Chapter 1052 Calcutta

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"Yes, I will remember it." Qin Shan looked in the direction of Tianzhu and said yes.

This pursuit by the navy will take at least ten and a half days before they can return.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Qin Shan and Guan Tong led Zhao Xu to inspect the captured Western soldiers.

"After counting, the number of captured Western soldiers is about 23,000, and there are also Tianzhu natives, about 30,000." Qin Shan pointed at the prisoners and said.

Zhao Xu nodded.

Qinshan and Guantong separated the Xitu and Tianzhu people.

The Western soldiers squatted on the west side, and the Tianzhu soldiers squatted on the east side.

Now, all these soldiers are downcast, listless, and their eyes are full of anxiety.

"Your Highness, look at these Western soldiers. They are all strong and strong. They are suitable for sending to build railways and dig mines." Guan Tong joked at this time.

Zhao Xu smiled softly and said, "I think so too. Remember to write down their names and register them."

"Yes, Your Highness." Guan Tong responded.

After going around in a circle, the three of them returned to the port.

Zhao Xu is going to the south bank to inspect the Marine Corps' battle situation.

At this time, I saw a boat coming across the strait, but it was Pan Chang.

It turned out that Pan Chang came over in a hurry when he learned that Zhao Xu was on the north bank.

After docking at the port, he immediately walked over to Zhao Xu and reported the battle situation on the south bank of Malacca, "Your Highness, our Marines captured 16 Western soldiers and 48,000 Tianzhu and Javanese soldiers."

"Well, he performed well. He is on par with the Azure Dragon Army and the Suzaku Army." Zhao Xu laughed.

Then, he told Pan Chang his layout plan, including his plan to capture the entire Java area.

"This is a trivial matter. The general estimates that there are less than 3,000 Stanton soldiers remaining on Java Island. As for the indigenous army in Java, it is not worth mentioning. Give the general a month to fully control Java and make Java Pay homage to Dasong," Pan Chang said.

Zhao Xu nodded, "In that case, I will be waiting for your good news in Yancheng."

After staying in Malacca for another two days, Zhao Xu returned to Yancheng by boat on the third day. After ten days of sailing, he returned to Jinghai.

Qin Shan, Guan Tong and Pan Chang followed his orders and carried out the tasks of guarding Zhang Liujia and restoring order in the southern region step by step.

at the same time.

When Zhao Xu returned to Yancheng, the Dasong Navy led by Zhou Yi also killed all parties on the ocean.

The wreckage of Xitu sail warships can be seen everywhere on the route from Malacca to Tianzhu.

Under their pursuit, the sail warships that had no time to escape were sunk.

However, in order to avoid the destruction of the entire army, Malfoy also adopted a corresponding strategy, breaking the navy into pieces and fleeing in scattered directions.

This also allowed some sail warships to survive.

But even so, forty-eight sail warships did not escape and were buried in the sea, with nearly half of the warships damaged.

On this day, Zhou Yi led the fleet to pursue the city of Calcutta in Tianzhu.

It wasn't until the Western-Turkish fleet entered the inland river and disappeared that Zhou Yi and his party stopped pursuing it.

"The performance of the steam engines of our battleships is not much different from that of the Westerners. It's a pity that we can never catch up." Looking at the city of Calcutta in the distance, Gong Ying couldn't help but sigh.

Zhou Yi nodded, "This is only temporary. His Highness said that the second-generation steamships are already under construction. These steamships will be equipped with triple-expansion steam engines like the ironclads. By then, they will not be able to escape from our hands."

While speaking, Zhou Yi slowly clenched his fists.

Gong Ying showed a longing look, "I really hope this second generation steamship will be put into use as soon as possible."

Thinking of something, he added, "By the way, counting the days, it seems that our first ironclad ship will be launched in a month."

Gong Ying's words reminded Zhou Yi, and he chuckled, "This armored ship is to our navy what a machine gun is to the army. Soon, our navy will be invincible in the world."

According to Chen Shou's guarantee years ago, they will launch the first ironclad ship in April.

If there are no accidents, other ironclad ships will be commissioned one after another in June.

Because at that time, about two months after the construction of the first ironclad ship started, the sailing warship of Jinghai Shipyard was launched.

After that, the dry docks of these sailing battleships were used exclusively for the construction of ironclads, and no longer sailing battleships were built.

"It's been almost a year and a half, and the armored ship is finally coming." Zhou Yi said cheerfully.

Then, he looked towards the city of Calcutta.

This city of Calcutta is the seat of the British governor-general in India.

Now that the Western-Turkish fleet was hiding in the inland river, he had no choice but to do so.

But since he has chased him here, he can't leave without doing anything.

So he said, "Leave a deep impression on the British people before leaving."

Gong Ying understood, "General, leave this matter to the general."

After that, he ordered a warship to come closer. He boarded the warship and commanded twenty-four warships to go to Calcutta.

"Everyone get into the fort, these damn people, they must want to bombard Calcutta."

At this moment, Governor Bolt of Tianzhu was on the coast looking at the approaching Dasong Fleet.

He suddenly put down the telescope, his face was twisted and livid, and he roared like a wild beast about to eat people.

At his order, British soldiers wearing red military uniforms got into the concrete fort.

During this period, in addition to Malacca, they also built powerful fortifications in Tianzhu, in order to prevent Malacca from being defeated and the Dasong fleet from invading Tianzhu.

While he was angry, a group of officers suddenly arrived surrounded by Wesley.

After the battleship entered the inland river, Wesley and the officers disembarked.

Seeing the Dasong fleet approaching, they came with their troops.

However, Bolt was not only not happy to see Wesley, but also very angry.

He said loudly, "Wesley, look at the good thing you did. You lost Malacca. Now we are just like prostitutes in a tavern, we can only let the Dasung people tease us."

As if he was still angry, he added: "You are a general of Britain, and you will be a marshal in the future. I can understand why you lost Malacca, but I really don't understand why you lost Malacca in such a short period of time." Lost it!"

"Shut up, Bolt. If you have personally fought against the Daisong Army in Malacca, you will understand why. We did not underestimate the Daisong Army, but greatly underestimated the Daisong Army. You should pray now. The reinforcements that arrived were strong enough, and we in Britain imitated the muskets currently used by the Dasong army."

After a pause, he continued, "Oh, this is not enough, because the Dasong army also has a fucking musket that can fire continuously, which can beat you like a honeycomb in a few seconds."

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