Iron Dynasty

Governor Nicholas, the British Empire has been traversing the sea in these years, and the Red Shirts have few opponents, but Wales in Australia was broken in a day, and Newland only let the enemy spend an hour. This kind of blind confidence of the British also Time to put it away, we've met the real enemy.

Butrin'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 ass, hahaha, this is so ridiculous...

He was laughing, and suddenly saw Butrin's serious eyes, he immediately stopped laughing, and said: Well, this weapon is really ingenious, but is it possible? Maybe this soldier was scared crazy, or just for the sake of It's just an excuse for your own failures.

It might be true if only the soldiers from Newland said that, but so did the soldiers from the rout in Australia, so it's no coincidence that we must do everything from now on to dig trenches on the beachhead, build Defense, if you lose India, the East India Company will suffer the most, right? Butrin's smile was a little teasing.

Nicholas's face changed, and then he remembered what the Australian soldiers said, and after thinking for a while, his expression became solemn.

Does the Chinese Empire really have such weapons? Nicholas asked again.

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

Nicholas nodded solemnly: If so, this time we must seize Malacca to cut off the route of the Chinese Imperial Navy. Fortunately, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and France have all responded to us. In any case, this battle will end. It is very important, even if we cannot retake Malacca, we have to consume part of the strength of the Chinese Empire and slow down their westward advance.

Butrin nodded with satisfaction, he said: This is what a governor should do, now we have to cooperate with the other two governors, mobilize British soldiers in India, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and train Indians to fight for us at the same time, these The number of animals is quite large, and it is not harmful to us to die, and it can also consume the strength of the enemy.

It's going to cost us a lot of money. Nicholas felt a little pain, but he knew that if they didn't do this, they would never have the chance to make money in India again.

So after hesitating, he said: Kolkata has 8,000 Indian soldiers trained by us. With the number of firearms sent by the mainland during this period, we can train another 9,000 people. We estimate that we can make up 50,000 in the three jurisdictions. Indian soldiers, plus the 20,000 British soldiers stationed here, 70,000 is a huge number. Nicholas suddenly regained some confidence.

After a pause, he continued; And there are other reinforcements, they add up to no less than 30,000.

Butrin looked at Nicholas and sneered, he said: No matter how many people are in front of the weapons of the Chinese Empire, they are just going to die. Now we only have one way, that is to defend. The land of India is rich, and food is not a problem, even if We can be self-sufficient even if the air route is cut off, so we still start building defensive bases,” Buterin emphasized.

Nicholas spread his hands and said, This question 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's coming here is to ask for authorization. He said: I will build a defense system that will give the Chinese Empire a headache. Wait, if they want to bite India, they will have to lose two teeth.

Just as he finished speaking, a soldier entered the Governor's Palace to report: Your Excellency, the French, Spanish, and Portuguese fleets have arrived.

Nicholas was overjoyed, he said: Buterin, this time we are not fighting alone.

As he spoke, he took Buterin out of the Governor's Palace and walked through the gate of the castle to the pier. Sure enough, not far away, more than a hundred warships were slowly approaching the port of Calcutta.

Nicholas counted the flags of the battleship and said, This is the Dutch, this is the Spaniard, this is the Portuguese, and the one on the far right is the French, haha, they are all here.

Butrin's expression softened a bit.

Spain lost their Philippine colonies, which made them unwilling. The Portuguese once had a jurisdiction in the southeast corner of Guangzhou, but after the Merchant Council was defeated, the army of the Great Yu Kingdom who went south took advantage of the situation to drive them away. This made Portugal very angry.

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

Either defeat the Chinese Empire to gain the former colonies, or suffer their attack in Europe.

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

Buterin's eyes swept over these soldiers one by one. A few of the soldiers in Spain and Portugal were equipped with front-loading rifled guns, and most of them were still using flintlock guns.

The soldiers of the Netherlands and France are all imitation firearms of the Chinese Empire's conscription muskets, and the Dutch people's weapons are bought from the Chinese Empire.

But France is produced by itself. Seeing this, Buterin has some understanding of France's armament development.

There are 100 warships, each with 300 soldiers, 30,000 people. This time I see how the Chinese Empire dares to be so rampant. Nicholas's confidence increased greatly.

Buterin finally showed a smile, he walked over, chatted with officers from other countries, and discussed the next war issues at the same time.

For Europe, they have never assembled so many armies outside their home soil to fight a common enemy.

He was happy but also worried, because if they failed in India, they would not be able to gather such power again for a long time. From then on, India belonged to the Chinese Empire, and the route would also belong to the Chinese Empire.

Chapter three tomorrow.