Chapter 1040: Decay

"Your Highness, this will certainly be enough for Wesley to suffer."

On the flagship Jinghai, Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi were observing the Coalition fortifications on the north side.

According to the plan, he and Zhou Yi were responsible for the bombardment of the north side, while Gong Ying commanded the remaining half of the warships to be responsible for the south side.

At this moment, through Zhao Xu's telescope, the Coalition fortifications on the north side were plunged into a sea of fire.

This was the result of over two thousand cannonballs exploding in succession.

"Of course, it's hard to say if they can even survive the bombardment." Zhao Xu put away the telescope and hummed softly.

For three hundred years, Westerners have relied on their sturdy ships and powerful artillery to run rampant across the world, attacking whomever they pleased.

They not only occupied land after land, turning them into colonies, but also carried out massacre after massacre.

In their eyes, apart from Westerners, all other indigenous people were inferior humans.

But now the tables have turned; under his leadership, the Great Song has avoided the tragic fate suffered by the Central Plains dynasties in contemporary history.

Although they cannot yet surpass the Western Lands in industrial scale, they have firmly gained the upper hand in terms of advancement.

And the progress of industry has allowed them to surpass the Westerners in artillery as well.

As the saying goes, when poor, use tactical infiltration; when rich, use artillery saturation.

To him, if ten cannonballs can prevent the sacrifice of one Great Song soldier, it is absolutely a deal worth making.

Therefore, in this war against the Westerners, his tactical tenet is to leverage the advantages of firearms and artillery, without needing to fill the gaps with human lives.

"If he can survive the first round, he won't survive the second or third." Zhou Yi smiled wickedly upon hearing this.

They carried enough ammunition; it would be enough even to flatten the Coalition's fortifications.

"Boom, boom, boom..." As he spoke, the fleet launched its second round of bombardment, and the coastline was once again covered in a sea of fire.

Next came the third round, the fourth round...

And while the bombardment was launched from the north side, the fleet on the south side also began its bombardment.

Under Gong Ying's command, the Coalition fortifications on the shore were also covered by dense cannonballs, blasted into a hornet's nest.

Meanwhile.

Compared to the relaxed and carefree Zhao Xu and his men, Wesley and the other Western officers were as bitter as coptis.

The Western soldiers in the coastal fortifications suffered heavy casualties under the successive rounds of bombardment; one corpse after another was carried out of the trenches, and casualties reached forty percent in an instant.

Under such dense artillery fire, the Western soldiers in the coastal trench fortifications simply could not hold out.

The officers had no choice but to temporarily withdraw the soldiers from the fortifications to the inner side.

"General, we have five thousand dead and eight thousand wounded; there are even soldiers whose remains cannot be found."

"General, we have twelve Field Rifled Cannons destroyed and nineteen Howitzers destroyed, a loss of thirty percent."

"..."

The bombardment continued, and Western officers kept delivering bad news, making Wesley want to kill someone.

When the Great Song fleet approached, he had realized the danger, so he and the officers urgently evacuated the command post.

Even so, some of the officers at the command post died in the bombardment.

If it weren't for an officer tackling him, he would have died just then.

"Go tell Ma Fu'er to have his damned navy go out and fight immediately; if the fortifications on both shores cannot be held, can they hold the strait by themselves?" Wesley was burning with rage.

If the Great Song fleet is not dealt with, their right flank will be very dangerous.

The Great Song fleet has cleared their coastal fortifications; if he were the general of the Great Song army, he would certainly seize the opportunity to occupy the coastal fortifications on the right flank.

In that case, their flank would be completely exposed, and the fortifications would be meaningless.

"But..." The officer beside Wesley hesitated.

At present, the Coalition fleet only has eighty Sailing Warships and twenty-two Steamships left.

Moreover, Ma Fu'er had clearly stated that one Great Song Sailing Warship was enough to deal with six Coalition warships.

This meant that if the Coalition navy went into battle, it would be equivalent to total annihilation.

"There are no 'buts'; we absolutely cannot lose Malacca like this, nor can we lose so easily." Wesley knew what the officer wanted to say and roared immediately.

"But, General, if the navy is finished, we will truly have no way to return." The officer still did not obey Wesley's order and continued to argue.

Other officers also looked at Wesley with worried expressions.

For countries like Yiluo Guo and Aoli Guo, which have no interests in Dongtu.

Their attitude toward this war is naturally different.

If they could take advantage by following Britain and Frank, they would certainly be willing.

But they are unwilling to come here to die.

Wesley felt his anger burning even hotter upon hearing this, but when he wanted to open his mouth to curse, he suddenly could not say a word.

That's right, the navy is their last straw.

If they cannot hold Malacca, they must rely on the navy to withdraw them back to Tianzhu.

Therefore, throwing the navy into a war that is bound to be lost is simply too insane.

Calming down, he abandoned the idea of letting the navy sortie.

Looking at the cannonballs constantly exploding on the fortifications, he said to the officers, "Go back and tell the soldiers to prepare for a charge; rather than staying in the trenches waiting for death, it is better to launch an attack and let the Great Song people see the bravery of us Westerners!"

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