The Jhansi region is located on the Malwa Plateau. The locals are good at raising horses, and the people here are generally tougher than the Indians in the Ganges River Basin in the north.
The current Indian colony is a powder keg.
The myth of the British's invincibility was exposed, coupled with the tax increases brought about by the war.
The conflicts between the colonial authorities, local princes and ordinary Indian people became increasingly intense.
What's missing now is a fuse. The powder keg is ready.
If the Queen of Jhansi took the lead in resisting the British, she would surely be able to mobilize a large number of princely states. British India would be in a state of blooming in the center.
This would cause devastating damage to the colonial order in British India.
The entire colony would be shattered by the loss of its central region.
The east and west regions will lose land connections.
Since the war with Assam, the British control of the upper reaches of the Ganges has become weaker and weaker.
This is precisely where the population is most densely populated, and the number of feudal states is also the largest.
When Chen Yucheng was ravaging the Bihar region, the British even cut off contact with the upper reaches for a time.
You must know that the British control here relies on indirect control from each of the princely states.
At most, they could garrison a small army in the capital of the feudal state.
Chen Yucheng's offensive forced the British army in the Delhi area to shrink its forces westward and stepped up the recruitment of soldiers from the princely states to build a defensive line.
The military expenses for so many soldiers still have to be paid by each country.
The British Indian colony now has more than 300,000 troops, of which only 50,000 are British. The other 250,000 indigenous soldiers are divided into three parts: Bombay Army, Madras Army and Bengal Army.
Now due to the needs of the Eastern War, many legions from Bombay and Madras have been transferred to the eastern region.
Most of the British troops around Delhi were transferred to the Patna area in western Bihar.
Delhi and the surrounding princely states currently only have a small number of British servant troops stationed there.
After listening to what Zhang Deshuai said, Queen Bayi also felt that now was indeed a good opportunity. An opportunity to win freedom for her kingdom.
Bhai has always believed that as long as the British control the country, the people of Jhansi will live a better life.
If what Zhang Deshuai said about butter is true, then she may even have a chance to convince the servants stationed in the fortress anyway.
"Mr. Zhang, I need to increase the quantity of weapons purchased this time, but I can only pay part of the price in advance. When our uprising is successful, I will return the remaining money to you." Bayi changed his arrogance just now and said a little
Sorry to say.
"No problem, Her Majesty the Queen, I will take you to see the goods." With that said, Zhang Deshuai walked in front and led the way, taking the heroic queen, who was disguised as a man, to a warehouse area.
This line is finally complete.
Zhang Deshuai even felt a little proud in his heart.
At this time, the offensive and defensive battle in Dhaka City had been going on for half a month.
Although it took two years for the British and French forces to attack the Sevastopol Fortress.
However, how can such a small indigenous country compare with Tsarist Russia?
General Robert had lost patience with the slow pace of the army's attack.
Especially the servants of the Bengal Army are now acting more and more passively.
These are really a group of veteran soldiers.
But in fact, it is human nature. If someone else knew that they would definitely die if they went up there, they would not be willing to rush forward.
At the beginning, everyone thought that with the British behind them, it would be easy to win, so the soldiers who participated in the war had high morale and were not afraid of death.
But now, after so many battles, everyone discovered that the British's invincible fleet and artillery did not seem to be as powerful as imagined.
The war has been fought to its current level only by filling it with the lives of the soldiers.
Naturally, the soldiers were not happy about this.
The Bengal Army is keen on recruiting upper-caste Hindus and wealthy ***.
This is mainly because Bengal was the first area conquered by the British, and the rebels at that time were mainly low castes, so the Bengal Army formed a tradition of restricting recruitment of low castes.
The British colonial authorities were quite tolerant of the high-caste "gentlemen" of the Bengal Army.
The authorities recognized Hindu and Christian festivals, allowed soldiers to dine in different areas according to their own religions, and arranged military operations to "accommodate" the soldiers' religious ceremonies.
The soldiers of the *** Infantry Regiment had to worship every day. Many attacks were interrupted by their worship activities at critical moments.
Robert felt very speechless for this. What annoyed him was that these people could not be dealt with in full accordance with military regulations.
After half a month of fighting, the British army failed to break through the fortress on the river.
Nancheng's attack has already reached the city walls.
In so many days, both sides lost more than 60,000 soldiers in total.
The further time goes by, the greater the psychological pressure will be on the attacking side.
The attacks of the Indian servants became mechanical and numb, and their movements became slow.
The 34th Bengal Native Infantry Regiment is located in the camp by the river, and the soldiers are sitting around the campfire to eat.
The 34th Bengal Native Infantry Regiment is composed of soldiers. Their food is bread, onions and potatoes.
"Have you heard that the paper shell of this ammunition is smeared with lard? It's so disgusting. These British guys actually let us bite the lard with our mouths." said a Bangladeshi soldier named Pandey.
"No way, doesn't it mean it's butter?" another soldier said.
"How is it possible? If it were butter, would those Hindus bite it with their mouths?" Pandey said.
So many days of high-intensity attacks have made the entire military camp full of resentment.
After all, it was servants like them who were sent to death. Everyone discussed this topic to vent their anger.
Not only Pandy and his colleagues, many people are discussing this issue.
The Hindu soldiers were also discussing the same issue. They concluded that it was butter.
The reason is that those bitches are also bitten with their mouths.
On November 27, as usual, the officers drew lots to decide which team would attack the city wall.
The city wall of Dhaka South City has been blown open by artillery, forming a gentle slope.
The soldiers were able to rush into the city along the gentle slope.
Both sides fought repeatedly for this gap, and casualties increased again.
Robert felt that the city would be destroyed within a few days.
So today he decided to let five infantry regiments launch continuous attacks.
Both the 22nd Infantry Regiment and the 34th Infantry Regiment, native to Bengal, were selected.
However, these servant soldiers suddenly refused to carry out military orders today.
These men presented a petition to General Robert.
It shows that they will never use paper shell ammunition coated with lard (butter).
Robert was furious when he found out. But the colonial officers knew these natives, and it was easy for these native soldiers to get into trouble when it came to religious beliefs.
After the officers' persuasion, Robert gave up his plan to use force to deal with the indigenous soldiers, which would only cause these soldiers to mutiny.
But the war was delayed. The British army's logistics department began to modify these paper shell ammunition so that soldiers could tear open the paper shell with their hands.
This move actually confirmed the rumors among the soldiers.
"The British really used ammunition stained with lard on us. Oh my God! How much lard is stained on our mouths these days! Brothers, can we still get forgiveness from God?"
"We have to kill the British who made us eat lard. Only in this way can we obtain God's forgiveness." Pandi persuaded the surrounding soldiers. But these people had long been afraid of the British to their bones.
No one dared to agree.
Pandey made angry remarks against the British, and the matter was reported to the British officer in charge of the servant army.
When his superiors sent someone to investigate, Pandey shot at the man, but only hit the British officer's horse.
General John Hersey, who commanded the Bengal Army, was furious and ordered Pandey's arrest.
But almost all the Bengali officers and soldiers of the regiment refused to obey the order.
But interestingly, they also rejected Pandey's remarks about launching an uprising.
Pandey was arrested after a suicide attempt and was hanged on December 7, as was his squad leader Prasad on December 12.
At the same time, the entire 34th Bengal Native Regiment was ordered to be disbanded by Robert, and the remaining soldiers were merged into other regiments.
The matter calmed down temporarily. However, the war was delayed for more than half a month.
Taking advantage of this period of time, Galloya sent people to bet on the gap in the southern city.
The sandbanks and riverside fortresses have also been repaired.
Myanmar even sent another 30,000 coalition troops. These soldiers were recruited from the newly recovered Lower Myanmar region.
Although the combat effectiveness of these people is not as good as the army originally brought by Galoa, they can still play a great role in such a defensive battle.
Even as cannon fodder, they can still play their due role.
"General Wang, did that rumor among the British army come from us? This move is really amazing. Now we can resist the British for at least another month." Galloya asked tentatively, what about the British army?
Since it was only a siege but not an attack, Galoa's side naturally got the news.
Originally, Galloya had lost so many soldiers and had gradually lost confidence.
However, the sudden change in the British army gave the Burmese army a chance to breathe.
Although Wang Zhenyou did not say anything explicitly about this matter, Galloya knew that this was probably done by the Renaissance Army.
This matter is very consistent with the style of the Renaissance Army's intelligence department.
The Renaissance Army has a terrible intelligence department, and Galloya knows it.
When he came to power, the intelligence department of the Renaissance Army in Ava played an important role.
Before he usurped the throne, he didn't even know that these people existed in Avachen.
"Your Majesty the King, this matter is beyond my control, but I will have good news soon. I think we should be able to spend this Spring Festival in Dhaka." Wang Zhenyou said pretending to be mysterious.
After half a month of rest, the situation has indeed changed a lot.
In particular, the British were unable to break the city after attacking for so long, which made the Burmese soldiers defending the city even more confident in defending the city.