Chapter 350 The fuse of the Calcutta War: Oil!

"What did you do wrong? Do you still need me to ask? As the general of the Dongting Lake Division, the shortage of soldiers is almost a quarter. How much silver does the court pull out to build ships and buy guns every year? But take a look at the warships you brought. Most of them are old boats for many years, and even some warships are still leaking water. Three or four out of ten are actually called warships when fishing boats pull up and hang flags. On a warship, even gunpowder is less than 100 catties. Are you a sailor? Do you also deserve to be a general? Get out of here!!!" Fu Kang'an shouted in a low voice, and the murderous atmosphere came out of his body. A Baoji's legs were soft and he knelt directly to the ground. Marshal..."

"Marshal, why do you have to be angry with such a person? You can't do it." Hailancha looked at the awkward back of A Baoji and persuaded him.

Fu Kang'an snorted coldly: "There are too many idiots like him in Daqing." Shaking the white paper in his hand, Fu Kang'an asked Shulin, the governor of the two rivers, "Brother Zhai, where did you get this thing?"

"Although we have confiscated a lot of villages and towns along the Zhenjiang River, many of them are still scattered in the hands of those people." Shu Lin sighed and said.

Fu Kang'an's eyebrows are tightly locked. It's useless. Since they have done this, they must have expected that we would do something. Now, we will do something wrong, but we have to do it..."

"Marshal, why did you say this?" Hailancha frowned, which was really a little unpredictable.

"If we don't agree with their conditions, it is to ignore the people of our own country. If we agree, if it falls into the eyes of the people, will they think that the court actually shows weakness to the barbarians?"

Hearing Fu Kang'an's analysis, everyone present couldn't help taking a breath. This drug plan was really extremely vicious.

Hailancha's expression was also difficult to see the extreme, and he gritted his teeth and said viciously. The viciousness of this strategy is that it is neither allowed to advance nor retreat. Presumably those heroes must have the means to let the people on both sides of the Yangtze River know this book.

Shu Lin sighed and turned his face to look at Fu Kang'an, who was walking with his hands on his back. General, isn't there a good solution?

"Of course not without it." As a counselor minister, Hailan replied to Fu Kang'an, who was still struggling with countermeasures: "There is only one way to solve their trick, that is, to annihire them in order to show the military prestige of the Qing Dynasty, to take the hearts of all the barbarians, and calm the people's suspicion of the court."

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"However, Yingyi seems to have expected this step for a long time, so they left a powerful partial division in the Guangdong waters of Fujian to swagger through the market, which threatened the sea of the Qing Dynasty, so that the sailors of the Qing Dynasty did not dare to move lightly and pinched it into a fist to attack the British fleet swimming in the Yangtze River." At this time, Fu Kang'an stopped and explained with a bitter face.

"This is no longer a conspiracy. If it hadn't been too vicious, it could have been called a conspiracy. I didn't expect that there would be someone among the heroes who would have such a strategy." Fu Kang'an's words made everyone present feel gloomy, and the decision could only be handed over to Fu Kang'an and Shu Lin, the governor of the two rivers.

But both of them saw the helplessness in each other's eyes, because this decision was really difficult... Gronin, the governor of the Netherlands, could not imagine that Liang Pengfei, a Chinese leader with strong military power, only sent 2,000 soldiers to participate in this attack. In the joint military operation in Calcutta, although Gronin admitted that these soldiers looked so excellent and fierce, the problem was that they did not carry any heavy weapons, at least 18-pound guns or 24-pound guns, which were needed for the siege.

Not only Gronin, but even Naberia finds it incredible, but the problem is that the officer of the Chinese army has made a very positive assurance that in five to ten days, the British mercenaries in the city of Calcutta and its surrounding areas will have an unprecedented riot, and even a reaction. The war against their former owner, the British East India Company.

This unimaginable guarantee made the officers and officials of other Western countries who were ready to set out to attack the city of Calcutta in an uproar. The proud French colonel De Selli almost angrily asked for the dissolution of the operation.

However, under the persuasion of Villa, Gronin and others, coupled with the long-term guarantee of Mei, the commander of the 2nd Special Battalion of the Chinese Federation, Deseli reluctantly agreed to wait for five days. If five days later, there is no large-scale disturbance in the Kolkata area as promised by the Chinese officer, France will Quit this alliance.

However, what surprised everyone was that on the fourth day, the coalition received information from the Calcutta area. The Indians rioted and almost swept the whole Calcutta area. At first, it began with the chaos generated by the tens of thousands of Indian British mercenaries. .

And the fuse was caused by the British [***] team smearing animal grease on the bullet foreskin. You should know that in order to prevent moisture and rust, muskets and their ammunition need to be maintained with grease, and soldiers need to use their teeth to bite the foreskin.

Hindu migration respects cattle as a sacred object and never eats beef. Muslims do not eat pork due to religious habits. A large number of British mercenaries are Hindu migrations and Muslims. When they were quietly released from the soldiers of the Special Second Battalion, they quietly entered the mercenary camps in the Calcutta region and the prisoners of war in the Indian focus area. After learning that the grease was actually taken from butter and lard, it immediately caused a violent disturbance in the barracks.

Both Hindu migration and Muslims consider it an insult to their own religion. Strongly protested and refused to use this bullet, but most of those petitioners were severely suppressed. The East India Company has heard the news that those Western countries are ready to move in India. Therefore, in order to keep the combat effectiveness of the army unaffected, it hopes to use cruel means to reassure those Indian mercenaries. Calm down.

They arrested hundreds of petitioned soldiers, dropped them all into prison, and even shot several Indian mercenaries who threatened to retaliate against the British who slaughtered the sacred objects.

However, what they didn't expect was that the only advantage of the Indians was their religious insistence. The repression did not achieve the desired effect, but further aroused the dissatisfaction of the soldiers. The Indian priests held the water of the Ganges in their hands, and the Muslim soldiers vowed to drive the British away in the face of the Koran.

On the night when the petitioners were suppressed, Indian mercenaries launched troops, rushed into the prison in the city of Calcutta, released their detained partners, and killed several British [***] officers, but just as they wanted to burn down the city of Calcutta. When the British building was built, they were blocked by the British [***] team who came to hear the news. The Indians burst out unprecedented courage for their faith. They stood in the Indian area of the city of Calcutta and fought fiercely with the British [***] team in the city of Calcutta.

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At the beginning of its establishment, Calcutta was divided into two completely different areas, an English area and an Indian area, and the Indian area was called a black town by the British, and the poverty of the black town compared with the richness of the British area, it was so appalling that they could only rely on those The British give alms, or work for those British people to support their families.

Of course, poverty brings not only hunger, but also hatred. Now these Indians living in black towns have become the most powerful supporters of the rebellious Indian mercenaries.

It is for this reason that the city of Calcutta is already in a mess. Deafing gunfire can be heard everywhere, and the blood of berth and a body that can be restrained in the future can be seen everywhere.

Although the number of the British [***] team was far less than the Indian mercenaries, they were more well-trained, and the British living in Kolkata also stood up, picked up their guns, and fought against the Indian counterattack.

They have sufficient weapons and ammunition. After the British picked up weapons and joined the battle, the mercenaries gradually could not support, and the streets were lost. The only comfort to them was that the south gate of Calcutta was still in their hands, and reinforcements and weapons and ammunition could be brought in in time. .

"How long will it take for those people to arrive? Amubu, we have been supporting for three days. Why haven't we seen the reinforcement you mentioned? The soldiers were very tired, but the British were still attacking us for a moment. Damn it, these blasphemous pagans. Harif, a colonel of the Indian mercenary, looked at Shahruk standing in front of him with an angry and tired face and complained angrily.

"Dear uncle, please believe me. Those people are about to arrive. Maybe they will appear in our sight the next minute. I swear, they are really nearby." Sharuk shrugged his shoulders and drew the tunnel. He is the nephew of Colonel Harif, and he is also an Indian mercenary captured by the Liang family.

Hariv's eyes moved away from Sharuq's face and fell on the yellow-skinned, dark-haired and black-eyed Chinese standing beside Sharuq. He said in slightly stiff English: "My nephew told me that your people were nearby, but why didn't they appear in front of me? You know, my soldiers and I have paid a heavy price. Mr. Chen, I want to know if you are cheating on me?

(to be continued)