Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1078

[Chapter 1069 The Battle of Jakarta]

“Boom, boom, boom…”

With the roar, the entire coast of Jakarta was covered by artillery fire. Under the power of large-caliber artillery shells, the trench positions carefully purchased by the Netherlands were lifted up more than ten meters of mud from time to time.

The trembling Dutch soldiers hid in trenches dug in advance as soon as they were bombarded by artillery. However, even so, casualties still occurred in places directly bombarded by artillery shells.

Simon and Eifel also hid in such holes, which Dutch soldiers now jokingly call cat-ear holes.

“Damn, when will these bombings end?”

The deafening bombings continued without interruption, and the dust on the cave fell. It was also stressful to hide in such a cave at this time.

The other Dutch soldiers covered their ears tightly and shivered. They had no energy to pay attention to Simon’s roar.

After cursing for twenty minutes, Simon suddenly felt as if the world had become quiet.

At this time, he immediately climbed out of the hole and stepped on it with a stool. In his eyes, soldiers from the Chinese Empire were coming to the coast in small boats.

Discovering this, Simon immediately shouted: “Everyone is ready to fight immediately!”

After his words fell, the Dutch soldiers rushed out of the hole with a stool each. The soldiers in the first row put down their stools and stepped on them. The stool sticks its head out of the ditch.

Behind these soldiers stood two rows of soldiers. These soldiers were ready to hand over the loaded muskets at any time according to the conscript-style muskets.

Looking at the scene in front of them, Simon was slightly satisfied. It was precisely because they believed that this method could severely damage the Chinese Empire’s attack that they chose to stay here.

At the other end of the trench, Eifel was also well prepared. Although he envied the advanced firearms of the Chinese Empire, he also understood that human vision was limited. Basically, soldiers could maintain accuracy within a range of 200 meters, exceeding With this value, bullets basically have no accuracy and can only rely on probability to kill.

“Let’s fight to the death, Jakarta is mine.” There was cruelty in Eifel’s eyes. He knew very well how valuable this colony with a population of more than nine million and rich resources was.

It can be said that before the establishment of trade with the Chinese Empire, Jakarta had always been the economic center of the Netherlands in Asia, with a status similar to that of British India.

maritime.

Yue Yun and Lei Ming are using telescopes to observe the beach. Unlike the previous monocular telescopes, now with the improvement of the empire’s military capabilities, the two have used binoculars.

“The effect of this artillery preparation made the Dutch very embarrassed.” Lei Ming said with a smile. Although he saw many Dutch soldiers entering combat positions, he also saw wounded soldiers being transported out of the trenches.

“But it’s not enough.” Yue Yun said, “The rest is up to the girls themselves. We still have to keep the shells for naval battles. We can’t continue to consume them like this.”

Lei Ming felt a little regretful, but he knew the facts Yue Yun said. The Dutch warships haven’t appeared yet, so they might be harboring something bad.

As he finished speaking, the soldiers on the observation tower suddenly issued a warning, and at the same time, the soldiers pointed their fingers in the southeast direction.

Yue Yun immediately took a look through the binoculars and saw fifty sail warships approaching them in a mighty manner.

Looking at the soldiers who were landing, he said: “They are smart to attack halfway across, but they overestimate their abilities.”

After that, he immediately asked the flagman to issue the order, and the twelve ironclads separated from the battleship group and headed towards The Dutch warships sailed in the direction from which they came. For him, twelve warships were more than enough to deal with fifty Dutch warships, because this was an unequal war.

“Are twelve warships enough? This is no joke. Once they rush over, our landing force will suffer heavy losses.” Lei Ming was a little nervous. He didn’t want his soldiers to lose their lives in vain at sea.

Yue Yun was full of confidence, “Sending twelve warships is enough to give them face, otherwise six warships would be enough.”

Swallowing his saliva, Lei Ming looked at the sailing warships getting closer and his eyes widened, because he understood These warships must be equipped with similar explosive bombs, which is a great threat to them.

Eric stood on the deck and looked pale as he looked at the three imperial warships that were outflanking them. He knew that there was about to be a tragic naval battle.

He wouldn’t be worried if all the Chinese Empire’s warships were to attack. Now sending only twelve warships really scares him, because this proves how terrifying these armored ships are, and that’s why Yue Yun is so confident.

At this time, they were still three or four miles apart. It was still too late for him to escape, but as a Dutch soldier, he obviously couldn’t do this.

Gritting his teeth, he also headed forward. Now they were in the upwind direction, which was extremely beneficial to them. At the moment of contact, they could use the wind direction to complete the “T” shape.

“General, can we start?” On the King, the adjutant asked Yue Yun for instructions.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and they are about to enter combat distance.

Yue Yun nodded and said: “Let’s start and end the battle as soon as possible!” He had no worries about this battle. In the face of the absolute power gap, the war was just a one-sided crushing.

“Yes, General!” The adjutant turned back and said to the messenger who was waiting for the order: “Fire!”

The small red flag waved in the hands of the messenger, and then there was a roar, and the people standing on the deck The ironclad ship trembled with thunder, and the conical shells flew towards the Dutch fleet in the distance at lightning speed. In an instant, the leading Dutch warship was hit by the shells and turned into a sea of flames.

“Do these fools think we will still fight with T? Our warships can fight in all directions.” Yue Yun sneered.

The battleship was burning, chaotic wood chips were scattered in the sea, the blue ocean was dyed red in an instant, and the sea was full of the mournful sounds of Dutch soldiers struggling.

“Help, help!” the Dutch soldiers in the water shouted.

The bloody water quickly attracted the sharks, and the Dutch soldiers could see sharks swimming under their feet, which deepened their fear.

But Eric was frightened and just looked at the struggling soldiers in the water numbly.

Other Dutch soldiers were also frightened by this astonishing scene and their legs trembled. They were all senior naval soldiers, but they had never encountered such a strange situation.

Faced with this combat method of the Chinese Imperial Navy, they felt deeply powerless.

But this was just the beginning of their fear. After the bombardment, the ironclads with black smoke quickly approached them at an alarming speed and surrounded them in three directions.

Faced with this urgent situation, Eric’s heart suddenly sank to the bottom, and

there was still a chapter left.

(End of chapter)