1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 239 Killing Each Other ([-])

With a musket on his shoulder and a dagger in his mouth, Qi Dalu climbed up the wall built by two soldiers, first climbed onto the second soldier, then stepped on his shoulder, and gently clasped his hands together. At the head of the city, look into the city wall with your head.At this time, his heart was beating violently. If a Portuguese soldier appeared above, he would not even have a chance to fight back.

Fortunately, the sound of muskets sounded from several directions in Dili City, and there were intermittent roars of artillery, which greatly attracted the attention of the Portuguese.In this dark corner, the nearest Portuguese soldier was more than 50 meters away.

Qi Dalu propped up his hands, jumped onto the top of the wall, bent his waist, inserted the short knife under his waist, and quickly put the musket on his back in his hand, looking vigilantly in the left and right directions.After a while, another marine soldier jumped down from the top of the wall, standing back to back with Qi Dalu, each armed with a gun.

Second Lieutenant Raúl Blanco squatted in the shadow of the crenelation of the city wall, watching people in front of him constantly turning into the city wall, tightly clutching the saber under his waist in his hand, but he never dared to pull it out.

When Qi Dalu was the first to climb into the city wall, Second Lieutenant Raul Blanc not far away discovered it.He felt that with his own skills, he could easily kill or capture the native who had climbed up.

Before he took a few steps forward, he saw Qi Dalu suddenly took a musket from his back and held it in his hand, and looked around vigilantly.

Second Lieutenant Raul Blanco didn't dare to move at once. The natives who came up actually had muskets!
Once you rush over, or call out to your companions, you will definitely be the first to die.Between life and death, he chose a shameful escape.He was still very young, and he came to the Far East to make a fortune and gain qualifications, not for the so-called honor, so he died in vain on this remote island.

Soon, more than 30 marines climbed up the city wall one after another.Qi Dalu suppressed the excitement and joy in his heart, waved his hand, and led the people towards the north of the city wall.

Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola, the sheriff of Dili City, led a team of more than 30 musketeers, just like a firefighting team. Command the musketeers to shoot in volleys, and shoot the fierce offensive natives on the city wall one by one.

The boundless night seems to hide countless evil spirits. Black and thin natives are constantly jumping out from the city wall, and wooden spears are thrown up from below the city from time to time. The cry seemed to resound on all the city walls.

"Go, immediately mobilize all the residents in the city, and all go up to the walls to join the battle!" Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola shouted to a Portuguese officer.With less than 200 soldiers and native servants, the situation gradually became uncontrollable, and the whole city had to be mobilized.

Damn natives, when did they dare to fight at night?But I have to admit that the natives' attack at night really caught them by surprise, and the dark night also restricted the precise strikes of artillery and muskets.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." Marching on the city wall for a while, Qi Dalu led more than [-] marines and cleared out more than a dozen Portuguese soldiers and native servants on the city wall.But as they continued to penetrate, they were finally counterattacked by the defenders.

As a result, the marines no longer hid their actions, and formed a simple four-segment shooting array to start shooting against the Portuguese.

Scattered Portuguese soldiers and native servants were shot by the Hanzhou Marine Corps, and they were beaten back and forth. After leaving behind more than a dozen corpses, the defenders uttered a cry, turned their heads and fled back.

"Go to the city gate!" Seeing that there were no enemies nearby, Qi Dalu ordered loudly, and now he must open the city gate quickly before the Portuguese can react.

Xu Chuanxing watched the city gate slowly open, waved his hand excitedly, and more than 100 marine soldiers who sneaked under the city rushed in quickly.

"Captain, we captured a Portuguese officer." Qi Dalu dragged a Portuguese man to Xu Chuanxing's side with one hand.

"Dalu, good job!" Xu Chuanxing was really worried about his boldness to go to the city first, but if there is an accident, it's really hard to explain.

After the marines entered the city, they split into two groups and swept towards the southern city. They prepared to attack the city gate there, and let the soldiers of the Kingdom of Wahali in. They went straight to the Dili city administration under the leadership of the captured Portuguese officer. Go to the official office.

"The enemy has entered the city?" Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola turned his head and watched the continuous sound of musket fire in the city, feeling cold in his heart.The enemy has entered the city!Could it be that the Musketeers at the North City Gate kept firing their guns, not a feint attack, but the real main force of the attack?
As the gunshots in the city continued to approach the south city, the Portuguese soldiers became panicked, and while shooting and killing the natives who had climbed the city, they kept turning their heads and looking behind.

"Retreat!" Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola made a decisive decision. If the enemy approached quickly, they would inevitably fall into a situation where they were attacked from behind.If a large number of active forces are withdrawn to the municipal office or the official treasury, it may be possible to block the enemy's attack with the thick stone wall, buy more time for the arrival of Portuguese reinforcements to rescue.

More than a dozen marine soldiers rushed into the Municipal Office, brandishing muskets, and smashed several Portuguese colonial officials who were running in a panic to the ground.As more and more soldiers poured in, there were still a few colonial officials who were about to muster up the courage to try to resist, but they suddenly stopped and let the marines take them prisoner, while praying to God constantly.

Soon, the natives also invaded Dili City, and spread towards the city. Gradually, the city began to ignite a fire.The Dili colonial stronghold established by the Portuguese in 1520 was finally broken by its enemies one night more than a hundred years later.
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"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." At dawn the next day, Portugal set up a cannon that had been transported ashore last night on a slope, and began to bombard the King's City of Wahali.And the artillery on the city fought back not to be outdone, trying to destroy the Portuguese artillery.

After all, he was a battle-hardened gunner on a battleship, and with just six rounds of shooting, he blasted a huge hole in the earthen wall of King Wahali.The Portuguese soldiers and their servants, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Larantuca, burst into shouts of excitement.Under the command of their respective officers, the team has already begun to form, ready to break into the city.

Sultan Aletta Camilleri of the Kingdom of Wahali sighed slightly, turned around and led a few guards, hurried down the city wall and headed towards the south city.The royal city could not be kept, so he had to hide in the jungle temporarily and wait for the reinforcements to arrive.

Before leaving the city, they heard loud cheers suddenly coming from the north of Wangcheng, followed by the sound of muskets and shouts of killing.

The royal city has been broken!

Captain Hewitt Stern watched the soldiers of the Kingdom of Rarantuka rush into the royal city, and let out a long breath, "Gentlemen, let us enter the city and reap the wealth and merits we deserve!"

When the Portuguese soldiers heard this, they gave a cheer, held their muskets, followed the native servants, and rushed into the city.According to the prior agreement, the seizure of royal palaces, government offices, and government treasuries belonged to the colonial government, and all other wealth in the city could be looted by the soldiers at will, which was regarded as the war welfare of the colonial soldiers.

Major Conrad Costa, Commander of the Portuguese Attack Fleet, held up a binoculars and watched with a smile as the troops rushed into the city of Wahali, feeling extremely proud.These natives don't know how to learn lessons at all.It is thought that the earthen cities built by them and a few cannons can withstand the attack of the Kingdom of Portugal.

It's ridiculous to think about it, well, let the soldiers be happy for a few days first.After cleaning up the royal city of the natives, you can stop by to see the stronghold built by Hanzhou in the south.I heard that their castles are very strong and have more artillery, so what.Under the heroic attack of Portuguese soldiers, it must be broken, but perhaps, it will take some time.
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"Why are the Portuguese still following us?" Lieutenant Colonel Dakman Barek raised his binoculars and said with a frown.

"They may want to drive us further away from Ceylon, otherwise, they will feel very insecure!" said a Dutch naval officer.

Lieutenant Colonel Dachman Barek glanced at the officer, but did not speak.This time he landed on Ceylon Island and returned without success, which was a big blow to him.He just won a big victory against the Spaniards in the Philippines, but now he faces Portugal's well-prepared interception and chooses to flee without fighting. This will damage his reputation as a good fighter.

Although, it is to avoid the safety of personnel and materials on several ships and reduce the possible losses of the company.But being so relentlessly chased after by the Portuguese really made the Dutch navy feel ashamed.

"Do you think the Dutch can't help but turn around and fight us?" asked Lieutenant Colonel Falk Rodriguez, commander of the Portuguese Interception Fleet.

"Lieutenant Colonel, I don't think they will." A Portuguese naval officer said: "The Dutch tried to land on Ceylon Island in vain. They must have packed a lot of people and supplies on board. Moreover, they are not ready to fight with our Portuguese expeditionary fleet." preparations. So, I think, they'll retreat all the way to Batavia!"

"If they really fled all the way back to Batavia, that's exactly what we wanted!" Lieutenant Colonel Falk Rodriguez: "If the Dutch knew that our ship was actually full of people and supplies, they would definitely You will be so surprised that your eyeballs will fall!"

"Yes, Lieutenant Colonel." The officer said: "They never imagined that we would not only frustrate their landing on Ceylon Island, but also directly attack their Rapid Water Bay (now Simawei City, Indonesia). I don’t know if Malacca can send attack troops as agreed to cooperate with us.”

"They will definitely come according to the agreement." Lieutenant Colonel Falk Rodriguez said: "After all, Rapid Water Bay City is too close to Malacca! Our Kingdom of Portugal must firmly lock this strait. Let the Dutch have another chance to get their hands on this golden waterway.”

(End of this chapter)