The ironclad chariot troops ran over the trenches, destroyed the fortifications, and wiped out all the British "thieves" who dared to stand in front of his door.

After a day of bloody fighting, the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Mixed Brigades of the Ming Army who landed had made a deep and wide gap in the beach defense line of the Brisbane militia.

Although there are quite a few ironclad chariots that have broken down on the battlefield or sunk into beaches and trenches. However, there are still more than 100 advance detachments composed of various armored vehicles that have been advancing in depth, including the "invulnerable" wheeled assault artillery vehicle where Yang Xiuqing is!

The British garrison of Brisbane hastily transferred a battalion of reserves and some cavalry artillery from the rear area, and also drew several companies from Murderer's Beach, Kidnappers' Beach, and Arsonist's Beach in an attempt to counterattack or plug the gap.

But they were all repelled by the fire of the ironclad chariots. After a night of fierce fighting, the "thieves and soldiers" threw corpses along the way, and a large number of technical weapons were destroyed.

A cavalry artillery detachment drawn from the Brisbane Fortress happened to collide with the Ming army's wheeled ironclad advance team on the way to the front. A one-sided massacre followed, and the British cavalry artillery detachment did not have time to launch before it was attacked by fire from wheeled armored vehicles!

In less than half an hour, the last mobile artillery of the British army in Brisbane was completely annihilated.

Dead men and horses, as well as mutilated and broken cannons, were piled up on the road where the armored fighting vehicles had slain. It seems to herald the sunset of the British Empire and the crushing defeat of Kaiser Wilhelm!

At three or four o'clock in the morning of the next day, the advance armored fighting vehicle detachment had already stormed the city of Brisbane Fortress.

Several companies and officers of the Brisbane Fortress Command put up a desperate resistance, relying on the fortifications of the old fortresses.

However, the armored combat vehicle detachment was in no hurry to storm the walls.

Instead, it simply blocked several key passages in and out of the fortress and then waited for the arrival of follow-up troops.

And in the early morning of this day, the Ming fleet, which was dozens of square miles on the sea, once again launched a landing operation!

This time they landed on Murderer's Beach, which was next to Robber's Beach, which was under the full control of the Ming army. Therefore, at the same time as the landing on the sea was launched, the Ming army, which had already landed on the robbers' beach, also dispatched a mixed reinforced battalion to launch a flank attack on the "thieves' army" stationed on the murderer's beach.

With the enemy on their backs and the fact that their nest was dug up, not only did the defenders of Murderer's Beach have no intention of fighting, but even the defenders of Arson's Beach and Kidnappers' Beach also collapsed.

The road leading from these three beaches to the Brisbane fortress has become a veritable road of death, with interceptions in front, pursuers in the back, and aircraft bombing in the sky. And the 3,000 thieves below had no way to escape, and in the end they could only turn into piles of corpses, lying quietly in the Australian wilderness, waiting to rot!

By this time, the Brisbane British front was almost non-existent, and the only thing they could rely on was the Brisbane Fort itself, which could cover the nearby port of Brisbane with a few long-range guns.

Therefore, as long as the Ming army could not take or destroy the Brisbane Fortress, they would not be able to send a large number of supplies and troops ashore through Brisbane.

Then their logistics will not be smooth!

And once the Brisbane fortress fell...... The Ming army will come in a steady stream!

At this time, the British army was already panicking.

Their original plan was based on the fact that the Brisbane fortress could hold on for a long time, and at the same time, the Ming army that landed could not be supplied on the spot.

But now Brisbane's British beach defenses are crumbling too quickly to clear the walls. As a result, many of the farms around the Brisbane fortress were captured by the Ming army in their entirety - those farms were more or less stocked with grain and forage, as well as many valuable livestock!

With these things, the Ming army at least didn't have to worry about eating and drinking.

And the losses of the British army in Brisbane were too great! Four infantry battalions guarding the beach and one infantry battalion acting as reserves, plus two artillery pieces

battalion, almost completely annihilated. And the number of remaining troops is too small, even if all the female exiles and elderly exiles who escaped from the fortress are integrated into the army, there will not be much cannon fodder......

If the Ming army were to launch a strong attack, the Brisbane fortress would not last long.

In addition, the situation of the Ming army's ironclad chariots reported by the British army in Brisbane made Hugh, who was very sensitive to new weapons and tactics. Admiral Gough sensed great danger!

The ironclad chariots of the Ming army looked very powerful...... Can the cavalry of the British army in Australia deal with them?

The ironclad ...... Can you poke it off with a cavalryman's spear?

If the British cavalry units could not deal with the ironclad vehicles, then Hugh. Gough's plan to fight a sports war with the Ming army was completely frustrated.

Can't fight sports warfare...... Do you have to wait for reinforcements from the United Kingdom in the Great Fortress of Sydney?

Sensing that something was wrong, the commander-in-chief of the British forces in Australia, Hugh. Admiral Gough, ignoring even the tradition of the British Army's obedience to the command of the government and parliament, in a telegram to London, made a direct suggestion to Kaiser William and the Duke of Wellington - either to negotiate peace with the Ming as soon as possible, and to negotiate as soon as there are enough bargaining chips in his hand!

Or risk sending the Royal Navy to bring more Anglo-Indian troops to Australia!

Otherwise, Australia simply could not hold out until the heart of the British Empire was the launch of battleships into service in large numbers.

And once Australia falls, the British Empire will have little leverage left......

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"No, now is not the time for peace talks! I will definitely not accept the loss of Australia and the peaceful conditions of the partition of India...... The British Empire will never accept such conditions, let alone give up its glory and dreams! Otherwise, the British Empire will exist in name only, and will never be a great nation again!"

In St. James's Palace, Kaiser Wilhelm was furious.

Stop. The telegram from Goff was about to push him to the brink of a corner...... Kaiser Wilhelm is the true emperor! Of course he knew how much a trip to Australia would deal to his imperial power?

He knows that Victoria can be close, and he is a bad old man, and no one wants it!

Once the British Empire was forced to sue for peace, his emperor was also at the end of his life.

And for Kaiser Wilhelm, who had tasted the sweetness of power, there was not much difference between losing imperial power and killing him.

In order to keep his throne, William called the Duke of Wellington and Sir Hardy to his palace immediately after receiving the telegram from Goff.

Then in the palace, two big leaders like the British Empire's navy and army made it clear that they would reject peace talks and would fight to the end!

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the current situation ......."

"Duke, what do you think?" Kaiser Wilhelm interrupted Sir Hardy, who was about to change the conversation, and threw the question directly to the Duke of Wellington.

The Duke of Wellington had already pondered this, so he replied with certainty, "From now on, please give orders directly to the Marquis of Gough...... Whatever your order, the British Government and Army, as well as the Royal Navy, will support you unconditionally!"

Emperor William looked at Sir Hardy again, and Sir Hardy hurriedly stood up: "Your Majesty, the Royal Navy awaits your order!"

"Good!" Emperor Wilhelm felt that the power was still in his hands, and breathed a sigh of relief, "Then order the Marquis of Goff to send troops!"

He had to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army according to the original plan...... That's what I command!"