On Fort William, on the east bank of the Hooghly River in Kolkata, the flag of the Chinese Empire is already waving in the wind.

In the glittering reception room, portraits of India's governors have been removed and replaced with Chinese landscape paintings.

Across the coffee table, the bearded Indian sitting next to Deng Tianpei was Surendra Nath Banerjee, the founder of the National Association of India.

The Imperial infantry had taken full control of the situation in Calcutta, but now that the whole city was under martial law, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

"Mr. Banerjee, unlike the British, we do not have any delusional desire to rule over your fellow citizens, for you and I, like each other, have splendid civilizations and long histories, and I am confident that after we expel the British, the nations of India will be reborn." Deng Tianpei is trying to persuade Banerjee to become the chief member of the Calcutta Autonomous Council, and what he says is actually a bit of a gold plastering on Banerjee's face.

Today's India is very different from the ancient Indian civilization, in fact, the Indian continent has never been truly united, and has always been in a state of alien domination and division.

Before entering India, Feng Zicai, Deng Tianpei and other commanders were secretly ordered by the military department to help the various ethnic groups in India achieve the status of autonomy if the war went well, and if the Indian ethnic groups were interested, they could also help them form a loose confederation with each other.

At this moment, he lobbied Banerjee, the founder of the Indian National Association and a well-known scholar in Calcutta, Deng Tianpei can be said to have spared no effort.

Banerjee sipped his tea and was silent.

In fact, he did not have a bad feeling for this general who had just defeated the British Empire, but was extremely surprised when he first met, but he did not expect that it was such a polite young general who defeated the British, and he was even more polite to himself, which was in stark contrast to the arrogance of the British.

The Indian National Association, which Banerjee had prepared, only hoped to improve the position of the British class of Indian Jīng, whom he represented, under British rule. I hope for a free press. Eliminate all forms of racial discrimination, fight for the right of Indians to participate in the administration of the State and improve poor rural conditions.

Banerjee never wanted to break away from British rule, believing that India had made great strides under the patronage of the British Empire. Without the British, there would be nothing about what India is now.

He never imagined that one day the British would be defeated by another power and expelled from Calcutta. Two days before the squadron arrived in Calcutta, he had thought that war was far away for him.

But now, the expulsion of the British by the armies of the Eastern Empire, and the granting of self-government to the Calcuttasians, made him think for a moment in a state of confusion, and he did not know how to respond, and he was not at all prepared for the day.

What Banerjee was even more surprised was that the influence of the Chinese had long penetrated into Kolkata, and he had just learned that Kolkata had always had an intelligence station of the Chinese internal affairs agency, and now the Chinese Internal Affairs Bureau in Kolkata has been listed. And soon there were employees.

He also just learned that several of his friends were pro-China tendencies, and he heard that one of his friends was also an intelligence officer of the Chinese Internal Affairs Agency, and now he has entered the Chinese Internal Affairs Bureau in Kolkata as an errand boy.

It's all there. It all came too suddenly. It even made him wonder if the world was not the one he originally knew.

"Mr. Banerjee, the British fleet is firing into the city. With the slightest concern for the safety of your countrymen, you have seen it with your own eyes, do you still have illusions about the British? ”

The British fleet committee tried to prevent the squadron from entering Calcutta with artillery, but finally fled in a hurry under the heavy fire of the Eastern Legion.

Banerjee remained silent.

"Mr. Banerjee, there is one more thing I would like to discuss with you, our military department is already preparing to arrest pro-British people based on reliable intelligence, and I would like to hear your opinion."

Deng Tianpei's words surprised Banerjee, and he hurriedly said: "This can't be, General Deng, the British have ruled Calcutta for a long time, in the past, many of us did things for the British, if your army reckons history, I am worried that many innocent people will be implicated." ”…,

Speaking, Banerjee stared at Deng Tianpei, he was a little panicked, the squadron is too strong, the British have been expelled, the citizens of Calcutta left behind have no chance of resistance at all, the Chinese capture pro-British? That could well have turned into a burning, looting, or even a bloody massacre.

Deng Tianpei pondered, nodded silently, and said after a while: "You are right, we should all look forward." You see, without your guidance, we would have made a big mistake, Mr. Banerjee, and in order to keep Calcutta in order, you must step in and take charge of the overall situation. ”

Banerjee began to feel relieved, but gradually understood that this Chinese general was playing a trick on himself? But what people say is also reasonable, and it is the best choice for both parties to come forward to maintain a coordinated relationship.

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In September 1883, the Chinese Eastern Route Expeditionary Force conquered Calcutta, which shocked the world, and in the eyes of politicians and media all over the world, from a strategic point of view, the tragic sacrifices made by the Eastern Route Army were naturally insignificant compared with the brilliant results achieved, and the British Imperial Navy lost the most important port on the east coast of India, which was almost a fatal blow.

After the occupation of Calcutta, the Eastern Route Army rested on the spot, and a few days later several members of the Indian National Association announced the formation of an autonomous committee in Calcutta, and elected its chairman.

The Battle of Kolkata seemed to sound the clarion call for a Chinese counterattack, and after the Chinese West Indian Expeditionary Force conquered Delhi, it began to advance towards Mumbai, the largest port city on the west coast of India.

In November 1883, when the Chinese West Indian Expeditionary Force formed an encirclement of Mumbai, in the Russian battlefield, in the territory of Vladimir Province, there were countless turrets, pillboxes, and the total length of roads and railways linking various positions exceeded 300 kilometers, known as the "insurmountable death defense line in Europe" was broken by the Chinese, in the Battle of Vladimir, the Chinese used poison gas bombs, incendiary bombs and other weapons of mass destruction, the main force of the Russian army suffered heavy casualties, and several infantry divisions were eliminated.

The Baath Party fled from Moscow in a hurry, and Kiev became the wartime capital of the Russian government.

When the Entente collectively condemned the brutality of the Chinese, the fear of the Eastern Army also grew, and the Chinese Army was really stronger than they imagined.

On the German-French battlefield, although Germany was not fully prepared for the outbreak of war, it was under the strong containment of the Chinese. Its eastern frontier is safe. It can fight with all its might against the Anglo-French forces on the Western Front, and the balance of victory slowly tilts in its favor.

With the crushing defeat of the Russian army on the Eastern Front and the fact that most of its forces had to be transferred from the Western Front, the main Austro-Hungarian army began to gain absolute superiority in the Balkans. The new Turkish army struggled to hold the tide of the war.

But Iran's assault on the Turkish Empire was met with Waterloo, and the hundred-legged insect did not stiffen, and the old empire was still more than enough to deal with centuries of defeat.

November 1883. Italy again declared war on Turkey and officially fell into the ranks of the Central Powers.

In the two months from November to December, China had three more battleships, 18 cruisers, and a number of destroyers and torpedo ships.

Although the Chinese Naval Fleet suffered repeated losses in the initial contest with the British Pacific Fleet, the strong industrial production capacity of the Chinese made the advantages of the Chinese Naval Fleet more and more obvious.

The British Pacific Fleet's range of activities is getting farther and farther away from the China Sea, and it is even difficult to see them in the waters east of Wake Island, which is equivalent to declaring that its Pacific Fleet can no longer protect Australia, and Australia is completely within the range of Chinese attacks.

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The military engine room on the top floor of the Empire State Building.

Ye Zhao flipped through the thick papers on the table, although overseas trade had almost come to a standstill. However, this war led to the rapid development of the light and heavy industries of the empire, and as for the government, which was heavily indebted, it was also insignificant. ..., just take shipbuilding as an example. Since 1881. There were 59 more shipyards on the east coast of the empire, and production capacity jumped from 160,000 tons in 1881 to 500,000 tons. In two years, the growth has tripled.

However, Ye Zhao was not very satisfied, compared with the leap in American shipbuilding energy during World War I, it was still worse, of course, the empire was only established for more than 20 years, and now it is comparable to the miracle of the United States, and it is even better.

Ye Zhao read every piece of the chapters carefully, and the internal affairs of wartime cannot be abolished.

The State Council has issued a new excerpt to revise the draft of the NV construction law.

Although the empire used no more than 2 million troops outside the country, if you count the laborers and skilled workers for logistical support, the number of manpower used is already in the tens of millions, which makes a large number of fùnv pour into factories and trading houses, becoming a non-negligible member of the empire's production army.

It is imperative to improve the legislation of NV workers to protect their rights and interests.

The following excerpt comes from the Army General Staff, which drew up a lightning plan for the destruction of Russia within two months, and submitted a ruling to Ye Zhao, it is clear that after the Battle of Vladimir, the ambitious army commanders were confident in the complete conquest of Russia.

In addition, there are plans for the army to send troops to Iran to support the Iranian National Army in the fight against the Turkish new army.

Ye Zhao drew a cross on these two folds, the situation is favorable, it is necessary to fight steadily and steadily, the battle line should not be stretched too long, not to mention that the balance of power on the European continent also needs to be considered, it is winter again, it is very difficult to use troops in northern Russia, and it is best to consolidate the defensive line.

Next is Feng Zicai's excerpt, but it is a recital that reprimands Deng Tianpei for being arbitrary.

In fact, Ye Zhao knows that in modern society, where are the civilian, military and military generals who shine in the eyes of the outside world in historical records? Only by standing in your own position can you see them through.

Although Feng Zicai is a rare general, he is not a saint, so he will naturally have thoughts about Deng Tianpei initiating the Battle of Calcutta without authorization after he went to Burma.

In fact, Deng Tianpei fought the Battle of Calcutta with the idea that he would not be affected by the life of the monarch abroad, and there were many folds of impeachment that he was not worth it, and some people even criticized him for being responsible for the lives of thousands of martyrs who sacrificed in Calcutta, and in the Battle of Calcutta, the imperial regiment suffered more than 15,000 casualties, exceeding the losses of any battle in the Russian battlefield outside the Battle of Vladimir.

Feng Zicai had a deep conversation with the old Jiāo Burmese tin robe king in Burma, and at the same time defused the civil war that could break out at any time between the pro-Chinese factions and factions.

Feng Zicai mentioned to the king of Xipao that the emperor had promised to grant Myanmar complete equality, and that the king of Myanmar did not need to be canonized by the emperor of the Central Plains after that, and the two countries could be completely equal.

Feng Zicai did not retreat as advance, but received a secret telegram from Ye Zhao, and the conditions he undertook came from the telegram.

In fact, this is also a continuation of Ye Zhao's long-standing policy towards the countries in the southeast, if the consciousness of the various ethnic groups in the southeast is unstoppable, why not the false name of the suzerain? Keep pace with the times, so that all ethnic groups in the southeast can maintain long-term goodwill, recognition and dependence on the Central Plains Empire.

The king of Xipao was taken aback, he knew very well that under the constitutional monarchy, his power came from the support of the Central Plains Empire, and once he lost the canonization of the Central Plains, his position could be lost at any time.

In fact, on the third day of the Chinese delegation's capture of Calcutta, before the news reached Mandalay, the capital of Burma, King Xipao dismissed the prime minister who leaned towards the faction and appointed the person recommended by Feng Zicai as the prime minister instead.

After the new prime minister took office, the Burmese parliament quickly approved the proposal to declare war on Britain, and Feng Zicai's Burmese trip was a complete success.

Feng Zicai believed that if the attack on Calcutta could be postponed for a month, the Eastern Route Army would definitely be able to get in touch with the intelligence station of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Calcutta, and the attack would be steady and steady, and the tactics would be diverse, and there would be no need to pay a heavy price for casualties in the attack. At the same time, the war between China and Britain, judging from the situation of several months of war, was nothing more than a struggle of national strength, and the battle of Calcutta was of great significance at the time, but three months later, Xu Xu Tuzhi had no impact on the entire Sino-British war.

Ye Zhao read the excerpt and put it aside, Feng Zicai said very reasonably, he hoped that Xu Xu Tuzhi would also consider this kind of consideration, but many times, it is difficult to say which choice is better, in terms of the circumstances at the time, Deng Tianpei made the best choice he thought, since he won a big battle, it made the whole Europe tremble at that time, and the morale of the people was excited, this is enough, where is the perfect strategy? In hindsight, even more so.

Below is an excerpt from the Admiralty and a War Department's operational plan for the general offensive of the Eastern Route Army besieging Bombay three days later.

When Ye Zhao was flipping through the folds, he suddenly heard the crisp but timid voice of an NV child in the west: "Report, report, Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......"

Turning her head to look, she saw that in front of the long telephone and telegraph on the west side, a row of operators sitting nervously worked, timidly stood up an NV operator, who should not be very old, with an olive green military uniform wrapped around her graceful figure, and black waterfall-like curls on both sides of the boat-shaped military cap, with excellent temperament.

Originally, the operator received the telegram and the phone call was reported to Ye Zhao by the operator, but it happened that the operator was not there now, and the phone was urgent, so the little NV soldier had no choice but to talk to Ye Zhao directly.

Ye Zhao quickly realized what was going on, in fact, the war was not tight, if on the front line, the operator was directly facing the supreme chief, and there was even a situation where the chief was reprimanded by the operator for being verbose when talking to the front line, after all, when the frontline was in war, it was common for the telephone line to be blown up, and every minute when the phone was connected, it might cost the soldier's life to protect it.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Ye Zhao smiled and pressed his hand down, "Don't be nervous. "The line that the little NV soldier is responsible for is usually from the Admiralty.

The little nv soldier's face was flushed, her brain was full of chaos, and the words she said were subconscious, and she didn't know what she was talking about, "Yes, it was Minister Pei who called, and he has something urgent to report to you." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, then walked over, took the earpiece from the little NV soldier's hand, and touched the little NV soldier's slippery little hand slightly, the little NV soldier tripped over the chair in a panic, and almost fell down on his back, in front of Ye Zhao, he was so embarrassed and anxious, tears were about to flow out.

Ye Zhaoxin said that this little girl was funny, and hummed into the microphone, and then Pei Tianqing's voice came from the earpiece: "Your Majesty, the Nanyang Fleet has just fought with the British devils in the waters of Yangon and drove the British devils away, and I will send you a detailed battle report immediately." ”

Ye Zhao knew that a while ago, the maritime affairs were tight, and Pei Tianqing, the head of the Admiralty, was under great pressure, so it was no wonder that he couldn't suppress his excitement when he heard that he had won a battle, especially a victory with the British Indian Ocean Fleet.

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