"What, what do you say?
Lian Sheng died in Soba?
Zhang Teng is a waste, if he didn't die, I would send him to a military court......."
Li Lu, who was crowning his son in Taixifeng, heard the news of Guo Guangjun's death, and his face was incredible, you must know that this Guo Guangjun is the eldest son of Guo Tu, who is his absolute confidant Guo Tu, he joined the army at a young age, and he is a top student of West Point Lu University.Guo Guangjun has been fighting in the Americas for many years, helping Li Lu's sons in several fiefdoms in the Americas, laying a huge territory, he is very good at rectifying the Indians and other indigenous people, he administers the army fairly and strictly, strictly enforces military discipline, establishes a rigid drill system, prohibits soldiers from plundering, and replaces it with generous military salaries and bonuses.Although Guo Guangjun was strict, he was reasonable, set an example, and never forced the soldiers to do what he could not do.In order to boost morale, Guo Guangjun walked in front of the team during the march, carrying no weapons except for a walking stick.The troops were often ambushed on the march, and Guo Guangjun was unharmed every time, and was soon revered as a god by his subordinates.But he didn't expect such a talent to fall in Nubia, which shocked Li Lu, this should be the heaviest defeat he suffered since he raised his army.After thinking about it, he decisively decided to continue to crown his son Li Jin, Li Jin is the son of Li Lu and Natalie, the last princess of Sassanid Persia, with Sassanid royal blood, because his cousin Isai III died suddenly, and there are no heirs, so according to the wishes of the Persians, Li Jin became their Shahansha, of course, because Li Jin is still young, and it is his father Li Lu who exercises the authority of Shahansha on his behalf.After the coronation ceremony, Li Lu immediately convened a Nubian battle conference in Ctesiphon, at which he pointed out that Guo Guangjun's death was a great shame for the British Empire, that it was the responsibility of the imperial government to avenge Guo Guangjun, and that it was only a matter of time before he counterattacked Nubia.After some discussion, Jiang Chen, who was familiar with African warfare, was appointed commander of the Egyptian legion and began to prepare for a counter-attack on Nubia.The British government led by Li Lu decided to occupy Nubia, on the one hand, to avenge Guo Guangjun and avenge the shame of the empire; On the other hand, it was also forced by the situation, after Nubia fell into the Isaian regime, Isaiah established the Isaiah state in Nubia, occupied the upper and middle reaches of the Nile, and in order to ensure British control of the Nile waterway, it was imperative to counterattack Nubia.Jiang Chen is a meritorious general, he has an arrogant and cold temperament, and he is meticulous in organization and planning."
If victory is a splendid flower, transport is the stem of a flower, and a flower without a stem cannot bloom...
The war with Isaiah was primarily a matter of transportation. ”After receiving the appointment, Jiang Chen said.Since ancient times, Egypt's main route into Nubia has been the waterway of the Nile.The Nile's zigzag course in northern Nubia winds for more than 2,000 miles, with three waterfalls in between, making it impassable when the water level is low.After arriving in Egypt, Jiang Chen immediately mobilized railway soldiers and people to build a 700-mile railway, which crossed a large desert and reached the city of Bahai (Abu Hamad of the later Pharaoh's country) at the southern end of the zigzag channel of the Nile.Jiang Chen then built a 400-mile railway along the Nile to Berber, which was only 600 miles to Helheim.The British fought a fierce battle with the Nubian Isaian army at Abala, south of Berber, and routed it.The timing of Jiang Chen's counterattack on Nubia was very good, and after driving out the colonial power of the British, Isaiah established a unified Isaiah state in the name of the savior, although he won a great victory, but the British assassination still succeeded, and he handed over the country to his close comrade-in-arms Harares before he died.Nubia's economy under Harares was on the verge of collapse, and its population was halved by famine, plague, and war.The religious fervor of the early days of the Isaiah movement had faded over time, and some tribal leaders spoke out against the Isaian regime, leading to civil war.Despite this, Harares still had an army of 60,000 men and several loyal generals.As the British approached Helheim, Harares staged a military parade outside the city, calling on the Nubian people to join the holy war to destroy the invaders.On the eve of the battle, the Isaian army had 6,000 men on the run, and with the Nile fortress requiring 2,000 defenders, Harares had only 52,000 men available at the Battle of Helheim.It must be mentioned that the Nubian Isaian army was not only armed with broadswords and spears, but they had about 15,000 rifles and even some artillery pieces captured from the British, but they were desperately short of ammunition.Compared with the previous British army, the current British army has undergone many changes, the most obvious is the khaki cotton uniform instead of the blue-gray tweed uniform.Jiang Chen, commander of the British Expeditionary Force, led 25,000 LinkedIn troops to stop at the Coleri Plain on the west bank of the Nile River, more than twenty miles north of Helheim, and then spread his six infantry brigades in a semicircle facing the west, with the two ends of the front meeting the river bank, and ten gunboats in the Nile providing fire support.Two British cavalry units, the 21st Cavalry Regiment of the Royal Army and the Egyptian Independent Cavalry Regiment, stretched out to the southwest and northwest respectively to seize the high ground.The 21st Cavalry Regiment occupied Mount Sogam, ten miles to the left of the British line, while the Egyptian Independent Cavalry Regiment seized the tall Mount Colery on the right front.Directly ahead of the British front was a flat, sandy plain, slightly sloping towards the Nile with gentle undulations.Eight or nine miles away, a raised high ground blocked the view of the British.Having occupied the commanding heights of Mount Sogam, the British could clearly see that on a ridge of a hill ten miles to the southwest, a black line stretched for several kilometers, and that was the Isaian army led by Harares.After discovering the arrival of the British, the Isaiah army began to advance, and the black line gradually unfolded like a carpet.Isaiah's soldiers lined up in a neat line, and a steady stream of climbing over the ridge appeared in the telescope of the British army, and the entire ridge seemed to be moving slowly forward.Isaiah's leader, Harares, gathered 60,000 troops in Helheim for a decisive battle with the British.Helheim, located more than 60 miles north of Soba, was the seat of the Isaian regime.Harares understood that the victories against the British in the past had been the result of Isaiah's offensive and annihilation of the enemy in the movement.Harares and his generals had devised a bold campaign plan to wipe out Jiang Chen's British forces on the Colery Plains.At noon, the British had a clear view of the Isaiah's army from the top of Mount Sogam.The Isaiah Army Front was 6 kilometers long and faced northeast.The front line was arranged as follows from left to right: Wadhru led five thousand soldiers to form the left flank; In the center were the forces of Sheikedin and Azraq, with a total of 12,000 riflemen and 13,000 spearmen; On the right flank was Shet's troops, 6,000 men, and the hundreds of white flags of this force fluttered in the wind, which was very eye-catching.Behind the central camp, Yakub's legion of 13,000 men served as a reserve, while Harares himself led a guard of 3,000 men to drag at the rear.The Isaiah army consisted mainly of infantry, and the cavalry consisted of only about 3,000 men.At the same time as Isaiah's army advanced, ten British gunboats began to swim upstream, attacking the fortress of the Nile at Helheim, a few kilometers away.There were more than 20 cannons in the fortress, but the Nubians could not match the skills of the British.The shells fired by the British gunboats were filled with maroon explosives, which were extremely powerful, and quickly suppressed the fortress artillery.Then the British gunboats approached the fort, completely destroyed the battery with large-caliber mortars, and fired at the defenders in the trenches with coffee mill machine guns.After the fortress was breached, a British howitzer company landed and began shelling the towering Isaiah Mausoleum in Helheim, which was soon razed to the ground.The destruction of the Isaiah Mausoleum was a great blow to the morale of the Isaiah army, as they had always believed that the Isaiah Mausoleum was protected by the Messiah and was impregnable.While the Nile fortress was fiercely fighting, the Isaian army had been advancing and gradually approaching the British camp, but due to the terrain, the British camp still could not see the Isaian army.In order to understand the movements of the enemy army, Jiang Chen personally climbed Mount Sogam to observe the enemy's situation.Looking southwest from the summit of Mount Sogam, the Isaiah army surged forward like the rising tide of the sea, and its right flank stretched out to the south side of Mount Sogam, outflanking the 21st Cavalry Regiment on the mountain; Its left flank approached Mount Coleri, threatening the Egyptian Separate Cavalry Regiment that was occupying it.Looking northeast from the top of Mount Sogam, five British infantry brigades formed a massive semicircular line with their backs to the Nile, and the array was only two lines deep.Only two companies of each regiment were left behind as reserves, while one Egyptian infantry brigade served as the general reserve.Facing a strong enemy, Jiang Chen was full of confidence, and he said to his adjutant: "We can't ask for a better situation, this is a battlefield where they can give full play to their firepower advantage, and it is better for them to start a war today than wait until tomorrow." ”At two o'clock in the afternoon, Isaiah's army advanced to a halt about ten miles from the British line, and after a thunderous cheer accompanied by a volley of guns, the soldiers lay down on the ground to rest.Apparently Harares thought it was getting late and postponed the decisive battle until the next day.The British camp also ordered the soldiers to rest in place, but sent additional sentries to take strict precautions.There was 400 meters of visibility in front of the British army, and the gunboats moored in the Nile turned on dozens of kerosene searchlights, illuminating the ground one kilometer in front of the British army.It is likely that Harares had plans for a night attack, but the British searchlights deprived the enemy's movement of the cover of night, and the Isaiah army could only wait for dawn.Harares, the leader of the Nubians, looked at the cunning British ships and hated them.........