"It worked!"

Yang Yuchun was overjoyed.

The pontoon bridge was erected.

It is only a matter of time before this small city is taken down.

As long as this passage in and out of the Ganges can be ensured, it is only a matter of time before there is a basin of the Ganges.

Such a great achievement.

The emperor will definitely summon himself back to the central capital when the time comes.

Maybe you can seal a grandfather or something.

Thinking of this, Yang Yuchun's heart is hot.

The 10,000 lobster soldiers in front of him will definitely eat it.

Waiting for the victory of this battle, it can even sweep northward and create a naval army capable of fighting in the Ganges River Valley as soon as possible, by the way, the emperor's order has come, and I don't know what kind of warships the Indian Ocean Fleet will send to fight.

Just when Yang Yunchun was thinking.

One of the battalions that rushed over in the first wave had already rushed through the moat.

Rushing under the city walls.

Next, it is necessary to complete the blasting of the front of the city wall under the cover of artillery fire!

And so it goes.

The city would fall into the hands of the Ming army.

Yang Yuchun really didn't understand, why did these Britons come here to die?

At this moment, the large-caliber mortar artillery arranged by the Britons in the city threw a large number of blasting shells filled with more than a dozen catties of black powder in front of the city wall.

Boom Boom!!

A loud voice rang out.

The soldiers of the Ming army who rushed to the front soon flew flesh and blood under such a bombardment, and suffered heavy casualties!

Yang Yuchun couldn't help but sigh.

"Forget it, the spirit has been defeated, and what the Britons are sticking to is a city with a certain fortress structure, and it is normal to fight for a month. Let's withdraw and sort it out first, send two companies to defend the pontoon bridge, and then prepare with firepower, and then attack again. ”

Luo Dingshan also nodded: "Don't be in a hurry, save the sergeant's life." ”

Yang Yuchun sighed, and wanted to put down the telescope in his hand, it is not easy to fight a tough battle, Calcutta is a big city, and it is also a ring of fortress defense circles, which is a permanent defense system built by the Britons in the past two years, and if you want to lay down such a fortress group, it is really. I'm afraid it's going to be filled with human life.

Just when the retreating trumpet was about to sound.

Qian Daji, the superintendent of the firing line, was still in the final battle, he had a pistol in his left hand and a saber in his right hand, and the shout of the Zhejiang accent resounded throughout the entire front: "Daming Wansheng!" There is no advance or retreat! I waited for thousands of miles to come, how could I be stopped by the earth city! ”

"Daming Wansheng! There is no advance or retreat! ”

Qian Daji shouted, taking the lead, and the surrounding soldiers were also immediately motivated, and they jumped up from the trenches one after another, and rushed forward along the erected pontoon bridge.

More ladders were added to the walls.

More officers rushed up the ladder first, and the soldiers followed.

The warriors who couldn't squeeze into the ladder picked up the shells that were about to explode and threw them into the moat!

In the rear, everyone watched in amazement with binoculars in their hands.

The second wave of the Ming army was also head-covered. Braving the constant influx of shells, he rushed to the pontoon bridge.

For staff officers who sit in the office of the General Staff in a clean and tidy place to make plans, or for generals who have thousands of lives and deaths in their hands.

Recklessness, impulsiveness, and indiscretion are the worst qualities.

However, for the middle and lower-ranking officers of the soldiers who are fighting on the front line, this kind of fierce and indomitable spirit is the most valuable combat effectiveness!

Units with such soldiers and officers are the best of the best.

In everyone's expectant gaze, the warriors of the Ming army have climbed the wall!

The first to board was Brigadier Commander Qian Daji, who was not tall and was a typical small southern man.

But when he rushed up to the city, the big lobster soldiers were probably frightened, and no one rushed up to fight him.

It was at this moment that more Ming troops had already reached the city wall, and some were holding pistols.

Some people were holding grenades, others were brandishing shiny katanas, and the first ones to come up were all officers!

"Kill!"

"Onboard!"

"Ula ......"

After a short silence, shouts of killing rang out, and a tragic hand-to-hand fight unfolded on the city walls!

The hand-to-hand combat between the two sides was quite fierce.

The bayonet is red.

Bloody pestle.

Arthur. Wellesley didn't think his soldiers would be so vulnerable.

Or rather.

Until then, skirmishes between the two sides could not verify their combat effectiveness in large-scale operations.

And now it seems.

This allied army of the Indian vassals of the Ming Empire.

The combat power is terrible!!

Especially the weapons they use.

"General, what are we going to do now?"

An officer asked in a panic.

"Withdraw! We retreat! ”

"Withdraw? That"

"The city is not important, the people are important!"

Arthur said.

The officer was slightly stunned.

Arthur seemed to know what he was thinking, and said, "Our battle is not worthless, even if we lose, it is very, very valuable!" ”

"Because. We see what our opponents look like!! ”

"There is a sentence in their Chinese military book, what is it called." Arthur thought hard for a moment, then said, "Oh, yes, as long as you know yourself and your opponent well enough, you can be invincible!" ”

"It's 'knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, and not being defeated in a hundred battles,'" said the general," said the officer.

Arthur glanced at the officer in surprise. 、

"General, the classics of the Chinese have been very popular in Europe in recent years, they are after all ... It's the biggest empire in the world! The officer, who had only been transferred from London this year, smiled and said.

Arthur. Wellesley nodded.

He also heard about it.

In Europe, there is now a "China fever".

Everything in China seems to be advanced.

Their complex square characters make Europeans even feel inferior.

Because China was a closed empire just a few years ago.

In just a few years, it has become a country that is ahead of Europe in terms of technological strength, and in just a few years, what about another thirty years, fifty years?

Maybe

They will completely rule the world.

It's like yes.

They once ruled the Eastern world, the same for two or three thousand years.

"Let's go! But we'll be back! ”

Arthur took a deep look at the sun and moon flags flying high on the opposite side.

"We will come back as victors!!"

"Grandpa, the Britons have withdrawn!"

Sun Shiyi, who got the news, changed his face slightly.

He looked at his advisor Pan Shien: "What do these Britons mean?" Two or three thousand miles from Calcutta here, just to die one or two thousand people and go back in disgrace? ”

Pan Shien shook his head and said, "Maybe they think they can hold that city." ”

"Then now they know that fighting against Da Ming is to be prepared for complete destruction!"

Sun Shiyi snorted coldly and said.

(End of chapter)