1825 My New Daming

Chapter 287 Assault, Ming Navy! (seeking subscription and monthly ticket)
In all fairness, the Indian Grand Fleet is still very cautious.They also knew that the Ming Navy Fleet, which had defeated the Persian Gulf, would be difficult to deal with. They might lay mines around Muscat and ambush torpedo boats.The main force hiding in the Persian Gulf may suddenly come out!

So at this time, the Indian fleet dare not neglect in the slightest.Their second-class and third-class cruisers and destroyers even ventured to the front near the beach, searched repeatedly, even turned on the searchlights from time to time, and fired two shots on the beach and the sea to test whether there were any on the land or on the sea. reaction.

The weather tonight is not too good. There are many dark clouds passing by in the sky, covering the moon from time to time. The wind and waves on the sea surface are about two or three levels, and the undulating waves stir up the steel ship from time to time. Snow white waves.This is not a particularly good night. But the well-trained Indian sailors are still confident and calm, taking pictures of their chests to assure their white-skinned bosses that everything is okay!

All the warships on the sea slowed down to about 10 knots. After a long time of busy work, nothing went wrong.About an hour later, the transport ships on the sea sent a message to Admiral Codrington, the commander-in-chief of the landing operation on the flagship Revenge-everything is under control!
Admiral Codrington turned his head to look at the "cannon fodder commander" Colonel Elphinstone sent by the British and Indian Army. It was the "Big D Owl" Elphinstone who was captured alive by Wu Fax in Peshawar Major General Tong.He was originally sentenced to be "beheaded" by Daoguang for the crime of "trafficking D"!
Because he didn't know whether to be beheaded first and then "prisoned" or "prisoned" and then beheaded, Elphinstone was so anxious that he washed his face with tears all day long and kept writing letters to Daoguang to defend his actions. Justification - he's really just an aggressor not a criminal!
Of course, the crime of the aggressor is not less than that of the criminal D.But Elphinstone knew the law!He explained to Daoguang that the crime of aggression is a state crime, and he is just a young man carrying out orders
It has to be said that this Elphinstone is really proficient in law!
Aggression is a national crime, and committing D is a personal crime. Maybe I will really kill him!

So he would rather admit that he is an aggressor than that he is a D criminal.

It's a pity that Daoguang ignored him at all and insisted on executing him for committing a crime!But when he was about to be executed after the expiration of his "warrant period", Mu Zhang Amu Zhongtang, who supervised the beheading, found that his life should not be terminated during the "examination of his body and face", and his suffering was about to come to an end. Take him back to continue "imprisonment", but this time "imprisonment" for a few days, the turning point really came.After Daying and Dajin successfully negotiated a peace agreement, Elphinstone was released.

However, his official career was over, and after he was released, he was sent to a military court to punish him for a crime of dereliction of duty.But Hugh Goff Pasha, who was doing well in Turkey, saved him.At that time, Hugh Goff was recalled to the British Army by the Duke of Wellington and became the commander-in-chief of the Indian Army!
After Goff arrived in India, he interceded with the military court and let him be released and demoted two ranks. This time he was given a chance to make meritorious service. landed in Oman.

Seeing Admiral Codrington's eyes, Elphinstone immediately stood up and asked the admiral for instructions: "Admiral, I suggest starting a landing operation!"

Admiral Codrington nodded and ordered loudly: "Transfer! All landing operations must be completed before noon tomorrow!"

At this time, in a small fishing village next to the port of Masterque, in a small harbor formed by a reef, 12 latest Taiping [-]-year-old torpedo boats were waiting for the order to attack.

Second Lieutenant Wang Zuo, who was serving as a scout on the fishing boat that day, was also on one of the torpedo boats.

This type of torpedo boat uses small steam turbine technology and also uses oil-fired boilers.The maximum speed reached 34 knots!
Each boat is equipped with two steam gas torpedoes.The speed and range of this torpedo are an epoch-making improvement over previous compressed air torpedoes.This is also the biggest chance of winning this sneak attack tonight!

The 12 torpedo boats have all undergone the most perfect camouflage, and in the night, they look like a few reefs floating on the water.

They are now only about five or six nautical miles away from the Indian fleet.Suddenly, a torpedo destroyer guarded by the Indian fleet passed very close to them.

But Wang Zuo, who was the captain of the No. 12 boat, was scared to death... Although the combat effectiveness of this kind of destroyer with hundreds of tons is quite weak, it is not something that the torpedo boat can deal with.

Anyway, people are "ships", and what I drive is just a boat.

Fortunately, the sound of sea water hitting the rocks covered the sound of the main engine of the torpedo boat.

After the torpedo destroyer moved away, Wang Zuo's blood was boiling again.

A fleet as large as the Indian Empire is just five or six nautical miles ahead of us!
As long as my own torpedo boat advances at full speed, it can rush to the middle of them within 10 minutes... A torpedo boat with a speed of more than 30 knots plus two steam gas torpedoes.After rushing in, it's time to eat meat!

And you have to pick up big meat to eat, the bigger the better, wealth and wealth are in danger!

On the high ground outside Muscat, there is also an artillery observation post of the Ming Navy infantry.

It is also observing the movement of the Indian Navy, waiting for the Indian Army to start transferring and landing, and is ready to report the coordinates back to the eighteen 155mm cannons on land at any time.

According to the raid plan, the army's 155 guns should fire first to create chaos.Then, taking advantage of the chaos, the navy's torpedo boats launched an attack with all their strength!
After the torpedoes were launched, they stopped turning around and retreated northward, all the way to the Persian Gulf.

At this time, the Indian transport ship had already reached the starting line of the offensive, surrounded by some destroyers and light cruisers on vigilant patrol.Small boats were lowered from the boat one by one.

Perhaps the white-skinned officers were in a hurry, and in the flickering moonlight, they saw Indian soldiers crawling down the rope net in disorder.

These landing infantry, carrying dozens of pounds, were clumsy.The transport ship and the escort ship also maintained extremely low speeds, patiently waiting for them to climb down.

At this time, Wang Zuo issued an order in a low voice: "Raise the temperature and pressure of the boiler, and wait for the army's artillery fire signal!"

As the sound of the steam turbine gradually increased, his face was already full of excitement!

The opportunity is coming!

"Boom!"

Four or five kilometers away, a few dull sounds suddenly came from the land.

The infantrymen of the British and Indian Army, who were transferring, heard the sharp sound of shells passing over their heads in a blink of an eye.

This is the enemy attacking with artillery!

Before they came back to their senses.More than ten water jets have already stirred up on the sea surface and landed next to a 3000-ton transport ship on the far right side of the formation.The sea water poured over the heads of the Indian officers and soldiers who were still crowded on the deck.Daming seems to have discovered it!

There was a burst of exclamation from the Indian officers and soldiers Curry in the entire fleet!

After all, these are well-trained, and the Indians among the officers and soldiers of the British and Indian Army are usually stubborn, but once they go to the battlefield, they are not so brave.

The 155mm shells are fired wave after wave, the same as the ones that don’t cost money.

Obviously, the Ming Army on the shore is also working hard.

Suddenly, a 155mm shell hit the mast of a transport ship, and then formed a terrible air explosion!

The fragments of the shells flying down hit a large area of ​​the Indian infantry in Squad A, and the screams of curry smelled immediately on the sea.

The Indian lookout post on the nearby armored cruiser Arrogant took advantage of the flames of the explosion to quickly observe, and suddenly swept in the direction of the fishing port.I saw a dozen small boats emitting thick white smoke, preparing to charge here!

He almost screamed in curry English: "Torpedo boat! Due west!"

The sudden shelling, as well as the warning signal of the appearance of the torpedo boat, completely messed up the landing operations that were being transferred to shore in disorder!

And those Indian naval ships, which were already tense, immediately turned on their searchlights due west.

At the same time, the officers of the Indian Navy frantically turned their artillery to the due west.

The transport ships also eagerly ordered the boiler to increase the pressure immediately, and stopped the transfer of infantry to prepare to avoid torpedoes!

Pity those infantry soldiers of the Indian Army who are still crawling on the rope net. It is difficult to get off now, and it is also difficult to get up.

There was a lot of shouting and cursing, and an unknown warship sounded the alarm again, coupled with the long-range land artillery that was still rumbling and exploding.The entire transfer area was in complete chaos.

At this moment, the twelve large torpedo boats trembled, like wild horses running wild, and seemed to be charging towards these low-speed transport ships!

Harvesting is about to begin!

(End of this chapter)