Chongzhen Wiretapping System

Chapter 825 He Was Dreaming
While continuing to build rafts, the Mughal Empire's army was not idle.They were practicing the use of rafts on the seashore far from Mumbai, so that they could become more familiar with rowing quickly in the sea with rafts.

There are not so many soldiers who can swim, so those who can't swim are forced to either learn to swim immediately, or simply let them sit in the middle of the raft so that they can adapt to the ups and downs of the raft in the sea.

It can be said that the Mughal Empire's army was really mobilized and in full swing, and their morale was unconsciously improved.Even Max had to admit that the Mughal Empire's army was much stronger than the soldiers of the Safavid Dynasty.

Seeing this scene, Phillips couldn't help feeling a little worried.Although he knew that reinforcements could arrive at any time, but seeing the training situation of the Mughal Empire army, he was really worried whether Mumbai could wait for the reinforcements to arrive.

But when he saw Li Dingguo's calm appearance, without any reason, he relaxed a lot.Seeing that Li Dingguo was arranging defenses in an orderly manner, his heart was even more in his stomach.

Five days later, Darashiko was impatient again.At this time, nearly 2000 rafts for his army have been prepared, and they can send about [-] troops at one time. With this force, they should be able to easily take down an island.

So, he notified Max in England that the attack was scheduled to be launched at noon.

This time, Max didn't say anything. He thought there were enough rafts.He mobilized his fleet and divided it half on both sides of the island closest to the coast to cover the two wings of the raft and not give the Ming warships a chance.

Whether it was the mobilization of the troops of the Mughal Empire or the warships of the British colonists, they were all blatant, allowing Li Dingguo and others to see at a glance that they were about to launch an offensive.

Therefore, Li Dingguo immediately asked Phillips: "If a battle starts in a while, and all the warships go together, can they defeat the British fleet on one side?"

Phillips listened, looked at the place where the battle was going to take place, then shook his head and said: "I don't believe it, our battleship is useless, the terrain space is not big, and we can't deploy it."

Li Dingguo frowned slightly when he heard this, but then let go.Looking at him, it seems that it is best if he can be defeated, and if he cannot be defeated, that's it, and it doesn't matter much.

But at this time, Phillips said again: "However, if we attack, because the British warships have to cover the rafts behind them and cannot maneuver at will, it is a rare opportunity. We can try to hit a dozen."

Li Dingguo listened, thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, the commander will let the navy prepare, but you must also be prepared. If the opportunity is right, the commander will order an attack."

At this time, Phillips didn't feel unhappy because Li Dingguo gave orders. He didn't even notice this, so he immediately agreed and made preparations.

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Along the coast, there was a lot of noise.

The soldiers of the Mughal Empire who had lunch began to board the raft to prepare for the attack.The follow-up troops waited on the coast, and they would join the offensive when the raft returned after delivering a batch.As for those soldiers who were not assigned to the offensive mission, they also gathered at the beach to cheer and cheer.

Seeing this scene, Darashiko finally became full of spirits again. In this battle, Mumbai will definitely be defeated and the Ming army will be wiped out, right?

Everything was ready, and all eyes were on him.

Under the attention of everyone, Darashiko raised his head and chest, waved his finger to the seven islands in the sea, and shouted: "Attack!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Immediately the attack horn sounded.The Mughal soldiers by the sea paddled their paddles hard and began to attack.

There are nearly two hundred rafts, each raft can carry ten soldiers, and there must be space between the rafts. It can be said that the sea is almost full of rafts.

As usual, the Ming army did not make any movement, which raised the morale of the Mughal soldiers a lot. They felt that the Ming army might be the same as the previous two times, and there would be no movement until they landed.So they rowed harder.

All the Mughal troops on the shore gathered by the sea to cheer for their soldiers. It can be said that the noise of the noise can be heard far away.

Soon, half of the front raft had passed, but the Ming army still did not move, which made the Mughal soldiers on the raft row more vigorously, and the landlubbers on the raft felt a lot easier.

However, just when they thought the Ming army would make any movement after they landed, they heard the sound of "boom, boom, boom...".

When they saw gunpowder smoke coming out of the island, they saw that the raft on the side was smashed to pieces by shells, and all the soldiers on the raft fell into the sea. dyed the sea red.

"Boom boom boom..."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

There are too many rafts, and the shelling of the Ming army can destroy five or six rafts almost every ten times. Suddenly, the sea is full of broken rafts, floating heads, and broken corpses.

After seeing this scene, the Mughal soldiers on the raft that were not hit were all panicked.Especially those landlubbers, whose legs and arms are trembling.

Max who was nearby saw this scene, but his expression didn't change a bit. It's normal for this to happen.It is not surprising that the raft was hit by an iron bullet.However, relatively speaking, those rafts that were smashed accounted for only a small part.The shelling of the Ming army could not prevent a large number of rafts from landing on the island.

However, Darashiko didn’t see it that way. He was ashen-faced. He didn’t expect the Ming army to bombard him. He was afraid of accidents, so he immediately sent an order: “Send the supervising team over quickly. If the raft dares to flee back , kill everyone!"

Needless to say, although the Ming army's bombardment was indeed effective, there were too many rafts, and a large number of rafts were still slowly approaching the island.

Seeing this, Li Dingguo turned his head to look at the British warships on both sides, and found that they were just watching and had no intention of participating in the operation. They had been preventing the Ming warship from attacking.

Under such circumstances, he did not order the navy to attack, but continuously sent orders to the infantry, and slightly adjusted the previous deployment according to the situation on the battlefield.

Finally, when a raft landed, the Mughal soldiers on it breathed a sigh of relief, and rushed to the beach with shouts.

This time, the Mughal Empire army had obviously learned its previous lessons.The first soldiers they washed ashore were archers and musketeers.If the Ming army fought in the same way as before, they would also be able to effectively kill the Ming army.

But this time, the Ming army did not appear immediately, which made the Mughal Empire gather more soldiers on the beach. After the number was almost the same, they began to charge.

But at this moment, behind the big rock, the heads of soldiers of the Ming army suddenly appeared one after another. They just fell there and shot.After the shooting, the gun was sent back, and someone took the gun away, and at the same time put a gun with ammunition in his hand, so that he could shoot again without getting up.

"Blah blah blah..."

"Bang bang bang..."

Amidst the sound of musket guns and the sound of bowstrings, the Ming army had no losses at all, but the Mughal soldiers on the beach were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

There were many casualties, and they also followed the example of the Ming army and lay down on the ground.However, they soon discovered that while lying on the ground, they could not shoot or shoot arrows.

The wind on the sea can blow away the gunpowder smoke from the firing of the flintlock gun immediately.The Ming army fired continuously, firmly suppressing the soldiers of the Mughal Empire on the beach.It wasn't until their shield soldiers came up that the situation of being passively beaten was relieved a little.

At this time, some rafts had already returned to pick up the next batch of soldiers.The soldiers on the beach began to slowly advance in front of the defensive formation formed by shields.

Max, who has been paying attention to this battle on the flagship, couldn't help being speechless until he saw this.He found that the army of the Mughal Empire didn't know much about the power of firearms troops, so they were suppressed at first, but now they used shields as cover instead of rushing into the Ming army crowd at the fastest speed. Not a good strategy!

Sure enough, just as the Mughal soldiers were getting closer and closer under the cover of their shields, suddenly, behind the rock where the Ming army was located, several extremely long barrels suddenly protruded, and with a "bang", the guns Very loud.

On the side of the Mughal soldiers, the shield was like a piece of paper, and it was shattered all over the place. The soldiers behind them all screamed and fell to the ground. Their bodies were full of tiny holes, braving blood.

"Bah bah bah..." The carrying guns equipped by the Ming army were more mobile than artillery, and they played a role again at this time, causing many deaths and injuries to the Mughal soldiers.

However, although the Mughal soldiers in front were killed and injured, more and more soldiers landed by the sea.Many of the soldiers who came ashore later belonged to the Imperial Forest Army. They had been through battle for a long time, and they were not comparable to the local soldiers.After the cannon fodder in front attracted the firepower of the Ming army, they immediately realized that they were definitely no match for the Ming army in shooting at the seaside. The only way was to attack as soon as possible.

So, they organized their troops, and started screaming and running as hard as they could.

"Bah bah bah..." The sound of the Ming army's muskets never stopped, and rows of Ming army firing points were firing almost uninterruptedly.

During the charge of the Mughal soldiers, people fell down every second, and it was unknown how many corpses lay on the beach.

Darashiko in the distance stared at the island, with a nervous and angry look on his face, and finally shouted involuntarily: "Rush up, go up..."

He believed that as long as he rushed over, with the continuous supply of troops from his subordinates, he would definitely be able to overwhelm the Ming army on the island and win the final victory.

However, he was clearly dreaming.

(End of this chapter)