Chapter 2465: Both land and sea attacks failed

The island of Malta is of great significance. The White Fleet invaders are near the port of Valletta. As long as the port city is taken, the island of Malta is within easy reach.

Colonel Guan Shijie, the guard of the harbor fort, fought hard to resist, and ordered the 42-pounder cannon of the fort to fire and bombard the white battleship.

"Hit me hard!" he snapped.

The morale of his gunners was high and well-trained. The turrets were made of concrete and steel bars. The South China Empire ran Egypt, where cement factories were established to smelt steel, and the output was huge. Then they used sea ships to transport cement and steel bars to coastal and islands for construction Out of a solid turret.

This caused great damage to the white-skin battleships, causing their walls to collapse and their masts torn apart, causing casualties.

Battleship vs turret?

The two have their own advantages and disadvantages. The battleship has many guns and strong firepower, while the turret artillery is powerful and strong in defense. In addition, it depends on training and morale. Now the Chinese and Baipi are fiercely fighting. Now, the white-skinned battleship fought hard against the gunfire of the turret, trying to destroy the turret artillery.

Baipi's firepower is very strong, and it is very accurate, and the shells often fall on the gun positions of the fort.

But the South China Army’s fort was built to be extremely strong, especially some artillery was placed in the bunker, even if the white-skinned shells hit the bunker, it was a bird pecking the turtle shell---it couldn't beat it!

The artillery praised: "The fort repaired by the brothers of the engineers is awesome!"

On the contrary, the 42-pound artillery of the South China Army’s battery fell on the white battleship one after another, and even if they could not be sunk, they were very enjoyable.

In the binoculars of the South China Army officers and soldiers, every bullet hit the enemy ship, causing its hull to tremble, like a nerve, blowing sawdust all over the sky, and the personnel panicked.

Colonel Guan Shijie said with satisfaction: "It's really punchy!"

The battle was fought like this, in fact, the white-skinned battleship did not sink one ship, and not many people died, but the damage to their souls was leverage. After all, no matter how much he fought, there was no effect, but the opponent repeatedly hurt himself.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Baipi dispatched the Marines!

The small boats were put down on the battleship, and the sailors filed down, then paddled forward and headed for land.

One boat can hold 20 people, and each battleship can put two boats. 20 battleships can put 800 people at a time, and a few more trips will increase the number of people.

The place they chose was the area where the gunfire was not covered. In this way, the Marine Corps landed smoothly and could outflank the back of the Chinese.

Two thousand white skins landed smoothly. After they assembled on the beach, they marched towards the back of Valletta Port.

Then in the white-skinned telescope on the sea, they saw an unforgettable scene.

Just as the White Marines marched halfway through a slope, suddenly, a large number of South China troops appeared on the slope!

They used the half-man retaining wall to shoot at Baipi. There was a thunderbolt-like gunshot, a roaring sound, a large burst of gunpowder smoke from the top of the slope, and countless muzzles spewed fierce flames downward.

With every volley, a group of people fell from the white skin team!

Bai Pi stopped to shoot at the South China Army, but their officers soon discovered that something was wrong.

The Chinese were condescending, their marksmanship was superb, and they shot one at a time like a call, and they took a three-stage shot, that is, the soldier who finished firing gave up the battle position and shot forward to the comrades who had finished loading. The firepower was very strong. fierce!

Baipi attacked, the terrain was originally unfavorable, the Chinese had a protective wall, and the white leather bullets hit the soil.

And their marksmanship is not as good as the South China Army, the gun battle is lost!

So the white-skinned officers brandished their sabers and howled: "Charge!"

Commanding the soldiers to take up the bayonet musket and rush forward---the original white-skinned musket did not have a bayonet. As they learned from the Chinese, they were equipped with flintlock and bayonet.

"Kill, kill!" The white-skinned people rushed forward against the rain of bullets. They speeded up their pace and rushed to the top of the slope, otherwise more and more people would die.

When the distance was more than 30 meters, Baipi took the lead, and the British in the team set up a rocket and launched it towards the top of the mountain.

"Boom boom boom..." The rockets exploded one after another among the Chinese, but the Chinese stood tall and stood the test!

Moreover, the South China Army all wore steel helmets, wire bulletproof vests and leather crotch (covering the important PP, JJ, and chrysanthemum). Those rockets were seriously inadequate to their lethality.

Rockets are just bombs that can fly by themselves. Although we don't have them, we are bombs thrown by some people!

Bombs far more than rocket bombs fell in the white skin and exploded. There was a rumbling sound, the projectiles and steel nails were flying, and the white skins were blown up and howling.

As the Marines, they definitely can't bear weight when they land. If they fall into the sea and sink like a mound, that's fine!

Only those with commoner uniforms and no armor on them would be embarrassed when they encountered heavily armed pagans. Everyone had different levels of pain and endurance, and the white-skinned people were beaten badly.

Even though they chanted religious slogans and tried to encourage themselves with God, they were unable to rush through the wall of fire of the South China Army. Seeing bombs flying all over the sky, the white-skinned people were shocked!

The Chinese carried baskets of bombs up. The armored grenadiers in the front threw a five-kilogram bomb, while the officers and soldiers in the back slammed a one-pound bomb. Everyone was so happy that they hit it.

Not to mention the small soldiers, even the brigadier general who led the team rolled up his sleeves and grabbed a small bomb. After the personal soldiers ignited the fuse, he threw them out again, throwing one after another, completely ignoring the grievances of the soldiers next to him: "Throw me one too!"

Speaking of participating in the South China Army, officers and soldiers can indeed experience the "fun" of fighting!

The battlefield is dangerous and bloody, but fighting the enemy, destroying the enemy, and achieving a record is the fun of battle.

The emperor provided the soldiers with powerful weapons and overwhelmed the enemy. It was too much fun.

Sure enough, under the combined firepower of the South China Army's guns and bombs, Baipi collapsed and they fled down the slope. At this time, the South China Army also picked up the bayonet and rushed down shouting, chasing them.

Under the hillside, Baipi finally stopped the retreat, loaded the muskets, formed a formation, and prepared to block the South China Army.

Unexpectedly, after sixty meters, the South China Army opened fire from a distance, causing the white-skinned team to keep falling.

Baipi's rifled gun is not as equipped as the South China Army!

Their muskets had a short range and were inaccurate, and they were defeated in the gunfight.

Closer, the Chinese bombs were thrown madly, so the white skins were defeated again.

They fled towards the beach, where there are still some small boats parked on the beach, can take them escape.

Unexpectedly, the sound of horses' hoofs was loud, and a group of South China cavalry rushed out. First, they flew arrows quickly, shot them randomly, and shot them in a round of crackling. The speed of the bows and arrows was fast. The people on the side, the rest were scared and hurry up.

Approaching the boat, they carried fire on their horses, rushed to the vicinity of the boat, and threw a lit glass bottle at the boat.

There was a crisp cracking sound, the boat was on fire, and it was impossible to save it.

"Molotov Cocktail" showed great power, leaving nowhere for the white-skinned people to run away!