In the swaying of the torches, Yue Yun looked at the map intently.

The area they are now planning to conquer is called "Lion City" in Malay, and was once part of the Sultanate of Malacca, but thirty years ago, the British came here and occupied it, controlling the choke point of the Asian shipping routes, and they gave the place a new name, New Jiapo, also known as Star City or Sing Chau.

"General, the Strait of Johor has been blocked by us, and this place has become an isolated island, ready to attack at any time." Liu Chen said.

A strait running through the north of Sinjapo, which completely separates Johor from Sinjapo, which is strictly an independent island in the sea, and before attacking them, they analyzed the situation in detail and learned some information from the Chinese here.

After all considerations, they decided to land on the southern shore of the Strait of Johor and fight from south to north to the Strait of Singapore Kapo to completely control the place, because probably out of self-confidence in the state of Johor, the British have deployed very few coastal defense guns on the Johor side.

"Attack, take here before dawn."

Yue Yun said coldly, in order to control this important waterway, they crossed nearly two thousand kilometers, and they had enough of suffering at sea.

"Yes, General." Liu Chen answered.

At his command, the Marines rushed towards the city of Xinjiapo, which was located in the middle of the island.

Similar to the Great Yu Kingdom, the dynasties around Nanyang also used cities as settlements, and the environment here was primitive, with many miasma, poisonous insects and beasts, and it was very dangerous to scatter.

It is also because of this characteristic that the colonists were able to easily plunder and control the land here.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The cannon roared, and the field guns of the Marines made a deafening and terrible sound in the dark night, and then bright sparks erupted from the walls of Xinjiapo City.

Under the fierce bombardment of artillery, the gate of Xinjiapo City was blown open first, and the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom took the opportunity to rush in.

To their surprise, the city of New Jiapo was so poorly guarded against the enemy that it did not seem to be attacked at all.

New Jiapo Governor's Palace.

Fereon suddenly woke up from his bed, and looked at the fire outside the window, and suddenly turned cold from head to toe.

"What the hell is going on? Did the French call?" Fereon asked himself inwardly, and then he shook his head again to deny the possibility.

The Combined Fleet had just been formed, and the French were not going to launch a sneak attack, after all, now France and Britain had the same interests in Asia.

With a possible enemy in his mind, Fereon put on his clothes and went outside the Doge's Palace.

Because of the huge movement, the city is now in chaos, and the soldiers are running out of the barracks to assemble.

"Governor of Feleon, the enemy is coming from the north, and I have mobilized soldiers to deal with it." A British officer saluted Feleon.

"Who is the enemy?" Fereon asked urgently.

"I'm afraid, they are soldiers of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, because each of them has black hair and yellow skin, and they are the only ones in Asia who have such abilities." The officer said in a deep voice.

"Damn, when we were about to kill them, we didn't expect them to kill us too!" Fereon was furious, the defense of this new Jiapo city would not be so weak, after all, they were still wary of France before.

But the union with France gave them complete peace of mind and great relaxation, and this negligence was fatal enough tonight.

"How many of them are there?" Fereon asked again.

"I don't know, but one thing is for sure, there are a lot more than us, and we have only four thousand troops here." The officer was worried.

Fereon narrowed his eyes, "That's true, but we have two thousand soldiers armed with Downton muskets, let them go!" ”

"Yes, Governor." The officer turned and left.

The Downton muskets that Ferréon was referring to were the new muskets that had been shipped from England, and these muskets had been made with rifling using a steam engine and a conical bullet.

The combination of these two advantages has greatly improved the range, power, and accuracy of this rifle, and he has already experimented with its effect after equipping this musket, and they are very satisfied.

"Stepping on ......"

Soon after the officer disappeared, there was a sound of neat footsteps, and the Red Shirts carrying Downton muskets trotted towards the city gates, and soon a dense gunfire rang out in the city, followed by the counter-attack cannons belonging to the Red Shirts.

Ferréon was relieved at this time, for him the Red Shirts were superior in combat, and with the Downton muskets, they would be even more invincible.

He was confident that the Great Chongqing army, which had fled from nowhere in nowhere, would soon be wiped out, just as they had defeated other countries in Europe.

North Side.

The Marines' fluid assault suffered a setback as they advanced to the middle of the North City, and the unprepared Marines were caught off guard by the Red Shirts, armed with Downton muskets, and the frontal assault suffered heavy casualties.

"It's a cone!"

Liu Chen looked solemn and picked up a bullet that hit the wall and fell, this bullet was not much different from the warhead loaded in their paper shell bullet.

"Oops, it seems that the British are already partially armed with rifled guns similar to conquest rifles." Yu Yongliang followed Liu Chen to protect his safety.

Liu Chen nodded solemnly, they know the performance of this rifle very well, it can be said that this rifle is not too big a gap with the current Falcon rifle in terms of power, accuracy, and range in addition to the slow loading speed and the inability to shoot in any posture.

In the 300-metre counter-attack, they have the advantage, but the advantage is not one-sided.

"Have the soldiers stop charging head-on, shoot with obstacles, advance in the skirmishers, and be careful to take tactical moves to avoid danger."

Liu Chen decisively ordered a strategy suitable for the Falcon rifle, and since the Falcon rifle was equipped, tactical maneuvers against the use of this breech gun appeared in their training subjects.

Creeping forward, shooting in a kneeling position, shooting in a lying position, these are all adaptation to the shooting postures that appear in breech rifles, with which they will gain an advantage in the war.

Yu Yongliang answered, and immediately took his soldiers to shuttle between the buildings, and at the same time conveyed Liu Chen's orders one by one.

At the same time, in the process of moving, they began to engage the Red Shirts.

Because it was in the city, the Red Shirts could not form large columns, so they scattered their soldiers and confronted them in groups of fifty.

Knowing the weapons used by the Red Shirts now, they are naturally not stupid enough to fight hard, taking advantage of obstacles and gaps, they shoot in the direction of the Red Shirts from time to time.

When some soldiers saw a group of Red Shirts coming, they directly looked for a blocker and lay on the ground to shoot at the Red Shirts, which made the Red Shirts, who were accustomed to queuing up to be shot, confused for a while.

The scales of war are again tipped in their favor.