Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1100

[Chapter 1090 Bread and Bullets]

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming smiled after reading Wang Xuan’s telegram. Just as he planned, trouble finally broke out under the blockade of the coalition forces.

In fact, the fear for soldiers is not death on the battlefield, but missing their loved ones in an environment far away from home. This kind of longing will completely destroy the soldier’s will.

This is the problem that the rebels are facing now, because every soldier in the coalition does not know how long this blockade will last, maybe half a year, maybe a year, maybe ten, or twenty years.

But no matter how many years go by, the only thing that is certain is that they cannot break through this blockade at all. This is what is truly despairing.

“Give Lei Ming an order to tell him that he can take action.” Xiao Ming said.

In the intelligence, Wang Xuan also mentioned the problem of food and grass for the federal army. If the federal army was hungry and went to the feudal states to ask for food, it would be beneficial to them.

The reason why Britain can coexist peacefully with the feudal states is that it rarely interferes with the feudal states forcibly. If this is broken now, there will be a chain reaction.

The angry princes are likely to use force to retaliate against Britain’s actions, which will deprive Britain of its secure position as a queen.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” In response, Qian Dafu turned around and entered the side hall, where the telegraph machine was sitting.

Seven days later, Xiao Ming’s order arrived in Singapore, which made Lei Ming and Yue Yun’s spirits immediately soar.

“General Yue, the Cao family and his son will be left to you.” Lei Ming said.

The secret guard ship anchored at the mouth of the Ganges has received the telegram from Calcutta. The telegram clearly described the current situation in Calcutta and dragged out the entire route of their actions.

“Of course there is no problem with this. As long as he reaches the sea, Cao Kun can’t escape even if he has wings.” Yue Yun sneered.

Lei Ming nodded, looked in the direction of Calcutta and said: “While they are in trouble with the princes, now is the best time to attack. We will send troops to Calcutta tomorrow.”

The next day, under the imperial battleship With help, soldiers from the Southeast Army were packed into battleships and transported to the mouth of the Ganges in Calcutta. This was the frontal position of the coalition forces. As long as they broke through here, the coalition forces would be completely defeated.

Many ships arrived at the mouth of the Ganges, which quickly attracted the attention of the coalition forces, and the entire Calcutta defense line fell into chaos.

Buterin ordered people to go to the feudal states to grab grain, which naturally led to conflict with the feudal states, although the backward soldiers of the feudal states were not worth mentioning to them.

But now it’s fatal, because once the empire attacks, they will be attacked on both sides.

“It really came. It’s really strange. How did they choose the time so well.” Buterin was very confused. He now even suspected that there was an informant in Calcutta.

Just after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible, because they monitored Cao Kun very strictly. During this period, these people were very well-behaved and no one went near the coast.

Shaking his head, Buterin no longer struggled with the matter, because he was currently facing the biggest crisis in his life.

“Let all the soldiers enter the trenches. They are serious this time.” Buterin said.

As soon as he finished speaking, there were sudden bursts of sound breaking through the air, and then there was a deafening explosion on the battlefield.

Caught off guard, many coalition soldiers were killed and injured in the shelling. For a while, the position was filled with the sound of howling ghosts and wolves.

On the sea, Lei Ming was observing the effect of the artillery bombardment. Preparing for an artillery fire before landing had almost become a fixed pattern in the empire’s wars.

Now the armored ships on the sea have their guns pointed at the positions on the coast, and the dark muzzles spit out tongues of fire from time to time.

The coalition’s position was filled with puffs of flames, and the soil was lifted into the air again and again by the shock waves of the shells, and then scattered down.

“The navy’s firepower is so fierce.” San Yuzhu was lying on the side of the ship holding a telescope with an envious look on his face.

When Lei Ming heard this, he glanced at the large caliber of the artillery on the battleship. Compared with the field cannon, the caliber of the armored ship was obviously much larger, and needless to say, the caliber of the gun was much larger.

“The navy’s artillery is very powerful, but we have to rely on us to win the position.” Lei Ming glared at San Yuzhu, “Why don’t you prepare for the landing operation? If you can’t win the beachhead today, let’s see how I deal with you.”

San Yu Zhu put away his careless manner, looked solemn, and shouted to his soldiers to lower the boat.

Different from previous attacks, this time they will land under the continuous fire cover of the navy, so that they can avoid encountering the opponent’s intensive firepower as soon as they land.

on the coast.

Buterin’s face became very ugly when he saw the imperial soldiers coming towards the coast under the cover of artillery fire.

Under the shelling, the now demoralized coalition soldiers hid in the trenches and did not dare to show their heads. This created a stable landing environment for the imperial soldiers.

“Go, let everyone fight back, quickly!” Buterin grabbed a messenger and pushed out of the bunker, but before the messenger could run five meters away, he was knocked away by a cannonball that landed on his side.

Buterin was also affected by the explosion of the shell, and the earth hole in the bunker where he was located was filled with dust.

Looking at the scattered messengers, Buterin had no choice but to find another messenger to convey the order.

He was only disappointed. Most of the coalition soldiers did not come out of the cave after receiving the order, and were still curled up. Only a small number of soldiers boarded the trench, but under the continuous firepower, these soldiers quickly suffered heavy casualties.

At this time, the boats of the imperial soldiers were getting closer and closer. Soon, the first batch of imperial soldiers landed safely on the coast, followed by the second batch and the third batch.

The soldiers who came ashore quickly purchased beach defenses. At the same time, some soldiers began to use continuous firing weapons to straf the trenches, which rapidly increased the casualties of the coalition forces in the trenches.

San Yuzhu also landed on the beach. This time, his regiment was the first to land. After all his regiment landed, the sound of shelling at sea suddenly stopped.

At this time, San Yuzhu also stopped the machine guns that were firing. He took out a tin trumpet and shouted in British language: “Friends across the way, I am the first regiment of the first division of the first army of the southeastern military region of the empire.” Commander, my name is Chang Yuzhu. Now I officially inform you that there are two things on the battleship behind me. The first is bullets and the second is bread. Now put down the guns in your hands and you can go to the battleship. Eat bread and wait for your country to take you back to Europe, otherwise you will have to wait to be shot. You have also tasted our firepower. It is uncomfortable. It is not too late to make a choice. Choose!”

To use British words !

He shouted once, and then he shouted again in the languages of other countries in the coalition, which were temporarily taught to him by the translator.

Although his pronunciation is not very accurate, it is enough for soldiers on the battlefield to understand.

(End of chapter)