The 29th Division is a strong force with a glorious tradition, which has been stationed in Southeast Asia in recent years, and has made great contributions to maintaining the stability of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and other countries and completely expelling the French forces.

Deng Hanjie was flattered to be transferred to the 29th Division, and now he only hopes that after this war, if he has not sacrificed his life for the country, he can make war achievements and become a non-commissioned officer, become a professional soldier, and no longer have to retire from the army to live that colorless life.

At this time, Deng Hanjie was in the temporary division headquarters of an official residence in an Indian town, serving as an interpreter for General Deng Tianpei, helping General Deng Tianpei communicate with the locals and understand the local situation.

General Deng Tianpei has thick eyebrows and big eyes, he is extremely upright, and has his own awe-inspiring majesty, standing beside him, Deng Hanjie is really a little restrained, and I heard that General Deng Tianpei is very much loved by the emperor, and the emperor often writes to General Deng in person, this holy family can not be compared to anyone.

"You are my family, don't be restrained." Deng Tianpei saw Deng Hanjie's uneasiness and said to him with a smile.

The room was furnished in an exotic manner, and the old man in front of him was a swarthy-faced Bengali, a local tribal elder called Mujib, with whom Deng Hanjie could barely communicate.

Like all the local countrymen, Mujib did not know that the outside world had been turned upside down, he only heard that before the arrival of the Chinese people, those arrogant British merchants fled the land like a swarm, and even heard that hundreds of miles away in Dhaka, the holy city of Bengalis who had been ruled by the British for two hundred years, those British soldiers and officials had also gone completely, and before the Chinese people came, it was rumored everywhere that a devil higher than the Himalayas would come and devour all the Bengalis. That's why the arrogant British will run away.

Before the soldiers entered the village, the people in the village had almost run away, and most of them had taken refuge in the jungle, especially the women and children, and Mujib had personally chosen a hiding place for them, and entrusted the young men of the clan to take care of them, but he stayed behind, ready to negotiate with the army from which they came, to see what they needed and how to avoid the suffering of his own people.

Deng Tianpei asked some questions about Calcutta, and saw that the old Bengali man was vague, and it was all hearsay, and it was not as accurate and detailed as the internal reference information sent by the internal affairs organ, knowing that the news was blocked now, and the residents of such towns naturally did not know much about the outside world, and they were not as good as the people of the former Qing Dynasty.

According to the information of the army, Deng Tianpei knew that Calcutta was the most prosperous city in India, and it was also the most important supply and maintenance port for the British Navy, Calcutta had a population of hundreds of thousands, a large number of docks, and a developed shipbuilding industry, and the urban area was divided into two distinct areas - an English area and an Indian area.

The white quarter of Kolkata is depicted as the "City of Palaces" due to its spectacular palace architecture, while the Indian quarter is called the "Black Town", full of impoverished shanty towns, and the Indians of Kolkata live in different areas according to their occupations, such as the potter's district and the shell maker's district.

Over the years, however, the fusion of British and Indian cultures has also given rise to a new Babu class in the city—India's first middle-class clan, whose members are usually professional, newspaper-read, pro-British, and upper-caste Hindu groups, and the year before that, India's first political organization, the Indian National Association, -—— was established in Calcutta.

The Kolkata Municipal Council was established in 1870 and is responsible for the municipal administration and infrastructure of Kolkata

In terms of transportation, Calcutta is also extremely developed, and even as early as 1853, a road from Kolkata to Peshawar in Pakistan was built, which will make the whole northern India the hinterland of Calcutta, which is conducive to the rule of the British. …,

In 1854, the postal service was opened from Kolkata to Peshawar, and expanded to various mail routes between the two places.

Looking at these materials, Deng Tianpei had to admit that although it was a colony, India's road to a civilized society started earlier than that of his motherland, but it was just a success, a failure, and a failure, and these changes under the control of the British were just measures taken by the British in order to facilitate the rule, and the British tried their best to suppress the rising independence of the Indians.

"Old man, our discipline has been told you all the time, we are not robbers, we came to Bengal to drive out those Caucasians, you should call the people of the village to come back, I guarantee with my personality that they will not be harmed in any way, nor will they affect their normal life."

Deng Hanjie added two sentences when interpreting: "Mr. Mujib, General Deng is my close servant of the Emperor of the Chinese People's Republic of China. ”

Deng Tianpei beckoned again, and said, "Give the rent of the house we occupy to this old man." ”

The quartermaster next to him hurriedly counted out a few pound bills from his briefcase and handed them to Mujib.

Perhaps only in India did not have imperial banknotes in circulation, and it was the soldiers of the War Department in India who carried pounds sterling in order to purchase military supplies.

Mujib waved his hand and excused himself, but was forced into his hand by the quartermaster, seeing that it was a genuine pound, Mujib was a little relieved, but the foreign invaders, when they first came, most of them were extremely friendly, and after a long time, they gradually revealed the true colors of the rulers, which was the case with the British back then, although it seems that there will be no tribes slaughtered for the time being, but for the people of Zhongyu, Mujib is still a little wary, of course, he naturally smiled on his face, and said: "Then I won't disturb the general's rest, what do the generals and your soldiers need, just talk to me." ”

Deng Tianpei bowed slightly, signaling the old man to leave left and right.

After sitting down and taking a sip of tea, Deng Tianpei solemnly and solemnly took out a letter from his arms and began to read it.

This is a handwritten letter from the Emperor received at noon today, in which the Emperor ordered the 29th Division to support the local government in Bengal as soon as possible, and Mo Lone Army advanced lightly.

Along with the Emperor's letter, there were several urgent reports, including the secret report that Burma had declared neutrality and that Burma's access roads were temporarily closed.

As a matter of fact, after entering the territory of India, the expeditionary force temporarily lost the cable and telegraph connection with the rear, and although the brigade of the Ministry of Engineers and Communications worked day and night, because of the long area and the broken down of the locals, it seemed impossible to lay an effective communication line in a short period of time. The destruction of the telegraph line by the locals was not instigated by the British, but more of ignorance or greed for the line, so it was impossible to build a communication line to the mainland without effective control of the area.

Nowadays, the communication system with the mainland can only use the wireless telegraph system that often blocks the signal, which is commonly known as the large electric box in the army, which is very large in size and has to be loaded by horse-drawn carriages, and because of the complex terrain and weak ability to receive signals, the radio transceiver device carried by the signal corps is furnished most of the time.

Burma's access was blocked, and the emperor's letters and other military reports and instructions were all sent by the southern Tibetan express horse, including the emperor's letters, which were all sent to southern Tibet, and then translated into text by the southern Tibetan military command plane Huguan.

Come to think of it, the emperor's letter was written more than ten days ago.

..., stationed locally, waiting for the Myanmar access to open?

Deng Tianpei slowly frowned, he knew better than anyone else the strategic significance of quickly conquering Calcutta.

In the three-way expeditionary force of the Emperor of the Emperor's Kingdom, due to the complex terrain, the Eastern Route Army and the Middle Route Army were mostly land forces, and the Western Route Army, which drove into the Ganges Plain, was equipped with a large number of cavalry.

Dhaka in Bangladesh can be abandoned, and now the strategy of the British army can be clearly seen, that is, to shrink the force to defend important port cities, and if necessary, it can rely on fleet support, and India can have strategic value for real economic development

The support for its navy was actually the coastal megacities and the surrounding areas, and the imperial army had to fight against it on long expeditions and face the test of extremely long supply lines.

According to reliable information, in order to guard against the invasion of the Imperial Kingdom, the British army in the Indian land has been maintained at about 100,000 in recent years, and it may be much higher than this number now, and Calcutta, the British Red Coats, the Indian mercenaries and the British spontaneously organized and woven the armed uniforms, which must be a number beyond their imagination, and its regular army alone should have tens of thousands.

After all, Kolkata is the heart of the entire British Empire, and there is no room for error.

Redcoats! The British Army, because of its early participation in the uprising against the British royal family, defeated the King's Army and guillotined King Charles I, and since then the British royal family has refused to let the entire army enjoy the title of "royal".

But this Redcoat Army was so powerful, as a pawn of the British Emperor to plunder global interests, the Bayonets and bullets of the Redcoats struck a piece of fertile colonies, and put on the crown of "the sun never sets" for Great Britain.

Imagine the scene of the platoon era, the soldiers of the Imperial Kingdom dressed in scarlet flags and tall hats decorated with brass and feathers, slowly advancing under the orders of the officers and the accompaniment of the military band. The fall of comrades-in-arms

Below, the explosion of the flowering bomb beside him could not make any change in the expressions on the faces of this group of war machines. When they reach the engagement distance, they raise their smoothbore in unison to grab a salvo, and then calmly take a posture in the rain of bullets

Complete the complex reloading process and wait for the next command from the commander......

This is the image of the Red Coats who shocked Europe and brought to the world the image of bravery and invincibility.

Britain did not need to maintain a large army, because its army has always been known for its elite, although the performance in the South African battlefield was not satisfactory, but this is related to the terrain, with the ferocity and guerrilla tactics of the Boers, if a large-scale battle is launched, Deng Tianpei has no doubt that the Boers will be hunted down by the Red Army in a very short time.

The four Scottish regiments in tweed skirts were the ace of the Red Coats, and it is heard that two Scottish regiments are now deployed in India.

The most famous of the Scottish regiments is the 42nd Highland Regiment.

The gray checkered style of the team's skirts and their fierce style in defensive battles earned them the title of "Night's Watchman" at the beginning of their existence, and they were later awarded the title of "Royal Highland Regiment" by the royal family.

What Deng Tianpei didn't know was that the outstanding performance of the 42nd Highland Regiment in the European theater of World War I gave them the reputation of "Miss Hell". And in his time with the Emperor, the Scottish Highlands would appear as the ultimate infantry unit in Britain in a variety of strategy games. …,

All he knew was that the blood in his bones was getting hotter and hotter, and as the same proud infantry commander, he had an irrepressible urge to compete with the Redcoats and the Scottish Highlands Regiment and welcome them in the strongest way of the Legion!

Seeing the comments, it is estimated that there are many friends who do not know the development of military science and technology in various countries now, so I will not say it in the text, here is a brief introduction, in fact, the text is reflected between the lines, now the overall science and technology should be at the level of the early 20th century, some science and technology are developing a little faster, such as film technology, etc., some are a little slower, and the overall is about the same as the beginning of the 20th century.

Military technology, on the whole, the army's technology (not only the rifle artillery or something, but also the corresponding support and auxiliary systems) is lower than the First World Strategy, and some technologies will be advanced, and the overall is slightly lower. The Navy as a whole is also at the level of the beginning of the twentieth century.

In fact, the difference between Britain and France and other powerful countries is not much different, and most of the various technologies of this era are things that can be penetrated at one point, especially the technical foundation of European powers, which is the difference between the layers of window paper

Now, many window papers have been punctured by Ye Zhao, a chemist, and the development of science and technology in the world as a whole has accelerated. Of course, there are still a lot of advanced and secret army technologies in China, but in fact, they are important

It is also reflected in the tactical ideological level, for example, the Chinese army will spend great efforts and resources to build lines in barren land, which many Chinese countries cannot do

Among the five great powers, Russia should now be the weakest from a technical point of view, since the abolition of the peasant slavery system in the sixties, because of the rise of the Chinese kingdom to disrupt the process, and now it is still a relatively poor and backward agricultural country.

This is a general idea, and the details will be introduced when I write about it. (To be continued) [This article has filial piety and filial piety]