Sydney's location, like Shanghai, China, is a port city at the mouth of the sea.Because Australia's navy had been completely cleared by the Huaxing Army, the Huaxing Army's fleet sailed directly into the bay to prepare for landing at Jackson Harbour, the largest in Sydney City.The harbour was the first port opened by British colonists in Australia, and the whole of Sydney was built around it.Before the Huaxing army attacked, it had already collected quite complete local intelligence.This time, the North Sea Fleet was responsible for attacking New South Wales, and the East Sea Fleet was responsible for attacking Victoria.The two fleets separated here, and the East China Sea Fleet continued south, preparing to land in Melbourne, Victoria.This time, the vanguard unit dispatched a total of two divisions, with Chen Yucheng as the front-line commander, responsible for specific military operations in Australia.At the beginning, the two pillars of the late Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, one was the British king Chen Yucheng and the other was the loyal king Li Xiucheng.Now King Zhong has long since turned into dust, and the King of England has gradually smoothed out his anger in the officialdom.If it was placed in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, where would he be willing to succumb to Chen Bingwen's hands.This is also the first ocean-going operation of the North Sea Fleet, although it has invaded North Korea at the beginning, but it is also in China's waters.This time, he followed the East China Sea Fleet to move together, but he traveled from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere.Whether it was the fleet commander Deng Shichang, or the other captains and crews, their hearts were full of excitement.The closer the fleet gets, the commander of the Australian militia, Ryan, can see it clearly.Although he was in a hurry, the maximum range of the artillery was only more than a thousand meters.There was no choice but to order the artillerymen to get ready and fire shells as soon as the Chinese fleet approached."
This city is good, foreign devils really call this place their home" Chen Yucheng kept looking around at the buildings on the shore with a telescope, the two sides were already three or four kilometers apart, and he could see everything on the shore clearly with a telescope.The golden sand beach is clean and covered with coconut palms, and above there are neat rows of white buildings, all in the style of European architecture."
Commander-in-chief, don't worry.Later, I'll ask people to lower the angle of shooting, let's just blow up the fort, these buildings are all for you" Deng Shichang stood beside him and smiled softly, after a month of sailing, the two of them were already very familiar.Chen Yucheng liked this young fleet commander very much, and finally knew why Qiao Zhiqing chose him as the fleet commander.At sea, his every judgment is quite accurate and clean.Whether it is the grasp of the weather or the coordinates, it is not inferior to an old sailor, as if he was born for the sea.Chen Yucheng's qualifications are far greater than Deng Shichang's, and he served as the front-line commander of this offensive, so Deng Shichang also respected him very much."
Then there is Commander Lao Deng, this will be our Chinese city in the future, can you keep a little bit is a little" Chen Yucheng also smiled, he didn't understand the affairs of the fleet, and he didn't want to command blindly, everything had Deng Shichang's full command.When the two sides were three kilometers apart, the North Sea Fleet turned its ships around and pointed all the guns of the black hole at Jackson Harbor."
All ready, open fire" "All ready, open fire" "All the artillery of the command ship are ready to open fire, Deng Shichang's order, the herald on the mast soon waved the command flag one after another.The captains of all the ships gave orders, and as a thick cannon sounded, a dense number of shells followed one after another.The shells buzzed in the sky, and from a distance, it seemed that a group of black dots were getting bigger and bigger, and soon smashed on the British batteries."
Boom, boom, boom" The violent explosion suddenly rose into the sky, and before the British army could react, countless shrapnel splattered in all directions in the form of flowers."
Fire, fire, all fire" Ryan lay on the ground to dodge the bombardment, regardless of whether the firing distance was reached or not, and roared at the artillerymen.There were more than 200 guns on the battery, which were arranged in two rows on the coastline in a dog-like staggered manner.At Ryan's order, the artillerymen who had been on standby for a long time lit the fuses of the barrels."
Boom, boom, boom" The artillery of the fort also resounded one after another with the sound of thick explosions, and the shells of both sides crossed in the air, each smashing into each other at a rapid speed.But when the shells of the Huaxing army had already exploded on the battery, the British shells fell in the sea one after another, and they were still half the distance from the fleet of the Huaxing army.Fires and smoke were everywhere.Amid the sound of earthquake and artillery fire, the British reinforced forts reinforced with cement were quickly torn to pieces.Even the bronze cannon was knocked to the ground by the huge impact.Some of them were blown to pieces in one fell swoop, and the artillery on all sides exploded rapidly.The sound of bombardment lasted for more than ten minutes, and the rapid-fire artillery of the North Sea Fleet fired tens of thousands of shells one after another.The British batteries were filled with the sound of ghosts crying and howling, and all the artillery retreated into the distance.Militia Commander Ryan was dragged away by his men at the outset, nearly being hit by fragments of a cannonball.He was angry and helpless, and he really faced the strong attack of the Huaxing army, and there was no suspense that he was defeated.However, although he couldn't stop the fleet of the Huaxing Army, he still held on to a glimmer of hope and quickly gathered the army, preparing to block the army of the Huaxing Army on the shore.When the smoke of the battery cleared, the corpses of Victoria's thousands of artillerymen lay down.All were roasted black, with a disgusting burnt smell in the air.Ten warships of the North Sea Fleet successfully docked, and all the land forces went ashore from the deck.According to the scheduled drill, they quickly assembled and formed a defensive position on the pier.At this time, Australia was far from being as developed as it was in later generations, and this fort was built throughout Port Jackson.This is especially true of Sydney, which is at best an emerging port city.It was not easy for them to build such a fort.Ryan originally wanted to launch an attack as soon as the Huaxing army landed, but he was afraid that their fleet would be covered by artillery fire, so he deployed all his forces outside Sydney, and all the bullets were loaded and waited for the Huaxing army to attack.But as time passed minute by minute, the army of the Huaxing Army did not come over for a long time.All the militia outside the city looked at each other, not knowing what the hell the Huaxing army was doing.The Huaxing army did not attack, and they did not dare to retreat, let alone take the initiative to attack.Under Ryan's orders, they still lined up in a gun formation outside the city.Ryan sent spies to the port to inquire about the news, and after a night of reconnaissance, the spies finally figured out the intentions of the Huaxing army.At this time, they only fortified within a kilometer on all sides of the port, and then continued to carry supplies into the warehouses of the port, and had no intention of continuing to march into the interior.Everyone was temporarily relieved when they heard this, but the more Ryan thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he hurriedly gathered the councilors to discuss the military situation
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