Chapter 874: Fire Preparation

Early the next morning, all the units of the Northern Corps of the Eastern Route Army, including a field brigade (one regiment owed), one cavalry division, one overseas division, and two daredevil's divisions, had all landed and spread out near the city of Agra.

Tens of thousands of troops had already surrounded the city of Agra and the nearby Fort of Agra, which, although extremely fortified, was nothing in front of the Far Eastern Army.

The main attack force is two divisions and regiments of the Death Army, and the support troops are extremely strong, including more than a dozen artillery groups, and more than a dozen fire support boats on the Yamuna River, with a total of more than 100 artillery pieces and 18 12-barreled 107-mm rocket launchers.

In addition, the airship units that had been cruising around Agra City also slowly converged on the sky above Agra City. One by one, the behemoths floated in the air for more than 100 meters, making the soldiers and civilians defending the city all terrified.

On the walls of Agra Fort, Rajahan and the important ministers of the Mughal Empire were also stunned by the airships floating above them. In this era, the shock of a huge floating airship is unimaginable.

Rajahan looked at the airship in the air with a solemn face, and suddenly a very ominous premonition suddenly appeared in his heart. It seems that the Far Eastern Army is coming prepared, and it seems that Agra Fort will have to go through a tough battle.

He took a deep breath, turned around and said in a deep voice to several important ministers next to him: "Let the defenders of the castle prepare, the Far Eastern Army is about to attack the city." ”

The people at the head of the city listened to Raja Khan's order and wanted to turn around and prepare, but just as they were about to leave, a piercing whistling sound suddenly came from under the city.

"Woohoo...... Woo Woo ......"

When Rajahan and the others heard the sound, they hurriedly looked down the city, and found that patches of thick smoke rose from the Yamuna River, and a light visible to the naked eye instantly rose into the sky. It was overwhelmingly covering the Agra Fort.

"Rocket...... It's a rocket from the Far East, Your Majesty, get out of here quickly......"

Because the Mughal Empire was also equipped with some primitive rockets, several imperial ministers at the head of the city had certainly seen rockets. It's just that when the Mughal Empire's rockets were launched, there was no such shocking momentum. It is impossible to shoot so far.

Rajahan also broke out in a cold sweat, the Yamuna River is nearly two kilometers away from Agra Fort, but looking at these rockets launched from the Far East, it is enough to hit the castle of Agra Fort. Thinking of this, he immediately prepared to leave the city under the cover of a group of guards.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

Suddenly, there was a loud and dense noise, and Rajahan felt as if he had been pushed hard, and fell straight out, if it weren't for the guards around him. A single rocket that landed near him could tear him to shreds.

But he was still blown away by the shock wave after the rocket explosion, and the many guards around him were not as lucky as him, and they were blown to pieces one by one.

Rajahan felt as if all the bones in his body were broken, and he struggled to prop himself up from the ground, unable to hear anything but a buzzing in his ears.

He looked around confusedly. His eyes were full of bright red blood, where he had just stood. The corpses were all over the place, and a group of important ministers of the Mughal Empire, as well as a large number of guards, were all killed and wounded.

Rajahan felt something weigh on him, and when he looked down, he was frightened. It was a bloodied thigh, and blood was still spraying from the stubble.

"Ah...... Ah......h

He shouted in panic, desperately trying to get up from the ground, but he didn't know why, he had no strength left.

A few guards who were lucky enough not to die. He staggered over and dragged Rajahan out of here, but Rajahan had broken down by this time, shouting heartbreakingly all the way, his voice full of despair and fear.

Several fire support boats of the Far Eastern Army deployed on the Yamuna River opened fire first, and more than 100 107-mm rockets fired by 18 twelve-barreled 107-mm rocket launchers were the fastest, and the first coverage of Agra Fort was completed in an instant.

This was followed by a series of 120-mm and 82-mm mortars, 105-mm assault guns, 75-mm mountain guns, and 70-mm infantry guns, all of which opened fire almost simultaneously, and the dense artillery fire blew up the Mughal Imperial troops guarding the castle.

Qiao Haipeng looked at Agra Fort in the distance with a telescope, he put down the binoculars, turned to Lin Hua, the chief of staff, and said: "Our artillery fire is indeed fierce, such a powerful firepower is enough for the defenders of the Mughal Empire in Agra Castle to drink a pot." ”

After he finished speaking, he turned around and said to Fujita behind him: "Old Teng, after the artillery fire preparation is over, the combat engineer unit and the assault unit of the Dare Army must quickly enter the attack, you go and prepare." ”

"Hi ......"

Fujita bowed loudly to receive the order, and then hurried to the headquarters of the Death Army Division. The division commander and the commanders of the units of the Dare Death Army saw Fujita and saluted him one after another.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the commander has just given me an order that the fire preparation of the artillery unit is about to end, and that our daring army units must prepare for the attack. This was the first battle of the Death Army of the Northern Army of the Eastern Route Army in the Indian Campaign, and the commander gave the task of assault to our Death Army, which was the glory of our Death Army. I hope that you will fight bravely and strive to break through the Agra Citadel as quickly as possible to defend the honor of our Daredevils. ”

"Hi...... Hi ......"

Listening to Fujita's words, all the commanders of the Death Army units responded loudly and excitedly.

The Death Army Assault Force has a battalion, which is the elite selected from the two divisions of the Northern Army of the Eastern Route Army, and is composed of non-commissioned officers and officers from various units. They are all brave in battle, and they have laid a solid foundation for the Far East.

Each member of the Death Squad was armed with a katana, two Type 28 revolvers, eight Soviet-style oval ball grenades, and all members were equipped with a double-barreled shotgun or a 40mm grenade launcher. The firepower can definitely be described as ferocious.

In addition, due to the fact that the Indian campaign required a lot of offensive tasks, the Theater Command formed a combat engineer unit in the Dare Corps unit.

This combat engineering unit, which consisted entirely of Japanese who had worked as miners, had undergone several months of training by the theater engineer unit before the war began. During the execution of the offensive campaign, the combat engineering unit of the Dare Death Army specialized in the task of blasting the enemy's solid targets. (To be continued.) )