Chapter 1020 Elite duel
Faced with the Ming army's shelling from the Thames River and under the city of London, the British army suddenly became a mess in the city of London.
Williams, the current London Army General, is the captain of the guards of Charles I. He loudly commanded the English soldiers to defend London.
"Don't be afraid, fight back with artillery..."
"Bang..."
Before he finished speaking, a shell exploded beside him, and suddenly blew up several soldiers around him to pieces. The new chief defender Williams was also blown away. He got up from the ground and found that one of his arms disappeared without a trace with the explosion.
"God……"
Williams, the new British Empire city guard who was still making good defense, was still loudly commanding, but he could no longer care about command. He shouted and ran away.
The Ming army's firepower was too strong, and explosions occurred everywhere on the city of London. When they saw that the main general had run away, who would still be willing to defend the city, the other soldiers followed him and ran down the city.
"Boom..."
The Maokang missile on the warship was similar to the short-range rockets in later generations. From the Ming army battleships parked on the Thames River, it kept bombarding the city of London, and after explosions, it began to ignite fires.
The artillery on the warship also bombarded the city of London one after another, and soon the walls of London near the Thames were rife. All the British soldiers who did not have time to escape were blown to pieces.
Many British soldiers were originally smokers, and they yawned from time to time, and had no combat power at all. They had never seen such a fierce attack. They were so scared that they looked for a place to hide and didn't dare to come out to defend.
The five hundred Chongzhen cannons in front of the Ming Dragon Banner Army of Li Dingguo also bombarded the city of London one after another, and soon smashed the south gate of London, and even the city wall was collapsed for more than 200 meters.
But the Ming artillery did not stop bombing, and was still bombing London with artillery. If they did not blow the defenders in the city, they would scare them half-death, making these British men unable to resist. The Ming army must first conquer these British defenders psychologically.
Hearing the earth-shaking sound of cannons outside the city, Charles I in Buckingham Palace felt that the British Empire was about to finish playing in his hands, because he had never heard such intense cannons and explosions as he grew up.
At this moment, Williams ran in with blood all over his body:
"His Majesty the King, please put on the clothes of ordinary people and leave London! The British Empire's army could not compete with the Ming army at all."
Charles I had seen Williams' arm missing, and he felt dizzy.
But before he could ask, Williams had already fainted from excessive blood loss.
Seeing that his confidant fainted, Charles I hurriedly shouted to the imperial doctor:
"Imperial Doctor, come and treat Williams!"
Hearing the king's call, the two imperial physicians hurried in to stop the bleeding of Williams.
Seeing the imperial physician come in to treat Williams, Charles I said:
"Williams is the most loyal minister of the British Empire, you must cure him..."
The two imperial doctors hurriedly said:
"Don't worry, Your Majesty the King, we will do our best to cure the general."
Charles I ignored the two imperial physicians anymore, and he hurriedly ordered all his personal troops to gather.
As the king of England, Charles I certainly had his own personal soldiers, otherwise he would have been overthrown by the rebels long ago.
There was no soldier on the city wall. They were either bombed or burned, and all the remaining soldiers fled.
Now only the palace guards are left in London, and Charles I personally led the British Empire with a population of 30,000 to the South Gate.
He was preparing to fight the Ming army to the death, and this guy still had some backbone.
But as soon as he walked out of the palace, he heard fierce shouts and gunfire coming from not far away. It was obvious that the Ming army had entered London.
Charles I knew that after the Ming army entered the city, he would immediately go to the British palace, so he ordered the British army to line up to meet the enemy five miles outside Buckingham Palace.
The city of London was captured by the British army, and he did not believe that Buckingham Palace could block the Ming army's advance.
In order to prevent Buckingham Palace from being burned by the war, he decided not to fight with the Ming army at Buckingham Palace.
Charles I believed that even if the Ming army fully occupied Britain, it would be only temporary, and Buckingham Palace would be able to return to the embrace of the British royal family one day.
Charles I once commanded the battle. With his order, 30,000 British troops began to line up, and there were also three rows of volleys, and 10,000 cavalry were distributed on both wings.
These 30,000 troops were Charles I's trump card and the most elite army in England.
Although England also has hundreds of thousands of troops, a small half of the soldiers are big smokers, and they were basically destroyed after the Ming army landed.
As soon as Charles I ordered the British army to form a formation, Li Dingguo led the five thousand dragon flag troops to kill two kilometers ahead of them.
The Dragon Flag Army had 30,000 troops in England this time, and after entering the city, they took action separately, so Li Dingguo only led 5,000 troops to attack Buckingham Palace.
Almost at the same time, the 50,000 Marines led by Zheng Chenggong also entered London.
After entering the British capital of London, the Ming army did not gather together, and immediately spread out in a group of thousands of people to attack everywhere in London.
With the combat effectiveness and equipment advantages of the Ming army, it doesn't matter even if it encounters a large number of British troops. If it loses, it's just a signal to ask for help immediately.
Because Li Dingguo wanted to attack the British Buckingham Palace, he brought five thousand dragon flag troops.
Sure enough, I encountered a British attack not far from Buckingham Palace.
Li Dingguo raised his eyes to look at the British array, and he smiled coldly and immediately ordered the Ming army to advance.
The Five Thousand Ming Army quickly arranged two square formations, and then the two square formations began to move towards the British formation.
Seeing the Ming army slowly moving towards the British square, Charles I couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.
This is the square formation he saw moving forward this time. From this point, it can be seen that the Ming army is very well-trained.
Two hundred meters in front of the British formation, Li Dingguo ordered the formation to stop:
"Suspend the advance and put the machine gun on this governor!"
"yes"
More than a hundred light machine guns and heavy machine guns were immediately raised, and then the Ming army in front of the formation retreated two steps.
The Ming army retreated two steps in front of the square formation, and more than one hundred light and heavy machine guns were exposed.
"Look, what kind of weapon is that in the Ming army..."
When the British soldiers saw the light and heavy machine guns exposed in the Ming army formation, they were stunned at the time. They had never seen such a weapon.
Charles I hurriedly shouted:
"Keep the formation and do not move randomly. Send 500 cavalry on both wings to rush to the Ming army formation!"
"yes"
At the command of Charles I, five hundred cavalry rushed out of each wing of the British army, and they activated their horses to rush towards the Ming army quickly.
Seeing about a thousand cavalry rushing over, Li Dingguo did not let the machine gun open, and he waved his hand to pass the order:
"A thousand cavalry dare to attack our military formation and kill them with rifled guns!"
"Bang bang bang..."
A thousand rifled gunmen in the front row took the order and immediately pulled the trigger at the British cavalry rushing towards him.
After a burst of gunfire, a thousand British cavalry fell off their horses...
Chapter completed!