Wu Sangui felt that there were some problems with the Ming army opposite. Since Li Xiu sent reinforcements for the second time, the Ming army seemed to be in no rush to attack Colombo City.

The Japanese soldiers began to clean up the Indian soldiers from room to room, killing them one by one. The process was extremely patient.

Moreover, there are some gunmen with excellent shooting skills active in the city of Colombo. The Indian soldiers under his command can only hide under the ruins and tremble. If they are unfortunately discovered, they will be shot in the head.

These gunmen like to hit the head very much, as if not doing so is not enough to show their outstanding marksmanship.

The number of casualties is rising rapidly. In the past, a thousand people were filled in a day, but now there are two to three thousand people added in every day. Half of the casualties come from those ghostly gunmen.

"Li Xiao is here!" Wu Sangui looked at the battlefield in the distance and said suddenly.

"Master! My subordinates have checked. Li Xiao should be in Jinling now. Our people planned a riot in the south and almost killed Yang Sichang, the governor of Jiangnan. I heard that Li Xiao was extremely angry and ordered his first division to attack again.

Go to Jiangnan." Wu Laoer, who was in charge of intelligence, heard Wu Sangui's muttering and immediately explained.

"It's not because of you. I can make Li Yongfang think that I am in the Yili Valley, and he can naturally make you think that he is in Jinling. This is a feeling, although I don't know if this feeling is correct. But I just feel that Li Xiaolai

It's over." Wu Sangui patted the sandbags on the bunker and said firmly.

"Now that Li Xiao is here, let's fight back. We have mobilized 100,000 people on the second line. Now the counterattack will definitely drive Li Xiao back to the sea, and maybe we can capture Li Xiao alive." After hearing the news about Li Xiao, Mr. Wu

The black eyes immediately lit up.

Li Xiao was regarded as the god of war in this world. If he could be caught, he would definitely become famous all over the world, and maybe even leave a mark in the history books. Although he was only a slave of the Wu family, Wu Laohei was also a man with ideals and ambitions.

"Li Xiao looks like he is out of nowhere when he sends troops, but in fact he fights steadily every time. I have carefully studied his various battle cases, and every time he fights unprepared battles.

His two younger brothers are still a little tender, but it will be different when he comes. Now, our casualties are increasing every day. And judging from the observation post, there is no substantial increase in the strength of the Ming army."

"Master! You can't say that. The Ming army's artillery seems to have suddenly strengthened. And have you noticed that there are always only two ironclads on the sea as supporting firepower. Where are their remaining ironclads?"

"Maybe it's to escort the fleet back to Singapore."

"That's not right. There are obviously fewer supply ships of the Ming Army these days."

The conversation between Wu Laoer and Wu Laohei made Wu Sangui frown. Wu Sangui also keenly felt this obvious change in the battlefield. These days, the Ming army used a new type of artillery, which has explosive power and accuracy.

Very strong.

These artillery should be a kind of direct-firing artillery similar to mortars, because his men did not find the artillery position, but the front line was always hit by artillery fire accurately.

The only possibility is that this kind of artillery is deployed behind Baozi Mountain. That hilltop of more than 100 meters has now become the key to the battlefield.

Wu Sangui was a little angry. Two thousand men had been attacking for seven days, but they still couldn't capture a small high ground. Even the Gurkha soldiers he personally trained could not capture an inch of the hilltop despite heavy casualties.

"Old Hei! I don't care how many people you kill or how many shells you consume, I want you to capture Baozi Mountain by tomorrow night at the latest. I'm not going to play with him anymore and drive him into the sea in one go." Inexplicably, I thought of Li Xiao's presence. Here, Wu Sangui began to feel inexplicably irritable.

Just when Wu Sangui ordered a fierce attack on Baozi Mountain, Li Xiao was facing the biting sea breeze and looking at Bombay in the distance with a telescope.

"Boom! Boom!" Ships continued to explode on the waterway. Li Xiao felt that Li Xiu's method was very good. In the absence of minesweepers, using ships to detonate mines was effective.

Li Xiao just changed the stones originally carried on the boat into sand.

One ship after another hit the mines, and it was obvious that Wu Sangui took the Bombay Port seriously. The mines were arranged so densely that Li Xiao began to worry about whether his mine-detecting ships were enough.

"Brother, there should be no problem with the water channel ahead. Their ship also needs to leave the port, and it is impossible to seal their own ship in the port."

"Wait a minute and sweep slowly. Be careful with the Wannian Ship. The louder the movement, the more frightened Wu Sangui will be. Hehe!" Li Xiao winked at Li Xiu with a smirk.

Scientists at Oxford and Cambridge had not yet figured out the telegraph, but Wu Sangui knew how flying pigeons carried messages. As the largest city in India, Bombay would of course raise pigeons to ensure communication with Wu Sangui.

"If Wu Sangui really doesn't return to the army, do we really want to attack Mumbai? An infantry regiment plus a marine regiment should not be enough to occupy a city as big as Mumbai." Li Xiu looked at Li Xiao with some worry, wondering if his brother was Drink too much.

Bombay is now a metropolis with more than three million people, and the combined strength of the two regiments is less than 10,000. Let alone fighting, if these 10,000 people are scattered around, there will be nothing left.

"Who said we are going to capture Mumbai? We just need to destroy Mumbai. What kind of place is Mumbai? That is Wu Sangui's heart. There are so many research institutes and factories in India, all in and around Mumbai.

Destroying Mumbai is equivalent to destroying half of India's industry. Especially those research institutes. As long as those Oxford and Cambridge experts are killed, it is equivalent to cutting off Wu Sangui's scientific and technological lifeline.

Don't worry, he will definitely return to the army. Mumbai is too important!" Li Xiao was very sure of this.

India under the rule of Wu Sangui was very different from Li Xiao's Ming Dynasty. Although it also had a large population and vast resources, most of Ming Dynasty's scientific research institutions, especially military scientific research institutions, were concentrated in Liaodong.

That was the place where Li Xiao's rule was strongest and where the mass base was the best. It would be difficult for Wu Sangui's agents to survive there.

If you think about it, the situation in India is much more complicated. Traditional India has many states, and some forces are beyond Wu Sangui's reach.

It can be said that Mumbai is Wu Sangui's basic base. Now Li Xiao wants to lead people to destroy this basic base. If Mumbai is destroyed, Wu Sangui's rule in India will be almost over. Li Xiao does not believe that Wu Sangui will ignore Mumbai and insist on his own way. On the island of Ceylon, he had a fight with Li Hu.
Chapter completed!