"If my guess is correct, Governor Lawrence has fled from Calcutta," Joseph lit a cigarette and smoked it, which was ridiculously made in China and popular among the British army.He also took a cigarette box and asked a soldier who knew Chinese characters, the cigarette box on the red background had three yellow characters written on it, "China Tobacco" This kind of cigarette is much smoother than the tobacco he used to smoke, when his country conquered China with opium, but now he was captured by Chinese cigarettes."
What, how is this possible, is Britain going to give up India," Bruce stood up excitedly when he heard this, and his body couldn't help but tremble."
It is very likely that the Huaxing army is coming fiercely, and there is no time to rescue it in China.India is close to China, and China has an advantage over us in terms of logistics and supply and the mobilization of troops.It took us more than three months to sail from China to India.How many troops can be transported in these three months, how many supplies can be transported, the queen and the parliament will not think about this issue, I guess Governor Lawrence and Admiral Gordon have figured it out, they are ready for the worst," Joseph analyzed it intently, and did not have any hope in his heart for the situation in India.As early as the place where it was launched, he was preparing to escape, and it was time to speak out."
Well, what should I do, Calcutta can't go, we can't wait here to die," Bruce clapped his hands anxiously, almost crying out in mourning.When he was in Malaysia, all military affairs were handled by Joseph, and Joseph never let him down.So he had great expectations for Joseph, and he always felt that he would not just choose to give up."
Your Excellency the Governor, as early as when we were stationed in Barisal, I had people hurrying up to get the ships in order.This thing has been going on in secret, just because I am afraid that General Gordon will know and let us use ships to resist the navy of the Huaxing Army.These ships are all docked in secret ports, there are hundreds of them in total, enough to carry our 30,000 soldiers and horses," Joseph finally told Bruce the confidential news.He had been hiding this matter for two years, when the navy of the Huaxing Army bombed the stronghold of the Mekna River all the way.He didn't let these ships meet them, in order to leave a way back for himself."
Joseph, you are truly an angel sent by God.Do you have a plan to evacuate, and if we return to England without permission, the queen will definitely kill us" Bruce looked at Joseph for a long time, and then reflected after a while, with a great surprise on his face."
Don't worry, Governor, look at the map.I have already sent people to find out the situation, and now the power of the Huaxing Army has spread to almost any place in the Far East, but there is one place that the Huaxing Army has not yet completely occupied, and that is Australia in the southern hemisphere.From here, we sail from here and it only takes a month to reach Australia.The situation in Australia is tense now, and although there are us Britons in all the states, it is still scattered and there is no unified government.The Huaxing Army has taken control of Queensland in the northeast, but New South Wales and Victoria in the southwest are still in our hands.As long as we go there, unite the forces of the two states to clear the forces of the Huaxing Army.We are the heroes of Australia, and Her Majesty will not punish us, but will put Australia in our hands," Joseph took out a nautical map and pointed to the direction of Australia to Bruce."
This, really, is it okay" Bruce stared at the map and spun his brain quickly, a little hesitantly calculating all kinds of powerful relationships."
There is only one way to go at the moment, and as long as we leave our posts without permission and flee from India, we will inevitably be subject to military law.Only by making great contributions here can we make meritorious contributions and maintain our position.Although Queensland, Australia, is the sphere of influence of the Huaxing Army, the garrison above it is not the Huaxing Army, but the peasant army that rebelled in China.The Huaxing army spared their lives in the first place, just like our British exiled prisoners to Australia, and exiled these peasant troops to Australia.Their weapons are not very good, and our army of 30,000 will surely drive them all out if we combine the forces of the other two states" Joseph patiently persuaded Bruce that he must bring this governor with him, whether it is for the sake of friendship or practical interests.This boss is a lightning rod, and once the queen is angry, she will only send it to him."
Okay, okay, let's go right away, I don't want to stay in this hellish place for a day" Bruce's face finally relaxed a little, and after thinking about it, he quickly agreed to Joseph's suggestion."
Don't worry, Governor, I'll go down and make arrangements right away.However, there are still 30,000 Indian troops in the city, so we have to take them away first.Otherwise, we will be dragged down by them, and we will not be able to go by the way, and let them help us resist for a while" Joseph's face showed a sly smile, in his heart, these indigenous people of India have always been inferior people, just used to exploit."
Okay, I'll take care of everything.You just have to do it, whatever the responsibility is, I'll take it all on you," Bruce chuckled and ordered, feeling much more relaxed at once.In the past few days, the reports of defeat have been coming, and he is almost worried about pulling his intestines together."
Subordinate order" Joseph gave a military salute, hurriedly left the headquarters, and arranged all matters for evacuation.The Indian army still had one army left in Barisal, and when they learned that the 60,000 soldiers who had come to aid Madaripur had been destroyed, the army was also terrified.In order to take advantage of them, Joseph directly asked people to take out thousands of taels of gold coins and reward them to these Indian soldiers.The Indian army has not received so many rewards over the years, and they are all grateful to Joseph, and the morale of the army has stabilized a little."
Soldiers, warriors of the Sikh tribe are now from the devil of the East and are wreaking havoc on this civilized country.What should we do as men of this country," Joseph shouted as he stood in front of the 30,000 Indian troops, trying his best to incite these dumb Indian troops.His expression was solemn, and he really regarded the Indian army as a brother, how sincere and sincere he was."
Kill, kill, kill" After the commander of the Indian army translated Joseph's words, all the troops raised their arms and shouted murderously."
Very well, we have made contact with the army of Calcutta, and they will be coming to support here immediately.We are not alone, and we do not have to fear these demons.Warriors, pick up the steel guns in your hands and go to fight the Huaxing Army" Joseph pulled his throat and flickered loudly again, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching and sneering."
Kill, kill, kill" The emotions of the Indian army were completely mobilized by him, and now he can't wait to rush out immediately and fight to the death with the Huaxing army.After Joseph calmed the morale of the Indian army, he quickly gave the generals a task, and the Indian army set out for fortification at a position thirty miles away from the city on the same day.It was the first line of defense against Barisal, and it was built along the east-west river.At the beginning, the British army dug layers of trenches here, which stretched for several miles from east to west, and now they were completely handed over to the Indian army to defend.According to Joseph's plan, the Indian army only had to hold out here for one day, and he soon took reinforcements to detour behind the Huaxing army, and then flanked the Huaxing army on both sides.The Indian army didn't know anything about the situation, and it didn't even know how many soldiers and horses the Huaxing army came, but they just stupidly obeyed Joseph's order, and all of them went to the front line to prepare to hold on for three days.Huaxing's army marched all the way south, and it took only a week to march to the opposite side of the riverbank.The sappers who were responsible for repairing the bridges and paving the roads marched and fought in such places where the rivers were crisscrossed, and they carried all kinds of materials for building pontoon bridges at all times.Wu Xuming carefully observed the environment of the battlefield and did not pay attention to the Indian troops deployed on the other side of the river at all.He could see at a glance the reality inside, these Indian troops were only stationed here alone, without a trace of the replenishment of follow-up forces.After the collegial discussion of the generals on the front line, the Huaxing Army was also divided into two routes.Break through the Indian army's defense line from the front, and detour behind the Indian army all the way downstream, cutting off their retreat.The Indian army's strength of 30,000 troops could not be used in the defensive line at all, and the downstream was completely undefended.After the offensive began, the Type 58 field guns of two battalions of the Huaxing Army concentrated their fire on the positions of the Indian army and fired a salvo.This Indian army was also in contact with the Huaxing Army for the first time, and they never thought that the Huaxing Army's firepower would be so fierce.In an instant, hundreds of shells weighing 27 kilograms were smashed down within a 200-meter range of the Indian army's position.The entire position shook suddenly, and in an instant, black smoke rose up.The loud roar almost shook the ear holes of the Indian army.Even hiding in the trenches, they were still overturned by the impact of the shells.The shelling lasted for more than 10 minutes, and thousands of shells fell on the positions of the Indian troops, directly leveling the trenches where the Indian troops were located.On the 200-meter-long Indian defense line, either a piece of dead bodies was left, or they were withdrawn to both sides, and in the end, no one was seen.The sappers of the Huaxing Army took advantage of the situation to build a pontoon bridge on the river.The river is not wide, only 100 meters.It took only one morning for the sappers to build a pontoon bridge.The vanguard of the Huaxing Army quickly passed through the pontoon bridge, and then quickly established a defensive position on the riverside to cover the subsequent troops passing through the pontoon bridge.Before dark, the sappers built two more pontoon bridges one after another.The Indian army organized soldiers and horses to charge the vanguard of the Huaxing Army several times, but each time they left thousands of corpses and fled in disarray.They were armed with breech-loading guns, and they simply could not organize a three-stage fire in the trenches.The soldiers were not trained in trench warfare, and after shooting, they could not squat down to change ammunition because of the width of the trenches.Seeing that this situation was not working, the commander hurriedly blew the horn to make the Indian army retreat, and then formed a gun formation to prepare to resist the Huaxing army.The Huaxing army successfully broke through from the front of the Indian army in one night, and the forces of the two armies completely crossed the pontoon bridge without much effort at all, and even the commander of the Huaxing army was quite surprised.According to intelligence, there are still 30,000 British troops stationed in Barisar, but so far only more than 30,000 Indian troops have resisted here, and they have not seen the British army at all.Now that the war has been fought, if the British army wanted to support, it should have come to support a long time ago
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