Liu Xinhong glanced at the window of the Governor's Palace, seemingly inadvertently, and saw Eric looking at him at this time.

There was another person in his room, presumably Stephen, who had just arrived.

Stretching out his hand to say hello, Liu Xinhong entered the war room of Relanza City after completing his normal inspection as usual.

"Old Fang, it's really uncomfortable to be up and down now, it's better to just start and serve them in a pot, hey, I said a long time ago that these Westerners are unreliable, how about it? Now it has been fulfilled. Liu Xinhong sat down in front of Fang Hongming with a big grin.

Since the development of the Ryukyus, the empire has officially stationed troops in the Ryukyus, including the city of Geranza, and after the military reform, a division of the Southeast Military Region officially replaced the defense here.

However, the city was too small, and most of the strength of one division was stationed on the main island of the Ryukyus, and there were only two regiments in the city.

He was the commander of one of the regiments, and Fang Hongming was the commander of the other.

"I want to too, but who dares to move before receiving the order, otherwise we won't be able to eat and walk around with a hat buttoned down, after all, there is a lot of business between the empire and the Dutch now?" Fang Hongming said lightly.

Liu Xinhong said angrily: "I am even more angry when I mention this, these Dutch people are really bad seeds, and they have to fight against us to make our money." ”

As he spoke, a soldier walked in and saluted in front of them, and the soldier said, "Report to the regimental commander, Governor Eric has sent someone to invite the regimental commander and the regimental commander Fang to dinner at the governor's palace." ”

"Have dinner together?" Liu Xinhong and the other party, Hong Ming, glanced at each other, and Liu Xinhong said; "Does Lao Fang dare to go? I'm afraid it's a Hongmen banquet. ”

Fang Hongming nodded slightly, if it was before, they would naturally not hesitate, life on the island was boring, and it was nothing to drink.

But now that they had learned the contents of the letter, they naturally muttered in their hearts.

"But if we don't, Eric will be sure we've learned of their political changes." Fang Hongming said: "If this is the case, I am afraid that the two sides will have to fight each other." ”

Trembling, Liu Xinhong shouted: "Old Fang, don't you still want to go, if the two of us are killed, the soldiers will be in chaos." “

"Fart, I won't go, whether he doubts it or not, now we just have to deal with everything." Fang Hongming said.

Liu Xinhong laughed, "I'm going to let the soldiers be vigilant, aren't we on the island all these years just to guard against these Dutch?" ”

With that, he walked out of the war room.

The news of Liu Xinhong and Fang Hongming's refusal quickly reached the ears of Eric and Stephen, at which point Stephen said: "Look, people are already guarding us, it seems that the content of the letter is correct." ”

Eric had been hesitating because he was still holding on to a glimmer of hope, and now his hope was completely shattered, "It seems that we have to do it tonight, according to the speed of the Chinese Empire's telegraph transmission, it is estimated that they will be able to receive a formal order tomorrow, and then we will be passive." ”

Thinking of this, he continued: "Before we can do it, we need to board the ship in order to escape, and our soldiers will definitely not be able to defeat them. ”

Stephen is still very concerned about his own life, he said; "When it gets dark, we'll sneak aboard the battleship in a small boat, Eric, a bright future awaits you."

Eric smiled wryly, what choice did he have now?

As the afterglow of dusk faded away, the city of Geranza soon fell into darkness, with only the occasional light from the windows proving that the island was inhabited by humans.

When the time entered midnight, everything was silent, and with the sound of a cannon "boom", the whole city of Geranza became noisy.

"Hit me hard!"

Liu Xinhong patted the dust on his body, the damn Dutch used flowering shells for the first time, and this kind of shells were sold to them by the empire, which made Liu Xinhong angry.

Fang Hongming also rushed over at this time, and he immediately organized an artillery counterattack, this time fortunately they prepared in advance.

As soon as the Dutch opened fire, they began to counterattack, and the bullets whistled and rushed towards the Dutch soldiers' lines.

In the darkness, the soldiers on both sides could only see the flames from the muzzles and muzzles of their guns, firing at each other.

"Flares!"

Just when the two sides were fighting, Fang Hongming suddenly said.

Receiving the order, a soldier brought over something like fireworks, which was an auxiliary tool that had just been equipped in the military workshop for a short time.

The principle is basically similar to that of fireworks, except that the military workshop has replaced the explosive pellets in the fireworks with a lighting device.

The lighting fixture consists of magnesium powder and aluminum powder, and through the rosin, the oil is bonded together to delay the combustion rate, and once launched, it can illuminate a large area like a small burning sun, which can last for about 20 seconds.

It was too dark now, and Fang Hongming needed to observe the other party's arrangement, so he shouted, "Launch!" ”

With the order, the soldiers lit the object holding a short stick in their hands, and with a "poof", a white light rushed into the sky, and the bright light fell to illuminate the area where the Dutch were located as if it were day.

At this time, Fang Hongming and Liu Xinhong realized that they were only shooting a small number of Dutch, and this time the Dutch actually sent several teams with muskets with bayonets to sneak up on them.

Liu Xinhong saw that this scene was not light, because the main direction of these Dutch soldiers was where the machine gunners were, and he immediately understood the intention of the Dutch.

"Kill them all." Liu Xinhong pointed to the Dutch soldiers who had sneaked over.

Taking advantage of the time when the flares covered the battlefield, the Imperial Heavy quickly locked onto the moving Dutch army.

"Da Da Da ......"

The six machine guns suddenly spewed out fierce tongues of fire, and the Dutch soldiers who could not hide fell one after another, and when the first flare fell, Fang Hongming ordered a second round to be fired.

With the help of the light, the Dutch soldiers' infiltration was completely defeated, and the Imperial soldiers quickly gained the advantage on the battlefield with their ferocious firepower, after all, the Dutch still used the old muskets of the conquest.

While fighting on the island, Eric on board the Dutchman closed his eyes in agony, and the light that lit up from time to time in the sky seemed to foreshadow his defeat, and in the undisguised light, it was impossible for his soldiers to approach the machine gunner.

"Set sail, Eric, we still have a chance, at least we know about the Han rifle, the machine gun, I believe that the wisdom of our Europeans will definitely study them." Stephen reassured.

Eric nodded, the Imperial warships anchored in the bay were probably about to catch up, after all, their mooring position was only ten miles away from the location of the Imperial warships.