It's been three months.

During these three months, the situation was generally calm. The British, after harassing the coastal military ports a few times and suffering losses, rarely came back.

According to information gathered from various sources, the British intensified their occupation of the surrounding islands during this time, and after the occupation, they drove the aborigines to build fortifications, apparently intending to use the islands as a bridgehead in the event of a full-scale attack.

And Daqin's side was naturally not idle, and new steam ironclad warships were constantly coming from the country, carrying countless new weapons at the same time.

These new weapons included not only the Wude Nine-Year A-type machine gun, but also the latest muskets, as well as a smaller, more portable mortar, which was named the Wude Nine-Year A-type grenadier by the Great Qin Emperor.

This new weapon, called the grenadier canister, is lighter than the previous light mortars, and although the lethality is reduced, it is more portable and can be operated by one person, which is simply a sharp weapon for following the infantry.

The new rifle is more powerful in terms of range and accuracy.

During these three months, Ran Wu adopted conservative defensive measures externally, and intensified the training of troops internally, familiarizing the soldiers with new weapons, and organized several island landing combat exercises to prepare for future combat landings.

The British had very few channels for intelligence gathering, and they couldn't figure out what the Qin army was doing. After the initial doubts and worries, the British gradually relaxed and agreed that the Qin army should be unable to compete with the ironclad warships and machine guns of the British Empire, so they would adopt conservative defensive measures.

On the other hand, it was also Ran Wu who ordered the news to be strictly sealed, and the British could not inquire about any valuable news even if they had the heart.

Early in the morning of this day, Ran Wu ordered a military meeting.

"Marshal, according to the various intelligence we have gathered, these islands chosen by the British are relatively close in terms of distance, and in case of trouble, the islands can provide timely support between them." The chief of staff pointed to the map and gave a briefing.

"The British are clearly planning to prevent us from attacking them."

"The British were scared by us, which is why it's so complicated."

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The generals talked a lot, and their words were full of confidence.

So many ironclad warships, so many new weapons, plus the results of these three months of training have reinvigorated everyone's confidence.

After all, the British's reliance was on the so-called ironclad battleships and repeating muskets.

And these things, we Daqin not only have, but even more, and more powerful, what reason is there not to be confident?

"Ladies and gentlemen, the days of the British are coming to an end. After three months of preparation, the strength of our army has increased significantly. Now it's time for our army to start fighting back and expel the British. Next, I would like to ask the Chief of Staff to explain the tactics of this time. ”

Ran Wu sat on the main seat, and said in a deep voice after his eyes scanned the crowd.

Everyone immediately fell silent, silent, and all looked at the chief of staff.

"Generals, the strategy formulated by the marshal is very simple, that is, to attack in an all-out way, and each of them will break these eight words."

When everyone heard this, they were all in good spirits, and their blood boiled.

…………… I'm the blood-boiling divider...............

Black Fox Island is the closest island to the front-line military port of the Wehrmacht. It was occupied by the British a month earlier.

After the British occupied Black Fox Island, they spared no effort to start building fortifications on this island, and various military measures such as watchtowers, military camps, and military docks were built one after another.

The aboriginal tribes of the island were forced to become freeless slaves under the whipping of the British, and many died under the whips and muskets of the British.

Although there were several revolts, the spears and arrows were quickly defeated by the muskets and cannons, hundreds of aborigines were killed, and the island's inevitable beaches were littered with hills of bones.

Under the strong suppression of the British, the aborigines no longer dared to resist and completely became slaves of the British.

There is a hill on the east side of the island, which is the highest point on the island, and the British built a watchtower on the hill to monitor the situation in the eastern sea, where the Great Qin army came from.

The British were confident that if the Great Qin army appeared, they could detect it at the first time and react quickly.

Two smaller islands around Black Fox Island were also occupied by the British, and various fortifications were built on them. These three islands are three-legged, and they are horns of each other.

If one is attacked, the other two will soon get the news and rush to reinforcements.

Therefore, the British built beacon towers on all three islands, and this trick was learned from the Great Qin army. The three beacons are built on the highest point on each island, and as long as it is not foggy, the other two islands can be quickly spotted once they are set on fire.

The beacon tower on Black Fox Island was naturally built on this hill, so the hill became a key point of defense for the British, and of course the main defense targets were the resentful natives.

If the Qin army rushed to the mountain, then it means that the entire Black Fox Island has fallen.

Therefore, the British placed a full company of troops on this hill with a radius of less than two miles, accounting for one-third of the entire island's troops, which is enough to show that the British attach importance to this hill.

"Smith, wake up, it's time for you to stand guard!" The sentry yawned and walked away from the cabin, waking up his sleeping companion.

Private Smith walked out of the cabin with his gun on his back in a sleepy eye, and the cold wind blowing from the ocean outside made him shiver suddenly, and most of his sleepiness disappeared at once.

"Damn the sentry, the damn war!" Smith grumbled and staggered to the side to the remote place to pee.

At this time, it was already dawn, the sky was slowly brightening, and half of the fiery red sun could already be seen on the sea level in the east.

The sea breeze carried a fishy smell peculiar to the sea into the mouth and nose of the young Private Smith, and he breathed a sigh of relief, squinted his eyes and unbuttoned his pants to let the water go.

After feeling refreshed, Smith went up to the watchtower with his gun on his back, shrunk back, tightened his military coat, and then leaned against a pillar, found a comfortable position, and looked at the sea to the east.

"The morning sun is so beautiful, it seems to be more beautiful than the English Channel sun." The young private looked at the fiery sun half above the sea level and let out a word of admiration.

"Hey, what's that?" Smith seemed to see a black dot on the sun at this time.

He rubbed his eyes and looked at it again, but he still couldn't see clearly, the fiery red sunlight affected his vision.

"It must be a seagull," Smith muttered to himself, and instead of looking, he changed directions and looked boredly at the island below.

At this time, although the east has begun to shine, the light on the island is still dim. There was a shouting in English from the bottom of the hill, and it was the aborigines of Black Fox Island who had been driven by the British soldiers in custody and had begun to work.

The sound of felling could be heard in the woods below, and the indigenous women were preparing breakfast for the British soldiers. The indigenous men in charge of the fortifications were already carrying stones from the beach with heavy steps under bayonets and guns.

Smith retracted his gaze and muttered, "These lazy monkeys always need to be whipped to get to work, and they're nowhere near the Hindus."

After a routine look around, finding nothing unusual, Smith leaned against the pillar behind him and began to nap again.

There was a loud "boom" that woke Smith out of his sleep again. He hurriedly opened his eyes and looked around with his rifle in hand.

When his eyes reached the sea to the east, Smith froze.

A huge fleet is heading in its own direction.

No! It wasn't an ordinary fleet, it was a huge fleet, and he could even see the glow of the muzzle of the huge cannon in the bow of the battleship at the head of the battleship.

"Boom", another loud bang, and Smith felt as if his body had been swept by a gust of wind, and flew out of the sentry tower.

When he was in the air, he was surprised to see that the tall watchtower he had been in had turned into a pile of broken wood.

"God, what kind of cannonball can have such terrifying power!"

That was Smith's last thought in the world, and then he was completely plunged into darkness.

"Captain, you can't go any further, if you open it again, you'll run aground."

The battleship Weiwu is the largest tonnage, the strongest firepower, the fastest speed, and the strongest armor protection capability of the Fusang fleet of the Great Qin Navy, and naturally became the flagship of the fleet.

The captain of this battleship was Rear Admiral Zheng Sen, the eldest son of Zheng Zhilong, who was now named the Marquis of Dinghai by the Great Qin Court.

After the Zheng family surrendered that year, Zheng Sen joined the Great Qin Navy, and in the past ten years, he has made many military achievements, from a hairy boy who thought highly of himself back then to a senior general of the Great Qin Navy.

This time, he was transferred to the post of commander of the Fuso fleet, which was composed entirely of new warships, and he was definitely entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Therefore, he himself is also full of ambition, and intends to do a good job and teach the arrogant British a harsh lesson.

"Okay, order the fleet to be under martial law and cooperate with the army to carry out artillery bombardment on the island. At the same time, the landing craft were prepared to cooperate with the landing of the army. Finally, send a reinforcement fleet to stop the reinforcements of the British. ”

Zheng Sen gave orders in a deep voice and methodically.

"Yes!" The first mate took the order and turned to leave.

Three huge warships launched a fierce artillery bombardment around Black Fox Island, and black clouds continued to rise on Black Fox Island, accompanied by various screams of the crowd.

At the same time, several ironclad battleships turned their rudders and left the main force of the fleet and divided into two groups and headed in other directions.

The sudden blow threw the unprepared British into disarray. And in the first shelling, the British watchtower was destroyed, and even the garrison on the hill suffered heavy casualties.

The British troops stationed on Black Fox Island were the elite of the British army, and after the initial panic, they began to counterattack under the organization of the officers.

On the one hand, they urgently dispatched warships to block the warships of the Great Qin Navy in an attempt to prevent the Qin army from landing. On the other hand, the army on the island was organized and began to set up a defensive line, ready to fight the enemy on land.

"Boom, boom, boom", huge artillery sounds continued to sound, and the navies of the two sides began to exchange fire.

The British deployed three warships on Black Fox Island, of which only one of the main warships was a new steam-powered ironclad warship, and the other two were traditional sail warships.

However, the British had taken advantage of the previous conflict with the Qin army. Moreover, they knew very well how much it would cost to build a new type of warship, so they didn't think that just a few of the Qin army could have a warship that could compete with them.

Driven by this psychology, the British ironclad battleship took the lead, and the other two ships, one on the left and one on the right, rushed towards the Qin battleship in a zigzag shape.

In the impression of the British, the Qin warships were still traditional sail warships, and as soon as they fired, the hull of the opposing party would soon turn into a pile of broken wood. Moreover, your own artillery is superior to the opponent in terms of rate of fire and range, which has been confirmed in previous battles.

"Captain, looking at the posture of the British, he obviously wants to swallow us in one go." The first mate, who was standing next to Zheng Sen, looked at the menacing British battleship from the telescope and chuckled.

"The British don't know how thick the sky is, I'm afraid I'm going to knock out a mouthful of teeth." Zheng Sen snorted softly and ordered: "Don't rush to fire the cannon first, don't scare the British away." ”

The British battleship saw that the Qin army did not open fire, thinking that the Qin army was afraid, and the momentum was even more fierce, and they pounced without hesitation.

Although the Qin army did not open fire, several battleships unfolded a fan-shaped structure with the Weiwu as the core, forming an encirclement posture against the British warships.

Seeing that the British rushed in, Zheng Sen, who had been observing with a telescope, finally gave a categorical order: "Open fire!" ”

The order was quickly conveyed to the other ships through the flag, and soon, the roar of cannon fire rang out one after another.

The British, who rushed to the front, bore the brunt of the ironclad battleship and were hit by several shots. One of the shells landed on the deck next to the command room, and the huge blast wave directly swept off half of the command room.

"Captain, Captain Wilson is dead!"

The British generals in the command room were stunned, and before they could get up, they heard someone shouting.

The crowd hurriedly fixed their eyes and found that the commander, Colonel Wilson, had a twisted iron bar stuck in his neck, his neck was covered with blood, his eyes were wide open, and he was no longer breathing.

It is truly sad and infuriating that Captain Wilson died in the first round of enemy shelling.

However, the British Imperial Navy has been crisscrossing the world for so many years, and its heritage is also quite good, and it will not be chaotic because of the death of a captain.

The first mate quickly took over the command and said loudly: "Don't panic, Captain Wilson's death was just an accident." We're going to make this group of oriental monkeys pay the price soon. ”

The panicked crowd quickly quieted down, and the first mate began to give orders in an orderly manner.

As a result, just as everyone was looking at the first mate expectantly, two shells fell into the center of the crowd, and with two loud bangs, more than a dozen bodies were suddenly thrown into the sky.

When the smoke cleared, the survivors looked at the place with palpitations, and found that only the severed arms and stumps were left all over the ground, and a complete human figure could no longer be seen, and the impassioned first mate just now had long since disappeared.

Although Zheng Sen saw a violent explosion on the British warship through the telescope, he did not know that the enemy's command system had been completely destroyed.

The guns of the Qin battleships were powerful, fast and accurate, and the dense shells fell on the British battleships one after another.

The British battleships that had lost their command system, no matter how deep their roots were, would not help at this time. The soldiers scurried with their heads in their hands, and some even chose to jump into the sea in panic, and the ship instantly became a pot of porridge, and only a few artillery pieces were still resisting in vain.

There were bursts of artillery and fire. Huge columns of water continued to rise around the battleship, and the British ironclad battleships had basically lost their combat effectiveness.

"Boom", an earth-shattering loud bang exploded on the ocean, and at the same time, accompanied by a huge fire, a huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and black smoke filled the air, as if a demon had descended into the world.

Everyone froze and watched in shock.

The huge British ironclad battleship broke into two parts in the middle, and its bow suddenly rose to the sky, and soon slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.

The water quickly poured into the remnants of the ship's hull, and the aft half of the ship began to sink slowly.

Zheng Sen, who saw this scene in the telescope, was also a little stunned, this kind of spectacular naval battle scene was the first time he had seen it in his life.

Although I had experienced naval battles with my father before, the naval battles at that time were springboard battles after the two sides approached each other, and it was more accurate to say that it was a naval battle, rather than a land battle on a ship.

And this scene in front of me is the scene of a real cannon giant.

This moment made him dizzy and excited.

"Captain, it looks like we hit the British's arsenal." The first mate, who was also shocked, watched it for a long time before putting down the telescope and saying to Zheng Sen.

"Looks like it should be. Our shells are not yet so powerful. The order was given to raise the banner of persuasion, the main battleship of the British was finished, and if the remaining two did not surrender, then they would be completely sunk! Zheng Sen came back to his senses and ordered in a deep voice.

The ironclad battleships with the British as the backbone were finished, and the remaining two battleships were also panicked and wanted to turn around and escape.

But their speed was not fast at all, and they were soon caught up by the Qin warships. After two rounds of artillery, one British ship was shot and sunk, and the other hurriedly raised a white flag.

The Qin warships began to send small boats to salvage the British prisoners who had fallen overboard, and at the same time sent people to receive the captured British warships.

However, after a while, the second mate of the Mighty walked in excitedly, saluted Zheng Sen and said loudly: "Captain, according to the situation of our interrogation of the prisoners, the British have less than three hundred people left on the island. And at the moment there is no long-range artillery fire on the island. I suggest that we can start a landing operation. ”

"Are you sure?" Zheng Sen asked in a deep voice.

"I took an interpreter to interrogate several British prisoners, all of whom were interrogated separately, and their confessions could corroborate each other." Second vice-chancellor.

"Okay, order the Marines to prepare for a landing operation. At the same time, artillery shelling was carried out on key positions on the island to cover their landing. Zheng Sen ordered categorically.

The second mate hurriedly took the order and left.

In the construction of the Daqin Navy in recent years, in addition to the continuous research and development and manufacturing of new artillery and new warships, the construction of the Marine Corps is also the top priority.

Jiang Chuan is well aware of the development trend of future naval warfare, so he naturally will not only train simple sailors. For the Daqin Navy, the strategic task has shifted from coastal defense to ocean-going expansion.

Since the ocean is expanding, landing operations are definitely indispensable. Landing operations require professional marines to be competent, rather than simply loading army soldiers onto ships and putting them off ships.

When the Marine Corps was first created, many people did not think it was necessary. But after a few years of encirclement and suppression of pirates, in which the Marines played a great role, those people began to admire the foresight of His Majesty the Emperor.

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