Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 724 Ah San's Destruction

Lieutenant General Bart in the city was fidgeting amidst the roar of artillery fire and light and heavy machine guns. He led his guards to personally patrol the city to supervise the battle, running around the main defense areas in the city like a revolving lantern.

Suddenly, Lieutenant General Bart stopped in his tracks, and said to Cai Ensi, the chief of staff beside him, "The gunfire at the north gate is wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Cai Ensi, the chief of staff, said in a daze.

"The machine guns at the north gate are not firing downwards, but upwards!" Lieutenant General Bart, an old soldier, immediately distinguished the difference between the gunshots: "The Indian battalion guarding the north gate must want to surrender to the Chinese. !” As Bart hurried to the north gate with his guards, he shot and killed the Indian battalion commander guarding the north gate before he could speak, and then he ordered the coalition soldiers to fire their machine guns at the Indian battalion soldiers below the city. It seemed that he wanted to vent his fear and anger in this way.

Outside the city, the commandos of the independent brigade, regiment, and battalion who attacked the city braved the enemy's artillery fire, went forward one after another, sometimes jumped over the road, sometimes rolled down the ditch, crawled in the paddy field, and braved the rain of bullets to pass through the open land blocked by the enemy's firepower. , Difficult movement towards the city wall.

The Second Regiment, which mainly attacked the north gate, used dense firepower to cover the engineers approaching the north gate, and organized a commando, using the terrain as a cover, taking advantage of the gap between the enemy's firepower, to pass through the moat outside the north gate, to the small river outside the north gate wall. street movement.After approaching the street, use the house as a cover, and quickly move towards the north gate against the wall of the house.

And the first regiment, the third battalion and the first division, which mainly attacked the south gate, also launched a fierce offensive against the defenders at Luowa Mountain outside the south gate, forcing the enemy to have no chance to breathe, and there was no way to fight back.

In an instant, the whole of Mumbai was submerged in the sound of gunfire and rushing. At this time, the city of Mumbai, which was regarded by Lieutenant General Butt as the last straw, was besieged on all sides and was in danger.

At 06:30, the commandos of the first regiment and the first battalion who were mainly attacking the east gate finally boarded the city wall.Subsequently, the engineers successfully blasted the east gate, and the companies of the battalion and the first part of the second battalion successfully broke through the blasting hole, developing from east to west.At the same time, the engineering soldiers of the Second Regiment also successfully blasted the north gate, and a large number of Dragon Army soldiers rushed into Mumbai City one after another, and the five-clawed golden dragon flag was flying everywhere in Mumbai.

Lieutenant General Butt finally gave up his command in Mumbai and retreated to the headquarters with a few guards.There is also a 1:1000000 map of India hanging in the headquarters. In his eyes, the landmarks of Mumbai on the map have gradually become blurred.It's over, everything is over now, in just a few hours, the entire Mumbai fell, and the long-term military control of the British Empire in India should come to a shameful end here.

The Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked the beginning of the British conquest of India. In April 1756, Maharaja Siraj of Bengal sent troops to occupy the British agency in Calcutta, and then marched into Calcutta and occupied the place.In retaliation, the East India Company mobilized troops, and on June 4, 1757, they exchanged fire with the army of the Maharaja of Bengal at Plassey.It was Robert who commanded the British army at that time.Clive.He used bribes to win over the local nobles to fight for power with Prince Siraj, split and disintegrated Siraj's army, and defeated the prince's 6 people with only 23 troops.Siraj was executed after the defeat, and Clive established a puppet regime. Since then, the British actually became the rulers of the rich Bengal, and began to invade and control the entire territory of India.

During this period, the British suppressed India's resistance countless times, and finally gradually gained a foothold in India, taking this as their largest source of wealth in Asia.Since 1757, Britain has plundered billions of pounds of wealth from India, which has become an important source of funds for the development of the UK and promoted the high-speed development of domestic industries.

After World War II, even under the leadership of Gandhi, India achieved political independence through non-violence and non-cooperation, but India still cannot do without Britain in many aspects. It's India's crutch.

Now India is finally about to change to a master, from Britain to China.

Thinking of this, there was a sneering smile on the corner of Bart's mouth, maybe this was a mockery of himself being "honored" to be the last British military commander in India.

"Cairns, you can go now." Lieutenant General Butt sat down, poured himself a glass of wine, and said, "We can't wait for the Americans to arrive, now you go out, remember to raise the white flag, I don't think the Chinese will kill you."

"Then what about you, Your Excellency General?" Cai Ensi finally hadn't asked about his superior's safety.

Lieutenant General Bart smiled, a bit miserably: "Where can I go? This is my headquarters. Even if I surrender to the Chinese, the people who return to China will only treat me as a loser. Go, Cairns, my friend, save your life, and tell the people in China what happened in India when you have a chance in the future!"

Chief of Staff Cai Ensi sighed, slowly pushed open the door of the headquarters, and walked out. Outside, he saw the gleaming bayonets of the Dragon Army soldiers.

Cigarettes are lingering in Ayodhya, Mumbai. In this short month, Nehru seemed to have aged several decades. He knelt devoutly in front of the Buddha statue, closed his eyes, and muttered to himself I don't know what to say, an Indian monk stood beside him, looking at him kindly, behind him was a large group of Indian officials, including the unlucky Minister of Defense Menon, all of them focused their attention on As for Nehru, he was so anxious that he had already boiled over.The sound of guns and guns outside the temple has become more and more clear.

Nehru stopped praying, closed his eyes and whispered to the monk, "Is it really my fault?"

The monk shook his head and said, "Actually, there is no right or wrong. Right and wrong only exist in the human heart."

Nehru also said: "It doesn't matter if one person makes mistakes, what matters is that the whole country makes mistakes."

The monk smiled kindly and said: "It's not a matter of right or wrong, as long as you can let go of all causes and effects, you can get through the calamity and reach the other shore."

Nehru opened his eyes abruptly, with the world's most helpless smile on his face, he turned his head and said to his subordinates: "You all go, while there is still some time."

Menon hesitated for a while and said softly: "Your Excellency, the war is not over and India is not yet destroyed. You are still the spiritual leader in the hearts of the Indian people. You are still needed to lead us through this difficult time. We advise you to avoid it for the time being." For a moment, we can go to Calcutta to reorganize the armed forces, even if there is only one Indian left, we will fight China to the end. If it doesn’t work, we can go to the UK, they have agreed to provide us with political asylum.”

Nehru's eyes flashed brightly, then dimmed again, and he said weakly: "British? Now the whole world can't protect us. That's just an empty promise they made. Go away, I want a People are quiet."

Menon and the others looked at each other, and when they were hesitating, a grenade flew from a distance, landed in the center of the temple courtyard, and exploded with a bang. Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, all dispersed. After a while, only Nehru and a few Indian monks were left in the huge Buddhist hall.

Nehru said to the monk with a half-smile: "I, Nehru, can only be destroyed, never defeated."

The monk nodded and said, "It's a big deal to let go of this stinky skin."

Nehru stood up slowly, walked out of the hall step by step, came to the courtyard, looked up at the blue sky, and took out a pistol from his waist.

With a bang gunshot, countless white pigeons in front of the temple square fluttered their wings and flew into the distance.

Snapped!Red: Rook two advances to six, the red side first crosses the Chu River to attack black, and goes straight to black's base camp.Not to be outdone, the black chess fought back vigorously. Looking at the overall situation, the red and black sides strangled together, and a rush has been completed.At the beginning of the war in the Indian battlefield, an exciting fight is being staged on a chessboard in the Palace of Qinzheng in the Old Summer Palace.The opponents are the emperor and Kang Youwei.

"Your majesty, why don't you ask me why I have assigned these people to such important positions?" Kang Youwei asked, looking at the opposite emperor from time to time, for fear of missing a slight change in the other's expression.

Just now, Kang Youwei sent a draft list of examiners for Enke Scholars from all over the country, all of which were selected by Kang Youwei himself, and naturally included many of Kang Youwei's cronies, colleagues, students, etc. Guan Xuqing just glanced at it and said With the flick of a pen, approval.

Tang Shaoyi was very surprised, why the emperor didn't even ask about the origins of the people above him, what they did, and their relationship with him, and directly approved it.Is it trust?In this way, Kang Youwei has a heavy burden to bear. If it is done well, everything will be correct.But what if one fails?
Black chess: Shi six advances to five, completely in a defensive posture, he is strong and he is strong, majestic and majestic.

Guan Xuqing said indifferently: "What's so strange about this, I naturally trust you to handle this matter properly." Guan Xuqing trusted Kang Youwei because he knew Kang Youwei quite well and knew him as a person.The second is that there is no doubt about the employment, and the doubt is not used.In addition, the empire is short of talents. Military talents abound, but civil and political talents are very scarce.Guan Xuqing is now jumping on a strong leg, without the support of the civil servants, he is a cripple himself, although the cripple seems to be very strong now.

Red: Horse two enters five, straight up head-on, standing on the Chu River, jumping on the horse and looking north.

"Life is like playing chess. If you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game. This is a sad thing, and life is not as good as playing chess. It is impossible to play another game, and you can't regret the game." Kang Youwei sighed in his heart, still staring at the game. Looking at the emperor, he stepped forward step by step, uttering the warning words that people are like a chess game.

(End of this chapter)