1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 175 The First War in Hanzhou ([-])
"Notify the township barracks, and plan to board the ship to capture the Spaniards on the two ships." Zhang Jiawen was on the high watchtower, and he could no longer see any ships of the Spanish expeditionary fleet outside the harbor. He must have left here. Find a suitable landing site.

As for the two Spanish warships floating in the harbor, people must be sent to capture all the sailors on them immediately, otherwise, at night, they might find an opportunity to sneak out of the harbor with their men and boats.In that case, it would be too bad.

"Fire the cannon and threaten the Spanish sailors on the ship to surrender." Zhang Jiawen got off the watchtower, entered Fort No. 1, and issued an order: "Be careful, don't hit the ship. After that, it will be our ship!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Several shells landed around the "Sionny" and "Cassilis", setting off several huge water jets.After a while, Fort No. 2 and Fort No. 3 also fired several shells one after another, landing around the two warships.One of the shells narrowly landed more than a dozen meters on the starboard side of the "Cassilis", and the sailors on the ship were startled and shouted.

Captain Dario Segovia, the captain of the "Cassilis", was pale, with one hand tightly clasped on the wooden board of the bulkhead, and his teeth clenched tightly.

None of the shells fired from three directions hit their ship.It's not that there is a problem with the shooting level of the opponent's fort, but that the opponent is firing artillery to demonstrate and order them to surrender.

As a proud naval officer of the Kingdom of Spain, and a nobleman at that, surrendering to a band of lowly pirates hurt his pride greatly.

Can't surrender, for Spain, for the king, we should fight at the last moment.

"Gunner, order all artillery to return fire immediately!" Captain Dario Segovia ordered loudly.

The gunner looked at his captain in astonishment, wondering if his order had been wrong.We have lost all motivation, and we are completely a static target for the opponent's fort.When the fleet abandoned them and retreated just now, all the artillery on the ship stopped firing one after another, and they stopped resisting by default, waiting for the opponent's capture.

Now, Captain Dario Segovia actually wants to let the ship's artillery return fire.Does he want everyone to die together?
Captain Dario Segovia saw the gunner standing there without moving, but looked at him with a look of horror, and ordered again loudly with some annoyance: "All artillery immediately..."

Before the words were finished, a few more shells were fired from the front pier. This time, the shells landed very close to the two warships.Its meaning is self-evident.

"Captain, even if the enemy sinks us, they can salvage our warship afterwards..." an officer whispered.

What he meant, Captain Dario Segovia understood.It is unnecessary for the whole ship to sink into the bottom of the sea with the warship.This is in the harbor near the pier. After the opponent can still shoot and sink them, it will take a little time to salvage their warship.All sacrifices are meaningless!
"The Sioney has hoisted the white flag!" cried a sailor.

Immediately, the officers and sailors on board the "Cassilis" all looked at their captain, Captain Dario Segovia.

Captain Dario Segovia closed his eyes in pain, leaned slightly, and turned back to the captain's cabin.

"Fall the white flag, we...surrender!" An officer turned his head and ordered several sailors.

Not long after, four transport ships sailed from the pier, and they slowly approached the two Spanish warships, and finally joined together by gangs.

A dozen township soldiers climbed aboard the "Cassilis" with muskets in hand.

The peasants were relieved to see all the Spanish officers and sailors standing obediently on the deck, waiting for their captives.

"No need to tie up, take some people down first." Seeing that the Spanish officers and soldiers on board were very cooperative in their search of the cabins, a captain of the village soldiers waved his hand and directed a few soldiers to escort some of the sailors to the nearby transport. on board.

"Touch!" Suddenly, there was a gunshot from the captain's room, and many local soldiers who were shocked immediately pointed their muskets at the Spanish sailors on the deck.

But the Spanish officers and sailors on the deck all looked towards the captain's cabin with ugly expressions.Immediately, several officers took off their three-cornered hats and silently crossed themselves on their chests with one hand.

"Captain, a Spaniard inside shot himself!" A country soldier came out of the captain's cabin and reported to the captain of the country soldier, still holding a short-barreled musket in his hand.

The captain of the village soldier looked at the Spanish officers and soldiers on the deck, curled his lips, and said in a low voice: "Finally, I met a decent one!"
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Captain Petar Veron took several officers to carefully inspect the defense of the camp.He ordered people to cut down all the trees near the camp, and then dragged them to the three defensive sides of the camp as a simple parapet.

When night fell, more than a dozen huge fires were ignited around the campsite, illuminating a place more than 100 meters away.

In order to deal with sneak attacks at night, he divided more than 200 musketeers into two squads, and guarded the perimeter of the camp vigilantly with many native servants.

"Damn pirates, you don't want to rely on surprise attacks to defeat us tonight." Captain Petar Veron patrolled the camp defenses again, making sure that no night raiders would be left with any chance.He knew that if the enemy wanted to raid at night, it would most likely be in the second half of the night.At that time, most of the guards on duty at night would relax their vigilance, and the soldiers in the camp basically fell into a deep sleep.

Lying in a small independent tent, Captain Petar Veron carefully thought about whether there were any omissions in the camp's defensive layout, whether the counterattack force was appropriate, and how to proceed with tomorrow's offensive plan.Slowly, his mind fell into chaos, and the exhaustion of half an afternoon made him fall asleep quickly.

"Beep beep beep!..." Suddenly there was a burst of passionate horns outside the camp, as if it was the prelude to the enemy's attack.

Captain Petar Veron sat up in a jerk, and immediately grabbed the command knife and rushed out of the tent.

"Where is the enemy?" Captain Petar Veron quickly ran to the temporary wall of the camp, nervously asking the officer on duty at night.

"Captain, the enemy hasn't appeared yet." An officer reported, "There is no enemy at the fire ahead. Do we need to send people to search?"

"No!" Captain Petar Veron flatly refused: "The enemy wants to lure us out, and then launch a surprise attack on us in the forest! Order all soldiers to strictly guard the camp and not to attack!"

Not long after, the sound of horns in the forest stopped, and the land returned to tranquility.Looking at the dark woods, Captain Petar Veron firmly believed that those cowardly pirates must be hiding there.They did not dare to attack the Spanish camp head-on, trying in vain to introduce our soldiers into the complex environment of the forest, and then implement despicable sneak attack tactics.

No, we will never be fooled.Wait until dawn, we will advance to the dock step by step, and then overturn their lair.

In the middle of the night, when the Spaniards breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly there was another sound of beating utensils (knocking gongs) in the forest.

"Despicable and shameless pirates!" Captain Petar Veron cursed. It was very obvious that the group of pirates just wanted to harass them continuously, making it impossible for the entire Spanish landing force to rest.

"Second Lieutenant Raulta, I order you to take fifty musketeers, go out of the camp to the edge of the woods, and fire three rounds of salvo in the direction of the sound." Captain Petar Veron ordered to an officer.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." After the three rounds of musket fire, the surroundings fell into a dead silence, except for the sound of the waves hitting the rocks behind them, only the low curses of the Spanish soldiers in the camp.

Several officers looked at Captain Petar Veron, as if they were asking what to do next.

Captain Petar Veron waved his hand helplessly, and ordered the officers to call back the fifty musketeers who left the camp.

"Bang! Bang? Bang!" Suddenly, there were three gunshots in the forest, and the Spanish musketeers who were rushing back to the camp stopped suddenly and became confused.Some rushed toward the camp, others turned and shot into the woods, and others fell to the ground to avoid the projectiles that might come.

Captain Petar Veron suppressed the anger in his heart, and ordered all the soldiers to ignore any movement outside, and to guard the camp.Waiting for tomorrow, he will hang all those damned pirates with the anger of all the Spanish soldiers.

He swore that before hanging them, he would use all kinds of punishments to torture them severely.

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"Captain, my performance today should be regarded as a qualified cavalryman!" Under the night, several gray figures rushed towards Jianye City with torches lit.

"You coward, when you kill someone tomorrow and see the blood, I think you can barely count as a soldier. Cavalry, you are still early!"

"I..., okay, I'll show you the head of a Spaniard tomorrow!"

"Boy, when the time comes, don't be soft!"

(End of this chapter)