Chapter 329: Believe me, you will see a wonderful performance!

When the British's huge fleet appeared at the estuary of the Pearl River, countless merchant ships and fishing boats hurriedly avoided these powerful ships and guns that were too scary. At that time, a small patrol fleet happened to pass by. The British flagship Lion only fired a few guns. The bow and mast top were equipped with the Qing Dynasty dragon flag. A small fleet of two large boats and five medium-weight boats fled into the estuary of the Pearl River at an almost desperate speed, which even made the British not have time to set up a combat posture, and the fleet disappeared from the sight of the British fleet in a embarrassing manner.

This made the British Brigadier General Gerald, who ordered the shelling, speechless, and couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that the respected ambassador Mr. Macartney is indeed right. I can swear to God that this is the first time I have seen such a navy."

"I believe that from now on, you will see it often in the name of God." Aside him, the fleet commander Major General Ford showed a sarcastic smile on his face. "Okay, don't pay attention to these little fish, Guangzhou is our destination. Pass my order, set sail and accelerate, and tell our navy not to affect our plan to attack Guangzhou because of those little loaches."

"Yes, Your Excellency General."

"Why, my dear Liang, I don't think you are optimistic about our trip. Do you think we will be defeated by your compatriots?" Major General Ford turned his head and saw Liang Sanhuai standing on the tail building with his student Sidangdong standing on the tail building to watch the scenery. From time to time, he introduced the surrounding scenery to Ambassador Macartney. He was not even surprised by the actions of the British Navy. This made Ford feel a little unhappy. Although he thought Liang Sanhuai was a Chinese who was worthy of making friends, his attitude made Major General Ford feel that he was despising the pride of the British Navy.

Regarding Major General Ford's question, Liang Sanhuai just smiled and shrugged in a Westernized manner: "Dear General, I have no intention of offending you and the pride of the British Empire Navy, but there are exceptions in everything. Although I know very well that the navy of this empire cannot even be called a navy, but if they make up their minds to defend. You must know that when our powerful fleet appears here, our actions are already doomed to be unable to hide."

"If such a powerful fleet is a little smarter, it is clear that they will not be opponents of the British Empire Navy fleet, so they will definitely not be able to defend themselves." Liang Sanhuai's analysis made Macartney nod agreeably.

However, Major General Ford laughed: "You mean, is there no way our British Empire fleet can break through the opponent's defense?"

"Haha, General, don't you think your question is too sharp?" Liang Sanhuai smiled, but his eyes looked at Major General Ford without any weakness. "I am just a translator, not an excellent soldier. Please pay attention to this."

"That's right, if the opponent adopts the tactic of shrinking defense, it will be very troublesome. You must know that what we need is a victory that shocks the empire and a refreshing victory to achieve the effect." Macartney stood up and expressed his opinion.

"You are right, Your Excellency Ambassador, please rest assured. Let us leave this to our excellent navy and army soldiers of the British Empire to fulfill your wishes." Although Major General Ford was a little arrogant, he was not stupid, otherwise he would not have become an excellent major general. Therefore, his answer had room for maneuver and he pulled the army in.

Henry, the colonel of the British Empire Army next to him, nodded slightly reservedly: "I am happy to be the first British officer to enter this empire as an occupying officer."

"Of course, that is your duty and your honor. Let us look forward to the performance of the best soldiers in the British Empire." Stondong clapped his hands with a look of pleasure. He was very optimistic about the prospect of this war. It can be said that he was a full-scale British Empire's interests and a fanatical militant. If he had not been sent to the East by his superiors at the beginning and had he won the trust of his superiors, he would have become an excellent British Empire soldier.

"A bunch of silly birds who are self-righteous and have their tails raised to the sky." Liang Sanhuai sneered in his heart.

"Dear Liang, I know we are attacking your motherland, which is a pity. You must know that we are awakening this empire and accepting our Western civilization and exchanges, not occupying her." Macartney admired Liang Sanhuai, a knowledgeable and well-known person, very clear about the domestic political landscape of the Qing Dynasty. During his visit to the Qing Dynasty, he gave him a great help to the general translator. He even felt that his talent was enough to become an excellent politician. Unfortunately, the damn system of this country, and Liang Sanhuai offended the big man in China, and could only stay away from his hometown.

"You don't have to do this. Dear ambassador. Although I love my motherland, I hate this damn ruling class. I don't mind you using force to make them sober." Liang Sanhuai's words were from the bottom of his heart, without any hypocrisy.

This made Macartney very satisfied. In the West, it was not uncommon for civilians or nobles who were dissatisfied with the domestic ruling class or political program. This was also one of the sources of chaos in Europe, so he did not think that Liang Sanhuai needed to deceive him.

"But, my dear Liang, I don't think you are telling the truth." Macartney knew the key to talking very well.

"Oh, why do you say that? Did I hide anything from you? Is it my life or my background in the past?" Liang Sanhuai didn't even blink.

"No, no, no, I'm not referring to this. I mean, you don't seem to be optimistic about Major General Ford and his actions this time. Can you tell me why? Don't deny it, dear Liang, I trust my eyes and intuition. This is the necessary potential for a diplomat." Macartney walked on the deck with his hands in his arms, watching the army soldiers carrying warships pointing towards the coast. These soldiers were very fresh about the scenery around him that was completely different from the West and India.

"I didn't expect that you could see it. Dear ambassador, your sharp gaze is really direct to the hearts of the people." Liang Sanhuai seemed very moved. "Indeed, I am not optimistic about it. There are many reasons for this. I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain it clearly for a while."

"It's okay, I believe this battle will not end soon. After all, if the other party defends it," Macartney laughed and reached out to pat the side of the ship. Little Sidondong just listened quietly to the conversation between the two. This smart child had already proved his intelligence on his way to the mission, so neither Macartney nor Liang Sanhuai wanted to avoid Little Sidondong.

"Humen, there is Humen ahead. Through this, our fleet can directly reach the city of Guangzhou." Sidangdong pointed ahead and shouted with excitement.

"What is that! Send the order, slow down the warship and stop moving forward." At this time, Major General Ford, who was holding a monocular telescope and carefully observing the coastline and islands ahead, suddenly issued a shocking order loudly. However, the excellent British Empire's navy still carried the orders in the shortest time.

"What's wrong, General?" Sidangdong said with some dissatisfaction: "This place is very close to Guangzhou. Are you going to park your fleet here and wait for the Qing people to surrender?"

"Mr. Stondong, I am the supreme commander of this fleet. Please pay attention to your words. Of course, if you insist on moving forward, I will not block it, but I hope you are ready to accept the shelling." Major General Ford said to Stondong with a serious face, and handed the monocular in his hand to Stondong's hand that seemed a little embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, General, it seems that I have surpassed it. Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk, these Qing people really want to rely on these turrets to attack us."

"However, such a sparse turret is really not a big threat to our fleet, but I don't want to waste our precious warships in such a place." Major General Ford carefully observed the turrets that appeared in the telescope's sight, and used his old eyes to calculate what intensity of firepower needed to destroy the turrets that blocked their direction.

At this time, Macartney and Liang Sanhuai also noticed the abnormality here. After Macartney said goodbye to Liang Sanhuai, he rushed over. Liang Pengfei looked at the British guys who were pointing at the Humen Fort in front of the warship, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Okay, dear Xiao Sidangdong, it's time for us to go down." Liang Sanhuai patted Xiao Sidangdong's shoulder tightly climbing on the side of the ship and said.

"But teacher, I want to see the scene of our British Empire's warships firing. Last time I saw one in China, it was so spectacular." Xiao Sidangdong blinked pitifully at Liang Sanhuai.

"This... you must obtain your father's consent, so I can stay with you on the deck. However, today's courses cannot be pulled down." Liang Sanhuai seemed very good at playing the role of the teacher.

"Of course, thank you teacher, I'm telling my father." Xiao Sidangdong jumped up excitedly, then ran towards the stern building of the battleship. Soon, Liang Sanhuai saw Sidangdong lowered his body and listened to what his son said, patted Xiao Sidangdong on the shoulder and smiled and nodded at himself.

After Xiao Sidangdong cheered, he ran over again: "Teacher, my father agrees."
Chapter completed!