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The British reinforcements, who had just entered the Indian border, received a message from William for help, and accelerated their march, and when they arrived in Sikkim, they encountered the British rout that was chased like a lost dog by Cai Yi's army, and finally they would divide the British army, and the British army organized 6,000 British troops and 50,000 Indian servant troops to defend Sikkim. Capstone Novel

The logistics of this British ** team were just as bad, since the Napoleonic Wars, the logistics training of the British army in Asia has been abandoned, and most officers in Asia have not experienced war, even low-intensity colonial conflicts. The army of the Chinese Empire is a rising star, absorbing the advantages of the German Army and the French Army, and is the best-equipped and best-organized army in Asia.

The weapons of the Indian servant army were generally outdated, many of them were smoothbore guns, while the Chinese militia, even the reserves, used a new rifled rifle, the mini rifle. And the active emperor ** team uses the Tianlong rifled rifle.

The biggest advantage of rifled rifles over smoothbore guns is range and accuracy. The effective range of the smoothbore gun was only 150 yards and the accuracy was low. Early rifled rifles also had great flaws, that is, they were difficult to reload and expensive to manufacture. In the Napoleonic Wars, a regiment of the British Army was armed with rifled rifles, but the actual combat performance was no better than that of smoothbore rifles. The British army had a bad impression of rifled rifles. This problem was not solved until the appearance of a genius figure, the French captain Mini. He was a quality inspector in a French rifle factory. After extensive experimentation, he developed a new type of bullet that already resembled a modern rifle bullet. The bullet is sub-caliber. After loading from the front of the chamber, it can automatically snap into the rifling at the tail of the chamber, and the reloading time is greatly reduced. By the time the new Tianlong rifled rifle was manufactured in China, the machine industry had developed greatly at this time, and the new machine tool made it possible to greatly reduce the cost of processing rifled rifles, and with the increase in accuracy and range, the sighting device also made a breakthrough. The new sight at the rear of the gun also made it possible to aim at 900 yards for the rifle and 500 yards for the rifle.

to the land combat unit of the British Army in Sikkim. It consists of 1 infantry brigade, 1 light infantry regiment and 1 cavalry regiment, each with 3 regiments and 3 battalions each. 3 companies per battalion. 100-120 people per company. In this way, the entire army is about 6,000 people. Each British soldier was heavily loaded, including an overcoat, blanket, a spare pair of boots, a change of socks and shirt, a military cap, a water bottle, a rifle, and 60 rounds of ammunition. In addition, carry 4.5 pounds of corned beef and the same weight of crackers.

The largest permanent unit in peacetime in Britain is the regiment, and the size of the British cavalry exceeds the similar establishment of other countries, but the establishment is not fixed, usually light and heavy cavalry is mixed, the basic unit is the cavalry squadron, and the artillery belongs to an independent formation, which is assigned and used by the battlefield commander in battle.

This time the commander of the British army was replaced by Lord Larando. He was the youngest son of the 7th Duke of Belfort, a member of the Balfort family who had served as colonial minister. Foreign Secretary, with a distinguished reputation. His ancestors joined the army in 1804 and fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Lord Larando's rise to prominence, his illustrious stature and experience, combined with his humility, made him a great choice for British commander.

This time Cai ran into a strong opponent, and China fought hard for a day, but still failed to take the fortress of Sikkim. The two sides used artillery to attack each other from a distance, and the British won, the morale of the squadron was a little low, and the next day retreated ten kilometers to the mountains north of Sikkim.

Lord Lalando led the British in pursuit, and the two sides faced each other in a ravine.

Fortunately, the first team of the squadron has a lot of help. It was rainy in the mountainous area, and after a few rains, dampness, small insects and schistosomiasis invaded the British ** battalion, coupled with the extremely poor hygiene habits of the Indian servants, cholera broke out in the military camp, which spread to the British ** camp on July 22. The health problems of the British army are getting worse. Although all the tents were destroyed, the plague could not be controlled. The situation was made worse by a fire on 25 July, which destroyed a large number of munitions, including 10,000 tents, 16,000 pairs of boots and 150 tons of food. The British did not have tents at night and could only sleep in the cold.

In view of the plague in the Anglo-Indian army, the king of Sikkim demanded that the allied army must be quarantined and not allowed to enter the city. In the early morning of 27 July, another 300 coalition forces fell to cholera. Both China and Britain sent troops to reconnoitre, but the terrain was complicated, and the two sides did not have major contacts.

On July 28, a heavy rain fell for a day and a night, and the British outpost relaxed its vigilance, and the sound of the squadron pulling the artillery carriage was ignored in the rain. The British believed that it was a supply convoy. Who would have thought that a big attack would choose to launch it in the rain? Because the gunpowder is damp, it will seriously affect the firepower. At dawn on the second day, the heavy rain became lighter, and the morning fog covered the battlefield, and the battlefield situation was very similar to the Battle of Waterloo, and the actions of the squadron were obscured by the thick fog.

Lord Larando rode before dawn to inspect the forward post. As he made his way along the ridge, he heard a deep voice coming from the opposite ridge, coming from the wheels of the Chinese cannons. Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from the left side of the position, and Lalando immediately rode back to the camp to order the troops to move. The British outpost finally spotted the advancing Chinese column in the dense fog.

The dense fog prevented both sides from accurately assessing the situation on the battlefield, and the commanders on both sides were unable to give appropriate orders. Battles turn into skirmishes. Soldiers on both sides were killed by bullets that flew inexplicably in the thick fog, and the dampness of the British ammunition barrels prevented a large number of rifles from firing, and a close-range hand-to-hand battle ensued. Despite this, the squadron continued to make progress, the artillery ruthlessly ravaged the British camp, many British positions began to run out of ammunition, and after the heavily damaged infantry regiment retreated, the 5,000 squadron set out to attack the British army.

And the British army could only gather 2,000 men to deal with it. China also has a large number of reserves. Chinese artillery began to bombard the headquarters in Larando. Larando staff member Maj. Gen. Stralongway broke a leg. Larando's lieutenant pleaded with Lord Larando to retreat to safety. The battle entered the **, and the British army suffered heavy casualties, but the squadron was still coming.

Cai Ye at the pre-war meeting to discuss the battle plan. He advocated crossing the river from the lower reaches and ascending the cliffs on the south bank, surprisingly pincer on both sides to attack the British army. His judgment was accurate. The squadron attacked the left flank of the British army after crossing the river downstream, completing the pincer offensive. Advancing in column formation, and exchanging fire with the British, the British advance brigades fell in droves under artillery fire. The Chinese artillerymen waited for their straggler line to retreat, reached a safe distance and fired at the British.

The British lightly armed regiment formed a formation, and the Chinese cavalry on the right rushed down the slope to attack the British army, causing the British artillery to be unable to fire. The British had no choice but to fire at the dense formation of the Chinese infantry from a long distance. The squadron's precision fire knocked down a large number of Indian servants, and the infantry regiments of the Indian servant corps fell into disarray. Retreat to the original position.

The 3,000 men of the 3 infantry regiments of the squadron were overwhelmed. At this time, a voice came from out of nowhere on the British position, saying that it was the Indian army coming from the opposite side, and that they should not open fire. The other officers struggled to correct this erroneous order, but to no avail. The trumpeter blew the trumpet to stop firing. After a while, the ** regiment, pretending to be an Indian servant army, began a large-scale attack, and the British suffered heavy casualties.

When the ** team continued to rush down the high ground into the valley. They find confronted. It was a British heavy cavalry under the command of the British Highland Regiment. Their commander, Colin Campbell, commanded: "Remember not to retreat, you must die at your posts." ”

The Highland Regiment was located on a small hill and faced more than 3,000 Chinese cavalry, the Chinese cavalry charged at full speed, and the British Highland Regiment did not have time to adjust to the phalanx formation. The phalanx was the standard formation of infantry against cavalry, and as a result, the British highland regiment was drawn in a line to resist the onslaught of the Chinese cavalry with such a thin defensive line.

Soon, the highland regiment was in danger. The heavy cavalry of the British army came into play. Heavy cavalry was the essence of cavalry, and they were the only troops of that era that were equipped with armor. Each rider had a helmet and cuirass. Gorgeously dressed. The British Heavy Cavalry Brigade had a total of 6 squadrons of 800 people. Despite the repeated orders of the cavalry division commander to accelerate the charge, the heavy cavalry advanced in a neat formation. Sir Scarlet, commander of the British Heavy Cavalry Brigade, was so pleased with the formation of his troops that he ordered the charge when the two sides were very close to each other. The cavalry of both sides stirred together like a hurricane, slashing each other with their sabers.

The Chinese artillerymen brought 10 9-pounder field guns and were erected, and at this time, the cavalry was within its range. The 9-pounder guns first fired at the British central artillery positions, and after 4 shots, the British artillery began to retreat, and then, the squadron began to shell the British heavy cavalry, and their ranks were blown out of many gaps, unable to support them, and began to retreat until they disappeared out of sight of the squadron.

At that time, the presence of pyrotechnics made the visibility of the battlefield extremely poor, so it was completely normal for the British to be dizzy by the close fire of the squadron's artillery. At that time, it was not uncommon for infantry phalanxes that had not been ordered to stand by fire to be smashed by artillery fire.

There were also some British troops who were out of range of the 9-pounder guns, but the shelling could prevent the British from continuing to rush down the heights. In the end, the ten guns turned to the dense ranks of the British troops, and the British troops were beaten to pieces. The cavalry of the first line, with heavy casualties, rushed to the high ground, and they slashed at every enemy they saw. The surviving cavalry had to retreat again through a hail of bullets. 673 people took part in the charge, 313 were killed, 134 were wounded, nearly 500 horses were killed, and the British cavalry also suffered heavy losses.

In the end, the squadron fought a white-knuckle battle with the British army. The British Guards reluctantly accepted the order to retreat temporarily, losing 171 men, and a large gap was opened in the center of the formation. At this critical moment, an unidentified officer ordered the British troops to retreat, and the British Colonel Percy refused the order. He ordered the Guards to shrink into defensive formation, with Minnie rifle volleys. However, the accurate shooting of the squadron ** Highland Brigade caused the British formation to be chaotic and collapsed.

Lord Larando was furious at this, but at the same time lost confidence and ordered the entire army to retreat and flee to Nepal. The Chinese artillery continued to strike at the downtrodden British troops, and as dusk approached, the squadron still had thousands of cavalry who had not participated in the battle cruising in the distance. In the end, the British army did not retreat. Doctors visit the battlefield to care for the wounded and transfer them to Nepal. In this battle, the British army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and the servant army suffered 6,300 casualties. The casualties of the squadron are estimated at more than 1,000 people.

Cai Ye ordered the squadron to pursue all the way, and after a burst of effective artillery fire, weakened the original British fortifications with artillery bombardment. The squadron soon entered Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. Local residents took out flowers and fruits to show goodwill to the squadron. Cai led his troops to quickly besiege the Sikkim royal palace and disband the palace guards of the king of Sikkim.

During the reign of King Tutonang of Sikkim who succeeded to the throne in 1874, conflicts between Nepalese immigrants and the inhabitants of Sikkim over various differences led to the intervention of the colonial government of British India. The colonial government's favoritism towards Nepalese immigrants caused Tutonangya's resentment, and Tutonanggyal retreated to the Chumphi Valley in Yadong and formed an alliance with Tibet, which was originally biased in favor of China.

But in 1888, the colonial government of British India sent troops to invade Sikkim. After several skirmishes between the British and Tibetan forces at the Zelila Pass, Tibet surrendered Tudo Namgyal. In 1889, British India sent Claude . Graham. White served as commissioner, overseeing Sikkim's internal affairs, and in 1894 moved the capital from Domlung to Gangtok, making Tutonanga a de facto puppet king.

After Cai's army drove out the invading British army, Claude . Graham. White also fled to Nepal. Tudo Nanjia led people out of the palace to greet Cai Yi's army. Cai asked Tutonamgyal to follow the example of the King of Bhutan and become the administrator of the Greater Tibet Autonomous Region of Sikkim for a hereditary period of 50 years.

Tutonanga thought twice and had to agree. In 1908, Sikkim also became an autonomous region of the Greater Tibet of the Chinese Empire. Cai's army continued to pursue the British and reached the Nepalese border. (To be continued......)