There are heavy rains, dark clouds in the sky, thunder and lightning, and on the distant Indian Ocean, a tropical storm is approaching the Malay Peninsula step by step.
In the midst of this heavy rain, two large torrents of British and Indian soldiers were speeding southward on slippery and sometimes muddy roads. Soldiers from the South Asian subcontinent are more adaptable to tropical rainstorms and slippery mud than anyone else. And their stomachs are more tolerant of dirty drinking water and spoiled, inadequate food. In addition, they are accustomed to maintaining good discipline in the face of difficulties and even life and death tests. The soldiers at the bottom remained docile in the face of loud scoldings and even riding whips from officers. This allowed them to continue to maintain good order and a fast marching speed while advancing quickly to Danmasi Island!
That's right, the destination of these two large groups of British and Indian officers and soldiers who were rapidly advancing along the open roads on the east and west coasts of the Malay Peninsula was not Songkhla or Pattani in the Kingdom of Siam, but the Indian Empire in Malaya. The strongest and most important stronghold on the peninsula is Danmaxi Island!
The reason why they want to fly towards Danmaxi Island is of course not because they can't defeat the Japanese devils who are wearing "bamboo hats" and look about as tall as a half-grown boy... They are the Emperor William of India. How could the invincible Indian warriors under his command not be able to defeat the Japanese imps? The main reason why they wanted to stride towards Dan Maxi was because those Japanese devils did not have martial ethics. They don't fight well, they always engage in leapfrog landing and penetration!
The Indian warriors are still prepared for the landing. After all, the control of the sea is now in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese are the dogs of the Ming Dynasty. It is normal behavior to release dogs from the sea to land and bite people. Moreover, leapfrog landing cannot be initiated frequently, after all, it costs a lot to do it once.
But the penetration of the Japanese devils themselves drove the Indian warriors and the British officers who commanded them crazy!
It is clearly stated that the tropical rainforest is a "forbidden zone" that the army cannot cross! But those Japanese devils ignored this at all. As soon as they encountered the strongly fortified stronghold of the British and Indian troops, they left a small force to monitor without saying a word, and then a large group of people carried bicycles through the rainforest without caring about the rainforest. How many dangerous animals are there, how many disease-causing bacteria there are, how easy it is to get lost and become separated.
In addition, the Japanese devils' requirements for supplies are so low that they have no moral ethics! They carried almost no baggage, just one person, one car and one gun. They looted supplies as they moved forward, grabbing wherever they hit... When they encountered a Chinese farm, they would also make a white note and ask the latter to inquire. The army wanted to pay, and they robbed the natives when they encountered them. If they dared to resist, they would kill people! If no one encounters them, bark grass roots can just grab two more small animals, kill them and swallow them whole.
Encountering such "savage devils" who are not afraid of hardship, let alone a bad stomach, not only the Indian warriors can't stand it, but also the British gentleman who commands them. They originally thought that the rainforest was a natural danger, and outsiders could not get through except the local indigenous people... If they could barely get through, non-combat casualties would have to make the commanders hesitate. But no one thought that those Japanese devils didn't care about this at all!
Reduce the number of people... How can a bunch of poor and crazy Japanese devils be afraid of this?
What even more stunned the British gentlemen and Indian warriors was that each of these Japanese devils had a bicycle! The British had ruled Malaya for many years. In addition to making money, they also did some serious things, such as building roads. Therefore, there are a few paved roads on the Malay Peninsula. Japanese soldiers ride bicycles on them, running 15 kilometers an hour with their eyes closed. This speed can almost catch up with the motorized troops!
Originally, the British calculated well. They could hide in well-equipped strongholds to block the Ming and Japanese ground troops, wait for them to slowly attack with artillery, and then retreat calmly if they couldn't hold on, and move to the next stronghold. Continue to defend. The road trip from the Indian-controlled Malay Peninsula and the border with Siam to Tamasi Island is more than 700 kilometers. Under normal circumstances, if you fight slowly, retreat slowly, and take a rest when you are tired, it will pass in a year and a half. . But the Japanese are riding bicycles in the rainforest without bringing supplies... They can push you 100 kilometers a day and a night!
Well, with this strategy, we will be outside Danmasi Island in a week! Although Danmaxi Island is the strongest fortress in the world, it cannot be captured. But what about the tens of thousands of British and Indian troops scattered across the Malay Peninsula? You can’t give it up, right?
Therefore, after Viscount Beresford discovered that something was wrong, he immediately ordered the besieged British and Indian troops to break out of the encirclement and go south to find Ming Dynasty, the main force of the Japanese coalition for a decisive battle!
And these Indian warriors who broke out to seek a decisive battle actually won a few battles at first - those short Japanese soldiers were really vulnerable. They only resisted a little and fled on their bicycles, while the cannons and baggage soldiers were Of course, the elite British and Indian soldiers could not let them go, so they followed them closely. And while I was chasing after him... I accidentally got ambushed! If the weather is good, there will be planes bombing and strafing!
So the decisive battle of the British and Indian troops to break out quickly turned into an ambush and a rout... However, the combat effectiveness of the little devils who ambushed the British and Indian warriors did not seem to be very good. The most they could do was ambush and defeat. It was not possible to annihilate them all, or there was no time to annihilate them all, because the speed at which the Indian warriors retreated was so amazing that they could not even "catch up" on bicycles!
Therefore, the little devil could only "chase slowly" on a bicycle, and the Indian warriors who were speeding south, coupled with the leapfrog landing launched by the Allied Forces of Tomorrow and Japan from the sea, soon triggered a "serial run" on the Malay Peninsula. "effect. In order to avoid being taken back and ambushed, the British and Indian troops in many strongholds simply ran away with their baggage and artillery without waiting for the Japanese to outflank them... and as they ran, they began to "drop treasures" .
In the midst of the wind and rain, on the road leading to Damasi Island, there were all discarded good things, including carts, weapons, supplies, military uniforms, ammunition, and curry-flavored marching rations... all dropped Along the way, there were some abandoned mules and horses with sprained feet, making long or short whines on the roadside. There were also some abandoned wounded and sick people, crying in the heavy rain and muddy water.
"Oh God! Save me! I was wrong, I shouldn't join the Y-believer's army..."
"O Shiva, forgive me. I am not a Kshatriya. I should not have joined the army. I was wrong!"
"Master, please tell me, what should I do...I have been abandoned by those cunning and shameless British!"
"It's over, it's over, the Gurkha soldiers can no longer fight..."
This Anglo-Indian Army, in the eyes of outsiders, is a British gentleman commanding Indian warriors. But the composition of this Indian warrior is complicated. There are Devahan believers, Hindus, Sikhs, Gurkha mercenaries... This is still a big category, and there are also subdivided subcategories. Even experts Can't figure out who is with whom? Moreover, this large group of people all speak different languages. If they don’t speak Curry English, communication with each other will be a problem.
However, such a messy army, which has begun to abandon heavy equipment and wounded and sick people in large numbers, has not yet reached the point of collapse. Because they still maintain a certain hierarchy and order, the words of the white officer corps still apply. What's more important is that they can still advance towards Danmasi Island at a relatively fast speed.
Even the Japanese soldiers riding bicycles could not catch up with them when it was raining and the roads were slippery... It was a miracle that two legs actually ran over two wheels!
It was precisely because of this miracle that the Danmasi Fortress, which was personally guarded by Viscount Beresford, quickly gathered enough troops... More than 100,000 people poured into Danmasi in mid-to-late January 1831. Tin Island, the defense of this entire island has become impregnable... It is still Indian golden soup, curry flavor!
