Chapter 316: Wrath of the Indian World Empire! (Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass)
November 8, 1830.
White clouds dotted with blue skies, and a cool breeze blowing from the Indian Ocean gives Mumbai, a bustling city near the equator, a soothing coolness.
Contrary to the perception of the rulers of the Ming Empire, Mumbai is not a big colonial city that is enslaved, oppressed, and bullied, but the glorious capital of Britain, the world empire of India!
And this perception actually has some truth. First of all, the court of Emperor William, the monarch of the British-Indian Monarchy Empire, was not in London, but in Bombay. According to the common perception in the world, where the emperor and the court of this empire are, where is the capital of the empire. And which part of the alliance is the capital of a republican empire is in, which part is the leader of the alliance.
So now India is the leader of Great Britain - the Union of Indian Republics, and Bombay is the capital of the entire Union Empire!
The British filial son of India has ridden to the neck of the British father!
Secondly, the territory of the Indian Empire itself was so satisfying to the Indians that it included most of Pakistan (except for the Gandhara Basin), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, the Maldives, and even the Malay Peninsula, which now belonged to the Indian Empire!
Isn't this the legendary Indian dream? The dreams have come true, what are the Indians not satisfied with?
Third, India was originally a "colonial civilization", except for the various humanoid creatures that were dark at the bottom, all real human beings in this country were foreign colonists, either the early Aryan colonists, or the later Celestial colonists, and now the Indian colonists...... Since we were all colonizers, there was no need to be anti-colonialβas long as the new British colonists could play by the rules of India.
And Kaiser Wilhelm is now "happy", which shows that he has "more India". Moreover, his Indian thrones were all seized by foreign force in accordance with the royal succession law prevailing in India, and the Mughal Dynasty before it, as well as the Delhi Sultans before the Mughals, as well as the Gur Dynasty and the Kushan Empire before the Delhi Sultanate, were also about the same.
The fourth thing that made India's middle and upper classes, especially the high-caste Indians living in the big cities of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Dhaka, feel the glory of India's world empire was the process of industrialization that Emperor Wilhelm began in India after he came to power!
Moreover, India's industrialization process is still quite high-grade, not starting from coolies, but starting with heavy chemical industry - there is no information industry in these years, and heavy chemical industries such as steel, military industry, and shipbuilding are top industries.
Thanks to the preparation needs of Kaiser Wilhelm's court, as well as the large sales of Indian bonds in Europe and India, in the big cities of India, such as Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Dhaka, shipyards, arsenals, steel mills and other heavy industrial factories have sprung up, although the technology of these factories comes from the British, and at the same time is controlled by British capital, and most of them rely on British factories to provide key parts and raw materials, so to speak, the British in India to open assembly plants.
Still, these factories provide a large number of managerial positions for India's high-caste talent, and they make India look a bit like an industrial powerhouse.
In addition, as early as the reign of the East India Company, a railway network covering the South Asian subcontinent had already begun to be planned and constructed.
By the end of 1830, the total mileage of India's railways had already surpassed that of the United Kingdom, becoming the second in the world after the Ming Dynasty, and even surpassing the United States, an emerging world power that was also advancing by leaps and bounds!
It is no exaggeration to say that under the wise leadership of Emperor Wilhelm, the current Indian Empire has risen to heights that are unimaginable to India's insightful people.
This is no longer a great power with a strong voice, but a world empire...... At the very least, it looks like a world empire!
Feng Mingshan, the first class sergeant of the Ming Royal Navy, who was piloting a Ssangyong carrier-based seaplane, flew slowly over the capital of the world empire at about 12 noon on November 8.
Mumbai was originally a few small islands next to the mainland, the dowry of a Portuguese princess who married the King of England. What was once a few desolate coastal islands has now been transformed into a long, narrow peninsula. The peninsula is not large, but it is extremely prosperous, full of Western-style buildings, and near the coast, docks, warehouses, shipyards, power plants, gas plants, and various other British-owned factories and trading houses, all of which show the prosperity of the industrial and maritime ages.
In addition, at intervals, there is a turret with an armored turret installed, and the thick barrels of the doors are aimed at the ocean, showing the inoffensive majesty of the Indian world empire!
"He's n, this Mumbai is really prosperous, it's almost time to catch up with Shanghai!"
Li Pingqing, the co-pilot of Fengming Mountain, couldn't help but sigh with heartfelt emotion when he saw this bustling metropolis - this is a very high evaluation! Shanghai is the largest metropolis in the Ming Dynasty and undoubtedly the first in the world.
And Mumbai's prosperity is comparable to Shanghai....... It shows that this world power with a population of 200 million has really developed, and its future is limitless!
Feng Mingshan won a "one-third of the great merit" in the previous Battle of Gretel, so he was promoted to a first-class non-commissioned officer. Wang Wen, a staff officer of the Fleet Aviation, had already personally assured him that as long as he made another "one-third of the great merit," he would be an officer!
And the great work...... Gotta find it now!
Thinking of this, Feng Mingshan shouted loudly: "Little Lizi, look for it quickly...... Royal Palace, Parliament Building, Gas Works, Power Plants, Oil Storage Tanks, Shipyards....... Where are they? β
"Found it, found it...... That's the Houses of Parliament, the house with a big dome! The one next to it is full of trees, and it's the palace! Brother Feng, which one shall we bomb? β
Li Pingqing is also hot, he is now a second-class non-commissioned officer...... It is only "two-thirds of the way to the second lieutenant"!
"Of course the Capitol was bombed!" Feng Mingshan said, "How conspicuous is that dome? If it's blown up, as soon as the photo is taken, then you will be able to recognize it immediately! β
"Yes, yes," Li Pingqing nodded repeatedly, "just blow up that dome!" β
Feng Mingshan said again: "Remember to take pictures, and throw leaflets after taking photos...... We have to let the Indians know that I'm going to liberate them tomorrow! β
"Haole," Li Pingqing said, "it's all ready!" β
"Sit tight...... We're going to drop bombs! Feng Mingshan roared, gently pushed the joystick, and drove the plane to lower the altitude and go straight to the parliament building with a beautiful dome.
The Bombay Peninsula is very narrow, no more than five or six kilometers wide at its widest, so flying from the coastline to the domed parliament building in the middle of the peninsula is just a blink of an eye. Feng Ming Hill also found a wide road leading from the sea to the parliament building, which was lined with imposing-looking houses on both sides, and the sidewalks were densely packed with people...... I don't know what it's for? Probably seeing the Daming plane that came from the sky to liberate them, there were many people waving their fists, as if cheering!
Feng Mingshan didn't have the heart to think about it now, all his attention was already focused on the dome, carefully maneuvering the plane, reducing the altitude as much as possible, and flying towards the dome, seeing that he was about to pass over the dome, he hurriedly shouted: "Medium!" β
In fact, he doesn't need to be reminded, Li Pingqing has already pulled the hand brake for throwing bombs! Looking at his bomb sight, a bomb was pointing straight down, and it was raining down on the parliament building. He quickly took out his seagull license plate camera and shot at the dome for a while, and after a few shots, he saw a ball of fire rising from the side of the dome.
"Hit! Ha ha! Feng Mingshan laughed.
Li Pingqing, on the other hand, took out a large stack of leaflets from a "school bag" and threw them out...... Now, those loyal and patriotic Indian high-ranking people finally understand 100% how evil the Ming Empire is!
Because those leaflets not only wrote who owned the plane that dropped the bomb, but also clearly wrote in English and Urdu the intention of the Ming Empire to liberate the Indian people!
The superior people of India know that according to the standards of the Ming Dynasty, they themselves do not belong to the people, they are colonizers!
Daming ...... Evil enough!