v3 Chapter 591： Angry Bangladesh rout in London

On June 8, 1869, Dutch Prime Minister Thorbeckhai visited the Kingdom of Prussia and held a meeting with Bismarck. Afterwards, the two officially signed an agreement on behalf of the two countries. One of the public agreements was that the Netherlands purchased the Prussian for 200,000 pounds. The Middle East Gulf region has only 780 square kilometers of Bahrain Islands.

The archipelago is only known to be a gift from the Ottoman Empire to Prussia when Prussia purchased the Qatar Peninsula in order to deepen its relationship with the emerging power of Prussia.

This time, under the special publicity of Bismarck, it seems that he "earned" 200,000 pounds for nothing, but it did not arouse the disgust of many Prussians.

The other, signed and entered into force in secret, was an agreement for Prussia to complete the transfer of the French territory of East Oman to the Netherlands if it could complete the attack and occupy Paris.

Following King William I of Prussia's visit to the Netherlands in less than a month, the Dutch Prime Minister actually returned to defend Prussia. Such an intimate visit has made European countries have different thoughts.

Especially in the event of signing the sale and purchase of territories, this has caused many countries to think carefully.

However, Britain and France, the two most powerful countries in Europe at present, are trapped in the Southeast Asian Peninsula in the Far East. The United Kingdom is keeping up with the indigenous people of Myanmar and preparing for war, so that many people can temporarily hold back their curiosity.

Although the British Empire has become suspicious, when faced with the thoughts of the Netherlands and Prussia at this time, as long as they do not provoke them to the United Kingdom, they can wait until the aborigines in Upper Burma are resolved.

The French Empire also had doubts, but just like the United Kingdom, France secretly supported Burma, but it was a thief, and there was a ghost in his heart. Napoleon III chose to remain silent.

These two big countries are like this. Even if Franz Joseph I of the Austro-Hungarian Empire has a different mind, he can only wait for Britain and France to free up from the Far East to care about it. After all, he was killed by William 3 years ago. I and Prussia led by Bismarck were scared.

The United Kingdom wants to fight to the death with the coalition forces in Upper Burma. At present, there is no chance of winning the war in Upper Burma. In order to prevent people from taking advantage of the fire in the southern waters, the British Ministry of Defense announced in London that it will support a third of the ships in the Malayan Peninsula from the South African fleet.

Although there are more than 80,000 regular British troops on the Indian side, because the land area of ​​the Indian subcontinent is flat but vast, 80,000 troops seem to be a lot, but in fact, they are not many when spread out.

There are currently only 50,000 troops in South Africa, which is only after the departure of the Boers there, the British can deploy so few. Canada also has only about 60,000 troops after signing the peace agreement with the Commonwealth of Millikin. Together with colonies such as the British Sudan in the Middle East, the total number is less than 30,000. More than 200,000 people have been deployed overseas, while the British army itself has only about 550,000 people. Calculate, in fact, the British army is full of calculations, and there are only about 300,000 troops in the mainland.

Therefore, the army that attacked Upper Burma this time was basically lost to the indigenous army recruited by the British temporarily. In fact, what the British hoped most was to use the Indian and Bengal indigenous forces to attack the indigenous army in Upper Burma. It is believed that the advanced British army With firearms and training techniques, it's no wonder that the natives in Myanmar do not surrender.

Upper Burma seems to have sufficient troops, but in fact, facing the UK, the most powerful country in the world, it is not bad to be able to defend Burma at most, and fortunately it is far away from the British mainland, otherwise they may face the British mainland. More of those regular army enemies.

However, Upper Burma is currently a tough nut to crack for Britain. Bengal in the west may face a surprise attack from Chin State, and in the south it faces the strongest Upper Burma strength in Mandalay Province.

Therefore, there must be more troops there, and no one can guarantee that the Upper Burma Alliance is not attacking the east and west. The southern coast is the sphere of influence of the British navy, and to the west of Bangladesh, the vast land area is the place where the Burmese indigenous army will attack.

Thinking of this, Prime Minister Disraeli immediately prepared to hold a cabinet meeting to request an increase in the garrison of British troops in the Bangladeshi region of western Myanmar.

But before these cabinet members arrived, news from the Far East came, but it was bad news.

On June 10, 1869, the Five-Party Alliance in Upper Burma suddenly attacked the British colony of Bengal (renamed Assam after British colonization). Because the Five-Party Alliance dispatched 40,000 troops during this attack, there were only 30,000 Indians. The British army of the local army, facing the situation of unaccustomed to the soil and unfamiliar terrain and having just arrived in Bangladesh from India, was defeated like a mountain when facing the 40,000-strong Burmese army in less than 5 hours. More than half of the casualties were lost, and the remaining 15,000 people chose to escape from the battlefield, so the Upper Burma army chose to quickly move westward. By the morning of June 11, Upper Burma had occupied Manipur and Karma in the British Bengal colonies. The two test grades of Char are on the highlands of Myanmar.

Occupying this place will form a dominant position for Bangladesh in western Myanmar, which can be advanced or retreated.

The news from the Far East suddenly spread in London and shocked the whole of the United Kingdom. Not to mention the United Kingdom, the whole of Europe could not help but be shocked When did the indigenous army become so powerful?

You must know that among the 30,000 Indian army, there are 3,000 British regular troops ten to one. The 30,000-strong army with 3,000 regular British troops retreated with a single blow, and it was the British troops who were beaten hard. This is really unexpected.

It is said that Queen Victoria was very angry, and immediately convened a meeting of the British Privy Council, and finally ordered the Disraeli cabinet to investigate the reason for the defeat, and also asked the Disraeli government to quickly counterattack Burma and regain the occupied territories.

It can be seen how dissatisfied the Queen is that Britain was defeated by Upper Burma.

Also, you must know that in her 30 years of rule, Britain has rarely been defeated by indigenous countries. The most recent defeat by other countries was only for the Tsarist Russian Empire in the Balkans. Going forward, in the past ten years, it will be The United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, these countries are at least white countries, not native countries.

And now the United Kingdom was defeated by the Burmese native country in an upright situation. How could the people of the British Empire, who have always been arrogant, endure such humiliation and humiliation.

It is strange that Queen Victoria is not angry, at least, she should do so to ease the national dissatisfaction with the royal family.

On June 15, 1869, the British government mobilized 20,000 people from the Indian regular army to Dhaka, the largest town in Bengal, and began to form a counterattack there.

At the same time, the British mainland began to mobilize 50,000 British regular troops to support the war in the Far East, and it is expected to arrive in southern Burma for landing in early July. At this time, William IV, William I, Bismarck and others knew that as long as they did more harm to Britain, then their plans would start to be implemented.

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