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Chapter 329

"The Liao army is attacking!" Facing the powerful artillery attack of the Liao army fleet, the Dutch soldiers who defended could only observe the enemy's situation through the thin cracks in the bastion.

Around the reef island where Taiwan City is located, small boats were lowered from the large warships of the Liao Army, carrying groups of soldiers towards the shore.

"Suppress them with artillery!" Putmans saw that the Liao army couldn't wait to launch an attack, and hurriedly called the gunners to attack the soldiers trying to land.

"Your Excellency, most of the city walls in front of us have been blown down, and all the artillery on them are damaged. We can only attack the artillery on the inner castle wall and the fort on the high ground." A Dutch soldier pointed to the rear of Taiwan City Said the fort on the mountain.

In order to strengthen Taiwan City, the base camp of the Dutch colonization in Yizhou, in addition to deploying more than 20 artillery pieces in Taiwan City, the Dutch also built a round fort of Utrecht on the high ground behind Taiwan City. Cannon, should aid Taiwan city. .

"George, you take a team of soldiers to defeat the Liao Liao Army that is about to go ashore. Otherwise, once they go ashore, we will be trapped in a dead end." Putmans said to a blond young man.

"Sir, I don't want to die yet. The opponent has so many artillery pieces. We will either be killed or injured if we fire one round. Even if I want to, our soldiers will not die easily." George complained.

"We retreated to the inner city, blocked by the broken walls of the outer city, and their artillery will not easily bombard the walls of our inner city." Putmans saw the warships on the sea area stalking, two or three hundred Artillery blocked all sides of Taiwan City, and it was really only a matter of death if they went out, so the soldiers had to gradually abandon the collapsed city walls around them.

In just half an hour, there were thousands of shells leaning on the bastion of Taiwan's fortress. No matter how strong the city wall was, it could not withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery. Several sections of the city wall collapsed and the soldiers on it were killed.

"The outer wall of the opponent has been basically destroyed by our artillery. The two formations of Daehan and Daqi were ordered to concentrate their landing forces, and the soldiers transported part of the artillery to the shore, preparing to capture the fort on the high ground." Nelson saw the outskirts of Taiwan City Almost empty, only the artillery on the fort on the high ground was still shelling the soldiers and ships they landed, so the order was issued to attack the high ground fortress.

If the round fort of Utlich on the high ground behind Taiwan City can be captured, then the artillery of the Liao Army can commandeer and bombard the interior of Taiwan City.In addition to hiding underground, the Dutch defenders in the city will be unable to avoid it.

Under the semaphore command of the Victory, hundreds of people who landed on the beach in the two formations of the Daehan and the Daqi got a firm foothold on the shore, and some artillery was also unloaded from the ship and transported to the shore.

"Damn it, can we just watch them come ashore like this? Their artillery will be put under our noses, how can we sit and wait for death!" Putmans watched anxiously as the soldiers of the Liao Army dragged He went ashore with artillery, but he had no choice but to stare blankly.

"God, I must be having a nightmare, get me out of this nightmare!"

"God bless me to return to my homeland and marry the girl I love."

The Dutch soldiers clutched the wooden crosses on their chests, muttering to themselves.They hid in the stronger inner city, and there was a sense of despair in the crowd, and they could only pray to God.

When the naval soldiers attacking Taiwan City raised their forces to attack the fortress on the high ground, another Liao army on land that went southward finally appeared near Chikan City.

"It can be considered that we have arrived at Chikan City. We have not been bitten by mosquitoes along the way. It is really exhausting. There are also those blind natives who dare to stop us knowing that we are numerous." Liu of the Marine Brigade Wang arrived with thousands of infantry and supply troops. After checking the terrain map, he knew that he had roughly arrived at the predetermined location.

"The naval fleet has already attacked Taiwan City. We should have launched an attack on Chikan City first along the way, but they still took the lead." Said one of Liu Wang's officers.

"No way, the land route is really difficult, with many ravines in the middle." Liu Wang said.

"My lord, there are natives surrounding our camp!" A non-commissioned officer hurried over.

"Aborigines again? These blind guys, we have all arrived in Chikan City, and they are still chasing us, as if we owe them a lot of money." Liu Wang was a little annoyed, "Take me to see."

Sure enough, thousands of natives appeared outside the camp of the troops on the land route. They were holding poles, bows and arrows, and stone axes.

Seeing the brigade commander Liu Wang approaching, the guards standing guard hurried out of the way and talked about what happened: "They showed up early in the morning, and they looked like they were going to fight us to the death."

"I see." Liu Wang came to the front, first cupped his hands at these natives, and then said loudly, "Natives of all ethnic groups, didn't we just pass by your territory, that's all? Why are you chasing us so hard? You have disturbed us for dozens of miles and delayed our journey. Now the red-haired people are not far away in Chikan City. We are about to start with them. We don’t want to be scruples. If you insist on blocking, don’t blame us for being rude .”

After Liu Wang finished speaking, there was a burst of muttering in local language from the native side, and then a middle-aged man was elected to communicate with Liu Wang.

"My lord, I misunderstood you. We are not the group of natives chasing you that you said. We are the Han people near Chikan City and the local people from the plains and mountains. Since the arrival of the red-haired people, they have enslaved us. , We have suffered a lot. Now that the Liao Army is coming to attack them, we are willing to help you!" said the middle-aged man.

It turned out that they were local people from the southern part of Yizhou, and they came to welcome him.Feeling the two completely different attitudes, Liu Wang was even a little moved after all the hardships.

"Please come and discuss with those of you who can talk about things." Liu Wangxi said.

Soon thousands of local people elected several leaders, including middle-aged men, and came to Liu Wang's camp.

"My lord, this Chikan city is extremely strong. It is three feet six feet high and indestructible. There are four gun towers on the wall. If you attack by force, you will lose your troops. But we know that the water source in the city comes from outside the city. We are willing to help you cut off their water source. Make them unable to support for a few days." Said a middle-aged Han man living nearby.

"That's very good." Liu Wang rubbed his hands, "Attacking the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom. If they can voluntarily surrender, we will save a lot of effort."

(End of this chapter)