Chapter 1043: Corrosion

"Your Highness, this must be enough for Wesley to bear. Reading"

On the Jinghai flagship, Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi were observing the coalition fortifications on the north side.

According to the plan, he and Zhou Yi were responsible for the bombardment on the north side, and Gong Ying led the remaining half of the warships to be responsible for the south side.

At this moment, on Zhao Xu's telescope, the coalition fortifications on the north side were engulfed in a sea of ​​fire.

This was the result of the continuous explosion of more than 2,000 shells.

"Of course, it's hard to say whether they can survive the bombardment." Zhao Xu put away the telescope and snorted softly.

For three hundred years, the Westerners relied on their strong ships and powerful guns to dominate the world and attack whoever they wanted.

Not only did they occupy piece after piece of land and colonize it, they also created one massacre after another.

In their eyes, except for the Westerners, other natives are inferior humans.

But now the situation has changed. Under his leadership, Dasong has avoided the tragic suffering of the Central Plains Dynasty in contemporary history.

Although they are still unable to surpass the Western Turks in terms of industrial scale, they are firmly ahead of them in terms of advanced technology.

The progress of industry has also allowed them to surpass the Western Turks in artillery and artillery.

As the saying goes, when you are poor, you should use tactics to intersperse, and when you are rich, you should use artillery to cover.

For him, if ten shells can prevent the sacrifice of a Dasong soldier, it is definitely a worthwhile deal.

Therefore, in this war against the Western Turks, his tactical purpose is to give full play to the advantages of muskets and artillery without having to take human lives to fill it.

"If he can survive the first round, he will not survive the second and third rounds." Zhou Yi heard this and smiled evilly.

They carried enough ammunition, even if it was enough to blow up the fortifications of the Western Turks coalition.

"Boom boom boom..." As he spoke, the fleet launched a second round of artillery fire, and the coast was covered with fire again.

Next came the third round, the fourth round...

While the north launched artillery fire, the fleet on the south also began to fire.

Under Gong Ying's order, the coalition fortifications on the shore were also covered by dense artillery shells and turned into a hornet's nest.

At the same time,

Compared to the ease of Zhao Xu and others, Wesley and other Western Turkish officers were suffering like coptis.

The Western Turkish soldiers in the coastal fortifications suffered heavy casualties under rounds of artillery fire, and bodies were lifted out of the trenches one after another, with casualties reaching 40% in an instant.

Under such intensive artillery fire, the Western Turkish soldiers in the trench fortifications along the coast could not bear it at all.

The officers had to temporarily withdraw the soldiers from the fortifications to the inside.

"Admiral, we have 5,000 dead, 8,000 injured, and some soldiers can't even find their bodies."

"Admiral, we have 12 field rifled guns destroyed, 19 howitzers destroyed, and 30% of them lost."

"..."

The bombardment continued, and the Western Turkish officers kept sending bad news, making Wesley want to kill people.

When the Dasong fleet approached, he realized the danger, so he and the officers evacuated the command post urgently.

Even so, some officers in the command post died in the bombardment.

If an officer hadn't thrown him down, he would have died at this moment.

"Go tell Ma Fuer to let his damn navy go out to fight immediately. If the fortifications on both sides can't be defended, can they defend the strait?" Wesley was furious.

If the Dasong fleet is not dealt with, their right wing will be in danger.

The Dasong fleet cleared their coastal fortifications. If he was the general of the Dasong army, he would definitely take the opportunity to seize the coastal fortifications on the right wing.

In this way, their flanks will be completely exposed and the fortifications will be meaningless.

"But..." The officer beside Wesley hesitated.

At present, the coalition fleet only has 80 sailing warships and 22 steamships.

And Ma Fuer clearly said that one Dasong sailing warship is enough to deal with six warships of the Western Turkish coalition.

This means that if the coalition navy goes to war, it will be annihilated.

"No buts, we can never lose Malacca like this, and we can't lose so easily." Wesley knew what the officer wanted to say and shouted immediately.

"But, Admiral, if the navy is finished, we really can't go back." The officer still did not obey Wesley's order and continued to argue.

Other officers also looked at Wesley with worried expressions.

For countries such as Italy and Austria that have no interests in the East.

Their attitude towards this war is naturally different.

If they can take advantage of Britain and Frank, they are of course happy.

But they are unwilling to let them die.

Wesley was even more furious when he heard this, but when he wanted to curse, he suddenly couldn't say a word.

That's right, the navy is their last straw.

If they can't defend Malacca, they have to rely on the navy to withdraw them back to India.

Therefore, it is too crazy to put the navy into a war that is bound to lose.

Calm down, he gave up the idea of ​​letting the navy attack.

Looking at the shells that kept exploding on the fortifications, he said to the officers, "Go back and tell the soldiers to prepare for a charge. Instead of staying in the trenches and waiting to die, it is better to launch an attack and let the people of Dasong see the bravery of us Westerners!"