Ushakov raised his binoculars and observed the results of the shelling, and now at least forty cannons were firing at the same time, and the sound of artillery was already in unison, and shells rained down on the positions and warehouses controlled by the coalition forces. The position was full of smoke and dust, and a flowering bullet hit with great accuracy, and it landed behind the fortifications piled up in the pouch wooden boxes, and with a bang, the limbs of the soldiers flew up one after another.

"Good! Well played! Ha Lu haha...... "The Russian smiled very proudly, as if victory was at hand. If he could see the Chinese and American fleets in the Pacific Ocean 30 nautical miles east of him at this moment, and they were sailing in formation hand in hand, he really didn't know how he would feel.

Now, the minor misunderstanding between the Chinese and American navies has been cleared up. The two sides not only exchanged views through the flag, but also sent officers to each other's flagships. Assigned to the Mississippi was a Navy Lieutenant named Chen Hanming, who was joined by Matthew. Perry talked for about 10 minutes and happily agreed that the Chinese fleet had come to Hawaii to pursue the Russian fleet, and that China had no intention of undermining Hawaii's neutrality, and that if the Russian fleet had not attacked Hawaii or had left on its own initiative, the Chinese fleet would not have entered Hawaii's ports, let alone undermined Hawaii's neutrality.

After a verbal agreement was reached, Matthew. Perry enthusiastically proposed that the Chinese and American navies work together to complete the expulsion of the Russian fleet. Of course, the American fleet will not take the initiative to attack the Russian fleet, but will put pressure on the Russian fleet to force them to leave Hawaii peacefully - by the hand of Matthew. Perry's wishful thinking, the Russians should have completed their task by now, and it was time to get on board and leave. And they could see the smoke from the steam galleons of the Sino-American joint formation from a great distance. Most of them will flee on their own. So there would be no reason for the Chinese fleet to be stationed in Hawaii for a long time......

That's it. A huge formation of twenty-six ships. It headed for Honolulu Harbor on Oahu.

And the battle at the port of Honolulu was in full swing.

"For the sake of the Tsar, for the sake of Russia, rush! Ulla! Ulla! ”

As soon as the shelling stopped, the Russian soldiers shouted the slogan of Ula Ula and began to charge! A full 2,000 people formed a large phalanx and rushed forward in a dense formation!

At this moment, the first coalition barricade in front of them had been completely destroyed, and the warehouses on both sides had been bombarded by Russian artillery and reduced to rubble. However, it was less than 500 steps north of the destroyed barricades and warehouses. A new barricade had been erected, and the buildings on both sides of the road had been occupied by coalition forces, black barrels sticking out of shattered glass windows.

"Stop moving! Stop moving forward ......"

The Russian officers knew how powerful the rifle in the opponent's hand was, and no one wanted to do the stupid thing of charging the rifle with a bayonet!

"Colonel, the enemy has erected a second barricade!"

Hearing the report of the Marine Corps commander, Ushakov almost did not vomit blood from anger. These Chinese are too hateful to play with the Russian army and line up to shoot - closely, of course! I didn't dare to fight with bayonets, so I knew that I was building barricades, which was determined to fight a positional battle!

"Let the riflingmen suppress them and push the artillery up. Bomb with a cannon! ”

The stragglers in the Russian marines were soon sent out to engage in a shootout with the coalition forces, and their mission was only to suppress the coalition skirmishers. Do not let them interfere with the setting of artillery positions.

"Mr. Zhang, we can only delay the advance of the Russian army, and it is difficult to prevent them from occupying Honolulu, do you think it is necessary to continue fighting? If the fight continues, Honolulu will probably be razed. ”

The speaker was the American pastor Richards, who had come to the coalition headquarters at HSBC on behalf of the King of Hawaii to "mediate." An interpreter from the Chinese embassy was standing between the two, translating their words into a language they could understand.

"His Majesty the King wants to preserve the city of Honolulu, and he wants the coalition forces to surrender......"

"Nope! Never surrender! Before the translator's words were finished, Zhang Zegen shouted loudly, "Even if Honolulu is scorched into a scorched earth, we will not surrender!" And...... It is impossible for the Russian artillery to destroy this HSBC building, which is made of ash and stone, and is so strong that it is comparable to a fortress! ”

HSBC's buildings are indeed very sturdy, because banks in this era like to use tall and sturdy buildings to show their credibility, and HSBC is no exception.

"If the second barricade is breached, we will retreat to HSBC! If not, retreat to the Ming Embassy, the Chinese Association, and Mormon Cathedral. In short, it must be defended, I believe that it is impossible for the Russians to stay in Hawaii for long! Mr. Pastor, can you go and tell His Majesty that we are determined to defend the independence and freedom of our friendly kingdom of Hawaii! ”

Pastor Richards smiled wryly, what is going on? The King of Hawaii "doesn't want to" defend Hawaii's independence and freedom, so what are you doing, Britain, and France? Is this a king who is not in a hurry to make friends?

At this moment, the roar of Russian artillery began again.

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"Why did the Chinese build another barricade?" Walking up to a half-collapsed building, Ushakov muttered to himself as he looked at a newly built street fortification in the distance. Not a single one behind him answered, and the Russian officers who were with him, everyone frowned.

In the small Honolulu, the Russian soldiers have invested nearly 3,000 people, and it stands to reason that they have been beaten down a long time ago. But now there are hundreds of casualties, almost a thousand, and dozens of cannons have been put into the bombardment, and they have only occupied a corner of Honolulu, according to this way of fighting, even if they can be defeated, Honolulu will be in ruins. These Russian officers felt that they had come not to occupy Honolulu, but to demolish houses!

"There...... Probably HSBC, right? A naval officer was muttering to himself again.

The third barricade of the coalition was built by HSBC and the Jardine Matheson building opposite, which was also made of stone and cement, and was built by the Jardine Matheson (non-Jardine Matheson) with the lucrative profits of sugar and coolie trade.

The road between the two buildings and the open spaces on either side of the building are piled up with all sorts of obstacles – purses, sacks, wooden boxes, furniture and even freshly cut down trees. And farther away, people seem to be densely packed like ants all over the block! It's all Chinese, and they're busy repairing new barricades! Do they really want to resist even if they destroy their homes?

Ushakov took a breath, took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was already 5:10 p.m. on the 27th, and Matthew. Perry agreed that the evacuation of the Russian army was only 12 hours away at the latest!

It seems that there is no need to fight any further, after all, the occupation of Hawaii is not the goal of Russia, Ushakov's purpose is only to plunder Hawaii and catch some strong men to go to Alaska.

"Don't fight! Bring the cannons aboard," Ushakov sighed, "send a few squads to the nearby aboriginal settlement to catch some strong men and women, and then send people to search the warehouses in the port area and fill the holds of all the ships with food." ”

"But...... HSBC is there! A bearded Russian officer said in a greedy tone.

"The bank's house is just there, I don't think the vault is full of money!" Ushakov shook his head, "After all, we are soldiers of the Russian Empire, not pirates!" He sighed again, if Honolulu did not resist and let the Russian army occupy it without much effort, it should be possible to grab a lot of property......

He shook his head, turned around and was about to go downstairs to leave, when he saw a sudden black smoke appear in the distant sky, first one and then a series of smoke!

A staff officer suddenly shouted: "Colonel, they are coming, the Americans are coming......"

Ushakov thought to himself, these Americans are coming too fast, right? Wrong...... His face had changed greatly, and he looked at a series of smoke in the distance and screamed: "It's not good, it's not the Americans who came!" Matthew. Perry only has four ships, how can there be so many chimneys? (To be continued......)