It can be said that if the No. 1 navy beats the No. 2 navy, it is a sure win!
But land warfare is different. There are too many examples of the weak defeating the strong and the weak defeating the strong. Therefore, land warfare cannot be ignored. We must go all out and use as much strength as possible. If you encounter a weak enemy, you must defeat them in one fell swoop, defeat them and defeat them. You must not hold back... Didn't you see that even a strong Rakshasa suffered a big loss in Adrianople?
If your battleship can go ashore, I will borrow it and use it! "
Zhuge Weidao was right to think about it. In another timeline, wouldn't a small Afghanistan have caused three great empires to suffer? You really have to do your best on this matter! Although the terrain of Australia is not as rugged as Afghanistan, it is a continent of millions of square kilometers. If the British cannot be defeated at once and let them become nomadic in the vast inland area, this war will not be easy to fight.
"Okay!" Zhuge Weidao nodded, "I'll lend you 8 squadrons of Ssangyong 2s... including pilots and ground crews! With these, Your Majesty, you will definitely be able to grow up in a few days. A complete victory, right?"
"No, it's not that easy to win completely!"
