New Ming Empire mixed in America

Seeing Chen Hong take action, the remaining soldiers of the National Defense Force also began to follow suit.

For a time, a fierce exchange of fire broke out in the corridors of this ancient castle.

(The castle is not Hatley Castle, which was only built in 1890. There was a Victoria Castle before that, which was built by the colonial governor at the time.)

The grenade that was thrown into the conference room landed directly next to the conference table in the mayor's twisted eyes.

Along with a burst of thick white smoke rising in the conference room, the steel ball in the grenade swept across the entire conference room savagely.

After the explosion, except for the wails and a few greetings such as 'Fake' that sounded from time to time, there was no more noise in the conference room than during the meeting just now.

After Chen Hong reopened the door and led the National Defense Forces soldiers back in, even the moans in the conference room subsided.

At this time, only six of the dozen or so National Defense Forces who had followed were still alive, plus one Jin Yiwei who was squeezing the mayor's neck.

"I am Chen Hong. The people in Victoria Freeport have turned against each other and are asking for support!"

Seeing that the National Defense Forces soldiers had opened the box they were carrying and took out the individual base station inside, Chen Hong immediately used the walkie-talkie to call for help outside.

After receiving the rescue message, the National Defense Force company on standby outside Fort Victoria immediately entered combat mode.

After seizing a warehouse in the castle, the three machine gun squads in the company began to set up machine gun positions, and the remaining Wehrmacht soldiers also began to set up antennas.

Soon, news of Chen Hong's attack reached Song He, and he learned that the other party just wanted to delay waiting for the British fleet, so he decisively ordered the bombardment of Victoria Freeport.

Except for the coastal defense fort which received the news in advance, the rest of the residents did not react at all.

When they saw the Easterners sending envoys before, these residents were relieved, because the presence of envoys meant that war would not easily break out in the port.

But the current development has made these people dumbfounded.

In order to prevent the National Defense Forces from discovering any anomalies, they tricked the diplomats into entering the city and then placed them under house arrest to delay the situation. The senior officials did not notify anyone at all.

Even the poor mayor was kept in the dark.

Otherwise, the other party would not lobby the garrison officers so hard.

But now that his neck is being pinched, he can't speak even if he wants to explain.

Seeing the other party's uncomfortable look, Chen Hong persuaded Jin Yiwei to let go.

"I really have no intention of starting a war with you, including those soldiers. They were all deceived by those damn guys."

There was a cry in the mayor's voice, but this did not satisfy Chen Hong.

After pushing the heavy conference table to the door, the National Defense Forces had time to check on the participants who had just been blown over by grenades.

"What do you think? Why did you start the conspiracy when you are not out of danger?"

Chen Hong really couldn't figure out why the other party would do this. He should at least get himself out of danger before launching this house arrest plan.

Finally, the mayor gave the answer: "No diplomat from any country would carry a bomb like the one just now!"

What he said is correct. Diplomats are generally people with status, and these people generally regard their own safety as the highest priority.

What's more, they didn't expect that the National Defense Forces brought by Chen Hong would have pistols that were extremely easy to load.

Pistols and grenades allowed the National Defense Forces to gain some upper hand in the sudden change.

However, we still lost more than ten soldiers to gain some buffer time.

At this time, the corridor outside the conference room was already filled with corpses.

The garrison officer was originally full of confidence and thought that as long as he took advantage of the numerical advantage of the soldiers, he could make the other party obedient.

After struggling to push away the unlucky guy who had just been pulled in front of him in a hurry, he stood up with his arms covered.

At this time, the defenders who were ambushing in other rooms of the castle also rushed over, and they all gasped after seeing the tragic scene in the corridor.

They just heard the explosion and gunshots and rushed over.

But the conference room was on the top floor, and we didn't dare to break the bottles in the corridor during the operation, so it took a little longer.

"We have blocked the door and cannot let these Orientals escape. Tomorrow, those people will surrender to us because of lack of water, unless they are starved to the point of losing their strength."

After he finished speaking, he shook his head, which was slightly dizzy from the shock.

The behavior of those Oriental soldiers throwing bombs without hesitation just now made him frightened.

Because these people don't care at all whether they will blow up or not.

Just now he saw with his own eyes that two Eastern soldiers were accidentally injured by the bombs he threw, but the remaining soldiers dropped more bombs indifferently.

Not to mention that he had never seen this kind of mutual destruction, this was the first time he had heard of it.

"No wonder the newspapers said that Orientals are devils. Now I believe what those reporters said."

His arm was broken by the shock wave of a grenade in the previous battle, and he was in excruciating pain, making the expression on his face distorted.

This plan should have been very successful. No diplomat from any country would choose to resist when being pointed at by dozens of rifles.

But reality gave the officer a hard slap in the face.

He had clearly seen Chen Hong's action of throwing a bomb into the conference room and then closing the door. Now those Oriental people were hiding in the conference room again.

He suddenly thought that the big shots inside were probably no better than the soldiers in the corridor, and his face turned pale.

This time it was really over, because if any of the big shots there picked out just one of them, it would be more than enough to crush him to death, but now they all got involved because of his mistake.

Even if he could catch those Easterners in the end, his end would definitely not be much better.

"Have you dealt with those Eastern soldiers outside?"

Thinking that there were more than a hundred defense troops outside the castle, the garrison officer quickly asked the follower who had just ran up.

"No, those Easterners have occupied a warehouse. Now they rely on the warehouse for defense. Our soldiers can't rush in at all!"

There was also a cry in the voice of the follower, but he knew the consequences of failure.

Those Eastern warships will definitely bombard Victoria Freeport.

Sure enough, as soon as he had this idea, bursts of explosions came from the port.

"It's over, it's over, let's retreat. If the port is lost, we won't be able to escape..."

This attendant is the officer's nephew, so there are certain things that only he can say directly to the officer.

"It's too late now. If we can't catch this diplomat, we won't even have a chance to delay!"

The officer's face was already terrifyingly gloomy, but now he didn't dare to rush into the conference room desperately.

But Song He didn't let him wait too long. It only took one morning for the coastal defense fort in Victoria Freeport to be blown to the ground.

The warships then moved directly towards the port and began shelling buildings that might cause damage to the Wehrmacht's landing.

I thought I could capture this port city without a fight through diplomacy, but up to now we still have to rely on force.

This made Song He feel like he had a toothache. He originally thought of taking this place without spending a single soldier and then showing his face to Sun Laifu, but the lack of cooperation from those foreigners made Song He's plan come to nothing.

"Where did these damn foreigners come from?"

Gritting his teeth and cursing secretly, Song He watched as the troop transport ship carrying the National Defense Force soldiers docked.

Almost all the buildings in the port were attacked by naval guns, so the National Defense Forces basically did not encounter any decent resistance when they landed.

At most, some local police officers fired a few shots at the National Defense Forces from a distance, but those idiots were quickly sent to the sky by the armored gunboats parked in the port.

After the mortars were also transported to the shore, the Wehrmacht soldiers finally began to advance towards the city.

Because after gold was discovered in the Fraser River in 1858, miners from all over the world came here.

In addition, it has a unique port location and is also the main equipment supply center for the gold mining fields in mainland British Columbia, so a city was quickly formed around Fort Victoria (now called Old Town).

Therefore, most of the residents here are the families of merchants or miners, and a small number of sailors who are tired of going to sea choose to stay here.

There are almost no indigenous people here - because the colonial indigenous people are not qualified to set foot in this port city.

Therefore, the National Defense Forces did not encounter the kind of resistance forces organized by bad-tempered residents like other cities along the way.

The residents here just hid in their houses and watched to see if the National Defense Forces entered their courtyards.

These residents seemed indifferent to the bombing of the port area.

Because the port area is a commercial area, and the shops there have nothing to do with ordinary people like them, they are the properties of the Hudson's Bay Company.

This is the most prosperous port on the northern part of the west coast of North America except San Francisco. The gold and furs shipped from here are sent to various European countries.

Since the Hudson's Bay Company established an exchange here in 1842, there have been countless companies and industries here.

But now most of these industries have become ruins under the gunfire.