Dominate the Country

The battle taking place on the South Asian subcontinent is regarded by Chen Ming as a vassal war. Whether it is the Marathas, or the Gurkhas, Sikhs and other countries, they are all vassals, belonging to Chen Han and Britain.

Including the Japanese mercenaries hired by the Mysore people, the latter are also loyal vassals of Chen Han. The Tokugawa government of Japan now relies on the mercenary business to live a good life. The pioneering of Madagascar has greatly reduced the population and land pressures in Japan. Of course, the Black Kingdom established by Chen Han in the middle of the east coast of Africa has also relaxed restrictions on Japan. As long as the Japanese are willing to immigrate there, they only need to pay 100 Chinese yuan, and then effectively cultivate the land of no more than one hectare for five years, and they can get the land here.

One hectare is not one hectare. The latter is only fifteen acres, while the former is one hundred acres. Even a child can get this one hundred acres of land.

Because anyone can easily cultivate effectively on one hundred acres of land, even a child can point to the weeds in the geography and say that they are the pasture grass they planted.

The territory of the Black Kingdom is located in the land of Tanzania in later generations, with a total area of ​​up to 1 million square kilometers. The terrain here is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, and is distributed in a stepped manner. The eastern coast is lowland, and the western inland plateau accounts for more than half of the total inland area. The eastern coastal areas and some inland lowlands have tropical savanna climates, and the western inland plateau has tropical mountain climates. The average temperature in most areas is 21-25℃.

The northeastern highlands, coastal and inland northeastern parts have two long and short rainy seasons a year. The short rainy season occurs from August to October, with a total rainfall of 200 to 500 mm, and the long rainy season occurs from January to March, with a rainfall of 300 to 600 mm.

44 million hectares of land in later Tanzania are suitable for crop production, which almost occupies half of the country's land area, and most of the remaining land is suitable for pasture. As long as a normal order and social structure are established here, it can easily feed hundreds of millions of people. However, the local African indigenous tribes do not even have a population of 2 million. During World War I, the vast German East Africa had a population of less than 8 million.

The number of blacks that Chen Hanyun brought to Africa will be more than 5 million. Although some blacks have lost their lives in the wars over the years, the fertility of blacks cannot be underestimated. The population growth is far greater than death. The total number is expected to be more than 6 million, including the black slaves in the United States, Brazil, Argentina and other places.

And even if all the population is counted, it is only 8 million. The Black Kingdom based on Tanzania can easily digest it. Moreover, it is impossible for all these 6 million blacks to be used in the Black Kingdom. The gold mines in South Africa require a large amount of labor. Sudan, Kenya, and the Abyssinian Empire [Ethiopia] all require a large amount of labor development.

It is rare that 4 million of these 6 million blacks can finally settle in the Black Kingdom.

Moreover, the Abyssinian Empire here is also a hard bone to chew. Chen Ming will not forget the embarrassment of Italy here. The Solomonic dynasty that ruled the Abyssinian Empire claimed to be the direct descendants of King Solomon of Israel and the Queen of Sheba, and the country has existed since the 10th century BC. Of course, Ethiopia was unified after 1270 AD.

Although the Solomonic dynasty's rule was interrupted several times, the time was very short and had a strong continuity. The Solomonic dynasty in history also successfully repelled the invasion of the Egyptians, Ottomans and Italians.

And as many long-standing dynasties have shown, the Solomonic dynasty today has started the "Byzantine" mode, just like the situation shown by the Byzantine Empire in the last few centuries of its decline. The Abyssinian royal court nobles in Gondar indulged in pleasure and intrigue, political assassinations were prevalent, and more than one emperor was killed by his son. The empire gradually showed a scene of decline and decay. The emperor's power declined relatively, and the status of the dukes, governors and tribal leaders of the provinces rose.

But this country still has extraordinary strength. At least the Eelam family of Egypt dared not cross Sudan and continue to attack southward.

In addition, the Abyssinian Empire is a non-Muslim country. For more than a thousand years, Abyssinia has always regarded itself as the only defender of monotheism on the African continent. Now the Abyssinian Empire has established contact with Europeans. Although Europeans have completely withdrawn from the east coast of Europe on the surface, they have quickly become intimate with Abyssinia in private.

Europeans no longer regard the Abyssinian Empire as a piece of fat meat that can be swallowed, but as a chess piece to contain Chen Han, which is still their only chess piece in Africa.

In general, Chen Han still has a lot of work to do within the geographical concept of East Africa. This will inevitably divide the population of the Black Kingdom.

From 8 million to 6 million, a quarter of the population has shrunk. That needs to be made up, right? And those candidates for the black king have already agreed with the concept that Chen Han has input to them-without the whip raised high behind them, without blood forcing black people, most black people are a group of unteachable termites.

Over the years, there were many such foolish people among the blacks who were "liberated" by Chen Han. Then they became part of the labor reform team, which not only required them to work harder, but also did not give them any points.

The future ruling class of the Black Kingdom has "recognized" the nature of black people, they are stupid and lazy. If the Black Kingdom wants to gain a place in the future world, it cannot rely entirely on black people. Just like the palace of Istanbul also has many "naturalized people", Chen Han's Nanjing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other big cities also have tens of thousands of "naturalized people", and the Black Kingdom also needs its own naturalized people. But they are not attractive, the only card they can play is land.

6 million people is definitely not enough compared to the vast land of the Black Kingdom. Because not all people have to engage in agriculture, the Black Kingdom has large tracts of fertile grasslands for the development of animal husbandry, and the Black Kingdom also has large tracts of lakes for the development of fishing. The mines and mines on the Black Kingdom need tens of millions of laborers to work...

Although I know that I can't attract a few Chinese, but without Chinese, Japanese, Siamese, and even people from Phnom Penh and Vientiane can also do it. They accept everyone!

For a small country like Japan, the pressure of 30 million people is really not small. But can the current population of Japan be 25 million? Almost, it can't be much more.

A large number of Japanese people flowed into Chen Han, such as Outer Northeast, Mongolia, Siberia renamed Xianbeilia, Nanyang, Nanmingzhou, America and other places. Although half of the Japanese do not have that lovely red book, they have already taken root in China.

Then a large number of Japanese rushed to Madagascar and India.

These not only eased Japan's social contradictions and class contradictions, but also allowed a large number of samurai classes to pick up their jobs again.

The signboard of the Tokugawa shogunate was "samurai". They did not "cherish Madagascar", but opened it up to the entire Japanese samurai. Now large and small feudal states have built new cities on the island of Madagascar. Madagascar is already a new Japan. During this period, a large number of samurai had a place to use their skills, whether they were engaged in civil or military positions. Now the samurai class has a new job, which is beyond doubt. The foundation of the Tokugawa shogunate, their rule, became stable at a visible speed.

The Tokugawa government was very satisfied with this. And the royal family and the royal family were less and less mentioned by the Japanese. This also made the Tokugawa shogunate more loyal to Chen Han.

The boss was eating meat, they did not expect to eat meat with the boss, as long as there were bones and a mouthful of broth, it was perfect.

The boss eats meat and I drink soup, it is natural.

Besides, war and death are not something to be feared for the Japanese who grew up under the indoctrination of Bushido. Although the Bushido has been intentionally guided by Chen Ming today and a lot of Confucianism and Taoism have been added, it is still a thing to kill people in essence.

During the war, their salary was twice the usual, and it was doubled on the battlefield. The three-fold salary can make these Japanese fearless!

After all, they are mercenaries, playing with interests. The three-fold salary of the Japanese is higher than that of Chen Han's national defense army. But it doesn't matter, the Mysore royal family has plenty of money.

In the original time and space, in the battle of the destruction of Mysore, that is, the Fourth Mysore War, the British robbed the Mysore Palace of wealth worth 15 million pounds. So Mysore is very rich. It is the political, economic and military center of the entire South India.

They like to hire Japanese samurai. After the first cooperation, the Japanese are good at obedience, brave in battle, and very polite. They are the "bodyguards" needed by many Indian princes. This is what the Gurkhas cannot match. The Gurkha mercenaries quickly emerged after Chen Han began to recruit. But compared with the Japanese samurai, they became extremely brave because of the indoctrination of education, because of spirit and glory. The group of people living under the Himalayas can be described as "fearless because of ignorance". This makes many people speechless.

So the price of Japanese mercenaries always exceeds that of the Gurkhas, not because the Japanese samurai are more powerful, but because they are polite, cultured and educated.

Japanese samurai, this is an elite who has been tested in wars time and time again, and has earned a reputation in the mountains of blood and blood. Especially on land! They are much more intimidating than the Mysore people.

But the Marathas here in Ludhiana do not need to consider Japanese samurai, the Japanese cannot reach this place yet, that is a problem that the princes of the Deccan and Orissa princely states need to consider, and the Maratha army here in Ludhiana needs to consider the Gurkhas.

Just like a replica of the Japanese, the Gurkhas have made their own reputation as "lackeys" in just a few years, and their mercenary troops are famous for their loyalty, strict discipline, bravery and good fighting. No matter how you say that they are fearless because of ignorance, the combat effectiveness shown by the Gurkha mercenaries is undeniable.

Even if the premise of these people's outstanding performance is that there are enough commissions, it is still a good deal for some countries. The Gurkhas are mountain infantry in the sky. The cultural quality of Gurkha warriors is poor and they are not good at operating heavy forces such as artillery. The cultural quality of Japanese samurai is much higher than that of Gurkha warriors, and they can be transformed into diversified troops. Perhaps Japanese samurai are not as good as Gurkhas in fighting on mountainous plateaus, but they have more advantages than Gurkhas in rainforests, on water, on horseback on grasslands, and in technical arms. This is the foundation of the two major mercenary countries, and it is also the reliance of the Japanese to firmly suppress the Gurkhas in the second position. The development prospects of Japan are obviously much better than those of Gurkhas.

"I don't know if these Marathas will still have such a relaxed mentality after going to the battlefield!" George, who returned to the camp, looked at a cheerful soldier in the camp and complained maliciously in his heart. But no matter how George Blair speculated maliciously in his heart, the Marathas were still cheerful.

But to be honest, it's good this way. The atmosphere in the army is more relaxed, which is better than being trembling and looking like it will fall apart at any time.

The commander of the third battalion is Narendra Kumar, who welcomed George Blair's return with a very humble and respectful attitude. George felt very comfortable in the third battalion because Kumar was a tactful person, and he could speak English with a stammer, which was already precious.

"Mr. Blair, does the regiment have any instructions?" The hierarchy in the Maratha army is very obvious, and orders are issued layer by layer. That is, from the corps to the division level, from the division level to the regiment level, and then to the battalion level. Just like the caste system of the Indians, it is very strict.

Kumar can speak English, which makes George Blair very happy, and the two are very friendly. In Blair's view, this is completely his greatest luck after being unlucky to be selected into the instructor corps. Kumar's existence makes Blair feel that his luck is not so bad. But he would not know now that the joyful atmosphere before him would not help the tragic scene that the Maratha army would encounter three days later, and he would not know that his brisk life in 1815 would only have two days of good days left.

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Two days later. The Ladakh people did not stop, and the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the 2nd Corps of Delhi was pulled into the position.

"Boom boom boom..." The rocket exploded and the earth shook. Although the power of this thing is not strong, if dozens or hundreds of rockets explode together, the shock will be strong.

The deafening explosion seemed to never stop. George Blair was going crazy!

In this war that had nothing to do with justice or injustice, the Maratha soldiers did show a certain level of bravery, but they were not monsters who were not afraid of death, so they would inevitably fall into disadvantage when facing the enemy, because their enemies were so fearless. Fortunately, the princes of Ludhiana built decent fortifications, and there were bunkers and artillery platforms standing outside the city. It seriously slowed down the offensive of the Ladakhis and Sikhs and also largely offset the bravery of the counterattack.

Otherwise, Ludhiana would have been lost long ago.