Steel Dynasty - Chapter 974

[Chapter 968 Malacca]

In the swaying light of the torch, Yue Yun looked at the map intently.

The area they are preparing to capture now is called “Lion City” in Malay. It was once part of the Malacca Sultanate. Thirty years ago, the British came here and occupied it, controlling the throat of the Asian route. At the same time, they gave A new name for this place is Xingjiapo, also known as Xingcheng or Xingzhou.

“General, the Strait of Johor has been blocked by us. It has become an isolated island and can be attacked at any time.” Liu Chen said.

There is a strait that runs through the north of Singapore. This strait completely separates Johor from Singapore. Strictly speaking, Singapore is an independent island in the sea. Before the attack, they analyzed Singapore in detail. situation, and learned some news from the Chinese here.

After comprehensive consideration, they decided to land from the south bank of the Johor Strait and fight from south to north to the Singapore Strait to completely control this place. Perhaps out of confidence in the country of Johor, the British arranged a shore on the Johor side. There is little protection against gunfire.

“Attack and capture this place before dawn.”

Yue Yun said coldly. In order to control this important waterway, they traveled nearly two thousand kilometers and suffered enough at sea.

“Yes, General.” Liu Chen responded.

Following his order, the Marines rushed towards the city of Singapore in the center of the island.

Similar to Great Chongqing, the dynasties around Nanyang also used cities as settlements. The environment here was primitive and there were many miasma poisonous insects and beasts. It was very dangerous to live alone.

It is also because of this characteristic that the colonists were able to easily plunder and control the land here.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The artillery roared, and the Marine field artillery made a deafening and terrifying sound in the dark night. Then, bright sparks erupted from the walls of Singapore City.

Under the fierce bombardment of artillery, the gate of Singapore City was first blown open, and the soldiers of Dayu took the opportunity to rush in.

What surprised them was that the city of Singapore was too lightly guarded against enemies, and it seemed that it did not think it would be attacked at all.

Government House, Singapore.

Ferion suddenly woke up from the bed. Looking at the firelight outside the window, he felt cold from head to toe.

“What’s going on? Are the French coming?” Ferreon asked himself in his heart, and then he shook his head to deny this possibility.

The combined fleet has just been established, and the French will not launch a sneak attack. After all, France and Britain now have the same interests in Asia.

Quickly searching for possible enemies in his mind, Fereon put on his clothes and came outside the Governor’s Mansion.

Because of the huge movement, the city is now in chaos, and soldiers are running out of the barracks to gather.

“Governor Fereon, the enemy is coming from the north. I have mobilized soldiers to deal with it.” A British officer saluted to Fereon.

“Who is the enemy?” Fereon asked urgently.

“I’m afraid, they are soldiers from the Great Chongqing Kingdom, because each of them has black hair and yellow skin. They are the only ones in Asia who have such abilities.” The officer said solemnly.

“Damn it, when we were preparing to kill them, we didn’t expect that they were also preparing to kill us!” Fereon was furious. Originally, the defense of Singapore City would not be so weak. After all, they were still wary of France before.

But the alliance with France made them completely reassured and relaxed, and this oversight was fatal tonight.

“How many are there?” Fereon asked again.

“I don’t know, but one thing that is certain is that there are many more than us. We only have 4,000 troops stationed here.” The officer said worriedly.

Fereon narrowed his eyes, “That’s true, but we have two thousand soldiers equipped with Downton muskets. Let them use them!”

“Yes, Governor.” The officer turned and left.

The Downton muskets that Ferreon mentioned were the new muskets shipped from England. During the manufacturing process, these muskets used steam engines to create rifling and matched them with conical bullets.

The combination of the two advantages greatly improved the range, power, and accuracy of this rifle. After equipping this rifle, he had already tested its effect, and they were very satisfied.

“Tap tap tap…”

Not long after the officer disappeared, a burst of neat footsteps came. The red shirt soldiers carrying Downton muskets trotted towards the city gate. After a while, intensive gunshots rang out in the city, belonging to the red shirt soldiers. Then the sound of counterattack artillery sounded.

Ferion was relieved at this moment. For him, the Red Shirt Army’s combat effectiveness was excellent, and with the addition of Downton’s muskets, they would be even more invincible.

He was confident that this large Yu army that did not know where it came from would be wiped out soon, just as they defeated other countries in Europe.

Beicheng.

The Marine Corps’ smooth attack suffered a setback when it advanced to the middle of Beicheng. The unprepared Marines were caught off guard by the red shirts equipped with Downton muskets. The soldiers in the frontal assault suffered heavy casualties.

“This is a cone-shaped bullet!”

Liu Chen looked solemnly and picked up a bullet that hit the wall and fell. The appearance of this bullet was not much different from the warhead loaded in their paper-cased bullets.

“Oops, it seems that the British are already partially equipped with rifled guns similar to conscript rifles.” Yu Yongliang followed Liu Chen to protect his safety.

Liu Chen nodded solemnly. They knew the performance of this rifle very well. It can be said that except for the slow loading speed, this rifle cannot shoot in any posture. In terms of power, accuracy, and range, it is not much different from the current Falcon rifle.

In the duel within 300 meters, they had the advantage, but the advantage would not be overwhelming.

“Let the soldiers stop the frontal charge, use obstacles to shoot, the skirmisher line rushes forward, and pay attention to taking tactical actions to avoid danger.”

Liu Chen decisively ordered to adopt a strategy suitable for the Falcon rifle. Since they were equipped with the Falcon rifle, their training subjects Tactical actions against the use of this breech-loading gun appeared in China.

Creeping forward, shooting from a kneeling position, and shooting from a prone position, these are all shooting postures adapted to the emergence of breech-loading rifles. By using these shooting postures, they will gain an advantage in war.

Yu Yongliang responded “yes” and immediately led his soldiers through the buildings while conveying Liu Chen’s orders one by one.

Meanwhile, while on the move, they began to engage the Red Shirts.

Because they were inside the city, the Red Shirts could not form a large column. They dispersed the soldiers and fought them in groups of fifty.

Knowing the weapons currently used by the red shirts, they would naturally not be stupid enough to fight head-on. Taking advantage of obstacles and gaps, they would shoot in the direction of the red shirts from time to time.

When some soldiers saw a group of red shirts arriving, they directly looked for obstacles and lay down on the ground to shoot at the red shirts. This caused the red shirts, who were accustomed to lining up to be shot, to be in chaos for a while.

The balance of war once again tilted in their favor.

(End of chapter)