Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1084

[Chapter 1074 Stealing rice from the chicken coop]

December 24th.

After Leiming completely occupied the city of Bull, Yue Yun issued an order to advance to Calcutta.

After two days of sailing, the mighty fleet arrived off the coast of Calcutta, and the news reached the Governor’s Palace in Calcutta immediately.

“The fleet of the Chinese Empire did not pass through Malacca, but went directly around the south side of Malaysia. This can only mean one problem. I am afraid that Jakarta has fallen.”

In the Governor’s Palace, Buterin pessimistically told the other four countries the army commander explained.

“Bang!”

After Butlin’s words fell, a young man with blond hair slapped the table.

“The Chinese Empire has bullied others too much. We have been working for these colonies for hundreds of years, and now they are eating away at them bit by bit. If they cannot curb their greed, I am afraid that our colonies around the world will fall into their hands.” The young man said loudly.

“Klaus is so right, and that’s the purpose of our coming here, isn’t it? I really hope this damn war ends soon.” Nicholas said roughly while holding a pipe in his mouth.

The five-nation coalition forces gathered here. He, the governor of Calcutta, had a difficult task, because just coordinating all aspects gave them a headache.

The most important thing is that now that all the Dutch colonies have been lost, all food supplies will fall on the British, which makes him very unhappy.

Buterin said with a smile: “The only way to end the war is for us to beat the shit out of the Chinese Empire, or be beaten up into shit by them.”

Then he looked at the young man, this one is called Filin, the young officer is from the Netherlands, his father It was Ivor, the Governor of Yagoda, so Felin was so angry after hearing his analysis.

“We must have beaten the crap out of them.” Feilin seemed quite impatient. “Now the fleet of the Chinese Empire is at the mouth of the Ganges. Give me the command of the fleet. I will sink them all.”

” Hahaha… Do young people these days only talk big words? A great naval general like Wilson was lost to the Chinese Empire. How can you, a boy with no hair, command the fleet? “, sitting across the round table The bearded officer said sarcastically.

Feilin’s face turned red with anger. This bearded man was Spanish Admiral Corbansi, who was quite famous in Europe.

The generals of Portugal and France also gave out suppressed smiles at this time, all mocking Filin for overestimating his capabilities.

Buterin frowned. The five-nation alliance seemed to be very powerful, but even a fool could see the contradictions within it.

Now no one wants to lose their own strength to go to war with the empire. For this reason, no one is willing to hand over their fleet to Feilin’s command.

With a slight sigh in his heart, he said: “Everyone, now is not the time for internal strife. Now that the empire has captured Jakarta, there is no doubt that India is the next target to be attacked. If we cannot unite to rub off the spirit of the Chinese empire, then What we are facing is losing all the interests in Asia. “

“In this case, it is better to let the British and French fleets serve as the vanguard. Now Asia only has your interests, not ours.”

Cobansi said rudely again, this sentence made Filin. and the Portuguese officers all nodded slightly, neither of them looked like they were being used as weapons by the British and French.

Nicholas looked displeased, “If you are so insincere, our cooperation will be terminated. After occupying India, the Chinese Empire’s goal is Africa. If I remember correctly, your colonies in Africa are also not good.” “Young master, the black slave trade has also made you a lot of money, as well as North and South America. The greed of the Chinese Empire is unlimited. Are you so willing to let go of the benefits that we have worked hard for hundreds of years?” “

Other officers from the four countries ?

At this time, Kudu fell into silence.

Nicholas continued: “The Chinese Empire is an enemy of all of Europe. Now Tsarist Russia is on our side. In order to cope with the rise of the Chinese Empire, European unity is not far away.”

“In that case, let us choose The person who leads the fleet, come out.” Cobanxi said, “I vote for myself. I am the only one here who has experience in large-scale naval battles.”

After Cobanxi’s words fell, the other three raised their hands, but Feilin hesitated. He still raised his hand, knowing that he was not as good as Corbansi after all.

“Okay, so the admiral of the combined fleet is Mr. Cobansi. Do you have any suggestions now?” Buterin was a little excited.

Cobansi pondered for a moment, and then said: “According to the intelligence, all the warships of the Chinese Empire are ironclads. The last time the coalition failed so completely was because they encountered the rampage of the ironclads. Our artillery shells could not even break through the opponent’s armored ships.” “Iron armor.”

“Yes, that’s what the escaped crew said.”

Cobansi smiled gloomily and said: “Obviously, a head-on confrontation with this fleet is asking for death. If Jakarta is lost, it means that all fifty warships have sunk. Then plus the warships that have just arrived, we still have There are one hundred and fifty warships left, and we still have an advantage in terms of numbers. Therefore, this time we should adopt a surprise attack method and use the cover of darkness to attack. As long as the naval battle turns into a boarding battle, then we still have a glimmer of victory. “This is a good

idea

.” Buterin glanced at Cobansi appreciatively, “If we can win like this, maybe we can capture all the ironclads.”

Others also looked appreciative. nod.

After agreeing on a plan to attack the imperial warships, Buterin immediately announced the disbandment and asked Corbansi to prepare for the raid tonight.

According to their plan, after nightfall, Cobansi led the fleet to drift down the Ganges River. During the day, they had detected the location and distance of the Imperial warship through observation posts, so they could find the specific location even in the dark.

“Prepare all the eagle hooks. Once there is an impact, immediately throw the eagle hooks onto the imperial battleship.” Cobansi warned carefully.

All the crew members nodded in the dark night. Although they couldn’t see each other’s faces clearly, they felt very excited. If they could capture the ironclad, they would really make a fortune.

But their illusions were quickly pierced by bright beams of light. Just when they were about to approach the ironclad ship, a dazzling beam of light suddenly shone from the ironclad ship, completely exposing them.

Cobanxi tried his best to open his eyes. The beam of light illuminated their ship as bright as day. His whole body was suddenly cold and his hair stood on end.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

Before he could react, countless firelights lit up in the darkness, and then he saw the battleships he led turning into fireballs in the explosion.

PS: After reading yesterday’s chapter, I felt a little helpless. I’m afraid everyone had some misunderstandings about Snail’s request for leave that day. Snail said it would take two days and three updates to make up for it. It didn’t mean that it would be made up for yesterday and today. According to Snail’s plan, the National Day ended. We will make it up in two days on the 8th and 9th. Please forgive me.

(End of chapter)