Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology

Immediately after Commander Gautam embarked on his mission to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the other commanders, Gautam and Akhil, also set out for their assigned tasks in the Samudra Vyuham operation.

Sarvesh took the initiative, spearheading the first move as he was tasked with hitting multiple targets. His first objective was the Daman and Diu Islands, located off the coast of Mughal-occupied Gujarat. Recognizing Gujarat’s pivotal role as an economic powerhouse for the Mughal Empire, Sarvesh wasn’t entrusted with the straightforward task of capturing these islands like his comrades.

Instead, his mission entailed covertly establishing fortified strongholds as insurance in case the Coast Guard’s efforts to neutralize the dispatched Ottoman warships faltered, potentially requiring them to be stationed on these islands.

With his mission clear, Sarvesh commandeered half of the dispatched fleet assigned to this task and set sail northward, skirting the coastline of the Satavahana state (Maharashtra). Their journey continued until they reached the shores of Thane, all the while maintaining the guise of conducting routine military drills, a tactic that they regularly used in order to provoke the Mughals.

Upon reaching their destination, the operation transitioned into covert mode. Sarvesh enlisted the support of the Empire’s special forces, recognizing their superior suitability for such covert tasks compared to the capabilities of the Navy.

Plans were made beforehand about how to make this happen. First, Sarvesh had the special soldiers dress as civilians and board the group of small fishing boats. From there, the special soldiers were ordered to sail towards the direction of Gujarat. Since they were already near the border, it did not take too long for the secret soldiers to reach the southrenmost border of Gujarat.

"The hidden mice plan is a go."

The message about the initiation of the plan swiftly circulated throughout the Mughal Empire. Roshan played a crucial role in disseminating the message through the Bharatiya External Pragya, due to his department’s involvement in the plan.

With the plan in motion, before the Mughal patrol frigates could detect the presence of the small fishing boats that crossed into their controlled water, hundreds of fishing vessels of all sizes joined their ranks like a swarm of bees, creating a seamless blend that made it impossible for anyone to distinguish the special force’s ships.

This tactic relied on exploiting the absence of a registration system for fishing vessels in the Mughal Empire. The absence of such formalities allowed the special soldiers to seamlessly integrate with the normal coastal fishermen of the Mughal Empire.

While it may seem perplexing how the fishing community cooperated with the Bharatiya External Pragya’s orders, in reality, they were not cooperating but unwittingly manipulated by the Bharatiya External Pragya. Rumours spread in various fishing villages about a sinking cargo ship laden with gold, effectively stoking the greed of the populace and prompting them to set sail to the rumoured location.

As the ships diligently scoured the surrounding area, the frigates of the Mughal Empire also made their presence known. The Mughal naval captain was taken aback by the sight of numerous vessels scouring the sea, a scenario he hadn’t anticipated.

Looking at the numerous fishing boats moving from one place to another as if they had dropped a thousand gold coins and were searching throughout the village, the Mughal captain did not understand what was going on.

"Find out what is happening," he said to his deputy.

"Right away, sir," said the deputy as he, in turn, ordered a smaller ship in the fleet to find out what was happening. After the small boat left the formation and inquired with the fishermen about what was happening, the boat that was sent came back.

The captain of the Mughal frigate was stunned as his eyes lit up upon hearing about the ship of gold. Immediately, he looked around, momentarily losing his mind like the fishermen. Not seeing any gold-carrying merchant ship, he came to his senses. "What a pity, this may be a farce created by a troll," he said, disappointed. He soon ordered the fishing vessels to return to their homes.

The fishermen, although they had lost most of their expectations by this time, still felt reluctant to go back with a mentality of "what if there really is a ship full of gold." Unfortunately for them, seeing their stubbornness, the captain of the Mughal fleet became impatient and fired a warning shot from the cannons on the frigate. *BOOM*

Now, the people were in a panic as they rushed towards their villages. Along with these villagers, the special force soldiers also split up and joined in, successfully infiltrating the Mughal Empire. Their ships were carrying artillery instead of fish, making it necessary for this to be a naval operation rather than a land one, as the target destinations were two islands off the coast of Gujarat.

It would be much easier to smuggle multiple artillery pieces into a pair of islands through the sea, especially those close to the naval bases of the Mughal Empire, rather than attempting to transport them overland, which introduces too many variables and risks.

As soon as the special forces reached the coast, they were immediately coordinated to be taken in by the Bharatiya External Pragya. Now that they had reached the vicinity of their destination, it was only a matter of time before they got an opportunity to sneak into the islands and establish the secret bases.

Meanwhile, Sarvesh, who had observed the dispatch of the special forces, went on to complete his main goal: the Lakshadweep Island cluster.

Unlike the tribal system in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Lakshadweep Islands were more developed, and governed by local chieftains and rulers. Furthermore, the commonly spoken language in the Lakshadweep Islands was Malayalam, which made it easier to gather the necessary information for the upcoming operation.

Fortunately, as the Bharatiya External Pragya had initiated its information-gathering operations on these islands before the Samudra Vyuham operation was initiated, ample intelligence was collected. The Lakshadweep Island cluster had a total of six different powers, and among those six, only two had a very good relationship with the mainland as they were Hindu and Buddhist in faith.

The rest were Muslim rulers who had been ruling their territories, which had a majority Muslim population.

Furthermore, what Roshan found out was that at one point, ambitious plans were set in motion concerning Cheranadu (Kerala), as expansion of territory became a compelling goal for these rulers. Kerala’s geographical isolation from the mainland, coupled with a shared language, made the prospect enticing. The success of these plans should have been imminent.

However, with the ascension of His Majesty Vijay Devaraya to the throne of Vijayanagara, the Empire underwent a remarkable transformation, becoming unified and formidable. As a result, the smaller kings of Lakshadweep hesitated to challenge the authority of the Empire, especially after the Vijayanagara Empire evolved into the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire following its victory over the Mughals.

Currently, Even with the existence of Hindu and Buddhist kings, the island cluster was filled with a majority of Muslims, whereas even the kings who were outliers had a 40% Muslim population in their own lands and were constantly facing challenges from the Islamic rulers. After completing all the data collection, Sarvesh decided to act.

The minority Hindu and Buddhist communities, as well as the ultra-minority Dharmic Muslim population, were linked up and informed of the Dakshin Bhartiya Empire’s plans for the island.

The pair of kings who got to know about the intentions of the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire felt complicated. Although they were in a precarious situation, at least they were kings of their own land. Now, with the Dakshin Bhartiya Empire’s intervention, their respective families would no longer be royal.

Regrettably, they found themselves confronted with a stark reality. Given the current trajectory, they were certain that within a decade, they would inevitably lose their power, even without the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire explicitly targeting their lands. This was due to their inability to control the ongoing conversions within their kingdoms. As for halting this trend, their attempts were futile.

One of their allies, who shared their dharmic beliefs, attempted to intervene forcefully. However, this action triggered a chain reaction within his kingdom, sparking a civil war. Seizing upon this chaos as an opportunity, the Islamic rulers negotiated among themselves and partitioned their friend’s kingdom after dismantling it from within.

The men were slaughtered, and the women were mercilessly exploited as gifts for the soldiers. Witnessing this gruesome fate befall their ally, they were acutely aware of the consequences awaiting them if they dared to resist the forced conversions.

Both the kings looked at each other, their expressions revealing a mixture of hesitation, pain, unwillingness, and finally, determination. They gritted their teeth and finally agreed.

Sarvesh, who finally got the agreement from the local forces, was finally free to act. With the information collected by the Bharatiya External Pragya and with additional and detailed information provided by the friendly forces on the islands, the operation started.

The population of the Lakshadweep Island cluster was only 49,000, so a lot of firepower was not required. The island was completely isolated from the outside with the navy as forces of the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire started to move into the central locations of the various micro-nations ruling this small island cluster.

Most of the men on the island were soldiers, as frequent conflicts on the island had made it a hot battle zone. Each ruler was able to recruit at least a few thousand soldiers. The soldiers of the two supporting kings had joined forces and supported the army of the Dakshin Bhartiya Empire.

Surprisingly, the Dakshin Bhartiya Empire had no advantage in terms of skill compared to these skilled soldiers from Lakshadweep, who were embroiled in conflict all year round for many years at a time. Sarvesh thought that their army was top-tier when it came to skill, but he was now witnessing another skill level above their own army’s.

Fortunately, with the advantage of superior armour and weaponry, the fight was somewhat on an equal footing.

However, that all changed when firearms came into play.

*Bang bang bang bang*

Only a few shots by the phalanx were enough to create a wall of dead bodies on the battlefield. The allied kings looked at it with relief, finally feeling that their choice was correct. When they were introduced to these weapons before, they felt that it was very powerful, but it was only now that they saw what these weapons could do on a large scale.

they were the whip of Yama ( god of death ), On the other hand, the rival kings were shocked by this display of strength, and they had a bad feeling about this weapon.

Sure enough their feelings came true, in the next moment, consecutive assassinations were arranged in their own ranks as the enemy rulers dropped dead. Although the two kings were relatively weak compared to the strength of the other rulers, they also had hidden cards, the spies placed among the ranks of enemy kings.

Normally, these spies were of low rank and unable to do any actual damage to the enemy kings. However, in this battle, where the Dakshin Bhartiya Empire provided guns, the job was made easy.

With this operation, the Lakshadweep Island cluster was taken under the control of the Dakshin Bharatiya Empire. All nine kingdoms were dissolved, and the remaining family members of the enemy kings were taken into custody. The women were exiled to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, while the men of the family were not spared.

The children under 5 years old were taken in by the empire’s orphanage run by Vijay.

As compensation for the two kings, they were granted the ownership of the private islands as property of their noble families, and Vijay elevated them to the rank 2 nobles of the Empire for their contribution to the war.

By the time all this was finished, an opportunity had arisen in Gujarat. Suddenly, a military shipbuilding shipyard near Jamnagar caught on fire, prompting a military alert from the Mughal navy and orders for all naval vessels in the region to assemble. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Taking this opportunity, the special soldiers quickly sailed their boats filled with artillery into the Daman and Diu Islands.

As for what caused the fire in the military shipyard, surprisingly it was not the Dakshin Bhartiya Empire. Roshan was very interested in this news, so he focused his intelligence channels on extracting the information he needed.

Two out of three operations in the Samudra Vyuham plan were completed, and the remaining operation was for Akhil to carry out. Like the other two commanders, Akhil set off for his operation. His first task was to capture the Maldives. Currently, Maldives is an Islamic country ruled by a Sultan called Sultan Ibrahim Iskander the Second.

Since it was a centralized state, things were much easier to handle. The declaration of war against the Maldives was followed by active action against their king. A platoon of special soldiers was used to take down the king, which was soon successful. With the fall of the king, his nobles were without a leader and chose to surrender. Surprisingly, this operation was more bloodless than Lakshadweep.

Akhil’s next plan was Mauritius and Réunion Island. Since it was quite far from the mainland, it took a few days to travel. However, upon arrival, Akhil was surprised to find that there was already an outpost existing in Mauritius and Réunion. Fortunately, he had only sent a scouting vessel to scout out the islands, upon which the scout noticed the European flags planted on the islands.

Immediately, Akhil felt compelled to inform His Majesty the Emperor and His Excellency the Admiral about this development and subsequently withdrew from the waters.

P.S. Finally record completed, *wipe sweat*