PFC Chapter 344: English Expeditionary Force
Chapter 344: English Expeditionary Force
Almost every veteran soldier has experienced several battles on the battlefield and is the most elite force of Daqian.
However, the soldiers of the Pyu Kingdom lacked experience, and their weapons and equipment were inferior to those of the Daqian Kingdom, not to mention tactical coordination.
So after a tentative battle, Yue Fei launched an attack early this morning.
After half a day of fierce fighting, the Pyu Kingdom was defeated and its army of more than 100,000 was wiped out.
Arog was seriously injured and fled in a panic.
Yue Fei did not pursue, but immediately rested and prepared to set out again in a few days.
This battle wiped out more than 100,000 elite troops of the Pyu Kingdom, severely damaging the Pyu Kingdom. It would basically not encounter strong resistance in the future, and the Pyu Kingdom was about to be destroyed.
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time flies.
In the blink of an eye, another half month passed.
On this day, the English fleet finally arrived outside the city of Malacca.
The arrival of such a huge fleet immediately panicked the King of Malacca.
However, before he could react, the English fleet launched an attack on Malacca.
The English fleet was very powerful.
There are a total of twenty large warships, each equipped with 57-pound guns, which are powerful enough to destroy all enemies.
In just half a day, Malacca fell.
Thirty thousand British infantrymen then landed and quickly began to occupy the entire Malacca region.
Two days later, the Malacca royal city was captured, and the king, royal family and ministers were all captured and beheaded.
Malacca became England's territory!
The British army gained a lot of confidence after capturing Malacca so easily.
They drank heartily and celebrated wildly!
However, the British army soon stopped laughing.
Two days later, the Daqian navy arrived.
More than seventy warships of all sizes crossed the sky, blocking out the sun.
The overwhelming shadow enveloped the British army, making them feel cold all over.
Immediately afterwards, the Daqian warship opened fire.
Cannonballs were fired from the warships and landed on the English warships in the harbor.
Rumble!
A violent explosion sounded, the entire port was filled with smoke, a large number of warships were hit, and countless British soldiers fell down with screams.
In an instant, the British army suffered heavy losses.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
"Fight back quickly."
The port was in chaos, with sounds of panic everywhere.
However, the British army was well-trained after all, and after a brief panic, they immediately launched a counterattack.
Bang bang bang!
One shell after another whistled towards the Daqian Navy.
It immediately caused a lot of casualties.
"Order the large ships to open fire and aim at the counterattacking enemy ships." Zhou Yu immediately ordered.
As the order was given, the large ship at the rear of the fleet bared its fangs.
咻咻咻~~
One after another, the cannonballs streaked through the air and flew towards the English warships in the harbor.
"Boom boom boom."
A huge explosion sounded.
Puff puff puff~~~
Countless English warships were blown to pieces, with debris scattered everywhere.
The British army suffered increasing casualties, and many people couldn't even escape.
Many British soldiers died directly at the bottom of the sea and became food for sharks.
For a moment, blood and flesh were flying everywhere in the port, and shrill wails came one after another, filling the entire port.
"Damn, what kind of artillery is this? Why is it so powerful?"
On the port command deck, Clark's face was filled with anger.
He didn't expect that Daqian actually had such ferocious artillery.
It's absolutely terrible.
But anger was useless. The Daqian Navy did not give him any chance to breathe and the bombardment continued.
Clark could only watch as warship after warship was destroyed and his soldiers died one after another.
At the same time, the Daqian Navy began to advance towards the shore under the cover of artillery fire.
Clark knew that the Daqian Navy was about to land.
"Retreat, everyone, retreat to the inland royal city!"
Finally, Clark gave the order decisively.
Staying here now would only lead to death.
Rather than sacrificing in vain, it is better to retreat to the royal city.
The royal city is located inland, and the naval guns cannot reach it.
Only in this way can we save our lives and launch a counterattack.
The British soldiers abandoned their ships and jumped into the sea to escape.
Only thousands of bodies were left on the shore.
"Report, the English army has escaped." The lieutenant general reported.
"Yes." Zhou Yu nodded, then said, "Then let's go ashore immediately and recapture Malacca first."
"As ordered!"
Following Zhou Yu's order, the Daqian soldiers began to land and enter Malacca City.
Overnight, Malacca fell into Daqian's hands.
At the same time, Clark and the remaining British troops retreated to the royal city.
Clark was still terrified and extremely depressed at this time.
The fleet he commanded was equivalent to half the strength of the English navy.
As a result, they were wiped out by the Daqian Navy in just one hour.
Such a terrifying gap in strength made him despair.
"Mr. Clark, even if we retreat to the royal city, it won't be a solution."
"Without the fleet, how can we escape back?"
A captain said worriedly.
If the fleet is destroyed and the port is occupied, the retreat route will be cut off.
The British army could only be trapped in the royal city.
This was very bad for the British Army.
Because Daqian will definitely attack the royal city later.
By then, we will have caught the turtle in the jar!
"Don't worry about anything else, set up defense immediately."
"Although the fleet has been destroyed, we still have 30,000 infantrymen. We can rely on the fortified city to wear down the enemy."
"Also, send someone back immediately to ask for help, and ask Her Majesty the Queen to send a fleet to rescue her."
"I believe that as long as we all work together, we can definitely defend the royal city and return to England!"
"Ok."
Hearing Clark's words, everyone nodded silently.
In this case, it is indeed the only way.
They could only defend the royal city and hope that the King of England would send a large fleet to support them as soon as possible.
Clark then ordered the entire city of Malacca to be blocked, strictly prohibiting anyone from leaving the city.
At the same time, he sent several of his men back to England in disguise to report the matter to the Queen.
On the other hand, after Zhou Yu recaptured Malacca, he immediately settled the people and restored public order.
Another thing he had to do was to salvage and repair English warships.
The English fleet consisted of large warships which had to be repaired and used, and not wasted.
Even if it cannot be repaired, parts can be removed for spare parts, especially the 57-pound gun on the ship.
This new type of naval gun is obviously more advanced, more powerful and more valuable than the Daqian Navy's naval guns.
Zhou Yu naturally didn't want to let it go.
As for the British troops who fled to the royal city, they were trapped in a jar and had no way to escape.
What awaits them is either destruction or surrender.
Ning Quan also soon received news that the British fleet had been destroyed.
Ning Quan was of course very happy to learn about this.
After giving Zhou Yu some instructions and asking him to keep up the good work and destroy the British army, Ning Quan turned his attention to the lottery.
Ning Quan has been waiting for this lottery for a long time. He needs to draw a civil official in order to take over Inca.
Otherwise, he could have left long ago.
As soon as it was past twelve o'clock in the evening, Ning Quan couldn't wait to start the lottery.
There are two draws this time, one for items and one for generals.