"Ah...the enemy attack! The enemy attack!"

"Damn it, I was attacked!"

"Come, come!"

In an instant, gunfire sounds in Fort William, which was once the first fortress of British India. The guards guarding one of the city gates had only time to shoot a few bullets with the Lee Enfield rifle in their hands, and were killed by the Indian coolies who turned into warriors. Some Indian coolies took out wooden grenades and threw them at the position where the cannons were placed. Some people pulled out the spear hidden under the ox cart to shoot at the British and Indian troops standing guard on the city wall. Some coolies quickly built the remaining bags of flour on the ox cart into fortifications, and quickly assembled a water-cooled machine gun!

"Hey, these guys are all cut off Hindu soldiers and Muslim soldiers!" As soon as they saw these well-trained thugs, Colonel Liszt cursed the fools in the Army Department in his heart and brought the weapons of Hindus and Muslims. It was right, but it was a big mistake to drive them out of the barracks.

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The Indian uprising army had just been set up, and a team of Sikh soldiers had already reacted and launched a counterattack under the command of British officials! However, the Sikh soldiers who were rushing to the front were quickly knocked to the ground. The remaining people knew that they could not charge with machine guns, so they had to lie down on the ground and shoot at the rebels with the rifles in their hands.

Colonel Liszt, who was watching the game, gritted his teeth and shouted: "The gate located directly east of Fort William can be recaptured, otherwise the subsequent troops of the rebel army will not be able to defend Fort William!"

"Col. This is a bastion!" The short and fat young man Xie Ran reminded, "He should immediately send someone to defend through the authentic upper corner castle. Even if the enemy occupied a city gate, it would not be so easy to attack!"

Before the emergence of modern artillery, the bulwark was probably the most troublesome target of attack for all military strategists. Since this Fort William is known as the first castle in British India, it is naturally extremely strong. There are eight small fortresses called gangs forts outside the main fortress. There are trenches outside the gangs. Now one of the gates of the main fortress was captured by the rebels. However, as long as machine guns are set up on the two No. 4 and 5 Horn Forts close to the city gate, cross-fire can be used to block the passages entering and leaving the city gate without reinforcements. These rebels who attacked the bulwarks will sooner or later be wiped out.

Colonel Liszt quickly issued an order to enter the Fortress. A group of soldiers went through the tunnel of the castle to five of the eight Forts in Fort William (the other three were close to the Hugley River). However, the sound of cannons immediately made the British and Indian officers and soldiers in Fort William as if they had fallen into the abyss. The rebels actually had cannons! Moreover, these shells were exactly what they were blown up. Sparks were splashed everywhere on Fort 4 and 5. The smoke and dust chasing from time to time, broken limbs and weapon fragments were blown up and flying around.

However, the howitzer position in Fort William was just blown up by grenades, and is now on the line of fire for sneak attacks between the rebels and Fort William defenders. Therefore, it is impossible to fire a counterattack.

Before the gunfire was dispersed, thousands of fanatical Indian rebels rushed out of the woods near Fort William, most of the rebel soldiers held rifles, and some of them might have spontaneously joined Kolkata citizens. They did not receive the rifle, but held two grenades and launched an attack.

"God is great..." A group of Muslim soldiers from northwest India shouted religious slogans and charged with the Hindu soldiers shouting "Gandhi"! In front of them, an Indian GD man holding a GD red flag, although the charge formation was very messy and almost chaotic, the British and Indian soldiers on the No. 4 and No. 5 Horn Forts, which had just been bombarded, had suffered heavy casualties. Several water-cooled machine guns were all destroyed. The scattered rifle firepower could not stop the surging up the rebel army. The large group of troops of the rebel army quickly passed through the middle of the two horn forts, as if the tide was poured into the William Fort. Without the protection of the fortress, the British and Indian officers and soldiers could not resist several times the number of rebels. In the end, they were either captured or killed.

By the time Luynehru and Jinnah stepped into Fort William surrounded by a large group of walls, the battle had all ended. Although thousands of casualties were paid, the orange-green two-color flag symbolizing India's highest (orange symbolizes Hinduism, green symbolizes Muslims) fluttered high above Fort William, making everyone feel that these sacrifices are completely worth it.

On May 11, 1924, on the 10th day after Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, an armed uprising broke out in Kolkata, India, and the first shot of the Second Indian War was fired!

"Chairman! Chairman! Indian Revolution is breaking out!"

Chen Cheng's voice sounded outside a "cell" deep in the Tangshan official residence. Chairman Changda, who was lying on the tatami and enjoying the Japanese massage service provided by Sun Yuexun, knew that he had to be in trouble on a good Sunday. He put on his clothes under the service of Sun Meiren'er, sat cross-legged, and said, "When he came in and talked," he saw that the Japanese-style sliding door was pulled open. Before Chen Cheng's people outside the door came in, he hurriedly reported: "Chairman, this morning, an armed uprising broke out in Kolkata, India! Now the rebel army has controlled the entire city of Kolkata."

"Who is the leader?" Chang Ruiqing took a cup of freshly brewed coffee from Sun Yuexun's hand, took a sip, and asked lightly

"It is said to be jointly led by Indian political forces such as the Indian National Congress Party All India Muslim Alliance India Autonomous Party!"

When Chen Cheng answered the question, he secretly glanced at the corner of his eyes and knelt beside Chang Ruiqing, with a happy face full of happiness, and said to himself: "I don't know what my lord and Miss Sun San are playing? The obviously close-knit couple made another secret room to imprison, and Miss Sun San, who was imprisoned for no reason, did not seem to have any resentment. Is this a person willing to fight and the other willing to be... "

"Is India GD floating on the table?" Chang Ruiqing took a sip of coffee and asked again

"Yes, according to the announcement issued by the rebel army, Indian GD Chairman Lu Yi is the chairman of the Indian Interim Government, Nehru is the prime minister of the interim government, Jinnah is the deputy prime minister, and Chandra Boss of the Indian Autonomous Party is the minister of the army"

"Sir Oliver and Sir Mack are on their way to Tangshan?"

"The call from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Foreign Minister Wang accompanied two British guests and could arrive at the official residence in about twenty minutes."

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Chang Ruiqing stood up, tidied up his military uniform, and smiled apologetically at Sun Yuexun: "Xun, I'll deal with some things, I'll come back after the matter is finished."

"Yeah, I'll wait for you." Sun Yuexun blinked her big eyes and said sweetly and greasyly

Chang Ruiqing nodded with a smile and walked out: "Let's go talk to British friends... The Indian uprising came in time." A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he was a little gloating. Chen Cheng also bowed slightly to Sun Yuexun and followed him without saying anything.

After leaving the gate of the Iwashi, I passed through an iron gate guarded by two female guards, and caught up with Chang Ruiqing. I also vaguely heard Chairman Chang's whisper in front of me: "Now... I can get 20 million hectares of arable land at once, but it is still in Southeast Asia..."

One in front and one behind, they walked along the corridor of the official residence to the living room. Zeng Qi was guarding the door of the living room. When he saw Chang Ruiqing, he came up and whispered in his ear: "The Intelligence Bureau just called to report that British Prime Minister MacDonald has signed the "English-German Secret Agreement" with German Chancellor Hitler. The British will support the merger of Germany and Austria! And they also agreed to the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to be incorporated into Germany through a referendum."

Chang Ruiqing nodded without comment, and walked into the living room with Zeng Qi and Chen Cheng. As soon as he walked in, he saw that there were hundreds of people sitting in the hall. There were four people sitting empty, one of them was Chang Ruiqing's personal secretary Gao Xiaowen. She was holding a shorthand notebook and holding a pen and lowering her head to record something. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, Wang Zhengting, was able to chat with two British men in English, and the two British men were also light and quiet, as if they were here to have tea and chat with Chang Ruiqing today.

Seeing Chang Ruiqing arrive, the four of them quickly stood up. Both British nodded slightly to Chang Ruiqing to express their politeness. Wang Zhengting and Gao Xiaowen also stood up to salute. Wang Zhengting pointed to a white-haired and pointed British man beside the British ambassador Makle and smiled and said, "Chairman, let me introduce you to you. This is the British Minister, Sir Oliver, who just arrived in Nanjing yesterday. This is the supreme commander of our country's defense force, Chairman Chang Ruiqing."

Chang Ruiqing smiled and reached out and shook Sir Oliver, showed great enthusiasm, and nodded and greeted Ambassador Makle. Finally, he smiled and said, "Sir Oliver is not easy to come. He has been on a plane for more than ten hours... Especially at a time when the situation in India and the world is so complicated. At this moment, if there is anything, you might as well spread it out and say it straight. I am quite sincere in making friends with the British Empire."

Several people took a seat with guests and hosts, and a servant from the chairman's residence served British-style milk tea, but it was brewed with Chinese tea. If the British Indian war was about to end, the British people's afternoon tea would probably have to be brewed with Chinese tea again.

Sir Oliver tasted the milk tea made from Chinese tea, and was a little moved for a moment, not knowing where to start. After a while, he said: "Mr. Chairman, I believe you are not trying to understand that due to the troubles between the Soviet Union and G International, and the uncooperation of the United States, the current world situation has entered the brink of extreme turmoil... It is very likely that a world war will break out! The British Empire's opinion is that the world should return to the track of peaceful development. The five responsible world powers in Britain, France, Germany, Italy should work together to restore the balance of the world and rebuild a new world order. Yesterday, Prime Minister Macdonald had reached an agreement with German Chancellor Mr. Hitler, and France has always been an ally of the empire. And the Italian Prime Minister Mr. Mussolini is also very much looking forward to becoming an ally with the British Empire..."

Chang Ruiqing listened to Sir Oliver's words and suddenly smiled: "The five major powers in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and China are indeed very attractive proposals. I just don't know what we China can get from this rebuilt world order? Your country's Prime Minister Viscount Parmeston seemed to have said: "The British Empire has no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. Let's talk about interests now.

I think Germany and Italy can probably get the benefits they deserve from the new order led by the British Empire in the future? As a military power that once defeated the Soviet Union and Japan, China's value for the new world order in the future should not be inferior to Germany... I wonder what benefits the British Empire has prepared for China."

Chang Ruiqing's words were really straightforward, as if Sir Oliver was not in the mood to test each other around the bush. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and pondered: "Mr. Chairman, then I will tell the truth frankly. The British Empire has indeed encountered considerable challenges at present. Her world leadership has been shaken in 1914. It was precisely because the German emperor saw this that he united the Austro-Hungarian Empire to challenge the hegemony of the empire... Although the empire won the war, the empire also paid a heavy price. He is still in recuperation and recuperation. Now the empire's strength has not yet been restored, and new challengers have appeared again, that is, the United States and the Soviet Union!"

Speaking of this, he looked at Chang Ruiqing. Chang Ruiqing listened quietly and nodded slightly. Sir Oliver seemed to be encouraged and had a little confidence in speaking: "Although France, Germany, China and Italy also have strong strength, they are not qualified to challenge the world leadership of the British Empire after all! If the world leadership of the British Empire is not guaranteed, then the future world leaders will be formed between the United States and the Soviet Union! And the new world leader will be a powerful overlord. As a great power with unlimited potential, China will definitely be strongly suppressed! Such a result is something that the Chairman cannot see in any case, right? So for China, the best choice now is to stand with the British Empire and maintain a relatively weak leader like the British Empire until your country truly rises to become a world-class power! Can't such interests impress the Chairman?"

Not to mention, the British analyzed the general trend of the world. The world is a bit reasonable! The world is like a Chinese chaotic world where heroes are divided and Britain is a bit like a nameless emperor. China, the United States, the Soviet Union, Germany, France, Italy and Japan are like strong warlords. Among these warlords, the United States and the Soviet Union are the strongest and most capable of winning the world. In this case, how will the four middle-class warlords of China, France, Germany and Italy choose to take sides? Should they maintain the title of the weak emperor of Britain, or help the United States and the Soviet Union "uspending the throne"? The answer to this question is obvious. Only a weak emperor can tolerate the following group of powerful vassals. If the United States and the Soviet Union come forward to become the boss, even if they play the battle for hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union, they will not be able to continue to develop and grow.

Therefore, China's best strategy now is probably to maintain the weak boss of the British Empire before it grows strong enough to pull Britain off the throne of hegemony and then change itself to sit down. However, this does not mean that China should waving the flag for the British Empire for free.

Thinking of this, Chang Ruiqing smiled slightly and said, "Just, as you said, there is indeed a common interest between China and the UK, but while having such invisible and intangible common interest, China also needs tangible interests!"

"Hong Kong!" said Sir Oliver: "We can return Hong Kong to China to show the sincerity of the British Empire."

Chang Ruiqing smiled: "Very good, thank you very much, but it's not enough! Jazz. I now have 500 million mouths to support. Thirty years later, this number may break through! A small Hong Kong cannot support the newly added Chinese! I need the UK to recognize China's right to deal with the Far East state at will, recognize the legality and validity of the Japan-China Merger Treaty, and together with France, recognize Siam as China's sphere of influence, recognize China's right to act freely in Siam, and re-discuss the Sino-India-China-Myanmar border based on the traditional dividing line."

After hearing Chang Ruiqing's conditions, Sir Oliver breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Obviously, these requirements were within the scope of the British, but he showed a embarrassed expression on his face, and he shook his head repeatedly and said, "The Treaty of Japan-China Merger is acceptable. It is also possible to re-examine the border between China and Myanmar and China, but it will take until the end of the civil strife in India.

But things in the Far East are not easy to handle. Now Britain recognizes that the All-Russian Provisional Government represents Russia diplomatically. So for Britain, the Far East is still Russian territory. As for Siam... Both Britain and France have signed a treaty with the Kingdom of Siam to make the territory and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Siam. If it were not for a public invasion, the Empire and France could have been regarded as nothing had happened..."

Chang Ruiqing suddenly interrupted: "What if I insist on invading Siam on the openly? Are Britain and France ready to aid Siam according to the treaty?"

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As soon as these words were said, the conference room was silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Sir Oliver. He frowned his eyebrows slightly and remained silent, as if he was weighing something in his heart for a long time before he saw him focus heavily and sighed: "Okay, Siam can be China! But you must discuss the Far East issue with the All-Russian Provisional Government on your own. In addition, at the upcoming London Naval Armed Forces Conference, China must act in unification with the United Kingdom."
Chapter completed!