Chapter 755: It's so cool to be a hooligan
Although King Baseton was already scared to pee, he had no way to retreat, since he had come with his troops, he had to hold on no matter what, after all, no matter how strong the fleet in the Far East was, the final decisive battle would have to rely on land battles. He still had a glimmer of ambition in his heart, after all, he still had 1,200 war elephants under his command and tens of thousands of elite soldiers.
King Baseton gritted his teeth and gave an order to tens of thousands of elites under his command to line up to meet the enemy. Although the Ayutthaya Dynasty army was already unstable, it still formed an array behind the pier in Bangkok.
In order to avoid the artillery attack of the Far Eastern Fleet, tens of thousands of troops of the Ayutthaya Dynasty deliberately chose to line up more than 3,000 meters from the shore. They knew that even the heavy artillery on the Xiyi ship would not be able to hit here.
Even so, the officers and men of the Ayutoya Dynasty were covered in cold sweat, and they were afraid of an attack by the Far Eastern Fleet on the opposite side. They've never seen a fleet of this size.
Hundreds of sailing ships are almost all over the sea, and how many officers and soldiers of the Far Eastern Army must be loaded. Several behemoths made them even more afraid, tens of thousands of steel giant ships, just the iron in them, how many weapons and firearms can be built.
They had hired Western Hongyi to fight against Burma, and they were still amazed by the roar of countless artillery pieces and the volley of arquebuses. Even the war elephant troops could not withstand the intensive bombardment of Xiyi heavy artillery.
Zhou Cheng stood in the bridge of the No. 1 landing ship, holding a telescope to observe the situation on the shore.
"Paralyzed, King Baseton dares to baring his teeth with our Far East, thinking that with tens of thousands of elites and more than a thousand war elephants under his command, can he block the blow of our Far East? Hehe...... It's so much like that, I even know to put the array three kilometers away from the shore.
We talked to them and talked about it. They actually used this attitude towards our Far East. It's really embarrassing. Inform the landing ships No. 1, 2, and 3 to give me a round of four rapid shots from D-30 howitzers, focusing on covering the war elephant troops in the middle of the array.
By the way, let them hit it accurately, stay away from the Chinese army, and don't blow up Baseton to me. If he dies. We would have to set up a new King of Siam, and that would be too much trouble. We didn't have time to talk to them, so we quickly signed a treaty with them, and then returned home with a full load of food. ”
The three landing ships, which received the order, suddenly got busy. Many gunners unveiled the gun jackets of the guns on the deck, and for a time various passwords were constantly sounded. The artillery observation teams on several airships in the air were also hurriedly calculating the various shooting elements.
"Target distance XXX, direction XX, 122-mm howitzer. A school projectile is ready, ready to ...... Put ......"
With the order of the artillery sergeant major of the No. 1 running position of the No. 1 landing ship, there was a loud "boom", and a 122-mm grenade whistled out of the barrel, a distance of several kilometers, for modern artillery, that is, instantaneous.
With a loud "boom", a 122-mm grenade exploded in the array of the Ayutoya dynasty in the distance. Immediately, all objects within a radius of several tens of meters from the explosion point were swept away.
King Baseton was shaken by a loud bang in the distant army array, and he almost fell from the war elephant. At this point, he was completely blown up. What artillery can hit so far, even the 24-pounder gun on the Xiyi ship can't hit so far.
The army of the Ayutoyar Dynasty was already in chaos, especially the war elephant troops, and the war elephants were a little crazy by the loud noise. Running around in the array, making a mess of the Ayuthaya array.
Although war elephants are powerful, they also have disadvantages, they are very sensitive, and they are very easily affected by unfamiliar sounds or other reasons. Fall into madness and flee in all directions.
King Baseton knew that the battle could not be fought anymore, and he hurriedly ordered the troops to withdraw on all fronts. In fact, there was no need for him to give orders, the troops of the Ayutoya Dynasty were now in chaos, and all the generals turned around and fled in all directions.
But at this time, it was too late for them to run, and the artillery observation group on the airship had already transmitted the corrected data of the artillery landing point back to the three landing ships, twelve 122-mm howitzers, adjusted the gun positions, and roared angrily.
One by one, 122 mm grenades fell from the sky with a roar, and smashed into the array of the already chaotic Ayutthaya Dynasty army, countless scattered corpses and broken arms scattered in all directions, frantically harvesting the lives of Siamese soldiers.
Because the array was relatively dense, each shell could kill dozens of Siamese soldiers. The war elephant troops, in particular, were given special care by the guns of the Far Eastern, and the dense shells covered it neatly.
More than 1,000 war elephants were killed and wounded everywhere, and the war elephants that narrowly escaped the coverage also went berserk. They ran wildly, slamming around in the rout, and countless Siamese soldiers were trampled to death by the mad war elephants.
Hundreds of frenzied war elephants inflicted huge losses on the Siamese soldiers, even more than the Far Eastern guns. When they go berserk, they don't distinguish between friend and foe, they just run wild. The war elephants who have experienced this baptism of artillery fire may not be able to go to the battlefield even in the future.
The artillery of the Far East fired only two rounds, and Zhou Chengcheng ordered to stop firing. The purpose of deterrence in the Far East has been achieved, and the army of the Ayutthaya dynasty has completely collapsed, and there is no need to waste shells.
Zhou Cheng put down the binoculars and said with a laugh: "This time it can be regarded as hurting the Ayutoya Dynasty, King Basethong should see the situation clearly this time." Our Far East is still reasonable, as long as they sign this mutually beneficial treaty with us, our Far East will not care about the past suspicions, haha......"
Everyone laughed when they heard him.
Li Shaojie smiled and said: "It's really cool to be a hooligan......
When Zhou Cheng heard this, he laughed and scolded: "How to speak, we have to learn from the British, they are pirates, sell white % powder, and resell the population, it can be said that they have done all the bad things, but people can still shamelessly call themselves gentlemen." Everyone should also pay attention to quality in the future, even if they are hooligans, they must be cultured hooligans. ”
King Baseton was protected by a group of guards, and fled for his life all the way until he fled back to the big city, which was considered a little more steady, but tens of thousands of elites finally gathered up, and more than half of them were missing. The war elephant troops he relied on the most were all wooden, which directly weakened most of the military strength of the Ayutoya Dynasty.
Many of these elites were mobilized from the Western Front, and once Myanmar smelled something, they would definitely pounce on it regardless of it. At that time, it is possible that the Ayutthaya dynasty will be destroyed. (To be continued......)
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