Chapter 415 British reinforcements arrived

Yang Dongfang continued to the north, and Calcutta soon received the news, only to realize that it was dang, and ordered Huabi to attack westward.

Then he continued to mobilize troops to block the Chinese army north of the coastal line, but it did not work very well, because the Chinese army was all cavalry, and they could fight, and if they couldn't move, they would not waste time and ammunition.

Still north, attacking cities and killing the princes of the princely states, John Laird Mayer Lawrence was constantly in a hurry.

And there was another point that made him a little uncomfortable, because there were Chinese troops in the north of Burma.

The Chinese army has built a 100-kilometer road deep into Burma, and the army is about to approach the Indian side.

The puppets on the Burmese side could not defeat the Chinese army, and second, seeing that the Chinese army was not rushing to the capital, and they did not want to provoke it, they wished that the Chinese army would fight with the British army, so as to free themselves from colonial rule.

Therefore, the secret guide gave support, and even ceded the north to the country, because it was the sphere of influence of the traditional country, and the population was small and it was all mountains and forests, so it was useless to ask for it, and it was really cost-effective to exchange for political independence.

They have done this for all dynasties, until the original dynasty is weak, and they will steal it from the north, just like Vietnam.

So John Laird Mayer Lawrence's problems are getting tougher and tougher!

John Laird Meyer Lawrence knew that he was going to lose his official position this time, and no matter what he did, the local side would definitely not be satisfied, and secretly sighed how he was so unlucky and encountered so many things.

"It's really incomprehensible how this damn Huaguo, who was still a sick old cat a few years ago, could suddenly be so vigorous and lively that he had the courage to start a war against my British Empire."

When John Laird Mayr Lawrence couldn't figure this out, Warbie followed the order and attacked Ibra!

The British river warships marched westward with black smoke, looking hideous and terrifying, in the eyes of the Indian natives, this was a monster, and the Indian troops attached to the Chinese army were so frightened that they hid one after another.

Well, the Qing people in the past also talked about it in the name of monsters, and they were also afraid of it, but the current Chinese army is not a bun, and they understand very well, this thing eats a few shells, and it also has to break the halberd and sink into the sand, and it will die and die.

Therefore, the forts of the city of Ibra sounded cannons, all German-made Krupp guns, and the British battleships were severely attacked, and the British ships returned fire, but they did not have the advantage, and they had to return.

Later, Hua Bi sent a land army to attack from the north, but did not capture Yibra, on the contrary, he knew that there were more than 2,000 regular troops of the Chinese army, which would not be able to take it for a while, and there were 20,000 natives who believed in the god of light to support.

It didn't matter how long they stayed north of the Ganges, because there were still more than 2,000 Chinese troops south of the Ganges, and they also sent out retaliatory temptations, and took 20,000 natives to cross the Song River to attack Patna, so they had to shrink back and continue to hold the defense.

At the same time, he told the governor that the Chinese army was not only 3,000 cavalry, but that more Chinese troops should enter from Afghanistan, and that the intentions of the Chinese state were unclear, far from what was said on the surface, and should be taken seriously, so before the arrival of the native army, he would not take the initiative to attack, not only not attack, but also further strengthen the defensive force.

After reading the telegram, John Laird Mayer Lawrence solemnly put it down and asked, "Richard, what do you think!" ”

Richard replied: "Hua Bi School's judgment should be correct, Hua Guo's plan is not small, far from the surface of the pursuit of the remnants of Aguba, His Excellency the Governor should pay attention to it. ”

John Laird Mayer Lawrence has been losing his temper few times lately, because he is used to hearing bad news, and he understands that he can do anything if the Chinese army has many conspiracies.

He had nothing to do but ask the princely states for the rabble to be powerful, to the Wall side, to the Indo-Burmese border, and to the coastal areas.

With the current situation of some erosion, the initiative is not in his own hands, and he can listen to his fate.

Unfortunately, the mainland is a little far away, and it will take a month to support, and the Chinese army is attacking too fast, and Rawalpindi and Delhi are lost too quickly, so they can only retreat in the two river delta areas in a hurry.

After half a month of difficult time, John Laird Mayer Lawrence finally smiled rarely, because the vanguard of the British army arrived, and the first to arrive was the headquarters of 6,000 men, its 4,000 infantry troops, 1,000 artillery, and 1,000 cavalry.

"Captain Mercaron salutes His Excellency the Governor!" The first commander to arrive was only a colonel, which made John Laird Mayer Lawrence a little disappointed, nodded and saluted back, as a governor, whether it was a knighthood or a general, the other party was much bigger, so he didn't say politely:

"The Mercaron School has arrived just in time, please rush to Badral immediately with your troops!"

Colonel Mecaron stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, isn't the situation as good as it is now?" Our soldiers had come from afar, and had not yet rested to rush to the battlefield, and by the way, to ask where Badral was, it would be better to give me a map of the Indian mainland, which we had come in a hurry and did not carry with them. ”

All right! Mecaron's men had been urgently drawn from Africa and Arabia, not from their own country, and there was no useful information other than that India had been attacked by China.

John Laird Meyer Lawrence said: "The matter is urgent, I will have people prepare what you need, you go to Badral immediately, and your men do not have to disembark......"

Then Mecaron returned to the boat in a daze, and the boat led them out of the mouth of the river in the direction they had come, and went south along the coast, and then he saw from the map that the place where he was aimed, and that the place where the governor had sent him to support was a city along the coast, not a fortress of the Ganges.

Shaowei, who landed with the ship, explained to him the recent situation, and only then did he understand that the cavalry of the Chinese army had already thrown India into chaos, and the coastal line was constantly lost, and the Chinese army had just captured Brie, and when they rushed over, the next important city of Ktak should also be lost, so they tried to rush to Badral before the Chinese army.

And Badral was only one hundred and thirty kilometers away from Calcutta, and the Chinese army was able to attack the Governor's Mansion from the coast and attack the real core control of British India, could John Laird Mayer Lawrence be in such a hurry.

However, when Mecaron's men landed in Balasor and hurried to Badral on foot, they received that the Chinese army had captured Ketak and controlled the Brahman River, so he did not let his troops go to Badrar, but rested on the water in the city.

His troops came from thousands of miles, and they were too tired, and even if they arrived in Badrar, they would be defeated by the Chinese army.

Sure enough, three days later, the Chinese army appeared in front of them, and then blocked them, and found that the Chinese artillery fire was fierce, and they retreated that night, because Barasol was on the west bank of the river, which was not conducive to blocking the Chinese army.

And he saw that the Chinese army took out the shore defense artillery, the caliber was terrifying, and immediately retreated to the Subernareka River with people to set up defenses, and the cavalry served as a guard, monitoring the Chinese army and providing intelligence for himself, worthy of being a general from the colony, with rich experience.

"Huh! The British army learned to be obedient, and they didn't run away when they saw me greeting me with shore defense artillery! Yang Dongfang was a little surprised, it is said that the closer you get to Kolkata, the more fierce the resistance! There are dozens of princely states down there!

The defenders ran away all of a sudden, leaving the princely state to kill themselves for nothing, which is not like the practice of the previous half a month!

It was Zhang Zongyu who replied: "Your Majesty, judging from the results of yesterday afternoon's battle, it seems that there are new British troops joining, they are all white, could it be that the British troops have arrived." ”

Yang Dongfang was a little skeptical, and shook his head slightly: "It's a little possible, but it's unreasonable, if the British mainland troops arrive, then it's not as simple as thousands of British troops coming here to support here, there will be a large number of warships, we only see the British army, and we don't see new warships cruising on the sea." ”

"But if you calculate the time, if you are fast, the troops of the British mainland will be almost there." Yang Dongfang was a little puzzled, and finally said:

"As a precaution, we will hold off our advance to Calcutta, sweep the west of the river along the north of Subnareka, and then kill Patna, so that even if the British have come to the army, we will inevitably continue to increase Patna."