The British paid the price of sinking eight ships and seriously injuring twelve ships, and finally surrounded the Black Swan. Her Majesty's warriors shouted and rushed to the enemy ships, even though they fell to the fire of the brigade and Song sailors.
He was unmoved and continued to advance.
Sir Hawkins has been traversing the ocean for more than ten years, relying on the word ruthlessness. He is ruthless to his enemies and even more ruthless to himself. This battle can only be won but not defeated. A defeat at sea cannot be sustained on land. England has been in Singapore for many years.
The business was about to be destroyed, so he couldn't pity the lives of the soldiers. What he was fighting for now was the last five minutes. Our army was in a tough situation, and the enemy was even tougher! After all, they were alone without backup.
The Black Swan was a mess, with smoke and loud noises everywhere. Her Majesty's royal cruise ship was naturally well-equipped. The sailors had two repeating muskets stuck in their waists. In addition, there was a steel sword of moderate length, which was suitable for hand-to-hand combat at sea and on land.
It's different, the space is smaller, and you can't move around, so you can only win by brute force. The most effective weapon in this state is the fire blunderbuss. Although the British pirates are tall and have rough yellow beards, look at them.
They looked very tough, but in front of the fire gun, several people could not beat a relatively short sailor from Song Dynasty. But they couldn't stand the large number of them, and several more boats came closer one after another, preparing to join in a hand-to-hand fight.
Zhao Wen, who was staying in the captain's cabin, was a little nervous. She drew out her gun and went out to fight. However, she was held down by several women with weapons. At this moment, the Black Swan was trying to get away from the British ship at full speed. As long as she could get away, she would still be able to escape.
There was a chance for a comeback. However, the Black Swan had been entangled in the messy rigging on the British ship. Although the steam engine was turned on to maximum power and the chimney was filled with black smoke, it could not be started!
Sir Hawkins' tense face slowly relaxed. It won't take long for such a strategy to capture the Black Swan. The advanced warships and weapons and equipment will be captured, which will definitely greatly increase the naval strength of the Tudor Dynasty.
Once you reach the next level, you don't have to be afraid of fighting face to face with the Song Dynasty navy with gongs and drums.
But his smile became stiff again before it lasted for three minutes, because dozens of black smoke appeared on the other side of the sea. Looking through a telescope, all the high masts were hung with red flags!
Sir Hawkins' heart suddenly became cold. He understood that the Ming Dynasty people were sure to capture Singapore. This ship was just an advance team, and there was a large group of people behind it. This battle was lost anyway, even if they captured
It would not help if he took the Black Swan. The other party would not give him time to transport the loot away. What's more, Black Swan's resistance was so fierce. If he wanted to kill him, he would have to pay at least hundreds of lives. At that time, the Ming army
The brigade has arrived and it's too late to run away.
Sir Hawkins made a prompt decision and signaled an immediate retreat. The Amethyst was the first to withdraw from the battle and fled westward along the Strait of Malacca. When the other ships saw the flagship withdrawing, they had no choice but to follow suit. The sailors who climbed aboard the Black Swan did not know what was going on.
, in great confusion, they were beaten to a pulp by a surprise attack from the people from the Song Dynasty, and many people jumped into the sea in a hurry to escape.
"Your Majesty, the navy of the Ming Army is here." He said to Zhao Wen with his imperial equipment.
"No wonder the British escaped. Hey, when did the Ming army run so far? Let me see." Zhao Wen said, grabbing the telescope and looking, and sure enough, she saw dozens of large ships with the flag of the Ming army at full speed.
Horsepower rushed this way, but there were only a few heavily armed cruisers in the front, and the ones in the back were all cargo ships.
"It's not the Ming Dynasty navy, it's the China Merchants Company's ship that has arrived." Zhao Wen said easily. China Merchants Company, a super multinational company, was jointly established by the Ming and Song dynasties. Countless royal officials participated in the shares. Its strength is unimaginable.
The escort navy can destroy a small country. The China Merchants Bureau has just opened not long ago, and there are more routes on the east route. As long as it travels to Song Dynasty, Korea, and Japan, this group brought a lot of goods to Singapore, a free port where the east and west meet.
I was here for business. As I was approaching the place, I saw a battle going on here. One of the besieged ships was hoisting the Ming flag, so the China Merchants Group escort team rushed over at full speed to help.
Hawkins ran away and didn't even dare to return to Singapore Harbor. A black swan made him suffer a lot. How dare he confront the huge Ming army fleet? Warships and sailors are the capital of the revolution, and they must not be spent all because of anger.
Seeing that there is no chance of winning, it is better to save some naval seeds for Her Majesty the Queen. The soles of his old man's feet are greased, and the remaining sailors will be miserable. They will be beaten randomly by the people in Song Dynasty, with no account of death or injury. Westerners are not like
The Orientals were so stubborn that they readily surrendered with their hands raised when they saw no way out. After all, they were Her Majesty the Queen's navy and were serious prisoners of war. They were not afraid that the other party would hang them as pirates.
The terrain of Temasek Island is flat and there is no cover to rely on. An army composed of multinational sailors and Tiger mercenaries formed a team one mile away from the Majidara Palace to prepare for an attack. However, it was difficult to lead the team once it was mixed. Zuo Meng
Geng believed that he had rich experience and insisted on controlling the overall situation, but those Westerners, with their proud nostrils turned upward, would listen to him, an Easterner in his twenties. The head of the Freeport was Sir Stamford Raffles of the United Kingdom, and he could not
To coordinate the conflict, more than two thousand people just stood there and made a fuss. They didn't attack for a long time.
Liu Ziguang used a telescope to take aim for a while, and saw that the densely packed enemy troops were a good target, so he ordered the artillery to cover and fire. Thirty naval guns raised their elevations and fired at the enemy without any test firing. Those
The sailors didn't expect to be hit from such a distance, and they were caught off guard and plowed down a large area by the cannonballs. Unfortunately, they didn't know how to lie down and take cover. Instead, they ran around aimlessly. The second round of cannonballs fell again, and another area was covered.
Flesh and blood flew everywhere. Zuo Menggeng was more experienced and quickly led his people to retreat. Once the main force left, the ragtag group of sailors had no confidence to fight. A land battle was declared a failure before it even started.
Liu Ziguang ordered the army to pursue the victory. The students dragged the cannons and walked in a skirmish line with bayonets pointed out. When they saw the Westerners, they shot them with muskets. The flat Temasek Island has a wide view, and the range of muskets and artillery is very long.
Before the enemy could get into formation, they bombarded them with artillery fire, and then called their names with muskets. Two hundred soldiers formed a team that breathed fire in all directions. They approached until they came to a stop near Singapore Harbor.
There is a Western-style castle built of stone in the Singapore Harbor. It is strong and tall. Some sailors fled into the castle to fight, and some boarded ships and went to sea to escape. Liu Ziguang did not expect that the power of two hundred gunmen and thirty artillery pieces was so powerful.
It was so big that he actually repelled an enemy ten times his own. In excitement, he decided to attack the city with all his strength. Thirty bronze cannons aimed at the main entrance of the castle and blasted hard, sending stone chips flying everywhere. Sir Stanford did not expect this battle.
When they were in such an unbearable situation, they ordered Sir Hawkins' fleet to be called back for reinforcements. This was the most intense moment of the sea battle. Hawkins was too preoccupied with himself to take care of himself and ignored Stanford's plea for help. As for the so-called eagle left behind by Hawkins
The Tiger Mercenary Group slipped away to unknown places.
The observers on the castle saw Hawkins' fleet leaving the battlefield and heading towards the port, and thought they were coming for reinforcements. However, those warships actually stayed away and went straight west. Then the observers saw a large area
The Ming-flagged ship came over in a dark mass.
Sir Stamford was a civil servant and was not good at fighting. Seeing the great disparity between the enemy and ourselves, in order to protect the unarmed merchant ships in the harbor and the women and children in the castle, he resolutely decided to surrender with a white flag.
At the same time, King Zuo Menggenning and his group had fled to the edge of the island. Zuo Menggeng said: "Your Majesty, it seems that the imperial army is coming for us. Temasek can no longer hide, and the British cannot protect us.
, you still have to find another way out."
Prince Ning gritted his teeth and said: "Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao, are you going to imitate what Yongle Ye did when he pursued Emperor Jianwen, and even fight to the death to let this poor uncle of mine go? Since we can't stay here for long, let's evacuate quickly.
As long as you have money in your hands, why don't you worry about finding a place to stay?"
A group of people discussed and went north. There is a narrow Johor Strait between Temasek and the Malay Peninsula. There are always some indigenous fishing boats parked on the shore. The left army seized the fishing boats and slowly took turns crossing the troops.
In the past, they were living abroad, and they always carried their money and weapons with them, so there was no need to go back to the port to pick up their luggage, they could just run away.
Liu Ziguang only had 200 people, and it was troublesome enough to take over the port. How could he bother to pursue King Ning? There were mountains of goods in the Singapore port, a forest of masts, thousands of sailors, and some women and children in the castle. Originally, those ships wanted to
They took advantage of the chaos and slipped away, but there were so many ships that they blocked the exit of the port, making it impossible for everyone to get out. In addition, China Merchants' warships had already arrived, and several cannons were fired into the sky. No one dared to escape.
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The China Merchants Bureau dispatched a total of five cruisers and thirty cargo ships, carrying a huge amount of cargo. There were thousands of sailors, all protected by swords, guns and firecrackers. The China Merchants Bureau, like the Western East India Company, was a large government-run company.
The economy is both an official, a businessman and an army. When the war flag is raised, it is the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. When the flag is put away, it is the armed merchants. With the addition of this new force, the reception work in Singapore Port has become smoother, and all the prisoners have been surrendered.
Weapons were concentrated in the open space outside the castle. Liu Ziguang took His Royal Highness Alabama to attend the surrender meeting and addressed the foreigners.
"Singapore's free port status will not change, nor will the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Makatidora, but starting from today, the Kingdom of Makatidora will be officially classified as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and will be protected by the Ming Dynasty. After a sincere discussion with His Highness Alabama,
After friendly negotiations, Ming Dynasty decided to station troops in Temasek to protect expatriates, protect trade, and combat piracy. Armed personnel from any country or group are not allowed to set foot on Temasek's land, otherwise they will be against Ming Dynasty and me, Liu Ziguang!"
His Highness Alabama also continued to speak. He first expressed his gratitude to the Ming Dynasty's army, saying that if it had not been for the heavenly soldiers to rescue him, he would have fallen into the hands of pirates. For the peace of the strait and the future of the Kingdom of Majiadora, he would become
The Ming Dynasty's tributary state is an extremely honor and a good thing that can only be wished for. He loves Chinese civilization very much and is ready to go to the Imperial College of Nanjing, the capital of the Celestial Empire, to study abroad when the domestic government affairs are not busy."
The small country with over 3,000 people had some bullshit government affairs to deal with, and it was clear that Liu Ziguang wanted to drive them away so that he could officially take over this small country.