After the British top brass issued a combat mission, the army quickly moved into action, mobilizing a million-strong army to press Plymouth to the west.The field marshal has already issued a military order, and the generals below do not dare to take it lightly.Plymouth is more than 600 miles from London, and a railway has been built between the two places.It took only a week for the army to assemble in Exeter, more than a hundred miles away.The Huaxing Army had cut off the railroad between the two places, and Exeter was at the forefront of the attack on Plymouth.After the Huaxing Army landed, many generals suggested that Yang Jincong go directly to London, which was definitely a great achievement.But he was soon criticized by Yang Jincong, which suppressed the restless hearts of the generals.Britain was not the original Qing Dynasty, 20,000 Anglo-French troops ashore, they could defeat hundreds of thousands of Qing troops, and there were no troops in the whole country.The British army has been crisscrossing the world for many years, and the cohesion of the country is far stronger than that of the Qing court, and there is no shortage of troops at all.Especially when foreign enemies invade, they will be more united.Not to mention other places, there are more than two million troops deployed near London alone.Relying on their 500,000 Huaxing troops alone, if they are not careful, they will definitely be wiped out.The Huaxing Army's attack on Britain this time was entirely based on the superiority of the navy and air force.Although the army is also very advanced in weapons, it is alone and has no logistical support.Even if London is occupied, it won't last a few days.Yang Jincong saw these very clearly, and was not carried away by the victory.He knew very well in his heart that although these 500,000 people were not safe to fight London, they were more than enough to defend Plymouth.The rifles of the British army, suppressed by the expeditionary submachine guns of the Huaxing Army, the two sides were not comparable at all.The information from the front line was quickly transmitted back to the command of the Huaxing Army, and there was no military branch in the world at this time, like the Huaxing Army, which set up scouts, which were specially used to perform special tasks.Yang Jincong and his generals responded calmly, relying on Plymouth City, still using the trenches dug by the British army at that time, preparing to resist the invading British army.All sides of the position were equipped with artillery emplacements, ready to be used against the artillery of the British army.The British army did not have tanks and planes, and at present they could only rely on artillery bombardment and army shock to deal with trench warfare.The Huaxing army was not afraid of them using this trick at all, and the British army fought trench warfare with Germany in the European theater, but they fought for the lives of millions of troops.This time, I have to face this problem with a headache, and the army has a terrible headache when I think about it.The Great War in Europe consumed more than half of the British army, and more than half of the two million soldiers defending London were new recruits.Field Marshal John French personally went to the front to direct the battle, and a combat mobilization meeting was held on the front line in Exeter.The million-strong army completed the siege of Plymouth in three parts, and John French braved the scorching sun to mobilize the soldiers in three places in succession.Hundreds of thousands of soldiers stood neatly, and John French said with a solemn face, "Soldiers, it has now come to the most critical moment of our British Empire.Before you are an invader from the east.They want to enslave our loved ones, rob us of our wealth, and spoil our sisters.As a man in the British Empire, do you promise" "Don't agree, don't agree, don't agree" The soldiers of the British army raised their arms and shouted, their faces suddenly full of unwillingness and anger."
Yes, never.In this world, only we can enslave others and never allow others to bully us.Soldiers, pick up your steel guns, for the sake of the motherland, for the sake of your relatives, kill all the Eastern demons" "Kill, kill, kill" John French raised his arms and shouted, and the soldiers roared out.The sound of fighting soared into the sky, and the anger of all the soldiers was ignited at this moment.Plymouth was bordered by the sea to the south, and could only be attacked from the north, west, and east.Although the main naval force of the British army was wiped out by the Huaxing army, there were still many wooden warships in the hands of the navy.These are all old antiques left over from the past 100 years, which were originally converted into commercial use, and now they are all collected.On the eve of the army's attack, hundreds of warships sailed to the shores of Plymouth, turned their bows, aimed their guns on the shore, and began to bombard the Huaxing army.The Huaxing Army's position is at the forefront, only two or three kilometers away from the coastline.After the British ships opened fire, they were equipped with old-fashioned breech guns.As soon as the cannon was fired, all the shells rolled down in the bureau five or six hundred meters above the coast.The sea was very lively, and the cannon was banging non-stop, but it didn't work at all, and it didn't have any lethality at all.The howitzer artillery of the Huaxing Army had long been prepared and was waiting for the British to attack from the sea.As soon as they opened fire, they immediately exposed the target.The commander of the artillery regiment, who was responsible for defending the southern side, immediately gave the order and began a covering artillery bombardment against the sea."
Direction, just ahead; distance, fifteen hundred meters; One shot, one shot, "commanded, all the artillerymen adjusted their angles, loaded their ammunition, and immediately pulled down the artillery."
Knock, knock, knock" Smoke from the barrels of the guns came out one after another, and hundreds of guns were fired one after another.The cannonballs whistled in the sky and soon fell on the British battleships in a parabola."
Boom, boom, boom" On the sea thousands of kilometers away, British warships exploded and caught fire one after another.Covered by hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a battleship was blown to pieces."
Direction, forward to right; distance, 1,600 meters; One reload, firing "The artillery commander gave the order again through the telescope, and the artillery again fired a dense salvo, which soon fell again in the British fleet.The boom sounded again, and the flames filled the sea.Explosions came one after another, like waves of the sea, rolling over the British warships.After the two sides opened fire on each other for more than ten minutes, the whistle sounded, and soon the 100 warships lost more than a dozen, and all of them turned around and fled back the same way.They are not a regular navy, the elite navy of the British army was already damaged in the European war, and it was swept away by the Huaxing army, and the veterans of the navy have been buried in the sea.Most of these 100 warships were sailors who protected merchant ships, and were of the same nature as the militia.It's okay to fight pirates, but when you fight seriously, once you are frustrated, you run away.As soon as the howitzer shells of the Huaxing Army fell, these people could no longer care about the national righteousness, and it was important to save their lives first.The southern front did not take much effort, and after the British navy fled, there was no one to attack along the southern front.Hearing the sound of artillery, the army simultaneously launched an assault on the positions of the Huaxing Army in the east, west, and north.At the forefront was Angus, the general of the British army who had defended the city of Plymouths.After his retreat from Plymouth City, he gathered militia on all sides of Exeter and waited for the army to come to his aid.Now he is guilty of meritorious service, and takes the lead with his men to attack from the east of Plymouth
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