Chapter 450: A Hidden Fortress

When the British Empire was angrily mobilizing overseas to send more troops to directly kill China, countless merchant ships and passenger ships, carrying a large number of army weapons and ammunition, etc., sailed to Malacca, preparing to form a new follow-up corps to assist the Barry fleet, and at the same time, Admiral Baker of the British Navy also trained troops in Britain and prepared the Atlantic Fleet, which was another twenty battleships, thirty heavy cruisers, more than seventy cruisers, and more than a hundred small gunboats, The Atlantic Fleet is the pride of the British Royal Navy, where the real capital lies, although she is very angry at the defeat of Nelson = Fleet, the Queen of England still sensibly told the ministers, in fact, the British Navy is undefeated, and the defeat is the army, in the battle after the landing,

The British government hopes that the Barry fleet and the attached army naval combat units can deal with the Chinese, just imagine how terrifying the existence of a British army of 80,000 main forces is, the follow-up British army still has 50,000 people, if necessary, 100,000 to 30 people, it is also easy to prepare, the British have money, conscience money and black money earned from all over the world, just scatter, you can recruit its countless troops,

Barry's fleet plunged headlong into the boundless South China Sea, and then, marching at full speed, finally reached the gateway of Canton, and outside the mouth of the Pearl River, the huge British fleet conducted reconnaissance in advance, and then, again, bombarded the Chinese batteries at Shajiao and Dajiao,

This time, within ten minutes, the British troops, who were fighting at the same time, destroyed both batteries, and the squadron fired sporadically, which soon stopped,

"What a sight." Lieutenant General Barry said triumphantly, and at the same time grabbed a handful on the chest of the female secretary, who was young and strong, and had a lot of firepower, so, making excuses to equip two British female secretaries, two Indian female secretaries, and several maids, these women, all of whom became the targets of his coveting, the fishing and hunting grounds for dirty hands,

The British army is well-trained, professional and not to say, the queue of the fleet, coordination, are very good, the cannons of large-caliber battleships, let out a roar, at this time, it is still the golden age of cannons and giant ships, whose ship is bigger, whose guns are bigger, who is the strongest, Vice Admiral Barry's battleship flagship, there are also 200 mm large-caliber guns, however, in the British army, it is usually said that eight inches and six inches belong to the giant cannons,

The firing of shells, flying, whistling, and exploding, hit the Chinese batteries on the shore extremely miserably, filled with gunsmoke, cyan smoke, black smoke, as if demons and monsters were dancing, the entire battery disappeared, and the British army could only continue to bombard according to the target aimed in advance,

"We must destroy all the Chinese batteries." The officer in charge of conveying the military order of the British army said excitedly,

The British said so and did so, and after some assessment, the British stopped firing,

The fire burned on the Chinese fort, the blazing flames swayed, and the sea breeze blew the ground one after another, even on the battleships far away, the British officers and soldiers could feel the scorching waves,

"If the squadron survives, we can only say that they are the real devils." Several officers whispered,

Indeed, the battery disappeared,

After the retreat of Nelson's fleet, Qiu Yuancai was here, and was sent by Luo Yang to show a talent, Zhao Liewen, this is a powerful man, although he was extremely hostile to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, standing in the position of the landlords and rich people, and was also extremely loyal to the Manchu Qing, but now, the form of the country has changed, and he has to change, it is said that this person has learned the Yin and disgust spells, and can see through the next fifty years, he once said to Zeng Guofan, the Manchu Qing may still have decades to go, and then it will inevitably perish, but Luo Yang was born out of thin air, so that everything has changed, In the end, he accepted the appointment of Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom sensibly, and in the end, Luo Yang was not thin on him, and Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom was quite rational in the distribution of wealth and land, which was acceptable to most landlords and wealthy people.

Zhao Liewen is a strange person, so Luo Yang trained him and asked him to go to Guangdong to assist Qiu Yuancai in the battle.

Luo Yang's instructions were to bluff, preserve power, not to resist the British army, and to strike later, Zhao Liewen faithfully carried out this order, and also summarized the specific issues, so Qiu Yuancai was quite rational and restored the big horn forts in Shajiao, but, that was an illusion, after the strict blockade, fake batteries were set up there, anyway, the vanguard fleet of the British army could beat these batteries to shreds, which proved that the strength of the British fleet was too strong, simply, you can fight casually,

The Huaxia army set up a huge wooden cannon on the fort, imitating the coastal heavy artillery, the original battle can still be used a few guns, but the position has been transferred, near this fort, set up three artillery companies, each with four heavy guns, all dug and built a large fortress, the personnel are hidden in it, leaving only a small observation port, by the soldiers outside under the chest wall to observe and command, for the construction mode of the modern fortress, Luo Yang is quite familiar, all sent Zhao Liewen to command, so, Qiu Yuan did not dare to slack off, the fortress was built very cleverly,

Only one real cannon bluffed on the platform and fired back at the British, and the rest of the artillery were waiting for an opportunity to take refuge in the fortress, the advantage was safety, and the disadvantage was that the field of vision was greatly limited, and, in order to win by surprise, the middle ** gave up the heights and set the batteries on the rest of the flat ground, all kinds of influences,

The forts that the British were familiar with, especially the Chinese forts, were the high platforms in the open air, and the high ones were to be condescending and fight farther, but unfortunately, the forts could be destroyed with just a few bullets inside.

Now that the British were convinced that the battle was over, and that they were going to take a closer look, Barry sent several cruisers to observe,

The four cruisers, approaching the battery, became targets for the lurking Chinese artillery, and they waited quietly and waited until the British were completely within the range of the strike,

The three artillery companies, under the unified command of a regimental commander, others were hiding in the fortress of the first artillery company, observed with a telescope, and finally got ready to go: "Grandma, the British hairmen have finally taken the bait, come and get ready, and strive to kill one with one cannon." ”

Killing a warship with one cannon is, of course, whimsical, but an ordinary medium-sized warship with a displacement of less than two thousand tons can still be sunk by a few shells.

These are all coastal heavy artillery, the barrel is extremely long, the firing range is of course extremely long, the farthest is more than three thousand meters, the shells are sixty-four pounds, they are all solid bullets, don't look at the solid bullets, this is the so-called armor-piercing shells, some armor-piercing shells are all-iron, some are loaded with sand, pay attention, it's sand, weight-gained,

Sudden bombardment by China,

Twelve cannons, bombarded from the fortress, almost all the bullets hit the first two British cruisers,