8-68 Capture the country
The British paid the price of eight ships sunk and twelve ships seriously wounded, and finally surrounded the Black Swan, Her Majesty's warriors rushed to the enemy ship with a shout, even if they fell under the fire of the sailors of the brigade Song, they were still unmoved.
Sir Hawkins has been crisscrossing the ocean for more than ten years, relying on a ruthless word, ruthless to the enemy, and even more ruthless to himself, this battle can only be won, not defeated, and a defeat at sea can not support England's operation in Singapore for many years, and it will be ruined in one fell swoop, so he can't spare the lives of the soldiers, and now he is fighting for the last five minutes, our army is hard, and the enemy is even harder! After all, they are alone without backup.
The black swan was in a mess, full of gunsmoke and loud noises, Her Majesty's royal cruise ship was naturally well-equipped, the sailors had two firecrackers inserted in their waists, in addition to a steel sword of moderate length, hand-to-hand combat at sea and 6, the different spaces were more narrow, tossing and turning, and could not be used, only by brute force to win, the most effective weapon in this state was the firecracker, although the British pirates were tall and large, with a rough yellow beard and a fierce beard, they looked fierce and abnormal, but in front of the firecrackers, a few people could not beat a relatively short Brigade Song sailor. But they couldn't stand it, there were too many of them, and a few more boats came over and put on a posture of jumping to fight hand-to-hand. Zhao Wen, who stayed in the captain's room, was a little nervous, pulled out the firearm and wanted to go out to fight, and was desperately held down by several women with imperial weapons, this will be the Black Swan is working at full speed, trying to get rid of the British ship, as long as it can get out, there is still a chance to turn the tables. However, the Black Swan has been entangled in the messy rigging on the British ship, although the steam engine is turned on to its maximum horsepower, and the chimney is suffocating black smoke, but it can't be opened!
Sir Hawkins's tense face slowly relaxed, and this kind of play will not be long before the Black Swan is captured, and the capture of advanced warships and weapons and equipment will surely make the naval strength of the Tudor Dynasty greatly step up to a higher level, and there is no need to be afraid of fighting with the Song sailors in the future.
But his smile didn't last three minutes before it stiffened again, because dozens of black smoke appeared on the other side of the sea, and when I looked through the clairvoyant mirror, there were red flags hanging from the high mast!
Sir Hawkins's heart suddenly became cold, he understood that the Ming Dynasty people were determined to eat Singapore, this ship was an advance team, there was a large group of people behind it, this battle was lost anyway, even if the Black Swan was captured, it would be useless, the other party would not give himself time to transport the loot away, not to mention that the Black Swan's resistance was so fierce, and if he wanted to kill him, he would have to pay at least a few hundred lives, Dao, at that time, the Ming army had already arrived, and it was too late to run.
Sir Hawkins immediately made a decision to call out the flag for immediate retreat, the Purple Quartz was the first to withdraw from the battle, and fled west along the Strait of Malacca, and the other ships saw the departure of the flagship, so they had to retreat.
"Your Majesty is the sailor of the Ming Army." Said to Zhao Wen with imperial equipment.
"No wonder the British slipped away, hey, when will the Ming army run so far, I'll see." Zhao Wen said, grabbed the clairvoyant mirror and looked, and sure enough, he saw dozens of big ships with the flag of the Ming Army, rushing towards this side at full speed, but there were only a few heavily armed cruisers in front, and the back was in the style of cargo ships.
"It's not serious, it's the Ming Guo Sailor, it's the ship of China Merchants that has arrived." Zhao Wen said lightly, China Merchants this level of multinational enterprises is the Ming and Song Dynasty co-founded, countless court elders participate in the huge strength is unimaginable, just escort the sailor can destroy a small country, China Merchants has just opened, not long after the East Road route is more, as long as the Song, Goryeo, and Wa countries this time the group brought a lot of goods to Singapore, the free port where the east meets the east and west to do business, and when I came to the place, I saw from afar that a ship was being besieged on this side and hung the Ming flag, so the China Merchants escort team rushed over to help with full horsepower.
Hawkins ran away, and he didn't even dare to return to the port of Singapore, a black swan made him suffer, how dare he fight against the huge Ming fleet, ships and sailors are the capital of the revolution, and he must not be angry and desperate, and he has no chance of winning, so it is better to leave a little naval seed for Her Majesty. The soles of his old man's feet were greased, and the rest of the sailors were miserable, and they were beaten and wounded by the Song people, and the Westerners were not as brainless as the Orientals, and when they saw that there was no way to live, they all happily raised their hands and surrendered, anyway, they were Her Majesty's navy, and they were serious prisoners of war, and they were not afraid that the other party would hang them as pirates.
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Temasek Island is flat, there is no cover to rely on, the army composed of multinational sailors and tiger mercenaries is a mile away from the palace of Dola Majia, and it is not easy to take Zuo Mengeng to hold himself and have rich experience, so he has to control the overall situation, but how could those Westerners listen to him in their twenties, the head of Freeport is Sir Stamford Raffles of England, and he can't coordinate the contradictions, so more than 2,000 people stood in place and shouted for a long time, and they didn't attack.
Liu Ziguang used a clairvoyant scope to look at it for a while, and saw that the enemy station was densely packed with good targets, so he ordered the artillery to cover and shoot thirty naval guns, raise the elevation angle, and shoot at the enemy without test firing. Zuo Mengeng is more experienced, and as soon as the main force left, the rabble put together by those sailors had no confidence to fight, and a 6-battle was declared a failure without even opening the prologue.
Liu Ziguang ordered the army to take advantage of the victory to pursue, the trainees dragged cannons, held bayonets, lined up in a skirmish line, and when they saw the Westerners, they hit the flat Temasek Island, with a wide field of vision, and the range of the guns and artillery was very long, and before the enemy could form a formation, they bombarded it at once, and then the guns called 200 soldiers to form a team of fire, and approached until the vicinity of Singapore Harbor before stopping for a while.
In the harbor of Singapore, there is a stone Western-style castle, which is sturdy and tall, and sailors have fled into the corner of the castle to resist stubbornly, and some have boarded ships to escape at sea. Liu Ziguang didn't expect that the power of 200 musketeers and 30 artillery pieces was so great that he actually repelled the enemy ten times his size, and in his excitement, he decided to attack the city with all his might, and the 30 bronze cannons aimed at the main gate of the castle, so that the stone chips that were bombarded flew wildly. Sir Stanford did not expect this battle to be in such an unbearable situation, and ordered someone to summon Sir Hawkins's fleet back to reinforce it, at this time it was the most intense moment of the battle at sea, Hawkins was too busy to take care of himself, and ignored Stanford's request for help, as for the so-called Tiger mercenary group left by Hawkins, he did not know where he had slipped away.
The observers on the castle saw that Hawkins' fleet was leaving the battlefield and heading towards the port, and they thought they were coming for reinforcements, but the warships actually passed through the door and went straight west, and then the observers saw a large number of ships under the Ming flag driving towards the black.
Sir Stamford was a civil servant who was not good at war, and seeing that the disparity between friend and foe was too great, in order to protect the unarmed merchant ships in the harbor and the women and children in the castle, he resolutely decided to raise the white flag and surrender.
At the same time, Zuo Menggeng and his group had fled to the edge of the island, and Zuo Mengeng said: "Lord, it seems that the imperial army is coming at us, Temasek can no longer hide, and the British can't protect us, so we still have to find another way." ”
King Ning gritted his teeth and said: "Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao, do you want to follow the old story of Yongle Ye chasing Emperor Jianwen back then, and swear to die and not let go of me, the poor uncle, since we can't stay here for a long time, let's hurry up, as long as you have money in your hand, are you afraid that you won't be able to find a place to stay." ”
A group of people discussed and went north, between Temasek and the Malay Peninsula, there is a narrow strait of Johor, there are always some indigenous fishing boats parked on the shore, the left army seized the fishing boats, and slowly crossed the soldiers and horses in turns.
Liu Ziguang only has 200 people, it is troublesome enough to take over the port, where can he take care of the pursuit of King Ning, the goods in the port of Singapore are piled up like mountains, masts are like forests, there are thousands of seafarers, there are some women and children in the castle, those ships still want to take advantage of the chaos, but there are too many ships, congested the exit of the port, and everyone can't get out for a while, plus the warships of the China Merchants Bureau have arrived, and as soon as the cannons are released into the sky, how can anyone dare to escape.
China Merchants sent a total of five cruisers, thirty cargo ships, carrying a huge amount of cargo, and thousands of sailors, all of whom had swords, guns, and guns to protect them. With the addition of this new force, the reception of Singapore Port became smooth, all the captives were confiscated, weapons were concentrated in the open space outside the castle, and Liu Ziguang took His Royal Highness Alabama to attend the surrender meeting and speak to these foreigners.
"Singapore's free port status will not change, and the sovereignty of the Magadora Kingdom will not change, but from today onwards, the Magadora Kingdom will be officially classified as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, under the protection of the Ming Dynasty, after sincere and friendly negotiations with His Royal Highness Alabama, the Ming Dynasty decided to garrison Temasek, protect the diaspora, protect trade, fight piracy, and the armed personnel of any country or group are not allowed to land on Temasek's land, otherwise it will be against the Ming Dynasty and against me Liu Ziguang!"
His Royal Highness Alabama also continued, he first expressed his gratitude to the Ming army, saying that if there was no heavenly soldiers to save him, he would have fallen into the hands of pirates, for the peace of the strait and the future of the Magadora Kingdom, it is an extremely honorable thing to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and he himself loves Chinese civilization extremely much, and is ready to go to Nanjing Guozijian, the capital of the Celestial Empire, to study abroad under the condition that domestic government affairs are not busy. ”
There is a bullshit government to deal with in a small tutu state of more than 3,000 people, and it is clear that Liu Ziguang wants to drive people away and officially take over this small country.