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Chapter 1744 Indian and Persian Soldiers

The Persians did not want China to build a fortress on their territory in the Persian Gulf. The negotiations between the two sides broke down, and a battle to force the Persian Empire to surrender was launched in front of the Persian imperial city Isfahan.

The artillery was roaring, and the Gatling machine gun was spraying white smoke. Under the command of the Chinese military officer, groups of Indian Tubang soldiers advanced towards the Persian positions with muskets in hand.

Under the cover of artillery and machine gun fire, they advanced in the most brutal way of queuing and shooting in this era.

Indian cavalry lined up on both sides.Those selected to serve as cavalry were all relatively tall Tubang soldiers. Although they did not have uniform uniforms, they had undergone rigorous training by Chinese officers, and their aura was completely different from that of the Persian cavalry on the opposite side.

The Persian nobles in the city of Isfahan turned pale when they heard the gunfire outside the city.

Isfahan is located in the hinterland of the Persian Empire, and no enemy has ever been able to penetrate into their hinterland and attack the city right under their noses.

As the sound of the artillery came closer, the faces of the Persian nobles became worse and worse, and an invisible pressure pressed on them.

If the imperial city is breached by the expeditionary army, they are likely to become ministers of the subjugated country, and their property in the city will also be plundered and destroyed by the expeditionary army.

Seeing that the situation is not good, some Persian nobles have already planned to pack up their belongings and prepare to flee to a safer place.

"No one can leave! The emperor and I are still here. If I find anyone leaving without permission, they will be sentenced to death after the war!"

The Persian prime minister is known to be majestic, and he stood up to maintain order in an emergency.

Frightened by him like this, the Persian nobles who wanted to run away suddenly dared not move.

The Persian emperor and prime minister had not yet fled Isfahan, and the two sides still had a little room for maneuver, and the expeditionary force did not seem to intend to destroy the country. After the war, the Persian emperor and prime minister may still rule this area.

"Follow me to the city wall to inspire all the soldiers to fight. If we are united, we will be able to resist foreign enemies!" The prime minister mobilized everyone.

A group of Persian nobles showed reluctance and were forced to risk their lives to go to the front line.

"The emperor will not abandon us! The Lord will not abandon us either! Our Persian Empire will definitely win!" The prime minister led the nobles to the city wall, and encouraged the soldiers defending the city to fight bravely with impassioned words.

Their call played a certain role. Many Persian soldiers on the city wall fanatically raised their muskets or bows and arrows, and they didn't know what they were shouting.

The city guard in armor came to the prime minister and whispered: "My lord, the situation seems to be not good..."

The prime minister and the Persian nobles looked down the city, and a big battle unprecedented in the Iranian plateau was going on——

On one side is the Persian Legion with 10 soldiers combined, and on the other side is the expeditionary force with only 1 soldiers.

There are not only Persians in the Persian Legion, but also other vassals, and this is especially true on the other side. The main body turned out to be Indian soldiers.

Surprisingly, the small number of expeditionary forces took the lead in launching the offensive, disrupting the Persian army with artillery, machine guns and even crude Indian rockets.

When the formation of the Persian Legion was in chaos, the five Indian infantry regiments formed a dense three-row musket line and pressed towards the Persian Legion.The depth of the musket line is very shallow, but the frontal firepower is very strong, because there are only three rows.

The front of the Persian Legion is composed of spearmen and musketeers, with a depth of more than 8 rows. This is the tactic taught by the English more than 20 years ago.

On the front is the most elite Persian new army among the Persian legions. They often fight with the new Turkish army, and they are considered elite.

Behind the new Persian army, there are red turban militias temporarily recruited from various places. Some of them are equipped with matchlock guns, and some of them hold bows and arrows that have been eliminated by muskets.

The new Persian army is undoubtedly a relatively strong army, able to face the new Turkish army of the Ottoman Empire head-on. Many of them have been battle-tested, and their opponents are Indian soldiers who have not fought much.

"When we went to negotiate with them in their camp, we found that most of the enemy troops were Indians, not Chinese." A nobleman said to the prime minister.

"The Mughal Empire is nothing more than a large number of people. Their combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning in front of our new army. Are the Chinese planning to use them as cannon fodder and wait until our new army is exhausted before going into battle in person?" the prime minister muttered.

He doesn't think that the Indian soldiers have any fighting power.

The central army of the five Indian infantry regiments outside the city, Qin Zuoming went into battle lightly. He led the supervisory team to urge the five Indian infantry regiments to move forward under the cover of artillery and machine guns.

He did have plans to consume the new Persian army's vitality. The training of musketeers was not difficult. As long as they had money and food, they could easily pull up the strength of five indigenous infantry regiments in the Indian peninsula within a month.The most indispensable thing in the Indian peninsula is cheap soldiers.

On both sides are the more precious Indian cavalry regiments. They have much more training time than musketeers, and they need to be equipped with horses that are troublesome to serve.

And behind the Indian Infantry Regiment, there is a brigade of No.12 Corps, which is used as a reserve force to enter the battlefield.

The main force of the No.12 Corps is native Chinese soldiers, and their treatment is also the best, and there is also a system of pensions and benefits.Because of the long-term garrison in Nanyang, the No.12 Corps inevitably added a group of Malays, Javanese, and Siamese to serve as engineers, logistics troops, and even combat troops.

"Persian soldiers or Indian soldiers, which place has a better source of soldiers?" Qin Zuoming was thinking about where the source of soldiers was better before the battle.

Now the Kyushu Army, except for the vast majority of the imperial standing army, is still composed of Chinese as officers and soldiers, and has also established a servant army system.To control such a large territory, the cost would be too high if one had to do everything by oneself.The Chinese hold the position of officer in the servant army, train the servant army and lead them to fight.

Even the servant army, in the eyes of Chinese military officers, has a division of combat power.

Generally speaking, Chinese military officers prefer to use Dongying warriors and Japanese soldiers formed by Ronin with relatively strong combat effectiveness, followed by Javanese, Malay, Siamese, Annan and other Nanyang soldiers.

Although the soldiers of Indian native states were used late and their physical fitness was not high, they were the cheapest and easiest to tame.

In the future, recruiting an army of servants in Persia to protect the oil fields can be a good idea to control costs, but I don't know how cost-effective Persian soldiers are.

Qin Zuoming was thinking of other things. The sound of gunfire brought his thoughts back to the battlefield. The soldiers of Indian Tubang and the new Persian army had already begun to exchange fire.

(End of this chapter)