While continuing to build the raft, the army of the Mughal Empire was not idle. They were on the beach, far from Mumbai, practicing the use of rafts in order to become more familiar with paddling quickly in the sea on rafts.

There weren't so many soldiers who could swim, so they forced those who couldn't learn to swim right away, or simply let them sit in the middle of the raft so that they could get used to the undulating conditions of the raft in the sea.

It can be said that the army of the Mughal Empire was really mobilized, and the morale was unconsciously raised. Even Max had to admit that the army of the Mughal Empire was still much stronger than the soldiers of the Safavid Dynasty.

When Phillips saw this scene, he couldn't help but be a little worried. Although he knew that reinforcements would arrive at any time, looking at the training of the Mughal Empire's army, he was really a little worried about whether Mumbai could wait for reinforcements to arrive.

But when he saw that Li Dingguo was very calm and had no reason, he was a lot more relaxed. Seeing Li Dingguo arranging defense in an orderly manner, that heart was even more in his stomach.

Five days later, Darashiko was impatient again. At this time, the raft of his army had been prepared for nearly two hundred, and the one-time delivery force could reach about two thousand, which should be able to easily take an island.

So, he informed the British Max side that he was scheduled to attack at noon.

This time, Max didn't say anything, so many rafts, he thought it was enough. So he mobilized his fleet and divided it in half on each side of the island closest to the coast, covering the two wings of the raft and not giving the Ming warships a chance.

Whether it was the movement of the Mughal Empire's troops or the warship movements of the British colonists, they were all blatant, so that Li Dingguo and others could see at a glance that they were about to launch an offensive.

So, Li Dingguo immediately asked Phillips: "If the battle starts in a while, all the warships will be on the same page, can you defeat the British fleet on one side?" ”

Phillips listened, looked at the place where the battle was going to take place, and then shook his head and said: "I don't believe it, our warships are useless, the terrain and space are not large, and they can't be deployed." ”

Li Dingguo listened, his brows furrowed slightly, but then he let go. Looking at him, it seems that it is best if he can be defeated, and if he can't be defeated, then that's it, it doesn't matter much.

But then Phillips said, "But if we attack, because the British warships have to cover the rafts behind them, and cannot maneuver at will, it is a rare opportunity to try a dozen." ”

Li Dingguo listened, thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, the commander will let the navy prepare, but you also have to be prepared, the opportunity is right, the commander will give the order to attack." ”

At this time, Phillips did not feel unhappy because of Li Dingguo's order, even he didn't notice this, and immediately agreed and went to prepare.

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On the shore, there was a lot of noise.

The Mughal soldiers, who had eaten lunch, began to board the raft and prepare for the attack. The follow-up troops waited on the coast and joined the attack when the rafts had returned from the end of the pack. As for the soldiers who were not assigned the task of attacking, they also gathered on the seashore and shouted and cheered.

Seeing this scene, Darashiko was finally full of spirit again, this battle will definitely be able to defeat Bombay and eliminate the Ming army, right?

Everything was ready, and all eyes were on him.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Darashiko held his head high, held his chest high, waved his finger to the seven islands in the sea, and shouted: "Attack! ”

The horn of the attack sounded immediately ....... The Mughal soldiers on the seashore worked hard to paddle the wood pulp and began to attack.

There are nearly 200 rafts, one raft can transport ten soldiers, and there is room for each other between these rafts, so to speak, this sea is almost all rafts.

The Ming army did not move as usual, which made the morale of the Mughal soldiers a lot higher, and they felt that the Ming army would not do the same as the previous two times, and there would be no movement until the landing. So, they rowed harder.

All the Mughal troops on the shore were crowded by the sea, cheering on their soldiers, so to speak, the noise could be heard far away.

Soon, half of the raft at the front had passed, but the Ming army still did not move, which made the Mughal soldiers on the raft row more energetically, and the landlubbers on those rafts were a lot more relaxed.

However, just when they thought that the Ming army would not move until after they landed, they heard the sound of "boom, boom, boom, boom......".

When they saw the smoke rising from the island, they saw that the raft on the side was smashed by cannonballs, and all the soldiers on the raft fell into the sea.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Bang Bang Bang Bang ......"

There were too many rafts, and the artillery bombardment of the Ming army, almost every ten shellings, could smash five or six rafts, and all of a sudden, the sea was full of broken rafts, floating human heads, and broken corpses.

The Mughal soldiers on the raft who were not hit panicked one by one after seeing this scene. Especially those landlubbers, their legs and arms are trembling.

Max, who was nearby, saw this scene, but his expression did not change at all, and this situation was normal. It is not surprising that the raft was hit by an iron bullet. However, relatively speaking, the rafts that were hit only accounted for a small fraction. The artillery bombardment of the Ming army could not prevent a large number of rafts from landing on the island.

However, Darashiko didn't see it that way, his face was pale, he didn't expect the Ming army to bombard, he was afraid of an accident, and immediately ordered: "Send the superintendent team over quickly, if the raft dares to flee back, everyone will be killed!" ”

Not to mention, although the Ming army's shelling did have an effect, there were too many rafts, and a large number of rafts were still slowly approaching the island.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo turned his head to look at the British warships on both sides, and found that they were just watching, and had no intention of participating in the action, and had been guarding against the attack of the Ming warships.

Under such circumstances, he did not order the navy to attack, but constantly gave orders to the infantry troops, and slightly adjusted the previous deployment according to the situation on the battlefield.

Finally, when the raft came to shore, the Mughal soldiers on it breathed a sigh of relief and immediately rushed to the beach with a shout.

This time, the Mughal Empire army, on its part, has clearly learned the lessons of the previous one. The first of their soldiers to rush ashore were archers and musketeers. If the Ming army fought in the same way as before, then they could also effectively kill and injure the Ming army.

However, this time, the Ming army did not appear immediately, which made the Mughal Empire gather more soldiers on the beach, and after the number was about the same, they began to charge.

But at this moment, behind the large rock, the heads of the Ming soldiers suddenly appeared, and they just lay there and then shoot. When the shot was finished, the gun was sent back, and someone took the gun and put a loaded gun in his hand, so that he could shoot again without getting up.

"Woo Woo ......"

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

In the sound of muskets and bowstrings, the Ming army did not suffer any losses at all, but the Mughal soldiers on the beach were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

There were many dead and wounded, and they also fell to the ground like the Ming army. However, they immediately discovered that they could not shoot or shoot arrows after lying on the ground.

The wind on the sea can blow away the smoke from the flintlock pistol as soon as it is launched. The Ming army, on its side, fired continuously, firmly pinning the Mughal Empire's soldiers on the beach. It wasn't until their shield soldiers came up that the situation of being passively beaten was slightly alleviated.

By this time, there had already been a raft returning and starting to pick up the next group of soldiers. The soldiers on the beach began to advance slowly in front of the defensive formation formed by shields.

Max, who has always been following this battle on the flagship, couldn't help but be speechless when he saw this. He found that the army of the Mughal Empire did not understand the power of firearms troops so well, so it was suppressed at first, and now it is covered with shields, instead of rushing into the crowd of the Ming army at the fastest speed, which is definitely not a good countermeasure!

Sure enough, just when the Mughal soldiers were getting closer and closer under the cover of their shields, suddenly, behind the rocks where the Ming army was, suddenly stretched out a few particularly long barrels, and with a "bang", the gunshots were particularly loud.

On the side of the Mughal soldiers, the shield was like a papier-mâché, and it was suddenly shattered, and the soldiers behind them all fell to the ground screaming, and their bodies were full of thin holes, bubbling with blood.

......The guns equipped with the Ming army were more mobile than artillery, and they played a role at this time, killing and wounding Mughal soldiers.

However, although the Mughal soldiers in front of them were killed and wounded, there were more and more soldiers who landed on the seaside. Many of the soldiers who came ashore in the back belonged to the Royal Forest Army, and they had been in battle for a long time, so they were not comparable to the local soldiers. After the cannon fodder in front attracted the firepower of the Ming army, they immediately realized that shooting at the sea against the Ming army was definitely not the opponent of the Ming army, and the only way was to attack it as soon as possible.

So, they organized their forces and began to run desperately with a whoa.

......I have never heard the sound of the muskets of the Ming army, and the rows of Ming army firing points have almost achieved non-stop shooting.

In the charge of the Mughal soldiers, people fell every second, and I don't know how many corpses lay on the beach.

Darashiko, who was in the distance, stared at the island, looking a little nervous and a little annoyed, and finally involuntarily shouted: "Rush up, rush up......"

He believed that as long as he rushed through, with the continuous supply of troops under his command, he would definitely be able to drown the Ming army on the island and win the final victory.

However, he was clearly dreaming.

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