Iron Dynasty

Retreat! Retreat!

Eric let out a hoarse roar, and now even a fool can see that they have no hope of victory, and they will only face total annihilation if they continue.

But he was wrong, because this time Yue Yun was not going to let any of the Dutch warships leave.

After receiving the order, the ironclads quickly completed the outflanking at three times the speed of the sailing warships, and twelve warships bombarded the Dutch warships from three directions.

Facing the desperate situation, Eric slowly closed his eyes, and then he shouted: Even if we are going to lose this war today, we must let the people of the Chinese Empire understand the unyielding will of our Dutch, and let the gunners reload and fight back. !

Following Eric's order, the remaining forty-two battleships fired at the ironclad ships outside.

Boom boom boom...

Intensive shells flew out, and shells continued to fall on the body of the ironclad ship. The ironclad ship that was hit was immediately surrounded by a sea of ​​fire.

Looking at the ironclad ship shrouded in flames and smoke, the Dutch soldiers cheered loudly, and a burst of hope rose in their hearts.

But that hope was utterly destroyed as the ironclads burst into flames and smoke and appeared before them intact.

For the Dutch's round-blooming bombs, it is impossible to blow up the hundreds of millimeters thick ironclad armor. Although there are many shells concentrated on the ironclad, it is just scratching the ironclad.

The cheers came to an abrupt end, and all the Dutch battleships fell silent.

No despair grieves a sailor more than a battleship in front of him that cannot be destroyed.

The smile that had just appeared on Eric's face seemed to freeze, and he put down the telescope, feeling sad in his heart.

As a former maritime hegemon, the Netherlands lost to the British, which eventually led to the decline of hegemony. Now a hegemon who can defeat the British has emerged. He can foresee that the British maritime hegemony will end in the hands of the Chinese Empire.

In the future of maritime trade, any country will look up to the breath of the Chinese Empire to live.

When he was desperate, the ironclads aimed their muzzles at the Dutch battleships. With the roar of artillery fire, several of the Dutch battleships exploded and turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The fierce artillery fire was only the beginning, the reloading speed of the ironclad ships was very fast, they hadn't reacted yet, and another round of artillery bombardment came.

In a very short period of time, half of the fifty Dutch battleships will be blown up, and in the next time they can only watch one after another sinking.

Not far away, Lei Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face, Lei Ming said: I really envy your navy. With ironclad ships, you can run wild on the ocean from now on.

This time, Yue Yun did not deny that the sail battleship and the ironclad battleship were not equal opponents, and the naval battle in front of him proved his idea.

From now on the ocean will no longer be in the hands of Europeans.

While the ironclads were victorious, the Army's landing mission was largely complete, as the artillery prepared to destroy the Dutch coastal defenses.

The landing operation was not disturbed by the local fleet, and the landing this time was exceptionally smooth.

After the first batch of soldiers set foot on the beach, Lei Ming immediately let the semaphore hand convey the order, and the soldiers immediately approached the enemy 200 meters with light and heavy weapons and began to build fortifications.

A series of machine guns and mortars were also placed in place, ready to attack the trench positions at any time.

At the same time, Simon and Eiffel in the trench were in a complicated mood, and they all watched the battle at sea.

Now that all fifty warships have been sunk, Eric has no chance of surviving.

On the inner side of the trench, Stephen's face was extremely pale. Although he had a lot of opinions on Eric, he was Dutch after all.

He was still saddened to see him die at sea with the Dutch battleship, but this sadness only lasted for a few seconds, because he was about to face bigger troubles.

Because Eric failed to stop the landing of the Imperial soldiers, the Imperial soldiers who landed successfully now will attack them.

This time, if they lose their position here, they will also lose their Jakarta.

Da da da……

Chirp...Boom...

Just when Stephen was worried, a strange sound suddenly sounded. He had already heard the sound of the machine gun, but he had never heard the latter sound at all.

And after this sound, there were hundreds of explosions on the ground.

Simon and Eiffel were also stunned by the sudden explosion. Unprepared, this round of explosion caused hundreds of casualties to their soldiers.

Just when they were shocked, with the same sound, another round of explosions sounded, Simon looked out, and only then did he realize that the imperial soldier was operating a strange weapon.

This weapon is different from any artillery, but a very short cannon. Soldiers only need to press the strangely shaped cannonball into it, and the cannonball will fly in a high arc and fall vertically.

And in this way, the trenches are basically the same as fiction for them.

Under the bombardment of artillery shells, the Dutch soldiers panicked, and they hated the feeling of being killed by strange weapons.

Some soldiers even retreated into caves to avoid bombardment.

Although Eifel and Xi also wanted to hide in, the situation this time was obviously different from the shelling of the imperial battleship.

Now the imperial soldiers are two hundred meters away, as long as they hide in, these soldiers can rush to the trench at any time.

Therefore, now they can only face off against the Imperial soldiers under the fire, but just like this, their casualties begin to increase sharply again.

Hit me hard, don't be afraid of wasting ammunition, you will be able to repay if you capture Jakarta. Chang Yuzhu shouted to the mortar shooter.

These soldiers have all been trained in Qingzhou and returned to the army, so they are very skilled in the use of mortars.

Yes, Captain.

With San Yuzhu's approval, the mortars shot out the shells one by one, and explosions continued on the positions not far away.

While the mortar was in full swing, the machine guns were not idle. The machine gunners fired wildly at the trenches, and the bullets flew towards the Dutch like raindrops.

According to their combat plan, this time they want to make full use of the advantages of their weapons, so they will not stop until the effect of fire coverage is not achieved.

As time passed, the mortar shells decreased one by one, and the Dutch positions had been blown to the ground.

On the battleship, Lei Ming had been watching the situation in the Dutch trenches, and after finding that no soldiers in the Dutch positions dared to show their heads, he ordered the charge to sound.

After receiving the order to charge, the soldiers rushed to the Dutch position with Han-style rifles. At this time, sporadic gunshots began to sound, and soldiers were continuously hit by bullets and fell to the ground.

It's just that all these gunshots have been unable to stop the large-scale charge of the imperial soldiers.