Lord of Ming Dynasty

The railway construction was temporarily paralyzed. When the tribes on the main island were not completely wiped out, all the construction projects would be in vain. They would destroy them, and they would have to be attacked and harassed by them.

In this way, every time supplies and supplies are transported to Gubisburg, at least one mercenary cavalry squad and one Han Chinese cavalry squad will come to support them. For Jinlin, at least one Han Chinese squad, one cavalry squad, and one exile squadron will be dispatched. Escorts, the slaves used are also more loyal slaves, and the captives are not used.

It can be said that this time the captives and slaves rioted and disabled a supervisory brigade, the third supervisory brigade. At present, there are only 400 people left in this supervisory brigade. They can only guard some unimportant places in Gubisburg and serve as supplies. They are no longer needed for transshipment, fort construction, and even guarding the prisoner camp.

I can only go to farm and do chores.

All the Han officers and troops inside were drawn out, and 180 people were strengthened into the exile brigade and the mercenary brigade. Although the two brigades added up to only 400 people, they still had to be used.

The important thing is to control them.

There are 400 people in the supervisory brigade, leaving five or six low-level officers in charge.

Because of the attack of tribal fighters, Gubisburg changed from open operation to defense, building and strengthening the fort, and increasing the defense force at the same time.

Here, the Third Han Brigade dispatched an artillery squadron and a Han squad to strengthen their defense.

A squadron was drawn from the Second Overseer Brigade, and a Han Chinese squad was drawn from the First Han Chinese Brigade and the Cavalry Squadron. The cavalry squad strengthened the defense force of Fort Swift Callent.

Li Ya felt that the troops in his hands were a little stretched again.

The Fifth Han Brigade was assigned to the Sailor Brigade, and the Fourth Han Brigade was added to the front line to help the Third Han Brigade defend against possible tribal attacks. Although the First Han Brigade had a large number of troops, it had to defend Xinxianju Town and Winter town, as well as defending several small ports.

The two brigades of the cavalry brigade were dismantled and scattered, and they were all mixed together.

The First Supervisory Brigade had to guard the remaining [-] slaves in the area of ​​Xinxianju Town, as well as the captives in various workshops, and those workers who had become workers in various workshops.

The important thing is that after the completion of the five ships, Han people must be added to them. Most of the Han people who were trained in the sailor brigade or monitored by them will be transferred to these five newly built ships. This will be the main force in the future. Battleships, ironclad ships, real Chinese ironclad ships, although this design is also backward in the current Chinese Empire, at least two or three generations, at least ten years behind, but compared with the British warships they detected, although there are many shortcomings, But also advanced.

At least two or three years ahead of the British, otherwise they would value these five ships so much.

Just when Li Ya was not sure, Wu Kejing ran in with a sullen face, "The British are here, and the British fleet is here. There are at least hundreds of ships, including 22 main armored ships. In addition, there are 31 sailing battleships of 30 tons, and the bows are covered with iron sheets. They are British warships, seven-masted, slender, at least [-] meters long, and belong to the British. Types of warships.

In addition, the auxiliary sail warships and steam engine warships have a thousand to two thousand tons, at least fifty ships, followed by twenty or thirty transport ships of seven or eight hundred tons. "

Li Ya stood up and saw other officers walking in quickly, "Order all the fishing boats to disperse and hide, or return to the port to stay. All the training warships return to the port, and the port is equipped with fishing nets to prevent the enemy from raiding. The ship sank into the roadway, creating a waterway that only we know. All combatants were ordered to enter the first-level alert, and double guards were added to each port and barracks at night to prevent enemy surprise attacks.

All unprotected strongholds and workshops were shut down, the people were evacuated into the fortress, the slaves and captives were detained on the spot, their use was restricted, and all threatening people were monitored.

Mobilize all the people who can be mobilized to take up guns and defend our territory at their own positions. "

He walked to the window and looked outside, "Send an order to the sky-sweeper. If you can't hold it, retreat to Fort Swift Current as soon as possible, join forces to defend, or break out and come back. We will shrink the defense and let them Bring back all the materials that can be brought back as much as possible, and we must be prepared for long-term persistence.”

The enemy is coming fiercely. At first, I thought that there would be only 32 or 37 ships, but now there are 100 main ships, ranging from [-] tons to [-] tons. Including these five built ships, a total of [-] ships can almost handle it. Unexpectedly The enemy came with more than [-] ships at once. This is to destroy the New Qin Empire.

If Zhang Qiang knew, he would definitely say that this is not the same as the situation of the Germans and British during World War II?

The Germans are a land-based country. Facing a sea power like the British, the dozens of capital ships are really not enough to compete with the British, so they hide in the port and become an existing fleet. I can only sigh, I was bullied by the British in the end, and now the New Qin Empire does not have the solid background of the Germans. These main battleships are still mixed together.

The newly built battleship was still on the berth, and just as it was about to be launched into the water, the enemy came.

The mighty fleet was discovered 180 nautical miles away. The seven warships of a squadron of thousand-ton steam engine battleships of the second sailor brigade on patrol went out several times to find out the size of the enemy's fleet. Three ships were sunk by the enemy, and the remaining four fled back with injuries. Then some 300-ton ships that transported the Han people passing by on the road and more than [-]-ton sail ships that went out to buy supplies were either sunk or killed. The enemy captured, or escaped without injury.

In less than half a month, [-] sailing ships under [-] tons were lost. From [-] nautical miles away, the enemy traveled here for half a month, and arrived in three days.

The first thousand 270 eight chapters the enemy finally came

In three days, everything that should be gathered was gathered, and 800 people were withdrawn from the four small islands. The people and soldiers guarding them all retreated back, and the ships also retreated to various ports on the adjacent peninsula to defend the ports.

On the fourth day, the supplies from the four small islands were also transported back, and all the fortifications were destroyed, and the main fleet also returned to Hong Kong.

The entire port is full of sails and warships. The Han Chinese squadron transferred from the front line, the two squadrons of the First Supervisory Brigade, and the retired soldiers recruited from the common people are all concentrated in various water villages and forts in Xinxianju Town.

On the fifth day, the enemy arrived at the port of the British on the Avalan Peninsula. At this time, the four cavalry squadrons of the Han Chinese mixed brigade arranged by the sweeper escorted the six thousand slaves back to the front line, and then the front line sent a cavalry squadron , accompanied by two returned cavalry squadrons, plus a squadron of infantry from the second brigade of the front-line Overseer Brigade escorted these prisoners back to the prison camp outside Xinxianju Town.

The captive camp is relatively large, located in the center of the adjacent peninsula, Xinxianju Town, Winter Town, and the port towns on both sides, surrounded by mountains, with an area of ​​about nine square kilometers.

In the middle is a town where the common people live, and to the west is an Indian camp, close to a forest.To the south is a lake, and next to the lake is the camp of a squadron of the Second Overseer Brigade.

To the east is a small hill, with a wide avenue in the middle. The avenue passes through a hill and a small plain, crosses a small freshwater river, and reaches the port stronghold three miles away.

A small castle-like Tunbao in the hilly area, guarded by a Han Chinese squad, and various forts on the hills facing all directions.

To the north is a huge slave camp. This is the place where 3000 captives from Xinxianju Town lived together. Now these slaves have been transferred to Xinxianju Town. The camp is large enough to accommodate 4000 people. Hold [-] people.

So 6000 of the 500 people who came were packed into this camp.

The camp was defended by a small group from the second overseer brigade, a small group of disabled soldiers organized by the common people, and cavalry from the Iliad tribe. When these entered, at least one Han Chinese group was stationed at each corner, next to the camp A cavalry squad was stuffed inside the Tunbao.

There is also a small camp in the town, which used to be the place where the artisan captives or other well-behaved captives lived. There are about 1000 people, and now 500 slaves are stuffed in.Then it was guarded by the personnel organized by these technical captives, and the Indians and young men in the town were also stationed in a corner of the camp.

The Han Chinese team set up a garrison camp in the center of the town.Can support and suppress these slaves and captives at any time.

The Iliad tribe is in the jungle in the west, and there are original Indian tribes in the jungle in the east.

A cavalry squadron stayed here and rushed to help at any time, or brought two allies with hundreds of tribe warriors to suppress these slaves and captives.

Another cavalry squadron was transferred back to Xinxianju Town. Xinxianju Town almost dispatched all its Han Chinese cavalry squadrons. Nowadays, in wartime, cavalry squadrons cannot be without cavalry squadrons, so the three cavalry squadrons that escorted the captives back, except one returned. On the front line, the other is stationed in the plain forest between the two tribes, and the other is returning to Xinxianju Town.

Xinxianju Town is five miles away from the town, and the cavalry squadron can rush to help there at any time.

The artillery on the city wall can also shoot into the town.

Escorting the captives back Another squadron of cavalry returned to the front line after escorting another 1000 captives and slaves to Xinxianju Town for detention, and returned to Fort Swift Current the next day.

They have just returned, and the tribal fighters from the main island and those fleeing British, Newfoundlanders, Inuit, and Spaniards, Russians, French, Italians, and other foreigners form a coalition of tens of thousands The people surrounded the two lost castles of the British respectively.

This is not the most urgent thing. The most urgent thing is that after three days of rest, the British fleet came to the outside of Xinxianju Town on a large scale, and then began to divide troops to attack various places. The main fleet was outside, with at least seven Ten ships, those British warships and sailing ships that were not the main fleet, began to attack the few outer islets and various ports on the adjacent peninsula.

The sailor brigade has all withdrawn, and the third brigade is responsible for defending the port. Although many people were drawn from their brigade in the early stage, they are all handymen and slaves. Some combat soldiers have been transferred to the overseer brigade and the exiles. The brigade went.

Compared with the mercenary brigade, which is almost all foreigners, the exile brigade still has more people, more Han people, and more naturalized Han people, and everyone is from the original Chinese Empire, but some Indians and Iliads were added later , There are also some Spaniards and Russians who were more effective in fighting the French, as well as people from these countries who were later recruited and people from the Russian mercenary group formed by Russia in the country currently occupied by Russia.

They all escaped, and in terms of identity, they agree with the people of the New Qin Empire who are also mercenaries. Later, the well-performing captives, slaves, and foreigners who were added in later made the combat effectiveness and loyalty plummet. If it weren't for those people. Things, probably won't be lost since disastrous and crashing.

The sound of rumbling guns was heard from all around the neighboring peninsula. The third and second brigades of the sailors' brigade were fighting the enemy's sailing ships on the seas on both sides. , The strength here is weaker, but relying on the shore artillery, it still hasn't suffered a complete loss, the loss is not very big, and it has been fighting all day.

A total of three 180-ton armed merchant ships, five tens of tons of communication ships, and a [-]-ton transport ship that transported supplies from Miracin Island to the neighboring town were lost.

Another seven [-]-ton armed merchant ships were damaged and fled back to the port.

The enemy was destroyed by the warships of the New Qin Empire, a [-]-ton sail warship, seven [-]-ton armed merchant ships, and an [-]-ton steam and sail steam warship.

Here is the credit of the shore artillery.

One morning, the enemy's ships returned from the four islands, and then the flags of the enemy flying and some ships' sails and masts could be seen on the four islands. Needless to say, the four islands were occupied by the enemy.

From morning to afternoon, the enemy dispatched a 3000-ton sailing warship, and ten sailing warships of more than 75 tons launched several tentative attacks on Xinxianju Town, Bilin Town, and St. Lawrence Town. The artillery counterattacked and damaged two [-]-ton sailing warships of the enemy.