Chapter 527 The Great Uprising of the Indian People
The Indian people's uprising against the colonists did not keep Emperor Yang waiting for too long. However, the first uprising was not in Bombay, but in Chittagong, Bangladesh. It was not the result of his behind-the-scenes directing. It was completely an unexpected incident.｀｀
Because of the war in Indonesia, the British had to recruit a large number of local troops in India. So far, more than 300,000 Asans have been sent to the Indonesian battlefield. Due to financial constraints and the fact that they are just a group of cannon fodder, the British Indian colonial government
Naturally, we can save on the treatment given to these guys, including the equipment. The equipment of the Asans currently used in the Indonesian battlefield cannot keep up with those of the Indonesian monkeys, who have sufficient Chinese weapons.
The casualties in the battle are increasing day by day, and the conquest of those hot jungles is becoming more and more elusive. In addition, due to combat effectiveness, the British mostly recruited Muslim soldiers in India. These soldiers have the same beliefs as the Indonesian monkeys and were oppressed by the colonists.
It is inevitable that he is also very sympathetic, and his war weariness is already very serious.
Just one month after Yang Feng launched his plan for India, a group of Asans gathered in Chittagong and prepared to be sent to Sumatra as cannon fodder. Their British commander publicly executed more than 20 people who were unwilling to do so because of their beliefs.
It finally broke out when they went to massacre the deserters of the Indonesian Muslim brothers. Led by the overwhelming majority of Muslim soldiers, Asan of this brigade launched a mutiny and quickly took control of Chittagong, massacring almost all the British in the city, whether officials or officials.
All the civilians were captured and pushed to the beach for target shooting, including hundreds of old, weak, women and children.
This atrocity completely angered the British Governor in India, Lord Curzon, and the Commander of the Army in India, Lord Kitchener. Immediately afterwards, a battalion of British troops and a division of Indian troops were dispatched from Dhaka to suppress it. At the same time, more than a dozen ships were dispatched.
The river gunboats sailed directly over to bombard Chittagong.
But it was obvious that they underestimated the combat effectiveness of these Muslim soldiers, and more importantly, there was an important arsenal in Chittagong. After the mutinous Asans obtained this arsenal, they quickly armed thousands of people, making the total strength
Suddenly they rose to the division level. In addition, they also obtained a dozen 105mm light cannons, which gave them a weapon against British gunboats.
After hearing the news of the arrival of the British gunboats from the fishermen who reported it, these guys very cleverly hid the cannons in the woods along the Gornopri River. When the British gunboats sailed along the river to Chittagong, they
A sudden attack from the side.
The British who were caught off guard were thrown into chaos. Soon the first gunboat sank in the channel with flames. The remaining gunboats dodged chaotically among the water columns caused by the explosion of the shells. Soon the last gunboat was attacked again.
At the same time, the rebel mortars were also shooting at the river. Some even set fire to the boat from the upstream. Although this thing was useless, the blazing fire and billowing smoke were very harmful to the British army.
The gunboat's counterattack caused great disruption.
This chaotic battle took half an hour to end. Although several rebel cannons were destroyed, the British army also lost four gunboats in the end and had to withdraw to the sea.
Fortunately, the British and Indian troops from Dhaka arrived soon after and launched an attack on Chittagong, but the result was a disastrous defeat. The Asan soldiers who were brought in by the British to suppress the rebellion were unwilling to fight at all and started to charge lazily.
As soon as the gunfire rang out from the opposite side, they immediately turned around and ran away. No matter how much the British soldiers supervising the battle urged, threatened, and whipped them, they did not waver. When they were provoked, some even shot at the British soldiers. This counter-insurgency battle continued in a stalemate around Chittagong.
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The mutiny in Chittagong quickly shocked the whole of India. Tilak and the radicals of the Congress Party, who were still hesitant at first, immediately saw the hope of independence and freedom in India. After obtaining the arms secretly smuggled by Chinese businessmen, they
The Pune workers they organized held a large-scale riot. Because of the war against Indonesia, the British had already drained all the troops stationed in the western part of the Indian peninsula, not to mention the British army, not even the Indian army. There were only police and those who
Colonial officials, although the agitating workers had little military training, their opponents also had no combat capabilities. Soon the rebel army took control of Pune, and then openly shouted the slogan of Indian independence, and formed the Indian People's Liberation Army.
Then march to Bombay.
At this time, Curzon and Kitchener's heads were getting big. Nothing should happen to Bombay. It was the main settlement area for British immigrants. If these rebels had the same moral character as the Chittagong rebels, it would become appalling.
However, it was too late to mobilize troops. Under the order of the Governor, the British expatriates in Bombay opened their arsenals and armed themselves to defend Bombay.
Immediately afterwards, the two sides started a pure battle in northern Mumbai. But just as they were fighting fiercely outside the city, the Asans in Mumbai rebelled. There are also a large number of Indian freedom warriors here. A look at the Indian Liberation Army
They have all been beaten outside the city, so why not respond quickly? Although there are no guns, there is still no shortage of machetes, iron rods and other things. If the Pune riot led by Tilak is organized, the one in Mumbai is completely
Spontaneous agitation has no organization at all.
No organization means no order, especially in a city where all the British immigrants who can fight are fighting outside the city. Their wives and children left in the city are unlucky. At first, there were only attacks against fellow Indians.
OK, after all, the remaining power of the British is still difficult to erase at once, but soon the policemen who wielded machetes and iron bars and wreaked havoc under the slogan of independence and freedom discovered that those who were once high and mighty even looked at them.
Maybe the white people who were whipped are now just a bunch of shivering lambs, waiting to be treated as they please.
After understanding this, Mumbai immediately turned into a hell for white people, and the bad nature of inferior ethnic groups like Ah San immediately began to be fully displayed.
The British militiamen who were blocking the Indian People's Liberation Army in northern Mumbai saw the fires burning everywhere in Mumbai, and they didn't know what was going on next. Although they were a little unbelievable at the courage of the Asans, these militiamen immediately panicked.
God, you must know that their families are all in Bombay. At this time, they can no longer worry about blocking the enemy in front of them. Anyway, now that they are attacked from both sides, it is impossible to hold on to Bombay. They should go back quickly to rescue their wives and children and escape.
In this way, the British militiamen on the outer defense line collapsed in a very short period of time, and they fled back to Mumbai in a panic one by one with their guns. After entering the city, the asans who wantonly slaughtered and looted in the streets and the corpses of their murdered compatriots lay everywhere.
The noble ladies who were tortured to death in the mud suddenly made them lose their minds. With the anger of revenge, the British began to start street fights with the rioters. Of course, there were also smart ones who fled to Vasai after finding their families.
, in fact, the whole of Mumbai was completely disrupted at this time, not to mention the white people and the Asans, even the Asans began to have grudges and revenge against each other, and even the Indian Liberation Army that subsequently entered the city wanted to
After safeguarding his image and preventing the rioters from wreaking havoc, he also began to be attacked by them.
Tilak, who entered the city with the joy of victory on his face, was simply stunned by the scene in front of him. He never expected that the new free and democratic India in his dream would actually kick off in such a way. Fortunately, here
This kind of chaos will eventually subside, and by the next morning, order has been restored to a general level in Mumbai. No one knows how many people died or how much property was looted on that crazy night. Anyway, this city
The once prosperous city has been devastated, looking like Tokyo, Japan, which was ravaged by the Eight-Power Allied Forces.
Curzon and Kitchener no longer feel angry about the tragedy that happened in Mumbai. What they feel now is deep fear. It is obvious that once the pugs in the past become crazy, they can also bite people to death. Asan
The Governor-General, frightened by their ferocity, reported to London and asked for some comfort measures, and at the same time began to send troops back from Indonesia.
At this time, the Indonesian battlefield is no longer important. Compared with the security of India, the oil fields there can only be released first. Of course, those Asan soldiers cannot be transferred. It may be more troublesome to transfer these guys back. What if there are hundreds of thousands of them?
If everyone rebels together, then the situation is really over. Not only can they not be transferred back, but they must be trapped in distant Indonesia.
Your Excellency, the Governor, has deployed Japanese mercenaries who are absolutely impossible to help the rebels. During this period, the British hired at least 50,000 mercenaries from Japan. These mercenaries are the main force in their fight in Indonesia. They are obedient and willing to work hard. Good.
The Japanese who feed themselves are now the favorites of British officials.
However, just as they were withdrawing their troops from Indonesia, a mutiny also occurred in Calcutta. Although it was small in scale and was quickly suppressed, it already heralded the coming storm.
The rebels who occupied Bombay couldn't wait to establish the government of the Indian Republic, and elected Tilak as the interim president. Then they issued slogans to the whole country to expel the colonists and establish an Indian India, and in a very short time gained the entire Maharashtra.
In response from various parts of Rashtra, the police killed the British colonists and raised the flag of the Republic of India.
At the same time, the Indian army attacking outside Chittagong also launched a large-scale mutiny after learning about the establishment of the Republic of India. They cooperated with the rebels and successfully eliminated the British army in that battalion, and then joined forces to march toward
March into Dhaka. At this time, there are no troops in Dhaka, and these Indian troops are not the ragtag group of Tilak. They are all trained regular troops. It is like a joke to expect to cobble together a group of militiamen to block the attack.
In order to avoid another tragedy like Bombay, Curzon and Kitchener had to order all the British in Dhaka and even all surrounding cities to evacuate to Calcutta, where the situation could still be controlled. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for better updates on the novel.