open sea

Chapter 762 Eating
The tentative bombardment continued until the evening. The Ming army stood like a simple and honest man, who had no complaints about pranks, and always looked at Bernal a thousand steps away with calm and doting eyes.

The artillery team of the Western Army was not discouraged, as if they would not launch an attack without destroying the fortifications of the Ming Army with artillery, they kept bombarding the barrier wall with the four small cannons, which was indeed useful.

When refilling the four Franco cannons for the third time with a total of sixteen guns, the artillerymen of the Western Army were able to accurately project at least two shells onto the barrier wall even at a distance of a thousand steps.

Just can't break through.

Sufficient time and a target that would not fight back allowed the Spanish artillery to project shells from two carriages to the position in one afternoon, greatly reducing the burden on the luggage, but the Ming army position on the opposite side was still the same as when they came.

Two guns were also scrapped.

"Who can tell me why the people of the Ming Dynasty built such a strong fortification in the canyon? Those slaves never showed amazing strength when they were planting corn. Why can the stones be transported here so that the Ming army can build a line of defense? ?”

Bernal was a little annoyed. Even though his troops didn't suffer any losses, it was much better than Herrera being wiped out in two hours of battle, but thousands of people watched the target shooting all afternoon in a place like the canyon, and the target was fine. Bad first, the situation itself is pretty irritating.

"What did we do all afternoon except a cannonball knocked a hole in the shed?"

Jesus, who was named Jesus, was also discouraged by this. The canyon, which is nearly half a league wide, has more than ten small castle-like barrier walls, and two impregnable defense lines are laid out in a deep and staggered manner. He has been studying all afternoon. How to break through.

"It is impossible to attack without breaking through the defense line. They are learning. The layout of those fortifications is the same as that of our legion companies after they are deployed. There is a gap in the middle, which is filled by the phalanx behind. Hitting from as many directions as the Indians came into our phalanx."

"And they are also learning about the layout of the fortifications. Those stone walls are covered with turf and soil, which is the same as the outer wall of the bastion, which can absorb part of the impact of the shells. The interior should be wood and solid stones, which cannot be destroyed by the rotary gun. "

In fact, the biggest question in Jesús' mind is how thick those tens of meters wide walls are. He said to Bernal: "The watchmen we climbed on the cliff should bring back more information about the fortifications. .”

"I think the most urgent thing now is to build the canopy and the front wooden wall. Today's wind is a bit strong, and the sky is cloudy earlier than usual. It may rain at night."

Jessus tasted his breath with his nose, and said: "It's not raining well, and the musketeer company I specially prepared for the Ming army will be useless."

"No, the Ming army has more muskets than us, much more, and it rains very well."

Bernal shook his head and said: "You should tell the merchants behind this news. If it rains, their stone-shooting cannons will be useless. Tonight, I will use two stone-shooting cannons to advance to the distance that can hit the fortifications." , but not a single silver coin will be paid to them."

"If those two heavy artillery can be used, I will pay them one-tenth of the spoils after victory."

"Don't care about the method, use stone shooting and bombardment, and use sword shield soldiers and knights to fight in when it rains. We don't have much time, we must attack the port as soon as possible."

Bernal walked to the door and opened the white curtains. The phalanx soldiers in front of the formation had already changed a batch. The soldiers were relaxed due to exhaustion, and their morale dropped sharply in just one afternoon.

The inability to destroy the fortifications greatly affected the confidence of the soldiers in winning, especially in the face of the Ming army who had defeated them many times on multiple battlefields.

At least the battle has been going on until this moment. If the whole process is passed back to the Old Continent, it will become a laughing stock for Bernal's life. The battle lasted from noon to dusk, and the Ming army did not fire a single shot, fired a cannon, or killed a single person.

On the contrary, four soldiers of the Western Army were disemboweled by the explosion of the artillery.

"The naval battle should have already begun. It only takes four days at the fastest, and the cavalry of the Ming army can circle behind us from the north. The attack must be fast."

Jesús glanced at Bernal, and he could feel that the strong fortifications not only shattered the soldiers' confidence in victory, but also shattered Bernal's.

Although they only care about fighting and they don't need to think about things in the future, everyone can feel the atmosphere now-if this battle is lost again, no one in New Spain will dare to fight against the Ming army in the future.

Even if there are enough troops, the prestige of the Ming army will make every Spanish soldier full of fear, and when they hear the news of the Ming army's attack, they will drop their weapons and run away.

Just like what the French army did when they met the Spanish phalanx on the battlefield.

The servant whispered a few words in Bernal's ear, went to the military formation for the master, and finally looked for merchants to discuss the use of stone cannons. Not long after, Indians with turkey feathers on their heads came from the bushes under the northern cliff Get out and run straight to the direction of the white military tent.

It is very dangerous and difficult to climb the steep mountain wall to observe the Ming army. Few people in the entire army can climb up and then climb down as if nothing happened. The Indians who ran back even in his own tribe Li is also one of the best.

"Their walls are so wide." The scout measured the width of his forearm, and felt unsure, so he extended it to his entire arm and said, "Maybe it's so wide?"

Jesús' complexion was not very good-looking. Perhaps it was a stupid decision to let the scouts observe a barrier wall from a long distance.

He asked: "What about the defense of the Ming army? Outside of the fortifications, how many soldiers do they have?"

"Two armies arrived in the afternoon, 800 people? There were also cavalry. They appeared and ran to the other side of the canyon. I don't know how many of them there are. It doesn't look like many."

Doesn't look like much, but is it actually a lot?

"What about their will? What are their men doing when our artillery keeps bombarding them? Hiding behind a stone wall and shivering?"

The scout with the pattern tattooed on his face shook his head seriously, "No, they always have people behind the stone wall, and they keep taking turns. One team fills up from behind, and the other withdraws from the stone wall. They may move like this six times."

"Six times, what is this doing?"

Bernal was puzzled, and asked himself if there were fortifications, his soldiers would not keep dispatching them like this. Why did the Ming army not conserve their strength?

The scout thought for a while and said, "Maybe they were eating. There was smoke rising from the canyon. Those cavalrymen appeared in groups and immediately took their things. They put them down behind the stone wall and left, and came back later."

Bernal felt the big muscles on his forehead twitching violently, and his brain ached.

Have a meal?

He explained that the army was eating.

Do these bastards know how to respect people?

I am attacking them, attacking them with at least four times the force advantage, four Fran cannons can fire eight shells in one minute, are they eating?

"By the way, Your Excellency Governor, just now, when I was about to come back, two teams of Ming soldiers walked a long distance with cloth that was the same color as the stone wall. They seemed to have picked up all the shells."

The acting governor of New Spain was particularly angry.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)