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When the telegram asking for help was sent from Los Angeles, people in Los Angeles didn't know what was happening.
Many of them just stood there blankly, looking at the sea and the fleet on the sea.
Compared to ordinary people, Major Strom's mood was complicated. Looking at the ironclads on the sea, his heart was filled with helplessness and even bitterness.
He was a battery commander, but God knows, he was also a naval officer. However, the post-war disarmament caused him to lose his warships. In the past few years, the once huge fleet disappeared, and the United States did not even have a single ship.
A real ironclad ship, but what about the Ming Empire?
Their armored ships were showing off their power there, and even pointed their guns at U.S. soil, threatening the U.S.'s conditions for agreeing to them.
"Have the mayor made a decision?"
While Staum was thinking about this issue with some anxiety, a small boat sailed towards the "Alliance". The American officials on the ship were holding white flags. After he arrived at the "Alliance", he first expressed his greetings to His Majesty the Ming Emperor.
.
It has nothing to do with etiquette, just because... Americans are born to kneel and lick nobles, let alone the emperor?
Then Horace Bell, the lawyer in the city, looked at the commander of the fleet, Colonel Meng Qing'en, and said.
"Dear Admiral, although what happened that day caused a lot of controversy, we can guarantee that similar incidents will never happen again, and the city government has agreed to provide US$150,000 in compensation to the overseas Chinese in Chinatown. In addition, for the 18
Compensation for the deceased is US$5,000 per person, which will be paid to their families."
How generous!
Meng Qingen's expression was cold, and then he asked.
"The issue of compensation needs to be discussed, but what we need now is 578 suspects. When are you going to hand them over to us!"
"Your Majesty, Admiral, please forgive me. No matter what happens, no responsible government will hand over its people to a foreign country for trial! Besides, this incident happened in Los Angeles, and the Ming Empire has no judicial jurisdiction over them!
in addition……"
Rhys Bell, a lawyer, said.
"I personally despise those thugs. They are barbaric and crazy. They brutally killed many innocent Chinese people. I also believe that the incident is completely contrary to what they claimed and that they covered up the truth. But Your Excellency, as a lawyer
, I think we should solve the problem through legal means, and this incident can be handed over to the international arbitration court!"
Facing the lawyer's suggestion, Meng Qingen looked at Rhys Bell with a solemn expression, then looked at the city of Los Angeles, and then said.
"Mr. Bell, do you know why my country sent me all the way?"
"Your Majesty the Admiral..."
Meng Qingen said without waiting for Rhys Bell to answer.
"It's for justice! I remember that in almost all courts in the United States, it was written "Fiat justitia, ruat"...to achieve justice, even if the sky falls!"
Meng Qingen's tone seemed calm, and his eyes even felt a little compassionate.
"But your court turned this sentence into a joke. Since your law has become a joke, we can only achieve justice in our own way. Mr. Bell, please go back."
"My Healing Game"
"Your Majesty, Admiral, please don't fire. There are many ordinary people in the city, including women and children. They are innocent..."
When Rhys Bell was stopped by the sailors, he still shouted loudly. Faced with his shouts, Meng Qingen said.
"There are also women and children among our expatriates, and they are also innocent!"
There was no negotiation, or even too much negotiation. When Rhys Bell desperately sat on the small steamer and headed towards the harbor, he saw the guns on the side of the ironclad "Alliance", which were slowly turning.
"Oh God, what have we done!"
"Damn it, they're gonna fire, gentlemen, get ready to fight!"
Major Storm put away the telescope and shouted loudly.
"Cannonballs, quick-loading cannonballs!"
Amid the shouts of the major, the American soldiers on the fort got busy. They pushed the shells to the muzzle with the projectile carts, first stuffed the powder packets into the muzzle, and then stuffed the cylindrical shells into it. Although they
The cannon is an old-fashioned Rodman cannon, but it was converted into a rifled cannon a few years ago, that is, a layer of rifled barrel is inserted into the barrel.
After the American soldiers on the fort completed their shooting preparations, they all looked nervously at the fleet at sea. This was a fleet, and they only had four old-fashioned cannons. On the west coast, they had never worried about external invasion.
"Sir, will they fire?"
The soldiers looked at the major and asked.
"I'm afraid this is just..."
Suddenly, Major Strom stopped talking. He saw gunpowder smoke and flash of light - the Ming Empire fired artillery!
When the 280mm naval gun was fired, the "Alliance" with a displacement of more than 7,000 tons even retreated one or two meters, and large ripples were created on the sea surface on the side. The fierce gun wind swept the entire warship, and even
The sailor's hat flew off.
Fired!
Orange-red flames and black smoke spewed out, completely covering the entire warship.
When the 280mm main gun fires, the two 210mm and three 150mm secondary guns on the port side also fire at the same time.
Target - Santa Monica Coast Battery!
"Buzz..."
The sound of the 280mm shell tearing through the sky was like a train whistle. The long whistle was thrilling. The 240kg shell flew in a parabola towards the distant coastal fort.
"put!"
The American artillerymen on the fort returned fire!
Although the harsh sound of breaking the air came, they still dutifully fought back towards the Ming fleet!
Just as they were fighting back, artillery shells came!
The falling shells were not just 280mm shells. According to the order, the "Union", "Sky Dragon" and "Blue Dragon" concentrated all their artillery fire on the shells. After all, the fort was their biggest threat.
The outcome was doomed from the beginning!
After all, this coastal fort is just a simple artillery shell. The moment the cannonball exploded, the fort was completely enveloped in a dense column of smoke. The violent explosion swallowed up the entire fort. The explosive power of the heavy artillery shell was astonishing, even
Even the Americans in the city were stunned by the violent explosion. They all stared dumbfounded at the fort that was swallowed up by gunpowder smoke.
"my Lord!"
Amid people's frightened screams, they saw that in the smoke of the explosion, it seemed that a cannon was blown into the air. In the huge smoke ball, they saw two thick black shadows that were blown into the air.
Under the stunned gaze of the people, it fell down hard, and one of them even fell into the sea.
This simple fort did not even survive the first round of shelling. Four cannons were destroyed, and there were casualties everywhere on the fort.
After confirming that the fort had lost its combat effectiveness, Meng Qingen looked at the city of Los Angeles and calmly ordered.
"Target - the main city of Los Angeles, carry out indiscriminate bombardment!"
Meng Qingen put down the telescope and turned around and ordered.
"Sail closer to the coastline and carry out close-in artillery fire!"
An order from His Majesty is to burn Los Angeles to the ground!
…
"Load!"
Although the sustained rate of fire of the 280mm main gun of the "Union" ironclad was only one round per minute, the gunner fired three rounds at the maximum rate of fire in just two minutes.
"Blow them all up!"
When loading heavy shells into the shells with a crane, the loader shouted excitedly. The faces of the gunners on the gun emplacement were all covered with gunpowder smoke. The sweat and gunpowder smoke made their faces white and black, but everyone's expressions
They're all the same - all filled with excitement like never before.
The city in front of them is already boiling!
"Whoosh..."
With a whistling sound like a siren, the heavy artillery shells roared into the city of Los Angeles. The high-explosive shells they carried exploded into clouds of sparks in the city. The violent explosion threw the explosive dust of the masonry houses into the air, mixed with gunpowder smoke.
It turned into a cloud of black smoke. The steel fragments roared and flew around, and the air was filled with flying dust, smoke and hot metal fragments.
The flames of the explosion directly ignited the wooden houses in the city. The wooden buildings turned into pieces in the shock wave like children's toys, and then burned. While the flames burned, people on the streets fell to the shelling.
among,
The people who had cheered and shouted "Kill the Chinese elders" were blown into the sky in the violent explosion, and their bodies were torn into pieces in the explosion.
At the same time, the fleet finally approached the coast. Less than three kilometers away from the coast, dozens of 150mm mortars were lined up on the deck of the warship's side.
Close mortar attack!
After the bombardment of the Kedah Sultanate, in view of the shortcomings of the slow firing rate of naval guns and the inability to cause devastating strikes to targets on shore, the navy developed a new tactic - mortars on ships.
In fact, it's just using the mortar's rate of fire.
"put!"
Along with the roar of the gunners, the 12 150mm mortars on the "Alliance" cheered. The moment the 32-kilogram shells were ejected from the muzzle, they roared and flew into the distance. Compared with the retreat of the ship,
The gun's slow rate of fire. The rate of fire of the 150 mortar was as high as 15 rounds, and the pace of the gunners who worked harder and harder continued to increase.
One shell after another flew from the mortar muzzle towards Los Angeles. In just one minute, hundreds of shells fell in the city.
Under the rapid bombardment of mortars, the battleship's naval guns were also continuously bombarded. The naval guns and mortars were like two drummers. They played a concerto with their own rhythm. The 280 mm
The giant cannon played the most enjoyable high note with its roar.
The moment the shells fell behind, they created large craters on the ground. In the violent explosion, rocks and bricks were blown up into the sky and fell like raindrops. Then they were blown up by the next shell, and people were thrown
In mid-air.
For the next half hour, the fleet's bombardment continued.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles as a city has been destroyed!
The long-term bombardment caused some of the barrels of the naval guns to overheat. Under the order of the gunnery commander, some of the fleet's artillery stopped bombarding, and the originally intensive bombardment stopped.
However, the mortar is still shelling. When it is about to overheat, the gunners will lift a bucket of seawater from the sea with a bucket and pour it directly onto the barrel. As the steam rises, the bombardment continues!
The city is being destroyed!
The city is burning!
On the coast, the smoke from the explosion combined with the smoke from the flames to form a thick black smoke wall that obscured the entire Los Angeles.
But the bombardment did not stop!
The shelling continued. During the shelling, the Americans kept running. Tom, who had killed Dr. Tong with his own hands, was horrified to see his bar destroyed in the explosion. He even watched his wife being exploded.
The smoke swallowed it up.
"No, Annie!"
The next moment, an arm fell in front of him. It was his wife's arm. He recognized that hand, no, he recognized the ring on the finger. That diamond ring was the one he got from Dr. Tong after he killed him.
I robbed it there and gave it to my wife as a gift.
But what about now?
His wife was dead. Only one arm was left, and the ring on her arm seemed to remind him why she died!
She didn't die from disease or time, but from artillery fire, because of their greed!
This is the punishment for greed.
"This scene is really spectacular!"
Standing on the mountain, Li Hui'an stared at the burning city. He was an official sent by the Beihai Governor's Palace. He brought everyone out before the bombardment started.
Behind him were more than 150 overseas Chinese who had survived the disaster, and they all looked at the city with dumbfounded eyes.
The city was destroyed in this way.
"Li, Mr. Li, this, this, you, you really, really fired..."
It was Yu Xing who spoke. As a Hongmen elder in Chinatown, he couldn't believe it. The Ming Dynasty's fleet fired directly. Before he could finish speaking, Li Hui'an pulled out his pistol and pointed it at his head.
"S-Sir..."
The gunfire rang out, and Yu Xing, the Hongmen elder, fell down with a bloody hole on his forehead.
"Brother!"
The ten strong overseas Chinese men around him all looked at this scene with their mouths open.
what 's wrong?
After these gang members watched their boss being killed like this, they all looked at Mr. Li in confusion.
"Yu Xing is a Chinese, but he colluded with foreigners and harmed his compatriots. The national law cannot be tolerated, and his crime should be punished with death. From now on, our compatriots must support each other and must not fight among themselves, let alone fight with each other. If there is any violation,
, kill no matter what,”
He said these words to the overseas Chinese around him. In Chinatown, ordinary overseas Chinese seek protection from gangs, but they also allow themselves to be bullied by gangs.
But from now on, these rules will have to be changed. Those gangs that used to prey on our compatriots must be eradicated! Now is the opportunity, the opportunity for the government to establish WeChat.
After taking a look at the corpse on the ground, Li Hui'an said to himself.
"After this time, no one in the United States will dare to bully the Chinese again!"
This chapter has been completed!