The ruins of the palace have been used by Liu Ziguang to transform into a temporary stronghold, a trench was dug outside the palace, and the soldiers hid in the leaves to guard against the enemy's surprise attack.

On the beach, the funeral of the dead cadets was being held, and the bodies of the nine sacrificed cadets were placed on the firewood, and one hundred and twenty cadets lined up to bid farewell to the robe, and the iron helmets were along the edges, and a pair of young eyes contained perseverance, and now they were no longer fledgling martial arts students, but warriors who had experienced the test of life and death.

Liu Ziguang also wore a big gown and stood in front of the queue to listen to the funeral master of ceremonies Anthony's order with the cadets, and Anthony stood in front of the queue and shouted hoarsely: "All of them have taken off their hats!" With a sound of brushing, the people present took off their iron helmets or black yarns and hugged them in the crook of their left arms tied with black yarn.

Anthony shouted again: "Toast farewell to the martyrs." Liu Ziguang took the lead in stepping forward and going around the body of the martyr, pouring a bowl of white wine on the pyre, and then the others also lined up to circle the body and sprinkled the liquor in their hands into the pyre.

When it was over, everyone stood solemnly again. Beside him, there were thirty heavily armed cadets lined up in a neat phalanx, with white feathers stuck in their iron helmets, neat and clean white military uniforms, crisscrossed cowhide armed belts on their bodies, and their bayonets were polished.

Their neat and uniform movements with Anthony's commands showed excellent military literacy and discipline.

"Honor guard raised!"

"Raise the gun!" Thirty firecrackers were shot into the sky in groups of ten, and the sound of firecrackers startled a seabird into the firewood pile with the torches, and the firewood filled with spirits burned violently, and the flames licked those young faces, and the eyes of those students slowly moistened, but no one cried, just solemnly knelt down with Liu Dashuai, and bowed to the deceased three times.

The green smoke rose into the sky, the bodies of the martyrs turned to ashes with the flames, and several seagulls flew over the beach for some reason, hovering and chirping, adding a touch of sadness to the funeral.

This funeral was specially arranged by Liu Ziguang, in order to enhance the sense of belonging and honor of the cadets, there is no doubt that he achieved this goal, the corners of the students' mouths tightened, and their eyes were like iron, if they were allowed to attack the British in the port now, they would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

As soon as the funeral was held, the British ultimatum came, saying that the British East India Company, in order to maintain the political stability of the Magador Kingdom and the economic prosperity of the Singapore Free Port, ordered the Ming Dynasty army to immediately cast the King of Alabama and withdraw from the waters of Singapore, otherwise the East India Company would retain any power, including the use of force to expel them.

"If you fart, if you want to fight, you will fight the Celestial Empire, I'm afraid you won't succeed!" Liu Ziguang was furious, threw the letter in the face of the envoy, and blasted it out with the order left and right, rejecting the British ultimatum, which meant the arrival of war.

This is out of the original estimated range, the strength of two hundred student soldiers is a bit stretched, but at this moment, we must not retreat, the British kicked their noses and bullied their heads, that Tiger mercenary group was clearly hired by them, and at this moment, they had to use strong words to let Liu Ziguang quit, what is the matter.

Of course, Liu Ziguang is not a good man and a woman, he came thousands of miles away just to seek Temasek, he thought it was a light military summer camp, but he didn't succeed, he wanted to kill halfway, and the situation became more and more complicated, there have been nine students who died in Temasek, this is an extremely serious problem, Liu Ziguang is a calf protector, the students in Wutang are his heart, killing his soldiers is against him, and against him is equivalent to against the Ming Dynasty.

He knew very well what these British grandsons were thinking, it was nothing more than relying on the fact that the Ming Dynasty was extremely far away from Temasek, and the British had strong sea power, and they really made dumplings for hundreds of people on his two ships, and Daming didn't have the strength to ask.

This kind of thinking is ridiculous, not to mention that the Ming Dynasty has formed a solid alliance with the Song Dynasty, and has made great progress in the ocean-going sailors, that is, from the conceptual point of view, Liu Ziguang's sea persuasion thought is also far from their imagination, Temasek's prominent position, he knows very well that even if Zhao Wen does not mention the bride price, he will sooner or later take this treasure land.

The two sides have torn their faces and are ready to go to war at any time, Liu Ziguang notified Zhao Wen stationed on the Black Swan with a flag, and asked her to guard the sea, and he led the students to dig fortifications and prepare for the 6th battle, and the troop carrier was not equipped with heavy weapons, and drove to the shallow water, put down the sampan, and transported gunpowder and boxes of lead bullets ashore, and at the same time brought bundles of spears and bows and crossbows, arrows, all of which were brought out of the warehouse of the Song Military Department of the brigade, as well as bags of rice and boxes of vegetables, meat, and canned fruits.

Zhao Wen also dismantled 30 cannons from the Black Swan, and used sampans to pour them ashore, posing as a posture of fighting on both sides of the sea and 6 at the same time, and it was a protracted war.

Climb 6 to watch the literature network together, watch the genuine Iron Age history military channel, and more exciting waiting for you. Temasek sees very clearly what is going on with each other in terms of boogers: the three main British strongholds in the Far East: Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, including Taiwan and Hong Kong, are under the nose of the Ming Dynasty, can not be stationed too many warships, so the Far East naval forces are mostly concentrated in Singapore, the British sailors, unlike other Western countries, is the formation of pirates, Queen Elizabeth in order to revitalize the British economy, put a lot of privateer licenses to their own pirates, so that they have an official identity, at least after being captured, they will not be hanged by the other party immediately, but enjoy the status of prisoners of war.

Under the protection of the Queen, the pirates robbed England of a lot of wealth, and the Queen did not treat them badly, giving them many knighthoods to the pirate leaders, and co-opting them into the British Royal Marine, John Hawkins is one of the most famous.

Hawkins's sailors are brave and good at fighting, extremely adventurous, and even the Spanish armada has been defeated in their hands, although last year's Ming Dynasty subdued Penghu and Taiwan's battles showed extraordinary strength, but that was only a battle near the sea and on the shore, reflecting the combat effectiveness of the ocean-going fleet, in today's world, in addition to the strength of the sailors, in addition to the Song Dynasty, it is the Netherlands and England, the former maritime hegemon Spain can not fight these two new little brothers.

At the top of the mast of the Black Swan, a thin sailor with his legs crossed on the pole and a pair of binoculars pointed in the direction of the harbor. Zhao Wen stood on the bridge dressed as a pirate, and calmly ordered: "Light a fire, lower the sail, load the bombs, and all the personnel are in place and ready for battle." The first mate beside her conveyed her order to every corner of the battleship, hundreds of well-trained sailors quickly moved, in order not to affect the maneuverability, the sails were lowered, the boiler that had not been turned off was originally sealed, now the furnace door was opened, the chain conveyor belt was blown violently with a blower, and the high-quality lump of coal steam was constantly transported to the furnace, and black smoke came out of the chimney that burned enough, and seventy guns were filled with ammunition, and the murderous spirit protruded from the gun hole, where did the black swan still look like an elegant swan, it was simply a strange fish covered with stingers.

England's warships were also hybrid, but they were not equipped with advanced underwater propellers, but old-fashioned double-sided paddle wheels, in addition to complete sets of sails, when sailing in the ocean, using sails to fight, using steam engines, paddle wheels, it was this small improvement that made the English sailors defeat the pure sail-powered Spanish Armada, England's sailors were all pirates, rough and strong, hard-working, in their hearts, except for Her Majesty the Queen and their own captains, there was no fear of any power, the former overlords of the Spaniards were trampled under their feet, not to mention these skinny Orientals。

The Black Swan is very strange, looking at the standard is a purely sail-powered Spanish-style wooden mail ship, in fact, the boiler system and propeller are hidden inside, and the key positions are also equipped with armor plates, and the flag of the Ming Kingdom is floating on the mast, but the sailors are all from the Song Dynasty, and these Royal Sailors of the Song Dynasty are actually wearing pirate costumes.

"God, why did they put the sails down? Do you want to stay there and get beaten? A young British officer put down his clairing mirror and said, and standing beside him was the commander of the British fleet, the governor of Hong Kong, and the executive officer of the East India Company. Sir Hawkins.

Sir said calmly: "The mysterious Orientals are unpredictable, and cannot be fooled by superficial illusions, their warships must be equipped with advanced weapons, if you guess correctly, an enlarged version of the fire-breathing infantry weapon, they can sink one of our ships with a single salvo." The young officer's face flushed slightly: "It's a pity that there is only one such a powerful battleship, we will rush up, it is difficult for him to parry, as long as he can get close to fight, we will win, sir, please allow me to lead the commando team to take a speedboat to capture this battleship." Sir Hawkins nodded with satisfaction: " Francis, you are very brave and smart, even no matter how powerful the boxer is, he can't stop the attack of ten street ruffians, our number of warships is more than twenty times his, as long as one of them is close to him, he can win, the secret of this ship must be many, and if you capture it, you can get powerful weapons in the East, I ordered the fleet to surround the enemy ships in a fan shape, regardless of losses, close to fight Francis, you pick thirty good hands, bring short swords and axes, take advantage of the chaos, climb onto their decks in a speedboat, remember to capture them alive as much as possible, Her Majesty needs to know how to take prisoners. "Francis. Captain Drake nodded firmly, it was he who introduced King Ning, Zuo Menggeng and the others to his cousin Sir Hawkins, don't look at his young age, he has already experienced several desperate fights, and in the battle with the Spaniards, he showed the tenacity of an Englishman and the composure that a pirate should have.

And most of the sailors of the British fleet thought the same thing as Francis, they did not have the slightest fear, and all they thought about this mysterious black warship was how to defeat him and capture him.

Twenty-five British warships formed a formation and rushed towards the Black Swan, and twenty-five black plumes of smoke flew against the wind on the sea, and the whistle sounded for a long time, which was the British sailor's salute to the opponent before the battle.