"Letter from the military department!"

"Read!"

"The kingdom of Burma has acted perversely, wantonly and recklessly, infringing on the interests of our Hongmen and the allies of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, and should be punished for respecting other countries!"

"The 5th Regiment of the 1st Division of the Shark Division completely destroyed the city of Da Chong in the Kingdom of Burma and razed it to the ground."

"At the same time, wait for the 3rd and 4th regiments of the 1st Division of the Leopard Division, and the 1st Regiment of the 1st Division of the Shark Division to join you and march into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Burma."

The guard officer next to him read the order sent from the base camp to Zhao Simei word by word, and Zhao Simei, who had been floating on the sea outside Dacheng for a week, jumped up excitedly before listening to all the orders, and at the same time couldn't help shouting loudly: "Okay!" Good, good!! ”

"I've wanted to fight for a long time, and I've been suffocated for more than a week."

"Order the whole regiment, get ready for battle, the battleships are lined up in a long snake formation!!"

Zhao Simei, who had obtained the sword of Shang Fang, was finally able to launch an offensive against the fortified city on the horizon ahead as she wished.

It's just that in the eyes of Zhao Simei, the fortified city in front of them and the Burmese officers and soldiers in the city who far outnumber their regiment are not a group of war beasts, but the shoulder flowers on his shoulders in the future, the medals on his chest, and the military exploits he promoted.

Zhao Simei, who gave the order for combat readiness, did not forget to ask why the military department suddenly changed its style and became so tough.

Limited by the martial law on the coast of Myanmar at this time, the information obtained by Zhao Simei and his entourage, who were drifting on the sea, was later than the military headquarters on Dayuan Island, so it is not clear what happened in Myanmar.

"According to the intelligence of the Ministry of the Army, the Myanmar authorities suddenly seized all the industries of my Qixintang and members of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar three days ago."

"That night, some people secretly instigated the poor people in the royal city of Ava City to smash and loot our Qixintang and Nanyang merchant industries, and in the end all the goods were left!"

"I'm him NND bear, this is provoking the murderous intent of our Hongtang soldiers, who gave them the guts!"

"There are even more tragic!"

"The 112 people who were detained by the Burmese government, the shopkeeper of the Qixintang and the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, were also eaten and poisoned that night, and no one survived!"

"! They're looking for death!! ”

The more I listened, the more Zhao Simei's murderous intent became, as a member of the new generation of Hongmen, Zhao Simei had just experienced the upheaval of their early years in this life, felt and deeply remembered the misery of life, and then regained their life with the help of Hongmen, the family not only lived full of hope, but at the same time, their children were instilled with a belly of Hongmen concepts and thoughts, and they had already tied their future to Hongmen.

At this moment, Hongmen suffered such a provocation, and the colleagues of Qixintang suffered such a tragedy, abandoning Zhao Simei's mood of pursuing meritorious deeds, and now he and others have a strong murderous intent to avenge their colleagues in Qixintang.

"Pass my order, the left and right string artillery shoot to the maximum, and all the main guns are also aimed at Lao Tzu in this Da Offering City, and Lao Tzu will fight to the death!"

"Boom, boom! Boom Boom Boom!! ”

The sound of continuous artillery fire sounded one after another, and the ten battleships of the Hongtang fleet lined up in a line swayed left and right, swaying left and right, and taking turns to use the artillery of the left and right strings, directly enveloping the Burmese city of Da Xiang a few miles away on the opposite side.

The Burmese people's self-confidence, as well as their lack of experience in the large-scale use of new firearms tactics, have led them to maintain the habitual mentality that numbers are king.

In other words, any opponent in the East in this era, the unique elephant soldiers of the Nanyang countries are enough to make them rampant on the battlefield and sweep everything.

However, in the face of a powerful artillery offensive, the Burmese generals who thought they had gathered tens of thousands of Burmese elite Ta Chongcheng would eventually pay a heavy price for their short-sightedness and backwardness.

In just over two hours of bombardment, the entire city wall facing the coastline was covered with bullet holes, and the skin of the city wall was directly scraped off by the dense cannonballs.

The strong city wall is still like this, not to mention the old tactics are still used, and the Burmese soldiers with the soles of the shoes densely covered by the city wall have suffered heavy losses in this round of artillery bombardment.

As far as the eye can see, the entire city women's walls and battlements behind have been soaked in a dark red color, which is all alive from the remains of soldiers who have been hit by cannonballs carrying a huge amount of kinetic energy, and are almost crushed.

Not only on the city walls, but also the Burmese cavalry and reserves behind the walls were also implicated, among which the soldiers suffered the most casualties, in addition to the merciless shells of the Hong Gate, there were also elephants, the mounts of the Burmese warriors.

In the thunderous cannon fire, the elephant, which had been domesticated to the north and was extremely well-behaved and docile, and the elephant with a psychic humanity was frightened like never before, and the beast's natural premonition of danger made it even overturn the knights on their backs who were trying to appease them, and trampled a way out of the Burmese army that was hiding behind the city walls.

Of course, the Burmese soldiers in Da Cheng did not have no action to fight back, but with the more than ten old artillery pieces they bought and looted from pirates and Westerners, it was very difficult but brave to launch their own counterattack under the bombardment of the Hongtang army.

It's just that the Burmese military's counterattack was really weak, and it didn't last long, and the artillery group of the Hongtang fleet that found their artillery position covered a dense attack, exchanging quantity for accuracy, and it didn't take long to blast the artillery in the hands of the Burmese army on the city wall into scrap metal.

However, the losses given by the other side to the Hongtang fleet were only a hole the size of a bowl on the deck of a "Jiaolong-style" warship, which could be said to have no impact on the main body's combat strength.

In this way, the bombing lasted for more than four hours before the regiment commander Zhao Simei gave the order to stop shooting, and this was because Zhao Simei considered the number of shells carried by the fleet, and did not pour out all the shells in one go, otherwise the shelling would last for several hours.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, which was not conducive to the landing of the Hongtang fleet, after all, their regiment had less than 4,000 troops, and the difference in numbers made it difficult for them to use the accuracy of their muskets at night, so the Burmese military and Ta Chong Cheng escaped a catastrophe.

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Hongtang's army began to rest and prepare for tomorrow's landing.

In fact, there seems to be nothing to rest, only their Hongtang soldiers beat the enemy's share in the fierce battle of the day, but no enemy beat them equally, and the only few enemy shells hit the first class of the fleet, but they did not bring any damage to the Hongtang army.

(End of chapter)