By mid-February 1831, the war in the Malay Peninsula seemed to be on the verge of endless sit-in and confrontation.

Before the end of last year, the Ming Empire swept away the defense system of the Malay Peninsula, which the British had painstakingly managed for a hundred years, in a few weeks, and marched directly at the Straits of Johor. Unfortunately, their offensive momentum was completely exhausted by that time, and the British seemed to have anticipated this situation for a long time, so they had already built an impregnable Johor defensive line long before the outbreak of this war.

It was an almost impregnable line of defense consisting of a strong seawall that leaned on the elongated Strait and the island of Shanmarsek, a series of defenses inside and outside the levee, hundreds of barreled artillery guns deployed 3-5 kilometers behind the levee, and 100,000 heavily armed Indian warriors who were determined to die in the service of the British Empire's colonization of India.

In the opinion of Viscount Bellsford, commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Indian army, the Ming army had no way to capture the island of Shanmarsek, except for a long siege. However, the far-sighted British Empire had already considered the possibility of a siege of the island decades ago.

Therefore, since then, the island has existed as a fortress island that can be held for a long time. All the peaceful inhabitants of the island were moved to the city of Malacca, so that when the island was besieged, the "useless population" on the island would be reduced to a minimum, and only a small number of dependents of British mid- and high-ranking officers remained.

In addition, the British built a large number of warehouses on the island where grain could be stored. A reservoir system has also been built to collect and store rainwater, which has met the water needs of more than 100,000 people on the island.

After the siege of the island, Viscount Bellsford began to make long-term plans, and began to implement strict food rationing on the island, everyone could only get eighty percent of the supply, so that the food supply that could have lasted for 12 months was enough for the defenders to hold out for 15 months.

After 15 months...... Even though the island was forced to surrender, he fulfilled the task assigned by His Majesty the Emperor, and he remained a hero in the defense of the British Empire after the war.

Although the prospect of being a hero is clear, Viscount Bellsford is not lying down to be a hero, and he is still diligently patrolling all parts of the Johor Straits defense line every day, and today is no exception. Early in the morning, the viscount rode his beloved Indian Folded Horse, and under the protection of dozens of white officers and guards who also traveled on horseback, he left his headquarters on Mount Bukit Timah and went to inspect somewhere on the southern shore of the Straits of Johor.

Of course, he had to go to that position every day to inspect it, and no one knew in advance when he would arrive. Therefore, all the British and Indian officers and soldiers on the entire defense line must not relax in the slightest, otherwise the commander-in-chief will be angry, and the consequences will be very serious.

Today, Viscount Bellsford's chosen destination is to inspect the Woodlands Beach position, which is the closest to the Malay Peninsula along the defensive line. Unlike the silence he had seen in the various positions, he had heard a commotion before he had even entered the camp at the rear of the defensive zone. He was stunned, and then pricked up a pair of big ears that were a little provocative, and his brows tightened.

For he first heard a very loud voice speaking in a language that he did not understand at all, and although it was spoken in human language, human beings certainly did not have such a loud voice, and most of it was made by loudspeakers and loudspeakers. He didn't remember that there was such a thing on the defensive position of Woodlands Beach, so it was supposed to be the Ming army on the other side of the river.

At the same time, he also heard countless mixed human voices, and vaguely heard someone crying!

What's going on? Why do you cry? What fake news is the Chinese loudspeaker putting on? Why did you scare the brave British and Indian warriors into tears?

Thinking of this, he hurried into a makeshift camp built close to the embankment. When they rushed into the camp, they found that the playground was crowded with panicked Indian Asan, some were shouting loudly, some were kneeling and crying, and several white-skinned British soldiers were blowing whistles with all their strength, and from time to time waving their horsewhips to beat the Indian soldiers lying on the ground, as if they wanted to restore order.

Seeing Viscount Bellsford rushing in on horseback, a white-skinned major sweating profusely ran over and gave a military salute.

"Major, in the end

What was born? Are your people crazy?"

The major nodded and replied, "Viscount, my people seem to have gone mad......

"Crazy?" Viscount Bellsford was almost mad at the major, "So, then why are they crazy?"

yes, why are you crazy?

The major thought for a moment, "Viscount, just twenty minutes ago, when my men were out of the exercise, the other side of the strait suddenly started broadcasting...... My people started to go crazy when they heard the radio, first some of them went crazy, and then the madness seemed to be contagious......

"There's a problem with that broadcast!" Viscount Bellsford interrupted, "Do you know what's on the broadcast?"

"No, I don't know......," the major shook his head, "the language of the broadcast is not English."

"Then you're not going to ask?" Viscount Bellsford roared, "Get a better Indian and bring him to me, and I'll ask him for myself why he's mad!"

Ask a madman why he is crazy...... It's a shame that this Viscount Bellsford doesn't go to study medicine.

A bearded-faced, red-turbaned "madman" was soon brought before Viscount Bellsford by the Major, who, without waiting for the Viscount to ask, saluted the Viscount and reported in curry-flavored English: "Report to the Commander, His Majesty the Emperor is dead, and the Indian Empire is falling apart......

What?

Viscount Bellsford stared at the major with a star, and said to himself, "How did you lead the troops, you fool? Drove all his soldiers crazy...... Do you abuse them every day?"

At this moment, the "crazy" bearded soldier spoke again: "Commander, this is not my nonsense, it is said from the loudspeaker of the Ming army!"

Do you believe what the enemy says?

Viscount Bellsford was speechless, this turned out not to be crazy, but stupid!

How can this fool be a soldier? Don't you test your intelligence when recruiting?

The major also realized that something was wrong at this time, and the board face reprimanded, "Singh, how can you trust the enemy's words?"

"Sir, that is not the word of the enemy, but the word of our men with the trumpet of the enemy."

The logic of this "fool" is still very clear.

"Our people?" The major was stunned.

"Not your people, it's ours." The fool said, "It is not a person who speaks through that loudspeaker, nor does he speak the same language...... That's an Indian from every Indian state who speaks the local language of India! The only thing I could understand was the Kannada language of Mysore...... And it's very skillful, it can't be that the Chinese are saying it."

India has 1,000 or hundreds of languages, of which there are as many as 20 or 30 languages that are spoken by more people, not to mention that the Chinese cannot master them, even the British who have ruled India for more than 100 years cannot figure it out.

"And what the hell did they say?" The major asked.

"They say that Emperor Wilhelm died in early January this year, and that Queen Victoria, who ascended the throne, was only 12 years old and did not have the support of the princely princes of India, so the princes of the princely states became independent from the Indian Empire with the support of the Ming Dynasty. Now Mysore, Sikh, Hyderabad, Jangsi, Kanpur, Meerut, Lucknow and Delhi have become independent...... Nepal, Jinguo and Afghanistan have all sent troops to India, and the Ming army is also in Bangladesh! Indian Empire ...... It's over!"

"Nonsense, complete nonsense!" Viscount Bellsford roared angrily, "His Majesty the Emperor is in good health, the Indian Empire is unbreakable, that is the enemy's psychological warfare!"