New Indian Empire
January 5, 48, the Indian government issued the Defense Act, to create an army. The army would consist of roughly 200,000 men, but all untrained and some only armed with slingshots and swords. In Delhi and Bhopal, India's two largest cities, every man "past puberty but young enough his wife has not reached menapaus" was recruited. The Indian army marched west to meet with the Greek army.
On January 10, Samarth himself leaed the military into battle. They had 35,000 men, some armed with rifles and bombs. Greek reinforcements at Goa gathered at about 2,000 men, with tanks, helicopters, artillery, etc. The disastrous Indian offensive caused 17,000 Indian casualties, but only 21 Greek casualties, 10 being death.
General Kyle II, Kyle I's son, was plotting an offensive in Bengladesh. His plan called for recruiting another 10,000 Greek soldiers and moving up the Ganges Delta and massacring villages and taking thousands of civilian hostages. His plan went into affect on January 24.
"Alright men, here we go into battle. We're going to move up the Ganges in riverboats. Our machine guns will run out of ammo fast so we have 50 ammo boats behind us. We're going to take captives and loot, and only 5 miles before Dacca we're going to turn back and load our captives and other stuff we just got onto cruise ships...then we'll go back up and attack Dacca." Kyle II told the new recruits. He was heir to the presidency in Greece. His father's shipping company provided the ships needed to execute this mission. He himself was never in combat, was just a rich kid, laid back, and now wanted glory before he became president.
The plan went into affect. In entering the Delta, 7 Greek soldiers were injured and 1 was killed. Indian casualties were unknown. Six hours passed as the Greeks moved up the river, another 15 injuries and 6 deaths were known. 3,000 Indians were slaughtered in the malicious offensive, and there were 800captives. Going back out into the Bay of Bengal though the Indians caught wind of the offensive and sent 40,000 men to fortify Dacca. The siege of Dacca began late in January 24 and lasted until February 20. On February 20, after half the city's population died of starvation, deprivation of water, being shelled, or lack of medical care, the city surrendered and so did India. Greece now controlled the subcontinent...sort of.
Samarth moved to Banglore, one of the cities that was nominally independent from the rule of Greece. He told some of his new 'comrades' that "I was drugged when i signed that treaty...they put something in my drink. But now we meet here and have the potential to spur rebellion in India and other Greek colonies craving independence. Will you take my word, and sacrifice your lives for the good of the Indian people? I will." He was talking to young men, age fifteen to thirty, and was urging them to randomly attack Greek outposts, railways, etc. He wanted Indian independence-and the Chinese did too.
