In Dhaka city, Garoya also received the same news.
Before Galloya could convene the ministers to discuss the matter, the news had already spread from the palace in Dhaka.
Suddenly, the city of Dhaka was in a state of turmoil.
Basically all the young Bengalis in Dhaka were abducted by the Holy Army.
The remaining old, weak and nobles also disappeared after the Burmese army entered the city for various reasons.
No one knows the reason, but recently the fish in the river outside Dhaka have been very active.
Some fishermen even saw sharks swimming up the river.
After occupying the city of Dhaka, Galloya sat here and even moved most of his team in Ava City.
The current city of Dhaka is more like the royal capital of Myanmar.
After several months of construction, the originally damaged city walls have been completely repaired.
The vacant noble manors in the city were also distributed to the nobles who migrated from Myanmar.
In order to quickly establish a foothold in the city of Dhaka, one of the measures Garoya took was to relocate wealthy households.
Of course, many nobles and wealthy households are also willing to come here. The nobles who come first can carve up the land around Dhaka first.
When it comes to dividing the cake, these nobles must be particularly active.
As soon as the news of the British coming came out, these nobles quickly panicked.
Some people said that the British army of 100,000 people came to kill them, some said it was 200,000, others said it was 300,000, 400,000...
There are various theories, and the rumors become more and more mysterious as they spread.
If Galloya hadn't still been in the city, these nobles who had migrated from Burma would have packed up their belongings and fled.
From Tripura to the west, there is an endless stream of Myanmar teams transporting supplies and relocating people.
On the side facing the river is a huge fort, which miraculously rose up in a short time.
This was perhaps the most efficient period of the Burmese kingdom.
In order to quickly complete the fortress project, the Burmese army captured almost all the Bengalis they could capture.
All these people were sent to a mountain ridge upstream of the Hakata River to quarry stone.
Dhaka is a granite plain with not many mountains. This quarry is the closest.
These people chiseled the boulders blown down by explosives into huge strips of stone. They then used bamboo rafts to transport them to the downstream areas through the river.
As one of the conditions for the armistice, the British fleet had withdrawn from the Bodo River some time ago, which gave the Burmese the opportunity to build a fort.
Garoya built two fortresses on the banks of the Hakata River and on the sandbanks in the river.
Tens of thousands of boulders were used in these two fortresses. Someone in Galoa knew the fighting power of the British.
They knew that the British naval guns were powerful. If the fortress did not use huge rocks as walls, there would be no way to block the bombardment of the British naval guns.
Another reason why Garoya did not leave Dhaka is that he now has hundreds of artillery pieces. These artillery pieces are installed on both sides of the Bodo River.
Galoa is confident of blocking these British ships. As long as there is no support from the navy and only the army, it will depend on how many people the British are willing to die.
Although the British organized nearly 150,000 troops this time, it is impossible for all of these troops to be deployed here in Dhaka.
Shidakai promised to threaten the north of Kolkata in the western parts of Assam.
Therefore, the British must divide their forces and go north along the Ganges to first stabilize the Bihar area in the middle reaches of the Ganges, which has been ravaged by the Holy Army.
This is also the financial and taxation center of the British Indian colony and the hub of communication with the Delhi area.
Considering that the lower reaches of the Yajiang River are very wide, the British fleet can travel upstream. The probability that the British will take a boat to attack the Holy Army is still very high.
Therefore, Gaara felt that he had hope to defend the city of Dhaka.
In order to defend this place, Galloya not only spent a lot of money to purchase a large number of heavy artillery from the Renaissance Army.
They also spent money to hire instructors from the Renaissance Army to teach Burmese soldiers how to use artillery.
At the same time, Garoya also transferred a large amount of food supplies from the Kingdom of Myanmar and placed them in the city of Dhaka. There was a strong posture of holding on to the city.
The tenth month of the Chinese calendar is also the eleventh month of the Western calendar.
The rainy season in India has finally passed.
The sultry southeasterly wind was replaced by the cool and dry northwesterly wind.
The British Expeditionary Force resting in Calcutta and the hundreds of thousands of Indian servants recruited from all over the Indian colonies had all been fully equipped.
Although the British government added a second batch of expeditionary force, General Robert was a resolute man and he did not want to wait any longer.
With these hundreds of thousands of troops, it would be quite a force even if they were brought to the battlefield in Crimea.
He felt that with these troops, he could defeat the rebels.
But what is surprising is that the always proud General Robert did not divide his troops to attack the two groups of rebels this time. Instead, he sent 10,000 British troops and 30,000 servants to the northern front for defense.
This army was placed in the Rajshahi area.
This has always been Ramsey's frontline base against the Holy Army.
The defense facilities are very well maintained.
The injection of 40,000 new forces was enough to stop Chen Yucheng from going south.
The remaining 110,000 troops set out from Calcutta and arrived in the Khulna area five days later.
The naval fleet also entered the wide river channel from the mouth of the Ganges, and then headed up the river towards the Bodo River.
Considering that the channel of the Hakata River is not very open.
This time, the British specially selected some steam-powered small battleships to rush ahead.
Naturally, the British also knew about the Burmese establishing a fortress in Dhaka.
"No matter how powerful the Burmese fortress is, can it be stronger than the Sevastopol Fortress?" General Robert said when his men expressed concern about the Burmese fortress.
Since becoming General Robert's deputy, General Brown rarely expressed his opinions.
Later, Robert simply sent him to the northern front to do defensive work.
The war on the Eastern Front was entirely commanded by Robert alone.
According to the agreement, the navy fleet will coordinate the attack with the army.
In order to regain the city of Dhaka, the fortresses located on the banks of the Hakata River in the west of the city and on the sandbanks in the river must be captured.
Even Robert was shocked that the Burmese were able to build two such strong fortresses in such a short period of time.
The stone wall of the fortress is six meters high and adopts the structure of a European bastion. However, some improvements have been made.
In the interlayer of the stone wall is a layer of earth several meters wide.
Such a wall would be difficult to destroy even with naval guns.
When the army attacks a bastion, it must dig trenches. The fortress on the shore is fine.
But the fortress located on a sandbank in the middle of the river had no place for infantry to stand.
We can only use ships to fight them head-on.
Robert had a total of 110,000 troops at his disposal.
He would not foolishly use all of it to attack the city.
He divided all his troops into three legions.
The reason why he dared to divide his troops was because he was sure that the Burmese people would not dare to go out of the city to fight in the field.
Of course, Robert could also attack from the east of the city like the Burmese did.
But the Burmese experienced the last siege and naturally learned lessons.
They also built a large number of small star castles on the east side of the city next to the city wall.
These star forts can not only cover each other, but also can cover the artillery on the city walls.
Such a setting is certainly not made by the Burmese.
There is a group of lighter-skinned Chinese military officers in Dhaka.
This officer corps was drawn from Peng Yulin's military region, and most of them were from Yunnan.
It seems that there is not much difference between these people and the Burmese people.
However, these officers who graduated from the regular military academies of the Renaissance Army brought many new combat methods to the Myanmar army.
Even King Galoa often met with these Renaissance Army officers and asked them how to deploy them in battle.
On the fifth day of the eleventh month of the Chinese calendar, the British army launched an attack on the city of Dhaka from the north and south directions.
Crossing the river was not a big problem for the British.
The surrounding areas of Dhaka are densely covered with rivers, and they are all plains. There are many places where you can cross rivers.
Gaara did not expect that the Hakata River could stop the British army.
The forts were placed along the river so that the British factories would not be supported by their ships.
The attack on the river also began at the same time.
The British used ten steam frigates as the vanguard to launch an attack on the sandbank fortress and the riverside fortress.
“British warships are approaching the fortress at a speed of ten knots,” a Burmese lookout reported.
"Get ready for all artillery positions," the Myanmar artillery commander ordered.
The shirtless Burmese artillerymen moved nervously. Under the command, they completed the loading action step by step.
"Second Lieutenant Wang, do you think when is the right time to fire? The British are about to enter the firing range." The officer looked at the instructor of the Renaissance Army aside and asked with a smile on his face.
These officers sent by the Celestial Empire are all uncles. They can see the king.
Although Instructor Wang is not very old, if he casually says a few words in front of Garoya, he can have a huge influence on the Burmese artillery officer.
"General Aung San, don't worry, wait until they get closer. Our fortress is so strong, it is no problem to hit a few artillery shells. But our target is big, and the target of the enemy warship is small. So it is difficult for us to hit them, we must
We need to get closer and attack them. They are all frigates this time, and they will be useless after a few shells."
"Well, that's right, let's do it like this." After saying this, the officer acted like a megaphone and gave the order, asking the non-relevant personnel of the fortress to hide below first.
Only a minimum number of combat personnel were left on the fort's fort, preparing to withstand the bombardment of enemy warships.
The British warships used full power and rushed towards the fortress.
The commander was prepared to withstand the bombardment.
However, the Burmese army on top of the fortress never fought back.
This did not make the commander of the British fleet feel happy, but instead made him more worried.
If the Burmese fire first, their probability of being shot is very low.
Taking advantage of the enemy's reloading time, the warship can fire progressively.
Under this situation, warships can only launch attacks at their maximum range.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The British warships finally struck a crossroads south of the sandbank fortress and fired cannonballs from the side.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The artillery on the fortress also began to fire back.
The two sides started having sex back and forth.
Wang Youjun hid in the bunker of the fortress and observed the scene on the battlefield.
Although these fortress cannons are still old guys who eat with their mouths.
But the power is not weak.
During the original experiment, we compared it with the heavy artillery on the British battleships. The muzzle velocity and firing range were much higher than the latter.
"Boom..." A small black mushroom cloud burst out on the river in the distance.
It turned out that a frigate was directly penetrated through the deck by a cannonball from the fortress.
The ammunition compartment exploded, and the engine room also exploded. The gunpowder explosion brought with it a large amount of soot, which looked very spectacular.
The Burmese gunners on the fort burst into cheers. They completely forgot about the gunner who had just been killed by an enemy ship.