Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1077

[Chapter 1068 The war begins!]

“Then how does the emperor plan to divide India?”

Zhan Xingchang asked with interest.

“It is too early to divide it now. What the empire needs now is to maintain its long-term rule over India.” Xiao Ming said.

In contemporary times, India’s independence is full of drama. Unlike many methods of driving away the occupiers through war, India’s independence actually came on the ground, and this was Gandhi’s non-violent non-resistance movement.

After independence, India still worshiped the country that once ruled it, Britain, and was even proud to be a member of the Commonwealth.

Therefore, in Xiao Ming’s opinion, it will not be difficult to take over the British rule of India after driving away the British. After achieving complete rule, he will slowly divide India in terms of culture, language, and religion. If one day in the future the empire is If they are forced to withdraw from India, they will leave behind a chaotic India.

Thinking of this, he explained his thoughts to everyone.

“If this is the case, we still have a lot of things to do after ruling India.” Pang Yukun said.

Xiao Ming nodded, “But before that we must win the current war. As for the governance methods of other colonies, Zhan Xingchang has a good idea. For a small number of indigenous people occupying the land, we will use immigration to completely occupy it. However, Areas with a large number of indigenous people can definitely use the indigenous people to collect resources. After all, the indigenous people in Nanyang basically made a living by farming, which has its use value.”

After hearing this, everyone nodded. After such a discussion, the empire’s foreign colonial policy is now. It’s basically confirmed.

After deciding on this matter, Xiao Ming asked the cabinet ministers to go back and think about the detailed colonial policy. After all, as the empire’s territory grew larger, they had to formalize this area.

At the same time, he asked Qian Dafu to send another combat order to the Southeast Military Region, urging them to launch an attack in Nanyang.

…

December 20th.

After waiting for half a month, Lei Ming successfully received the first batch of 300 mortars and 20,000 mortar shells in Singapore.

Although he was not satisfied with the quantity of shells, the quartermaster assured him that the next batch of shells would be supplied in time, which reassured him.

“It should be snowing in Qingzhou now.” Lei Ming on the King said to Yue Yun with a smile, “I don’t know what Lu’s expression would be if he knew that we were still wearing such cool clothes.”

Yue Yun also had a smile on his face, in the Empire Before scientific education, he was just outside the bottom of the well, and his eyes only saw the world in Dengzhou.

But things were different now. Sailing on the north and south oceans made him truly realize the magic of this world. Even so, his footsteps only set foot in Asia. The warship he had always wanted to control could sail on the oceans of the world.

“It must be snowing. I hope we can go home in time to celebrate the New Year after this battle.” Yue Yun said.

Speaking of this, Lei Ming sighed and said: “You can do it. It is estimated that our army will have a hard time. According to the information we received, the British, French, Portuguese and Spanish Allied Forces have built solid fortifications in Calcutta. Even if they have mortars, they will Winning this war will probably cost a heavy price. “

Yue Yun has a deep understanding of today’s war. He said: “Today’s war can no longer rely on the physical fighting of soldiers. All it needs is the bombardment of artillery shells. The enemy’s strength and the disintegration of the enemy’s will.”

Lei Ming nodded, “This is what I am thinking about. The situation of the war has changed. There is no need to let the soldiers die in vain when we have superior firepower. Of course, we Soldiers are not afraid of death. “

Yue Yun agrees with Lei Ming’s words. Now the imperial soldiers are still very enthusiastic about fighting. After a short break, they have entered a state of war again.

Looking at the endless ocean, he said: “Time waits for no one. Before the New Year, we must at least give the emperor a gift. Even if Calcutta cannot take it, we must occupy Jakarta.”

“We have completed preparations and are ready to leave at any time. “Lei Ming said, according to the requirements of the General Staff, the Southeast Army will act together with the Navy this time.

Yue Yun’s mission is to annihilate the enemy navy in Jakarta, and his mission is to occupy Jakarta with the Marines.

“In that case, we’ll set off early tomorrow morning.” Yue Yun’s eyes were sharp.

The next day, accompanied by the loud whistle of the steam battleship, the armored fleet slowly left Singapore and headed for Jakarta.

A day later, the fleet appeared at its destination.

“Is this the ironclad ship of the Chinese Empire?” On the coast, Eifel, Simon, Eric, and Stephen looked at the steel battleship parked off the coast of Jakarta with heavy expressions.

Unlike sail battleships, these steel battleships do not have any sails, instead they have chimneys that emit black smoke.

On the blue ocean, these battleships painted with silver paint look scary.

And when they saw the turrets on the battleships clearly through the telescope, they were even more surprised. Unlike the sail battleships, these ironclad ships had a varying number of cannons installed on the decks, but there were much fewer cannons on both sides of the battleships.

“Now you should understand how terrifying the industrial capabilities of the Chinese Empire are. Just a year ago, they only had one ironclad ship.” Eric sighed: “It is a nightmare to confront such an empire.”

Stephen’s face Somewhat pale, his attitude was not as tough as before. He said: “Do you think we are willing to get involved in a war? What we will lose in the war with the Chinese Empire is Asia’s interests, but if we continue to cooperate with them, we, the Netherlands, will We are facing the risk of national subjugation. The Netherlands has a small territory and a sparse population. Even if France’s weapons are backward, it can still defeat us.”

Eifel and Simon fell silent. This is the tragedy of a small country, being crushed first in the game of big countries. It’s them.

“It’s too late to say anything now. The enemy is at sea. How should we fight next?” Eifel said, “I don’t want to lose Jakarta.”

Stephen had the greatest rights. He said: “No matter how powerful the enemy’s fleet is, we must go all out. Since we have chosen to stand with the Europeans, we cannot be half-hearted.”

While speaking, Stephen looked at Eric.

Then he said: “After half of the enemy’s soldiers land, Eric will be responsible for leading the fleet to attack, and Eifel and Simon will be responsible for the frontal battlefield. The 20,000 soldiers will be left to you.”

Eric smiled bitterly, but finally nodded. , although he admires the technology of the Chinese Empire, he is a Dutchman. For the benefit of the Netherlands, the Chinese Empire is their mortal enemy.

(End of chapter)