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When the telegram asking for help was sent from Los Angeles, people in Los Angeles didn't know what was happening.

Many of them just stood there blankly, looking at the sea and the fleet on the sea.

Compared to ordinary people, Major Strom's mood was complicated. Looking at the ironclads on the sea, his heart was filled with helplessness and even bitterness.

He was a battery commander, but God knows, he was also a naval officer. However, the post-war disarmament caused him to lose his warships. In the past few years, the once huge fleet disappeared, and the United States did not even have a single ship.

A real ironclad ship, but what about the Ming Empire?

Their armored ships were showing off their power there, and even pointed their guns at U.S. soil, threatening the U.S.'s conditions for agreeing to them.

"Have the mayor made a decision?"

While Staum was thinking about this issue with some anxiety, a small boat sailed towards the "Alliance". The American officials on the ship were holding white flags. After he arrived at the "Alliance", he first expressed his greetings to His Majesty the Ming Emperor.

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It has nothing to do with etiquette, just because... Americans are born to kneel and lick nobles, let alone the emperor?

Then Horace Bell, the lawyer in the city, looked at the commander of the fleet, Colonel Meng Qing'en, and said.

"Dear Admiral, although what happened that day caused a lot of controversy, we can guarantee that similar incidents will never happen again, and the city government has agreed to provide US$150,000 in compensation to the overseas Chinese in Chinatown. In addition, for the 18

Compensation for the deceased is US$5,000 per person, which will be paid to their families."

How generous!

Meng Qingen's expression was cold, and then he asked.

"The issue of compensation needs to be discussed, but what we need now is 578 suspects. When are you going to hand them over to us!"

"Your Majesty, Admiral, please forgive me. No matter what happens, no responsible government will hand over its people to a foreign country for trial! Besides, this incident happened in Los Angeles, and the Ming Empire has no judicial jurisdiction over them!

in addition……"

Rhys Bell, a lawyer, said.

"I personally despise those thugs. They are barbaric and crazy. They brutally killed many innocent Chinese people. I also believe that the incident is completely contrary to what they claimed and that they covered up the truth. But Your Excellency, as a lawyer

, I think we should solve the problem through legal means, and this incident can be handed over to the international arbitration court!"

Facing the lawyer's suggestion, Meng Qingen looked at Rhys Bell with a solemn expression, then looked at the city of Los Angeles, and then said.

"Mr. Bell, do you know why my country sent me all the way?"

"Your Majesty the Admiral..."

Meng Qingen said without waiting for Rhys Bell to answer.

"It's for justice! I remember that in almost all courts in the United States, it was written "Fiat justitia, ruat"...to achieve justice, even if the sky falls!"

Meng Qingen's tone seemed calm, and his eyes even felt a little compassionate.

"But your court turned this sentence into a joke. Since your law has become a joke, we can only achieve justice in our own way. Mr. Bell, please go back."

"My Healing Game"

"Your Majesty, Admiral, please don't fire. There are many ordinary people in the city, including women and children. They are innocent..."

When Rhys Bell was stopped by the sailors, he still shouted loudly. Faced with his shouts, Meng Qingen said.

"There are also women and children among our expatriates, and they are also innocent!"

There was no negotiation, or even too much negotiation. When Rhys Bell desperately sat on the small steamer and headed towards the harbor, he saw the guns on the side of the ironclad "Alliance", which were slowly turning.

"Oh God, what have we done!"

"Damn it, they're gonna fire, gentlemen, get ready to fight!"

Major Storm put away the telescope and shouted loudly.

"Cannonballs, quick-loading cannonballs!"

Amid the shouts of the major, the American soldiers on the fort got busy. They pushed the shells to the muzzle with the projectile carts, first stuffed the powder packets into the muzzle, and then stuffed the cylindrical shells into it. Although they

The cannon is an old-fashioned Rodman cannon, but it was converted into a rifled cannon a few years ago, that is, a layer of rifled barrel is inserted into the barrel.

After the American soldiers on the fort completed their shooting preparations, they all looked nervously at the fleet at sea. This was a fleet, and they only had four old-fashioned cannons. On the west coast, they had never worried about external invasion.

"Sir, will they fire?"

The soldiers looked at the major and asked.

"I'm afraid this is just..."

Suddenly, Major Strom stopped talking. He saw gunpowder smoke and flash of light - the Ming Empire fired artillery!

When the 280mm naval gun was fired, the "Alliance" with a displacement of more than 7,000 tons even retreated one or two meters, and large ripples were created on the sea surface on the side. The fierce gun wind swept the entire warship, and even

The sailor's hat flew off.

Fired!

Orange-red flames and black smoke spewed out, completely covering the entire warship.

When the 280mm main gun fires, the two 210mm and three 150mm secondary guns on the port side also fire at the same time.

Target - Santa Monica Coast Battery!

"Buzz..."

The sound of the 280mm shell tearing through the sky was like a train whistle. The long whistle was thrilling. The 240kg shell flew in a parabola towards the distant coastal fort.

"put!"

The American artillerymen on the fort returned fire!

Although the harsh sound of breaking the air came, they still dutifully fought back towards the Ming fleet!

Just as they were fighting back, artillery shells came!

The falling shells were not just 280mm shells. According to the order, the "Union", "Sky Dragon" and "Blue Dragon" concentrated all their artillery fire on the shells. After all, the fort was their biggest threat.

The outcome was doomed from the beginning!

After all, this coastal fort is just a simple artillery shell. The moment the cannonball exploded, the fort was completely enveloped in a dense column of smoke. The violent explosion swallowed up the entire fort. The explosive power of the heavy artillery shell was astonishing, even

Even the Americans in the city were stunned by the violent explosion. They all stared dumbfounded at the fort that was swallowed up by gunpowder smoke.

"my Lord!"

Amid people's frightened screams, they saw that in the smoke of the explosion, it seemed that a cannon was blown into the air. In the huge smoke ball, they saw two thick black shadows that were blown into the air.

Under the stunned gaze of the people, it fell down hard, and one of them even fell into the sea.

This simple fort did not even survive the first round of shelling. Four cannons were destroyed, and there were casualties everywhere on the fort.

After confirming that the fort had lost its combat effectiveness, Meng Qingen looked at the city of Los Angeles and calmly ordered.

"Target - the main city of Los Angeles, carry out indiscriminate bombardment!"

Meng Qingen put down the telescope and turned around and ordered.

"Sail closer to the coastline and carry out close-in artillery fire!"

An order from His Majesty is to burn Los Angeles to the ground!

…

"Load!"

Although the sustained rate of fire of the 280mm main gun of the "Union" ironclad was only one round per minute, the gunner fired three rounds at the maximum rate of fire in just two minutes.

"Blow them all up!"

When loading heavy shells into the shells with a crane, the loader shouted excitedly. The faces of the gunners on the gun emplacement were all covered with gunpowder smoke. The sweat and gunpowder smoke made their faces white and black, but everyone's expressions

They're all the same - all filled with excitement like never before.

The city in front of them is already boiling!

"Whoosh..."

With a whistling sound like a siren, the heavy artillery shells roared into the city of Los Angeles. The high-explosive shells they carried exploded into clouds of sparks in the city. The violent explosion threw the explosive dust of the masonry houses into the air, mixed with gunpowder smoke.

It turned into a cloud of black smoke. The steel fragments roared and flew around, and the air was filled with flying dust, smoke and hot metal fragments.

The flames of the explosion directly ignited the wooden houses in the city. The wooden buildings turned into pieces in the shock wave like children's toys, and then burned. While the flames burned, people on the streets fell to the shelling.

among,

The people who had cheered and shouted "Kill the Chinese elders" were blown into the sky in the violent explosion, and their bodies were torn into pieces in the explosion.

At the same time, the fleet finally approached the coast. Less than three kilometers away from the coast, dozens of 150mm mortars were lined up on the deck of the warship's side.

Close mortar attack!

After the bombardment of the Kedah Sultanate, in view of the shortcomings of the slow firing rate of naval guns and the inability to cause devastating strikes to targets on shore, the navy developed a new tactic - mortars on ships.

In fact, it's just using the mortar's rate of fire.

"put!"
To be continued...