MTL - The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria’s Mandate of Heaven-v3 Chapter 55 bugs in british back gardens
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Vienna, Schönbrunn Palace.
Since the signing of a trade agreement with Velawise Adani, the sudra, last year, orders from India have not been broken, and the total number has exceeded 20,000 rifles and 400,000 rounds of ammunition.
With equipment of this scale, I am afraid that it will not be a problem to conquer the entire Trivantrum Kingdom, and Franz has not heard of any major moves in India.
However, the British felt shameful after the defeat in the war in Afghanistan. Coupled with the outbreak of the domestic economic crisis, it was urgent to pass on the domestic conflicts and consume as much of this batch of supplies as possible.
However, the British searched around in Europe and finally did not dare to do it, and finally chose the lucky one in Sindh, India.
In fact, Baruch, the king of Sindh, also wanted to take advantage of the new defeat of the British to drive the colonists out of his land, or at least get a relatively equal and unequal treaty.
In fact, as early as 1832, the British forced the three emirs of Sindh (another name for the earth king) to sign an unequal treaty.
Afterwards, the aggression was deepened in 1839, and the three land-states not only became British vassal states, they even lost the ownership of land and the right to defend their own security.
Of course, while occupying all important military fortresses, the British did not forget to provide convenience to British merchants, that is, the native states did not have the right to tax British goods.
In order to further weaken its resistance, the local British governor also instigated the three states to fight among themselves and consume their strength.
Beginning in September 1842, due to the impact of the defeat in Afghanistan, British rule began to waver. The Radical General Richard Napier decided to settle the Sindh issue once and for all.
He put forward extremely harsh conditions for the three soil kings of Sindh, increased the tribute requirements and prepared to distribute their land to the more obedient soil kings.
However, due to the strength of the two sides, the three kings of Sindh could only agree to the request for land cession and compensation. However, a businessman, Villawais, found them not long after, saying that he had a lot of weapons in his hands and could sell them "cheaply".
Ever since, the three states of Sindh united together, elected Baruch as the leader, and began to secretly gather together to fight against the British.
Originally, the plan was very careful, and the number of rebel fighters approached 30,000. At the same time, they were also equipped with a large number of obsolete weapons from Austria.
These old smoothbore and small caliber guns, along with primitive Congreve rockets and granulated black powder, were enough to fight a small war on the Continent.
But there is no impenetrable wall in this world, and there is never a shortage of traitors.
The British colonial government was tipped off, but General Napier selectively ignored the information of 30,000 troops and vast amounts of military equipment.
The local British army has three thousand people and twelve cannons. Napier still confidently issued an ultimatum to the Sindh state, seeing things come to light.
Part of the rebel army decided to act early and send troops to directly attack the British Governor's Palace. But it turned out to be in Napier's arms, and the attackers were ambushed by the British army and suffered heavy losses.
On February 1, 1843, General Napier led 2,800 British troops to take the initiative to attack, and Baruch was caught off guard. The Sindh army was defeated by the British army with an absolute superiority in numbers.
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In addition to strategic mistakes, the lack of will to fight is the key. At that time, there were more than 10,000 main rebels in the city of Miani, but in the face of the sudden attack of the British army, they seemed panicked and the front line was chaotic.
The 61-year-old General Napier saw the opportunity and ordered the soldiers to launch a bayonet charge. Finally, in the brutal hand-to-hand combat, more than 5,000 rebel fighters were captured, 1,200 were killed, 3,000 were missing, and more than 8,000 rifles were seized. With ten cannons, the British lost less than 200 men.
The leader of the rebel army, Baruch, fled back to Hyderabad with only 15 entourages.
General Napier, regardless of the fatigue of his men who had been fighting for days, decided to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. He forced his way through the desert to attack Hyderabad without backup supplies.
(Hyderabad is the headquarters of the Sindh Rebel Army and the most important supply point.)
But this time the veteran miscalculated, and crossing the desert was more difficult than he had imagined. And this time Baruch's army was ready. Thirty cannons, 2,000 Congreve rockets, and 20,000 heavily armed local soldiers killed all the more than 2,000 British troops who were chasing them.
In fact, the battle only killed a small part of the British army, but the locals had no concept of prisoners of war. They gathered the British who put down their weapons together, and then launched a crazy massacre.
This was the greatest victory achieved by the locals, and even the whole of India, against the British. While they were celebrating, Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough also toasted in his Governor's Palace.
Because he finally found a breakthrough. The longer the war goes on, the bigger it gets, and the more tragic it is, the more it can divert domestic conflicts.
But Lieutenant General Napier's death still reminded Earl Ellenborough that he didn't want to overturn like the former Governor of India.
Neither Afghans, Indians, nor Pakistanis should be taken lightly.
So he sent an army of unprecedented scale to the expedition against Sind.
Of course, Franz, who was far away in Europe at this time, could only speculate according to himself, and estimated that there was another war on the Indian subcontinent. Now the inventory of the Austrian military is finally going to be exhausted. Although Count Latour thinks that it is profitable to sell new guns to the Indians, Franz does not intend to do so.
Firstly, the cost of new guns is much higher (the cost difference is about 5%), and secondly, Franz does not intend to let the technology spread~www.novelbuddy.com~So Franz pointed out a new way for Villawais , Let him go to Chenla to buy weapons, which will not only save time, but also save costs.
At the same time, it can also inject new vitality into the Austrian colony. The most important thing is to completely reduce Chenla to a part of the entire colonial system.
In fact, the main reason is that with the stability of the political situation, the local population is also increasing. However, due to Franz's large-scale promotion of rubber planting in the local area, the land for growing food will inevitably decrease.
Importing from Thailand is a good choice in the short term, but it is not safe to put all eggs in one basket, not to mention that Kalimantan and Suwi Rasi will follow in the footsteps of Chenla.
In this way, it is very important to open up trade routes in India. Of course, Franz is also leaving a way for those who resist British colonial rule.
After all, gold and silver are always limited, even if they hollow out the temples and temples accumulated by their ancestors, they can't last long.
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But commercial crops and food are different, they will mature every year, and there will be harvests every year. And only in this way can it be truly incorporated into its own system, and only in this way can the interests of both parties be bundled together.
The Indian subcontinent is a treasure trove of resources, the jewel of the British Empire, and the continuous blood transfusion to the UK has kept it invincible.
Franz has always believed in the saying, "To put out a fire, you have to get rid of the fire from the bottom of the pot, and to cut the weeds, you have to get rid of the roots."
And he hopes that India can always become a resource-based country, which is in the best interest of Austria.
