New Ming Empire mixed in America

The airship's reconnaissance didn't take long. They just recorded the locations of the forts and other fortifications.

Drawing the last red dot on his annotation map, Zhang Lei rubbed his eyes while standing in the reconnaissance pod.

"The Portuguese have occupied this place for so long, but they didn't even build the city wall properly?"

Yes, there is a city wall here, and it was built near the port, enclosing the entire port area that was declared a free port by the Portuguese.

Artillery was set up on the city wall to fight the enemy, and there was a coastal defense fort near the dock to guard the port.

It seemed foolproof, but in Zhang Lei's eyes it was not worth mentioning.

Not to mention that most of these artillery pieces are old models, a few new artillery pieces are also the more mainstream Napoleonic artillery style.

It's not even as good as the export models of the Xinming Empire, how can you let him take a high look?

Picking up the walkie-talkie, Zhang Lei began to report his investigation results.

"Thirteen coastal defense guns, seven small guns, six conventional guns..."

"These coastal defense guns are all crowded together. I think we can take this place without fleet bombing!"

After Zhang Lei finished speaking, he put his eyes in front of the special telescope again, looked at the direction of the Macau Peninsula in the distance, and shook his head with some envy.

That is not their reconnaissance target. They are only responsible for the two islands of Taipa and Coloane below the Macau Peninsula.

Now the Pacific Fleet is spread out in the Pearl River Estuary, gunboats are driving merchant ships around on the sea, and warships are parked near the Taipa Pier.

Parking here will not only block the Taipa Pier, but also block the outer harbor of the Macau Peninsula and the only way to enter the inner harbor.

Just as he was looking in the direction of the Macau Peninsula, his boss's voice came over the intercom.

"It looks like this place can be handed over to us. The news just returned from the Empire II said that they are in a bit of trouble there. There are many Chinese living on the shore. It looks like we need to attack by force."

After hearing his boss's words, Zhang Lei clenched his fist hard, and the little depression he felt just now disappeared immediately.

How can being a reconnaissance balloon in the sky be as comfortable as letting go and bombing?

Soon, only a few warships were left to continue to blockade the area, while the rest began to move towards the Macau Peninsula, and transport ships carrying the National Defense Forces and the Imperial Guard immediately followed.

The Taipa Pier was handed over to the Empire 1 airship for bombing.

Of course, they were not targeting the interior of the port area. Their bombing targets were the coastal defense guns and city walls near the pier.

Just as the fleet surrounded the outer harbor of the Macau Peninsula, explosions were heard first on Taipa and Coloane islands.

There were not many Portuguese soldiers stationed on the two islands, and a single bombing by the airship scared these people out of their courage.

Abandoning the coastal defense artillery positions, they began to evacuate toward the inside of the city wall in the port area.

But their speed was obviously not as fast as the airship. Just when they ran a few hundred meters away from the city wall, the airship dropped the incendiary bomb that had been aimed just now.

The fierce flames completely blocked the forward defense line of these Portuguese soldiers. While these people were stunned, several more small incendiary bombs were thrown down.

This time the incendiary bomb was aimed at their heads, so soon there were screams in front of the city wall, and a Portuguese soldier with flames on his body rolled on the ground in an attempt to extinguish the flames on his body.

The Portuguese defenders on the city wall were frightened by the hellish scene in front of them, and just stared blankly at their companions struggling in the flames below.

It can be said that during the period when there is no anti-aircraft firepower, the airship has enough time to calibrate its firing and drop bombs. Therefore, the hit rate of the airship is very high at this time.

If we wait until anti-aircraft guns appear, the airships will have no choice but to bombard them from a thousand meters altitude.

"God, there's no way we can withstand the flames of these flying demons!"

A Portuguese defender who was responsible for controlling the artillery collapsed and desperately tried to raise the artillery he was in charge of.

But in the end, I was frustrated to find that because the elevation angle was not enough, I couldn't hit the airship overhead.

But the artillery on the city wall still fired, because only in this way could the fear in his heart be vented.

Their approach had some effect, as the airship pilot began to raise the airship's altitude for safety reasons.

Then several small incendiary bombs were thrown towards the city wall. With the help of the timed detonation device, the incendiary bombs exploded nearly ten meters from the ground.

The fire rain covered a large area above the city wall. If precise bombing was not possible, the right approach was to cover as much area as possible.

In this way, the airship began to clean up these fixed targets bit by bit.

Thirteen groups of merchants inside the city wall looked at the fire outside in fear. Seeing the airship flying towards the city again, these people desperately fled outside the city.

On the map, the two islands of Taipa and Coloane are not very large, but it is obvious that an airship cannot bomb them all.

So we have to let the National Defense Force soldiers go ashore to clean it up next.

This time, Li Mingqi's plan to come to the Far East was constantly changing. From the initial establishment of a military port and transit station on Luzon Island, it became the establishment of a transit station in Ryukyu.

Finally, we are now considering setting up a transfer station in Macau.

Li Mingqi looked at his crumpled schedule and sighed.

The operations of the general staff must be matured as soon as possible, otherwise problems will definitely arise if future battles are as chaotic as they are now.

"Long live my Lord, the National Defense Forces have begun to land at Taipa Pier. Commander Ding asked for instructions on how to treat the residents of the island."

Liu Erhe knocked on the door, walked in from the outside and began to report.

"Residents? If you are an ordinary person, please reassure yourself. After all, we are all compatriots. They will be sent to the west coast to become subjects of the New Ming Empire in the future. As for the merchants of the Thirteenth Bank and the Chinese trading firms..."

When Li Mingqi said this, he sneered and threw the crumpled schedule in his hand into the trash can.

"They were all arrested, and their property was confiscated to the state treasury. Some of them were found to be helping foreigners to sell Chinese and opium... The men were directly beheaded. As for the old, young, women and children at home..."

Li Mingqi pondered for a moment, then closed his eyes, his voice a little unbearable.

"...Let them all be hanged. Since they enjoy the wealth stained with the blood of their compatriots, they must also suffer the consequences together!"

At the end, Li Mingqi's voice became firm again.

He thinks he is not a good person and has more blood on his hands than anyone else, but he also has his own persistence.

It can be said that there are no good people in the Thirteen Banks and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the Guangdong and Guangxi Concession areas. These people are the main force in selling Chinese workers.

There were also those overseas hometown associations during this period. Each one of them was established with the original intention of taking better care of Chinese workers.

Li Mingqi will never be merciful to these people.