Even if the reason is far-fetched, Datang has always needed a reason for waging war and occupation, at least a reason for logic. www.biquge.info The Tang people don't like to be like the Americans on the other side, engaging in such bitter tricks as the Maine incident and the Pearl Harbor incident, and they will not provoke the nerves of the domestic people too much, but in fact, the people have always thought that it is normal for the Tang Dynasty to send troops.

Traditionally, the expansion of territory has always been synonymous with the prosperity of Chinese culture, and the Tang Dynasty's "reckless military force" did not bring decline to the country, but provided more living space and resources, making the country further prosperous, which is completely different from the reckless military force of previous dynasties. Secondly, in terms of ********, Datang's internationalism has a similar American-style "manifest destiny", that is, spreading internationalism and contributing to the progress of human society and civilization is a belief that Datang has long instilled.

This time, the Tang Dynasty made an excuse to mediate the disputes within the Maratha Empire, restore peace and stability to this region, and promote the progress of local civilization and social development.

Datang has been preparing for this war for about three months, which is not a long time, and the main mobilization is the troops of the Far Eastern theater. The 6th Brigade (motorized brigade), the Siamese, Burmese and Gurkha brigades of the 4th Division of the Army, as well as the short-lived Bengal Independent Regiment, have a total strength of about 50,000 troops.

The Tang Army will fight in two theaters, namely the east and west coasts of India, and for this reason, the Tang Dynasty has also set up a special Indian Ocean Theater Command to conduct overall command of normal warfare. One Don Army was to land in Orissa, and the other in Gujarat on the west coast.

The Datang diplomatic department informed the French side in advance, which made the French both excited and a little entangled. The excitement was that France was underarmed in South Asia and could not have a particularly large advantage. Just like the last time, it was clear that a certain advantage was achieved, but in the end, it was not transformed into actual benefits, and there were repetitions. With the Tang Army's response, then France will definitely be able to loot a lot of benefits. But what makes them equally unhappy is that although their strength is weak, if they persistently speak, they may occupy the entire northwestern region of India, but now that the Tang Dynasty has intervened, they only have soup left in the future.

The British also knew about this matter, and their worries were even greater, and Bresley was more concerned about invading Mysore to stabilize British interests in southern India, and the situation in Maratha was temporarily unable for the British to intervene, and Britain was completely confident that it would engage in a military conflict with the Tang Dynasty of any scale and level, and the British Whitehall clearly informed Governor Blysley that the British would take the greatest diplomatic efforts to protect their interests in southern India, but the British army would definitely not take the initiative to engage the Tang army.

In the absence of any resistance, the Tang army launched a landing in Orissa, and the army of the local princely states could not be compared with the special corps of the Tang Dynasty in terms of size and combat power. The Burmese Division and the Siamese Division are both veteran units established by the Tang Dynasty for more than ten years, and although they have not experienced any major battles, their strength is still considerable.

The imposing Tang army invaded the area with long guns and short artillery, and even most of the local princes were unprepared. The princely army was not even fully equipped with muskets, and in the face of the Tang army, which was almost armed to the teeth, almost after firing a few cannons and firing a burst of machine guns, it began to disperse.

The officers of the Tang people soon led the soldiers to capture a small local prince. This little prince is nearly fifty years old, and his wives and concubines and children are all in groups, and he trembles when he sees a Tang officer in military uniform.

The officer, with the help of a local interpreter, announced to the little prince: "It is unfortunate to announce to you one thing, the sovereignty of this land has been owned by my Datang Republic, and now all your power and freedom of action have been deprived. But it's also nice to speed you up, at least you and your family won't be deprived of your life. ”

If the little prince's skin was not brown, he should be pale by now. He had heard his family tell countless stories of the tragedy of the princes and nobles after the war disaster. His little daughters were "like flowers", and he couldn't imagine being ruined by these invaders.

The officer continued: "Then, in order to ensure the safety of you and your family, we need you to send your affairs officer to assist us in the management of this territory, of course, you can also choose not to cooperate, and I do not need to describe the consequences. ”

In fact, even if the princes did not cooperate, the Tang people would not exterminate them, of course, the most likely situation was to be uniformly loaded and thrown to the overseas consulate thousands of kilometers away to be used as ordinary laborers.

It turns out that there are still quite a few dog legs in India. Under the coercion and temptation of the Tang people, there are still many people who devote themselves to the promising and glorious profession of the leading party. Datang did not have the energy and manpower to control such a large area, and many overseas territories in the past had tried to carry out land reform, but so far they have not dared to guarantee the success rate. In areas like Japan, the population is more obedient, and the samurai are purged more thoroughly, and there are a number of administrative officials from the country, so the rural cooperatives are okay. In Siam, Myanmar and even Vietnam and many other places, basically semi-feudal landlords and semi-cooperatives coexist, in many areas the Tang Dynasty is not powerless to reform, but there is no manpower to supervise and guide, but over time, many overseas consulates in Southeast Asia have trained a group of local civil servants, sent down to carry out various affairs.

The Tang Dynasty has no ruling foundation in India at all, and it can only be borrowed in the early stage, but perhaps in the cultural tradition, the Indians are used to being conquered, so when facing the conquerors, the Indians are still very cooperative.

This situation was somewhat beyond the expectations of the Tang army commanders and Tang government officials, so the Tang army advanced very quickly, and in just one month, it advanced from Orissa to Chestiggar further inland. The princely armies of India put up very limited resistance, and tried such tactics as harassment and guerrilla, but the difference between the two armies was too great, and the princes did not have the advanced skills to mobilize a mass revolt. Even many princes, after hearing that the Tang army was coming, were so frightened that they abandoned their territories and armies and fled with their families and valuable things.

Lieutenant General Ju Guochong, who is in charge of the South Asian Theater, is even optimistic that he will be able to completely control the more than one million square kilometers of land occupied by the target within half a year. (To be continued.) )