Chapter 955: New Uses for Naval Cannons

The sea waves rolled, crashing against the hulls of the warships.

After four days of sailing, the outline of New South Wales gradually became clear.

On the deck, Zhao Xu lowered his telescope, his eyes narrowing.

Through the mouths of captured British officers, they learned that the Coalition had provided the Governor of the Australian continent, Oliver, with 30,000 front-loading rifled muskets.

Oliver kept 22,000 for himself, and the rest were distributed to Hedland and Queensland.

Thus, in this final decisive battle, the main targets they needed to deal with were the British regular troops and militia equipped with rifled muskets.

"Occupy the port directly. After stationing in the port, have the troop transport ships return to ferry over the Marine soldiers from Queensland," Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and issued the order.

This time, the fleet he was with only had the capacity to transport 8,000 soldiers, while Gong Ying's fleet had the capacity to transport 12,000.

This meant that their first batch of troops arriving in New South Wales would total 20,000.

Therefore, he believed it was only necessary to transport the 12,000 men from Queensland.

The soldiers from Hedland would not be necessary.

Because this back-and-forth would waste too much time.

Most importantly, he believed this force of over 30,000 was enough to take New South Wales.

After all, through the wars in Hedland and Queensland, everyone from soldiers to generals had realized one point.

Although British soldiers were harder to deal with than the Shizu Army and possessed a higher will to fight.

They did not have the advantage in individual combat capability, and due to the more standardized and strict training of the Marine soldiers, they were even slightly inferior.

Moreover, because of the Qin-series rifles, which were breech-loading rifles, the Marines' combat style was more flexible, making their own way of fighting appear quite clumsy by comparison.

At the same time, there was another reason for him making this choice.

The wars in Hedland and Queensland only used light weapons like Qin-series rifles and hand grenades.

For the war in New South Wales, he decided to deploy artillery.

This time, they did not bring field artillery, so the source of the artillery would be the naval cannons of the warships.

This was a very common situation in the wars of the contemporary nineteenth century.

The Red-Coated Cannons of the Qing Dynasty were actually naval cannons.

After occupying the port, while the troop transport ships returned to Queensland, this time could be used to have the soldiers dismantle some naval cannons to bombard the enemy's trench positions.

"Yes, Your Highness," Zhou Yi replied.

The fleet continued to sail south, then turned west.

Before long, a huge bay appeared before them.

The shape of this bay was similar to the bay on the outskirts of Manila.

However, the area was much larger.

This was precisely the port of New South Wales.

Through a narrow entrance of only six kilometers, they would be able to enter the bay.

Meanwhile.

The massive fleet sailing along the coastline had been discovered by the British soldiers responsible for reconnaissance.

The news quickly reached the city of New South Wales.

The sound of the "Clang, clang, clang" alarm bell rang throughout New South Wales.

"Hedland and Queensland have fallen so quickly? This, this is impossible!"

At the Governor's Mansion, Oliver's face was ashen.

In his plan, Hedland and Queensland could at least hold back the Great Song army for two or three months and inflict a certain amount of damage on the Great Song army.

Yet now, in just half a month, the Great Song fleet had arrived at New South Wales.

"Although it is surprising, it is a fact," Joseph also frowned deeply.

Oliver was silent for a while, the surprise in his eyes gradually turning into cruelty, and he said: "They must not think that just because they took Hedland and Queensland, they can occupy New South Wales. I will make them pay a bloody price here."

Turning his head toward Joseph, he said: "Have the soldiers and prisoners assemble; it is time to let them taste blood."

"Yes, Governor," Joseph said with a calm expression.

It was precisely this unflappable personality that made him deeply trusted by Oliver.

Oliver nodded and emphasized: "Remember, those on death row were already meant to die;

there is no need to sympathize with them."

Joseph pursed his lips, "I will use them at the appropriate time."

Due to the existence of vast colonies.

Britain's serious criminals were fortunate enough to escape the death penalty and were exiled to the Australian continent to exert their remaining value.

The place where these serious criminals were most concentrated was naturally New South Wales, which was personally governed by Oliver.

Facing the threat of the Great Song army, Oliver, according to his own ideas, gathered these serious criminals together and even issued them flintlocks.

And these prisoner-soldiers would serve as a suicide squad, responsible for charging on the battlefield.

"Come on, let me see what you are capable of," Oliver lit a cigar, his eyes narrowing into slits.

He had already made up his mind that, no matter what, he had to fight this battle beautifully.

This was to prove his, Oliver's, ability to the Parliament and to Her Majesty the Queen.

Immediately, he issued a series of orders.

In an instant, the entire New South Wales became busy and chaotic.

Large numbers of British soldiers poured from the city into the trench fortifications outside the city.

There were also soldiers dragging out thirty-six field artillery pieces, positioning them on the side facing the port.

The townspeople and prisoners were also mobilized, entering designated positions under the officers' orders.

At this moment, on a warship three miles from the port, Zhao Xu observed the scene in New South Wales through a telescope.

Perhaps they were worried about suffering bombardment from the warship's Artillery.

The opposing side had not set up defenses at the port.

After all, due to a lack of emphasis on the Australia continent, Britain could not have invested too much military equipment here.

Currently, the muskets and Artillery in the Australia continent Colonial Territory were still those sent temporarily.

It could be said that there was even less time to build a Fort.

At the same time, the Trenches in New South Wales were also positioned eight miles away from the port to avoid suffering bombardment from Naval Cannons.

The British were very clear about the firepower of warships; they clearly did not want to court disaster.

"It is nothing more than a larger Hedland and Queensland," Zhao Xu concluded.

For him, this battle for Australia really had no difficulty at all.

Even though the opposing side tried every possible way to stop him.

But in the end, they would discover that everything would be in vain.

"Since they have handed the port to us for nothing, we will accept it," Zhou Yi laughed and ordered the landing.

At this time, small boats were lowered one after another, and five hundred marines boarded the small boats to go ashore.

After confirming the safety of the port, the remaining marines landed on a large scale and set up camp at the port.

Once all the marines had landed, the Troop Transport Ship headed toward Queensland.

At this time, the generals began to have the marines board the warships to assist the Artillerymen on the warships in dragging the Naval Cannons off the ships.

The port suddenly became very busy.

While a portion of the marines dismantled the Naval Cannons.

The carpenters on the warships began to use the timber from the port to manufacture simple gun carriages.

During naval battles, in order to repair hulls that had been pierced, it was necessary for some soldiers to master carpentry skills.

Therefore, the warships not only had soldiers who had mastered carpentry skills but also the corresponding materials.

Now, they could be put to use.

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