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Chapter 568
The elephant is tall and mighty, and the ground trembles when it runs, and then put on armor, giving people a shocking feeling of invincibility.

Especially for war horses, elephants are more deterrent, after all, they are suppressed at the biological level.

But elephants also have their own weaknesses, and are easily startled by loud noises or fireworks.And once frightened, the elephant runs wildly, regardless of enemy or friend.

Therefore, after the deduction of martial arts praise paintings and the drills of front-line generals, the Ming army has a way to deal with the elephant soldiers of the Burmese army.

One is to use bombardment. The lightness and rate of fire of the Franco cannon are suitable for both jungle warfare and fighting elephants; the other is to use heavy muskets. harm.

Even the war elephants carried by the chieftain coalition forces that helped the Ming army to participate in the war were restricted, so as to avoid the Ming army's guns from disturbing the war elephants and causing confusion.

In the Thai-Myanmar War, countless war elephants were dispatched, and they were still the main force in the battle.But in the face of sharp and powerful firearms, the threat of war elephants is actually not great, but the Burmese may not know it yet, or it may be too late to change.

In the judgment of the generals of the Ming army, if it were not for the weather, only [-] to [-] well-equipped Ming troops would be enough to crush the Burmese army and reach the city of Ava.

Historically, this is a likely victory.

However, the emperor remained cautious, instructing the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou to deploy troops and the chieftain allied forces to assist in the war plan.And agreed to the attack time of the Ministry of War, which is after the frost and the time when the miasma disappears.

But agreeing is agreeing, and the emperor also made the Ministry of War and Wang Sanshan fully prepared.

A large amount of anti-mosquito, heatstroke and miasma prevention materials arrived in Yunnan Province, and the prevention knowledge was spread to soldiers. Even if the Burmese learned the information and took the initiative to attack, the Ming army not only had the power to counterattack, but also launched it in advance.

Xu Sanshao and other young officers are mostly mid-to-senior generals who have been trained in martial arts and grew up in the Southwest Counter-insurgency War. They have pioneering spirit and practical experience.

General, Xu Sanshao even touched the edge of senior generals, and in the defense of Tengchong Eight Passes, he took the position of chief general of one pass alone.

As for the report from the combat staff officer, Xu Sanshao nodded slightly and said: "The matchlock gun is powerful, but its rate of fire is slow. It is no match for our Ming flintlock musket, let alone our army's artillery."

After a pause, he continued: "Besides, the Burmese can't make muskets, and the ammunition is not abundant, so they don't have the conditions for long-term combat. Even if it is a big battle that consumes a lot of money, they can't fight a few rounds."

The combat staff officer smiled and said, "The combat power of the Burmese is beyond our army's ability to resist. In fact, there is no need to recruit those chieftain coalition forces to help in the battle."

Xu Sanshao glanced at the combat staff officer, but didn't elaborate.He figured out and understood the intention of the imperial court, and he used the enthusiasm of the chieftain to spread his branches and leaves to divide the power of the chieftain in the country for easy control.

Moreover, ease of control is only the first step, and the ultimate goal is to reform the land and bring it under the jurisdiction of the Ming court.

At this time, a soldier went to the city to report to Xu Sanshao that someone who claimed to be Xu Gongfu in Nanjing came to see him.

Third Young Master Xu frowned, knowing that his father had sent him again.When fighting the rebellion in the southwest, he came to persuade him, but he still applied to the higher authorities and came to the land of Yunnan Province to continue his military career.

"Arrange someone to stay here first, and I'll see him later." Xu Sanshao waved his hand with a somewhat impatient expression.

Xu Guogong persuaded him to go back. In addition to worrying, he also heard the reason why the court wanted to change the nobility system.But Xu Sanshao already had the stubbornness to rely on his own military exploits, so he naturally didn't want to listen to his father's arrangements.

(End of this chapter)