Zheng Dahai and Wang Zhenyuan immediately decided to activate the emergency plan, and joined Shi Dakai to arrest all the Taiping troops who took the lead in the trouble, and executed them, and forcibly quelled the riots by force.Most of these troublemakers were Li Xiucheng's men, and they were worried that they would be cleared by Shi Dakai when they arrived in a different place, so they took the lead in making trouble.Shi Dakai remembered the feelings of the Taiping Army, and never did anything to them.Now the situation is critical, and I have to be ruthless.After the fleet arrived in Indonesian waters, Su Huaibei, who had already received the news in advance, was already waiting for the fishing boat to respond.He has a lot of influence in Indonesia and is very familiar with the waters in the area.When the fleet arrived in Australian waters, it was all replaced with the flag of the British Navy.There were many merchant ships along the way, and in order to avoid startling the snakes, the navy has not taken action.Su Huaibei also has business dealings with Brisbane, Australia, and knows the coastal defense situation there well.Brisbane is located about the same location as Shanghai, with the Brisbane River running through the city and flowing into the waters of Moreton Bay, and is the state capital of Queensland, Australia.At this time, Queensland had just become independent from New South Wales and was the second largest state in Australia.In view of the concentration of British power in New South Wales, after research, the fleet decided to take Brisbane first.Occupy all of Queensland.Once you have established yourself, head south.It is worth mentioning that Bao Yun, who had just served as the first Governor of Queensland at this time, was the ninth British Governor of Hong Kong before Qiao Zhiqing's crossing.The cycle of heavenly reason, retribution is unpleasant.At this time, Queensland had just been established, with a total population of just over 100,000 and an armed force of less than 2,000 people.Fifty or sixty cargo ships of a thousand tons, all loaded with artillery, were also warships.The East Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet, flying the British flag, swaggered from Moreton Bay into the port of Brisbane.Everywhere the fleet went, no one interrogated, and the foreigners on the shore even raised their hands to welcome them.Little did they know that in the far north, a dragon was rising.It is not only Britain that has such large-scale ironclad warships, but also China.Soon, the soldiers defending the port of Brisbane will pay for his carelessness.When the two fleets were about to land.Suddenly, there was a loud bang, piercing the sky.For the first time, this calm small city shook strongly.The symbolic forts at the port were bombed to slag before they knew what had happened.The group of yellow-haired and green-eyed foreign devils finally realized that something was wrong, and they all ran towards the city screaming in horror.The three warships on the shore, which had just been loaded with goods, also quickly reacted from the panic.After the steam-engine ship was launched, it quickly turned its bow, aimed its guns at the Chinese fleet, and fired back.But where could the old breech gun hurt the Chinese fleet by half a point, and just after firing a round of gunfire, it attracted the attention of the Chinese fleet.Zheng Dahai immediately ordered all the East China Sea Fleet to turn their guns and fire their guns in unison when they aimed at the three cargo ships."
Knock, knock, knock, knock."
The sound of the cannon was shocking, like a muffled thunder from the sky, one after another.The black pressure of the cannonballs swept by, like a violent wind passing through.The three cargo ships of the foreigners, where there was room to hide, were suddenly bombed to pieces, and all of them sank into the river along with the goods that had just been loaded.Calm was restored to the shore for the time being, and the fleet quickly docked, allowing the Taiping troops on the ship to land in batches.Shi Dakai also immediately organized men and horses, brought all the supplies and weapons ashore, and distributed them to the soldiers.More than 100,000 Taiping troops were all completed in just one hour.When he was on the fleet, Shi Dakai had carefully studied the set of strategies for governing the country and the army that Qiao Zhiqing gave him.When the fleet was still sailing in the sea, Shi Dakai reorganized this unit according to the establishment of the Huaxing Army.Compared with the establishment of the Taiping Army, I don't know how much easier it is to command, and the efficiency has been greatly improved.Baoyun, the governor of Queensland, was also willing to quickly organize an army of more than 2,000 people out of the city, and sent an envoy to the port to negotiate with Shi Dakai.It just so happened that the envoy and the guide assigned by Su Huaibei met, and the guide was named Xu Ming.In the past, he sold cane sugar and furs here, and had several dealings with envoys.The emissary was Brisbane's Commissioner of Customs, named Tim.Usually, Xu Ming saw that he was like a grandfather, nodded his head, and was very obedient.He never took this Oriental man seriously, and usually took the opportunity to extort tariffs."
Xu Ming, what do you mean by this, who are they" Tim couldn't change his tone for a while, and shouted at Xu Ming arrogantly.Although the Taiping army didn't know what he was talking about, he listened to the tone and was always unfriendly."
Xu Ming, tell this foreign devil.Within an hour, they were all relocated south of the Brisbane River.Otherwise, don't talk about killing" Shi Dakai didn't have a good impression of these foreign devils at all, Qiao Zhiqing had to explain when he left, and he only had to remember one word when dealing with foreign devils, that is, "kill." ”Out of an oriental etiquette, Shi Dakai's words still have a lot of forbearance.If Qiao Zhiqing was present, he would have ordered Huaxingjun to rush forward.In this century, no one reasoned with you.can only speak with the foreign gun in his hand, and the axiom is fought out by iron and blood."
Tim, our chief said it.All of you in the city are to be evacuated from Brisbane within an hour.Otherwise, all of them will be killed. ”Xu Mingyi spoke in English and translated Shi Dakai's words to Tim."
Robbers, how can you be so unreasonable" Tim's lungs were about to explode when he heard this, and he waved the cane in his hand and threw it at Xu Ming.At this time, he thought that Xu Ming was the cowardly yellow man, and when he saw him, he would be low, and it was normal to be beaten.Xu Ming subconsciously hugged his head and was about to dodge, only to hear the sound of "pop" twice, Shi Dakai had already slapped Tim twice.He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has long been able to break bricks with empty palms.The two palms went down, and Tim, who only hit him, spun around, and even lost three or four teeth, holding his head and wailing on the ground."
I really don't know how to fucking lift, let this grandson get out of here" Shi Dakai spat at Tim and shouted, letting Xu Ming translate.If it weren't for his habit of not slashing, Tim would have fallen to the ground long ago.The scolding sentence of "e", Xu Ming didn't know how long he held it in his heart.Rushing at Tim to shout, it was really painful."
You savage yellow people, you wait, you wait" Tim's face was as red as a monkey's butt to his neck, and he scolded the people of the Taiping Army in a trembling voice, and crawled back the way he came."
What did the foreign devil say" The generals couldn't help laughing when they looked at the embarrassed appearance of the foreign devil."
He told us to wait," Xu Ming replied with a chuckle."
Then what did you just say" Shi Dakai was full of interest in foreign literature."
I said, get out, you bitch" Xu Ming laughed a little louder.Shi Dakai and the generals all laughed out loud, patted Xu Ming's shoulder and said, "By the way, this is our Han people."
Later, when I saw the foreign devil, I said this, get out, you bitch" "Get out, you bitch" "Get out, you bitch" "After resting, the soldiers gradually woke up from many days of seasickness, and they all followed Shi Dakai with guns and yelled.Tim returned to Bowen's side, weeping bitterly about what had happened to him.Bao Yun angrily scolded these yellow people for being rude, I had never seen how powerful these yellow people were, they all looked like slaves, why did they change all of a sudden, I didn't have time to think about it, this newly appointed governor.At the moment, he marched towards the port with more than 2,000 soldiers and more than 100 field guns.According to the establishment of the Huaxing Army, Shi Dakai organized a four-way army.Because he still couldn't figure out the state of the city's armaments, he sent two armies to fight for the first time.Both sides have the same weapons, and even the field guns are of the same model.Qiao Zhiqing gave Shi Dakai all the British-made field artillery decommissioned by the Huaxing Army, and there were more than 500 pieces.The East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet were also lined up in the river, all of which adjusted their guns to the best position.Baoyun's 2,000 soldiers and horses lined up in three columns, accompanied by the sound of snare drums, stepping on the drums.When the two sides were a mile apart, Baoyun already knew roughly the number of people on the opposite position in the telescope.The black pressure is not visible, and it is completely several times its own.At this point, he had no choice but to pray to God in secret.Pray that the yellow people in the opposite position have no firearms, just like the local Aborigines of Queensland, who run when they hear the gunshots.However, this prayer was completely shattered after five minutes, and the two sides were only eight hundred meters apart, and before Baoyun's artillery could be properly arranged in position, there was a rumbling sound of artillery on the opposite side."
Boom, boom, boom."
The cannonball fell like a dense mass of stones, and as soon as it hit the ground, it made a bloody explosion.Shrapnel flew everywhere, and flames soared into the sky.The foreign soldiers on the position were immediately covered by a rain of bullets, due to the dense crowd of guns.After the shells fell, dozens of people were blown up within a radius of 10 meters.Either they fell to the ground and died, or they held their heads and wailed.This was just the beginning, and in less than a minute, the cannonballs on the opposite side fell again.The battle had not yet been fought, and even the people had not seen clearly, and the gun array had been completely dispersed by the power of the shells.The shells were all flowering shells, completely different from solid iron balls.As soon as it exploded, countless shrapnel flew out, blowing up all the surrounding soldiers into a blur of flesh and blood.There was even a kind of cannonball that exploded and burst into flames two meters high, quickly igniting everything within ten meters.Where did the soldiers still have the courage to fight, they all held their heads and retreated."
Woo woo woo" At this time, Shi Dakai also blew the horn of impact.The New First Army and the New Second Army of the Taiping Army suddenly lined up in a neat array of guns and marched forward in an orderly manner."
God, are you going to punish us" Baoyun looked at the soldier who was missing, completely frightened.He clenched his fists in prayer to the sky and gave the order to retreat loudly
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