On September 29, the Anglo-French war fleet returned to the Kamchatka Peninsula and launched another fierce attack on Petropavlovsk.

However, an interesting thing happened before the attack. A U.S.-registered cargo ship approached the joint war fleet. The captain said, "His cargo has just been brutally requisitioned by the Lucians. He is unhappy, so he can provide information to help the attack."

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After hearing about this incident, Zhi Xiu was very happy - it was later rumored that the governor of Eastern Siberia had used counterintuitive tactics in this battle. It seems that it may be true!

After identification, the information provided by the "Miren" captain was basically consistent with that provided by Little John and Naohide. In addition, this person also provided Lucia's latest defense map, which clearly marked the location of the land forts. However, because Naohide had already

I warned Admiral Plath that "the Lu people may pretend to be Mi people and use counterintuitive tactics", so this plan was not sold.

The reason, of course, is because there are too many flaws:

In the previous battles, the coalition forces captured many prisoners and obtained a lot of intelligence through translators. In particular, the sailors of the Okhotsk District Fleet provided very detailed information. When compared with the false intelligence, counterintuitive tactics naturally emerged.

The secret is exposed.

It turned out that after the failure of the large-scale supply plan along the Wulong River in June, Governor Muravyov determined that it was the fault of the British Far East Fleet. Therefore, he did not disperse his troops as originally planned, but gathered more than a thousand people.

The troops were transported back to Petropavlovsk to strengthen defenses.

Lusia's counter-intentional plan was considered in detail, and the number the spies said was consistent with this figure, "less than two thousand troops." However, the prisoners captured in the early stage said otherwise, "Muravyov is crazy.

The merchants and civilians were forcibly recruited into the army, and the number of troops has reached three to four thousand!"

Can two thousand people and four thousand people be the same thing?

This forced conquest is so loud, you even know the location of the forts, how could there be such a huge difference in the estimate of the number of troops!

The Lucian people's counter-intentional plan failed, and the spies were beaten and imprisoned. However, how to capture Petropavlovsk became a problem - there were four thousand people, and the total number of sailors on the ship was less than that of other people.

Half of the time, the land battle is completely uncertain.

It stands to reason that the Okhotsk District Fleet has been completely wiped out, and Russia's important ports in the North Pacific have also been almost destroyed, and its own losses are relatively minor. The combined war fleet can completely stop when it is good, but the coalition forces

The two admirals and the sailors below are not doing it:

They learned an important piece of news from the captives: "A lot of the gold obtained from Alaska is transited here, and then sent back to the country via the Siberian Post Road." How could they not steal a piece of it from him!

Finally, after being reminded by Naoxiu, the two admirals of the coalition came up with a good idea, which was to "redemption the city fee".

The lion opened his mouth and the coalition forces proposed a ransom fee of 100,000 pounds, and they wanted nothing else but gold and silver!

In 1717, Sir Isaac, as the director of the English Mint, set the price of gold at 3 pounds, 17 shillings and 10 pence per troy ounce (90% purity). In this calculation, one hundred thousand pounds is nearly 30,000 gold.

Weighing ounces, equivalent to about 864 kilograms of 90% pure gold!

After receiving the notice from the captives, the Lucians certainly refused. There was indeed a batch of gold shipped from Alaska in the treasury, but why, one was hard-pressed to part with the money, and the other was not incapable of defeating them because they had so many people.

But soon the Lucians didn't think so - even though the city was built on a hill, the six-pound and twelve-pound cannons equipped by the Lucians couldn't hit as far as the three-inch rifled cannons of the White Lord. What do you think?

Where does this make sense!

In the past month of fighting, Naohide did not mobilize the White Lord's land squad to participate in the battle - he was afraid of being used as cannon fodder by the Anglo-French coalition forces, but he brought six rifled cannons. Anyway, neither side is a good person.

He is only happy when his brain is like a dog's.

The coalition forces were also very satisfied with the rifled cannon. This thing could shoot far and accurately, but it was a bit weak.

Not to mention, although the level of French naval warfare is very different from that of England, its sailors are very skilled in gunnery after arriving on land. Petropavlovsk also has mostly wooden buildings.

Soon there were fires and smoke everywhere, what a desolate scene!

Therefore, two days later, the stubborn Lucians could not hold it anymore. They organized their teams to carry out several counterattacks, but they were all repelled by the coalition forces defending the fortifications. Although there are no machine guns now, the power of the artillery shells is not small.

Ah, and stimulated by the gold, the coalition sailors performed exceptionally well, and they all seemed to have divine help.

Governor Muravyov really couldn't suppress the merchants and his men, so he had to send someone to make peace. However, the coalition raised the price and demanded that the city redemption fee be doubled, "two hundred thousand pounds", and there was no room for negotiation!

After the news came back, the people of Lucia were furious, "Since the house is gone, we can build it again, so let's continue building it!"

The battle continued for half a month. The two sides fought fiercely several times, and the outcome was difficult to determine - the Lucians took the initiative and the coalition forces defended passively.

But the Lucians finally couldn't bear it anymore. Although many people were killed in the battle, their vitality was not injured, but supplies became a big problem:

Petropavlovsk is surrounded by mountains, and there is not much agriculture and animal husbandry. It is mainly based on fishery. Although some food is stored, many warehouses were reduced to ashes under artillery fire.

After the countermeasure failed, Muravyov's original plan was to push the coalition forces away, but he found that the coalition forces actually had merchant ships to supply supplies, and now it became his opponent to torture him! If the stalemate continues like this, Petropav will

Everyone in Lovsk will freeze or starve to death in the winter.

However, 200,000 pounds was absolutely impossible. After a heated exchange of words, the two sides settled the deal for 150,000 pounds - paying 50,000 pounds worth of gold first, and then paying another 50,000 pounds after the coalition forces began to retreat.

Pay the final payment beforehand.

Anyway, the coalition forces are not afraid of their opponents defaulting on their debts. If they don't pay, they will start fighting again.

On October 18, 1854, the coalition forces that received sufficient gold left Avacha Bay. At this point, the 1854 "Petropavlovsk Siege War" that started on August 29 was completely ended.

It starts to freeze in November, so don’t leave until now!

In this battle that lasted for more than a month, the results of the British, French and White coalition forces were as follows:

The coalition forces completely destroyed Rusia's Okhotsk District fleet, sinking four gunboats, three armed transport ships, six high-speed communication ships and other small ships, and also destroyed some merchant ships - Muravyov

The governor was so cunning that he sent all the merchant ships northward along the Kamchatka Peninsula and hid in Novomalinsk, which was established in 1649. However, God was not as good as man, and these merchant ships could not escape the fate of being destroyed.

After the second attack on Petropavlovsk started on September 29, most of the warships were idle. Naohide remembered, "Russia also has a stronghold in the Far East, Novomalinsk, because this port

It’s relatively remote, so it wasn’t on the early list. Now that I’m free, the world is so big, let’s go and see it?”

As soon as they arrived, English Governor Plath sent a steam cruiser and four small steam warships of the White Lord northward. As a result, many merchant ships were blocked in Novomalinsk, so there was another exciting battle.

War of annihilation.

However, Governor Muravyov did not know the news of the destruction of the merchant ships, and the coalition forces had no obligation to inform him. Anyway, Zhengxiu felt that Russia's Far East territory would be finished this year - the warships and merchant ships were gone, and food and supplies were also destroyed.

A lot of them were burned down, and I can be sure that this winter must be very cold for the Lucians!

As for the ports destroyed by the coalition forces, including Petropavlovsk, Okhotsk, Ayan, Nikolayevsk and Novomalinsk, Rusia's important bases in the Far East did not escape the network. It was a miserable comparison.

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It is estimated that thousands of enemies were killed and wounded before and after. However, relying on the strength of the ships and the power of artillery, the coalition forces suffered only very few losses. None of the ships was sunk, and there were not even serious injuries. The personnel losses were also minimal, with more than a dozen killed in the battle.

With less than 100 injuries, it was a great victory!

Now that the battle is over, the coalition forces will naturally go their separate ways.

But there is one more thing before breaking up, and that is dividing the spoils!

In fact, Lord Bai made a great contribution in this battle. Not only did he provide a large amount of supplies and accurate intelligence, but he also personally participated in the battle with four steam warships.

But the result was that only one-fifteenth of the gold worth 150,000 pounds was given to Zhixiu, which also included the payment for four rifled guns. After using the three-inch rifled guns, everyone in the coalition felt very satisfied, and the British

and Francie each snatched two doors and prepared to go back and imitate them.

Although Naohide explained, "This is the ordnance of the United States. There is no need to rob it. You can buy it openly in the United States." However, the two admirals still took away four doors, but at any rate, they finally left two doors for Lord Bai - originally

Not a single door is left open.

What's even more disturbing is that the gold was not given directly to Zhixiu, but was given to Little John for distribution.

According to what Little John secretly told Zhixiu, even the allocation of this small amount of gold was still very controversial within the joint fleet. They believed that Zhixiu had obtained a lot of trophies in the early stage, and the yellow-skinned monkey should have been satisfied long ago!

What these people are talking about is what happened during the attack on Okhotsk and Ayan in September. At that time, a lot of livestock, a small number of cattle and a lot of horses were seized. In addition to being slaughtered, there were still many things left. At that time, the coalition forces and the White Army

While the Lord was still in his honeymoon period, Plath, the governor of England, used these to compensate for the supplies provided by Zhi Xiu.

Frankly speaking, more than 300 horses are indeed a big income. In addition, since the coalition conquered Okhotsk and Ayan, the demand for supplies has been greatly reduced. Compared with the supplies provided, the White Lord has indeed made a profit.

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But that's not how the accounts are calculated. These horse coalition forces cannot be transported away. The most they can do is kill them and eat the meat. The White Lord can transport them away because of his ability. Besides, if the White Lord hadn't been hunting seals in large quantities, the cost of providing a large amount of dried meat would have been too much.

Quite expensive.

But whoever has the bigger fist has the right, and Naohide can't care about this.

But then Little John told him another secret, which scared him into a cold sweat on the spot - Admiral French Navy once privately advised Admiral Plath of England, "Let the yellow people take control of four steam warships"

It’s not a good thing. Although the tonnage is small, it is also a future trouble.” Plath was asked to find a way to consume these ships.

Fortunately, the Lucian navy at that time was completely exhausted, so there was no suitable opportunity. In addition, Little John explained to Admiral Plass that "this is the country's peripheral force in the Far East", so the White Lord navy escaped.

Pass a tribulation.

"Well, you can't believe it!"

Naoxiu quickly thanked Little John and said that he would give him half of the gold he received.

Little John laughed loudly and politely declined Naoxiu's kindness, but he asked Naoxiu to continue to cooperate with the British in attacking Petropavlovsk next year. It turned out that Admiral Plass had been sent to Shu, and he felt that since the Lucians could offer up ten

Fifty thousand pounds of gold came, and naturally there was more in the warehouse! So he decided to come again next year.

But what Admiral Plath did not expect was that, stimulated by gold worth 150,000 pounds, the British colony of Quebec would officially attack Alaska next summer - the breeze fanned by butterfly wings was already there.

Become a tornado trend!

In fact, there are many reasons why Little John does not charge money:

First, through this war, he discovered that "even if we do not consider the relationship between Zhixiu and the major shareholder of Xianheng Foreign Company, the power of the White Lord is very important to his development in the Far East."

Secondly, of course he made a lot of money this time - according to the agreement, the steam-sail hybrid-powered merchant ship owned by Xianheng Company will be owned by him after the war. This ship alone is worth nearly 30,000 US dollars, which is quite a lot.

With more than 6,000 pounds, plus the fact that Admiral Plath was kind to him and gave him 3,000 pounds of gold in private, the two together amounted to nearly 10,000 pounds.

In the end, this reinforcement event was a great success. Little John's status in the political circles of the British Far East must have skyrocketed. The potential benefits here are quite huge. In the long run, they are far beyond what 10,000 pounds can match!

Since he knew that someone in the coalition had ill intentions towards him, he didn't rush to escape. On October 27, 1854, the White Lord's fleet returned to Bengbei, where Zhixiu and Little John broke up. One returned to Xiangjiang and the other returned to White Lord.
Chapter completed!