Chapter 153: Ming Ying's First Battle (4) - Full stop
Just when he wanted to restart the war, more than 20 sailing ships suddenly arrived from the southwest. The puffing sails of the pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info pushed the sailboat into the battlefield lightly. It was just sandwiched between the Ming and British warships, forming a distinct dividing line.
And they are connected end to end, and they are unusually close to each other.
The Ming warship hurriedly retreated and opened up the distance between it and the sailboat.
This made Heimler deeply suspicious, and the more than 20 sailboats in front of him were most likely filled with explosives. With the tightness of this sailboat, once it explodes, it will definitely produce a chain reaction and explode with earth-destroying energy. The battleships present must have been blown to pieces. The people on the ship, let alone survive, it is difficult to keep all the corpses.
Thinking of the horrific consequences, Heimler's thoughts of revenge froze. Quickly order the fleet to retreat and keep a distance from the sailboats.
Ou Ziwen, who was opposite, chuckled on his face after seeing that the British battleship did not advance but retreated. It was just a wound on his face, and the pain made him grin and have to pretend to be serious.
In fact, these twenty or so sailboats, all empty. There wasn't a single ammunition in it, it was so clean that not even a speck of sulfur could be found. After all, ammunition is limited, and all reserves are moved to those three sailboats. It is impossible to conjure up additional ammo.
As long as the Indian fleet sinks one at random, it will surely get a glimpse of the truth.
Unfortunately, Heimler was fooled. Seeing the Ming battleship retreat, he really thought that the sailboat was loaded with explosives. However, even if he guessed that there was something wrong with these sailboats, he did not dare to check the authenticity. Because of the pull of the hair and move the whole body! As long as a sailboat sees Mars, the adjacent sailboat must be ignited.
Catastrophic consequences are inevitable.
He would rather believe in such a life-threatening matter than believe in it.
This is like a gamble, in the face of the bold Ou Ziwen, he is timid, and there is no way to recover.
So after a while, on the British side, a fast scissor boat was rowed, and on it sat Ming soldiers. But when he fell into the water, he was captured by the British army.
After they crossed the terrifying sailboat, they came to the camp of the Great Ming. To Ou Ziwen, the British conditions were revealed. That is, to ask Daming to bear the main responsibility for this war and apologize to the British soldiers who were killed and wounded. The three battleships that were sunk also asked him to compensate for the corresponding losses.
Of course, the main thing is to ask Daming to leave the Andaman Islands immediately and lift the blockade. Reaffirm that the Andaman Islands are a colony of the British Empire, and let the Ming not infringe on the interests of the British Empire. It was followed by a barrage of threatening words.
Hearing this, Ou Ziwen felt that the Indian fleet had not learned enough lessons. thought that the Ming Dynasty was the first to cease the war, but he was afraid and retreated. He sent a message to the sailing ships to approach the Indian fleet. At the same time, five more British soldiers were released and asked to bring letters to Heimler. It is said that this is an important place for the exercises of the Ming Dynasty and Burma, and the Indian fleet has forcibly broken in, which has constituted a provocation. Later, he took the lead in firing and sank the Ming Dynasty's Chengzu No. 1, which was an indisputable declaration of war.
Therefore, the Ming Dynasty returned fire and destroyed the warships of the Indian fleet, which was a legitimate defense. Therefore, Britain, represented by the Indian fleet, should bear full responsibility, while the Ming Dynasty did not bear any responsibility. And an apology should be made to the entire Ming Navy.
As for the Andaman Islands, they have been burned to the brular, so they no longer have anything to do with the British.
Because the Ming Dynasty has always respected the law of good-neighborliness and good-neighborliness, it cannot bear to continue the war. took the initiative to cease the war and release enough goodwill.
Suppose the Indian fleet does not want to respond with sufficient sincerity. That Da Ming didn't mind letting the Indian fleet appreciate the power of the sailing ship again.
In fact, on the whole, the whole letter has one meaning. "If you want to go, hurry up, don't be blind***** otherwise, Da Ming will be welcome."
With such a fright, the attitude of the Indian fleet turned out to be much more realistic. Didn't say anything more apologies, left the Andaman Islands. Just say that the prisoners were exchanged, and they will leave.
In this regard, Ou Ziwen has no opinion. Because even if the Indian fleet doesn't mention it, he will bring it up. So the two sides were near the sailboat and handed over the prisoners.
However, the Indian fleet only exchanged captured Ming soldiers, not including Burmese sailors. But the soldiers captured by the British were basically Burmese sailors. The real Ming soldiers rarely fell into the hands of the Indian fleet. This made it so that at the time of the exchange, more than 200 British soldiers were captured by the Ming Dynasty, and there were only twenty or thirty Ming soldiers.
This is too much of a difference, and it's not a good deal.
So Da Ming also put forward conditions. In exchange for the corresponding number of people, if there is more, a certain amount of remuneration will be paid for ransom.
That is, the Indian fleet, for more than a hundred soldiers, has to pay honorarium. This is a large expense, and the Indian fleet is extremely unwilling. Especially on the sea, where do not lay eggs, where to find ransom?
If these naval soldiers were cheap Indian soldiers, the Indian fleet would definitely not bother to pay attention. But these naval soldiers are all natives of the British, so that the Indian fleet does not dare to abandon them casually.
In the end, after negotiations, the Indian fleet agreed to include the Burmese sailors. Da Ming also gave up the demand for ransom.
After the handover, Heimler didn't want to look at the 2nd Division anymore, so he took the Indian fleet and galloped north. In fact, if you really want to fight Daming to the end, it's not impossible. But after Heimler calmed down, he didn't dare to continue fighting. After all, the Indian Governor also told him not to cause a war between Ming and Ying.
It is estimated that next, between Ming and Ying, there will be a war of words. However, this is a matter for the Foreign Affairs Department, and it has nothing to do with Ou Ziwen.
At this moment, after watching the Indian fleet completely disappear into the distance, his whole heart also fell.
In fact, from the beginning of the blockade of the Andaman Islands, he has been engaged in a gamble. When the British army made a strong offensive gesture, it was the time when the gamble was at its most critical.
Because at that time, if the second division does not respond, the Indian fleet will most likely break through the blockade. This will not only make Daming lose face, but also make the Andaman Islands, which are determined to win, become elbows again. However, if we take a tough stance, it will be difficult to control the evolution of the situation. If you can't say it, it will lead to a full-scale war in advance.
That guilt is not something that one person can bear.
So he had a plan. Use Chengzu No. 1 to be a victim of the Ming Dynasty. So that the 2nd Division would have an excuse to return fire to the Indian fleet.
The Ming soldiers on that ship were also replaced by Burmese sailors long before rushing to the Indian fleet. Including the commander-in-chief of Burma, who was also held on that ship. Whether dead or alive can be his reason to explain this conflict.
But now, he seems to have won the bet. It not only made Britain lose face, but also took the Andaman Island as its own. This mission has come to a successful end. (To be continued.) )