Although the expeditionary fleet's landing force this time was equipped with some light artillery, due to the power and range of the artillery, there was no way to compete with the modern heavy artillery, so they were beaten to the point where they could not hold their heads up in this battle.
Next, things will be easier to handle. There is no need for the servant army to take action themselves. Under the attack of the indigenous army, these expeditionary soldiers were beaten into chaos.
In the end, the general who led the team saw that things were not going well, and immediately organized a death squad of several hundred people, braved artillery fire and fought their way out. Only then did he lead more than 1,000 people and fled back to the protection of the naval guns in embarrassment.
After this incident, Marshal Richard Meade also understood how tenacious the army he faced was.
Now that he has given up the idea of landing immediately from the rear and surrounding Lion City, it seems that he still has to launch a naval attack on Lion City honestly.
After having this idea, the expedition fleet will not conduct landing operations in the next time.
It was precisely by stopping the landing operations that a lot of time was saved. On the second day, a huge expedition fleet appeared off the coast of Lion City.
Genji Yamachi, the commander of the 1st Army Division of the Servant Army who was responsible for commanding the defense in Lion City, saw countless British warships galloping back and forth on the sea through the telescope, and his heart became cold.
Although the army general said that he had defected to Liu Hai, he did not know how powerful the warships led by Liu Hai were. Therefore, he now subjectively judged that the British Navy had an overwhelming advantage this time.
Therefore, he immediately used the radio station left by Liu Hai to contact the main force of the Nanyang Navy on the sea, and informed him that the main force of the expedition fleet had been discovered outside the Lion City.
The main force of the Nanyang Fleet led by Liu Hai and Liu Wei is still lingering outside Surat Port, waiting for the main force of the expedition fleet.
Now, as soon as they received the telegram from Lion City, they were immediately shocked. They did not expect that the commander of the expeditionary force was so cunning.
Liu Hai held the telegram with trembling hands and said to Liu Wei who was standing aside: "The opponent's trick was so clever. Our way back was completely blocked."
Liu Wei saw that Liu Hai was already a little panicked, and hurriedly went up to comfort him: "Commander, there is no need to panic. With the strength of our navy, even if the opponent occupied the strait, they would not pose any threat to us. On the contrary, they were exposed because they occupied the strait."
Position, as long as our Nanyang Navy launches a strike, the opponent's maritime power will be completely wiped out."
After listening to Liu Wei's comfort, Liu Hai finally felt a little relieved, and then he asked: "Do you think the Lion City can be defended?"
Liu Wei thought for a moment, and if Liu Hai and the others had not destroyed the Lion City fort, with the help of the fort, the Lion City garrison might have been able to withstand it for a while.
But with the current defense, there is simply no way to compete with the expedition fleet.
"Commander, I think it is no longer necessary to defend the Lion City. Continuing to defend will only increase casualties. It is better to let the servant army withdraw beyond the range of the enemy's naval guns, and then use the vast land to destroy the enemy's
Army in tow near Lion City."
After Ruhai listened to Liu Wei's suggestion, he thought about it. There are no Hunan troops defending the Lion City now. They are all servants. Liu Hai is not very relieved about these troops. If they are allowed to fight against the Geely people,
, if things go wrong and these people dare to surrender to Liu Hai on the spot, it is better to let them withdraw outside the range of the naval guns, fight guerrillas, and hold off the enemy's army while waiting for reinforcements.
So Liu Hai made a prompt decision and sent a telegram to Shanchi Motoji in Lion City, ordering him to lead the army to abandon the coastal cities, retreat inland, wait for his navy to return to defense, and make plans after a decisive battle with the enemy.
After Liu Hai issued the order, he immediately changed course and headed towards the strait at full speed.
It can be said that Liu Hai regrets it very much now. If he had known that the enemy was so cunning, he would have urgently built a field airport just after the Lion City was occupied and transferred some of the J-H-7s in the country.
If there are several JH-7s present, no matter how powerful the expedition fleet is, they will still be blocked by the JH-7s in the open sea.
After receiving Liu Hai's order, Shanchi Motoji in Lion City immediately became anxious and his soldiers began to retreat inland.
However, if he evacuated like this, it would be very dangerous if he was bitten by the enemy. So he rushed all the tens of thousands of indigenous troops nearby to the position, and then sent some of his own people as war supervisors to prepare for the retreat of most of the servant troops.
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That night, the sea in Lion City was calm, and Marshal Richard Meade did not take advantage of the darkness to launch an attack.
At dawn on the second day, the expedition fleet immediately formed a battle array outside the Lion City and began a fierce bombardment.
However, at this time, the defensive troops in the Lion City had withdrawn to a distance that could not be reached by selling naval guns in Singapore, and the defense lines had been rearranged.
After firing a burst of artillery, Marshal Richard Meade found that there was no counterattack in the port. He felt something was wrong and immediately ordered the warships to stop the bombardment.
Then he sent a group of scouts to land in Lion City from a small gentle slope. As a result, after this group of scouts entered Lion City, they found that the Qing army was no longer in the city.
After receiving the report from the scouts ahead, Marshal Richard Meade finally showed a smile.
He immediately sent landing troops into the Lion City and began to take over the defense of the entire city. At the same time, he ordered the fleet to begin slowly approaching the dock.
After a day of operations, the expedition fleet finally took complete control of the entire city, and Marshal Richard Meade returned to the location of the Chief Secretary of Lion City.
That night, Commander-in-Chief Chad Meade couldn't wait to hold a small dance in the Chief Secretary's living room to celebrate that he finally reoccupied Malacca.
But the marshal was not happy for long. At around 12 o'clock in the evening, the servant army led by Yamaji Genji drove the indigenous army to start a night attack.
This time, Shanchi Yuanzhi's combat goal was not to re-conquer the city, but to kill and injure the expeditionary force's ground forces as much as possible in order to prepare for future counterattacks.
The occupying forces never thought that the enemy would dare to counterattack, so they were very lax in their defenses and were caught off guard.
Over the course of one night, gunfire spread from the suburbs of Lion City to the entire urban area, and gunfire also rang out near the Chief Secretary's office where Marshal Richard Meade was located.
Marshal Richard Meade was awakened by the sound of gunfire. Although he was a little hungover, his many years of military career made him know that the situation was very dangerous.
Therefore, the commander-in-chief did not dare to leave the Chief Secretary at all, but ordered his guards to set up defenses on the Chief Secretary's wall, and at the same time notified nearby troops to come for reinforcements.
In this way, the gunfire continued from midnight to dawn. Seeing that it was getting dark, the servant army led by Yamachi Motoharu did not dare to stay and withdrew from the city again. Only then did the gunfire gradually stop.
At daybreak, Marshal Richard Meade ordered someone to count the losses in the night's battle. As a result, his staff sent him the statistics, which made him furious.
It turned out that in just one night of fighting, the army lost nearly 5,000 men.
If the losses from the landings in the previous days are added in, the British Army has lost a total of 8,000 troops this time.
This number is incredible, almost reaching 1/10 of the British Expeditionary Army.
However, Marshal Richard Meade calmed down after losing his temper. He clearly realized that the enemy he faced was not as vulnerable as before.
Once the marshal got serious, he immediately entered the state. He first ordered the army to build a strong position near Lion City, and then began to capture various indigenous people in Lion City. He organized all these indigenous people into servants
Army, used to supplement the insufficient number of soldiers.
Originally, he wanted to capture some Chinese as human shields, but now that all the Chinese in Lion City have followed Shanchi Genji and evacuated the city, his hope was dashed.
After building up his own defense, he ordered Bu Jian to start clearing out nearby towns one by one.
After a slight resistance, the servant army led by Yamachi Motoharu should retreat inland again.
After several days of fighting on the road, Marshal Richard Meade finally established a safe area nearby.
Just as Marshal Chad Mead and Sanji Yuanji on the Lion City were conducting guerrilla warfare, the main force of Liu Hai's Nanyang Navy had once again reached the western outlet of the strait.
Liu Hai did not rush into the Strait recklessly. Instead, he sent a light cruiser into the Strait of Malacca to detect the enemy's position. At the same time, he also sent a helicopter from a modern-class destroyer to detect the situation in the Strait of Malacca from the sky.
The fleet led by Marshal Richard Meade, after resting for a few days, is preparing to return to the western outlet of the Strait of Malacca, where it will be ready.
As a result, as soon as his order was conveyed, a reconnaissance vessel of the Nanyang Navy was discovered on the sea.
When Marshal Richard Meade saw this situation, he knew that the main force of the Nanyang Navy had returned to the vicinity of the Strait of Malacca.
The marshal thought for a while and realized that although the Strait of Malacca is still open, it cannot accommodate hundreds of warships fighting here.
In order for his army to deploy, Marshal Richard Meade ordered the cruiser to immediately advance at full speed and rush out of the strait, laying the groundwork for the main force to rush out of the strait.
Next, the expedition fleet can be said to be dispatched in its entirety, with cruisers in front, ironclads and battleships in the rear, and some transport ships following behind.
In this way, more than 100 warships rushed out of the strait.