Chapter 1112: On the Sea

"Boom boom boom..."

The bombardment of artillery and airships continued.

At night, Guantong immediately organized a night attack.

Like the previous night battles, the soldiers responsible for the night attack sneaked to the trenches of the coalition forces in the dark.

In order to reduce casualties during the bombardment, the soldiers responsible for the night attack were far apart and the skirmish line was sparse.

Everything was ready, and a flare suddenly flew into the air, illuminating the trenches of the Western Turkish coalition.

Because they had seen the flares of Dasong in Malacca before, the coalition soldiers at this moment were no longer as frightened as when they first saw it.

The soldiers who had not seen it were also surprised by the stories of other soldiers, but they were not greatly affected. .

But there was one thing they knew very well.

Once the Dasong army fired flares, they were preparing for a night attack.

Immediately, the gunshots and explosions from the front of the trench confirmed their guess.

The officers in the trench immediately went to Harriman's tent to ask whether to use field artillery.

"Counterattack immediately, use everything you can, including artillery! Just like last time, don't expose everything." Harriman shouted.

Wesley did not object.

Because they were all unsure whether the Dasong army was testing or really attacking.

If it was a real attack, if they kept delaying, the Dasong army would soon occupy their trenches.

Their rifled guns were at a disadvantage in the trenches against the Dasong breech-loading guns.

Moreover, they also had muskets that could fire continuously.

But if the Dasong army was testing, they would be fooled if they were all exposed.

So, they would make a decision based on the situation on the battlefield.

After receiving the order, the officer immediately returned to the trenches.

Not long after, some howitzers launched a bombardment to the front.

However, just after they fired a shell, their artillery was covered by the Dasong artillery fire.

After a while, the Dasong army suddenly withdrew.

Harriman and Wesley gnashed their teeth in hatred.

Obviously, they suffered again.

The next day was another day of artillery and aerial bombardment.

At night, it was still a night attack.

Qin Shan was always rigorous. Considering that the enemy generals had hidden their artillery at the beginning, they would definitely not expose all their artillery at once.

So he decided to keep testing.

"This time the scale of the attack will be larger. Let's play the wolf cry with them." Qin Shan ordered Guan Tong.

In his opinion, if the scale of the attack was still the same as last night, the enemy would definitely not take it seriously.

In this way, they would not have to use artillery.

So, he had to make the night attack look real every time.

Until the enemy believed that no matter how large the attack was, it was a feint.

At that time, when their artillery was almost cleared, they could take advantage of the paralysis of the Western Turkish coalition to launch a real night attack.

So, in the next ten days.

During the day, they carried out normal artillery bombardment, and cooperated with airships to bomb the coalition trenches to eliminate their manpower.

At night, they lured the coalition to expose the location of artillery and secret fortifications.

Using the airship's ability to observe the battlefield at a glance, the battlefield intelligence was sent back, and then the artillery was used to destroy it.

...

While the army was fighting in full swing.

The telegram sent from Yangon also arrived at the Strait of Malacca.

At this time, the naval generals and soldiers were living a vacation-like life near the naval base in Singapore.

When they received the telegram, Zhou Yi, Gong Ying and other generals were fishing at the seaside.

In addition to teaching them how to sail on the sea and operate warships, the King of Yan also taught them to identify fish and shellfish in the sea.

They knew what to eat and what not to eat.

This knowledge also spread among fishermen.

The fishermen in Dasong now catch more seafood when they go out to sea.

These seafood are sold to restaurants in various places in Dasong, making the fishermen's lives gradually richer.

Of course, there is a reason why they are so idle.

Now the artillery on both sides of Malacca are all controlled by the Dasong army.

The artillery inside has also been replaced with Dasong's rifled cannons.

Not to mention the fleet of the Western Turks, even their fleet was not capable of passing through the strait targeted by the artillery forts.

"Hahaha, waiting during the day and night, finally waiting for the emperor's order." Zhou Yi couldn't help laughing after receiving the telegram.

Then he shouted to Gong Ying, who was thirty meters away from him, "Enough, enough, eat tonight, and go out to fight tomorrow."

"Fighting?" Gong Ying stuffed a basin-sized blue crab into the wooden barrel, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and asked again.

Seeing Zhou Yi nod, he carried the big wooden barrel and came to Zhou Yi.

After reading the telegram, he laughed like Zhou Yi.

These leisurely days are certainly comfortable, but they hope to destroy the Western Turks' fleet immediately.

The longer they are in the navy, the more they can't tolerate the navies of other countries running rampant on their territory.

Not only that, they are full of ambitions for the entire ocean.

Looking at the ironclad ship like a steel behemoth parked in the port, Gong Ying couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

After waiting for so long, they finally won the opportunity to end the hegemony of the West's ocean.

After this battle, the entire ocean will be the backyard of the Dasong Navy.

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