New Ming Empire mixed in America

"Quickly leave the fort, leave the fort area!"

A messenger rode up to the fort with only a few Napoleon cannons and loudly announced the order.

Soon, the soldiers on the fort loaded the artillery into trucks and transported it away, leaving only some wooden camouflaged artillery pieces in place.

A few hundred meters away from the fort, there were many soldiers and coastal defense artillery gathered.

This was one of the Oregon militia's responses to the bombing raids by the Xinming Empire's navy.

A thick parapet was built further away from the port, and a horse made of sharpened wood was placed on the front.

The Oregon militiamen had completely given up on defending the port. The previous blockade made them understand that they could not defend the port on their own.

Now even with an army with British troops, they still feel unsure.

This is true not only of the port of Portland, but of all the towns from San Francisco to here.

The only difference between them and Portland is that Portland's defenders still know how to defend but they don't.

At present, the troops leading the British army have not yet completely passed through Oregon and reached the border of the Xinming Empire, so there will be some troops leading the British troops stationed in the major cities along the way.

These troops stationed there will not leave until they lead the British army to defeat the Xinming Empire. This is to prevent Oregon from suddenly regretting cutting off their supply lines.

At this time, Washington State had just separated from Oregon not long ago, so Washington State had no say in bringing the British troops through.

At this time, there were not many people in Washington and Oregon except for some major cities.

Standing on the deck, Song He looked at the rioting Portland defenders through the telescope, picked up the walkie-talkie and ordered:

"Say hello to these impolite guys with naval guns."

After saying that, he picked up the telescope again and looked at the port of Portland.

Song He just passed by the port of Portland this time, and his destination was the harbor at the border between Washington State and Canada.

There is a free port there called 'Victoria Harbour'.

So this time the fleet arrived at the port of Portland because it needed to replenish some coal, and now the port of Portland, Oregon, is the largest West Coast port after San Francisco.

That's why he chose this place to replenish supplies.

The abundance of supplies is one aspect, but the most important thing is to observe whether any British warships have arrived on the west coast in advance.

Following Song He's instructions, the gun windows on the two armored battleships were opened one after another.

The muzzles of specially designed naval guns were pushed out of the gun windows and pointed at the defense facilities in the port.

After the fleet got closer again, Song He's telescope discovered the British Union Jack flag on the shore.

Driving along the Columbia River all the way to here, Song He had basically confirmed that no British navy could stop here, but now that he found a British flag, he needed to check it carefully.

With the roar of artillery, the defense facilities on both sides of the Columbia River were once again bombarded by the new Ming Emperor's royal fleet.

The city of Portland was still the largest port in the Pacific Northwest at this time, and its status would not be shaken until the railway was built to Vancouver.

And Portland is strictly inland, with only one Columbia River connecting to the Pacific Ocean, making Portland a port city.

Along the way, Song He had no interest in the small towns along the way. Most of those places were settlements, and Song He didn't want to waste artillery shells to attack them.

The first target is the forts on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, because their shapes are really a bit arrogant.

In case others don't know, there is a tower erected in the position of the fort, and it is decorated with stars and stripes.

The tower had already been destroyed once when the port was blocked last time. I didn't expect it to be repaired so quickly.

Two running bombs hit this very obvious target one after another. With the explosion, half of the tower was blown away.

The bronze warning bell above was blown away by the impact, drawing an arc in the air and hitting a war horse.

After wiping the donated blood on his face, the British scout looked at the bronze bell less than one meter away from him, and his legs finally gave way and he sat on the ground.

"Damn it, why don't those redneck coastal defense guns fire back?"

The officer leading the British Expeditionary Force was so anxious that he could not change the current situation except for cursing a few words.

In order to defend against the Portland defenders, these British expeditionary forces built their camps very close to the port area.

But now this location has become a natural cemetery for soldiers.

After Song He discovered Dai Ying's flag, he directly ordered that the focus of the attack be changed to the huge military camp.

So now there are constant explosions in the barracks. The British soldiers and servants who ran out of the barracks were knocked down by the scattered shrapnel one by one and no longer breathed.

What's even worse is that for those soldiers at the center of the explosion, often only a few stumps of limbs and broken arms are left in place after the explosion.

After rolling and crawling out of the explosion area, the British officer had time to count his soldiers.

But he soon gave up on this useless effort, because at a glance, it could be seen that the number of soldiers who ran out was less than 500.

Because these people are all British soldiers rather than servants, their barracks are located close to the city in order to have fun (such as taking some young ladies to camp).

This is also an important reason why they ran out with only a few dozen companions lost. As for those Canadian servants...may God bless them.

Now these frightened soldiers were lying sparsely on the hillside, panting violently.

"How can the Oriental naval guns shoot so far?"

The officer sat up, took the binoculars from his waist, and pulled them open.

I was just about to take a look at the situation of the Eastern warships, but I found that the lens of my telescope had been damaged while escaping.

Frustrated, he threw the binoculars aside. The officer stood up and said to the remaining soldiers: "We can't wait here to die. Follow me to the camp of those hillbillies to get some weapons."

The officer's words reminded the soldiers of how hurriedly they had just run, leaving all their weapons in the barracks.

But looking back at the military camp, which still made one or two explosions from time to time as the gunpowder barrels were ignited.

All the soldiers gave up the plan of going back to the ruins to find weapons, and decided to follow the officers to borrow some weapons from the hillbillies in Oregon.

Looking at the converted merchant ships on the sea that were obviously used as troop carriers, they didn't think that those Easterners would not land.

"Ironclad battleships, how can these Easterners have ironclad battleships?"

The British soldier who had been belittling the Xinming Empire's battleships before raised his head from the hillside, looked at the armored battleships in the telescope, and couldn't help but take a breath.

Because they were sent out to inquire for information, they were lucky to be hiding in the militia's hideout.

"The general should be notified of this news as soon as possible!"

The captain leading the team immediately ordered the soldiers to mount their horses and follow him in a direction away from Portland.

As for whether they went to notify the commander of the expeditionary force that was heading towards the border of the Xinming Empire, only God knows.