The Bengal victims walked into the British masters' mansions with awe, only to find the mansions empty. Following the singer into the mansion, they saw a lot of grain piled up in the open storeroom. At this time, the victims couldn't care so much anymore. Under the command of the singer, they immediately took the grain and food and hurried back to their families.

Although the streets of Dhaka were very tense, the victims who were almost certain to die didn't care about this chaos. For them, there was no difference between being beaten to death and starving to death. If war could let them live, the victims didn't care about war at all.

The bombing of Dhaka was a link in the operation to liberate Bengal. The Bengal region was located at the lower end of rivers, and its land was divided by rivers, making it very unsuitable for the advance of foreign troops. In view of such a geographical environment, the plan of the Chinese army was to transport directly to the area south of Calcutta by sea. This was the territory of the Naxal Revolutionary Army, and the Naxal Revolutionary Army was ready to welcome the Chinese army landing.

Bombing Dhaka was just to create some chaos and shake Britain's rule here a little. At this time, the British Indian Army had deployed 180,000 troops at the junction of the Bengal region and Burma. As long as they landed west of the Bengal region, they could cut off the retreat of this army.

At the same time as the bombing began, a transport fleet approached the area south of Calcutta under the protection of the Air Force. As soon as they saw the coast, they saw the agreed wolf smoke signal rising on the coast. The Air Force had been circling over the landing site for a long time, and the voice of the Air Force came from the fleet's radio intercom: "Found the agreed air force signal panel at the scheduled location. No movement of British troops was found around."

According to the plan, the landing fleet first released the helicopters on the deck of the landing ship to send the vanguard to the beachhead. Just as the troops landed on the coast, the local Indian revolutionary army immediately came up to meet them. The leading Indian youth stepped forward to salute the captain commanding the landing squad, and then said in Chinese with an Indian accent, "Comrade, you finally came!"

Meanwhile, in Leh on China's western border, many men wearing Muslim-style robes led their entourage into Leh. These people were leaders of the Muslim independence movement in the western region of India. China's attack on the Indian region was divided into three routes, one of which was the troops departing from Leh, a large local city in the westernmost part of the Western Regions Province.

In the past half month, this force annihilated 9 brigades of the British Indian Army with the help of the Air Force. Originally, uprisings continued in the Muslim-inhabited areas of northwest India. Seeing that the British Indian Army couldn't hold on, the locals immediately broke out in uprising. One-third of the British Indian Army were Muslim soldiers, who came from either the Bengal region or western India. The uprising swept through the British Indian Army's troops in western India. Due to the uprising of its internal soldiers, the British Indian Army lost another 8 brigades.

The Chinese army in Leh openly invited Muslim leaders to come, but Maimaiti, the person in charge of political work, went out of the city and welcomed several turbaned personnel at the gate of the prisoner-of-war camp.

In the core of British rule in India, the most reused were not Hindus, nor Muslims, but Sikhs. The characteristic of Sikhs was wearing turbans. Sikhs were few in number and martial, with combat effectiveness second only to Gurkha infantry. In the Chinese War of Independence, thousands of British Sikh running dogs were caught. This group of people committed many crimes against the Chinese people, so they were all executed.

However, the representatives sent by Sikhism did not hate China because of this. As British running dogs, they were quite conscious of being running dogs. At that time, China not only executed Sikh lackeys but also executed a large number of British people. Therefore, Sikhs were full of admiration for China.

"Mr. Singh, welcome." Maimaiti stepped forward and hugged Singh.

Sikhs were originally composed of people born in Hinduism but who hated Hinduism. The so-called Sikhism combined the advantages of Hinduism and Islam. For example, Sikhs practiced gender equality, only accepted monogamy, and Sikhism stipulated in its doctrine: "No bragging."

Seeing Maimaiti, whose appearance was quite similar to his own, Lieutenant Colonel Singh felt a bit cordial. And Maimaiti greeted him with a hug. Even if Lieutenant Colonel Singh didn't regard Maimaiti as one of his own, he still felt a lot of intimacy.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Lieutenant Colonel Singh said, "Can I go see the Sikhs?"

"Of course. I'll lead the way," Maimaiti replied immediately. After speaking, he led Lieutenant Colonel Singh into the prisoner-of-war camp.

Lieutenant Colonel Singh knew very well how the British treated captured enemies. Ordinary enemy soldiers would be beaten in various ways. Officers would be tied to the cannon muzzle for "execution by cannon." This terror method was used to scare Indian insurgents. Moreover, Europe and America always blamed others for the bad things they had done. In the 21st century, "execution by cannon" was still blamed on North Korea.

Soon, Lieutenant Colonel Singh saw many turbaned officers and soldiers inside the fence. Ignoring Maimaiti beside him, Lieutenant Colonel Singh hurried forward. Just by getting close and smelling the scent, Lieutenant Colonel Singh confirmed that these turbaned officers and soldiers were real Sikhs.

Some of the Sikh officers and soldiers recognized Lieutenant Colonel Singh and immediately squeezed to the fence and shouted loudly, "Lieutenant Colonel, is that you? I am your subordinate Singh!"

Hearing this, Maimaiti felt somewhat helpless. Sikh men often had "Singh" in their names. Singh meant lion, representing bravery. However, judging from their performance on the battlefield, once these British Indian troops were surrounded, they would fire a few shots symbolically, express their "loyalty" to the King of England, and then kneel down without any will to fight.

After greeting several Singh subordinates, Lieutenant Colonel Singh asked in a low voice if the Chinese army had carried out a massacre. He confirmed that the Sikh officers and soldiers who were killed all died in battle and were not killed after surrendering. The Lieutenant Colonel turned around and walked towards Maimaiti. "Sir, I think we can continue talking."

The group arrived at the conference room of the prisoner-of-war camp. Maimaiti said, "Lieutenant Colonel, we don't mind releasing Sikh officers and soldiers. But are the Sikhs really prepared to build a state in Punjab?"

Lieutenant Colonel Singh could understand China's worries. The level standard of the British Indian Army was divided by the number of Gurkha infantry battalions and Sikh infantry battalions. The more Sikhs in the British Indian Army, the higher the level.

"Mr. Maimaiti, please rest assured. We Sikhs are dignified warriors; we will never betray," Lieutenant Colonel Singh answered seriously.

Maimaiti knew he was not here to spoil the negotiation, but the Sikh in front of him was betraying his British master, and doing so with a very crisp attitude. Although the establishment of a state in the Punjab region was indeed very beneficial to China, "loyalty and dignity" need not be mentioned.

"Mr. Singh, you should know that we will move west soon. The Punjab region is an area we must pass through. We hope both sides can follow the agreement and no conflict will occur."

"Naturally," Lieutenant Colonel Singh replied.

"Also, we will buy some grain from Punjab at market price. I wonder if the people in the Punjab region will trade with us," Maimaiti continued.

Singh was stunned. When the British passed through Punjab, they would also demand grain, but they would not pay. So the request to buy grain at market price mentioned by Maimaiti in front of him sounded more like a probe to Lieutenant Colonel Singh.

Stunned for a moment, Lieutenant Colonel Singh asked, "I wonder how much grain you plan to buy?"

"I think we should talk about the grain price first. You know, we can only pay the people in the Punjab region with Chinese currency."

Lieutenant Colonel Singh was a smart man. He immediately probed, "We don't know how to calculate the price in Chinese currency. How about we calculate with arms?"

Maimaiti was very satisfied in his heart, but showed a difficult look on his face. "Lieutenant Colonel, don't you think such a transaction will affect the public security in the Punjab region?"

Seeing the possibility of obtaining arms, Lieutenant Colonel Singh immediately replied, "Please rest assured, Sikhs will never attack the Chinese army."

"I believe in your sincerity. But I don't know how to exchange weapons for grain." Maimaiti talked about the transaction regarding security and mutual trust.

After some conversation, the two sides finally reached a price point. roughly 100 jin (50 kg) of grain for one Lee-Enfield rifle, and 1 jin (0.5 kg) of grain for 2 bullets.

The next day, Lieutenant Colonel Singh led more than 10,000 captured Sikhs out of the prisoner-of-war camp. And the Chinese army had already sent more than 10,000 rifles and 500,000 rounds of bullets to the border of Punjab. This was China's style; since an agreement was reached, sincerity would be shown first.

Another Commissar Kuwan had not yet been able to reach an agreement with the representatives of the Muslim-inhabited areas in western India. The Chinese side expressed willingness to support the independent establishment of a Muslim state, but elections must be held within the Muslim region first. Let all Muslim regions join in discussing the general direction of the future country.

But this group of Muslim representatives was not interested in this plan. They proposed willingness to support China, but local elections should be dispensed with; the entire Muslim region must be a complete country.

This made Commissar Kuwan feel very troubled. China supported the independence of colonies, but independent colonies had to form local governments according to ethnic divisions, and then discuss whether local governments would form a unified country.

In the materials seen by Commissar Kuwan, the Muslim region was very divided internally. The known main objects of division included the western mountainous areas of the Muslim region. Although the elders here were Muslims, they had no intention of joining the Muslims in the plain areas. The Muslim representatives who came to the meeting all came from local major forces, and the western mountainous areas did not send representatives. China's view was that the representatives who came to the meeting could decide whether this region should form a unified country. But this new country could not directly use China's influence to include regions that did not come to the meeting.

Hearing Commissar Kuwan's view, these Muslim representatives also expressed opposing views: "Muslims under heaven are one family!"

Commissar Kuwan did not give in at all. China was willing to liberate colonial people, but would not allow liberated colonies to attack each other again. After a day of negotiation and persuasion, the effect was not non-existent, but not great.

Just during the recess, the Muslim representatives learned from their subordinates "shopping" in Leh that the Sikh prisoners were actually released. Now the Muslim representatives all stated that today's meeting ended here and would continue tomorrow.

Looking at the backs of these Muslim representatives, Commissar Kuwan felt very helpless. He didn't understand the thoughts of these Muslim representatives. Did this group of people really think that tomorrow's negotiation would go as they wished?