Chapter 338 Indian warriors, would rather surrender than retreat! (Please subscribe, please vote)

It is the early morning of March 10, 1831, the darkest time before dawn. There is silence on both sides of the Johor Strait. The loudspeakers on the north shore stopped on time at about one o'clock. Then, machine guns were fired on the south shore for most of the night.

There were also whistles that sounded in conjunction with the machine guns, and the bugles also silenced. The front lines of the two armies became quiet, and the frontline officers and soldiers on both sides could finally sleep for a while.

Starting from March 8, the ceasefire at 1 a.m. was a tacit understanding on both sides of the Johor Strait - there were broadcasts and machine guns, and it was not easy to sleep! In the first few days, everyone was in good spirits and "played"

I was not tired after staying up all night. But after staying up for a week, both sides seemed to be a little bit overwhelmed. So the Ming army and the Japanese army in the north of the Johor Strait "gave in" first, and the loudspeakers were noisy until one o'clock in the morning and then turned off.

Once the loudspeaker is turned off, the machine guns stop firing. Not only is it too noisy, but it is also too wasteful! This is not one or two, but a dozen machine guns across the board firing at the big loudspeaker that is simply out of reach. Just this one

It costs a lot of money for bullets. And there is no arsenal on Temasek Island, so you can only use up inventory, so you can save it if you can.

The people who were unable to sleep due to the noise from loudspeakers and machine guns quickly fell into the deepest sleep after the surroundings suddenly became quiet. Even the most conscientious Indian sentry was yawning and sleepy, some days during the day.

Sentinel Ah San, who was so noisy that he couldn't sleep, all squinted unconsciously. Even those who didn't squint had lost their energy and just squatted in the trench in a daze.

Although this is the front line, no one thinks that the Ming army or the Japanese army will forcefully cross the Johor Strait and fight their way over.

"William is dead and India is divided", why are you still fighting here? Forcibly crossing the strait will kill people! Can't we just sit across the strait like this until Queen Victoria sheds tears on India? Wait until she loses the whole of India.

Well, Temasek naturally surrendered, so why fight?

This is not the opinion of two Indian Asan soldiers, but the unanimous opinion of the Asan soldiers. Although many of them still have deep doubts about the Ming Dynasty's "non-liberation policy" and also have deep doubts about the British Empire.

The "white-skinned master" is full of nostalgia, but the rumors of "William's death and Indy" are basically believed.

Not only did they believe it, but many people who were in charge of them also believed it. During these days, the attitude of the white-skin master was not as arrogant as in the past, and he did not beat or scold Ah San as much.

Moreover, some idiots would get together to drink away their sorrows when they had nothing to do. Not only did they get themselves drunk, but they looked very ungentlemanly. There was even one idiot who went crazy with alcohol and shouted something like "Long live Her Majesty the Queen."

". This "Queen" is definitely not Emperor William. Emperor William is not "female" at all, he is a macho man.

Therefore, this queen should be Queen Victoria!

This is Bai Pi telling the truth after drinking!

And these "drunken mantras" soon spread among the Indian soldiers on Temasek Island - although this Indian does not have "big unity", he is very good at forming small groups. In the eyes of outsiders, a large group of Indians

There is no difference, but as soon as they divide themselves according to religion and language, groups emerge. Then they divide themselves according to caste. It is also clear who is the boss and who is the younger brother. There are small groups, and the white-skinned people’s

The "drunk mantra" spreads faster. Basically, if one person knows it, a group of people will know it.

In addition, these frontline Asan could also learn from the little brother in the small group who was responsible for serving "Big White Skin" that Viscount Beresford had also been using secret messages to contact Bombay during this period, and they had also inquired about the route to Bombay.

The cable telegraph has been cut off, and the long-wave radio station on Temasek Island is also intermittently inactive, and it is often unable to contact Bombay.

If the cable telegraph cannot be contacted, it is probably because the line has been cut. But if the long-wave radio station is also difficult to contact Bombay, what does it mean? Is it possible that chaos has begun in Bombay?

The sentries on duty, thinking about these things, watched the whole night pass peacefully.

The dawn light has already shot out from the eastern skyline, and the sky and the earth are gradually getting brighter. The few Asan sentries who have not yet fallen asleep looked to the north, stamping their feet while waiting for the shift change time.

Arrival. Suddenly, the Asan sentries in the trenches opened their eyes as if they had seen silver rupees. Because on the north shore of the Strait of Johor, in the darkness that had not completely faded, a storm suddenly flashed through.

Flashes of light! Along the northern shore of the Strait of Johor, hundreds of flashes of light were like lightning, dispersing the last darkness before dawn. Then the earth trembled violently, and there was a thunderous roar!

"The bombardment begins!"

Following the order of Lieutenant General Mu Zhongjun, the admiral of the Nanyang Army, a military artillery brigade of the Ming Army, three division artillery regiments, two Japanese artillery regiments, and an independent artillery brigade and other artillery units

It has 24 210mm heavy howitzers, 108 155mm field heavy howitzers, 198 120mm medium field howitzers, and a total of 330 large and medium-caliber howitzers. At 4:30 in the morning on March 10, 1831, together

Roared!

Although the army of the Ming Dynasty is not as fearless as the Japanese devils, nor is it as tough and brave as the Golden Eight Banners, their tactical thinking cannot be outdated. How can it be outdated with the guidance of the "Book of Heaven"? Although there are internal combustion engines now,

However, it is still early for mechanization and motorization, and it is the right time to bombard them with artillery.

Therefore, the army of the Ming Dynasty is on the line of artillery, and it is in the "late stage of phobia of insufficient firepower." The fact that the army's artillery units actually have "big killers" such as 210mm heavy howitzers is really exaggerated to the extreme.

In addition to the large caliber and large number of artillery pieces, the Ming Army artillery also had enough artillery shells!

The Ming Dynasty has a synthetic ammonia production line, which can provide sufficient shells for the cannons of the Ming Dynasty Army without the need for saltpeter mines in South America!

However, it is not easy to transport sufficient artillery shells to the front. After all, there are no trucks yet, and there are no railways on the Malay Peninsula. Therefore, the Ming army can only transport the artillery shells to Phang Nga on the edge of Phuket Island, and then transport them by sea.

Arrive at the Port of Malacca. After arriving at Malacca, use a horse-drawn carriage to pull you forward.

In the past few days, the reason why the Ming army did not launch an attack was not only waiting for the "Sealing Songs on All Sides" strategy to work, but also waiting for the artillery shells to arrive. Now that they have finally collected hundreds of thousands of artillery shells, they can start a fierce battle

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The huge roars were connected together, making the southern shore of the Johor Strait feel like the earth was shaking. The ground shook violently, and exploding flames suddenly appeared on the positions of the Indian Imperial Army. Hundreds of them were exploded.

Hundreds of them appeared at the same time. Large and small flashes of light erupted back and forth in the interruption of the Johor Strait defense line, as if a volcano sleeping underground suddenly began to erupt!

The position of the Indian warriors has been completely swept away! The civil bunkers were blown up into the sky, and the barbed wire fences that Indian Asan worked hard to lay out, as well as the Luzhai and anti-landing horses, were all torn to pieces by the powerful artillery fire. Eight falls. In the trenches at the front, human limbs and broken arms were flying everywhere, and weapons were blown into parts! The Ming army's artillery shells plowed the Indian army's position over and over again, and shrapnel roared everywhere. Flying, the shadow of death hangs over the head of Indian Asan!

Where the Ming army's artillery fire was the fiercest, the scene was almost like hell.

But the warriors of the Indian Empire were also unambiguous. They just refused to take a step back. They would rather huddle in the trenches and grit their teeth than retreat along the communication trenches because the machine guns of the white-skinned British army supervisors were no joke. It's fun! Although they are a little sluggish these days, their residual power is still there, and there is still a lot of it. No one has come to test Baipi's determination to kill him.

Now Ah San and the others can only cling to Ning surrender and not retreat!
Chapter completed!