1825 My New Daming

"Viscount, it may be very difficult for our warriors to wipe out hundreds of thousands of Ming army officers and soldiers in Malaya."

Immediately, there were very professional British elite military officers who understood the situation on the front line and expressed different opinions.

Viscount Beresford still maintained his gentlemanly demeanor and asked with a smile: "Major, why do you say that?"

The British elite major smiled and said: "Because according to intelligence and investigation, the Japanese soldiers from two divisions are currently assembled in Songkhla and Pattani, Siam, which is adjacent to Malaya. They are all short and thin. They look like children. The equipment is very poor, only rifles, machine guns, light artillery, no cavalry, lack of transport vehicles and horses. According to an objective and cautious assessment, the combat effectiveness of these Japanese soldiers is only about one-third of that of Indian soldiers One, equivalent to one-tenth of the British soldiers, it is not vulnerable at all."

Hearing that his opponent was only the weak Japanese army, Viscount Beresford's last bit of worry disappeared - before Japan was easily conquered by Ming Dynasty, the British Empire had a little hope for the Japanese soldiers' combat effectiveness.However, the result of the Battle of Nagasaki was surprising. It seemed that the Nagasaki Rebel Army, which still had a lot of artillery, was under the joint attack of the Ming army that landed and the shogunate army that served as the lackeys of the Ming army. It fell apart, showing no fighting power at all.

After this campaign, the British Empire had a very low opinion of the Japanese soldiers, thinking that their combat effectiveness was only one-tenth of that of ordinary British troops. If Daming dispatched his own elite soldiers, Viscount Beresford might still be a little worried. , but what they dispatched were Japanese troops without combat effectiveness. It seemed that Ming had no intention of attacking Malaya at all.

Maybe, they just want to let the Anglo-Indian Army in Malaya surrender after running out of supplies through a long-term naval blockade?

Thinking of this, Viscount Beresford smiled and said: "It seems that the Battle of Malaya will be a protracted war. All troops must pay attention to saving ammunition and storing supplies. Although we have enough supplies for 12 months, but I hope we can persist in the Malay Peninsula for 18-24 months! Because the new generation of British Empire surface battleships that are more powerful and capable of defeating the strongest battleships of the Ming Navy will be put into use within 18-24 months !At that time, the situation at sea will be completely reversed!"

What he said was not nonsense, but Marquis Nelson personally assured him.And Marquis Nelson did not deceive him, the new generation of capital ships of the British Empire has indeed begun to step up the design. After 18-24 months, it will definitely be put into use.

It's just that it's hard to say whether the British and Indian troops in Malaya can survive until then.

As soon as Viscount Beresford finished speaking, he saw a young British army officer rushing in. After entering the map room, he forgot to stand at attention and shouted loudly, "Viscount , I just received urgent telegrams from Penang, Jitra, Kota Bharuha, Kuala Terengganu and Aran Bay at the same time. The defenders there have all suffered fierce attacks from land, sea and air. The full-scale attack has already begun!"

what?
already started?
Viscount Beresford was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "It's just some Japanese soldiers. They don't have any combat power to pass on the order, let the ministries stick to it, and wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack!" He looked at the officer in the map room They laughed and said, "If the counterattack goes well, we might break into the territory of Siam! Does anyone of you know the situation of Siam better?"

at the same time.

Dozens of small sampans have pierced through the gunpowder smoke on the sea near Penang Island where Penang is located, and leaned against a beach on the west coast of Penang Island with a bang.

On top of these sampans are all officers and soldiers of the White Tiger Brigade of the Kurokawa Brigade of the Japanese Diet Tsu Division, wearing black military uniforms, wearing iron helmets, and holding Taiping rifles with bayonets in their hands.

All of them seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood. Before the sampan stopped, they jumped down chaotically shouting slogans.The first samurai of the White Tiger Brigade should be an officer. Instead of wearing a hat, he wrapped his head in a white cloth and held a sword. He looked like he had gone crazy. White Tiger Captain Xixiang Jinyong is here, whoever dares to fight!"

This is another Xixiang!
However, the Xixiang that Satsuma turned to should not be a family. Maybe the family lived in the countryside in the west, so Xixiang was used as the Miao character.

The status of Xixiang in the Aizu domain is not low, he is still an old man, with a family salary of 1500 shi, he can be regarded as a very high-level samurai.

However, there are usually many relatives and retainers in the family of senior samurai, so the 1500 shi is a meal book for a large group of people.

Therefore, the small life of the Xixiang family in Aizu is better than that of ordinary samurai.As for the opportunity to increase family fortune, it is also looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon, and looking forward to the eyes are red.

It's a pity that Japan has been peaceful for so long, and there will be no chance for a while.As for Da Ming and the North Korea under the protection of Da Ming, it is simply not something that Japan can challenge.

Just look at the battleships that bombarded Penang Island just now... Four large ships of 2 tons, a total of 32 300mm cannons fired at the positions of the British and Indian troops on the island!
This power is really like a landslide!

It seems that Japan was right to treat Daming as a running dog... And before today's assault was launched, the lord of the feudal clan had already told him that after the Aizu feudal clan moved to India, he would be rewarded with a salary of 1 shi!

1 stone!They are all famous... The retainers and relatives of the Xixiang family are all settled now - with the help of this group of people, the 1 shi that Matsudaira Rongjing distributed to the Xixiang family can be suppressed what.

Thinking of this, Xixiang's old man is even more energetic.

Holding the sword, the first one rushed towards the beach, a position of the British and Indian troops that had been heavily bombarded.

The warriors of the Aizu White Tigers who came up with him all seemed to have been shot.Holding the rifle with the bayonet attached, he rushed forward screaming!

It seemed that there were still a few living people on the position of the British and Indian troops. At this time, they also set up rifles and machine guns and started shooting indiscriminately.

Although the bullets from the opposite side came in waves.

But Xixiang and his men didn't fight back at all, they just charged forward sullenly.

Because they knew that that position was still far away from them, and firing now was completely indiscriminate and wasting precious bullets.

Although these infantry only charged and did not fight back, the destroyers that arrived near the coast to support them still began to suppress the firepower on the shore with 155mm cannons, and soon turned the position of the British and Indian troops into a sea of ​​​​flames again. !

While the destroyer was shelling, Xixiang Jinyong led his White Tiger Team members.Bearing the enemy's bullets and risking being accidentally injured by one's own artillery fire, he abruptly rushed into a trench of the British and Indian troops.

There is a British officer and dozens of Indians in this trench. They have been a little dizzy by the bombardment of naval guns.

Now I suddenly saw a large group of Japanese devils holding bayonets rushing out of the flames fired by the naval guns against their own firepower. They all panicked and didn't know who they were, and suddenly shouted: "Run, tomorrow The army is coming!"

Then the people in the entire trench began to retreat in disorder...