A large number of ships loaded with Far Eastern officers and soldiers and supplies came to Ceylon, and would return to Liaodong here with large quantities of grain, cotton cloth, jute and other materials. In recent years, the company has been buying grain and cotton cloth in India, importing more than 100,000 tons of various crops from the Mughal Empire every year.

Grain from the Safavid and Ottoman Empires in Persia was now simply unloaded into the port of Colombo in Ceylon, where it was transported back to Liaodong by the ships of the Admiralty transporting troops and supplies.

For the sake of the secrecy of this Indian campaign, all the troops were camped in the port of Trincomalee in the Bay of Kodiar on the island of Ceylon, and the entrance to the bay was so heavily guarded that not even a single bird could fly in, let alone the ships.

It is currently the rainy season in India, which lasts for three months. India is generally a tropical monsoon with four seasons in the year: the cold season (December to March), the hot season (April to June), the rainy season (July to September) and the southwest wind retreat season (October to November).

Precipitation in India is mainly concentrated in the rainy season, accounting for about 80% of the annual precipitation. Occasional heavy rainstorms often cause rivers to rise sharply, causing flooding. This season, of course, is not suitable for an offensive, so now the troops are actively training and awaiting the operation in two months.

Entering the monsoon retreat season, the cool October begins, and from this time until the entire cold season, most of India is the season of ripening and harvesting, which is the best season of the year in India and lasts until March of the following year. It is also the best time to launch the Indian campaign.

Qiao Haipeng came to Ceylon ahead of schedule and immediately set about the formation of the Indian Theater Command, with him as the commander, political commissar Li Yukun, deputy commanders Qiang Quansheng and Hao Changfeng, and chief of staff Lin Hua.

Other than that. There is also the newly formed Far Eastern Combined Fleet, commander Zhou Cheng, political commissar Lu Gambo. At present, all the capacity of the Admiralty is concentrated in the Daming coast to participate in the company's transportation of displaced people this year. In mid-October, the Combined Fleet would arrive on Ceylon Island to assemble.

The Air Force Department also set up the Indian Ocean Theater Command, with Commander Ding Weiguo. It is not only attached to the South Seas Air Boat Wing and the Ceylon Air Boat Independent Brigade. A number of airships were also mobilized from Luzon, the Gulf of Siam, the Ryukyus, Tanegashima and other places, and two airship wings were gathered, totaling nearly 100 three-five-type four-engine airships.

The Ministry of Intelligence has also set up an Indian Theater Intelligence Center to assist the units of the Far East Army in the Indian campaign. Ding Xinghao specially rushed over from Liaodong to serve as the director of the intelligence center.

The participating units include the field divisions of the Northeast Field Army (one regiment is owed), the four overseas divisions of the Overseas Group Army, the four main cavalry divisions of the Outer Northeast Aborigines in the East Field, the ten death division divisions of the Samurai Group Army, and a large number of combat and logistical support detachments directly under the Theater Command.

The total strength of the entire Indian theater is more than 200,000 troops, and the main force is 10 newly formed divisions and regiments of the Death Army. Each death army division has two brigades and six regiments, with a total of 24 battalions.

Each battalion was assigned to four infantry companies and one company directly under it, with a total of 700 Japanese officers and men who dared to die. Each infantry company is assigned to an assault platoon. Equipped with 30 elite samurai armed with katanas, they were selected from all over Japan, and they were all originally samurai backgrounds.

Two more platoons of spearmen, equipped with sixty spearmen. Two musket platoons with sixty musketeers armed with muskets of various models. Most of these officers and soldiers were originally from the spears and muskets of various Japanese daimyos, and they were still relatively familiar with the weapons in their hands.

Most of the samurai army was a newly trained death army, and only two-thirds of its officers and men participated in the Japanese campaign. And most of them only participated in the late sweeping operations, and did not really stand the test of war.

But the original samurai of the Far East who started the army of the Death Army. They all serve as the backbone of cadres and non-commissioned officers of various units, and there is no problem with the basic skeleton of the group army, and the samurai who came from the old daring army units are also very strict in the training of the newly trained daring army units, and the combat effectiveness of the group army is still relatively strong.

Because the company is currently in a difficult period, this newly formed samurai army. The standard of both equipment and material supply is relatively low. In addition to the equipment and material supply of the samurai of the old daredevil's army, the newly trained daredevil's army, weapons, armor, and personal equipment are all pieced together.

Fortunately, the company captured a large amount of booty in the Korean and Japanese campaigns, so the equipment of each unit is still relatively complete. But the equipment is a bit varied, and there are several kinds of muskets alone. These include Japanese iron guns, various arquebuses in Europe, and some front-loading rifled guns that were eliminated by the company.

Katana swords and spears were also trophies from the capture of daimyo from all over Japan, and the quantities were extremely abundant anyway, and the cold weapons of Little Japan were of good quality. Each spearman and musketeer was also equipped with an additional weapon for melee combat, and there was a mess of types, such as short swords, scimitars, ribs, long swords, bayonets, and so on.

There are also helmets and armor for the newly built death army, such as the armor of the Japanese daimyo ashigaru, the armor of the Korean official army, the chain mail and plate armor of the Western colonizers, and the cotton armor and chain mail of the Houjin soldiers.

As for the ordinary equipment of the troops of the daredevils, it is still relatively unified. Including individual canvas rucksacks, cowhide belts, high-waisted canvas cowhide military boots, wooden water bottles, cutlery, sundries, sleeping bags and other equipment, all of which are consistent with all Far Eastern officers and soldiers.

Although there are many types of melee weapons and individual armor, they are all collectively equipped according to the battalion and company units, at least they look neat. It's just that the troops look a little chaotic when they get together, and they can only rely on a unified flag to distinguish the numbers of each unit.

Anyway, it's a bit like the Middle-earth Terrans, elves, and dwarves all meeting together to resist the Demon King Sauron's rush.

All units of the samurai army had a distinct hierarchical order, and this was really not deliberately demanded by the Far Eastern Army. Because if they don't do this to these little Japan, they will definitely be confused if there is chaos on the battlefield. The Japanese all have a serious herd mentality, and if the commander of the detachment is killed or seriously wounded, and a replacement is not strictly designated for them, a group of small Japan will inevitably be at a loss.

Therefore, strict hierarchical order is an important part of maintaining the combat effectiveness of the death army. From ordinary spearmen to squad and platoon cadres and non-commissioned officers, there are strict standards of equipment, treatment and food, and only in this way can they feel at ease.

The assault platoons of each daredevil's company, because they are all samurai, they are also the best paid in the daredevil's army, and they are superior in terms of equipment, supplies and food standards. As long as the samurai of the assault platoon meets the assessment, they will be immediately promoted to non-commissioned officers, and their weapons and armor are also the best among all the troops, after all, the assault platoon is at the forefront of every battle.

The more than 100,000 officers and soldiers of the samurai group army who dared to die have all gone through several months of rigorous training, and they were originally all samurai and ashigaru, but now they have basically formed combat effectiveness. Of course, it is a mule or a horse, and it has to be tested on the battlefield. (To be continued.) )

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