Cabot knew that this was an illusion, and that the strong enemy had not retreated, and he urged the officers and soldiers to prepare for all the defenses of the city.

Counting the number of people, there are now tens of thousands of troops in the city, he assigned four defensive troops, each gate has 2,000 people to defend the city, assigned officers, and the mobile force also has 2,000 people, led by him personally, ready to be a fire brigade, where there is a tight situation.

Send someone to count all the materials in the city, control them all, and use them together.

The good news was that there was a large arsenal in the city, which contained gunpowder, muskets, and small cannons, which was good news.

The bad news is that the amount of guns and ammunition is not large, and it may not take a few days for a fierce battle to start.

The worse news is that there is no heavy artillery on the city, and the city of Mumbai, as a large city in the overseas region, should be deployed according to the requirements, at least one heavy artillery of more than 16 pounds of caliber every 12 meters.

However, how many heavy cannons were there at the head of the walls?

Excuse me, just two heavy guns!

There were only two 16-pounder guns in the whole city of Mumbai, and the rest were 6-pounder cannons.

"Who is this for?" Cabot, a foreigner, spoke Chinese fluently, and said to a group of officers, including city defense officers, treasury guard officers, and logistics officers: "Your level of empty pay is not bad, teach me how to come."

Do! ”

He was extremely angry in his heart, and there was no doubt about the role of heavy artillery, even if he couldn't hit the enemy, the sound of the cannon sounded bold.

Without guns and ammunition, everyone has to fight hand-to-hand, those Baotou guys regard death as home, and they are not mistaken after ten shots, and they are all one life for one life, if there are no guns, I really don't want to provoke them.

Not a joke, in the past, when the infantry fought the cavalry, there were many Baotou guys who were like "Shen Fighting" on the upper body --- the word "Shen Fighting", Cabot understands, because he has seen similar scenes in China, in some places at religious ceremonies, some people harm themselves, but there is no flow

Blood, and not afraid of pain, made Cabot calm, and so did Baotou!

The officers were embarrassed and hurriedly explained that no one dared to embezzle, eat empty salaries, or embezzle, but the war at the front was tight, and all the equipment allocated was transferred, resulting in the lack of supplies in Mumbai.

It is an allocation, not an appropriation.

In fact, it was even more careless, no one thought that the third brother would dare to provoke them, as for the Mughal Empire, at that time, the intelligence said that their main force was fighting with the tribes in Afghanistan, and they didn't take it seriously.

This is the trouble caused by the big step of the step, Cabot scolded, knowing that it was the same thing, and threatened: "It's best if you have nothing to do, if you have something, I will fight a good war for labor and management, and if I win, I can say anything!" ”

"If you lose, you don't need to say anything!" He came up with a black humor that made the officers' hearts tremble!

The troops went to the city, inspected the city defense, and strengthened the fortifications, but fortunately, the city defense was in place, Lai Yongjun reported: "...... The city defense was passed according to the requirements and was not misappropriated! ”

"It's a pity it's not a double wall!" Cabot sighed.

That night, the openings of the four gates of Mumbai were blocked with mud and stones, as a sign of determination to fight to the death!

"Either we win, or we all die inside!" Cabot said to the army.

After the formation of various troops, they expressed their determination and wrote war books, which is the characteristic of the Southeast Army, anyway, they will fight to the death and not be prisoners!

Cabot was calm on the surface, and kept encouraging the officials and queens, and said to Lai Yongjun in private: "We are in big trouble!" ”

From the front, he knew that the Southeastern Army was returning eastward one after another, although only three corps, and four corps remained in Egypt and Damascus, but the problem was that the fleets of these three armies were huge, and they crossed the Indian Ocean to return home without going through India.

In other words, the defenders of Mumbai will have little support, and reinforcements may not be visible for at least half a year.

All forces have to be mobilized, there are more than 2,000 Chinese in the city, there are not so few, at least 5,000, sometimes even tens of thousands, but many people will never come back because they go out of the city to work during the day!

Under the hatred, they don't need to mobilize at all, they immediately go to the front of the army to serve, do logistics affairs first, overseas Chinese will use guns, once the city is short of personnel, immediately take the battle position!

There are still more than 2,000 red-haired fans in the city!

The city of Mumbai was originally the territory of the Portuguese, and the Chinese raided so far, giving the Portuguese three ways out: fight to the death; Back to his hometown in Europe; Naturalized as Chinese.

Some of the Portuguese left, and some Portuguese chose to naturalize and swore to become new Chinese under the flag of the southeast, and then broke away from Portugal.

The southeastern country treated them well, their property in Mumbai was preserved, and according to the treatment of the Chinese overseas, everything that should be given to them was given, such as the division of land, which was good, and could be subcontracted, and the preconceived ideas, as long as they were diligent, the income was better than before

, belonging to the local middle and upper classes.

Their religious beliefs are also safeguarded, almost the same as before.

The Chinese have never been the kind of religious fanatics, and they do not engage in religious persecution for the naturalized Hongmaofan, since the leader has permission, it doesn't matter what their religion believes, you worship your God, we believe in our Mazu, respect each other, and everyone is safe.

Due to tolerance, there were originally only more than 1,000 red hairs left in Mumbai City, and they successively returned to the old red hairs and new red hairs to vote, and became more than 2,000 red hairs, which is a large force.

"Fellow!" That night, Cabot approached Johnson José, a local Portuguese expatriate, and talked to him about his fellow Europeans.

Johnson Jose's office retains a European atmosphere, the decoration and utensils are European, but the tea set is Chinese, after all, after the rise of Chinese tea, the tea set is made by Chinese.

Tall, with a loud voice and blue eyes, Johnson José warmly welcomed his fellow countryman and invited him to tea.

This "fellow" is amazing, and he actually achieved the rank of lieutenant general, which is a big help for the naturalized red-haired fans in the southeast.

"Those heretics are besieging the city, what do you think you should do?" Cabot said in Chinese.

"Chilled!" Johnson Jose also answered in Chinese, still a fashionable answer.

He expressed his position in public, and all the naturalized red-haired fans unanimously supported the Southeast Army, contributed money and efforts, and were absolutely unambiguous.

"We swear to God to support our army, to fight resolutely against those infidels, and not to give them any chance to succeed!" Johnson Jose said this, and the red-haired fans present unanimously agreed!

It's not just that their consciousness is high, but if they break the city for Baotou, the red-haired fans are the worst!

Speaking of which, in addition to the war with the Ottoman Empire, the Chinese had almost no hatred with the Baotou Guy before, and the hatred between the Hongmao Fan and the Baotou Guy was great, from Europe to Asia, endlessly, the war was in full swing, the blood was too much, and the hatred was insoluble.

Once the Baotou Guys entered the city, they would kill the believers of God and destroy the church.

No, we'd rather die in battle than let that happen.

All the red-haired fans were mobilized, no one was left behind, the strong ones joined the army directly, and the thin ones, women and children all started logistics.

The soldiers and civilians of the city shared the same hatred for the enemy, and they were ready for battle.

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