It was not expected by the British colonists, but it was actually normal.

If it weren't for Emperor Chongzhen's crossing, he would have finally changed the Ming Dynasty by himself. Then the Easterners are indeed far behind the West in terms of Taoism and artillery technology.

However, in this plane, Emperor Chongzhen crossed over and vigorously promoted natural knowledge, and how could he not learn such important knowledge as Taoism in the army? And Daming already has this strength, so that the artillery can have enough training opportunities in peacetime, even if a few guns are scrapped, they can bear it.

In this case, the British warship was still moored at sea, so it naturally became the target of the Ming army. Not to mention one bubble and one accurate, at least three guns and one accurate, that would be a bit embarrassing.

Seeing that several troop transport warships were damaged by artillery bombardment, Maxton was in a hurry, and regardless of the fact that the Mughal infantry soldiers were disembarking, he immediately waved his flag to make the warships retreat quickly.

Those foot soldiers of the Mughal Empire were already very panicked, and when they encountered the battleship retreating, they were even more panicked, and suddenly, like dumplings, fell into the sea "poof".

The combined forces of the Mughal Empire and the British, the first attack on Mumbai, ended in a hurry.

This scene made Darashiko, who was watching the battle, stunned.

He was full of joy, and he thought that he would go around the island in a while, but as soon as the people fired the cannon, they all fled back, what is this called?

He didn't care much about the deaths and injuries of those Mughal soldiers, what he cared about was that the Ming army won another battle, which made him lose face!

Therefore, when he saw Max coming over in a hurry, Darashiko didn't give him a good look, and immediately shouted at him angrily: "Give this king an explanation, what's going on?" Is this called war? You British are not very powerful, can you guarantee the elimination of the Ming army? You ......"

In the face of his continuous questioning, to be honest, Max himself was a little embarrassed and embarrassed. But fortunately, if you can come out to be a colonist, you are absolutely thick-skinned. Therefore, he quickly calmed down, and took advantage of Darashiko to take a breath, and hurriedly explained: "Your Royal Highness, the eldest prince, we really paid for it, we underestimated the strength of the Ming army. But withdrawing doesn't mean not fighting, no, didn't I come to discuss the military situation with His Royal Highness the eldest prince! ”

After venting for a while, Darashiko's mood has improved a lot. In fact, he is not stupid, he knows that the attack on Mumbai is indispensable for the help of the British, and he can't turn his face because he lost a battle!

Therefore, he asked coldly: "Now that you have an understanding of the strength of the Ming army, tell me how to fight next!" ”

Hearing this, Max turned to look at Mumbai, pointed his finger and said: "At the beginning, I have already tested that the strength of the warships of the Ming Kingdom is far less flexible than the warships of my British Empire, and this is fatal at sea. Therefore, if the Ming warships dare to leave the port, I will definitely be able to guarantee that their warships will be sunk! ”

"And what if they don't come out?" When Darashiko heard this, he couldn't help but ask sarcastically.

Max listened, turned his head to look at him and said, "What I said just now means that with the warships of my Ming Empire, it is impossible for the Ming people in Mumbai to escape." In other words, this is the turtle in the urn, we discussed it, we can fight it as much as you want, and break open this turtle shell. Of course, there is also a very simple, very labor-saving way to take Mumbai! ”

Hearing this, Darashik felt that he had finally heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "What is a simple and labor-saving way?" Come on! ”

When Max heard this, he said confidently: "As long as there is the fleet of my British Empire, I can always surround and kill those Ming troops." When the island's fresh water and food run out, they will naturally let us slaughter it! ”

The seven islands in Mumbai are not very large, and there is naturally not much fresh water on the islands, and even less food, as long as they continue to besiege it, the Ming army will definitely be very difficult.

I have to say that Max's method is a good way, but when Darashiko heard it, he didn't approve of it, and immediately frowned and shouted: "That's not good, it's too long." What this king wants is to capture Bombay in a short time and destroy these Ming troops. The sooner the better, you know? ”

Hearing this, Max didn't speak immediately, just looked at this great prince of the Mughal Empire. After a while, he heard a "snort" from someone on the side, and with dissatisfaction, he came back to his senses, and had to remind: "Your Royal Highness, the sooner you take Mumbai, the higher the price you will have to pay!" ”

Darashko listened, turned his head and glanced at his men, at the faces of the generals of the Imperial Guards, and then at the faces of the local governors, before turning back to Max and saying, "Aren't they just dead?" How can there be immortals in war? How many men do you want the king to send to cooperate, even though the king has the governor prepare! ”

The meaning of this sentence is actually to say that it doesn't matter if you die, it's the people of the place who die. His request is to take down Bombay as soon as possible and eliminate the Ming army!

The governor on the side couldn't understand the reason, and he couldn't help but have a toothache. However, he was already loyal to the eldest prince, and he also felt that the eldest prince had a high probability of becoming the future emperor of the Mughal Empire, so he admitted it. Anyway, there are a lot of untouchables in the area, and they are not worth much.

Thinking so, in order to show his loyalty in front of His Royal Highness the Great Prince, he immediately said after Darashiko finished speaking: "Say, how to fight, so that we can defeat Bombay as soon as possible, eliminate the Ming army, and report to the Great Khan?" ”

Hearing this, Max blinked his eyes and finally understood, it turned out that the eldest prince was in such a hurry to destroy the Ming army, just because he wanted to report to their emperor as soon as possible!

But you don't care about the casualties, you just want to report to the emperor, then my British life can't do this for you!

Thinking like this, Max frowned, and said to Darashiko: "His Royal Highness the eldest prince should have seen it just now, my battleship is too big to get close to the shore, and if you stay there, you will be bombarded by the Ming army's artillery fire." Therefore, I suggest that your army can attack in small boats. As long as it was dispersed, it would be difficult for the Ming artillery fire to concentrate. And I will send warships to cover it, so that I can attack it. ”

When Darashiko heard this, he frowned, looked at Bombay and thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, then let's do it!" ”

There were rivers in the Mughal Empire, and the famous one was the Ganges. Therefore, there will definitely be some soldiers who can pick out water in the army. Although the sea and the river are completely different. Even if those soldiers who know how to water will be afraid, but under the military order, they will be afraid.

So, just like that, the British contributed all the small boats on the battleship, a total of fifty small boats. Ten men on each ship, a total of 500 troops, under the cover of the British battleships, began a second round of attack.

If there was no British warship cover, the Ming army would be able to pack up those small boats by dispatching warships. But this time, Li Dingguo saw it on the island, but he was not alarmed. When I was fighting with Jianyu back then, it was dangerous!

However, he also knew that he had a fatal flaw, which was that he had limited reserves of supplies, including gunpowder. Therefore, for this attack of the enemy, he never ordered an artillery bombardment.

"Roar, roar, roar, ......" The soldiers of the Mughal Empire on the shore roared and cheered wildly.

"Boom, boom, boom......" British battleships were also covering the firing of guns, but not as often as the first time.

And the Mughal soldiers on the fifty boats were rowing desperately.

However, this is the sea, and unlike the rivers, the waves are coming, and the ups and downs of the boats are much more violent than the rivers. Although the Ming army did not open fire, they were still very nervous. As a result, something went wrong.

Some boats touch each other, you block me, I block you; In addition, there was one that accidentally overturned two ships.

When Darashko on the shore saw this, he was so angry that he wanted to curse!

I don't know how much time passed, but the Ming army never fired a cannon, and the warship did not leave the harbor, so the boat docked to the nearest island from the coast.

Seeing the soldiers on the small boat disembarking one after another, Darashiko finally breathed a sigh of relief, this method was okay, and he finally attacked.

Max disagrees with him, though.

The Ming army didn't move at all, and let the Mughal soldiers attack it, which is absolutely abnormal!

Thinking so, he really wanted to send the warships over to cover the nearby Mughal soldiers attacking the Ming army's fortifications. But after thinking about it, he still gave up: the artillery of the Ming army was not really just placed there.

"Kill!" Stepping on the field, those Mughal soldiers became excited, shouted one after another, and began to rush to the Ming army fort not far away, holding knives and guns.

However, they had only rushed a little way, and they saw a group of Ming troops rushing out of the fort, with flintlock pistols in hand, and very skillfully put up a platoon of guns in a three-stage manner.

"Woo Woo ......"

In the smoke of gunfire, gunshots rang out, and the charging Mughal soldiers immediately fell to the ground. Those who did not die either fell to the ground in fright, or turned and ran back, even though the boat had turned around.

On the side of the Ming army, a group of pikemen, with five people as a team, greeted the Mughal soldiers who were running around, and directly stabbed these Mughal soldiers to death on the coast in front of a large group of spectators.

It was only a moment of effort, and I saw the soldiers of the Ming army cleaning the battlefield on the shore.

Seeing this scene, Darashiko was so angry that he threw something on the spot. When he met Max again, he roared directly.

If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to open the door to the Mughal Empire, Max would have wanted to shout: It's your own soldiers who are useless, and you blame me?

However, in the end, he endured it and said to Darashiko: "The elite of the Ming army, there are too few people in your army to land on the island at one time, and it will not work at all. Therefore, I suggest that His Royal Highness the Great Prince build a raft to transport more soldiers ashore at one time, so that there is any hope of conquering Mumbai. As for the warships of the Ming Kingdom, don't worry, they will definitely not cause you trouble. ”