Lu Ming

Chapter 557 Ming-Portuguese War (IX)

For heavy artillery, untreated gun positions do not meet the normal shooting standards.Therefore, before the cannon reached the preset gun position, there were already soldiers wearing engineer armbands and artillery armbands, who moved to the gun position in advance and began to deal with the ground urgently.

After recruiting the Dengzhou rebels and receiving the 18-pound heavy artillery from Kong Youde's department, the Houjin soldiers in history had the ability to attack strategically.

However, the naval guns of the Westerners are naturally very troublesome for primitive troops like Hou Jin to use.Before each shot, not only do you have to dig soil at the muzzle to raise the height, but you also need to spend more time resetting after shooting, and fix the barrel with wedges and the like, which is inefficient.

In this way, there is no need to talk about the hit rate, and it can also be used to bombard the enemy's city during a siege, or to blindly attack the opponent's large army formation during a battle.

Naturally, the cannons produced by the traversers couldn't be that rough.Although they are all naval heavy guns, and the 24-pound heavy guns used to attack cities today are complete, the high-end accessories are complete, including gun carriages, self-study auxiliary hoes, and various elevation and sighting systems.

However, the preparation of high-end goods is still quite cumbersome. After the three siege cannons were in place, it took nearly half an hour to enter the firing state.

This time, the sand eagle pressed against the Portuguese's chest, and the people in the fort were terrified.

During the whole process of the heavy artillery rushing and being in place, the Portuguese were not idle, and they organized several counterattacks one after another.However, no matter what kind of counterattack, it failed shamefully in front of the rifled guns + elite shooters who were waiting in battle.After all, not everyone can continue to do business indefinitely.

The biggest achievement of the Portuguese is that they learned without a teacher. They used the kind of black uncle who learned from later generations to fight blindly with their guns raised high. They usually caused a small number of casualties of the siege troops.Unfortunately, this is the limit of what the Portuguese can do. This group of them was defeated in the confrontation with the new force and missed the best time to restrain the siege.

While the Portuguese were extremely anxious, He Rubin, who was watching the battle from a distance, also saw that the Portuguese were in a desperate situation.

During the confrontation before, He Rubin himself was quite nervous.He had already seen the power of the bastion, but with his knowledge base, he couldn't find a solution.

Unexpectedly, during this period of confrontation, the Portuguese were forced to be suppressed by the group of "stragglers", and they had no power to fight back until the cannon came to their door.Now everyone can see that the "Ming Army" is actually more than capable, occupying an overwhelming advantage.

And here is He Rubin's depression: he has faintly realized that his family is falling behind.The battle between the red-haired man and the soldiers of the Cao family is like a fight between giants, and there is a reason for it. It seems to be an understatement, but it is far more dangerous and powerful than the Ming Dynasty's warfare!

Taking a deep breath, he put down the binoculars in his hand, and He Rubin took out his handkerchief again, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Unexpectedly, the firearm warfare method has been used so far. Today is really an eye-opener. It is rare and strange in the past!"

"If your lord is interested, you can go to the camp to have a look at the matter after it is over, and comment and give some advice."

Zhang Dongdong's words were no longer modest.I am not afraid of you coming to study, but I am afraid of you closing the door to the outside world and holding on to the handicap.The more you study, the more you know how powerful it is, the less impulsive you will be in the future.

When He Rubin heard this, he didn't show any displeasure, but nodded solemnly: "I'm going to bother you."

Just as the two big shots were collaborating, the sound of gunfire sounded ahead.The first shot opened the gate of the outer fort of the cannon.

The outer fort is a building built by the Portuguese after the situation deteriorated.The most important function of this kind of outer fort is to protect the main entrance of the fort. In the Ming Dynasty, this kind of building was called Wengcheng.

The outer fort is rectangular, but it is actually a small courtyard surrounded by three walls.Although it is a temporary building with thin walls, this kind of building is very useful in traditional siege warfare. The siege party cannot observe whether the enemy troops in the city go out. Frontal three-dimensional blow.

Before that, because they wanted to show their obedience, the Portuguese built the fortress, which not only had a main entrance facing the direction of the Ming Dynasty, but also had no artillery on the top of the city.Now these have become problems, but the Portuguese tried their best to make up for it.

However, all repairs seemed so weak in front of the 24-pound long-barreled heavy gun.

The 200-pound gun, which was only 24 meters away from the outer fort in a straight line, penetrated the main entrance of the outer fort when fired for the first time.The iron ball with great kinetic energy smashed a big hole in the gate reinforced by the support ribs and iron bars at the back, and the wooden debris splashed everywhere. The Portuguese soldiers hiding in the fort were caught off guard and killed and injured several people. .

After the first shot hit, the other two cannons that got the parameters fired immediately.Soon, after four or five rounds of artillery fire, the gate of the outer fort and the surrounding walls were forcibly torn apart.

Since they didn't consider today's situation of brainless being suppressed at the beginning, when the Portuguese built the outer fort, they deliberately lowered the height of the fort wall so as to form a three-dimensional attack with staggered heights and rear forts.

As a result, such a move led to the embarrassing scene today: the rear fort could not fight back because the opponent under the city had a shooting range.

When the defenders are extremely entangled, the siege party doesn't care so much.Now that the gate of the fort had been broken, a group of soldiers rushed in quickly.Then there was no fierce fighting, except for the corpses killed by the artillery fire, the small outer fort was empty, and the Portuguese gave up this key node in advance.

There is no way, losing the convenience of attacking the enemy in the fort from a condescending height, the Portuguese are now tied up, and all terrains that are not conducive to giving play to their defensive advantages have to be given up.

The enemy retreats and I advance.

After controlling the outer fort, a large number of soldiers came to the city and aimed their guns at the top of the city.Meanwhile, sappers arrived with explosives.

In a short while, there were a few small bangs at first, and then combined with the sound of the soldiers' trumpets - the wall in front of the outer fort was completely knocked down, clearing the shooting range.

After a while, the soldiers first withdrew from the outer fort. Before the people in the city could react, there were two loud bangs: the south gate of the big battery was blasted heavily.When the soaring smoke fell, the original main entrance of the fort had turned into a slope composed of broken bricks and stones.

The sharp whistle sounded immediately, and the soldiers swarmed up, and soon, the flow of people disappeared at the top of the slope.

Up to this moment, the advanced weapons and tactics made the traverser's army invincible, and beat the Portuguese to the point where they could not fight back.Everything is proceeding step by step, without any waves.

The next moment, dense gunshots sounded, and then a wave of shouts of killing sounded, and then the soldiers who had rushed across the slope retreated back.
"What's going on? Report the situation!"

Seeing that the soldiers who rushed in retreated back and had already stepped out to the command post near the fort, Yu Mingjie threw down the binoculars in his hand angrily, rushed out together with Wei Yuan and other senior officers, and stopped the deputy company in charge of the on-site command Chang, his head covered his face and shouted angrily: "Yang Weili, explain to me now, why you backed down!?"

Yang Weili, who had receded with a disheveled face, half of his face with a birthmark, had already turned purple at this moment.Seeing the officer go crazy, the young man felt useless and ashamed, but the military order must not be violated, so he still told the truth honestly.

It turned out that after the first wave of troops rushed over the slope, they found that the interior of the fort had been secretly remodeled by the Portuguese.The interior of the fort, which was originally similar to a small town, now has several more partition walls to divide the space.

As a result, the troops were fired from the side and rear similar to the bastion.

It's not over yet.Although the defenders took the lead, the shooting density of the matchlock guns was not high after all, so the troops continued to charge against each other despite the casualties.

Just when the troops were about to rush into the opposite fort in one breath, the Portuguese defenders suddenly rushed out, blocking the way of the troops with a combination of spears and arquebus.

Therefore, when the troops could not be deployed, the frontal bayonets did not take advantage, and the on-site commander Yang Weili had to issue an order to retreat.

After listening to the report, before Yu Mingjie could react, Wei Yuan, who was watching the fun, laughed loudly: "Spanish phalanx? This is the housekeeping method of the red-haired devil's cheap cousin. Let your kid today I met."

After thinking about it, Wei Yuan, who had personally experienced urban street fighting in later generations, shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, the Spanish phalanx can really come in handy in this specific environment. Who told us not to equip the troops?" How about hand grenades? Deputy Yang Lian, the order to retreat was correct and timely."

Yu Mingjie also reacted at this time, "Yeah, what the fuck is this phalanx, isn't it just a matter of a few grenades? Alas, traitors, everything in this world is ruined by traitors!. I said , Yang Lianfu, how many people were injured or injured?"

Yang Weili: "."

After this campaign, the cabinet, which was accused of traitors by the commanders of the first-line troops, finally agreed to add a grenade workshop to the newly formed Guangzhou Ishii Arsenal, which is a later story.

The grenade production line is far from being able to quench the near thirst.After the failure of the first siege battle that day, the siege party with a technological advantage quickly found a countermeasure.It's simple: a small number of soldiers in constant contact will do.

The Spaniard's phalanx seemed to work, but it was not so easy to move and retreat.Later in the day, Yu Mingjie ordered that the soldiers take turns to infiltrate and shoot from the slope.

This will kill the phalanx: the target is huge, and the siege soldiers only need to lie down and shoot coldly, which is enough to break up the phalanx with the advantage of range.

After that, as the other two city walls were blasted one after another, the defenders in the St. Paul's Fort finally couldn't stop the cold guns fired from all directions, and began a large retreat.

This retreat gave way to the commanding heights: the heavy artillery erected on the Fort can cover the entire city of Macau.

Three days later, the desperate Portuguese finally sent people out of the city to negotiate, and Macau surrendered unconditionally.

On April 1631, 4, with colorful ribbons dancing and military music, and soldiers wearing big leather boots shouting loud slogans, the ceremony of Macao's entry into the city officially began.

(End of this chapter)