Just as the 330 large and medium-caliber guns of the Japanese-Japanese coalition began to bombard, a neatly arranged group of biplanes suddenly jumped out of the southern sky. These aircraft are all shore-based models of the Ssangyong aircraft, but they are also subordinate to the Daming Naval Aviation.

Because the shore-based Ssangyong aircraft does not have floating barrels, the bomb load and fuel load are larger, and the combat radius is naturally larger...... It's just a little bigger, not many. Therefore, Zhuge Weidao could only order Colonel Huang Shuren, the headquarters of the shore-based aviation of the sea aviation, to lead people to change the airship base on Ba Tang Island into an airport, and deploy all the capital of the shore-based aviation force there - 118 shore-based Shuanglong double-wing twin-engine fighter-bombers!

It is said that it is a fighter-bomber, but in fact, there are only military planes of the Ming Dynasty in the sky at the moment, and other people's military aircraft only have airships and "man-operated powered gliding bombs". As long as the former lowers the altitude, it is a live target for the aircraft, while the latter can only wait for death when it encounters the plane. Therefore, the "fighting" of this "fighter-bomber" is just a casual fight, and bombing is the real main business.

Now these 118 planes have flown to an altitude of 1,000 meters, and under the light of the rising sun in the east, they are flying towards the island of Tangmaxi. Although the planes were limited in fuel they could carry, they did not drop bombs immediately after flying over the island, but split into six teams and began to circle over the back of the Johor Strait defensive line a few kilometres away...... Just 118 vultures waiting for their prey to appear.

The middle of the Johor Strait defense line of the British and Indian forces must have been stunned by such powerful firepower at the first time. Although their barracks at the front were built along the seawall, they were not easy to be hit directly by artillery. But the seawall is not a hill after all, and it can provide limited cover, so there are still many Indian warriors who are asleep and are blown up by the sudden fall of cannonballs. The Indian soldiers, who were awakened by the start, shouted hoarsely, looking around for a place to hide from the shells.

In order to prevent the Tomorrow-Japanese coalition troops from smuggling into the country by night, the British also ordered the Indian soldiers below to dig trenches, pull barbed wire, and build shelters on the broad top of the seawall. Every night, some of the Indian soldiers were arranged to rest in trenches and shelters on the high seawall, and many of them were sleeping soundly when the shells fell......

However, no matter how difficult their situation is, few people dare to take a step back, because retreat is death, so it is better to hold your head and shrink in the trench and endure it!

The white-skinned officers stationed at the front were resting in safe shelters, and they picked up the telephone receivers at the first time and yelled loudly to the rear. There is only one meaning: "The Ming army launched a bombardment attack on the middle of the strait defense line with powerful artillery fire, and tomorrow's coalition attack is imminent!" If you can't suppress their firepower, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Viscount Bellsford was almost immediately awakened by the explosion of a cannonball, and His Excellency the British Army Lieutenant General had been communicating with the Bombay side by wireless telegraph last night...... Some time ago, the telegraph receiver on the island seemed to be out of order, and it always received a bunch of clutter, so anxious that Viscount Bellsford was a little suspicious that Kaiser Wilhelm had really hung up, and India was also in chaos!

Last night, the radio staff, who had been at a loss, suddenly got the hang of it and actually repaired the telegraph receiver. Now Viscount Bellsford can finally cook with His Majesty the Emperor for the night of "telegraph porridge".

After the confirmation of the "telegraph porridge", Viscount Bellsford was finally relieved.

The emperor is mostly still alive! Even if he dies, it's a secret! Moreover, most of the "Indians" did not happen, and the Indian Empire was still united around His Majesty the Emperor, and no one dared to become independent at all.

In addition, the Eight Banners of the Jin State did not invade India. Their "alternate Xianfeng" was visiting India a while ago, and recently he went to Europe on a second-hand sail ironclad ship that the Dajin Royal Navy had just picked up from Daming, and by the way mediated the conflict between Daming and the West. And he is going to England soil, and it is said that he will also give a speech in English in the British Parliament - a speech against Ya Pian!

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty did not invade the Indian mainland, they were obviously preparing to lay down the island of Malacca first, completely open the Strait of Malacca, and then make other plans.

And Kaiser Wilhelm, who was mostly still alive, repeatedly warned Viscount Bellsford in telegrams to hold on to the island of Marcy for at least 12 months anyway.

After making reassurances to His Majesty the Emperor, Viscount Bellsford closed his eyes dimly on the marching bed. When he was about to fall asleep but did not fall asleep, the glass window of his lodging was suddenly shaken by a huge roar in the distance.

Viscount Bellsford jumped out of bed and strode towards the operations command room. A group of disheveled white-skinned officers had gathered at the door, staring in a daze at the flames rising from their positions in the distance.

The new Chief of Staff of the Malayan Regiment, Colonel Fock, stared at all this with bloodshot eyes and anxiously watched all this in front of him. The phone in Command was ringing. The brigade headquarters of the Anglo-Indian Army on the front had already called to report the sudden blow they had encountered...... The situation seems to be fine, although the losses of the front-line departments are not small, at least the three soldiers who are guarding the front line do not retreat in a panic.

In addition, the field artillery at the front of the Anglo-Indian army is also ready to shoot, and the observation balloons for school shooting have been raised, just waiting for the order of the headquarters to counterattack!

Viscount Bellsford had completely regained his composure, he looked at the battlefield outside the window, and said loudly in a calm tone: "Last night, I just telegraphed with His Majesty the Emperor, and Your Majesty is all right!" ”

"Hooray!" Everyone cheered.

The viscount added: "Order the artillery to counterattack, and the opponent's fire must be suppressed...... In addition, bombard the enemy's possible offensive assembly positions again.

Reserve troops immediately entered the reserve positions behind the positions that had been subjected to intensive shelling and were ready for reinforcements at any time. Under such fierce firepower, it is estimated that the strike position will soon be shaken!

Therefore, as soon as the enemy's shelling stops, reinforcements must go up without the slightest hesitation! ”

"Yes, Viscount!"

With the order of Viscount Bellsford, the Anglo-Indian artillery group behind the Anglo-Indian Army's Johor Strait defense line also began to exert its strength!

The field artillery of the British and Indian armies was originally inferior to that of the Ming army, but the island was a fortress island, and a large number of fortress artillery was deployed on the island, not all of which were fixed cannons, but also many 6-inch cannons that could be moved. These 6-inch guns were reinforced to the northern line of the Johor Strait defense line, which was out of reach of the fortress's heavy artillery, and together with the field heavy artillery originally assigned to the Malayan Legion, there are now 200 guns of more than 100 mm facing upwards!

These more than 200 cannons work together, and the earth is shaking, enough for the Ming army to drink a pot!

But Viscount Bellsford never thought that at this time, there were 118 biplanes hanging bombs in the sky, waiting for the British and Indian artillery on the ground to open fire and expose the target!

These insidious and cunning planes were used to suppress the artillery groups of the British and Indian armies.

Before the field artillery group of the British and Indian troops had finished half of the base, the Ssangyong planes had already flown to the rear of the middle of the Johor defense line and had been exposed by the opening of several artillery positions, and lowered the altitude to several tens of meters, and then dropped a string of bombs in the air, which caused a lot of smoke and dust in these artillery positions, and at once reimbursed twenty or thirty 6-inch cannons, and also carried away a lot of artillery. The other artillery in these positions also fell silent, and the artillerymen all fled.

The scale of the Anglo-Indian artillery counterattack was suddenly much smaller, and before Viscount Bellsford, who had witnessed this scene from a high place, reacted, someone immediately shouted: "Plane...... There are a lot of planes coming from the sea to the west! ”