On the morning of February 16, the warships of the Indian Ocean Fleet of the German Navy appeared on time in the waters of western India. Dozens of warships, scattered and heading for the long coastline. Although the Indian Ocean Fleet has more than 40 warships, large and small, it is nothing compared to the more than 2,000 kilometers of coastline in western India.

In total, each warship is responsible for the blockade of a coastline of up to 50 kilometers. During the day, with the speed of these warships, there may not be much of a problem. However, at night, due to the influence of the line of sight, I am afraid it will be difficult to block it. This made the blockade of India by the German Navy not too tight. Those merchant ships from Britain and the United States were still able to find loopholes and transport those weapons and equipment to India.

However, in this way, it is much better than not blockading and allowing Britain and the United States to ship those weapons and equipment to India. Intelligence estimates that after the naval blockade is completed, the amount of weapons and equipment sent to India by Britain and the United States will be reduced by more than 70 percent. This is already a very good result, without those weapons and equipment, there will be a big problem with the armament of the British and Indian armies. The difficulty for the Germans to take India will be effectively reduced.

As soon as the German Navy appeared, the Anglo-Indian colonial authorities learned about it. Charles? Baron Harding immediately summoned William? Lord Nicholson.

"The Germans are coming! Although, now it is only the German Navy that is coming. However, it is foreseeable that soon the German Army will also come. Time is running out. Your Excellency, you need to make those indigenous Indians as capable of fighting as possible in the shortest possible time. Just learning to shoot is probably not enough! "Charles? Baron Harding said.

The day of the German offensive has come, which makes Charles? Baron Harding became more and more worried. Although, he thinks he has taken into account all possible problems. However, he still has some worries about whether this plan will succeed. If the plan does not meet expectations, the consequences will be very serious.

"Your Excellency the Governor, we have sent troops for special training. Even, in order to have enough instructors for the troops, I have ordered the previous 1.2 million Anglo-Indian troops to be broken up. Together with the first conscripts, 25 new army groups were formed. However, this also caused the combat effectiveness of those British and Indian troops to decline. But so far, the soldiers of the newly formed army groups have at least learned how to shoot. Next, we'll focus on other aspects of training. It's just that the Germans won't give us much time to train these troops. I expect that once war breaks out, the Anglo-Indian army will be barely combat-ready. "William? Lord Nicholson said. During this time, in order to train these troops, he can be regarded as heartbroken.

Now, William? Lord Nicholson finally realized that what it means to have too many troops has become a kind of distress. For the Anglo-Indian army to be able to expand to five million men, William? Nicholson didn't think about it at all. So much so that in the case of insufficient preparation, the Anglo-Indian army lacked everything. Lack of weaponry, lack of uniforms, lack of officers, and more importantly, lack of time. If you have enough time, you can make up for it slowly. But unfortunately, what the British and Indian forces lack most now is time. After the appearance of the German Navy, it meant that the Great War was coming.

Charles? Baron Harding nodded: "I also know that it is almost impossible to train those Indian natives into elite troops. Anyway, our superiority in this battle is not at all the combat effectiveness of the troops, but the superiority of troops. This is an advantage that the Germans simply cannot compare with us. I believe that if we can make the most of this advantage, we will definitely make the Germans pay a very heavy price. Even defeating them, it is not impossible. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor." William? Lord Nicholson nodded.

"However, Your Excellency. We think the next batch of Anglo-Indian soldiers, I can prepare. When the current Anglo-Indian army was used to resist the German attack, the next group of soldiers was recruited and trained. In this way, after the previous batch of troops has suffered heavy losses, the next batch of troops has almost formed combat effectiveness and can be directly used. "William? Lord Nicholson continued.

"Okay, I'll talk to the Congress and the Greens and get them ready for the next batch. With these 10 million troops, we should be able to bring the battle to a stalemate, even if we can't defeat the Germans. When the time comes, even if it is consumed. With India's population resources, no matter how many Germans can fight with us! "Charles? Baron Harding said.

After reaching an agreement with the Congress and the Greens, there was no longer any problem with the recruitment of the Anglo-Indian army. Those members of the Congress and Green coalitions alone were enough to meet the needs of the Anglo-Indian army. Not to mention the large number of peasants who, after being affected, voluntarily joined the army.

"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor." William? Lord Nicholson replied. It's just that he is always a little worried in his heart. Because of their planning, the morale of the troops was not taken into account. If the morale of the British and Indian troops is low because of the successive defeats, he will not dare to guarantee how much combat strength those troops will have at that time.

Of course, William? Lord Nicholson said, "It's useless to say this now, Charles?" Baron Harding didn't listen at all. Charles now? Baron Harding, who has pinned all his hopes on it.

William? Lord Nicholson could only pray to God that the battle would go a little more smoothly for them.

The 8th Army of the German Army, after cooperating with the Kingdom of Najd to destroy the Kingdom of Waijd, after a short rest, boarded a transport ship bound for India.

After the arrival of the navy, they will launch an offensive against India. The 8th Army will be the vanguard of the attack on India. The 4th Army, on the other hand, will arrive in the next step.

From the present point of view, the two armies were all the strength of the German attack on India. Of course, if the war did not go well, Germany would certainly have drawn more troops for the attack on India. After all, India played an irreplaceable role in the German colonial system. Germany, on the other hand, also has enough troops to increase its troops.

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