"As for the British Army's Army, it was divided into several units. A force of 30,000 men also besieged and annihilated the officers and men of our 7th Infantry Division on the island of Ceylon, a force of 10,000 men captured Madras and Puducherry and garrisoned there, in addition, there may be 40,000 men in Bombay, Paraji, Calicutt, etc., and the rest, more than 60,000 British troops were besieging our three infantry divisions stationed there around Calcutta. Zuo Zongtang went on to report: "As for our army, in addition to the 40,000 infantry divisions in Ceylon and Calcutta just mentioned, there are also 5,000 infantry who have withdrawn from Pondicherry and Madras.

In addition to this, we have a lot of reinforcements. Two infantry divisions and one special forces division transferred from Yunnan to the Fifth Field Corps have already entered the border of Bangladesh through Burma and will be able to reach the border of Kolkata in a short time. In addition to the nearly 80,000 Bengali troops of the Bengal Sultanate that had been reorganized around Kolkata, the 50,000-strong army of the Kingdom of Burma had also arrived 30 kilometers east of Kolkata.

And in order to paralyze the British army and lure the British army deep inland, our defenders in Calcutta will evacuate Calcutta, which is already three-quarters of the ruins, and show the appearance of invincibility, so that the British army will pursue our army. The battlefield of the decisive infantry battle set by the General Staff was at Baruni, 35 kilometers northeast of Kolkata.

As long as the British army pursues our army, which is 'defeated and undefeated', according to the chronological order arranged by our army, the army of the Sultanate of Bengal and the army of Burma will wait for them to enter the decisive battle circle in Baruni. At that time, more than 30,000 reinforcements from our Fifth Field Corps will also arrive, make a detour to the rear, block the retreat of the British army, and surround the entire line of 60,000 British troops to carry out a war of annihilation! ”

After listening to Zuo Zongtang's words, Feng Yunshan was overjoyed and said: "Zuo Aiqing's arrangement is indeed exquisite, and in terms of the army, I can sit back and relax!" On the navy side, King Shinzhong, the time for the decisive battle you just said has arrived, where does the confidence come from? Tell me about it, besides yellow explosives and submarines, there are always some arrangements, right? ”

Luo Xuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is wise! Submarines are just a small means, after all, there are only 2. In terms of TNT yellow explosives, it is indeed an excellent killer weapon, but Wei Chen did not know it before, and of course did not include this move in the countermeasures against the British expeditionary fleet.

Your Majesty, what Wechen would like to say is that except for a few small ships of the Oriental Fleet that are cruising around Japan and Korea, the rest of the more than 20 warships have rushed to Penang to prepare for war; A detachment of the Beiyang Fleet, a total of 5 warships, also arrived in Malacca; A total of 18 warships newly put into use by the four major shipping administrations were also handed over to Tan Tiyuan, commander of the Nanyang Fleet, for unified command and headed for the Nanyang area.

In addition, some time ago, a detachment of 11 warships of the South Ocean Fleet was sent to Australia, together with many troop carriers to transport 20,000 infantry to attack Australia. There are not many British troops in Australia, and the war should end soon, and if it has been captured, the South Sea detachment will soon return to the South Sea, and it can also be sent to the Indian Ocean to support.

Judging from the number of warships on the surface, the number of these newly added reinforcement warships is not much, only 50 warships, but in terms of displacement tonnage, it is as much as 100,000 tons. The main thing is that the 18 warships we have added are almost all medium and large main warships, including 3 ironclad battleships and 5 ordinary battleships of more than 4,000 tons. In this way, although the number of warships is much smaller than that of the British expeditionary fleet, in terms of tonnage, there is not much difference.

Your Majesty, this is the confidence that Wei Chen thinks can be a decisive battle! With the backing of the powerful Chinese Empire, even if the foreigners send more warships, they are not afraid of them! ”

Feng Yunshan said with a smile: "King Xinzhong can be so sure, I am very relieved. In this case, just in case, let those warships in the Indian Ocean rely on their speed to deal with the British army first, delay a little longer, and then wait a little for all the warships to assemble, and at the same time prepare for a decisive battle with the British army on the front line! On the army side, ready for a decisive battle, start from Calcutta! ”

Everyone received the order and was about to retire, Liu Shengbang came in with a telegram and reported: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, congratulations to Your Majesty, Australia has won a great victory!" ”

Feng Yunshan was overjoyed, his heart moved, he was talking about Australia just now, could it be that the matter has already had a result?

He quickly took the telegram and looked at it, and it was true, Australia had won!

The South Sea Fleet detachment, escorting 20,000 infantrymen, had arrived in the British colony of New South Wales in Australia two months earlier. The detachment of the South Sea Fleet sank 2 warships outside the British harbor, and the other 3 surrendered and were captured. At the same time, 20,000 infantry of the Chinese Empire attacked the 5,000 British infantry stationed there, and the British army resisted stubbornly, but after being surrounded for more than ten days, nearly half of them were killed and wounded, and they had no choice but to raise the white flag and surrender, and the New South Wales colony was declared free from British rule.

The other British colonies of Australia, Victoria Colony, as well as Van Diemen Land, South Australia, etc., were only garrisoned by more than 3,000 British soldiers in total, and the strength was seriously insufficient.

In less than a month, dozens of British colonial garrisons stretching for more than 2,000 kilometers along the coast of Australia were all occupied by the Chinese Imperial Army. Because the British army in Australia was not large, and many of the people who lived there were descendants of the original exiled criminals and villains, and even the criminals themselves, these people organized a riot of 4,000 people in Sydney, the port town of the New South Wales colony, to resist, neither asking to return to the embrace of the Kingdom of Great Britain, nor willing to accept the rule of the Chinese Empire, and wanting to be independent.

However, a small number of local Chinese laborers immediately reported to the Chinese Imperial agents in Australia, and the Chinese Imperial Army immediately returned to Sydney from Newcastle and Wollongong, and tens of thousands of Chinese Imperial infantry divisions immediately suppressed the rioting residents, and the mob killed and wounded more than 3,000 people, and the remaining more than 800 people were all captured.

"Great! It can bring Australia into the pocket of the empire as quickly as possible, open up a new territory for the empire, and just in time for the decisive battle against the British army in the Indian Ocean! Feng Yunshan clapped his hands and sighed: "In this way, the time has come, spread my will, and the naval and land armies will immediately prepare to attack the British army!" ”

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