Chapter 355: Launching a Surprise Attack
Under the bombardment of the British naval guns, the cattle were not afraid, and they did not care about the Hindus who worshiped them devoutly, rushed into the crowd and trampled wildly, and the British ground forces were completely defeated!
The soldiers of the Democratic League were full of disbelief, Sheng Xuanhuai rubbed his eyes again and again, and then screamed: "My outlook on life and world view has been completely subverted, the Hindus have successfully conquered me, originally I thought that my understanding of religion was clear enough, but today I know how superficial and ignorant I am, the power of religion is so great, it can make people die with a smile, Wang Feng, I congratulate you on the success of the Fire Bull Array!" β
Wang Feng nodded and said: "Hinduism is a great religion, he tamed the spirit of rebellion and the possession of material things in human nature*, the Indian people attach great importance to the cultivation of the soul and spirit but are willing to be poor, Hinduism is indispensable, we should not destroy this great religion, but should help him in the South Asian subcontinent, even in Southeast Asia, the whole world to carry forward, let the glory of the Great Brahma spread all over the world except China, although I am not a Hindu, but I am willing to undertake this glorious mission!" β
"You are such a hypocrite!" Yang Shuijiao said disdainfully: "Aren't you like the British, who want to use Hinduism to harm people?" β
Wang Feng said as a matter of course: "I am Chinese, I am only responsible for the Chinese, as long as I do not harm the Chinese, I am happy to see anyone harmed, Yang Shuijiao, this is not called hypocrisy, religion is essentially an extension of politics, all religions are for politics, do you know where Hinduism comes from?" I tell you that it was created by the conquerors two thousand years ago, and in India, all the upper castes are conquerors, and the lower castes are the conquered. Don't you understand? Pure religion has no soil for survival in the world, including the two gates of Buddhism and Taoism in China, all of which serve the government.
And what is the essence of politics? It's a loss for others. It's a scramble, which in itself is a bloody and dirty process. The world's resources are limited, and you can only let others fish for meat if you don't fight for it, so you won't be naΓ―ve enough to think that burying your head in the development of industry can really make the country strong, right?
What about resources? What about the market? Don't you all need to snatch? What about routes? What about trade agreements? Don't you need strong force support? We have a large Chinese population, now 400 million people, when the future domestic reunification achieves peace, it is possible to explode to 1 billion, 1.5 billion, and China's land is barren. If you don't rob or rob, let alone live a good life, it will be a problem to have enough to eat, and if the people don't have enough to eat, they will revolt, they will rebel, and they will try their best to overthrow our regime!
Of course, expanding territory is a solution, but there is always a limit to expansion, and it is unrealistic to follow the path of Western colonization overseas, because the Chinese have always had the idea of occupying mountains as kings. Far away from the mainland, away from the control of the central government, once something goes wrong with the central government. Sooner or later, the colony will become independent, and the Republic of Lanfang can barely be regarded as a spontaneously formed Chinese colony, isn't it still an independent state?
Therefore, the most suitable path for China is to expand its territory appropriately, with force as the backing, China's long-standing culture as the pioneer, and various unequal trade agreements to plunder overseas wealth in disguise. This requires the establishment of a new international order, which is a long-term and arduous task!
Ultimately. The earth is a village, and every country can be seen as an underworld organization in this village. The current black boss is the United Kingdom, and the rest of Russia, the United States, France and many other powerful countries are coveting the position of the boss, because being the boss can obtain the right to distribute wealth, if we want to be strong, we must participate in this game, make full use of the contradictions between countries to grow and develop, in short, in order to make the country prosperous and the nation strong, no matter how despicable and shameless the means I will not have the slightest guilt! β
Sheng Xuanhuai showed a thoughtful look, and Yang Shuijiao blushed and said, "Why are you so fierce?" β
This was mainly for Sheng Xuanhuai, Wang Feng glanced at Sheng Xuanhuai, and then cast his gaze forward, on the battlefield, there were corpses everywhere, blood stained the grass red, fifty cannons were knocked down by the bull and more than a dozen, and the rest were standing alone in front of the formation, and there were piles of wooden boxes scattered on the side, obviously cannonballs.
Wang Feng couldn't help grinning: "The third brother is still quite righteous, he left the artillery, gave orders, cast wolf smoke, blew the trumpet, captured the prisoners, and seized the artillery!" β
"Dududu~~" The trumpeter blew the palpitating horn, and suddenly, accompanied by the wolf smoke rushing to the sky, the shouts of killing were loud, and the soldiers jumped out of cover and rushed forward.
Nearly ten miles away, the wolf smoke was still clearly visible, and Boss Chen immediately ran to the hatch and called: "Captain Zhang, Commander-in-Chief Wang has launched an attack, let's start too!" β
Captain Zhang is the deputy captain of the Marine Corps, named Zhang Tianxi, was originally a fisherman in Tongzhou, after the Democratic Alliance occupied Susong Taichang, he took his sister to cross the river at night to join the Democratic League, he trained hard, worked hard to learn military theory and English, plus as a fisherman, he himself has a strong physique and exquisite boating skills, and soon stood out in the Marine Corps, was promoted to deputy captain, this time the main attack operation was commanded by him.
In fact, among the marines of the Democratic League, a considerable part of them are fishermen from the Haimen Tongzhou area, and the fishermen are also very miserable, not only have to be exploited and controlled by the fishing tyrants, but the government will also impose heavy taxes, and more than half of the harvest must be handed over, and the territory of the Democratic Alliance is only separated by a river, so as soon as there is an opportunity, the fishermen will drag their families to join the army, and even the whole village and the whole village come, in just one year, the fishermen who come to vote have reached thousands of households, and the Democratic Alliance Army selects the brightest people among the fishermen to join the marines.
This is Zhang Tianxi's first battle, and it is also the first battle of the Marine Corps since its formation, and everyone wants to prove themselves and prove that the large amount of money invested in the Marine Corps has not been spent in vain!
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Tianxi nodded and said, "There is a master of Lao Da who sends a message to the ships. After speaking, he waved his hand violently: "Brothers, go on!" β
Chen Village set out from 100 boats, 13 were folded on the river, and 87 remained, and there were 1,800 marines and 200 special operations troops, making a total of 2,000 people, and each boat had an average of only 20 people.
The warriors brought mortars and shells to the surface of the ship, and by this time, Jinmura had already given the order to attack under its unique banner, and eighty-three boats, suddenly activated, and quickly rowed towards the four battleships led by the Duke of Wellington.
"Knock knock!" The sound of drums sounded again, fifty mortars, distributed on fifty boats, this time Boss Chen saw clearly, a shell was loaded from the muzzle, and with a bang, it automatically bounced out, and then, the gunner put in another one, the first one had not yet landed and exploded, and the second one soared into the sky with a bang, if the fast launch speed was faster than the British naval guns, it was simply subverting his worldview!
In the sky, black dots soared into the air, and another fell down, and on the surface of the river, the pot exploded, and the water columns rose up to the sky, and the surface of the small steamer seemed to be the end of the world, with fires and explosions one after another.
Mortars are different from naval guns, naval guns have a straight trajectory, and generally hit the enemy ship at the side of the ship, and it is easy to sink the ship with several guns in a row, while the mortar has a curved trajectory and can only hit the surface of the ship, which is difficult to damage the main structure of the ship.
Although it was difficult to sink the ship with mortars alone, the damage caused was real, at least a dozen people were killed in one shot, the sail mast was on fire, and if the ammunition was detonated, it would be even more terrifying, and the whole ship could be described as a burning coffin.
When the ships that were hit were in flames, the burning figures of the Daodao stumbled into the river, and sometimes there were sudden explosions that blew up buildings such as canopies, small watchtowers, human corpses, and even artillery into the air, but the ship was not sinking, and the thick flames were rolling on the river.
Boss Chen and Xian Yunying were stunned, it was less than a minute, the Democratic Alliance Army fired at least five or six hundred shells, and the small steamer was completely stunned, you know, and then the rear-loading rifled gun, at least it was necessary to load the shells, put a pot lid-like occlusion, and then load the propellant, and the mortar had to be closed and locked, this whole set of processes went down, not even the time for aiming, the most skilled gunner needed more than ten seconds, and with this time, it was enough for the mortar to be fired several times.
In less than this minute, more than twenty small steamers were hit and caught fire, which meant that the fifty small steamers of the British army lost half of their combat effectiveness, and with the rapid launch of shells, the number was still expanding!
"Bang Bang~~" There are a few small steamers that fire back, to be honest, such a close distance, almost the ship is next to the ship, it is difficult not to hit, but because of the center of gravity and self-weight, the small steamer can not be loaded with heavy naval guns, it is loaded with light artillery, and the firepower is more than several grades worse than that of the battleship.
The meaning of the small steamer is only used for selfishness and fighting pirates in the coastal waters of the river, which is equivalent to the nature of the Coast Guard, and it is not a problem to fight pirates and sailors of the Qing army, but when encountering the Democratic Alliance army equipped with mortars, it can only be beaten, even if the cannonball hits the red single boat in Chen Village, in addition to killing some boatmen and sailors, it cannot sink the boat, with the firepower of the small steamer, it takes at least five or six consecutive cannons to sink the ordinary red single boat.
Boss Chen was completely attracted by the fierce battle, he was hit again, look at the launch speed of others, the power of the explosion, and then look at the sub-mother cannon and Hongyi cannon on his ship, it is purely ornamental, two words burst out of his mind: backward!
Just after having mixed feelings, Zhang Tianxi urged: "Big boss, the British warships are only a few hundred meters away, please prepare the fishing nets with all the boats and throw them at any time!" β
"Oooh!" Boss Chen came back to his senses, forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart, and loudly conveyed the order, and the sailors of each ship carried a ball of fishing nets onto the deck, and waited to get closer. (To be continued)
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