1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 262 Imperial Power Offensive and Defensive Battle: Bloody Battle ([-])

"The Dutch seem to have received reinforcements." Xu Chuanxing put down the binoculars and handed them to Qi Dalu.

More than ten days have passed, and the Dutch stationed at the Dili Port Wharf have never launched an attack. Apart from spending two days to reinforce the front camp more than 800 meters away from Dili City, there is no movement. , seems to be preparing for a long siege.

In order to supplement the food reserves in the city, Xu Chuanxing ordered the township soldiers to dispatch more than 100 people to sneak out of the city every day from the south city near the mountains and forests to hunt and gather wild fruits, but the harvest was very little, which can only be said to be slightly better than nothing.

The main leaders of the Marine Corps and the Township Soldiers in the city are very worried about the dwindling food supply.If the Dutch besieged and did not attack, and persisted in the city for two or three months without attacking, they would definitely collapse first.Most of them used to be hungry people from Daming, and they have a deep understanding of the feeling of being hungry.

"Since reinforcements are here, they must be attacking us." Qi Dalu held up his binoculars and watched for a while, and found that the vicinity of the pier was very lively and full of people. It was obvious that reinforcements from the Dutch landing force had arrived.

"It doesn't matter if you're here, it's better to die in battle than starve to death." Xu Chuanxing said in a low voice, then turned to Qi Dalu and said, "Notify the township soldiers and armed immigrants to prepare for the battle. Go and rearrange them and divide them into Three groups. Maybe next time, we will take turns to meet the Dutch!"

"Well, I'm going now!" Qi Dalu said, got off the city wall and walked into the city.

Colonel Ajan van Dijk, commander of the Dutch fleet in Batavia, boarded the port of Dili, looked at the messy team, and frowned.This time, in order to capture the city of Dili before Christmas, after discussing with the army commander Colonel Pete Kurucs, he once again mobilized two hundred mercenaries and one thousand native servants to come to Dili city. Came to supervise the battle in person.

As a result, the number of Dutch troops attacking Dili City reached 300, including more than 600 Musketeers and more than [-] native servants. It is bound to capture Dili City.

As the landing troops landed one after another, more than a dozen artillery pieces attached to the siege were slowly heading towards Dili City, dragged by many natives.

At noon that day, Colonel Aryan Van Dijk did not wait for the follow-up troops to make arrangements, so he called all the army officers together to conduct a military discussion meeting on the pre-war attack plan.

"Colonel, in view of the fact that there are not many Hanzhou troops in Dili City, I suggest that the whole army take advantage of their numbers and launch a full-scale attack on Dili City under the cover of artillery attacks, making it impossible for the Hanzhou army to take care of both." Frost Major Fritz said: "As long as we break through a little bit, the Hanzhou army in Dili City will definitely face collapse."

"Sirs, I agree with Major Fritz." Captain David Van Hewitt said, "We have an incomparable force advantage, and there are more than 500 musketeers and more than a dozen cannons. Confront the Hanzhou army in Dili City as before. This Dili City has a vast area, and it is impossible for the Hanzhou army to defend tightly in all places. The siege of the whole army, regardless of priority, will definitely make the city The Hanzhou Army is paying attention to one thing and losing another."

"In this way, our casualties may be very large." Lieutenant Colonel Dakman Barek said: "Also, even if Dili City is broken, the Hanzhou army can still resist with some strong houses in the city. There will be fierce street fighting."

"Lieutenant-Colonel Barek is very thoughtful, but we cannot confront Hanzhou under the city because we are afraid of casualties. Because we have no time. Gentlemen, the Governor ordered us to capture Dili City before Christmas. And today is December [-]th, and we must break through Dili City within the remaining thirteen days." Colonel Ayan Van Dijk said.

"We brought more than 700 native servants. If needed on the battlefield, we can exchange five natives for one Hanzhou soldier. It is said that there are only about [-] Hanzhou soldiers in Dili City."

After hearing this, several officers couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay. According to Colonel Ayan Van Dijk, in order to capture Dili City, all of these more than 1000 natives can be sacrificed.

In the next five days, the Dutch drove away the native soldiers, made a large number of wooden ladders, and under the constant bombardment of the Hanzhou artillery on the top of the city, at the cost of more than 100 people, they stubbornly killed more than a dozen soldiers. The artillery racks were pushed to several sides of the city wall, and in one night, the artillery positions were successfully established, and the artillery bunkers were built with a large amount of mounds and wood.At the same time, at a place only more than 800 meters away from the city wall, troops of 600 people were assembled in several directions.

"It seems that there is going to be a fierce battle today!" Xu Chuanxing turned his head and looked at the marine soldiers and local soldiers around, and said with a smile: "Brothers, you are all ready. Later, let the Dutch in the city Look how the man bled them!"

The marine soldier laughed easily, while some rural soldiers looked a little nervous, with very stiff expressions on their faces.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." All the artillery of the Dutch under the city fired for the first time. This time, they raised the fort and bombarded the top of the city wall to cover the attacking troops charging down the city.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The artillery of Hanzhou at the head of the city began to bombard the Dutch artillery positions desperately, trying to destroy the artillery that threatened them the most.

Colonel Aryan Van Dijk watched the artillery bombardment have continued for several rounds. Compared with Hanzhou's condescending position, several Dutch artillery positions were obviously under suppression, and one artillery had already been destroyed.

"It's time to attack," he whispered to the army commander, Major Frost Fritz.

Major Frost Fritz nodded to an officer beside him. He immediately ran to the native servants and shouted to them to start charging with wooden ladders.

Under the watchful eyes of many Musketeers, the native servants divided into several teams, and rushed towards Dili City carrying wooden ladders.

"The artillery bombarded their charge formation!" Xu Chuanxing ordered loudly.

Ye Zhongqiang heard the words, and immediately ran to the artillery positions at the top of the city, ordering the gunners to turn the muzzles and bombard the charging native formation.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." Five shells flew straight towards the swarming natives, three shells missed, and two shells crashed into the ranks of the natives, knocking down eight or nine people in a row, and landed on the ground. After landing on the ground, it bounced up again, hitting another five or six people.

The attacking queue of the Dutch native servants faltered a bit, but under the threat of the Dutch mercenaries that followed, they braved up and rushed forward again.

Qi Dalu stood on the bastion protruding from the city wall, and looked at the Dutch native servants coming from the left and right directions with some scalp numbness.Because they wanted to avoid the artillery fire at the head of the Hanzhou City, the assault team was very scattered, and it looked like a mountain was everywhere.

The Dutch's first attack after receiving reinforcements was such a full-scale assault regardless of casualties.As the commander of the two directions to the southwest of the city wall, Qi Dalu had to gather all the reserve forces near the city wall.As for the pre-war plan to take turns to defend the city, it is obviously not suitable anymore.

"Boom!" A shell flew from the city and hit the crenel at the top of the city. The splashed bricks and stones hit several rural soldiers who were hiding nearby. With a scream, they covered their wounds and kept rolling on the ground. call sign.

A Marine Corps soldier immediately ordered several local soldiers nearby to drag the wounded down.

"Get ready! Get ready! The Dutch are going to the ditch." Qi Continental shouted loudly.

At a place 40 meters away from Dili City, the Hanzhou Marine Corps organized manpower to deepen and widen the trenches dug by the Portuguese before, and piled all the excavated soil on the side of the city wall, allowing the enemy to cross the trenches. At that time, he had to be in a state of upward attack.

The native servant soldiers who rushed to the ditch put two wooden ladders side by side on the ditch, and then walked carefully on it to cross the ditch.

"Get ready! Let it go!" A group of marine soldiers put their muskets on the city wall and opened fire at the natives clustered together in front of the trench.

After shooting, they retreated immediately, and another group of marine soldiers walked quickly to the crenel of the city wall with muskets, waiting for the next round of shooting.

"Grape bombs!"

"put!"

"Boom!" A cannon sounded, and a dense rain of bullets rushed towards the natives outside the trench, and instantly released more than a dozen people.

Under the double blow of artillery and muskets, the natives collapsed. They threw down the wooden ladder, turned around and ran back.

Major Frost Fritz shook his head. The casualties of the natives were at most 40 to [-] people, and the other walls were estimated to be similar, but the natives retreated just like that, without even touching the walls.

"We need to take decisive measures." Major Frost Fritz said to several officers seriously: "Let the natives launch another attack, and let them spread out when they charge. Musketeers follow behind, In addition to supervising that the natives are not allowed to retreat at will, they must also stay close to the trench to cover the natives from attacking the city. The artillery bombardment will not stop until the natives reach the top of the city!"

"Sir, in this case, our casualties will be very high." An officer said hesitantly.Let the mercenaries arrive and shoot, wouldn't they all be exposed to the guns of the Hanzhou army at the head of the city.You know, Hanzhou soldiers are covered by city wall crenels.

"I know the casualties will be huge." Major Fritz said: "But we all know that the Hanzhou people have less than 400 soldiers in the city, and they need to defend several huge walls. Their firepower will inevitably be scattered. , once the natives reach the walls, they may not have a chance to shoot at our Musketeers."

After receiving the order, several officers split up to organize the natives and mercenaries to prepare for another attack.

The Dutch artillery started a new round of bombardment, and the natives of the brigade spread the distance between each other's charges.They shouted and rushed to the ditch, picked up the wooden ladder discarded last time, put it on the ditch, stepped on it carefully, and rushed towards the city wall.

"Boom! Boom!" The shotguns fired by the two cannons at the top of the city smashed over their heads and covered their faces. The dense rain of bullets wiped out the natives directly in front of them, and a dozen natives who were walking on the wooden ladder fell headlong. Fell in the ditch.

Seeing this, the natives in the back tried to retreat in fear.But the mercenaries who followed behind brandished their muskets, kicking and smashing them to drive them forward.

A group of Dutch mercenaries rushed near the ditch, raised their muskets, aimed at the head of the city, and fired a volley after the officer gave an order.

"Ah!" With a scream, a marine soldier fell backwards, clutching his forehead.

"Carry it down." Qi Dalu ordered loudly.

Two township soldiers quickly dragged the fallen marine soldier down, and then a marine soldier held a musket and added to the position just now.

"Get ready!... Let it go!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!..." A volley of fire hit the position of the Dutch musketeers outside the trench.

"The natives are coming up!" Suddenly, there was an exclamation not far away.

Qi Continent looked for his reputation, and saw a native, holding a short knife in his hand, jumped from the top of the wall more than 20 meters away, and swung the knife at a Marine soldier with a gun on the opposite side.

(End of this chapter)