Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 538
The horizontal four-cylinder reciprocating steam engine, together with ten large circular boilers, has a full speed of 16 knots, plus a new pointed-hull ship made of the latest alloy steel.

The two new warships Tang He and Deng Yu jumped out of Liverpool Port like Godzilla monsters, and several English Navy warships docked in Liverpool Port were directly knocked over before they had time to react.

These English naval officers and soldiers were also dumbfounded. When had they seen such a large ironclad ship, they ran to the shore in a panic without any orders.

Fortunately, the navy on the shore was still able to support it and rushed to the fort, preparing to counterattack with artillery.

And here, the artillery of the Tanghe and Dengyu had already been launched first, and they were directly blown up near these forts. Due to the influence of the sea wind and the low accuracy of shooting from the far side (there was no precision-guided missile in this era), the The artillery of the two fleets could not completely hit all the shore forts, but they also caused huge damage to these shore forts.

Thousands of kilograms of cannons rolled down into the pitch-black sea with the broken limbs of the human body, while the cannons on the side of the Ming battleship under the billowing black smoke were still spouting flames and bombarding Liverpool's seaside buildings indiscriminately.

The British Royal Navy directly collapsed and escaped from the combat area. After a round of bombardment, the Tang He and Deng Yu arrived at Liverpool Port smoothly and continued to bombard Liverpool Port.

In an instant, countless Gothic buildings fell directly into a piece of gravel. Many Liverpool residents ran frantically, but countless Englishmen were still killed.

The English officials in Liverpool have also fled Liverpool first. In their view, the royal army has withdrawn after such a violent shelling, and there is no need for them to die here.

However, at this time, Daming only used two fleets.

"Master Li, take your people to occupy Liverpool. Let's rest here for a few days and see how Yingjili reacts. If he still refuses to give up, we will play bigger!"

After Hei Wa said that, Li Dingguo nodded: "Don't worry, these Westerners don't know what stuff is in their crotch. They heard our cannons run faster than the turtle grandson. It is not difficult to come to Liverpool." occupied."

Not long after Li Dingguo said that, Heiwa ordered the transport ship to dock, and Li Dingguo and his brigade of elite troops went ashore quickly.

Li Dingguo's brigade has undergone several months of sea adaptation training, so after a long-distance ocean voyage, there is no unsuitable disease, but directly rushed into the city of Liverpool with arrogance and arrogance.

Because Liverpool is considered an important military town, there are also many defenders, but their combat effectiveness is obviously much weaker than that of Li Dingguo's inner factory brigade.

Seeing firearms coming from these ruined buildings in Liverpool, after several soldiers were injured, Li Dingguo quickly ordered to rely on some buildings as bunkers first, and picked up small Ming version mortars, using the principle of parabola to kill the enemy one by one. The military firepower was concentrated and exploded to pieces.

At the same time, Li Dingguo personally rushed over with his men. The main station weapons in their hands had already been replaced with rifles, and the rate of fire was fast and the frequency was also fast. It almost beat the defenders who were still resisting in England.

Within a quarter of an hour, the defenders raised the white flag.

Li Dingguo's inner factory brigade successfully occupied Liverpool.

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Here, when Cromwell was torturing Wang Guangting with a branding iron, his guards broke in and told him that a large fleet was approaching Liverpool.

Cromwell couldn't help being shocked when he heard this. He thought it was France or the Netherlands who came to attack his British Empire. He had sent a large number of spies and ships to monitor the movements of these two countries before, but he didn't expect that these two countries or one of them would attack the British Empire. A nation's fleet will suddenly approach Liverpool.

At this time, Cromwell also ignored the interrogation of Wang Guangting and Cao Shiwen, and rushed towards Liverpool non-stop.

However, when he just left the outskirts of London, he already knew that Liverpool had fallen, and he also confirmed that a group of Ming's troops occupied Liverpool.

This made Cromwell refresh his prediction once again. He never thought that the Ming army would suddenly appear and occupy an important town in his British Empire in an instant.

Cromwell hurriedly stabilized himself, and calmly asked about the specific situation. Knowing that the Ming army had no more than [-] people, he couldn't help but feel relieved, and hurried back to London, preparing to meet Charles I, in order to obtain Charles I It is the will of the Ming Dynasty to mobilize heavy troops to wipe out this Ming army.

Charles I also learned about the war in Liverpool at this time, and like Cromwell, he was not frightened, and Charles I, who had tasted a lot of imperial power in recent days, couldn't help but slapped the table angrily: "A mere 6000 people dare to attack my dynasty. Cromwell, I order you to lead the army of the whole country immediately. You must wipe out this invading enemy within one month, so that they can understand that my kingdom of Great Britain How can the land come as soon as it is said!"

After being granted military power by Charles I, Cromwell was as vigorous as his anti-smoking campaign, and soon mobilized [-] heavy troops to Liverpool in the hope of recovering Liverpool and fighting against Ming's inner factory brigade.

Here, Jin Yiwei had informed Li Dingguo of the news in advance, and Li Dingguo did not stick to Liverpool City after knowing the news.

According to his understanding, he brought the people from the inner factory to attack England, not to capture the territory and occupy it for a long time, but to show the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and protect the opium trade. Therefore, Li Dingguo felt that it would be better to eliminate its vital forces than to defend every city. , to reduce its country's military strength, in order to achieve the purpose that His Majesty is eager to resume the opium trade today.

Therefore, Li Dingguo did not care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool, and immediately left Liverpool City after replenishing supplies on the third day of occupying Liverpool, and continued to attack other cities in England under the leadership of Jin Yiwei.

However, the countries in Europe have always been better at sea battles than land battles, and the scale of land battles is not large, and most of them are still in a simple situation where the two armies are fighting each other. Accumulated, especially the accumulated army troops in tough battles, coupled with the superiority of weapons, Zhu Youxiao’s military reforms and military actual combat frequency in the past ten years are more frequent, so even if the British army makes progress, it will only be passively beaten portion.

What's more, what Li Dingguo is playing now is the strategy of using my strengths to defeat the other's weaknesses, occupying towns and cities with fortified battles to exhaust you, but he will not fight you on the plains with your phalanx until you are exhausted.

In less than three days, Warrington, an important town in England, was occupied by Li Dingguo's internal factory brigade!
Then, two days later, Widnes was occupied again!

Cromwell had to divert his army to recover Widnes, but Li Dingguo suddenly went north and occupied Manchester, an important city, in just half a day.

Then there's Matlock!
Then there's Stoke!

Then suddenly it was Derby again!
Just when Cromwell was struggling to cope, news came that Birmingham, an important town second only to London, had been occupied by the Ming army.

　This update makes up for the one owed last Thursday

　　
　
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