Zheng Dahai and Wang Zhen returned to the port, the soldiers were ready to fight, and everyone had already smelled the strong smell of gunpowder on the sea."
Brother Zheng, Shi Dakai behaved very strangely this time, I mentioned to him just now that the army came to support, and he didn't say anything at all" Wang Zhenyuan looked at the flag of the Great China Federation waving in the wind, and sensitively felt a trace of something wrong from Shi Dakai's words."
yes, I also felt a little wrong.They still have a little selfishness in their hearts, and they are probably afraid of losing the power in their hands" Zheng Dahai also noticed this, they were all in the officialdom for a long time, even if the other party frowned, they could interpret some information from it."
No matter, we just need to fight this battle, and leave the rest to the president" Wang Zhenyuan raised his spirit, straightened his waist and took a deep breath, these political things are really not something he should consider, since Qiao Zhiqing handed over the coastline of New China to them for protection, they only need to complete this military goal."
Yes, there is a way in heaven that he does not take, and there is no door in hell for him to break into.The foreign devils raised by the son of a bitch let them slip away in the Indian Ocean, and they must not be let go again this time" Zheng Dahai also let out a sullen breath with high morale, shook hands with Wang Zhenyuan and saluted, and boarded each other's command ships.Twenty huge warships, all of them sounded their whistles in the harbor at one moment, and slowly drove in the direction of the sea.The seagulls on the shore kept circling in the sky, as if they were reluctant to let the fleet hover.All the officers and men of the fleet were all in place, and judging from the information they had received, they were going to face more than 100 warships this time, and no one dared to be careless in the slightest.At this time, the British fleet bombarded all the way along the coastline of New China, and all the batteries were blown to pieces by them.However, the Taiping army's fort was not an ornament, although the accuracy was not high, but by relying on the dense salvo, it still blew up two British warships.Because the British warships were all wooden structures, they could not withstand the attack of solid iron balls at all.The British commander Joseph was so angry that he smashed a quarter of the shells on the battery.The forts are located on both sides of the entrance to Moreton Bay, like two pincers tightly blocking the sea gate of New China.Therefore, Xinhua deployed 200 artillery pieces in each fort, which was also the last fort on the coastline of Xinhuaxia.After all, the British artillery was fierce, with 30 guns per ship, enough for more than 100 warships and more than 3,000 guns.Moreover, the artillery is all the latest British Armstrong breech guns, which are no different from breech guns, except that they are loaded from the muzzle.Because there are two rotating reciprocal lines engraved in the barrel, it has a stable trajectory, which greatly improves the accuracy of hitting, and the effective firing range reaches more than 1,000 meters, and the longest firing range reaches more than 3,000 meters, which also represents the highest technology of breech artillery.The only difference between the Armstrong breech gun and the Huaxing Army breech gun is that the ammunition of the breech gun will not be tightly breathed, causing a great loss of energy when firing, and it is extremely troublesome to replace the ammunition.After all, the artillery used in the new Huaxia is the old army smoothbore artillery, and the firing range is only more than 1,000 meters, and some have a range of about 300 meters.The two sides immediately made a decision, and all the batteries along the coast of New China were in a state of passive attack, and they watched as the batteries were blown up by British warships."
Captain, once these two batteries are destroyed, there will be nothing left in the coastal area of the Chinese to stop us" Captain Jackson behind Joseph shouted excitedly, and finally sent out the sulking feeling of losing to the Huaxing Army in the past few days."
These Chinese, who do not measure their own strength, still try to dominate the world.Wait for Moreton Bay and go straight west along the Brisbane River.As long as the army crosses the river, all these arrogant Chinese will be killed. ”Joseph also laughed, staring at the gunpowder emplacement in the distance with a telescope, and a sense of revenge rose in his heart.In South Asia, they were all scared by the Huaxing army, and this time they finally came out with this bad breath."
What the Captain said is that it is all because of your wisdom and skill that we can survive in India.Otherwise, he would have been buried in the belly of the fish by now, where is there today's day of revenge" Jackson patted Joseph's ass, this kind of flattery is not only said by Chinese officials.Leaders all over the world like to be flattered, and so did Joseph, who was very happy to hear this.Besides, what Jackson said was true, if he hadn't proposed this proposal to go south to Australia.I'm afraid that Governor Bruce has already ordered to follow the Huaxing army to the end.These hundreds of warships are the trump card in his hand, and he has been preparing for more than two years for today, and now he is finally showing his face.If Queensland is indeed recovered, Her Majesty will be rewarded heavily, and perhaps knighted.At this time, the fort of Xinhuaxia was already shrouded in gunsmoke, but the artillery on the fort continued to insist on returning fire."
Brothers, we are the gate of New China.Even if they die in battle, they can't let these foreign devils break through the bay and swear to defend their homeland" The commander's right arm has been injured by shrapnel, but he still keeps directing the battle back and forth on the battery, and he is not afraid of the bombs falling everywhere."
Defend your homeland to the death, defend your homeland to the death" The soldiers also screamed one after another, constantly reloading ammunition and shelling the British warships.The artillery was already full of corpses on the left and right, but no one was afraid.They have made this land their homeland, and no one will be allowed to infringe on it.They were used to fighting with the British army in New China, and as soon as they saw the red and blue matching rice flags, they knew that foreign devils were coming to invade again.But this time, the firepower of the foreign devils was beyond their imagination, and all the soldiers were bombed inexplicably, and they didn't know what was going on."
Sworn to defend the homeland" "Defend the homeland to the death"""The British bombed for half an hour, and the shouts of the fort were still majestic.All the soldiers stood tall in the smoke of gunfire, still changing ammunition and firing according to the steps.In the midst of the scattered shrapnel, not a single person retreated.The New Huaxia Army stationed on both sides of the bay was the elite of the Taiping Army at the beginning.They were also the only regular army in New China, and they were not engaged in agriculture in peacetime, and were only responsible for garrisoning these two batteries.Australia's Moreton Bay is a natural haven located at the mouth of the Brisbane River.Two narrow islands surround the bay like two arms.If these two arms are broken, the entire coastal defense system of New China will also be completely broken."
Bastard, the Chinese in these two places are too stubborn.Give me the order to go down and give me all the explosives on these two batteries, and I will send them all to God" The British battleships bombarded the batteries for more than an hour, but the guns continued to rise on the batteries.The British battleships were parked a thousand meters away, and although the guns of the batteries were not accurate enough, they still smashed several British battleships out of holes by luck.Joseph was so angry that he screamed at the herald, his face full of anger."
Captain, it's not good that all the shells are fired, in case we encounter the navy of the Huaxing Army, we won't have any defensive ability at all" Jackson hurriedly dissuaded, where is there a reason to run out all the shells when fighting, no matter how there are some shells to be guarded against."
The navy of the Huaxing Army is still floating in the Indian Ocean, immediately carry out the order, they will come early" Joseph ordered hatefully, he was anxious to use this battle to frighten the Chinese, subdued, let them pee their pants as soon as they saw the flag of the British Empire.I think that at the beginning, the British Empire was all over the world, and there was nothing like this.When the Huaxing Army had not yet appeared, the navy of the Qing Empire had never been artillery, and fled from the wind.This sense of loss before and after made him angry and uncontrollable, and now his only goal was to blow the two batteries to pieces."
All have orders, all artillery ammunition is issued" The herald quickly returned to the command flag, and the ships received orders one after another, and the commander immediately conveyed the order."
Whoosh" for a while, the cannonballs in the sky became more dense.The artillerymen who were still aiming and shooting now no longer care whether they were aiming at the batteries on the shore or not, and firing shells after shells were fired at the forts on the shore.The two small islands of Moreton Bay suddenly became even more smoky, and the firelight continued to splash in the thick smoke, and the explosion seemed to tear the space apart."
Foreign devils, grandpa is still alive, you don't want to step into Moreton Bay" After more than an hour of intensive bombardment, the battery was in shambles, and there were scattered corpses everywhere.The commander of Xinhuaxia has been splashed with blood, and he is the only one left in the entire fort.He struggled to get up, replaced the shells according to the shelling process, loaded the explosives bag and shells, and roared out at the British battleship from the battery.Although half of the flag of the Great China Federation has been burned by the fire, it is still waving proudly in the wind.At this time, the British battleship was already less than 500 meters away from the battery, and after a burst of indiscriminate bombardment, no sound could be heard on the island."
This is what happens to your disobedience," a sinister smile rose into Joseph's face, and at this moment, his British Empire pride was finally satisfied."
No. 7 gun position, directly ahead, 300 meters, one ammunition, ready" "Open the gun" The commander of the New Huaxia Army stood up tremblingly, and finally ignited the lead of the artillery after the British battleship entered the effective firing range of 300 meters.The "boom" of the cannon made all the British soldiers tremble, and Jackson even held Joseph under him."
What's the panic, I'll blow him up right away" Joseph jumped up angrily, kept looking around the direction of the cannon with a telescope, and roared at his men."
Foreign devils, grandpa will take you with him even if he dies" The commander of the New Huaxia Army laughed, drawing his sword and standing alone in the smoke, it seemed to be a majestic statue."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" The sound of cannonballs was heard again in the sky, and the British angrily smashed all the shells on the ship.For a time, thousands of shells exploded in all directions of the fort.There was no sound on the fort until the British warship sailed past the fort, and then I saw the statueque commander, who had not fallen down until he died, and his whole body was pitch black, kneeling on one knee, supporting himself with his sword
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