Ming Zuo

Chapter 1240 The First Battle of the Bastion
"The Xia people are here."

Xia Jun's landing was aboveboard, right in front of the Spaniards.

The Spanish King City is on the south bank of the Bashi River estuary, while the Second Marine Division landed on the north bank.

The two sides face each other across the river and are within easy reach.

Xia Jun's landing was orderly, as if traveling.

But the Spaniards had no choice but to watch.

They didn't even dare to provoke the Han people outside the city, let alone cross the river to attack Xia's army.

"This is our best chance. If we don't strike first now, we are dead."

Captain Peake was still yelling, looking like a lunatic.

But no one took his words to heart.

Only seeing the size of Xia Jun's warships on the sea, everyone knew that there was no hope of winning.

But who wants to die?

The reason why they chose to land on the north bank of the Bashi River instead of the south bank was not because Guerzhong was afraid of being attacked by the Spaniards.

He intends to create a situation.

This situation is aimed not only at the Spaniards, but also at the Han people in Luzon.

The slow landing process was completely watched by the Spaniards and Han Chinese in Luzon, and the oppressive feeling of the mighty army will definitely spread.

In this way, it can not only deter the Spaniards, but also gradually calm down the somewhat crazy Luzon Han people.

Sure enough, the effect is very good.

Just as Gu Erzhong set foot on land, a few small boats came from the other side of the Bashi River.

Zhu Jin and Hong Xu led the leaders of the Lusong Han people to visit.

"Thank goodness the army of heaven is finally here."

Chen Jiujiu looked at Xia Jun's appearance, with tears in his eyes.

Hometown is just a noun in the minds of many of them.

They are also worried that after a few years, their descendants will forget their roots.

Although they can't go back to their homeland now, the army of their homeland has come to protect them.

All of a sudden, they were reconnected with their hometown.

Zhang Chunfu is slightly younger than Chen Changjiu, and his feelings for Zhongtu are also weaker.

He looked at Xia Jun's appearance with trepidation, and there was more panic in his heart.

These Xia soldiers are all heroic, fierce and murderous.The artillery unloaded from the ship covered the entire coast. I really don't know how terrifying it will be once it is fired.

The achievements made by the Han people in Luzon just now are but the light of fireflies in front of Xia Jun.

From now on, he just needs to obey Xia Jun's arrangement honestly.

"The country already knows what happened to you. The Chinese nation is the leader of all spirits. How can we allow others to bully you? From now on, Luzon will belong to the Chinese territory, and you will also return to the Chinese native place. From now on, walk around the world, don't be afraid of anything, There is a country behind you to back you up."

A short speech made the Han people in Luzon completely settled down.

No one felt that the sense of impetuous madness that was originally there disappeared all of a sudden.

And this is the purpose of the Second Ancient High School.

It took a full day for the Second Marine Division to complete the landing.

Chief of Staff Nie Dapeng personally led the Seventh Marine Regiment to cross the Bashi River first, and circled to the south of the Spanish King's City.

Gu Erzhong left only one company on the north side of the Bashi River, responsible for guarding.He himself led the fifth marine regiment to cross the river and completely surrounded the Spanish royal city.

"According to the information, the entire castle is very vast and has various defensive facilities. Although there are not many Spaniards in the city, it will definitely not be too easy to fight."

The second marine division has already obtained the blueprint of the Spanish royal city.

Why do you get such valuable information?

Because when the castle was built, the Spanish colonists drove a large number of Chinese laborers to participate in labor.

Although those Chinese laborers did not dare to resist, some of them were smart enough to map out the key points of the castle during the construction process and keep them secret.

Obviously the Chinese at that time already knew that the Spaniards had bad intentions, so they kept a hand.

It's just that the strength gap between the two sides has been too huge over the years, and the blueprints in the hands of the Chinese are useless.

But it's different now.

A more powerful Xia army is coming, and with the blessing of blueprints, there is great hope of breaking through the castle.

The second ancient high school took a telescope and carefully looked at the castle in front of him, the more he looked at it, the more headache it became.

The Spanish king city is the most typical European bastion.

Around the castle, tall and steep walls have already been built.

These city walls are all made of huge granite blocks, each of which weighs hundreds of catties.

This means that even with Xia Jun's artillery, it is difficult to knock down the city wall.

But if the city wall cannot be blown down, the defenders are condescending, and there is no dead corner for defense, it will cause huge casualties to the Xia army.

Let alone the city wall, the moat outside alone is a difficulty.

Because it is close to the river and the sea, the Spaniards got great convenience when building the castle.

As a result, the moat surrounding the castle was more than forty meters wide and eight meters deep.

This width, no tool can ride on it.

The only way to cross the river is by boat.

The musketeers on the city wall can attack the moat side. If you take a wooden boat, the top is uncovered, which is completely a living target.

"Although it is difficult, the problem has to be solved step by step. The first is the moat. Is there a solution?"

The generals of the Second Marine Division gathered in front of the formation, looking at the defense map while observing the castle.The voice of discussion was very intense, but a solution could not be found for a while.

"Conventional offensive tactics are definitely not enough. As long as we can't suppress the firepower on the top of the city, we won't be able to get through."

The more Gan Huiqiang looked at the drawings of the bastion, the more headache he felt

"Although we have a lot of artillery, it certainly cannot cover all the walls. As long as there is an omission, it will be a huge casualty."

European bastions are more complex in construction than Eastern walls, and they have more doorways.

It can be said that the strength of the defense far exceeds that of the Eastern City Wall.

Any experienced officer, as long as he observes a little, knows that it is impossible to completely suppress the firepower on the city wall with artillery alone.

Because the places that can be attacked on the bastion are not just the top of the city.At the same time, there are various shooting holes on the wall at various heights of the city wall.

In this kind of place, artillery can't hit it at all.

Originally, against the city wall, Xia Jun's artillery could directly blow down the city wall.But this kind of strong bastion limited the role of Xia Jun's artillery.

"Mr. Gu, we have a solution. Although it is more risky, the hope of success is great."

Just when the Second Marine Division was frowning, Zhu Jin spoke.

Now that conventional offensive tactics can't work, special forces may be able to show their talents.

(End of this chapter)