"Governor Nicholas, the British Empire has been crisscrossing the sea all these years, and the Red Shirts have few opponents, but Wales in Australia has been broken in one day, and Nuland has only allowed the enemy to use for an hour, and this blind confidence of the British should also be put away, we have met a real enemy."

Buterin's eyes were filled with concern.

Then he said: "The soldiers who escaped from Nurant say that the Chinese Empire has a firearm capable of firing bullets continuously, and that their artillery is so powerful that it is not at all comparable to our artillery, and that their rifles do not need to be loaded from the front, and that there is something that explodes when thrown, have the governors heard of these things?" ”

Nicholas suddenly burst out laughing, "A musket loaded from the butt, hahaha, it's ridiculous......"

He was laughing, when he suddenly saw Buterin's serious gaze, and immediately put away his laughter, and said, "Okay, this weapon is indeed ingenious, but is it possible?" Maybe the soldier was scared crazy, or just looking for an excuse for his failure. ”

"If it is only the soldiers of Nuland who say this, it may be true, but the soldiers who have been defeated from Australia also say this, so it is not a coincidence, from now on we must do everything to deal with it, dig trenches on the beachhead, build defenses, if we lose India, it will be the East India Company that will lose the most, right?" Buterin's smile was a little teasing.

Nicholas's face changed, and only then did he remember what the Australian soldier had said, and after thinking for a while, his expression became solemn.

"Does the Chinese Empire really have such weapons?" Nicholas asked again.

"It is almost certain that I have sent the information gathered back to London, and unfortunately we have not received any physical items this time, but in the letter I have asked Congress to seriously consider the proposal to study weapons in this regard." Buterin said coldly.

Nicholas nodded solemnly: "If this is the case, this time we must seize Malacca to cut off the route of the Chinese Imperial Navy, fortunately, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, and France have all responded to us, no matter what, this battle is very important, even if we can't recapture Malacca, we will consume part of the strength of the Chinese Empire and slow down their westward advance." ”

Buterin nodded with satisfaction, and he said: "This is what a governor should do, now we have to cooperate with the other two governors, mobilize the British soldiers in India, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and at the same time train the Indians to fight for us, these cattle are quite numerous, it is not harmful for us to die some, and it can also consume the enemy's strength." ”

"It's going to cost us a lot of money." Nicholas was in a bit of a pain, but he knew that if they didn't, they would never have the opportunity to make money in India again.

So after a moment's hesitation, he said: "Calcutta has 8,000 Indian soldiers that we have trained, and with the number of firearms sent by the mainland during this time, we can train another 9,000 men, and we estimate that we can make up 50,000 Indian soldiers in the three jurisdictions, plus the 20,000 British soldiers stationed here, 70,000 is a huge number." Nicholas suddenly gained some confidence again.

After a pause, he continued; "And there are other reinforcements, and they will not add up to less than thirty thousand."

Buterin looked at Nicholas and sneered, he said: "No matter how many people are in front of the weapons of the Chinese Empire, they are just going to die, and now we have only one way, which is to defend, India is rich in land, food is not a problem, even if the shipping route is cut off, we can be self-sufficient, so we still set out to build a defense base." Buterin emphasized.

Nicholas spread his hands, and he said, "This question is entrusted to you, after all, you are the future of the Empire, and I believe in your talent, Lieutenant Buterin." ”

Buterin came here to ask for authorization, and he said, "I'm going to build a defense system that will give the Chinese Empire a headache, just wait, if you want to gnaw India, they will have to lose two teeth." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier entered the Doge's palace and reported: "Your Excellency, the fleets of France, Spain, and Portugal have arrived. ”

Nicholas was overjoyed, and he said, "Buterin, this time we are not alone. ”

As he spoke, he pulled Buterin out of the governor's palace, and through the gate of the castle he came to the docks, and sure enough, not far away, more than a hundred warships were slowly approaching the port of Calcutta.

Nicholas counted the flags of the battleship and said, "This is the Dutch, this is the Spaniard, this is the Portuguese, and the French on the far right, haha, they are all here." ”

Buterin's expression softened a bit.

They were dismayed by the loss of their colonies in the Philippines, and the Portuguese had a jurisdiction in the corner southeast of Canton, but after the defeat of the Merchant Council, the troops of the Great Chongqing Kingdom were driven away, much to the annoyance of the Portuguese.

Needless to say, the French soldiers in East Indochina were now isolated with Malacca blocked, and under great pressure at home, they decided to go to war with the Chinese Empire, while the Dutch now had no choice but to follow them down the road to the black.

Either defeat the Chinese Empire and gain colonies, or suffer their attacks in Europe.

A hundred warships got closer and closer, and soon sailed into the dock, at which time soldiers from various countries began to disembark from the ships.

Buterin's gaze swept over the soldiers, a few of the Spanish and Portuguese soldiers were armed with front-loading rifled guns, and most were still using flintlock muskets.

The Dutch and French soldiers, on the other hand, were all firearms copied from the muskets of the Chinese Empire, from which the Dutch had purchased their weapons.

But France produced its own products, and seeing this, Buterin had some understanding of France's armament development.

"Hundred warships, each ship carries 300 soldiers, 30,000 people are there, this time look at him, the Chinese Empire dares to be so rampant." Nicholas's confidence was greatly increased.

Buterin finally smiled, and he walked over to greet the officers of the other countries and discuss the future of the war.

For Europe, they had never amassed so many troops outside their homeland to fight a common enemy.

He was happy and worried at the same time, because if they failed in India, they would never be able to gather such a great force again for a long time, and from then on India would belong to the Chinese Empire, and the shipping routes would also belong to the Chinese Empire.