Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Chapter 343: Multinational Naval Fleet Destroyed

Friance looked at the sinking warship and the soldiers struggling in the water, feeling despair and helplessness. He stared with wide eyes, watching the multinational fleet he had assembled with great difficulty being destroyed, and his heart was filled with anger and unwillingness. However, the reality made him feel powerless and frustrated.

At this moment, he found that the lights in the distance had increased again, ten, twenty... before long, they increased to hundreds. These lights were approaching them at an alarming speed, like a group of ferocious beasts, ready to devour them.

Faced with this unknown fear, DeFrion once again looked down at the soldiers struggling in the water, helplessly lowered his proud head, and said to the flag signalman beside him with a trembling voice: "Hang up the white flag and light the white light."

As the order was issued, the white flag on the flagship slowly rose, and at the same time, the white lights on the ship also lit up. This move meant that they formally surrendered to the other side and gave up resistance.

As time went by, the situation on the sea gradually became clearer. Suddenly, the lookout on the flagship shouted excitedly: "Seven groups of three consecutive white lights are hanging on the flagship!"

Upon hearing this, Mu Tingxie immediately put down the telescope in his hand, turned around and said excitedly to Zhang Mingzhen and Chen Bao: "Commander Zhang, Deputy Commander Chen, the Western red-haired devils have surrendered!"

Hearing this news, Zhang Mingzhen and Chen Bao both showed surprised expressions. They looked at each other and then laughed together. This victory was hard-won, but they finally succeeded.

As the news spread, the entire fleet was in an uproar. The soldiers cheered and celebrated the victory.

At this time, the Marine Brigade also took quick action, boarded the surrendered ships in landing craft and took over them. At the same time, they also searched and captured the multinational coalition soldiers who were still struggling on the sea.

In the end, the battle ended with the Eastern Fleet destroying and sinking 23 enemy ships, capturing seven galleons of 800 to 1,200 tons and six Spanish galleons.

In addition, the multinational coalition forces suffered 3,617 casualties or missing, and 6,824 were captured. However, shockingly, no one and no ship of the Eastern Fleet was damaged. Such a brilliant record made Mu Tingxie dumbfounded.

"Order the Marine Brigade to send out a regiment to escort the captured warships and prisoners back to the Jinxia base. Order the fleet to advance at full speed towards Shanghai Port! Each ship's reconnaissance boat should carry a radio and send out outposts for reconnaissance." Zhang Xiaolong gave the order decisively.

At this time, Mu Tingye suddenly asked: "Commander Zhang, can our Chongming Navy go to your base to replenish supplies?" It turned out that the situation was urgent when they set out three days ago, and they did not carry enough food and fresh water on the ship. They had run out of food and water as early as yesterday.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Xiaolong replied, "Okay, let your Chongming Navy rest at the Jinxia Base and replenish supplies before returning to Chongming Island."

After hearing this, Mu Tingxue said gratefully: "Thank you, Commander Zhang!"

Zhang Xiaolong smiled and responded: "You're welcome, we are all family." Then, he immediately arranged for Staff Officer Yu and a naval adjutant to take a small boat to the flagship of the Chongming Navy to convey relevant orders. When the officers and soldiers of the Chongming Navy learned that they would go to Jinxia Island to rest and visit the ironclad ship's home, they were so excited that they could not express themselves in words, and the atmosphere of joy filled the entire fleet.

The entire journey from Jinxia to Shanghai Port is 582 nautical miles. Based on the ironclad ship's speed of 13 knots per hour, it is estimated that it will take about 40 hours to reach the destination.

At the same time, two reconnaissance ships carrying two squads of soldiers were heading towards Songjiang Prefecture at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. If all goes well, they will arrive at Shanghai Port at noon tomorrow and conduct in-depth reconnaissance of the actual situation there.

At this moment, outside the west gate of Shanghai County, more than 11,500 soldiers of the Jiangnan Navy's Cavalry Battalion had successfully joined forces with 500 soldiers of the Jiangnan Han Battalion. So far, the total number of troops under the control of Jiangnan Admiral Li Chengdong has reached 14,000.

After careful consideration, Li Chengdong decided to launch a surprise attack tonight to attack Shanghai County and deal a fatal blow to the enemy. He believed that this was a rare opportunity to attack the enemy unexpectedly and win.

However, in Shanghai County, more than 3,000 Western devils were lying on the city wall and sleeping without any warning.

They were completely unaware of the impending danger and were immersed in their own dreams.

On the bank of the Huangpu River in the city, the ships of the multinational coalition forces were also docked quietly here, as if everything was calm and peaceful.

People of this era generally suffered from night blindness, and their vision at night was very limited. But the torches on the city wall illuminated the road ahead, and the soldiers of the Han camp carefully advanced towards the west gate. They walked lightly, trying not to make any noise to avoid alerting the enemies on the city wall.

When the army was within a hundred meters of the city gate, several wolfhounds tied to the city wall by the multinational coalition suddenly started barking wildly.

Their keen sense of smell detected the strange smell and they began to bark vigilantly. The sudden barking awakened all the Western devil soldiers, and there was a sudden noise on the city wall, followed by dense gunfire.

Seeing that the sneak attack had been exposed, Li Chengdong simply ordered the entire army to charge and forcefully attack the city.

In an instant, the sound of killing was deafening under the city wall, and the soldiers bravely and fearlessly rushed towards the west gate.

The multinational coalition forces on the city wall had ended their panic at this time, and the three-stage shooting had returned to normal.

There was a burst of gunfire from the city wall, and bullets poured down like a rainstorm, spraying the Han soldiers in the camp below the city.

Because it was dark, the Western devils above were shooting blindly, but the density of 14,000 Han camp soldiers under the city was too high, and the Han camp soldiers trampled on each other, resulting in heavy casualties in the camp for a while.

At night, Li Chengdong could not see the specific situation ahead, nor did he know how many casualties there were. He could only hear the shouts of charge and the beating of drums. He was extremely anxious, but he could do nothing.

Three minutes later, some soldiers from the Han camp finally rushed into the range of the matchlock guns. These brave and fearless soldiers raised their guns without hesitation and fired at the enemies on the top of the city. However, the fire from the muzzles pointed out the target for the Western devils on the city.

Almost at the same time, the bullets from the muskets whistled in with a sharp whistle. The musketeers of the Han camp fell in a pool of blood one after another, and life became so fragile at this moment. But more soldiers in the Han camp did not retreat. They continued to rush forward, vowing to break through this strong city.

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