The first day's battle came to an end as the sun set.
In one day's fighting, the British lost four frigates, two more frigates, and one battleship was seriously damaged.
Two Burmese fortresses were also damaged to varying degrees. The Shazhou Fortress was particularly serious, with more than a dozen artillery pieces lost and nearly 500 personnel lost.
This forced Galoa to take advantage of the darkness to send another group of reinforcements to the Dune Fortress and transport several spare artillery pieces.
A day of fighting also made Wang Youjun feel exhausted, although he did not need to directly participate in the battle.
But keeping his eyes open to observe the situation of the enemy fleet made Wang Youjun's eyes sore and painful.
The loss of four frigates was simply a drop in the bucket for the British Empire's navy.
However, in Wang Youjun's heart, he felt a little happier every time the British lost a little bit.
"Captain Wang, do you think we can win the battle?" the Burmese artillery officer who had been following him asked in a low voice.
Today's battle allowed them all to see the power of the British fleet's artillery. There were more British warships farther away.
The British warships were hopelessly numerous, but their forts seemed like a lonely boat in the river.
Just because of the width of the river, the British could not bring all their warships up together and had to take turns to attack. Otherwise, the fortress would definitely not be able to hold on.
This is why the Burmese people stick to Dhaka instead of coastal port cities like Chittagong.
Coastal cities face large-scale fleets, and even with fortresses it is difficult to defend them.
Just like the Sevastopol Fortress, the Tsarist Russian army gave up guarding the port because it could not compete with the British and French fleets.
Dhaka is different here. There is only the Hakata River to the west of the city. Although this river is also very wide, the number of ships that can be deployed at one time is very limited.
The protection of a fortress is always much stronger than that of a ship.
Especially before the advent of ironclads, ships were known for their firepower, not their protective capabilities.
Even though the British wooden battleships had good protection, they were still disabled by fortress guns after a battle.
"I don't know if we can win or not, but they certainly can't afford it. The British are very expensive. They spend a lot of money every day they fight here. When they run out of money, they will naturally retreat."
"As long as we hold on to this place and prevent them from winning in a short time, then we will be the ones who win in the end." Wang Youjun encouraged the Burmese officer.
In fact, he has no idea. The British are an empire on which the sun never sets. They have a profound foundation.
They lost so many artillery pieces in one day today. At this rate, this fortress cannot hold out for half a month.
Does King Galloya have so many artillery to supplement them?
The stone walls of the fortress looked solid, but in fact they collapsed in many places in just one day.
Now that the British had grasped the key, they no longer only used solid bullets to destroy the stone walls of the fortress, but also mixed in a lot of explosive shells to consume the artillery and artillery on the fortress.
So Wang Youjun could only ask these Burmese people to put all their ammunition on the bottom floor.
This also slowed down the speed of the bombardment.
But it's better than putting it on a fort and being set on fire and exploding.
Thinking, thinking, Wang Youjun entered into a dream.
The British did not send anyone to steal the camp at night.
If the Renaissance Army attacks, they might send some special forces to sneak into the fortress at night.
Now the outer walls of the fortress are full of craters, and it is not difficult to climb up.
In the morning, thick fog shrouded the Hakata River. Such weather was very unfavorable to the defenders of the city.
The fortress is immovable, and even if it is invisible, British warships can still hit the fortress.
However, warships are mobile. In dense fog, it is even more difficult for the fortress to hit the warships.
Wang Youjun reminded the Burmese officers to retreat below, leaving only a minimum number of gunners to load the artillery.
With such a thick fog, if he were a British man, he would definitely take the opportunity to bring the warship close to the fortress and bombard it.
Because the line of sight is limited, there is no need to worry about being seen in advance.
So he asked the Burmese artillerymen to lower the firing range of their artillery and aim at the river in the south at an almost flat angle.
Wang Youjun put his ear close to the wall of the bunker.
There was silence in the mist, with only the sound of water splashing.
Suddenly he heard a strange sound, which seemed to be the creaking of a cable.
"Hidden!" Wang Youjun once again shouted this word that he repeated many times.
The Burmese soldiers were already extremely sensitive to this word, and they jumped into the bunker one by one with skillful movements.
Wang Youjun, who originally didn't care about the life or death of these Burmese people, now doesn't want these people to continue to die.
Because he found that these Burmese artillerymen extremely lacked the consciousness of fighting, and their mortality rate on the battlefield was very high.
If they continue to die like this, before the artillery is used up, Wang Youjun's men will have no artillery available.
Sure enough, at this time, rows of firelights flashed through the thick fog.
The ground shook again.
Wang Youjun shook his dizzy head and recalled the place where the light came from just now.
"Artillery fire from the southeast!" Wang Youjun shouted. It turned out that at this time the enemy's warship had already touched the river between Shazhou and Dhaka.
In this case, these British fleets can shoot left and right.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Although the fort suffered a lot of damage just now, the remaining soldiers still fired the cannonballs.
The effect of flat shooting at close range is very good.
Although the opponent's specific location cannot be seen, the height of the fort is only slightly higher than the warships on the river.
There is also a high chance of hitting the enemy with a blind shot.
Sure enough, Wang Youjun heard the sound of the hull breaking in the southeast direction.
At this time, artillery shells were also fired from the fort on the west bank of the city.
Seeing that the sneak attack failed, the British turned into a violent attack.
Nearly ten thousand Indian servant troops were also sent to Nancheng to launch an attack.
The British still used old methods in siege warfare.
This time they didn't even dig trenches at the front.
Robert has now arrived at the south of the city.
Let the navy take advantage of the thick fog in the morning to attack the fortress in order to attract the firepower of the fortress.
Then the infantry was sent to conduct a tentative attack on the city of Dhaka.
Relatively speaking, the conditions for attacking here in Nancheng are the best.
The north will always face threats from the Holy Army.
To the west is the fortress.
There are dense clusters of star castles to the east.
It seems that only Nancheng is the best to attack.
Wang Zhenyou is also an old man in the Renaissance Army. He has just been promoted to major general and brought a group of officers to Dhaka to learn about the Burmese army's operations.
King Galoa gave him the right to make emergency decisions on the battlefield.
Whenever there is a war, always ask him for countermeasures.
"General Wang, as you expected, the British attacked Nancheng." After receiving the report from outside the city wall, Galloya said.
"Your Majesty the King, although the enemy has attacked the southern city as we thought, according to yesterday's report, the two fortresses in the west do not seem to be as strong as we thought."
"If you want to defend the city of Dhaka, the most important thing is to defend the fortress in the west. Once the fortress is lost and the British fleet can shuttle across the river unimpeded, then the city of Dhaka cannot be defended no matter what." Wang Zhenyou saw.
Galloya seemed a little proud and quickly gave him a basin of cold water.
"Then what does the general think we should do?" Galloya asked anxiously.
For the sake of Dhaka City, Galloya has already bet on Myanmar's national destiny and not only mobilized almost all the elites in the country.
And almost all his savings were spent on preparing these artillery pieces.
Even the nobles in the country spent a lot on this war.
He must win this battle. As long as he defeats the British, he can become the true master of Bengal.
This is also where Myanmar’s hope for future growth lies.
In the thick fog, a dark mass of Indian servants approached the city wall of Dhaka.
"Bang bang bang..." before these Indian servants approached the city wall.
There was intensive gunfire from behind the low wall under the city wall.
It turns out that the Burmese built a parapet position under the city wall, and then deployed a large number of infantry behind it.
The British's actions had already been noticed by them.
The Indian servant army who was preparing for a sneak attack was caught off guard.
They were all lined up in small, dense formations.
After being attacked, these Indian servants also raised their guns and fired.
But the Burmese people hide behind the parapet, and generally speaking, they still make a lot of money.
After half a day, the Indian servant army made no progress at all. Instead, it suffered heavy casualties.
This had a great negative impact on the psychology of the troops behind them.
At this time, the thick fog gradually dispersed.
A messy battlefield finally appeared before people's eyes.
A British frigate rushed to the middle of the two fortresses, and sank into the river under the attack of the two fortresses. Only a lone main mast was exposed, like a navigation beacon in the middle of the river.
Seeing that the Indian servant army had little chance, General Robert could only order the attacking army to retreat.
However, their goal was achieved. He already knew the defense configuration of the Burmese army. The enemy actually set up a line of defense outside the city.
In this way, the army on top of the city and the army below the city can form upper and lower layers of firepower.
However, does this parapet want to block the British attack?
Robert thought disdainfully in his heart.
The British installed artillery positions in Nancheng.
After the Indian servants withdrew, Robert ordered the artillery to violently bombard the Burmese army's parapet position in the south of the city.
However, the heavy artillery on the Burmese city walls could also hit these British artillery positions.
The artillerymen from both sides came and went, and the competition between the artillerymen began again.
Robert gradually discovered that the attack on Dhaka City might not be that easy.
Their tactics are very flexible and are not at all like the fighting methods of the indigenous people.