Shi Dakai was preparing, and Galloya was not idle either.
Successive victories gave Garoja full confidence in the war to attack Bengal.
He had already moved his army to the northeast of Dhaka. Before the army could attack the city, he first carried out a cleansing of the surroundings of Dhaka.
Dhaka is a big city, and naturally there are a large number of poor people living around the city.
These people rely on the high-ranking officials and aristocrats to live their lives, doing the most difficult and humble jobs, barely maintaining their own survival.
The land here in East Bengal is very fertile. But the land is in the hands of big landowners.
Ordinary people either do not have land, or they can only cultivate inferior farmland that is prone to flooding and lacks water conservancy facilities.
There is a large population here, so many people are looking for livelihood here in Dhaka.
When the Burmese came to kill them, the defenders in the city did not allow them to enter the city.
Because here, people with low status have no right to live in the city.
They can only go to temples to pray in simple temples outside the city.
The Burmese were not polite to these people and captured them all as prisoners.
There was a chaotic scene outside Dhaka.
The Burmese people have often had conflicts with the Mon people in Bangladesh historically.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the two sides are feuding.
The Myanmar people have long coveted the Ganges Delta occupied by the Mon people.
The Mon people assisted the British in the two invasions of Myanmar and played an important role.
When they invaded Myanmar with the British army, these Mon people burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil.
Therefore, Galloya would naturally not be polite to these people.
He also did not expect these Mon people to support his rule.
If the Burmese Kingdom occupied East Bengal, Garaya would not treat these Mon people as subjects of Burma.
These people either become slaves of the Burmese people or they are not deported.
These captured Mon men and women were driven by the Burmese to build fortifications.
Galloya knew that Dhaka could not be captured in a day or two.
Because there were too few artillery pieces in the Garoya Army, they were helpless when facing a fortified city like Dhaka.
So he asked his men to drive these Burmese people to build fortifications for the siege and build a camp for the soldiers.
As for those Bengali women, they helped the Burmese soldiers wash and cook during the day, and sometimes provided special services at night.
In order to maintain the morale of the soldiers, Galloya would naturally not object to such a thing.
"General Aung San, ask the country to seize the time to raise another batch of food and grass. Also ask where the artillery we purchased is." Galoa ordered a general beside him.
Garoya knew very well that to attack a fortified city like Dhaka, one must have artillery.
For the purpose of siege, Galoa moved many artillery pieces from the previously captured city.
But this amount of artillery is simply not enough to compete with the artillery on top of Dhaka City.
What he is waiting for now is a batch of artillery that he just bought from the Renaissance Army.
It is said that people from the Renaissance Army said that their artillery had a farther range than the British.
Galloya believed that the Renaissance Army would not lie. If it could shoot farther than the British artillery, Galloya would be more confident in attacking the city of Dhaka.
The Renaissance Army indeed did not lie.
Due to the improved cannon casting process, these front-loading cannons have a much higher caliber, which indeed has a longer range than the British artillery deployed in Dhaka.
Maybe the new guns from the Armstrong factory can reach this level, but it is impossible for these new things to be equipped in a remote colony like Dhaka.
The British have always regarded the British mainland as their home base, and other places are treated differently from the British mainland.
This is also the reason why they managed so many colonies but in the end none of them were incorporated into their homeland.
The arrogant British think that except for England, all other places are countryside.
"General Brown, the Burmese have been deployed outside Dhaka. Should we take the initiative to attack them? I heard that the rebels in the north are also making changes. It will be troublesome if they come to Dhaka to intervene."
On a battleship, Ramsay asked Brown.
Since the Burmese invaded Dhaka, Ramsay could no longer sit still. He took General Brown with him to Dhaka on a navy warship.
However, Ramsay stayed at the Warshipman and did not enter the city.
The city of Dhaka is not stable now. Although the untouchables have not entered the city.
However, there are still many nobles and landlords from outside the city who have poured into the city. The entry of these people has added many unstable factors to the city.
Who knows if there are Burmese spies among these Bengalis. So Ramsay insisted on staying on the ship.
Moreover, Dhaka is very hot from March to May. The daytime temperature can reach over 38℃.
It's a little cooler on the boat.
"Lord Governor, we have assembled 20,000 Bengali servants in Dhaka. Our own infantry still has less than 3,000 people. And there are about 50,000 Burmese soldiers outside. And they have also built strong fortresses.
Camp. If we take the initiative to attack at this time, we will only waste our own defenders in vain. It is better to waste them with them. In such weather, with so many of their people camping, diseases will easily breed." General Brown also said.
I don’t agree to take the initiative to attack now.
If you can attack, the best opportunity will be when the enemy has just arrived at the foot of Card City and has not yet settled down.
Now that you've missed the opportunity, there's no need to bother.
"Well, General Brown, what you said makes sense, but now there are a lot of people gathering in Dhaka. We need to remind Dhaka officials to prevent an outbreak of disease in the city."
"Yes, Your Excellency the Governor, and this matter cannot be delayed. The epidemic here is obviously more terrible than the war." Brown said.
As an army general, Brown had an inexplicable fear of epidemics in India.
Since the British colonized India, wars have basically never stopped. The number of soldiers killed in the war over the years is only one-tenth of those who died due to epidemics.
Brown was deeply distressed by the death of so many soldiers who were not killed in battle.
The reason is not only the hot local environment, but also the people here's very poor hygiene habits. They don't seem to know what hygiene is at all.
It is precisely for this reason that when the British established the city of Calcutta, they built the city on a high ground.
And they also established a complete sewer system.
The most important thing is that those Indians are not allowed to live in the city.
But there are a lot of jobs that still need to be done by these Indians. So the Calcutta authorities allowed these Indians to live below the highlands.
As a result, the city of Kolkata formed two layers: upper and lower.
The highlands are full of gorgeous and tall British buildings. The streets are clean and spacious, and in many places they are even better than those in London.
The lower level is the slums where Indian poor people live. The low shacks they built haphazardly are scattered on the muddy and dirty low-lying land.
Wastewater discharged from the upper cities collected into some dirty creeks.
The British were shocked to find that these Indians did not go to the distant river to draw water or dig their own wells.
They actually draw water directly from the sewers in the UK for domestic water.
Because of this habit, various strange diseases often occur among these Indians.
They seem to be born to coexist with disease. Because the British discovered that even when the disease was rampant, the number of these Indians was still increasing.
It seems that the uterus of Indian women defeated the disease.
The British would not come into contact with ordinary people in India unless necessary.
The same is true for the upper castes in India. They regard the lower castes as dirty and unclean people and will not have contact with these people.
The war in Dhaka City has been temporarily stalemate.
The British had few troops and were unable to attack, while the Burmese had no artillery and could not attack the city.
The army of the Taiping Holy Army is still marching on the road.
Dong Shuheng was training troops at Tianjin Station at this time.
After the Crimean War ended, Liu Qingnan returned to China with the expeditionary force.
When the expeditionary force returned home, Dong Shuheng organized a grand welcome ceremony.
Dong Shuheng did not hesitate to praise these warriors who fought for China in foreign lands.
After returning to China, Liu Qingbei took over the position of Minister of Defense and raised his military rank one level.
Dong Shuheng was ready to let him have a good rest.
After becoming the Minister of Defense, Liu Qingnan no longer has to stay in the military camp every day.
Dong Shuheng also gave him a long vacation so that he could have time to accompany Miss Nightingale on a thorough inspection of China.
Dong Shuheng would not waste this expeditionary force that had experienced large-scale battles.
When they arrived at the small station this time, Dong Shuheng was ready to reorganize the army.
This time Dong Shuheng established a Marine Corps Command, making this branch completely independent. It is as famous as the Navy and Army.
What surprised everyone was that Dong Shuheng himself concurrently served as the commander of the Marine Corps.
Now with the increase in overseas sites.
Dong Shuheng urgently needs a mobile force that can be transported across oceans.
This time, based on the original First Marine Brigade, Dong Shuheng prepared to form three more Marine Brigades based on this expeditionary force.
In this way, the Renaissance Army has four marine brigades.
This time Dong Shuheng is not just a part-time person.
He went into battle in person, not just giving lessons to these Marine officers and soldiers.
He also personally knows the equipment development of the Marine Corps.
As a Marine who comes, the landing craft is one of the most important pieces of equipment.
In the past, the Renaissance Army did not have the conditions to develop it. But now that marine diesel engines are available, the Renaissance Army can use diesel engines to drive small landing craft for landing operations.
"Dear students, as the Marine Corps, we must be prepared to fight anywhere in the world. Therefore, you must not only understand the military essentials of landing operations. You must also understand the geographical environment and even the customs of your combat area.
"In the tactical class classroom of the small station barracks, Dong Shuheng was holding a pointer and giving lectures to the students below.
There are hundreds of officers sitting in this classroom. Most of them are middle-level and above-ranking officers of the newly established Marine Brigade.
"Now let's discuss a question. If we were to attack Singapore controlled by the British, what would you do as a commander?" Dong Shuheng raised a question.
There was a buzz below. Dong Shuheng often helped them in class recently, and these people were no longer as awed as they were at first.
Because Dong Shuheng is not very serious at ordinary times, people who are familiar with him will not feel shy in front of him.
These students are no longer as nervous as they were at the beginning of class.
"President, I think we should let our naval guns attack the port forts first. Then the landing troops will find places to land where the enemy's artillery fire cannot cover them." A student stood up and said.
"However, if this were the case, our fleet would have suffered huge losses." Dong Shuheng said.
"Hey, Li Xiucheng, please tell me."
"As the president, I think we must first contact the Chinese in the city. The Chinese here in Singapore are very powerful. After contacting the local Chinese, we can land from the Johor Strait and land on that side with the support of the Chinese.
Because it was not suitable for navigation by ships, the British were almost undefended."
"After we land, we can quickly occupy the city of Singapore. At that time, we can use the captured British as hostages to persuade the defenders on the forts to surrender. If the defenders do not submit, then we can attack the defenders on these forts with both inside and outside the fleet.
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Chen Yucheng expressed a series of his thoughts.
Dong Shuheng could see that Chen Yucheng not only had military talents, but also had certain political talents.
When he thinks about problems, he doesn't just think about it from a military perspective.