Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1079

[Chapter 1070 Superior Firepower]

“Retreat! Retreat!”

Eric roared at the top of his lungs. Now even a fool could see that they had no hope of victory. If they continued, they would only face the annihilation of their entire army.

But he was wrong, because Yue Yun was not prepared to let any Dutch warship leave this time.

After receiving the order, the ironclads quickly completed the outflanking at a speed three times faster than the sailing battleships. Twelve battleships bombarded the Dutch battleships from three sides.

Facing the desperate situation, Eric slowly closed his eyes, and then he shouted: “Even if we are going to lose this war today, we must let the people of the Chinese Empire understand the indomitable will of our Dutch and let the gunners load their weapons and fight back.” !”

Following Eric’s order, the remaining forty-two battleships fired at the ironclad ships outside.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

dense artillery shells flew out, and shells continued to fall on the hull of the ironclad ship. The hit ironclad ship was immediately surrounded by a sea of fire.

Looking at the ironclad ship shrouded in flames and smoke, the Dutch soldiers cheered loudly, and a burst of hope arose in their hearts.

But this hope was completely destroyed when the ironclad ship rushed into the flames and smoke and appeared in front of them intact.

The Dutch’s round shells were unable to destroy the hundreds of millimeters thick ironclad armor. Although there were many shells concentrated on the ironclad, they were just scratching the ironclad’s itch.

The cheers stopped suddenly, and all the Dutch warships fell into deathly silence.

There is no despair that makes a naval soldier feel more sad than having a battleship in front of him but being unable to destroy it.

The smile that had just appeared on Eric’s face seemed to be frozen. He put down the telescope, feeling sad in his heart.

As a former maritime hegemon, the Netherlands lost to the British, which ultimately led to the decline of hegemony. Now a hegemon capable of defeating the British has emerged. He can foresee that the British maritime hegemony will end at the hands of the Chinese Empire.

In the future of maritime trade, any country will depend on the Chinese Empire.

When he was desperate, the ironclads aimed their guns at the Dutch warships. With the roar of gunfire, several of the Dutch warships exploded and turned into a sea of flames.

The fierce artillery fire was just the beginning. The armored ship was reloading very quickly. Before they could react, another round of artillery fire came.

In a very short period of time, half of the fifty Dutch warships would be blown up. In the following time, they could only watch as one warship after another sank.

Not far away, Lei Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face. Lei Ming said, “I really envy your navy. With the armored ships, I can now roam the ocean unscrupulously.”

This time Yue Yun did not deny it. Battleships and ironclads were not equal opponents, and the naval battle in front of him proved his idea.

From now on, the ocean will no longer belong to Europeans.

While the ironclads were victorious, the Army’s landing mission was essentially complete as artillery preparations destroyed the Dutch shore defenses.

The landing operation was not disturbed by the local fleet, and this landing went extremely smoothly.

After the first batch of soldiers stepped onto the beach, Lei Ming immediately asked the semaphore to convey the order. The soldiers, carrying light and heavy weapons, immediately approached the enemy 200 meters and began to build fortifications.

Machine guns and mortars were also deployed, ready to attack the trench positions at any time.

At the same time, Simon and Eivor in the trench were in complicated moods, and the battle at sea was watched by them all.

Now that all fifty warships have been sunk, Eric has no chance of surviving.

On the inside of the trench, Stephen’s face was unusually pale. Although he had strong opinions on Eric, he was a Dutchman after all.

Seeing him buried in the sea along with the Dutch warships, he still felt very sad, but this pain only lasted for a few seconds, because he would face greater trouble next.

Because Eric failed to prevent the landing of Imperial soldiers, the Imperial soldiers who successfully landed now will launch an offensive against them.

If they lose their position here again this time, they will also lose their Jakarta.

“Click

…boom…”

Just when Stephen was worried, a strange sound suddenly sounded. He had already heard the sound of machine guns, but he had never heard this sound before.

After this sound, there were suddenly hundreds of explosions on the position.

Simon and Eifel were also stunned by the sudden explosion. Unprepared, this round of explosion caused hundreds of casualties to their soldiers.

Just when they were shocked, the same sound sounded and another round of explosions sounded. Simon looked outside and found that the imperial soldiers were manipulating a strange weapon.

This weapon is different from any artillery, but a very short artillery. Soldiers only need to press the weird-shaped shells into it, and the shells will fly out in a high arc and fall vertically.

In this way, the trenches are basically useless to them.

Under the bombardment of artillery shells, the Dutch soldiers panicked. They hated the feeling of being killed by strange weapons.

Some soldiers even retreated into caves to escape the bombing.

Although Eifel and Xi also wanted to hide in, the situation this time was obviously different from the bombardment of the imperial warship.

The imperial soldiers are now two hundred meters away. As long as they hide and enter, these soldiers can rush to the trench at any time.

Therefore, now they can only confront the imperial soldiers under artillery fire, but as a result, their casualties have begun to increase sharply.

“Hit me hard, don’t be afraid of wasting artillery shells, you can get your money back by capturing Jakarta.” San Yuzhu shouted to the mortar crew.

These soldiers had all been trained in Qingzhou and returned to the army, so they were very proficient in the use of mortars.

“Yes, commander.”

With San Yuzhu’s approval, the mortarman fired out the shells one by one, and explosions continued on the position not far away.

While the mortars were unleashing their power, the machine guns were not idle either. The machine gunners fired wildly at the trenches, and bullets flew towards the Dutch like raindrops.

According to their combat plan, they will make full use of the advantages of weapons this time, so they will not stop until the fire coverage effect is achieved.

Time passed little by little, the number of mortar shells decreased one by one, and the Dutch position had been bombed into disarray.

On the battleship, Lei Ming had been watching the situation of the Dutch trenches. After discovering that no soldier dared to show his head in the Dutch position, he ordered the charge to be blown.

After receiving the order to charge, the soldiers rushed towards the Dutch position with Han-style rifles. At this time, sporadic gunshots began to sound, and soldiers continued to be hit by bullets and fell to the ground.

It’s just that all these gunshots can no longer stop the large-scale charge of the imperial soldiers.

(End of chapter)