Chapter 1037

Liu Xinhong seems to have inadvertently glanced at the window of the governor's mansion and saw Eric looking at him.

There was another man in his room, presumably Stephen, who had just arrived.

Holding out his hand to say hello, Liu Xinhong entered the battle room of Zhecheng in reran after completing his normal inspection as usual.

"Lao Fang, it's really hard to be above and below now. It's better to take them all in one pot. Ah, I've already said that these Westerners are unreliable. How about that? Now it has come true. " Liu Xinhong sat down in front of Fang Hongming.

Since the development of Ryukyu, the Empire has officially garrisoned troops in Ryukyu, including the city of reranzha. After the military reform, a division of the southeast military region officially replaced the defense here.

However, the city is too small. Most of the troops of a division are stationed on Ryukyu Island. There are only two regiments in the city.

He is the head of one regiment, and Fang Hongming is the head of the other.

"I'd like to, but who dares to move before receiving orders, otherwise we can't afford to take a hat off. After all, there is a lot of business between the Empire and the Dutch now?" Fang Hongming said lightly.

Liu Xinhong said angrily: "I'm even more angry when it comes to this. These Dutch are really cowards. They have to fight against us to earn our money."

As he was saying this, suddenly a soldier came in and saluted them. The soldier said, "report to the commander. Governor Eric has sent someone to invite the commander and commander Fang to the governor's house for dinner."

"Dinner together?" Liu Xinhong and Hong Ming looked at each other, and Liu Xinhong said, "does Lao Fang dare to go? I'm afraid it's a Hongmen banquet."

Fang Hongming nodded slightly. If they had not hesitated before, their life on the island would have been boring and drinking would have been nothing.

But now that they have learned the contents of the letter, they naturally murmur.

"But if we don't, Eric will be sure that we've learned that their political situation has changed." Fang Hongming said: "if so, I'm afraid the two sides will fight each other."

With a chill, Liu Xinhong cried, "Lao Fang, do you still want to go? If we are killed, the soldiers will be in chaos. "

" fart, I won't go, whether he doubts or not, now we should do everything to deal with it. " Fang Hongming said.

Liu Xinhong laughed. "I'm going to make the soldiers more alert. We've been on the island all these years just to guard against these Dutch people."

Then he went out of the war room.

The news of Liu Xinhong's and Fang Hongming's refusal soon reached Eric and Stephen. Then Stephen said, "look, people are already guarding us. It seems that the content of the letter is correct."

Eric has been hesitating because he still holds a glimmer of hope, and now his hope is completely shattered. "It seems that we have to start tonight. According to the speed of the telegram transmission of the Chinese Empire, it is estimated that they will receive the official order tomorrow, and then we will be passive."

Thinking of this, he continued, "we need to get on the boat to escape before we start. Our soldiers can't beat them."

Stephen is still very concerned about his life, he said, "when it's dark, we'll take a boat to board the warship secretly. Eric, the bright future is waiting for you."

Eric gave a wry smile. What choice could he have now?

The afterglow of dusk gradually disappeared, and the city of re LAN Zha soon fell into the darkness. Only the occasional light in the window proved that the island was the residence of human beings.

When the time entered midnight, everything was quiet, with the "boom" of a gun, the whole city of re LAN Zha was noisy.

"Hit me hard!"

Liu Xinhong took a picture of the dust on his body. The first shot of the Dutch was the blossom bomb. The Empire sold it to them, which made Liu Xinhong very angry.

Fang Hongming also rushed here at this time. He immediately organized artillery to fight back. Fortunately, they prepared ahead of time this time.

The moment the Dutch fired, they began to fight back, with bullets roaring towards the Dutch soldiers' lines.

In the dark, the soldiers on both sides could only see the fire coming from the muzzle of the gun, shooting at each other.

"Flare!"

Just as the two sides were fighting hard, Fang Hongming suddenly said.

When he got the order, a soldier brought something like fireworks, which was an auxiliary tool that the military workshop had just equipped in the army for a short time.

The principle is basically similar to fireworks, but the military workshop replaced the explosive pill in fireworks with a lighting device.

This kind of lighting device contains magnesium powder and aluminum powder. Through rosin and oil, they are bonded together to delay the burning speed. Once they are launched, they will be able to illuminate a large area like a burning sun, which can last about 20 seconds.

It's too dark now. Fang Hongming needs to observe the other party's arrangement, so he shouts: "launch!"

As the order was given, the soldiers lit the stick shaped fireworks in their hands. With a "poof", a white light rushed into the sky. The bright light fell, and the Dutch area was as bright as day.At this time, Fang Hongming and Liu Xinhong found that only a small number of Dutch people were shooting against them. This time, the Dutch sent several teams to sneak close to them with bayonet guns.

Liu Xinhong saw this scene is not light, because the main direction of these Dutch soldiers is the plane shooter, he immediately understood the Dutch intention.

"Kill them all." Liu Xinhong pointed to the Dutch soldier who had stolen it.

While the flares were covering the battlefield, imperial machine gunners quickly locked in the moving Dutch army.

"Daddada..."

Six machine guns spewed out fierce tongues of fire, and the Dutch soldiers who could not hide fell one after another. When the first flare fell, Fang Hongming ordered the second one to be fired.

With the help of the light, the Dutch soldiers failed to sneak in completely, and the imperial soldiers quickly gained the advantage on the battlefield with fierce firepower. After all, the Dutch still used the old-fashioned conscription muskets.

When fighting on the island, Eric on the Dutchman closed his eyes painfully. The light in the sky from time to time seemed to indicate his failure. Under the naked light, his soldiers could not get close to the Gunners.

"Let's set sail, Eric. We still have a chance. At least we have learned about Chinese rifles and machine guns. We believe that the wisdom of Europeans will certainly study them." Stephen comforted.

Eric nodded. I'm afraid the imperial warships moored in the Bay will catch up. After all, they are only ten miles away from the imperial warships.

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