Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1051

[Chapter 1042: Trick]

After a day and night of sailing, the warship led by Yue Yun arrived at the sea off Manila.

Along the way, they did not suffer any attacks, and the sailing process was very boring. However, when they arrived in Manila, they suddenly became excited.

“The Dutch actually established a trench position on the beach. It seems that they are ready to fight us to the end.” Through the telescope, Liu Chen spotted the Dutch soldiers shuttled in the trench.

In addition to the Dutch, they also found dark-skinned local aborigines in the trenches. These aborigines wore the same khaki military uniforms as the Dutch and were staring at them with weapons.

“There are about 4,000 Dutch soldiers, and they train a lot of local indigenous people, about 5,000 people.” Liu Chen continued his analysis.

Yue Yun was also observing the Dutch beachhead, and he had to say that the commander in charge of defense still had some skills.

But for him, such defense was not enough to prevent the Marines from landing. After all, the battleship he led was a mobile artillery position at sea. These Dutch people were simply seeking death by placing their positions so close.

“Ship directly into the harbor and let the Dutch see what an armored ship is.” Yue Yun was relaxed. The King’s armor of more than 300 millimeters was not a decoration.

After receiving the order, the fleet sailed directly into the Bay of Manila. At the same time, the guns of all warships were aimed at the positions established by the Dutch.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The Dutch fort fired first, and the explosive shells directly bombarded the battleship of Dayu from a distance of 500 meters, causing an explosion.

However, in this round of shelling, the exploding shells did not cause any damage to the hull of the battleship.

The purpose of manufacturing an ironclad ship is to defend against explosive shells, so the armor is very thick. Ordinary explosive shells cannot break the armor of a battleship.

In the beach position, Eric was observing the damage caused by the explosion through a telescope. To his disappointment, their shells did not cause any damage to the fleet.

Then the forts in his bay continued to bombard the imperial fleet, but the result was the same. The explosion of the shells could not even deform the armor of the ironclad.

“It’s time for you to recognize the reality. We can only die here.” Eric said to Simon, who was observing the imperial warships with a telescope.

“These ironclads are incredible. How were they built?” Simon said with fear in his eyes, because in Manila, he had not had much contact with the Chinese Empire.

When he agreed to hold on, he never imagined that he would encounter such a situation. The steel battleships lined up on the sea really scared him.

But he was still lucky. He said: “Eric, hold on, don’t forget our purpose. As long as we get the Chinese rifle, we can live a good life back in the Netherlands.”

Eric agreed to stay .

This was also the purpose of coming down. He understood the high price of the Chinese Empire’s technology in Europe.

Now the whole of Europe is staring at the technology of the Chinese Empire, especially weapons technology, and the high bounties have sent many desperadoes to Asia.

They either play businessmen or pirates, but their purpose is the same, to obtain the empire’s technology.

“Are the escape ships really ready?” Eric asked again.

Simon nodded heavily, “Let’s go after we get what we want.”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was suddenly a violent roar on the sea, and fire and white smoke were seen coming from the muzzle of the ironclad ship, followed by countless flames Emerging from the trench position he dug.

At this moment, the earth seemed to be shaking.

When Eric and Simon saw this scene, they immediately lay down on the ground in the trench. The bombing continued, and the soil was constantly shaken down by the shock wave of the explosion. Splattered pieces of clothing and blood from residual limbs were flying all over the sky.

Just this round of bombing made the Dutch soldiers on the position in a panic. This was just the beginning, and round after round of shelling began.

Huge explosions occasionally set off a cloud of flying soil on the position, and some shells fell into the trench and directly destroyed a trench.

The forts in the bay were destroyed one by one in the exposed bombardment. After Wu Lun fired, the sound of artillery fire suddenly stopped. At this time, the position was as quiet as no man’s land.

On the King, Yue Yun watched in stunned silence as six soldiers stuffed a huge artillery shell into the fort. This artillery was the 305mm main gun.

After such a long period of technological accumulation, the empire’s navy has initially entered the era of ironclads with big guns and giant ships.

A cannonball of this size can destroy a sail warship with one shot in a naval battle, leaving nothing behind.

Looking around, he found that all the forts had been destroyed. He said to Liu Chen: “Now it’s your Marine Corps’ turn to show up.”

Liu Chen had already gathered the soldiers, and at this time he asked the messenger to raise a flag to notify the navy of other warships. Marines prepare to land.

This bombing killed at least 20% of the Dutch and indigenous troops on the position, but in his opinion, the threat caused by the shelling was more terrifying than death.

Landing boats descended from the battleships into the ocean one after another, and the troop transports quickly headed for the beach. After all the forts were destroyed, they were no longer a threat at sea. If the Dutch ran out of their positions, they would be bombarded by battleship artillery.

After successfully landing on the beach, Liu Chen immediately ordered the skirmisher line of soldiers to move towards the beachhead. At the same time, the machine gunners looked for a shooting location with an expanded view under the protection of the soldiers.

After doing all this, the Marines advanced step by step towards the Dutch position, but what surprised everyone was that the Dutch position was as quiet as a tomb.

“Chen Wei, lead a charge.” Liu Chen said. What he hates most is positional warfare, because the two sides will face off on the long position for many years.

Chen Wei was the company commander of the 1st Marine Regiment. He waved, and more than a thousand soldiers launched a charge towards the Dutch position.

Three hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters, getting closer and closer to the Dutch position, but the Dutch still did not fight back.

Seeing that they were about to rush to the trench, Chen Wei suddenly ordered all the soldiers to lie down and ordered: “Get ready for grenades. Throw a wave of grenades and rush over. Don’t hold back.”

The orders were passed down one by one. After waiting for a while, Chen Wei Shouted: “Throw!”

Following his actions, the soldiers threw the grenades into the trench one after another. Suddenly, the front trench burst into flames and filled with smoke.

At the same time, they heard the screams of the Dutchman before he was killed.

At this time, Chen Wei shouted; “Kill!”

Eric had been waiting for the charge of the Chinese Empire. For him, this battle was just a transaction of human lives in exchange for Han-style rifles.

So he dug the trench very deep this time in order to let the imperial soldiers jump into the pit and fight with them. In this way, they would have a chance to snatch the equipment, and this was his only chance. If he fails, the rest of his life will be miserable.

(End of chapter)