Mumbai Port Terminal.

Governor of Mumbai, Odd, looked at the vice admiral named Raglan in front of him with a shocked expression, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but tremble: "What did you say?" The expeditionary force of the Kingdom of Great Britain was defeated, and the entire expeditionary fleet for the expedition to China was left with only these more than 40 warships and more than 80 troop carriers led by you? The rest of nearly 160 warships and more than 200 troop carriers are all gone? ”

Raglan said, "Yes, Mr. Governor. I'm kind enough to make a detour to Mumbai to inform you. The enemy fleet should be killed in no time, and you and these British soldiers in Bombay should evacuate with me and return to Europe. ”

Odd was speechless. He never expected such a result.

In the midst of civil strife in western India, the Vadodara soldiers and the Aurangabad soldiers rebelled and captured Mumbai, and eventually the Vadodara state occupied Mumbai. In the end, Odd surrendered to Gal Walker (King) Handrao of Vadodara, and sacrificed a huge fortune to gain Handrao's protection and survive. Four months earlier, the Kingdom of Great Britain's expeditionary fleet had suddenly appeared in the port of Mumbai and had crushed the Vadodaran troops defending Mumbai with a massive force.

Odd immediately took the initiative to persuade Handrao, the leader of Vadodara, who was so frightened by the British that he surrendered to the British.

With this great merit, and led some British people in the city of Mumbai out of the city to meet the expeditionary force, and as an internal should lead the LinkedIn expeditionary force to collect the grain and treasure troves stored by the Baroda soldiers, and won the approval of the expeditionary force generals, he was appointed to continue to temporarily manage the city of Mumbai.

In Odeh's opinion, such a large expeditionary fleet, with more than 100,000 infantry, would surely be able to defeat all the enemy forces in Great Britain, and therefore he rejoiced and prepared to make a good move on London, so that he could continue to be governor of his Bombay district, and even further, the governor of the entire Indian colony.

During this time, he kept receiving news of the victories of the expeditionary fleet, the capture of Ceylon, the capture of Madras, the attack on Calcutta, the capture of Chittagong, the destruction of the enemy's base for the Indian Ocean Fleet, Rangoon, and so on.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, such a shocking news suddenly appeared that made him grief-stricken: the huge British Expeditionary Fleet and the Expeditionary Force were defeated! If it weren't for the Lieutenant General Raglan in front of him, who he did know, he would almost suspect that it was a prank. But seeing the Raglan in front of him looking panicked, looking at the sails of the warships outside the harbor and the many traces of being broken and burned by artillery fire, Odd immediately understood that everything Raglan said was true. The Kingdom of Great Britain's vast expeditionary fleet was indeed defeated.

At this moment, Odd thought a lot. Perhaps, once he leaves Mumbai, he will never come back! And the glorious British Empire, on which the sun never sets, will completely lose the land of India. He even thought of the national grief he would see when he returned to England, and that the Queen, who had just lost her husband, would once again experience the pain of losing the most precious thing in the world.

Odd tried to suggest: "General Raglan, there are only 10,000 British soldiers in Bombay, and 20,000 soldiers have captured Nashik and Pune in the vicinity, can you wait a little two days, and I will immediately send someone to inform them to withdraw." ”

"No! We have to leave Mumbai now! The enemy fleet will attack at any time! Raglan said categorically: "We made a detour to Mumbai, which was already out of good intentions, and it was already delayed a lot. If we delay any longer, we won't be able to leave. Today, just one day, as soon as it gets dark, the whole fleet will leave for Aden! Only when you get there, will you be a little safer! ”

"General Raglan, you are now leading a fleet of more than 40 warships, even if the Chinese Imperial fleet chases after you, you can barely have the strength to fight, and you can still cover the retreat of the soldiers! Why not give it a try, aren't you afraid to go back to Europe and be held accountable by the Admiralty and the Ministry of Justice? "Odd is still fighting, in fact, I have to give him some time to dig up the wealth hidden in Bombay and ship it back to Europe, so that the relationship can be dredged and the guilt will be reduced, but all this is counted on.

"You don't understand! Not to mention that there are only more than 40 warships now, the original 200 warships, and ironclad ships like the 'Warrior', it will not be a day or so before they collapse. Today's Eastern Empire is already an evil dragon, and no one can stop his expansion, not even the mighty British Empire! You're not in that situation, you can't understand how terrible they are! Raglan said: "I have decided to leave the Indian Ocean and return to Europe after dark." I will return to Europe with as many soldiers as I can, but I will not risk the destruction of my entire fleet. What's more, there are other thirty or forty thousand soldiers. ”

As soon as Odd was about to say anything more, a soldier came running to report that a large number of Sikh cavalry had been found in the northeast of Mumbai, and that they had captured Vadodara and other places the day before yesterday, and seemed to be attacking Mumbai.

Odd was taken aback! Damn the Sikhs! He must have received the news of the defeat of the British Empire, so he immediately led his troops over and took advantage of the opportunity to attack Bombay.

When the Vadodara troops occupied Mumbai, the Sikh army was busy expanding to other parts and had insufficient troops, so they did not attack Mumbai, but only stationed troops in Vadodara and other places about 200 kilometers northeast of Mumbai to consolidate the defensive line. When the British Expeditionary Force defeated the Vadodara troops and captured Mumbai, the Sikh army was a little panicked, and even retreated 50 kilometers north, completely leaving the captured town of Vadodara, withdrawing north of the Narmada River, shrinking its forces and defensive lines, and returning to the northern part of Madhya Pradesh and Gijrat.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he heard the news of the defeat of the British Empire, he immediately resumed his fierce nature and led his troops to attack Bombay. The British Empire is simply a tiger falling into Pingyang and being bullied by dogs, and these hateful Sikhs are not the vicious dogs domesticated by the Eastern Empire!

Thinking that the Sikh army was on its way to attack Mumbai, Ode no longer insisted, and immediately packed up his soft and prepared to leave Mumbai.

Two days later, more than 40,000 Sikh cavalry and 20,000 British infantry in the eastern suburbs of Mumbai fierce battle, the Sikh cavalry in the British field artillery and dense rifle fire, heavy casualties, just when the Sikh cavalry was about to be defeated, the news came from the battlefield, saying that the British expeditionary force to China was defeated, the entire Chinese expeditionary fleet only escaped dozens of warships and more than 100 troop carriers, hearing the news, the British infantry morale was completely lost, and no longer had the will to flee to Mumbai, but the Sikh army with heavy losses did not dare to chase.

At this time, the naval fleet of the Chinese Empire, which had always been huge, rushed to the port of Mumbai and bombarded the more than 1,000 British defenders who remained in the port of Mumbai into a banner and surrendered, and the port of Mumbai was occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army. The British soldiers who had just retreated to Bombay were completely furious when they learned that they had been abandoned, and they desperately attacked the port of Mumbai, but were bombed by the fleet and killed and wounded thousands, and at this time, the Sikh cavalry who had already received the news also arrived in Bombay and launched an attack.

At the same time, the news of the disastrous defeat of the British expeditionary army also spread throughout the Indian continent, and many Indian princes, who had already prepared and even some Indian princes who had already defected to the British again, sent their own troops to attack the surrounding British garrisons in order to prove their anti-British behavior. As a result, the entire Indian continent, the already small British garrisons, were attacked one after another, coupled with the retreat and abandonment of the main force, the British army quickly collapsed and was wiped out by the rebels.

At this point, the entire continent of Hindustan changed again, and apart from a small number of British troops, there was no British force in the rest of the country. Whether it is the Sikh Kingdom, the Bengal Sultanate, or other Indian princely states, they have all expressed their support for the Chinese Empire as the suzerainty of Hindustan continent.