Chapter 49: It turns out, it’s nothing more than this

Chapter 49: It turns out, it’s nothing more than that

Mountain stood high up, holding a telescope and watching Lai Guorao’s fleet leave.

After putting down the telescope, Lao Chang said to Lao Zhou: "Now, we men have the final say here."

Lao Zhou said with a sad face: "Master, until tomorrow at the latest, this The island will be surrounded by those battleships, and we will not be able to leave."

Yun Wen smiled and said: "This is the effect we want. If we don't withstand a battle, how can I, the Yun family's personal guards, be here again. The military has gained a foothold."

Lao Chang watched the last ray of sunset gradually darken, and said solemnly: "I don't know how many of the 5,800 people on the island can come back alive."

Yun Wen said lightly: "If one of you returns alive, Your Majesty will have a talent available. If you return two, you will have two talents. If you cannot become a talent, you will die if you die. The wealth of our Lantian Dynasty is not that great. It's easy to enjoy.

This island is surrounded by mountains on two sides and a cliff on one side. The only place that is really convenient for attacking is the harbor. If the beach cannot be defended, we will retreat to the harbor. If the harbor cannot be defended, We will retreat to the jungle. If the jungle cannot be defended, we will go up the mountain.

In short, we will survive until General Han's fleet comes. If not, then we will die! ”

The people of the Yun clan are very gambling. From Emperor Yunzhao, to Yun Yang, to Yun Fu, Yun Meng, Yun Hu, Yun Bao, Yun Jiao, and Yun Xiao, they are all like this. Now, When I arrived at Moirun, I started to gamble a lot.

The so-called seeking wealth at risk may seem unreasonable to the Yun family. However, it is precisely because the Yun family is a royal family that they are unwilling to give up wealth. They are more concerned about retaining the privileges of wealth than anyone else. Heavy.

They know that if other families decline, they will also decline. If the Yun family declines, many people will die.

Moire thought that the war would not start until dawn at the earliest, but the British obviously did not think so. After Lai Guorao's fleet left, the British fleet approached the island.

Although the tide on the sea had begun to recede, they still refused to give up. Troop transport sampans were densely packed into the sea and rushed towards the island under the bright moonlight on the sea.

At the same time, all those huge warships had turned around, their gun windows were constantly spitting out firelight, and the heavy shells were pounding down like a blanket of whistles under the moonlight.

This is just a deterrent. The cannonballs destroyed the wooden buildings on the harbor and even made deep pits on the ground. On the soft beach, the lethality of the solid cannonballs was real. It's very limited.

Yunwen took a gun and put it on his shoulder, threw a cigarette into his mouth and lit it, and said to a group of people in Yun Town: "The war has begun."

Old Zhou looked The legs that reach the cloud pattern are shaking, However, this guy's hands are very steady and he doesn't shake at all when lighting a cigarette. This look is incomparable to his father's. However, considering his age, Lao Zhou feels a little warm in his heart.

Lai Guorao did not go far, except for the seriously injured and very slow Mangshan. After entering the Strait of Malacca with the transport ship, he took his two ironclads and eight more The three-masted warship returned to the waters of West Island.

There are many islands here, and West Island is not the largest among them. However, because it is too close to Bangladesh, it was used by the British as a springboard for exploring India.

At dawn, Lai Guorao quietly arrived at an island with his fleet. There was no human habitation on this island. The entire island was covered by dense forests. In the early morning, countless people could be seen. Seabirds leave the island to forage in the sea.

The fleet slid across the slightly yellow sea surface, and finally anchored on the back of the island.

Seeing Lai Guorao seeming to be very leisurely, Lieutenant General Zhao Rong said worriedly: "I don’t know how Colonel Yun Wen and the others are doing. The war must have started by this time."

Lai Guorao shook his head and said: "The moonlight was bright last night, and the British would not wait until dawn before taking action."

"Commander, do you think Yunwen and the others can do it?"

"We have to hold on even if it doesn't work."

"Are we waiting here?"

"I'm waiting here for the Portuguese..."

"Colonel Moiren and the others..."

"You have to walk the road you chose."

"What if?"

"There is no such thing as a chance. War is an overall strategic thing. Sometimes you must give up what you should give up. You can't lose the big for the small. The empire's goal is India. Getting rid of the British is just a part of the overall strategy. France The Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese are all part of this strategy.

General Han intends to use this battle to determine the power of the Ming Empire to carve up India. How much can we occupy in the future? It depends on whether we can defeat the European countries in this battle.

It will be more beneficial to us if there are fewer competitors. ”

Zhao Rong leaned against the side of the ship. He looked down at the few small fish swimming beside the boat and said to Lai Guorao: "I always feel that General Han's plot is too big. As soon as we cleared Java Island, she couldn't wait to start building high-end buildings on the island." School.

Not only that, she has begun to gather the Ming people scattered in Nanyang, and her intention to build Java into the center of Nanyang is very obvious. I am worried that if she ignores the life and death of Colonel Yun Wen, Asked, it will affect General Han's eternal plan in Nanyang."

"Don't worry about this. Under the general trend, individual resistance will have almost no effect. The proposal to build Java has been passed. After review by the Congress, His Majesty has used his seal, and the Prime Minister has signed it, and it has entered the implementation stage. You see, within half a year, those in the southeast of Ming Dynasty who have notFishermen who own land will flock here.

They have the custom of going to Nanyang, and they also know how rich the land of Nanyang is.

In the past, they were willing to come to Nanyang to seek life despite the risk of near death. Now, with the blessing of the empire, their thoughts of going to Nanyang will definitely be more active.

What we can do is to give them more space to display their talents.

Zhao Rong took a long breath and said: "Go south, go north, this is the national policy that the empire is actively promoting now, and the first wave of baby boom after the Ming Dynasty has arrived. Your Majesty is doing this to give those new students Make room for children? "

Lai Guorao smiled and said: "When I was at Yushan Academy, I heard the gentlemen say that so far, the population of the Ming Dynasty is still too small. Mr. Gu from the academy believes that the Ming Dynasty needs two more people. Only with a population of tens of millions can we occupy our current land in a balanced manner.

Without so many people, much, much land would be wasted.

According to Mr. Gu’s prediction, it would take at least a hundred years for the Ming Dynasty to have a population of more than 30 million. However, Mr. Liang did not think so. He believed that with the increase in the empire’s food production and the generalization of medical resources, The nationalization of the Wenpo profession will make the Ming Dynasty's population rise from the current 16 million to 30 million, which will become a reality in the next thirty to forty years.

Therefore, no matter what the domestic debate is, the duty of us soldiers is to expand our territory! Seize resources as much as possible. "

The conversation between Lai Guorao and Zhao Rong was immediately blown away by the sea breeze.

No trace was left.

However, at this time After Yun Wen repelled another round of British beach landings, his legs no longer trembled, because he found that it was not difficult for them to kill the British with the latest muskets.

He had left the front line of the war, and was sitting in the study room of the Governor's Mansion that originally belonged to Raymond. He began to carefully check the rifle in his hand, and listened to what the ordnance officer said.

The rifle in his hand is named Zhonghua Type-2 Rifle. This rifle uses copper-cased bullets, while the Zhonghua Type-1 rifle uses paper-cased bullets.

Although these two firearms sound like sister firearms. , however, there is a fundamental gap in performance, especially after the advanced research and development of mercury thunder, coupled with the long firing pin and rifling, the performance of the Chinese Type II rifle has been significantly improved.

This is not only. It is only reflected in the range and accuracy, but the speed of loading ammunition has also been greatly improved.

Compared with the British bird-beak flintlock muzzle-loading gun, the Chinese Type II rifle has more options. There are many fighting methods, among which, just the fighting modes of various postures have drastically changed the survival rate of an infantryman.

The distance of a hundred steps is just the range of the front-loading gun. The Chinese Type II rifle has shown extremely high lethality at a distance of a hundred steps, and the commonly used shooting distance of a flintlock rifle of fifty steps is at a range of less than 100 steps., it is simply a massacre distance.

After listening to the words of the ordnance officer, Yun Wen realized for the first time that he was so powerful. What the instructors in the military academy said were all lies... They said the enemy was powerful, that the enemy was cunning, and that ...In short, we cannot underestimate the enemy.

Yunwen suddenly felt comfortable all over. He leaned his body on the chair, put his feet on the table as usual, and said to Lao Zhou: "We will win this battle."

Lao Zhou looked at Yun Wen coldly and said, "Looking at you, why do you think we are doomed?"

Yun Wen laughed and said, "My gun... ..."

"That's the empire's gun. The young master is just a gun-holder...Look at the scar on my face. It's when our weapons crush the enemy. I was chopped down by a gangster who was only thirteen or fourteen years old.

If the master had not given me the good medicine assigned to him, my bones would have been rotten. Before the war begins, the heroes in the world are regarded as nothing. However, during the battle, even if the enemy in front of him is very weak, the master is always cautious, cautious, and cautious. He never says that he will win before the battle is over.

Master, you can only say that we have won if you kill the last enemy. As long as your enemy is still breathing, don't say anything about victory.

After returning to Yushan, I will report this to the master.”

Yun Wen jumped up and said, “Uncle Zhou, you are trying to kill me.” "

Lao Zhou said coldly: "First of all, young master, please don't kill me. I have three children at home, two of them are underage. I don't want them to have no father."