November 8, 1830.
White clouds dotted the blue sky, and the cool breeze blowing from the Indian Ocean gave Mumbai, a bustling city close to the equator, a comfortable coolness.
Different from the understanding of the rulers of the Ming Empire, Mumbai is not a colonial city that is enslaved, oppressed, and bullied, but the glorious capital of the British-Indian world empire!
And this perception actually makes some sense. First of all, the court of Emperor William, the monarch of the British-Indian Commonwealth Empire, was not in London, but in Bombay. According to common knowledge in the world, wherever the emperor and court of this empire are, there is the capital of the empire. Which part of the alliance the capital of a co-king alliance empire is in, that part is the leader of the alliance.
So now India is the leader of the British-Indian Union Empire, and Mumbai is the capital of the entire Union Empire!
The filial son of Great Britain, India, is already riding on the neck of his British father!
Secondly, the territory of the Indian Empire is really satisfying to Indians - most of Pakistan (except the Gandhara Basin), Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Maldives, and even the Malay Peninsula now belong to the Indian Empire!
Isn’t this the legendary Indian dream? Their dreams have come true, what else are Indians dissatisfied with?
Third, India is originally a "colonial civilization". Except for the various humanoid creatures at the bottom, all the real humans in this country are foreign colonists, either early Aryan colonists or later Tianfang colonists. Teach the colonists, and today's Indian colonists... Since everyone is a colonizer, there is no need to fight against colonization - as long as the new British colonists can act according to Indian rules .
And Emperor William is now "too happy to think of England", which shows that he has "many Indias". Moreover, his Indian throne was obtained by external force in accordance with the popular succession law in India. The previous Mughal Dynasty, the Delhi Sultans before the Mughals, and the Gur before the Delhi Sultanate The dynasty and the Kushan Empire also followed similar paths.
The fourth thing that made India's middle and upper classes, especially the upper-caste Indians living in big cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta and Dhaka, feel the glory of the Indian world empire was the inauguration of the Indian world empire after Emperor William came to power. industrialization process!
Moreover, India's industrialization process is still quite high-end. It didn't start with hard labor. It started with heavy and chemical industries. There is no information industry these days. Heavy and chemical industries such as steel, military industry, and shipbuilding are the top industries.
Thanks to the war preparation needs of Emperor William's court and the large sales of Indian bonds in Europe and India, heavy industry factories such as shipyards, arsenals, steel plants, etc. have sprung up in large Indian cities such as Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, and Dhaka. Although the technology of these factories all comes from the UK, they are also controlled by British capital, and most of them rely on British factories to provide key parts and raw materials. It can be said that they are assembly plants run by the British in India.
However, these factories still provide a large number of management positions for India's upper-caste talents, and make India look a bit like an industrial power.
In addition, as early as the rule of the East India Company, planning and construction of a railway network covering the South Asian subcontinent had already begun.
By the end of 1830, India's total railway mileage had already surpassed the United Kingdom, becoming the second largest in the world after the Ming Dynasty, and even surpassed the United States, an emerging world power that was also advancing by leaps and bounds!
It is no exaggeration to say that under the wise leadership of Emperor William, the current Indian Empire has risen to a height that is unimaginable to the far-sighted people in India.
This is no longer a powerful country, but a world empire...at least it looks like a world empire!
Feng Mingshan, a first-class petty officer of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty, who was driving a SsangYong carrier-based seaplane, slowly flew over the capital of the world empire at around 12 o'clock noon on November 8th.
Bombay was originally a few small islands next to the mainland. It was the dowry of a Portuguese princess who married the King of England. What used to be several desolate coastal islands have now been transformed into a long and narrow peninsula. The area of the peninsula is not large, but it is extremely prosperous. There are many Western-style buildings everywhere. Near the coast, there are docks, warehouses, shipyards, power plants, gas plants, and various other buildings. British-owned factories and trading houses are even more numerous, showing the prosperity of the industrialization era and the maritime age everywhere.
In addition, at regular intervals, there is a fort equipped with armored turrets, with thick gun barrels pointed at the ocean, showing the inviolable majesty of the Indian world empire!
"Damn it, this Mumbai is really prosperous, it's almost catching up with Shanghai!"
When Fengmingshan's co-pilot Li Pingqing saw this bustling metropolis, he couldn't help but express his heartfelt emotion - this is a very high praise! Shanghai is the largest city in the Ming Dynasty, and it is undoubtedly the first in the world.
And the prosperity of Mumbai is comparable to that of Shanghai... It shows that this world power with a population of 200 million has really developed, and its future is unlimited!
Fengmingshan had achieved "one-third of the merit" in the previous Battle of Grete, so he was promoted to the rank of first-class sergeant. Fleet Aviation Staff Wang Wen has personally assured him that as long as he makes another "one-third of the merit", he will be an officer!
And Da Gong... we have to find him quickly!
Thinking of this, Fengmingshan shouted loudly: "Little Lizi, look for it quickly... the palace, the parliament building, the gas plant, the power plant, the oil storage tank, the shipyard... they are all where is it?"
"I found it, I found it... That's the Parliament Building, the house with the big dome! The one with trees next to it is the Royal Palace! Brother Feng, which one should we blow up?"
Li Pingqing is also very excited. He is now a second-level sergeant... and is only "two-thirds of a merit" away from being a second lieutenant!
"Of course they blew up the Parliament Building!" Fengmingshan said, "How conspicuous is that dome? If it was blown up, you would be able to recognize it immediately after taking a photo!"
"That's right," Li Pingqing nodded repeatedly, "Just blow up that dome!"
Fengmingshan added: "Remember to take pictures, and throw leaflets after taking pictures... We have to let the Indians know that I am coming to liberate them tomorrow!"
"Okay," Li Pingqing said, "Everything is ready!"
"Sit tight...we're going to drop bombs!" Fengmingshan roared, pushed the joystick lightly, and piloted the plane to lower its altitude, heading straight for the parliament building with the beautiful dome. .
The Bombay Peninsula is very narrow, with a maximum width of only five or six kilometers, so it only takes a blink of an eye to fly from the coastline to the domed parliament building in the center of the peninsula. Fengming Mountain also found a wide road that leads directly from the sea to the Parliament Building. There are very grand-looking houses on both sides of the road. The sidewalks are densely packed with people... I don’t know what they are doing? Probably because they saw the Ming Dynasty plane coming from the sky to liberate them, many people waved their fists as if cheering!
Fengmingshan didn't have time to think too much now. All his attention had been focused on the dome. He carefully controlled the plane, lowered the altitude as much as possible, and flew towards the dome. He was about to leave the dome. After passing it, he hurriedly shouted: "Hit!"
In fact, he didn't need to remind him, Li Pingqing had already pulled the bomb release handbrake! Looking through his bombsight, he saw a bomb pointing straight down toward the parliament building. He quickly took out his Seagull camera and started shooting at the dome. After taking a few pictures, he saw a ball of fire rising from the side of the dome.
"Hit! Haha!" Fengmingshan laughed.
And Li Pingqing took out a large stack of leaflets from a "school bag" and threw it down... At this time, those loyal and patriotic Indian high-ranking people finally understood 100% how evil the Ming Empire was. !
Because those leaflets not only stated who owned the plane that dropped the bomb, but also clearly stated in English and Urdu the intention of the Ming Empire to liberate the Indian people!
The superior people in India all know that according to the standards of the Ming Dynasty, they do not belong to the people, they are colonists!
Daming... is indeed evil!
