Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 467: Tang Jun enters the field, Dhaka changes hands (Happy New Year's Eve)

Of course, this is not cheating.

Because the Tang Dynasty's plan to develop Alaska was indeed centered on developing Alaska's gold mines.

Although the reason why the Tang Dynasty took over Alaska was to extend its reach into the New World and to engage in geopolitical game with Britain and even the United States.

However, Li Yi always understood one thing, that is, if something has no benefits, it is doomed to not last long.

In other words, if the Tang Dynasty wants to gain a foothold in Alaska, it must find a profit point in Alaska.

Not to mention a lot, but at least the profits in Alaska must be able to barely cover the development costs.

Otherwise, relying solely on the court's financial investment, the cost of developing Alaska and turning Alaska into a bridgehead for the Tang Dynasty in the New World would be too high.

Moreover, once Li Yi dies in the future, this enclave may be abandoned by his descendants.

Therefore, Datang must find a profit point in Alaska.

And gold mine is the best choice!

With low development costs, high profits, and the ability to attract a large influx of population in a short period of time, it is naturally the best choice for the current pillar project of Alaska's development.

After listening to the official's words, Batu, who had been depressed, became cheered up again.

A face full of excitement and excitement.

He couldn't help but imagine himself panning for gold in Alaska and getting a lot of gold, and then using that gold to buy a large herd of cattle and sheep.

By then, we will have milk to drink and meat to eat every day.

Wouldn't your life be prosperous?

Well, as a herdsman who grew up on the grassland, Batu really doesn't have much ambition.

In his opinion, it would be the best life if his family could raise a large herd of cattle and sheep and have milk to drink and meat to eat every day.

Amid the expectations and longings of the crowd, the immigrant ship set off.

As the steam engine started running, the propeller at the stern of the ship began to turn.

A clear white mark was left on the sea!

Amidst the rumbling sound, the immigration ship set off from Tianjin Port and headed towards North Korea.

After replenishing supplies at the Busan Port in Korea, they turned north and headed towards Japan.

The ship then passed through Japan, Sakhalin Island, and the Kuril Islands, all the way north, and finally arrived at the coast of Alaska through the Bering Strait.

Well, that's why the immigration fleet sets out in the summer.

Because the Bering Strait freezes in winter.

Once the Bering Strait freezes and floating ice or even icebergs appear on the sea surface, the immigrant fleet will be unable to pass.

Therefore, the fleet would set out in the summer.

Take advantage of the summer thaw in the strait to send people to Alaska at the lowest cost.

Steamships travel much faster than sailboats.

By the end of August in the third year of Kaitai in the Tang Dynasty, the immigrant fleet arrived in Alaska.

Looking at the bustling port with many ships docked in the distance, Batu couldn't help but tighten his clothes.

Although it is still August, there is already a hint of chill in the air here in Alaska.

Of course, for Batu, who was born in Mobei, this little bit of coldness was nothing.

Soon, the ship docked and a group of people began to line up to get off the ship.

After getting off the ship and arriving at the port, Batu and others were again required to shave their heads, take a bath, and change into clean clothes.

A group of grown men stayed on the boat for such a long time, and it was summer.

Everyone had already smelled bad, and fleas were breeding on their clothes and hair.

It will definitely not work if you don’t take a shower and disinfect in time.

After taking a shower and changing into new clothes, Batu stood in the sun and stretched.

He really enjoyed the feeling of being refreshed all over after washing.

Batu couldn't help but pull a Tang official beside him and ask.

"Sir, didn't we come to Alaska to pan for gold? May I ask where the gold mine is?"

The official in charge of immigration registration at the dock just smiled when he heard this.

"Don't worry yet!"

"You guys settle down here first. After you're settled, it won't be too late to talk about gold mining."

Upon hearing this, Batu said nothing more and followed the official to be settled.

After these immigrants arrived in Alaska, they were placed in a large courtyard.

Inside the courtyard, there are rooms, and inside each room there are large bunk beds.

The Tang Dynasty has just taken over Alaska not long ago, and the conditions are poor, so we can only make do with it for the time being.

It’s already good enough to have a big bunk bed to sleep on!

After settling down, they started queuing up for food.

The immigrant's first meal upon arriving in Alaska was a sumptuous one.

The staple food is noodles, served with various stews.

According to the custom in the north, people eat dumplings when they get on the bus and noodles when they get off. It's nothing more than that.

As for the customs of southerners?
Well, let me put it this way, this is Alaska. Even if the Tang Dynasty wants to immigrate, it will only move people from the north here.

Southerners can't stand the cold currents in Alaska.

Bringing people here is no different from taking their lives.
In addition, there are many different kinds of fish, or large chunks of stewed and tender North American bison.

The fish was caught by fishing at sea, and the bison was also caught by hunting.

Alaska is an undeveloped virgin land with abundant natural resources, including game resources.

Whether it is fishing or hunting, it is much easier than in the Tang Dynasty.

As soon as the net was cast, the fish jumped into the net on their own initiative, and the prey did not know how to run away when they saw the man.

Fishing boats and hunting teams have quite good catches almost every time they go out.

In addition, there are currently only a little over 10,000 immigrants from the Tang Dynasty in Alaska.

There are few people but abundant resources, so everyone will get the right amount of resources.

Eating meat is not a luxury here.

The same is true for beef.

Slurping noodles and chewing large chunks of bison meat, Batu felt for the first time that immigration might be a good option.

Not to mention anything else, the food alone made him very satisfied.

You know, when he was in his hometown on the grassland, eating meat was always the privilege of the nobles in the tribe.

These ordinary herdsmen usually rely almost entirely on dairy products to survive and would never eat meat.

For herders, cattle and sheep are their tools of production.

If one day, herders start eating meat in large quantities, it would not be a good thing.

The herdsmen eating meat is the same as the farmers eating crops before spring.

……

Yangon!

On the Irrawaddy River, the Tang army fleet slowly sailed out of the estuary, left Yangon, and headed towards Dhaka.

At the same time, Myanmar also sent troops by land, heading westward towards Dhaka.

Prepare to cooperate with Datang to take over Dhaka!
The reason for doing this is not because Myanmar is loyal to the Tang Dynasty, but because it will carry out all the orders of the Tang Emperor without fail.

Rather, it is because the Burmese knew that it would be a good thing for the Tang Dynasty to capture Dhaka.

Dhaka is to the west of Myanmar. If the Tang Dynasty can capture Dhaka, it will be blocking Myanmar.

If the British want to retaliate against Myanmar in the future, they must first fight with the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, Myanmar wholeheartedly supports the Tang Dynasty's strategy of conquering Dhaka.

Therefore, even though the Tang Dynasty asked them to prepare their own dry food and send troops to help in the war, the Burmese side did not say a word.

The Tang-Myanmar coalition forces advanced by land and sea towards Dhaka.

By the end of September in the first year of Kaitai in the Tang Dynasty, the army finally arrived outside the city of Dhaka.

The British artillery batteries deployed at the mouth of the Ganges were taken down one by one by the Tang army.

Although the British artillery batteries were strong, they were no match for the Tang army's naval guns. After several rounds of bombardment, several artillery batteries were destroyed one by one.

Afterwards, the Tang army went upstream and advanced towards Dhaka.

At the same time, the Burmese army on the westward expedition also arrived in Dhaka smoothly!
The Tang-Burmese coalition forces, advancing both by sea and land, completed the siege of Dhaka city.

Subsequently, the Dhaka station end was opened.

The sound of artillery fire marked the beginning of the war.

The Tang army used naval guns to bombard Dhaka. While the Tang army was launching the bombardment, the Burmese army launched an attack on the city of Dhaka.

The reason why the Tang army wanted to drag Myanmar into this battle was certainly not to let them do nothing.

Being cannon fodder is the inevitable fate of the Burmese army!
Of course, they are not pure cannon fodder.

At least when the Burmese army launched the attack, the Tang army's fire cover never stopped.

Yan Yuanzhou stood at an artillery position, directing the artillery to fire.

"01 o'clock position, elevation angle 32 degrees, full charge, fire!"

As he waved the command flag in his hand, the next moment, the roar of artillery fire resounded across the wilderness.

One shell after another broke through the air and shot towards the city of Dhaka.

Listening to the loud rumbling noises coming from his ears one after another, although his ears were hurt, Yan Yuanzhou's face was full of excitement.

came back!
The familiar feeling he had before finally came back!

Compared with the Burmese army's stingy style of fighting that was reluctant to use artillery shells, he really preferred the Tang army's style of fighting that was to bomb without restraint.

In one word, cool!

Boom! Boom!
The deafening sound of artillery fire continued to ring out.

Shells fell one after another, exploding into beautiful flowers of flames and smoke on the British positions. At the same time, the Burmese soldiers received orders and rushed towards the British positions.

Seeing this, the British troops in the Dhaka position began to fight back.

The first sound was still the sound of artillery fire.

Shell after shell was fired and landed among the charging Burmese troops. In an instant, broken limbs and arms flew everywhere, and blood splattered everywhere.

Amid the rumbling sound of the explosion, the Burmese army's momentum couldn't help but slow down.

The next moment, the sound of machine gun fire rang out.

Dense barrage of bullets covered the charging Burmese army.

Under the barrage of bullets, the charging Burmese soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and screams and wails suddenly rang out.

"Quick! Quick!"

"Keep rushing!"

"do not stop!"

"..."

The supervision team stepped forward and began to supervise the battle, forcing the Burmese army to continue rushing towards Dhaka.

At the same time, the Tang army's naval guns and artillery deployed on land continued to roar.

Amid the rumbling sound of artillery fire, shell after shell fell towards the firing points held by the British army.

Explosions continue to sound!
The shells landed on the position, and the shock waves swept across as if to destroy everything.

Several British firing points were directly blown up.

Broken limbs and arms mixed with broken flesh were flying everywhere, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

Under the cover of the Tang army's firepower, the Burmese soldiers successfully broke into the British position.

Immediately, the two sides began to fight each other desperately.

In close combat, the sharp bayonets drew blood with every strike.

The hand-to-hand combat became intense as soon as it began.

In the fierce fighting, the Burmese army did not gain any advantage.

After a fierce battle, the Burmese army began to retreat and the British army successfully held its position.

Boom! Boom!
The deafening bombardment rang out again.

As soon as the Burmese army retreated, the Tang army's heavy artillery began to cover the British positions with fire again.

The Tang army bombarded the British positions for half an hour, causing heavy casualties to the British troops on the positions, and many firing points were destroyed.

Half an hour later, the Tang army's artillery bombardment finally stopped. At this time, the British army's position had already been bombed into a mess.

But before the British troops could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw the Burmese infantry rushing up again with great momentum.

The two sides fought each other again!
The fighting was extremely brutal and blood was shed on every strike.

Shouts and screams continued to be heard.

In this way, the Tang army's artillery bombarded and the infantry charged, and the infantry charged and the artillery bombarded. After several days, the British positions outside the city of Dhaka were completely wiped out.

The Tang-Myanmar coalition forces naturally launched the final offensive towards the city of Dhaka.

After another day of hard fighting, the British army was completely defeated and could no longer withstand the offensive of the Tang-Burmese coalition forces. The defense of Dhaka changed hands.

A large red flag with Tang characters on it was raised above the city of Dhaka.

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at the same time.

Delhi!

The new British Governor-General of India, Canning, is reviewing the troops.

Beside him, the troop commander Kofman followed closely.

In front of them, neat formations of British lobster soldiers stood solemnly.

The soldiers carried rifles on their backs, looked smart, and their eyes were full of determination and pride.

Among them, there are still many Indians wearing turbans.

But it is very obvious that the number of Indians in the British army began to decrease significantly, while the number of British native soldiers increased significantly.

This was because in order to prevent mutiny from happening again, Britain began to increase the proportion of native soldiers in the colonial army.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, how is the recovery of our troops' combat effectiveness?"

"When can we fight again?"

Canning stood in front of a square formation, staring at the soldiers in front of him with sharp eyes, and asked.

In the Battle of Delhi, the British army won the final victory.

But they also paid a heavy price in casualties.

The British army suffered heavy casualties in all its units and could basically be said to have been crippled.

Under such circumstances, the British army had to recover and replenish its troops before it could engage in battle again.

In addition, the British army also consumed a lot of various guns, artillery and ammunition in the Battle of Delhi.

We must replenish them from the local area.

Otherwise, even if the army is put into battle, there is no guarantee that it can exert its combat effectiveness.

After hearing this, Kofman thought for a moment and replied.

"Replying to the Governor."

"Our army has almost recovered its manpower, and the vacancies in each organization have been filled."

“And all kinds of military supplies and ammunition needed to replenish the army have already arrived in Bombay and are being transported to Delhi.”

"In a month at most, we will be fully equipped and ready to launch an offensive against Kanpur!"

Upon hearing this, Canning nodded slightly and continued to ask.

“What are the rebels doing in the Kanpur direction now?”

Kofman replied immediately.

"Your Excellency the Governor, the rebels in the direction of Kanpur are now actively preparing for war."

“Since Bahadur Shah II arrived in Kanpur, various rebel forces have begun to converge on Kanpur.”

"Now, nearly 200,000 rebels have gathered in Kanpur."

"If I am not mistaken, the rebels may be preparing to fight with Britain in Kanpur."

Hearing this, Canning couldn't help but smile.

"Haha, if that's the case, that's a good thing."

"It is better to gather the rebels together and destroy them in one battle than to have my army fight them all over India."

"The mainland has urged us more than once to speed up the process of suppressing the rebellion..."

Having lost India as a pressure relief valve, Britain is now in a mess.

The British, who are known for their docility, did not dare to rebel against the Queen, but they began to demonstrate in the streets of London.

The British government is extremely annoyed!

Therefore, the British side urgently needed to quell the Indian rebellion as soon as possible.

However, just when the two were having a great conversation.

Suddenly, a messenger ran in hastily from outside the training ground.

"Governor, Commander, something terrible has happened!"

"Tang army, Tang army has entered India!"

The messenger's words made the expressions on Canning and Kofman's faces freeze.

"what?"

"The Tang army is heading into India? What on earth is going on?!"

Kofman was obviously startled and asked in a sharp voice.

Counterinsurgency campaigns are difficult.

Now that the Tang army has intervened again, the resistance they will face if they want to quell the Indian rebellion will only be greater.

Upon hearing this, the messenger replied in panic.

"Reply...Replying to the commander, this is what happened."

"Just a few days ago, the Tang army fleet suddenly appeared outside the mouth of the Ganges River and launched an offensive against Dhaka."

"Now, Dhaka has been conquered by the Tang army..."

Upon hearing this, Canning's expression instantly turned quite ugly.

The capture of Dhaka by the Tang army meant that the Tang army could supply Kanpur and Lucknow through the Ganges at any time, or even send troops to reinforce them directly.

This will undoubtedly make it more difficult for Britain to suppress the rebellion.

Taking a deep breath, Kofman said with a grim expression.

"Oh my God, this is such bad news."

"We must recapture Dhaka. Otherwise, if the rebels in Kanpur and Lucknow receive stable support and supplies, the war to suppress the rebellion will be endless."

As he said this, Kofman's face twitched.

"Your Excellency the Governor, please give the order to summon the British fleet stationed in India to defeat the Tang army's South China Sea fleet and recapture Dhaka!"

"We must first drive the Tang army out of India before we can successfully complete the rebellion!"

When Canning heard this, his expression was obviously moved, but he did not agree immediately. Instead, he said.

"The fleet stationed in India alone may not be enough."

"I will now ask for help from the British mainland, and ask Britain to send the Atlantic Fleet to reinforce India..."

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PS: Happy New Year’s Eve to everyone.

Also, this month's monthly ticket has reached 1200, which means that I currently owe four chapters...

(End of this chapter)