In the eyes of the Qing soldiers, what came with a lot of momentum was a group of behemoths, and the big ones were not like words. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, in the eyes of the British army, these were only the most inconspicuous existence in the British naval fleet, and the main force was only two sixth-class warships, and the flagship of the West Horse Mi Li was one of the two capital ships, the Cruiser.

Although for the British it was only their smallest battleship, it was already quite large for the Qing soldiers, who rarely saw Western ocean-going ships.

Although small for the British, these two warships were advanced enough, both were the latest British design propeller dark steamers, launched in 1852, with a displacement of 1,000 tons and 17 32-pounder guns.

In addition to the two capital ships, the remaining combat ships are gunboats such as the Plover, Banterer, Forester, Haughty, Janus, Kestrel, Lee, Opossum and Starling, a total of only 10 guns, each of which has only 4 main cannons, which cannot be compared with the capital battleships at all.

The remaining non-combat ships also include troop carriers, coal pumping ships, hospital ships, etc., for a total of 30 warships.

Such a fleet size, of course, is not the largest military force that the British army can come up with, but it is the majority of the strength they can get from Guangzhou, and the reason is very simple, it is not the carelessness of the British army, but because of the conditions in Guangzhou. The Pearl River, which has not undergone modern dredging, can only allow ships of less than 1,000 tons to enter and exit, and it is already the limit of the British army to send two sixth-class warships of 1,000 tons.

You must know that later they attacked the Dagu Fort, and only sent 11 gunboats into the Haihe River, because of the inland river battle, large warships could not be driven into it at all, and those large warships were used to control the sea power.

They only had to deal with the river gunboats of the British Navy, which was lucky for the Xiangyong who defended Guangzhou, but even the Dagu Fort could not stop these gunboats, and it was obvious that they would definitely not be easy to deal with.

Hua Tingjie felt the huge gap in strength for the first time.

When the British army's 2 battleships and 10 gunboats lined up in two columns on the water 3 miles away from the east battery, and fired their guns in the direction of Guangzhou with their side sides, the scene of salvo fire made the villagers who had never seen a regular naval battle even instantly in a trance, and even the gunners on the battery forgot to counterattack at the first time.

The British warships were equipped with a total of 74 32-pounder guns, while the shore defense guns on the east battery were only 36, a difference of more than double the number.

As a result, most of the shells fell into the nearby river, splashing huge jets of water, and some smashed against the wall, giving the impression that the earth was shaking.

Hua Tingjie also felt shaken, he immediately came to his senses, and immediately shouted loudly, asking the gunners to prepare for a counterattack.

Finally, the battery counterattacked, but their gunnery was not as good as that of the British Navy, and they didn't even touch the side of the British warship, and most of them didn't even fall into the Pearl River, but smashed on the shore and somewhere.

It's not that these Armstrong guns aren't advanced enough, it's not that the aiming equipment designed by the British is not advanced enough, it's just that these gunners don't know how to use it, they just aim by feeling, and then fire, in this case, when the shell flies three miles, the probability of hitting the target is probably not much different from killing a mosquito.

Zhu Jinglun had already left the fort at this time, and the moment he saw the British fleet, he said goodbye to Hua Tingjie.

When he said goodbye, Hua Tingjie's eyes were full of disdain for him, I am afraid that Hua Tingjie mistakenly thought that Zhu Jinglun was worried about his danger and did not dare to stay on the front line. As for Zhu Jinglun's statement that he wanted to prepare for battle, he was naturally used by Hua Tingjie as an excuse to escape.

But in fact, Zhu Jinglun really planned to return to the city to prepare for battle.

When Zhu Jinglun passed by Wanshou Palace again, he heard the constant gunshots inside, and he had been here just after leaving the city, and knew that it was Hua Tingjie's musket team training inside. After receiving the 2,000 rifles sent by Zhu Jinglun yesterday, Hua Tingjie immediately organized people to actively train. Hua Tingjie's subordinates were no strangers to these British rifles, because they had purchased a batch of muskets in Macao earlier, most of which were rifled rifles made in Britain and France.

However, Hua Tingjie bought it very expensive, and the foreigners in Macao asked him for 100 taels of silver for a gun, so Hua Tingjie, who was in financial difficulties, only bought 100 rifles in total, which is why he would conflict with Li Futai for the silver treasury, and why when Zhu Jinglun gave him 2,000 rifles, he did not mention the reason why Zhu Jinglun forcibly robbed the armory, because in Hua Tingjie's account book, these two thousand rifles were 200,000 taels of silver.

In addition to the guns, Zhu Jinglun also gave 100 mini rounds of ammunition for each rifle, and after these bullets were exhausted, the rifling of the rifle was almost worn out.

didn't stop and walked quickly to the camp in Xiezhen, the time was too tight, those coolies might not have time to train, and Zhu Jinglun didn't want to send them to the battlefield without training, so the only ones who could fight were the three hundred or so Indian soldiers who flickered by themselves, of course, he may not be needed to participate in the war in the end, but be prepared, Zhu Jinglun must be ready at any time, this is his habit.

The Indian soldiers made Zhu Jinglun a little disappointed, yesterday more than 300 Indian soldiers who hoped to change their caste by fighting for China, to today there are only more than 200 left, yesterday was an impulse, was carried away by Zhu Jinglun's promise to change the caste, after a night of brewing, many people retreated, and fought with their masters, for India, a nation that is accustomed to being obedient to the people, it really needs courage, of course, overnight also made some Indian soldiers' enthusiasm fade, sanity restored, There are also doubts about whether Zhu Jinglun can change their caste.

After counting the number of people, there were only 280 people, and even the most active Galava had 3 fewer people, seeing his guilty look, Zhu Jinglun comforted him instead, telling him that those who left were abandoned by the gods, and they would regret it in the end.

Saying so, Zhu Jinglun still found out that these people who stayed behind were actually not strong-willed, and at this time, sending them to the battlefield estimated that the probability of escape was extremely high, and they had to find a way to improve their fighting spirit.

What do Indian soldiers want?

Raise your status!

What is the implicit motive?

Obviously dignity!

The status will not be given to them for a while and a half, and as for raising the caste, it is just Zhu Jinglun's casual nonsense.

But to give them dignity, Zhu Jinglun can still do it, and immediately asked people to go to the warehouse and move out boxes of brand-new military uniforms, British military uniforms. The British have abundant material reserves, even 5,000 rifles can be used more, food is enough for more than three months, and there will naturally be no shortage of military uniforms, and they have a backlog of more than 3,000 military uniforms for officers and soldiers, and more than 500 pieces of red lobster military uniforms of the authentic British army.

A brand-new lobster soldier uniform was distributed to each soldier, and Zhu Jinglun found that the military uniform of the soldiers of the suzerainty country did make some changes in the spirit of these soldiers, especially those leaders, who were all assigned to the uniforms of British officers one by one, and Galava even got a lieutenant uniform, which was very happy.

This situation shows that these Indian soldiers have an inferiority complex in their hearts when facing authentic British soldiers, so when they put on the regular British army uniform, there will be a certain form of honor. This sentiment was later also found in some Chinese, called Chongyang Flattery. India, which has clearly been a British colony for more than a hundred years, has planted in their hearts the negativity of feeling inferior to whites.

"Dear friends, I won't lie to you. Garava, good job, if you can make a contribution, I guarantee that you will become a real officer, you will become a captain, you will become a major, or even a colonel. Of course, I would prefer you to become a general, and I hope you don't disappoint me. ”

Taking advantage of the strange pride that these Indian soldiers had just ignited, Zhu Jinglun agitated again.

"Now, it's just a military uniform for you, but only if you show your loyalty. I believe that it will not be long before you will be truly appointed as full-fledged officers. Then you will at least be Kshatriyas, and perhaps someone will be able to cleanse the blood of the lower elements and become a noble brahmin. Or you can be like the English nobles and receive the title bestowed upon you by His Majesty the Emperor. ”

When Zhu Jinglun spoke, these Indian soldiers were not as excited as yesterday, but they listened very carefully, and they really retreated from their impulses and regained their rationality.

At this time, the black dog carried a group of coolies into the barracks with boxes of weapons, and when Zhu Jinglun came to fool these Indian soldiers, he asked him to get weapons.

"Now, I'm going to give you weapons, and I want you to train right away!"

These Indian soldiers had been fully trained by the British army, and in the more than 100 years of British rule in India, the Indian native soldiers have always been the most effective tool for them to maintain their rule.

After receiving the weapons, under Zhu Jinglun's order, they quickly lined up in groups, Zhu Jinglun did not break up their organization, and still took the people who recruited them as officers, and Galava had the most people, and there were still 23 people after 3 people were missing.

"Galava, I now temporarily appoint you as the commander of the infantry regiment, and from now on, you will be responsible for leading the training. How the British trained you in the past, how they still train. I need you to be ready for battle as soon as possible, for our sake and for yourselves! ”

Soon the gunfire in the barracks rang out, and the gunfire was neat and regular, this was originally a well-trained unit.

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