1825 My New Daming

Chapter 339 Emperor William, it's not that the minister is incompetent, but the enemy has gone to heaven! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)

Just when the 330 large and medium-caliber artillery pieces of the Tomorrow-Sun Allied Forces began to bombard, a line of neatly arranged biplanes suddenly jumped out of the southern sky.These aircraft are all shore-based models of Ssangyong Aircraft, but they are also affiliated to the Daming Naval Air Force.

Because the shore-based Ssangyong aircraft has no floating barrel, it can carry more ammunition and fuel, and the combat radius is naturally larger, but only slightly larger, not much.So Zhuge Weidao could only order Colonel Huang Shuren, the head of HNA's shore-based aviation force, to lead his people to change the airship base on Batam Island into an airport, and deploy all the capital of the shore-based aviation force there - 118 shore-based Ssangyong Double-wing twin-engine fighter-bomber!
It is said to be a fighter-bomber, but in fact, there are only Daming's military aircraft in the sky right now, and other people's military aircraft are only airships and "human powered glide bombs".As long as the former lowers the altitude, he is a living target for the plane, while the latter can only wait to die when he encounters the plane.So the "combat" of this "fighter-bomber" is just to fight casually, and bombing is the real main business.

Now the 118 planes have flown to an altitude of 1000 meters, heading towards Temasek Island under the rising sun in the east.Although the fuel that these planes can carry is limited, they did not drop bombs immediately after flying over Temasek Island. Instead, they were divided into six teams and began to circle the sky a few kilometers behind the Johor Strait defense line. Only 118 were waiting for their prey to appear. vulture.

The center of the Johor Strait defense line of the British and Indian troops must have been stunned by such powerful firepower in the first place.Although their barracks at the front are built along the seawall, they are not easy to be directly hit by artillery.But the seawall is not a hill after all, and the cover it can provide is limited, so there are still many Indian warriors who were sleeping, and were blown to pieces by the shells that fell suddenly.The Indian soldiers, who were awakened by the shock, shouted hoarsely, looking around for a place to avoid the shells.

In order to prevent the coalition forces from tomorrow and Japan from smuggling in the night, the British also ordered the Indian soldiers below to dig trenches, pull barbed wire, and build shelters on the wide top of the seawall.Every night, some Indian soldiers were arranged to rest in the trenches and shelters on the high seawall. When many people were sleeping soundly, the shells fell.
But no matter how difficult their situation is, few of them dare to take a step back, because retreating is death, so let's hold our heads tight and endure in the trench!
The white-skinned officers stationed on the front line were all resting in safe shelters, and they immediately picked up the handset and yelled loudly towards the rear.There is only one meaning: "The Ming army bombarded the middle of the Strait defense line with powerful artillery fire, and the coalition forces will attack tomorrow! If their firepower cannot be suppressed, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Viscount Beresford was awakened by the explosion of shells almost immediately. His Excellency, the British Lieutenant General, was communicating with Mumbai by wireless telegraph last night. Some time ago, the telegraph receiver on Temasek Island seemed to be out of order. Some faults, always received a bunch of clutter, so anxious that Viscount Beresford suspected that Emperor William had really died, and India was in chaos!

Last night, the radio station staff, who had been helpless at first, suddenly became enlightened and repaired the telegraph receiver.Now Viscount Beresford can finally have an evening of "telegram porridge" with his emperor.

Viscount Beresford was finally relieved after being confirmed by "Telegram Porridge".

The emperor is probably still alive!Even if he died, it would be kept secret!Moreover, most of the "India Partition" did not happen. The Indian Empire is still united by His Majesty the Emperor, and no one dares to argue for independence at all.

In addition, the Eight Banners soldiers of the Golden Kingdom did not invade India.Their "alternate Xianfeng" was still visiting India a while ago, and recently took a second-hand sail ironclad ship that the Royal Navy of Daikin had just purchased from Ming Dynasty to visit Europe and mediate the conflict between Ming Dynasty and the West.And he has to go to the British mainland, and it is said that he will give a speech in English in the British Parliament-a speech against pornography!

Moreover, Ming Dynasty did not invade the mainland of India. They were obviously planning to capture Temasek Island first, completely open the Straits of Malacca, and then make other plans.

And the Emperor William, who is mostly still alive, also repeatedly warned Viscount Beresford in the telegram that he must hold Temasek Island for at least 12 months no matter what.

After assuring His Majesty the Emperor, Viscount Beresford closed his eyes dimly on the camp bed.When he was about to fall asleep in a daze but didn't fall asleep, the glass windows of his residence were suddenly rattled by a huge roar in the distance.

Viscount Beresford jumped up from the bed and rushed towards the combat command room with big strides.A group of disheveled white-skinned officers had already gathered at the door, staring blankly at the flames rising from their positions in the distance.

Colonel Fokker, the new chief of staff of the Malayan Army Corps, stared at everything in front of him with bloodshot eyes.The phone ringing in the headquarters has already rang.The brigade headquarters of the British and Indian troops on the front line have already called to report their sudden attack. The situation seems to be fine. Although the various units on the front line suffered a lot of losses, at least the soldiers on the front line did not retreat in panic. .

In addition, the field artillery at the front of the British and Indian Army is also ready to shoot, and the observation balloons used for school shooting have been raised, and they are waiting for the command of the headquarters to counterattack!

Viscount Beresford had completely recovered his composure. Looking at the battlefield outside the window, he said loudly in a calm tone: "Last night, I just sent a telegram to His Majesty the Emperor. Everything is fine, Your Majesty!"

"Long live!" Everyone cheered.

The Viscount continued: "To order the artillery to counterattack, we must suppress the opponent's firepower and bombard the enemy's possible offensive assembly positions again.

The reserve troops immediately entered the reserve positions behind the positions that had been heavily bombarded and were ready for reinforcements at any time.Under such fierce firepower, it is estimated that the position encountered will be shaken soon!
Therefore, as soon as the enemy's shelling stops, the reinforcements will step up without the slightest hesitation! "

"Yes, Viscount!"

Following the order of Viscount Beresford, the British and Indian Army artillery groups behind the Johor Strait defense line of the British and Indian Army also began to exert their strength!

The field artillery of the British and Indian Army was originally inferior to that of the Ming Army, but Temasek Island is a fortress island, and a large number of fort artillery were deployed on the island, not all of which were fixed cannons, but also many 6-inch cannons that could be moved.These 6-inch guns have been strengthened to the northern line of the Johor Strait defense line that cannot be reached by the heavy artillery of the fortress. In addition to the field heavy artillery originally assigned to the Malayan Army, there are now 200 upward-facing cannons above 100mm!

When these more than 200 cannons fired together, the earth shook and the mountains shook, enough for the Ming army to drink a pot!

But Viscount Beresford never expected that there were 118 biplanes with bombs in the sky at this time, waiting for the British and Indian cannons on the ground to fire and expose their targets!
These insidious and cunning planes are used to suppress the British and Indian artillery groups.

Before the British and Indian army's field artillery group had completed half of the base, the SsangYong aircraft had already roared and flew over several artillery positions that had been exposed by firing at the rear of the Johor defense line, and dropped the altitude to tens of meters. Then a series of bombs were dropped in the air, which caused a mess of smoke and dust in these artillery positions. At once, twenty or thirty 6-inch cannons were reimbursed, and many artillerymen were also sent away.The other artillery on these positions also fell silent, and the artillerymen all fled.

The scale of the artillery counterattack of the British and Indian troops suddenly became much smaller, and before Viscount Beresford, who witnessed this scene from a high place, could react, someone shouted again: "The plane came from the sea from the west again. So many planes!"

(End of this chapter)