Chapter 618: The Battle of Huizhou City (6)
As for which side is the strongest? Thiago said that he did not know that it was on this small island that the Francos supplied the merchant fleets that came and went, earned some silver, and did not get involved in the disputes between the countries.
This answer obviously displeased Prince Henry, and he and Thiago said: "It is really possible to provide supplies for merchant ships of various countries on Macao Island, but if the Ming army is strong and recovers Macau Island, where will the Franciscans take refuge?" ”
Not to mention the Fusang people in Jiangbei, speaking of the Fusang people, Prince Henry has a feeling that he can't use it.
His Majesty told him that the Fuso navy was very strong, and this time Prince Henry had more than 6,000 officers and men of the Royal Cavalry Regiment and a huge armada. Twenty battleships armed with breech guns.
This fleet is used to attack the Fuso fleet and destroy the Fuso navy, so that the Fuso army will never be able to return to the island, cut off the sea transportation road, and the Fuso army in China will lose the supplies transported from the island, and the Fuso army will be a group of monkeys at that time, which can be played with wantonly.
Prince Henry, who was relying on Thiagosi, was more on his side tonight, he thought deeply, and finally spoke: "Your Royal Highness, you really want to find the most powerful enemy, I thought it was the Dutch, the Dutch are besieging Huizhou City, let the Dutch capture Huizhou, the Dutch will connect eastern Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Taiwan Island, and other places, it is difficult for the British Empire to grab food from the Dutch population." ”
"Do you think I'm stupid? You are fighting with the Dutch, everyone knows that you have a feud, you don't have to sow discord, let the British Empire soldiers and the Dutch ignite the flames of war, isn't it cheap for you in the end? ”
"Your Royal Highness, before you arrived in Macao, the Dutch were deployed in the coastal area of Huizhou Prefecture, didn't they welcome the prince and the arrival of the soldiers in a defensive way, right?"
Thiago had some truth in what he said, and instead of continuing the discussion with him, Prince Henry asked him about France and Spain, why was there such a sudden infighting?
In his subconscious, the countries of Europa who came to East Asia swore in front of the Pope that they would unite to defeat the Fuso and become the overlord of East Asia. Then, with a focus on East Asia, we will carry out a campaign of conquest to the whole world.
Governor of Kotiago
I don't know why France and Spain fought so much, but I know that the Spanish governor died at the hands of the French.
The two countries have formed a bond, but what makes Governor Franco even more puzzled is why the Prussian Empire, a large country on the European continent, did not come to East Asia?
He wanted to ask Prince Henry for advice several times, but he still swallowed the words alive. Henry seemed to see through his mind and smiled.
"Your Excellency the Governor, are you curious why the Prussian Empire, as the first-class army in Europe, second only to the French Empire, did not come to fight in East Asia?"
Thiago was curious that Prussia had an armed army on the continent second only to the French Legion on the continent of Europa, and this army was given weapons by the Pope to break the Ottoman Empire and end the holy war once and for all.
It was also possible to conquer Western Asia, Central Asia and other regions, but why did the Pope force the Prussian Empire to stay on the continent of Europa?
"Francois is a small country and doesn't understand things between big countries, but as one of the countries of Europa, I really can't imagine that the Prussians will willingly stay on the continent of Europa, maybe the Pope has his plans?"
Henry shrugged his shoulders and told Thiago that he led the Royal Cavalry Regiment to the Ming Empire this time for conquest, and that if the Francos wanted a piece of the pie, they should not speculate, as long as they followed the British Empire, they guaranteed that you could eat with a mouthful of oil, and maybe give you a colony.
Thiago's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly toasted Prince Henry, sycophant to Prince Henry.
"It is an honor for my country that the British Empire can afford to look down on the small country of Francis, and I am willing to send supplies to the British Empire."
Henry deliberately asked him, how much supply?
"Two million taels of silver, as much fresh water as grain and grass as much as you want, as long as the British Empire brings our country to conquer the Ming Empire."
Prince Henry was satisfied, and he immediately accepted Thiago's aid on behalf of King George, and reached a verbal agreement with Thiago.
In the process of conquering the Ming Empire, the Francois Kingdom, as an ally, could share the spoils, but only if they sent troops to protect the logistics of the British Empire.
Thiago's mouth was full of seals, and the two chatted in the room until late at night, before they went back to their rooms to rest
Cease.
The next morning, the British fleet, which had been resupplied, escorted the Royal Cavalry Regiment north to Huizhou Province, where the landing site was Xin'an County, where the Dutch 1st Army was stationed
After the death of the commander of the Dutch First Regiment, it almost became a disgrace to the whole army, and he was also the first regiment commander to die before the war.
Not only did the regiment commander die, but the deputy regiment commander also died, and if it weren't for the long history of the first regiment, the other regiments would not dare to eat the remnants of the first regiment.
The first regiment was dispersed early in the morning, and the remnants of the first regiment were stationed in the coastal area southwest of Huizhou Prefecture at this time.
The water is shallow, which is not conducive to the landing of large ships, but the British Royal Fleet has small boats.
After arriving in the waters of Xin'an County, hundreds of small boats were lowered from battleships, transport ships. Henry ordered fifteen hundred soldiers to quickly seize the coastal port in small boats.
At his command, 1,500 soldiers of the Royal Cavalry Regiment armed with rifles, stepped into small boats and drove frantically to the shore.
After hearing the gunfire of the Dutch, the 150 small boats loaded with soldiers of the British cavalry regiment immediately formed a battle formation.
Every soldier on the ship, aiming his rifle at the Dutch troops on the shore, Henry did not give the order to attack immediately, but said to the deputy commander: "Don't fill the beach with the blood of our soldiers, isn't there artillery on the battleship?" ”
Cover the coastline with artillery and send these Dutch to death.
Twenty British battleships quickly turned their bows. Turning the battleships sideways to the coastline, each of the twenty battleships was equipped with ten guns on both sides. The British, unlike other Europa nations, gave them artillery from the Pope. Most of them are mounted on the fleet. Rather, in the field troops. Firepower. The shortcomings are far less powerful than the artillery firepower of the armies of countries such as France and the Netherlands.
Two hundred breech-loading guns were aimed at the coastline, and the Dutch troops stationed on the shore. When they saw the artillery of the British, they showed frightened expressions one by one. These two hundred torches fired at the same time could blow up the Dutch soldiers and horses on the shore to slag.
The first regiment did not thaw ah retreat order, they did not dare to retreat, and they stubbornly resisted the tempting attack here,