Chapter 839
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, cunning rabbit three caves, how could he stay here and wait for death. Although he hasn't contacted where to go, he must first leave Meng Bu.
"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.
At the moment Wu Sangui walked into the authentic, finally glanced 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 that his neck was held by the 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 guard's hands are intensive, as long as Wu Sangui is fainted, and then you send it out to return to Daming.
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.
Stretch out the dagger out of the boots, and poke without watching it behind you.
"Ah!" The dagger was poked on the guard's thigh behind him, and the guard screamed and released his hand.
Wu Sangui pulled off the belt around his neck, and he panting his mouth. "The Wu family is not thin to you, you 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 authentic collapse? Stone and earth fell? In the end, everything was calm.
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.
Someone will definitely be sunk? Ke George can no longer care about it. Stay here, it is also a dead end.
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 dangling in the sky, and Wu Sangui did not come. Although Wu Sangui did not come, the airship came.
More than thirty airships rang in the sky, and they flew over the fleet for a while. The broadcast speakers came, and the standard London cavity came.
"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 warship so that you will never return to your hometown.
Repeat ...! "The airship repeatedly hovered over the fleet, and the radio speakers kept broadcasting downward.
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,
They are all built by the British people's taxes. You must not leave it to the Daming people, 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, looking 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.
"Huh! The British are going to escape, captain, let's do it. Otherwise, these grandsons 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.
Boat, you can block the channel of Mumbai Port for ten days and a half months.
At that time, I would like to see what your British Navy should do. Go! "With a order of the captain, more than ten airships shaking the huge body and chased it tightly.
"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.
The underlying cabin is in water. If the water inside with a drainage pipe is used, it is not a little bit.
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 is much better. The bomb pour down and directly dance the fearless number below.
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 large 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 fearless number is already rushing. If one is not good, it is likely to sink on the port channel. At that time, no one can 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 flying things in the sky are so annoying.
Jianqiao was hit, and smoke billowed out immediately.
"Boom!" Another bomb was standing not far away.
"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 is wrong with fighting. 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.
The mines are known in the city with a large head and a full amount of medicine.
Several British iron armored ships, relying on the small tonnage, want to break through this place!
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Now the warships in Hong Kong are the targets of the airship brigade. Training on weekdays, they are also regarded 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 happening in the harbor. 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!
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Chapter completed!