"Not bad! This rebellion is more violent and more critical than the one three or four years ago! No, the crown of Her Majesty the Queen of the British Empire, I will lose the pearl of India! "Major General Robert Napier, as Chief of the General Staff of the British Army in India, although he had just been promoted to Major General and was still junior among the generals of the British Empire, he was a good hand when it came to logistics support, engineer coordination, and strategic detail planning for overseas operations, and was the right-hand man and staff officer of General Colin Campbell.

Robert Napier graduated from the Addiscombe Military Academy, joined the Bengal Engineer Corps, participated in the siege of Multan as chief engineer in the Second Sikh War 12 years ago, and after the fall of the city, he participated in the Battle of Gujarat, which wiped out the Sikh Empire in one fell swoop. In the previous years, he served as the right-hand man of General Ross and Colin Campbell in the pacification of the Indian rebels, especially in the capture of important rebel strongholds such as Lucknow and Champhi, and he played a huge role in building fortifications. What's more, he was resourceful and able to take the war off the battlefield.

Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on himself, Robert Napier continued: "The Chinese Empire should not dare to openly send troops to India, after all, they have only begun to rise, they occupy a large number of territories, and their military strength is still far from our British Empire. Moreover, the route to India was too far away, first, their naval strength was not enough, and second, they did not dare to fight our British army head-on, and the defeat of the expeditionary force against China was because the intelligence was too inaccurate and fell into their trap and the fleet was burned with oil, and if they fought head-on, the army of the British Empire would certainly not lose to them. ”

"But what we have to guard against is that since they have instigated the Sikh army to send troops to rebel, it will definitely not be so simple, and they will definitely instigate Myanmar and other countries to send troops to attack Bangladesh." Robert Napier suggested: "In that case, I would suggest that we start with the most critical two countries, Sikh and Burma. Mr. Governor-General, let's try to do it diplomatically, and if we can get the Sikh army and the Burmese forces to stop, we can free up our forces to deal with the indigenous rebels and the princely princes. In addition, this rebellion was instigated by the Sikhs, and the key is the Sikh king who suddenly appeared, and we might as well divide them from within the Sikhs. ”

Colin Campbell's eyes lit up and exclaimed, "Robert, great idea!" Directly send someone to kill the Sikh king who is friendly to the Chinese Empire, divide the Sikh nobles internally, recruit a few, eliminate a few, and naturally obediently obey my British Empire as before! ”

Canning was also happy, wasn't it, on the eve of the fall of the Sikh Empire by the British Empire, Shersinger, the lord of the Sikh Empire, was soon murdered by a Sikh nobleman secretly controlled by the British Empire, taking the opportunity to weaken the Sikh Empire. By waging two more Sikh wars and successfully defeating the Sikh army and Aiuhan who supported him, the Sikh army had no choice but to surrender, and Punjab, the last Sikh territory, was incorporated into the Anglo-Indian Governorate. Now, isn't it just the right time to do it again?

Immediately Cunning decided: "Yes! We've decided to do this, General Campbell, and send out more of your best assassins to form an assassination squad and slay the Sikh king!" In addition, I will send some spies to infiltrate the Punjab area to win over the Sikh nobles who were previously loyal to our British Empire, especially the Sikh nobles who have been condemned by the Sikh king in the past two years, and win them over, and when the time comes, the Sikh army will be defeated without a fight! As long as the Sikh army is defeated, the other princes of the Indian princely states are just grass on the wall, and they do not pose much of a threat. On the contrary, the rebels composed of those indigenous tribes should be taken seriously, General Campbell, it is up to you, your troops must fight bravely and be loyal to the British Empire and Her Majesty! ”

At that moment, the atmosphere in the Governor's Mansion was not as dignified as before, and Canning was slightly relieved. However, just as the crowd was about to disperse, two messengers rushed in together, so panicked that they didn't even have time to knock on the door, one toward Canning and the other toward Colin Campbell, shouting almost simultaneously:

"Mr. Governor-General, I have just received a telegram that the city and port of Mumbai have been captured by Sikh cavalry and tens of thousands of rebels from the princely states of Baroda and Aurangabad, and that even the Governor of the Jurisdiction of Mumbai, Odd, has been killed by the rebels on his way to the port. Only more than 1,000 British cavalry broke through and struggled to get the news out. ”

"Your Excellency, you have just received the news that Bombay has fallen! It was the Irish defenders in the city of Bombay who betrayed the British Empire, abandoned the city gates and seized the harbor, and the warships and merchant ships fled ahead of schedule, handing over Bombay to the rebels. Governor Ode of the Bombai Metropolitan District was also killed in battle, and in addition to the Irish and more than 1,000 fleeing Scottish cavalry, almost all the remaining 6,000 British troops in the city fell, and it is unknown how many prisoners were killed in the battle. ”

Governor Canning, Admiral Colin Campbell, Lieutenant General Henry, and Major General Robert Napier were all stunned! I opened my mouth wide and didn't come back to my senses.

What are these two communications soldiers talking about!? Mumbai is occupied by rebels!

Canning only felt his head buzzing. How is this possible, Bombay, but the British Empire has a heavy army stationed in the seat of the Governorship of the three major jurisdictions of India, and this place, even if the French sneak attack from the sea, it will be possible for tens of thousands of troops to capture it, and it was captured by a gang of Indian rebels!

Especially in the last time Kolkata was captured by the Burmese army, the economy and trade were greatly affected, and Mumbai did not experience much rebellion interference, coupled with the recent increase in the demand for cotton from the Chinese Empire in the East, Mumbai's cotton trade has increased significantly, as if it has become the most important trade center of the British Empire in India, and there is a vague momentum to catch up with Calcutta. Such a port and a place of wealth were captured by the rebels, and Canning knew that his governorship was completely finished, and even the title would be removed by the angry Queen Victoria and the spurious members of Parliament, disgrace the entire family. Thinking of this, Canning's throat was sweet, and a mouthful of salty hot blood rushed to his mouth.

And Admiral Colin Campbell felt that as a commander in India, he blindly followed Canning's advice, misjudged the rebel forces, and drained Mumbai's troops, causing the fall of Mumbai, casting a shadow on the myth of his invincibility, if he could not quickly recover Mumbai, the myth of his 40 years of undefeated war would be shattered.

However, before the report of the signal soldiers was finished, the two signal soldiers took a breath, glanced at each other, and then said in unison: "There are several important news: 30,000 Burmese troops composed entirely of Bengalis entered the Bengal area from Mizoram, and they used Bengali songs and traditional clothing as means to help Bengalis establish an independent Bengali kingdom under slogans. However, the Bengalis really believed that the soldiers below the two Bengali infantry brigades and a Bengal mountain infantry division stationed in Chittagong and Dhaka did not obey the command of our British officers, and not only refused to engage the invading Burmese army, but instead handed over our British officers to the Burmese prisoners, and welcomed the Burmese troops into the city. In less than two days, most of the territory in the eastern part of the Bangladesh region has been lost. Now the local Bengali rebels are recruiting young Bengalis around Dhaka, and it looks like they will attack Kolkata after resting. ”

"There was a coup d'état in the Gurkha Kingdom, and the prime minister ****, who was friendly to the British Empire and held the power of the Gurkha in one hand, was poisoned, and the Gurkha king Suran Debala returned to power, and all the cronies of the **** were surrendered or killed, and the Gurkha army was already controlled. Its 10,000 Gurkha troops and 3,000 Dzhe Mengxiong troops have captured the kingdom of Bulukepa, while the other 15,000 Gurkha troops, who are helping us to maintain the vigilance of Bihar and some princely states in central India, are also somewhat out of control due to the coup d'état within the Gurkha kingdom. ”

Colin Campbell immediately understood, and his face began to turn pale: these two pieces of news are no less than a bolt from the blue. Rao is that he has been in the army for more than 40 years, and he has experienced all kinds of dangerous scenes in the flames of war, and at this moment his legs are a little weak, and his heart is panicking.

Undoubtedly, this Indian rebellion must have been instigated by the conspiracy of the Eastern Empire!

In this case, India under British rule is really dangerous. The rebellion of the Sikh kingdom has tens of thousands of Sikh troops, and the 30,000 Bengali troops sent by Burma, plus more than 100,000 Bengali troops in the British Aboriginal Legion, as well as these tens of thousands of Gurkha troops, plus the rebels in other princely states and those Hindus and *** rioters, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people, even if those people are not strong, even if the princes of those princely states are some wall grass, but once the British Empire's army loses, they will turn from wall grass to fierce wolves. The reason why Mumbai fell was more than the possible betrayal of the Irish army, and the rebels of the princely states, who followed the heroic Sikh army, also became demons.

And Robert Napier was dumbfounded. He did not expect that in just a few months, the situation in India would deteriorate to such an extent. Lieutenant General Henry, the commander of the British army in the Bengal region, was even more panicked, half of the British army in the Bengal region was composed of Bengali indigenous soldiers, and if even some of these soldiers rebelled, it would cause great disasters to the British Empire. The Burmese army made him even more frightened, and when the Burmese army captured the city of Kolkata three years ago, he led the LinkedIn army to meet the battle but was defeated, and he was seriously wounded and recuperated for a year before recovering.

Over there, Canning, the governor of India, who was spitting blood, calmed down after listening to the message from the two messengers. He forcibly propped himself up, wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth, and said with a miserable smile: "Generals, India has reached the most dangerous moment, the time has come to be loyal to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and serve Her Majesty. On the military side, with General Campbell in command, I won't say much. The Sikhs' plan for internal strife must be carried out immediately, and all other forces should send men and horses to pacify them, and as long as they do not rebel, they can make significant concessions if necessary. I would love to rush back to London to ask for help in person, but I can't leave India, so I'll have my assistant rush back to London at once, and take my handwritten letter to the Cabinet, to the Queen, to ask for reinforcements from the United Kingdom! ”