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The naval battle was decided before the sun set.

Two British warships were beaten to pieces in just one hour. One sank on the spot and the other stormed on the river beach. The two merchant ships who were so-called "smoking" naturally failed to escape. The British merchant ship was also stranded and sunk in the shallow water area by the river. The other Dutch merchant ship wisely chose to surrender after being hit by more than a dozen shells.

After the naval war, the sky gradually became darker. However, they still used the last ray of afterglow in the sky to launch a round of artillery shells on the British merchant station fence on the banks of the Gambia River. The dense shells hit the brick walls, causing considerable damage. Especially when the 32-pound long-barrel heavy artillery bombardment was bombarded, the bricks were obviously sunk inward, and it seemed that they could be destroyed by just a few more rounds of artillery.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the navy bombarded the merchant station and suppressed the British and could not look up, the army brothers came forward one after another, seized the favorable terrain, and built simple fortifications to block several roads outside the city wall, in order to prevent the British from escaping at night.

The last ray of light in the horizon was also engulfed by the darkness. The battleship "August 10" lowered its tail anchor and stayed on the river opposite the merchant station. It used starboard cannons to fire continuously, without giving the enemy a chance to breathe.

The bricks and stones on the top of the city collapsed, and no one dared to emerge. The two 18-pound shells hit the area not far away, and the brick walls there had already formed obvious depressions, as if only a few more shells could penetrate the entire place.

The Gambia River at night is cool. Lu Ming, commander of the Guinea Task Force, was sitting in the captain's room on August 10th, reading documents. The orderly man took small scissors and cut the candle wicks to make it brighter. These high-quality candles imported from Russia burned with almost no odor or smoke, which was better than the products of the Guangming Candle Factory.

A short and fierce naval battle on the river during the day was over. The four battleships of the task force relied on their powerful firepower to completely defeat the desperate counterattack of two British warships, and achieved the brilliant results of sinking one, forcing the other to strand. The battleship stranded on the bank of the river is now under the control of the East Coast sailors.

As for the two British and Dutch merchant ships, the fleet did not even spend much effort. A British merchant ship fleeing upstream in a hurry unfortunately hit the reef. It is currently half-sinking and half-strapped in shallow water. The Beagle frigate has sent personnel to the shipwreck area in a small boat. While rescuing the British crew who fell into the water, it organized people to salvage the supplies on the shipwreck.

The Dutch merchant ship returning from Batavia decisively chose to surrender after judging the situation. At present, their ships were also controlled by the Navy of the East Coast Republic. After checking the entire cabin, the officers who boarded the ship were surprised to find that the cabin of the Dutch flute-shaped ship was neatly stacked with a large number of processed teak boards. This high-quality wood native to Southeast Asia is not deformed under the sun and rain, is fire-resistant, resistant to insects and ant worms, and corrosion-resistant. If used as a hull, it is a shipbuilding material that is better than Brazilian mahogany.

The harvest of this batch of high-quality wood alone is worth the fare for this operation. The Netherlands, British sailors were captured more than a hundred people in scattered areas, and some of the sailors captured during the voyage. These two hundred people are currently tied up and thrown into the bottom cabin. Their next destination will be the lime mine on the banks of the Dayu River and the iron mine on the Changshan Fort.

"Commander, the army's artillery has entered the position, and barbed wire has been pulled up at important intersections. They are asking whether they can launch an attack at night." Lu Ming's adjutant, Navy Lieutenant Sang Kai, walked in and said gently in his ear.

"Any active night military operation of the Army will not be permitted." Lu Ming said without hesitation. "There are too many unexpected factors in the night attack, and it is difficult for us to grasp. If the attack fails, our losses will be very serious. Now we have limited capital at hand, but we cannot withstand any losses. Just keep the original state and keep a guard against the main intersections. If the British dare to escape, let them escape. After all, our purpose is only to destroy the British's business stations here, so as to deter them, and to create favorable conditions for the secret peace talks that the government is holding with them. Other purposes are secondary."

"I understand." Sang Kai nodded, and then continued to report: "Just just now, two ship agents from the General Administration of Intelligence carefully interrogated the captured enemy sailors and officers, and learned that the British had two small strongholds upstream of the land, which seemed to be used to smelter gold. Should we send people to take it?"

"You go and discuss with the army. There should not be too many people guarding these two strongholds. Let the army draw 4 platoons, and the frigate of the Beagle will cooperate with their actions. Take the prisoners to identify them and launch a test attack after reaching the ground. If it goes well, take it down. Don't force it if it doesn't go well. Let's wait until dawn. Be careful, be sure to let them control the casualties. Every soldier is precious!" Lu Ming thought about it for a while and reminded him carefully.

"Yes..." Sang Kai replied, then hesitated for a moment before saying, "The statistics of each ship just now have been released. In the naval battle in the evening, four warships participating in the battle were shot more than 300 times, 31 people were killed and 58 people were injured in battle, 7 of which were officers; in addition, there are still 19 people who are sick, 5 of whom are seriously ill and have been quarantined and recuperated, but I am afraid I can't last long."

After Sang Kai finished speaking, both of them were silent for a moment.

At this time, the two major roads around the British Merchant Station were tightly blocked by the army soldiers on the east coast. Beaded with barbed wire, there was a temporary excavation of infantry bunkers. The army riflesmen held their vigilant wolfdogs and hid in the bunker, waiting for the ignorant enemy to come and take the bait.

Next to the infantry bunker is a dug artillery bunker, and two artillery pieces have been placed in place. Next to the bunker are a large number of shells: solid iron balls, grape bullets made of lead, explosive bombs made of thin cast iron shells, and of course, there are shotguns filled with iron nails, broken iron sheets, gravel, glass slags and other items.

The river wind at night brought cool moisture, and the bells on the barbed wire swayed gently with the river wind. On the river surface a few hundred meters away, the battleship "August 10" has been departed, and the battleship "Common Market" has been replaced to bombard the British merchant station. In the night, the orange-red flame flowers blooming in sequence at the battleship gun window looked so dazzling and so shocking.

"It's really spectacular!" Anda Fifteen looked at the battleships on the river in a daze and murmured to himself: "There is no such powerful warship in Japan."

The wolf dog, which was patrolling behind the barbed wire, suddenly started to scream heart-wrenchingly.

"Platform leader, there is something wrong!" The soldier holding the wolf dog shouted loudly, and at the same time, he quickly ran into the infantry trench next to him and took his rifle off his back.

Anda Fifteen leaped and jumped into the infantry trench, stared with his eyes and looked forward carefully. He saw that there seemed to be many shadows moving quickly in the night ahead, but due to the distance too far and the light was too dark, it was not clear for a moment.

"There are all platoons, three volleys on the front left!" Anda Fifteen shouted loudly, "Get out the gun... recharge... recharge... raise the gun... prepare, release!"

As the copper whistle from Anda Fifteen's mouth fell, fifteen muskets fired a volley towards the front of the left. Without waiting for the command of the commander, the soldiers of the Public Security Company immediately took out a piece of paper-shell ammunition from the cowhide ammunition bag hanging on their bodies, bite the bullet body with their teeth, poured the launching medicine into the barrel, then took out the lead bullet inside, stuffed it into the barrel, and then pounded it hard with a strip. After countless trainings, they completed this action mechanically, skillfully as if they were doing ordinary things such as eating and drinking.

After the first round of volleys, several screams came from the front of the darkness. Soon, the soldiers carried out the second and third rounds of volleys. Their shooting led several other platoons of soldiers, and they quickly joined the shooting under the organization of the officers. More screams came from the darkness, and then they became silent.

The soldiers who had finished shooting waited for a long time but did not wait for the attack order issued by the company commander. On the contrary, the messengers brought the latest instructions to hold their positions and not to attack without authorization.

The shelling on the river was still continuing. At this time, the "Common Market" had already left. The "Red Trout" continued to move forward and used starboard cannons to attack the enemy's walls. Although it was not clear in the darkness, Anda Fifteen could imagine that the British walls should have been broken at this time. Perhaps, by the early morning tomorrow, the walls facing the river would be overwhelmed and collapsed with a bang.

In the second half of the night, a gunfight broke out on the position stationed by the regular army company on the other side. Even two army artillery fired. The rumbling sound of the cannon made Anda 15 secretly shocked. The British actually carried out such a large-scale assault? Although the local army company was transferred away two platoons, the remaining more than 100 riflemen cooperated with the two cannons were still not easily matched by the British. Therefore, the fierce battle lasted for only a short while and soon became silent again.

The first ray of sunshine on July 22 rose from the east horizon. The army soldiers who had been in the wild all night suddenly cheered. They clearly saw that a wall along the British collapsed along the river, and the protruding parts of the two cannons were placed on the wall, and they didn't know where they went.

The soldiers had reason to be happy because they could finally rush into the castle that was said to be stuffed with gold and take everything from the enemy for themselves, instead of lying in the stuffy and humid outdoors like last night with mosquitoes and crawlers. There were all platoons, and three volleys were fired in the left front!" Anda Fifteen shouted loudly, "Get down the gun... recharge... recharge... raise the gun... prepare, put it!"

As the copper whistle from Anda Fifteen's mouth fell, fifteen muskets fired a volley towards the front of the left. Without waiting for the command of the commander, the soldiers of the Public Security Company immediately took out a piece of paper-shell ammunition from the cowhide ammunition bag hanging on their bodies, bite the bullet body with their teeth, poured the launching medicine into the barrel, then took out the lead bullet inside, stuffed it into the barrel, and then pounded it hard with a strip. After countless trainings, they completed this action mechanically, skillfully as if they were doing ordinary things such as eating and drinking.

After the first round of volleys, several screams came from the front of the darkness. Soon, the soldiers carried out the second and third rounds of volleys. Their shooting led several other platoons of soldiers, and they quickly joined the shooting under the organization of the officers. More screams came from the darkness, and then they became silent.

The soldiers who had finished shooting waited for a long time but did not wait for the attack order issued by the company commander. On the contrary, the messengers brought the latest instructions to hold their positions and not to attack without authorization.

The shelling on the river was still continuing. At this time, the "Common Market" had already left. The "Red Trout" continued to move forward and used starboard cannons to attack the enemy's walls. Although it was not clear in the darkness, Anda Fifteen could imagine that the British walls should have been broken at this time. Perhaps, by the early morning tomorrow, the walls facing the river would be overwhelmed and collapsed with a bang.

In the second half of the night, a gunfight broke out on the position stationed by the regular army company on the other side. Even two army artillery fired. The rumbling sound of the cannon made Anda 15 secretly shocked. The British actually carried out such a large-scale assault? Although the local army company was transferred away two platoons, the remaining more than 100 riflemen cooperated with the two cannons were still not easily matched by the British. Therefore, the fierce battle lasted for only a short while and soon became silent again.

The first ray of sunshine on July 22 rose from the east horizon. The army soldiers who had been in the wild all night suddenly cheered. They clearly saw that a wall along the British collapsed along the river, and the protruding parts of the two cannons were placed on the wall, and they didn't know where they went.

The soldiers had reason to be happy, because they could finally rush into the castle that was supposedly stuffed with gold and take everything from the enemy for themselves, rather than lying in the stuffy and humid outdoors like last night with mosquitoes and crawlers.
Chapter completed!