"Okay, I'll start getting the residents in the city ready right now. The general had better send troops to monitor the southwest area and don't let the enemy sneak attack on our retreating team."
"Since we have to evacuate with everyone, we have to ensure the safety of the expatriates."
Ramsay no longer wanted to think about the future.
Even if the army of the Great Empire fights back again in the future, it will not be due to his own merit.
Robert is right, the large expatriates in Calcutta must not be allowed to fall into the hands of these natives, otherwise their fate will be disastrous.
Lower City, the settlement area of the Mon people, has now become a former enemy position under the control of the Holy Army.
Chen Yucheng's headquarters is located here.
"Hassan, how are your Tiger Army prepared?" Chen Yucheng asked.
The Tiger Army under Hassan was originally recruited by the Holy Army in the city of Dhaka.
This is the only servant army under the Holy Army.
Hassan also understood that what they did was dirty work, tiring work, and they had to be at the forefront during the war.
To be a cannon fodder, you must have the consciousness to be a cannon fodder.
At least their status in the Holy Kingdom is much higher than that of the Indians.
The Holy King gave them status and wealth, and they had to sacrifice their lives to the Holy King.
Hassan often brainwashed his generals like this.
In the past two years, the soldiers under his command have changed one after another.
If a batch of them dies, the Holy Army will replace them with a new batch.
Hassan didn't care, he was a general anyway and he didn't want to charge into battle.
"When I return to His Royal Highness, the general has mobilized nearly 50,000 militiamen here in the lower city. They are all willing to fight for the Holy Kingdom. As long as they can drive away those evil white people, they are willing to do anything."
Hassan can already speak fluent Chinese.
Being able to learn Chinese in less than two years is not something that ordinary people can do. It can be seen that opportunities always choose those smart people who are prepared.
Chen Yucheng didn't care how Hassan made these people volunteer to charge into the battle.
A general attack is about to be launched now. The Holy Army cannot suffer too many casualties, so it needs a lot of cannon fodder.
How did Chen Yucheng know that Da Ying's army was about to retreat?
That's because the Holy Army has been secretly monitoring the direction of Howrah.
Investigators found that the defenses in the direction of Howrah had become tighter.
Moreover, the number of carriages moving southward in the city is also increasing.
It's obvious that the Yuguo guys are going to run away. How is this possible?
What the Holy Army wants is not an empty city.
"Okay, Hassan, you did a good job. After this battle, the Holy King will reward you based on your merits."
"Once the general offensive begins, whether you are advancing or retreating, you must control the formation." Chen Yucheng said coldly.
The artillery and infantry behind will provide you with fire support.
The battle has reached the final siege stage.
Because the upper city is located on a higher ground and is surrounded by tall walls.
Although some of the walls have collapsed, the remaining parts still require the use of tools to get in.
On May 13, the Holy Army's general attack on Calcutta began.
Fifty thousand Meng people were temporarily armed, wearing their own tattered clothes.
Everyone only has some cold weapons in their hands.
Just like the peasant army in the cold weapon era.
Chen Yucheng sent people to the harbor to ask the Renaissance Army fleet to provide artillery support.
The general offensive was launched in the western city of Calcutta.
As the artillery strike comes to an end.
At Hassan's order, the servants at the front of the position moved ladders and began to charge.
The remaining artillery pieces of the Yin Army immediately began to counterattack.
Robert's retreat plan was completely shattered by the Holy Army's general attack.
Behind the white granite battlements of Calcutta, young sergeant Thomas Chinon knelt on one knee.
He tried his best to hide his head in the blind spot behind the crenel.
He is an Irishman. Two years ago, Chinon, who was hungry, joined the expeditionary force.
He stayed in India for two years. He participated in the siege of Dhaka, the battle to defend the Ganges River Basin, and the recovery of the southwest coast.
Of course, what impressed him most was the plague that had just passed.
Seeing those infected die tragically, Chinon experienced a fear stronger than hunger.
He doesn't know when it will end.
Half of the people who came out with him have already died.
He didn't know whether he should be grateful that he survived or regret that he had to continue to endure a war that was like hell.
Chinon was originally an upright young man.
But a few months ago, he and several comrades raped the daughter of a wealthy local businessman. The little girl was only thirteen years old.
The pressure brought by the continuous wars and death turned him into a devil. He began to hate himself in his heart.
Chinon looked at the battlefield through the crosshairs, and saw a dense mass of local natives, who could not see the side at a glance. They were carrying ladders and running towards the city wall.
They were crowded together like a flock of sheep.
Chinon just needs to shoot, there is no need to aim at all.
Facing such a dense crowd, it was impossible to observe the results of musket shooting.
Those who were shot were a drop in the bucket.
Only the shells fired from the artillery at the top of the city were able to clear an open space among the crowd from time to time, but they were soon covered by the crowd behind.
Chinon's ears were filled with the shouts of the natives.
They are usually so submissive to the Yu people. Just like when they raped the little Meng girl before, his parents didn't put up any resistance.
In the past, when they went to the lower city to perform tasks, the natives would stand on the roadside and bow their heads from a distance.
Now, these same people were coming at them with knives and in an extremely ferocious manner.
Are they crazy?
Chinon had a feeling of confusion in time and space. Is this still the same group of people?
Why is there such a huge contrast between the same group of people before and after?
He kept loading the gun and shooting.
Repeating the same shooting action continuously for a long time made his barrel heat up.
The muscles in his hands had begun to cramp. He even tried to put the bullet into the chamber of the gun.
Chinon had no choice but to tie his hand with a piece of cloth.
This impact has been going on for an hour and it doesn't seem to have stopped.
"Beep..." A bullet bounced off the battlement in front of him.
The ricocheted bullet missed him, but the debris from the stone wall that bounced off scratched his face.
Chinon touched it with his hand, and a trace of bright red blood stuck to his palm.
Fortunately, these civilians with no military training could not climb up the city wall.
Those collapsed places are more troublesome.
At one point a fierce hand-to-hand combat broke out.
Chinon had a bad feeling that they might not be able to hold on.
A problem that even a small soldier could see. Naturally, the commander of the city guard, Robert, had already found out about it.
"These bastards, they actually used civilians to attack the city." Robert could only complain in his heart that the Holy Army did not uphold martial ethics.
The defense line is now in danger, but the opponent's regular army has not yet sent out a single one.
However, most of the ammunition and weapons of the defenders had been consumed.
Fortunately, ammunition is produced in Calcutta itself, so the reserve is large.
The main reason is that the physical exertion of the soldiers is too great.
If this continues, the soldiers guarding the city may not even have the strength to shoot.
He had just persuaded the governor to organize the evacuation of personnel.
The situation has now deteriorated to this extent.
If there is another large-scale retreat in the city at this time, unrest is likely to occur.
In a state of extreme panic, people will become as terrifying as wild beasts.
He could only remind Governor Ramsey to secretly transfer some important people and materials.
For example, the nobles in the city and the gold in the bank.
On the city wall, Chinon had just shot down a native who climbed up the city wall from a ladder.
He saw fear in this man's eyes.
These people have also lost their original desire for revenge.
Too many people died under the city wall, and these young men who were either bewitched or forcibly captured by Hassan were already afraid and retreated.
If it weren't for the supervising team behind them that was more ferocious than the enemies on the city wall, these people would have been routed thousands of miles away.
Chen Yucheng was closely observing the situation of the siege.
These young men in Calcutta are more obedient than those elsewhere.
There should be a lot of workers here, and they might be useful in the future.
But we can't all die, it would be too wasteful.
"Send the order to Hassan and ask his Tiger Army to come forward. The Green Dragon Army of the Holy Army will follow closely behind. Let's attack the city in one go."
"The flying dragon army was ordered to take a circuitous route to the southwest of Calcutta, preparing to intercept the defeated army in the city."
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As Chen Yucheng issued orders one after another, the various legions that had been recuperating in the forward positions began to move.
On the top of the city, Chinon was still repeating the shooting action.
Suddenly, there were explosions, and the other side opened fire without caring that their own people were still attacking the city.
"Boom..." A cannonball exploded on the city wall, although it was still some distance away from Chinon.
But the shock wave of the explosion still knocked him to the ground.
Chinon tried to stand up in a daze.
Suddenly a foot stepped on his back.
After losing his breath, Chinon fainted again.
Before he fell into coma, he heard a loud bugle sound in the distance.
There were shouts and shouts everywhere on the battlefield. Before the Green Dragon Army even climbed onto the city, Hassan's Tiger Army had already climbed onto the city wall.
The Yin army at the gap had also retreated.
The slope of the gap was leveled by the young corpses of the natives.
The Tiger Army stepped on these corpses and rushed forward.
After all, they have guns in their hands and have experienced a lot of battles, so they are naturally much stronger than those young men who were forced to fight.
"The city is broken, charge!"
The battlefield was filled with cries of victory for the Holy Army.
The south gate of Calcutta is blocked.
No one expected that such a strong city could be breached like this.
The northern allied forces have been fighting Calcutta for several years without even getting close to the city, but now they suddenly broke through the city.
The Pajileti River to the west of the city has been blocked by the Baath Army navy. Where else can they escape?
...On May 13th, the fifth year of the Renaissance, the city of Calcutta was destroyed.
The Meng servants who entered the city first began to massacre Chengnei. It was not until the holy army entered the city that they stopped this behavior.
To the Holy Army, living white people are more valuable.
And many valuable items will be damaged during such looting.
After receiving the news of the occupation of Calcutta.
Shi Da was very excited and immediately went to the ministers to discuss the matter.
This was the first truly large city captured by the Holy Army.
Shi Dakai had long been optimistic about the large number of factories built by Dayang people there.
He quickly ordered Chen Yucheng to protect Calcutta's factories and city buildings.
It is also necessary to conduct a preliminary screening of people in the city, and protect those original factory management and technical personnel and give them better treatment.
Immediately afterwards, he explained the matter of Shengjing and rushed to Calcutta with a large number of civil servants.
At this time, the city of Calcutta had settled down.
The Holy Army imposed military control here. The Tiger Army and the temporarily recruited Mon people were moved to the lower city to garrison.
There are also some servants who are busy cleaning up the corpses inside and outside the city walls.
Banks, warehouses and other facilities in the city have been sealed up.
Most of the people who escaped from the city were stopped by the Flying Dragon Legion.
Chen Yucheng immediately asked the Feilong Army to continue attacking and expand the results.
The area now controlled by the Northern Alliance extends eastward into northwestern Jharkhand.
West Bengal and the southeastern part of Jharkhand state had previously been controlled by the British army.
Now, this is all territory that the Holy Army can occupy.
After all, the Holy Army cannot seize the allies' territory for the time being.
The area controlled by the Holy Army was originally relatively long and narrow, but now it is even more narrow.
It almost wraps up the Bengal region of the Kingdom of Burma.
The Feilong Army was ordered to occupy the surrounding states controlled by the Great Army.
The white Governor's Palace in the city has hardly been baptized by the flames of war.
There wasn't even a single bomb crater on the lawn in front of the square.
Considering that this place would be their own territory in the future, the Holy Army tried its best to avoid artillery attacks in the city.
The most bombed places in Chengnai were buildings close to the city wall.
After all, the accuracy of artillery is limited.
At this time, the lawn has been carefully arranged.
A surrender ceremony is being held here.
To be honest, the moment the city was defeated, Ramsay had already prepared his pistol.
But at the last moment, he didn't have the courage to pull the trigger.
Looking at the Meng people who were violent after entering the city, he closed his eyes in despair.
Robert broke out with a small number of soldiers.
Ramsay won't leave, he is a sinner of the colony.
However, he also wanted to finally find a way for the remaining expats in Chengdu to survive.
So he found Chen Yucheng. Although it made him feel very ashamed.
After receiving his promise of open surrender, Chen Yucheng ordered martial law to be imposed on the city, with all residents temporarily enclosed in their homes and a round-the-clock curfew imposed on the streets.
"Your Royal Highness, thank you for protecting the overseas Chinese in the city." Ramsay shook hands with Chen Yucheng.
Although he looked down on this yellow man in his heart, he still expressed his gratitude very respectfully.
Now the lives of all overseas Chinese are in the hands of this middle-aged man.
"This is what we should do. Our Holy Country is also a civilized country. I have accepted your surrender on behalf of the Holy Country and will naturally treat you as prisoners of war."
Chen Yucheng also looked at this big man, and it could be seen that this man's city was very deep.
The Holy Army had been dealing with this man since they first arrived in the Assam region.
Although the two parties have never met, they are actually familiar with each other.
To be honest, this Ramsay is quite capable. In fact, the Calcutta side has been at a disadvantage in recent years.
They are too far away from the mainland. Both the Holy Army and Myanmar can get support from the Baath Army.
It is not easy for this man to carry Calcutta for so many years.