Iron Dynasty

Boom boom boom...

With the roar, the entire coast of Jakarta was covered by artillery fire. Under the power of large-caliber artillery shells, the trench positions carefully purchased by the Netherlands were occasionally lifted up to more than ten meters of soil.

The shivering Dutch soldiers hid in the trenches dug in advance as soon as they were bombarded by the artillery, but even so, there were still casualties in the places directly bombed by the artillery shells.

Simon and Eiffel also hid in such burrows, which Dutch soldiers now jokingly call cat ears.

Damn, when will these bombings end?

The deafening bombing sound was not interrupted, and the dust on the dirt hole was rustling. It was also very stressful to hide in such a dirt hole at this time.

The other Dutch soldiers covered their ears tightly, their bodies shivering, and they didn't have the energy to pay attention to Simon's growl.

After cursing for twenty minutes, Simon suddenly felt as if the world was quiet.

At this time, he immediately climbed out of the cave and stepped on it with a stool. In his eyes, the soldiers of the Chinese Empire were coming to the coast in small boats.

Discovering this, Simon immediately shouted: Everyone is ready to fight immediately!

When his words fell, the Dutch soldiers each rushed out of the hole with a stool. The soldiers in the first row put down the stools and stepped on the stools to stick their heads out of the trench.

Behind these soldiers stood two rows of soldiers. These soldiers were ready to hand over the muskets filled with ammunition in their hands according to the conscription-style muskets.

Looking at the scene in front of them, Simon was slightly satisfied. They chose to stay here because they believed that the attack of the Chinese Empire could be severely damaged by this method.

At the other end of the trench, Eiffel is also well prepared. Although he admires the advanced firearms of the Chinese Empire, he also understands that human vision is limited. Basically, soldiers can maintain accuracy within a range of 200 meters. At this value, the bullet basically does not have an accurate head, and it can only rely on probability to kill.

Let's fight to the death, Jakarta is mine. There was cruelty in Eifel's eyes. He knew very well how valuable this resource-rich colony with a population of more than nine million was.

It can be said that before the establishment of trade with the Chinese Empire, Jakarta has always been the economic center of the Netherlands in Asia, and its status is similar to that of Britain's India.

maritime.

Yue Yun and Lei Ming are using binoculars to observe the beach. Different from the monoculars in the past, now with the improvement of the military capability of the empire, the two have used binoculars.

The effect of this artillery fire preparation made the Dutch very embarrassed. Lei Ming said with a smile. Although he saw many Dutch soldiers entering the fighting position, he also saw that wounded soldiers were constantly being transported out of the trench.

But it's not enough. Yue Yun said: The rest is up to the girls. Our shells are still reserved for naval battles, so we can't continue to consume them like this.

Lei Ming felt a little regretful, but he knew the fact that Yue Yun said that the Dutch battleship had not yet appeared, so he might be holding back something bad.

His voice fell, and suddenly the soldier on the observation tower issued a warning, and at the same time the soldier's hand pointed to the southeast.

Yue Yun immediately took the binoculars to look, and saw fifty sailing warships coming towards them mightily.

Looking at the soldiers who were landing, he said, They are smart, but they overestimate their abilities.

After that, he immediately asked the semaphore to issue an order, and the twelve ironclad ships left the battleship group and sailed in the direction of the Dutch warships. For him, twelve warships were more than enough to deal with fifty Dutch warships, because this was a wrong battle. waiting for the war.

Is twelve warships enough? This is not a joke. Once they rush over our landing troops will suffer heavy losses. Lei Ming was a little nervous, he didn't want his soldiers to lose their lives in vain at sea.

Yue Yun was full of confidence, Sending 12 warships is already enough to give them face, otherwise six warships would be enough.

Swallowing, Lei Ming looked at the sailing battleships that were getting closer and wider, because he knew that these battleships must be loaded with their similar blooming bombs, which was a great threat to them.

Eric stood on the deck and looked pale at the imperial battleship Sanlu approached them. He knew that there was going to be a tragic naval battle.

If all the battleships of the Chinese Empire were overrun, he wouldn't be worried, but now dispatching a mere 12 ships really frightened him, because this proved the terrifying nature of these ironclad ships, and that's why Yue Yun was so confident.

They were still three or four miles apart, and it was too late for him to escape, but as a Dutch soldier he obviously couldn't.

Grinning his teeth, he also went head-to-head. Now they are in the upper wind direction, which is extremely beneficial to them. At the moment of contact, they can use the wind direction to complete the T word.

General, can we start? On the king's number, the adjutant asked Yue Yun for instructions.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and they are about to enter the fighting distance.

Yue Yun nodded and said, Let's start, end the battle as soon as possible! He had no worries about this battle. In the face of the gap in absolute power, the war was just a one-sided crushing.

Yes, General! The adjutant turned back and said to the messenger who was waiting for the order: Fire!

The small red flag was waved in the hands of the messengers, and then a roar sounded. The thunder on the deck saw the ironclad ship tremble, and the conical shells flew to the distant Dutch fleet with lightning speed. The Dutch battleship was hit by shells and turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Do these fools think we will fight against T? Our warships are all-around combat. Yue Yun sneered.

The battleship was burning, the chaotic sawdust was scattered in the sea, the blue sea was dyed red in an instant, and the sea was full of the screams of Dutch soldiers struggling.

Help, help! shouted the Dutch soldier in the water.

The bloody water quickly attracted the sharks, and the Dutch soldiers could see sharks swimming under their feet, which deepened their fear.

But Eric was already frightened, and just stared numbly at the soldiers struggling in the water.

The other Dutch soldiers also trembled with fright at this astonishing scene. They are all experienced naval soldiers, but they have never encountered such a bizarre situation.

In the face of the Chinese Imperial Navy's combat method, they rushed to a deep powerlessness.

It's just that this is just the beginning of their fear. After the shelling, the ironclad ships with black smoke approached them at an alarming speed and surrounded them in three directions.

Faced with this emergency situation, Eric's heart sank to the bottom.

One more chapter.