Wu Sangui did not believe that George could break out of the encirclement of the Ming Navy. The balance of power was too disparate. Moreover, according to Li Xiao's temper, the Ming Dynasty would not tolerate George and the others waiting until dark.

He led the attendants down the stairs to the office on the first floor. He directed the attendants to work together to move the huge desk and lift the blanket under the desk. An iron door with an iron ring embedded in it was revealed, and he struggled to open the iron door.

The ring reveals a stairway that slopes downward!

This is Wu Sangui's retreat. How could he stay here and wait for death? Although he hasn't contacted where to go yet, he must leave Mumbai first.

"You go down first." Wu Sangui took out a torch from the crack of the bookshelf. He lit a match and handed the torch to the guard's hand.

The guards who are following Wu Sangui now are all people he brought from the Ming Dynasty. These people are all generals of the Wu family. They are the most loyal people to the Wu family. Wu Sangui only trusts them.

"No!" First a guard took the torch and walked into the tunnel. Then the second guard followed, and Wu Sangui walked in the third. The tunnel was very dark and damp. No one had walked through it for a long time, and the air was full of

Smells musty.

The moment Wu Sangui walked into the tunnel, he took one last look at his office.

After walking down the tunnel, the guards behind him followed. Wu Sangui walked down the dark tunnel, as if he had his own future, not knowing where the light would be.

Suddenly, Wu Sangui felt his neck being strangled by a belt.

"you……!"

"I'm sorry, Major General. I have followed you for so many years and I haven't managed to show off. Now that the Ming and Liao soldiers have reached the city of Bombay, we don't want to be the future masters of Bombay. We just want to return to Liaodong alive. Even if we die,

, I have to be buried in the ancestral grave, so as not to become a lonely ghost."

The guards put more force on their hands. As long as Wu Sangui is knocked unconscious and sent out, there is hope of returning to the Ming Dynasty.

The veins on Wu Sangui's neck were exposed due to the strangulation, and he kept pulling and pulling with his hands. The guard in front of him also turned around and wanted to grab Wu Sangui's arm. Wu Sangui kicked his feet hard and kicked away the guy who grabbed his hand.

He reached out and pulled out the dagger from his boot, and stabbed it behind him without looking.

"Ah!" The dagger was poking at the thigh of the guard behind him, and the guard let go of his hand with a scream of pain.

Wu Sangui pulled off the belt around his neck and gasped for breath. "The Wu family is not kind to you, but you actually dare to betray me."

"Major General, we just want to return home. We don't want to die in a foreign land!" Under the dim firelight, the guards pointed their revolvers at Wu Sangui.

"Want to catch me? In the next life!" Two grenades appeared in Wu Sangui's hands? The pull tabs were already fastened together? In the horrified eyes of the guards, Wu Sangui pulled off the pull tabs.

"Boom!" The huge explosion caused the tunnel to collapse? Stones and soil fell one after another? In the end everything returned to peace.

No one knows that Wu Sangui has been buried deep underground, and the Indians are still frantically attacking the Governor's Palace. The city of Mumbai is still in chaos? There is still a piece of pure land in Mumbai, and that is the Port of Mumbai.

Not a single shell landed in the Port of Mumbai? Because Li Xiao wanted to continue to use the facilities of the Port of Mumbai in the future? As a transit point for trade between the Ming Dynasty and Europe.

"George! Do you really think we need to wait for Wu?"

"Is it necessary? We can't leave the port during the day. As long as we leave the port now, we will definitely be sunk by the Ming Navy. They have more than thirty iron-clad ships? We only have eighteen.

And their ironclads are more advanced than ours? The quantity and quality of their artillery are better than ours. If you want to escape, you can only wait until night. There is no moon tonight, and the sea is pitch black. After we go to sea, we will separate along several roads.

Escape. Someone will escape!

The night is our only barrier!" George looked at the bright sun in the sky, wishing that it would set now. Only the night can provide cover for his fleet and leave the port quietly.

Surely some of them will be sunk? But George can no longer care. Staying here will also lead to death.

George looked at the pier and kept praying in his heart. He hoped that Wu Sangui could rush out of the crowd with a carriage and then enter the pier. Under the cover of his sailors, he could successfully escape from the Indian mob.

Look at the sky? It's past noon. With every hour that passes, George's hope dwindles a little.

The sun was shining brightly in the sky, but Wu Sangui still didn't come. Although Wu Sangui didn't come, the airship did.

More than thirty airships rumbled in the sky, and soon they flew over the fleet. A standard London accent came from the loudspeaker.

"I, the Grand Marshal of the Ming Dynasty, have ordered that the British warships in the port must surrender before four o'clock this afternoon. If you do not surrender, we will drop bombs to blow up your warships. If you choose to surrender, we will unconditionally arrange ships to take you back to your country. At the same time, we will drop bombs to blow up your warships.

, we will also pay traveling expenses and severance pay.

If you agree to surrender before four o'clock, please raise the white flag. If you do not surrender, we will bomb your warships so that you will never be able to return home.

Repeat...!" The airship circled repeatedly over the fleet, and the loudspeaker continued to broadcast downwards.

George swallowed a big mouthful of saliva with a "gumble" sound, and it was over. There were mines on the waterway, and the Ming army did not want to engage in a naval battle. But they had no choice about the airship. Today's ironclad ships do not have anti-aircraft guns or anti-aircraft guns.

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"George, what should we do?" The captain looked at George nervously. He knew that the Ming people were not joking. If there was still no news by the time, the Ming people would definitely carry out a bombing. As for the airship, the warship had no chance to fight back.

"How do I know?" George was a little angry.

"Now there are only two options before us. Either we go to sea and fight them. Or we surrender in Mumbai Port, or we are killed by their bombs."

"I don't want to be bombed to death, but I can't surrender either. The Ming people are unfaithful and they have no tradition of treating prisoners well. As far as I know, there are no less than a dozen cases of massacre of prisoners of war. The warships we are driving,

It was all built with the British people’s tax money. It must not be left to the Ming Dynasty, absolutely not!”

George flatly refused to surrender. The Ming Dynasty was really bad at treating prisoners. More than 20,000 Mongolians laid down their weapons in Xingxing Gorge. The final result was that they were buried deep in the canyon. George did not want to follow

They all end up together!

"What should we do? Rush out?" The captain thought George was crazy.

There are more than thirty Ming Dynasty armored ships waiting in formation outside. If you can sneak out a few of them at night by relying on your poor eyesight in the dark. Now to sail out of the port in broad daylight is to risk your death.

"Rush out and fight to the death. If there is a chance, everyone should escape separately. As long as we stay up until night, it will be difficult for them to continue to follow us." George gritted his teeth and finally made a decision that he thought was right.

"Is it possible?" The captain felt that George was very unreliable.

"Listen to me, there is absolutely no problem. As long as I can stay up until night and prevent the Ming Dynasty's warships from catching up with us, I will definitely be able to escape. Even if I only escape one ship, it will be an explanation to Her Majesty the Queen."

"Okay!" The captain has no choice but to obey George's order. There is really no good way to deal with the current situation now. Unless...unless he is prepared to rebel against George.

"Leave the dock and leave the port in order." A battle siren suddenly sounded on the warship, and the melodious horns sounded against the water, making it look very solemn.

One by one, the British warships weighed anchor, with large clouds of thick smoke coming out of the chimneys. The leader, the Dauntless, was the first to leave the dock, preparing to attack the Ming Dynasty fleet in the outer sea.

"Hmph! The British are ready to escape. Captain, let's do it. Otherwise, all these grandsons will run away." The driver said to the captain behind him.

"His grandma actually dared to escape. The commander gave them an ultimatum. It was for these warships. Now if they want to drive away in the warship, there is no way! Chase him and blow him up. As long as the ship is blown up.

The ship can block the channel of Mumbai Port for ten days and a half.

When the time comes, we have to see what your British navy will do. Come on!" The captain gave the order, and more than ten airships swayed their huge bodies and chased after them.

"Damn it, drop a bomb! Blow him up in the middle of the channel." In order to increase the hit rate, the airship began to lower its altitude.

Soon, the airships launched a frenzied attack on the Dreadnought. Large bombs fell from the sky and were thrown extremely accurately. The battleship was surrounded by bright white water splashes, and the Dreadnought suffered two near-misses in a row. The two bombs directly caused the damage.

There is water in the bottom cabin. If you use a drain pipe to drain the water inside, it will not be a problem.

After the first airship was dropped, not a single bomb hit an important place. It has to be impressive. The military's combat literacy at that time was really high.

However, the second echelon was much better. The bombs poured down, directly shaking the Dauntless below, causing it to dance on the water.

The Dauntless rushed left and right, constantly sailing in a z-shape to avoid bombs. Finally, a bomb landed accurately on the front deck.

A big hole suddenly appeared on the front deck of the Dauntless. Immediately afterwards, the teammates behind him hit another shot at the stern. Especially in this last battle, we must not show cowardice and tarnish the reputation of the Ming Empire.

The bomb that hit the stern of the ship happened to blow up the steering gear. The Dauntless could no longer move. What was waiting for them now was to shoot and kill them ruthlessly. They didn't have that much food under their hands.

The Dreadnought was completely lying across the channel, directly blocking the channel of Mumbai Port. If the warships behind wanted to leave the port, they had to knock the Dauntless away first.

But now the Dreadnaught has been hit and miss. If one collision fails, it is likely to sink in the harbor channel, and no one will be able to get out.

The bombardier on the airship finally found his soulmate this time.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the Dreadnought, which was rushing left and right, was finally hit by a bomb near the Jian Bridge.

The Dauntless was broken into two pieces on the spot, and the steel hull didn't even think about it. I was chasing others to conquer this territory. I really don't understand why these things flying in the sky are so annoying.

Jianqiao was hit, and smoke billowed out immediately.

"Boom!" Another bomb was fired not far from him.

"God willing, let me return to the UK."

Ten minutes later, the Dauntless began to sink. The sinking speed was so fast that everyone was asking why the Ming army's armored ships were more powerful.

The sinking of the Dreadnought directly blocked the port channel. After the warships behind weighed anchor, they discovered that they could not get through at all. They wanted to bypass the Dauntless, but both sides of the channel were covered with mines.

Mines are filled with explosives, and I am afraid that the explosive charge is not enough. Once they explode, it will definitely have devastating effects. In the early days of the war, Americans looked down on the Vietnamese.

But something went wrong. After all, Vietnam finally changed its regime and took away a piece of land that definitely belonged to South Vietnam! Even now, the two countries are still shocked by those strange things.

Mines are famous in the market for their large size and large amount of explosives.

Several British ironclad ships, relying on their relatively small tonnage, tried to break through this place where they had been placed!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Now the warships in the harbor are the targets of the airship brigade. During daily training, they are used as mascots.

The airship began to drop bombs recklessly. The bombs were not enough. They ran out of bombs and had to rely on machine guns to fire a few more waves.

The British navy down below was extremely unlucky. The sea was covered with the corpses of British sailors. There were sunken shipwrecks everywhere!

Li Xiu was out at sea, holding a telescope in his hand. But he couldn't see clearly what was going on inside the port. He could only see thick smoke rising up. He didn't know how many warships could be sunk.

These warships were originally meant to be captured, but now they have all been sunk, which makes Li Xiu a little sad. You must know that in the future, the Ming Navy can only increase at the rate of two ships per year. Especially the large ships and cannons.

It is unlikely that one will be built every year.

Domestic policies made Li Xiu very angry. But there was no way, a clever woman could not make a living without rice. The Ming Dynasty only had so much annual income, and a considerable part of it had to be invested in infrastructure construction.

ps: Where do I come from!

Where am I going!

who I am?

Three philosophical questions that can drive people crazy troubled Li Hao, who was reborn. Reborn in 1998, Li Hao, a man of two generations, decided not to let down the years.

Family! Friendship! And love...!

I was reborn, this time belongs to me!

Lao Long's new book "My Age of Innocence 1999" is officially released. Friends who like Lao Long, please go to the Qidian Chinese website to watch it. If you like it, you can save it for viewing, and you are welcome to vote for recommendations. The new book is really needed!

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