The dirty Ganges River water, cow dung everywhere on the muddy roads, the air was filled with an unpleasant smell of curry, the Indian Ah San with a big beard wrapped around his head, and the Indian woman with a fat butt on his head, this is the whole impression that India gave Liu Yongfu.

The battle in Mumbai can be said to be the most depressing battle of Liu Yongfu. The translation of the division of a British division took advantage of a British division. Liu Yongfu was excited for a long time. The troops were very prepared for two days. After all, it was a British division. After the fight, I found that it was not the case at all. I caught several prisoners and asked. It turned out that there was only one regiment of troops in Mumbai, and there was also a logistics staff member of the British division who had not had time to retreat. But Liu Yongfu's battle report had been reported, surrounded a British division, and quickly sent a telegram to correct it. As a result, Shi Dakai called him a fool, which made Liu Yongfu very embarrassed. Shi Dakai said it, but the navy also scolded Liu Yongfu for lying about military information. The navy's special fleet launched an hour of artillery attack on Mumbai. Now Deng Shichang is looking for Liu Yongfu to ask for money for shells everywhere.

Shi Dakai and the Navy were nothing. The problem was that Shi Dakai sent the battle report to Beijing as soon as possible. Even Yang Yi knew that Liu Yongfu made a fool of himself and went to Beijing Yang Yi. Why didn't Liu Yongfu feel depressed? After Yang Yi learned the specific situation, he replied: "For the generals, they are not good at investigating the enemy situation. This is a crime. After deducting Liu Yongfu's half a year's salary, he will serve as a warning!" Liu Yongfu and his first division of the Land War were famous. Liu Yuan from the Navy was so angry that he called a telegram and scolded him: "Snap the limelight and kill more enemies!"

After the Battle of Mumbai, Liu Yongfu urged his troops to go north immediately. The abominable British people learned that Mumbai was surrounded and destroyed the railway along the way, which made the first division of the Land Warfare advance slowly. Liu Yongfu, who was eager to make contributions and make face regain his face, was even more anxious. Liu Yongfu ordered two regiments to be left behind to cover the engineers to build the railway and protect the materials, and all other troops advanced on foot and advanced quickly towards Delhi.

After occupying Kanpur, Feng Zicai and Shi Dakai's 80,000 troops also slowed down. First, the railway was severely damaged by the British, and secondly, there was also a problem with the supply and supply of the troops. Shi Dakai ordered the troops to rest in Kanpur for two days, recover their vitality, and waited for the supply ammunition to arrive before the troops continued to advance.

The roads in India are surprisingly difficult to walk, and it is extremely difficult for the large army to advance without railways. Thinking of the fact that the troops arrived in Delhi every night, the British had more time to prepare. After discussing with Feng Zicai, Shi Dakai and Feng Zicai sent engineers on the first day of occupying Kanpur, and under the cover of a division, they advanced along the railway side by side. The British retreated very firmly, and there seemed to be no intention of interfering with the Chinese army in building railways. Everything went smoothly. A week later, Shi Dakai and Feng Zicai's army finally reached the periphery of Delhi, and at this time the British had built basic fortifications.

Seeing that the British were prepared for a long time, they would definitely not be able to attack urgently. Shi Dakai commanded the troops and urged Liu Yongfu's First Land Division to speed up the advance. Three days later, Liu Yongfu's troops finally arrived. The Chinese army's 100,000 troops completed the full encirclement of Delhi. The British seemed to have no intention of retreating, and in fact they did not have much room for retreat.

In the city of Delhi, the British army had two basically complete divisions and one mixed brigade, with a force of up to 40,000, plus four Indian soldiers and more than 100,000 troops. With its strong fortifications, the British Governor was full of confidence in defending Delhi.

However, the British Governor seemed to have forgotten that the Chinese army that came to attack was an army that had been defeated for thirty years. For the rapid defeat of the Indian army some time ago, the British Governor was attributed to the incompetence of the Indian army. He was arrogant and arrogant. The British Governor, who had been domineering in India, did not take the Chinese army seriously. On the contrary, the British commanders, based on the war history of the Chinese army over the years, concluded that the Chinese army in front of them was definitely not so easy to deal with. The Battle of Delhi will determine the direction of the Indian battlefield for a long time. This is a problem that both commanders on both sides fully realize, and it is precisely because of this that both sides showed enough caution for this decisive battle.

Faced with the powerful Chinese army, the British generals in the city carefully chose defense. With the hoarding of combat materials in the city that could last for more than half a year, the British army hoped to hold on and drag down the Chinese army.

After pre-war reconnaissance, small-scale attack temptation and other means, the Chinese army prepared for a week and finally began its first attack. The Chinese army took the south side of the city defended by the Indian division as a breakthrough point, and the well-equipped and powerful Land Warfare Division as the main attack, and launched an attack from three directions in the southeast, north and south.

At 4 a.m. on January 6, 1896, the battle began with the bombardment of 200 heavy artillery pieces, and nearly a thousand guns of various types were bombarded at the same time. Delhi's peripheral positions were instantly shrouded by Chinese artillery fire.

The Indian army, which had never encountered such fierce artillery fire, was immediately stunned. Many soldiers fled out of the trenches and began to flee everywhere. Although British officers repeatedly shot and killed these running soldiers, this phenomenon continued to occur. Indian soldiers fled everywhere in the artillery fire, and even British soldiers were afraid of the fierceness of Chinese artillery fire.

After two hours of artillery fire preparation, the Chinese army began to attack in full swing. Being good at approaching enemy positions in secret has always been our army's traditional attack tactics. This time, the assault troops secretly approached the enemy positions in secret while the artillery fire stopped. When the fire stopped, they immediately jumped up from the hidden place and rushed towards the enemy positions.

British artillery fire immediately began to intercept, causing certain damage to the Chinese army, and was immediately suppressed by the firepower of Chinese artillery. However, since British artillery was hidden in the city, it was difficult for Chinese artillery to accurately judge the position of British artillery, and the effect of artillery fire suppression was not obvious.

The 1st Marine Division commanded by Liu Yongfu easily tore open a hole in the position guarded by the Indian army. The 1st Marine Division had strong firepower, 50 heavy artillery pieces, and as many as 300 artillery pieces of various caliber, which was the ace force of the Marine Force. After the 1st Marine Division tore open the hole, it immediately divided its troops into circles and detours. The troops advanced bravely and quickly divided the positions of the Indian army. Two hours later, the Indian army was completely defeated. They gave up their positions, threw their weapons and fled. Some of them could not escape and surrendered.

The 83rd Division, which was responsible for attacking from the north, encountered the tenacious resistance of the British army. Their frontal attack positions belonged to the troops of the British mixed brigade. Although the British were very proud and arrogant, it has to be admitted that unlike the Indian army, they still have considerable combat effectiveness.

After the battle started, the British mixed brigade on the back of the defense formed an effective firepower network in front of the position with the two Indian divisions in charge of the flanks, and with the favorable terrain and solid fortifications, the offensive troops suffered frequent setbacks and suffered considerable casualties. After two hours of hard fighting, the 83rd Division barely advanced one kilometer forward.

The east was the focus of British defense. A British division was placed here. The British army effectively blocked the attacking Chinese troops with the Ganges as a natural barrier. The British artillery also relied on hidden artillery positions to launch artillery fire interception on our offensive troops. The offensive troops suffered great losses. Within two hours, the 74th Division, which was responsible for the east attack, suffered two battalions of troops.

The battle was still going on cruelly. Seeing that the attack on both sides of the northeast was blocked, Shi Dakai changed the attack to a feint attack, and transferred the 77th Division to the north, cooperated with the 83rd Division to launch a strong attack, and launched a powerful attack on the Indian Division on the flank of the British army.

No wonder the Indian army was embarrassed. Their troops were really bad enough. When the Chinese artillery concentrated thirty heavy artillery and 150 other artillery bombarded the Indian division's position, the Indian division's originally stable position began to shake, and then the 77th Division made a fierce assault. The Chinese soldiers held semi-automatic rifles with powerful firepower. The shaking bayonet on the rifle was reflected in the morning sunlight, making the Indian soldiers feel cold. Various light and heavy weapons fired together, making the Indian soldiers unable to raise their heads. The frontier position of the Indian division's defense was broken through in just half an hour.

The Chinese soldiers who rushed like the Indian division's position were like wolves meeting sheep, and they were holding rifles and firing violently. The old-fashioned rifles in the hands of Indian soldiers were often knocked to the ground by Chinese soldiers after firing one shot.

The positions were full of Indian soldiers fleeing everywhere, Indian soldiers crying and calling for their parents everywhere, and Indian soldiers lying on the ground after being injured. The 77th Division completely broke through the Indian division's defensive position in just three hours and quickly rushed towards the flanks of the British mixed brigade.

Although it temporarily blocked our attack, the British mixed brigade also secretly complained. The powerful firepower of the Chinese army was unprecedented in the British army. If it weren't for the trenches, solid fortifications and barbed wire, the British army would have been repelled long ago. The 83rd Division kept attacking the British army for 5 hours. Although its own casualties were large, the British army was also equal. The casualties of the British mixed brigade were nearly half, and the three thousand soldiers could still fight now. Only more than 1,500 were able to fight. At this time, the Indian division on the flank was defeated again, and the British army was forced to give up its position and began to retreat.

This retreat of the British army was considered deadly after the war. In order to cover the retreat of the British mixed brigade, the British artillery troops tried their best to cover. Two of the artillery positions were captured by our artillery observers. The observers immediately corrected their positions and called for artillery fire to attack. The two artillery positions of the British army were devastatingly hit. More than half of the entire British artillery troops also lost.
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