Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1045

[Chapter 1036 Gunshots in Relanja City]

Liu Xinhong glanced at the window of the Governor’s Mansion seemingly unintentionally and saw Eric looking at him at this time.

There was another person vaguely in his room, presumably the Stephen who had just arrived.

Stretching out his hand to say hello, Liu Xinhong entered the war room in Relanja City after completing his normal inspection as usual.

“Lao Fang, it’s really uncomfortable to have people who are neither up to nor down now. It’s better to just go ahead and kill them all. Hey, I’ve said before that these Westerners are unreliable, how about it? Now it has come true.” Liu Xinhong sat in front of Fang Hongming with a carefree attitude. Down.

Since the development of Ryukyu, the empire has officially stationed troops in Ryukyu, including the city of Relanja. After the military reform, a division of the Southeast Military District officially replaced the defense here.

However, Relanjia City is too small. Most of the troops of one division are stationed on Ryukyu Island, and there are only two regiments in Relanjia City.

He is the leader of one of the regiments, and Fang Hongming is the leader of the other regiment.

“I think so too, but who dares to move without receiving an order? Otherwise, we won’t be able to eat anything if the hat is pulled off. After all, there is a lot of business between the Empire and the Dutch now?” Fang Hongming said lightly.

Liu Xinhong said angrily: “I am even more angry when I mention this. These Dutch people are really cowards. They make money from us and yet they are against us.”

As he was talking, a soldier came in and gave a military salute in front of the two of them. The soldier said: “Report to the leader, Governor Eric sent someone to invite the leader and Captain Fang to have dinner at the Governor’s Mansion.”

“Dinner?” Liu Xinhong and Fang Hongming looked at each other, and Liu Xinhong said; ” Do you dare to go? I’m afraid it’s the Hongmen Banquet.”

Fang Hongming nodded slightly. If it had been before, they wouldn’t have hesitated. Life on the island was boring and there was nothing wrong with drinking.

But now that they have learned the content of the letter, they are naturally murmuring in their hearts.

“But if we don’t go, Eric will be sure that we have learned that their political situation has changed.” Fang Hongming said, “If so, the two sides will probably meet each other.”

Shuddering, Liu Xinhong shouted : “Lao Fang, do you still want to go? If the two of us are killed, the soldiers will be in chaos.”

“Fart, I won’t go. No matter if he suspects it or not, we are ready to deal with everything now. “

That’s it.” Fang Hongming said.

Liu Xinhong laughed, “I’m going to tell the soldiers to be more vigilant. Aren’t we on the island just to guard against these Dutch people all these years?”

After that, he left the war room. The news that Liu Xinhong and Fang Hongming declined quickly reached the ears of Eric and Stephen. At this time,

Stephen

said: “Look, they are already guarding us. It seems that the content of the letter is correct.”

Rick has always been hesitant because he still held on to a glimmer of hope, but now his hope has been completely shattered, “It seems that we have to take action tonight. According to the speed of telegram transmission from the Chinese Empire, it is estimated that they will receive a formal order tomorrow. By then we will So passive.”

Thinking of this, he continued: “We need to board the ship before we take action, so that we can escape. Our soldiers will definitely not be able to defeat them.”

Stephen still cared about his own life, he said; “Wait. When it gets dark, we will take a small boat and sneak onto the battleship, Eric, a bright future is waiting for you.”

Eric smiled bitterly, what choice did he have now?

The remaining light of dusk gradually disappeared, and the city of Relanja soon fell into darkness. Only the occasional light from the windows proved that this small island was a human habitation.

When the time entered midnight, everything was silent. With the “boom” of the cannon, the whole city of Relanja became noisy.

“Hit me hard!”

Liu Xinhong patted the dust on his body. The damn Dutch used explosive shells in the first shot. This kind of shells was sold to them by the empire. This made Liu Xinhong very angry.

Fang Hongming also rushed over at this time. He immediately organized artillery to counterattack. Fortunately, they were prepared in advance this time.

The moment the Dutch opened fire, they began to counterattack, and bullets roared towards the Dutch soldiers’ defense lines.

In the darkness, soldiers on both sides could only see the muzzles of their guns and the flames coming from the muzzles, shooting at each other.

“Flare!”

Fang Hongming suddenly said when the two sides were fighting fiercely.

After receiving the order, a soldier brought over something like a firework. This thing was an auxiliary tool that had just been equipped in the army by the military workshop for a short time.

The principle is basically similar to that of fireworks, except that the military workshop replaced the explosive pills in the fireworks with a lighting device.

This kind of lighting device contains magnesium powder and aluminum powder. Through rosin, the oil is bonded together to delay the burning speed. Once it is emitted, it can illuminate a large area like a burning small sun. This area can last for about twenty seconds. .

It was too dark now, and Fang Hongming needed to observe the opponent’s arrangement, so he shouted: “Launch!”

As the order was issued, the soldiers lit the short stick-shaped fireworks objects in their hands, and with a “pop”, a white light rushed toward The sky lit up, and the bright light fell, illuminating the area where the Dutch were as if it were daytime.

At this time, Fang Hongming and Liu Xinhong discovered that they were only shooting at a small group of Dutchmen. This time, the Dutch actually sent several small teams to sneak up on them with muskets mounted on bayonets.

Liu Xinhong was shocked when he saw this scene, because the main direction of these Dutch soldiers’ advance was where the machine gunners were, and he immediately understood the Dutch’s intentions.

“Kill them all.” Liu Xinhong pointed at the Dutch soldiers who sneaked over.

Taking advantage of the time when flares covered the battlefield, the Imperial machine gunners quickly locked onto the moving Dutch army.

“Da da da……”

Six machine guns suddenly spit out fierce tongues of flame, and the Dutch soldiers who had no way to hide fell down one after another. When the first flare fell, Fang Hongming ordered the second one to be fired.

With the help of light, the Dutch soldiers’ infiltration failed completely. The imperial soldiers quickly gained an advantage on the battlefield with fierce firepower. After all, the Dutch still used old-fashioned muskets for conquest.

During the battle on the island, Eric on the Dutchman closed his eyes in pain. The light that lit up from time to time in the sky seemed to foreshadow his failure. Under the unobstructed light, his soldiers could not possibly Approach the machine gunner.

“Let’s set sail, Eric, we still have a chance. At least we understand the Chinese rifles and machine guns. I believe that the wisdom of us Europeans will definitely study them out.” Stephen comforted.

Eric nodded. The imperial warships parked in the bay would probably catch up. After all, the distance between where they were parked and where the imperial warships were parked was only ten miles away.

(End of chapter)