The barge flotilla formed by the Northern Army of the Eastern Route Army left Calcutta and sailed all the way out of the Hooghly River into the Ganges River valley. The barge fleet of the Northern Corps was carefully camouflaged, the deck barges were canvased all around, and the troops sailed into the Ganges in phases.

In fact, the Northern Army did not expect to hide it, after all, the size of the army was too large, and it was a while to hide it. Anyway, the information in this era is extremely underdeveloped, and even if it is discovered, by the time the Mughal Empire reacts, the Northern Legion may have already come to the city of Agra.

Moreover, the Ganges River of this era was extremely wide, with a maximum area of several kilometers, and even the hydrological conditions of the Yamuna River, a tributary of the Ganges, were much better than in modern society.

The river steam deck barges in the Far East could travel at high speeds of up to 12 kilometers per hour, and the Mughal Empire could not stop the Northern Army even if it wanted to intercept the Northern Army on the Ganges and Yamuna rivers.

In this era, the Ganges River basin was the main inland waterway of the Mughal Empire, and all kinds of boats on the river flowed endlessly, and after the barge fleet of the Northern Army of the Eastern Route Army entered the Ganges, it did cause some sensation on both sides of the Ganges, but it was not taken seriously by the garrisons of the governors on both sides of the Ganges.

It wasn't until the fleet of the Northern Legion of the Eastern Route Army sailed all the way to Allahabad to join the Yamuna River that the Mughal Empire's naval forces appeared. However, several ships that tried to intercept the Northern Army were sunk by the Far Eastern Army as soon as they appeared.

It was only then that the Mughal imperial armies of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers realized the crisis. But the barge flotilla of the Northern Army had already rushed headlong into the Yamuna River, and had sent troops ashore to annihilate the defenders of the Mughal Empire in Allahabad.

The Mughal armies on both sides of the Yamuna River immediately sent fast horses to Agra. But at this time, the Mughal Empire had already been in chaos, and the Western Route Army and the Southern Route Army had already launched an attack as planned, which caught the Mughal Empire's emperor Rajahan by surprise.

But the emperor of the Mughal Empire, Raja Khan, was, after all, a descendant of the Turkic and Mongol peoples. Possess the fighting bloodline of the nomads. Faced with the crisis situation in the Indus Valley and coastal areas of India, he did not panic, but quickly made targeted deployments, sending a force of 5,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 elite infantry, as well as some war elephant troops and artillery units, to support the imperial army in the Indus Valley.

But he was on the coast of the empire. Instead of immediately increasing his troops, he gave the governors of the regions on the north bank of the Godavari River an order to mobilize them, to establish a defensive line on the north bank of the Godavari River, and to send troops to annihilate the enemy forces north of the Godavari River.

He also mobilized near the cities of Arag and Delhi, and drew large numbers of cavalry from all over the north to support the Indus Valley and the north bank of the Godavari River.

This period was the most powerful phase of the Mughal Empire, and although the empire ruled only nominally over the numerous Hindu princely tribes of the southern Deccan Plateau, it extended control over the South Asian subcontinent on the north bank of the Godavari River, as well as the regions of Bengal, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. But they have absolute control.

It was not the case in the eighteenth century, when the governors of the Mughal Empire were in siloed states, and many Hindu princely tribes were on their own, providing opportunities for the British colonists to break through.

Therefore, the governors of various parts of the Mughal Empire, receiving orders from Emperor Raja Khan, reacted quickly and sent elite cavalry to the Indus Valley and the north bank of the Godavari River to support.

But then came the news. But Rajahan couldn't sit still. The governor of Bengal sent a large number of fast horses to ask Rajahan for help. The Bengal region is being attacked by superior forces from the Far East, and the situation is very critical.

Before the eighteenth century, Bengal accounted for more than half of the world's cotton textile market, and was also the most economically developed region of the Mughal Empire.

Rajahan then sent tens of thousands of the empire's most elite cavalry, infantry, and war elephant artillery units. Rapid reinforcements to Bengal made the originally heavily armed areas of Agra and Delhi suddenly empty.

At this time, the attacking forces of the Southern Route Army and the Western Route Army had all been deployed, supported by airboat troops and river deck barges. The offensive was extremely fierce. In the face of the resistance of the Mughal imperial army, the road was like a bamboo, blowing dry and decaying and crushing the enemy's defenses.

In fact, the army of the Mughal Empire has long been less powerful than the Balb era, and the imperial army that has been peaceful for a long time is almost rotten. In addition to the royal army stationed in the area of Agra and Delhi, that is, nearly 10,000 elite cavalry and tens of thousands of elite infantry are still strong. The combat effectiveness of the other troops belonging to the governors of various places has been weakened to varying degrees. And the garrisons stationed throughout the empire, as well as the Hindu peasant soldiers of various Hindu tribes, were even more miserable.

In 1504, there was a brutal war in which the Calicuts of India besieged the Portuguese-held Cochin stronghold. According to historical records, the Indians besieged for four months and paid the price of nearly nineteen thousand deaths. The 140 Portuguese defenders were not killed in battle. After this battle, the Portuguese began to realize their obvious superiority in military technology, and their aggression began to become more and more unscrupulous.

In the face of the well-trained and armed Far Eastern Army, the armies of the Mughal Empire were basically crushed at the touch of a button. The Far Eastern Army has the tactical thinking of modern society, is equipped with weapons and equipment that almost reached the level of the First World War period, and is also equipped with perfect communications, logistics, engineers, scouts, artillery, cavalry and other arms to fight together.

Moreover, all participating units in the Indian Theater of the Far Eastern Army have a large number of airboat units providing all-round air support. The airship unit could provide aerial reconnaissance alert for the participating troops, and whenever the Mughal Empire's troops appeared, they would use radio to notify the commanders of the participating units, so that the Far Eastern Army could make targeted deployments.

In case of emergency, the air boat units of the Far Eastern Army can also directly participate in the attack, bombing and strafing the Mughal army and crushing the enemy on the ground. In addition, the airship unit also has some airships, which are specially designed to provide long-range relay for communication between various units in the Indian theater of operations, so as to ensure the smooth communication of all units participating in the theater.

With the cooperation of the airboat troops, whenever the Mughal Imperial army rushed to the battlefield, it would be broken by the Far Eastern Army that had already been deployed. The Mughal Empire troops, which had lost the initiative on the battlefield, were often completely annihilated under the heavy artillery fire of the Far Eastern Army and the attack of powerful heavy machine guns, and the battlefield presented a one-sided situation. (To be continued.) )