Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1048

[Chapter 1039 When the wind blows]

“Governor Nicholas, the British Empire has been across the sea in these years, and the Red Shirt Army has few opponents, but Wales in Australia was conquered in one day, and Newland only gave the enemy an hour. This kind of It’s time for the British to put away their blind confidence, we have encountered a real enemy.”

Butlin’s eyes were full of worry.

Then he said: “The soldiers who escaped from Newland said that the Chinese Empire had a firearm that could fire bullets continuously. Their artillery was so powerful that it was not comparable to our artillery, and their rifles did not need to be fired from the front. Loading bullets, and something that explodes when thrown. Has the Governor heard of these things?”

Nicholas suddenly laughed, “A musket loaded from the butt, hahaha, this is simply ridiculous…”

He As he was smiling, he suddenly saw Butlin’s serious gaze. He stopped laughing and said, “Okay, this weapon is indeed unique, but is it possible? Maybe the soldier was scared crazy, or just for himself.

“It may be true if only the soldiers of Newland said this, but the soldiers who were defeated in Australia also said this, so this is not a coincidence. From now on, we must make every effort to deal with it

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, dig trenches on the beach and build defenses. If India is lost, the East India Company will suffer the most, right?” Butlin’s smile was a bit teasing.

Nicholas’s expression changed. Only then did he remember what the Australian soldier said. After thinking about it for a while, his expression became solemn.

“The Chinese Empire really has such a weapon?” Nicholas asked again.

“It is basically certain that I have sent people to send the collected intelligence back to London. Unfortunately, we did not get any physical objects this time, but in the letter I have asked Congress to seriously consider the proposal to research weapons in this area.” Butt Lin said coldly.

Nicholas nodded solemnly: “If so, this time we must seize Malacca and cut off the Chinese Imperial Navy’s route. Fortunately, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and France have all responded to us. In any case, this battle will come to an end.” The key is that even if we cannot recapture Malacca, we will still consume part of the strength of the Chinese Empire and slow down their westward advance.”

Buterin nodded with satisfaction and said: “This is what a governor should do, now we have to do it. Cooperate with the other two governors to mobilize British soldiers in India, wait for the arrival of reinforcements, and at the same time train Indians to fight for us. There are a lot of these animals. It will not hurt us to kill some of them, and it will also consume the enemy’s strength.

” It will cost us a lot of money.” Nicholas felt a little sad, but he understood that if they didn’t do this, they would never have the chance to make money in India.

So after hesitating, he said: “There are 8,000 Indian soldiers we have trained in Calcutta. With the number of firearms sent from the mainland during this period, we can train another 9,000 people. We estimate that we can make up 50,000 from the three jurisdictions.” The Indian soldiers, plus the 20,000 British soldiers stationed here, are a huge number of 70,000.” Nicholas suddenly felt a little more confident.

After a pause, he continued; “And there are other reinforcements, and their total will not be less than 30,000 people.”

Buterin looked at Nicholas’s expression and sneered, and he said: “In the face of weapons like the Chinese Empire, no one can Many people are just going to die. Now we have only one way, which is to defend. India is rich in land and food is not a problem. We can be self-sufficient even if the route is cut off, so we still set out to build a defense base,” Buterin emphasized. .

Nicholas spread his hands and said: “This issue is authorized to you. After all, you are the future general of the empire. I believe in your talent, Lieutenant Buterin.”

The purpose of Buterin coming here is to ask for authorization. , he said: “I will build a defense system that will give the Chinese Empire a headache. Just wait, if they want to eat India, they will have to lose two teeth.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier entered the Governor’s Mansion. The report reported: “Your Majesty the Governor, the fleets of France, Spain and Portugal have arrived.”

Nicholas was overjoyed and said: “Butlin, this time we are not fighting alone.”

As he said this, he pulled Butlin out. In the Governor’s Palace, he walked through the gate of the castle and arrived at the dock. Sure enough, not far away, more than a hundred warships were slowly approaching the port of Calcutta.

Nicholas counted the flags of the battleships and said: “This is the Dutch, this is the Spanish, this is the Portuguese, and the one on the far right is the French. Haha, they are all here.”

Butlin’s expression also softened.

Spain lost its colony in the Philippines, which made them unwilling. The Portuguese once had a jurisdiction in the southeast corner of Guangzhou, but after the merchant council was defeated, the Chongqing army that went south at that time drove them away. This made Portugal very angry.

Needless to say France, Malacca is now blockaded and the French soldiers in East Indochina are isolated and helpless. Under the huge pressure at home, they have decided to officially go to war with the Chinese Empire. The Dutch now have no other choice but to follow their path. Go dark.

Either defeat the Chinese Empire and obtain the former colonies, or suffer their attack in Europe.

Hundreds of warships were getting closer and closer, and soon entered the dock. At this time, soldiers from various countries began to disembark from the ships.

Butlin’s eyes swept over these soldiers one by one. A small number of Spanish and Portuguese soldiers were equipped with front-loading rifles, and most of them were still using flintlock muskets.

The soldiers of the Netherlands and France all had firearms that imitated the Chinese Empire’s conscript muskets, and the Dutch’s weapons were purchased from the Chinese Empire.

But France produces and manufactures them by itself. Seeing this, Buterin has some understanding of France’s armaments development.

“One hundred warships, each carrying 300 soldiers, there are 30,000 people. This time we see how the Chinese Empire dares to be so rampant.” Nicholas’ confidence increased greatly.

Buterin finally showed a smile, and he walked over to greet the officers from other countries and discuss the next war issues.

For Europe, they have never assembled so many troops outside their homeland to fight a common enemy.

He was happy but also worried, because if they failed in India, they would never be able to gather such a large force again for a long time. From then on, India belonged to the Chinese Empire, and the routes would also belong to the Chinese Empire.

Three chapters tomorrow.

(End of chapter)