Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 539
The Dutch wanted to bombard the Ming army under the castle, but suddenly found their artillery fell to the ground.

Shouting in a hurry:

"God, what are you doing to eat, go and light the fire."

Regardless of checking the fallen companions around them, under the bombardment of the Ming army outside the city, the Dutch artillerymen hurriedly picked up the torches on the ground.

But before they ignited the fuse of the artillery, suddenly a blood mist splashed on their bodies and heads, and more than a dozen people fell to the ground again and died.

"Boom..."

Only one soldier survived. He quickly ignited a cannon, and the shells escaped quickly.

Accurately hit the Dutch captives standing in front of the Ming army, crushing several of them to death on the spot.

Seeing that the soldiers in the city fired at them, the Dutch prisoners shouted and cursed:
"You bastards with no conscience, why are you shooting at your own people? God will punish you, and you will never be allowed to go to heaven after death..."

Seeing that several of his captured companions were killed by a cannonball, the remaining Dutch soldiers were not picking up torches on the ground.

I really don't know if they are afraid of God's punishment, or if they are afraid of being headshot by a sniper.

Because the gunfire covered the sound of the sniper rifle, Botto did not hear the gunshot.

It was not good for him to see the artillerymen under his command falling to the ground and dying.

He hurriedly ran to the artillery, only to see that the artillerymen under his command either had their heads blown off or a big blood hole appeared in their bodies.

Botuo suddenly let out an exclamation:
"No, this was not killed by artillery bombardment. Quickly look around and see if there are gunmen ambushing nearby."

"Yes"

"boom……"

"puff……"

Just as the adjutant next to Bo Tuo agreed, a bullet exploded in his head.

This time, Dutch soldiers discovered the hiding place of the Dragon Banner Army snipers.

They immediately pointed to the small cliff where Liu Wenxiu and others were located and shouted:

"On the mountain, kill them quickly..."

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The foreign devils immediately raised their flintlock guns and shot at the hiding places of Liu Wenxiu and others.

But the distance of two hundred and seventy-eight meters is not what the limited range of the flintlock gun can achieve, it is completely futile.

"whoosh"

Suddenly another bullet flew past Botuo's ear.

If it is a little bit off, the Governor of Malacca will receive a lunch box.

"Bastard, quickly turn the artillery and bombard the cliff."

Although the artillery outside the city kept bombarding the walls of the bastion, they could not harm them for the time being.

But the snipers on the cliff are a big trouble.

Botuo had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​bombarding the Ming army under the city, and instead ordered to bombard the cliffs.

Five or six Dutch soldiers immediately turned the muzzles of three artillery pieces, ready to bombard Liu Wenxiu and the others.

"Puff puff……"

As soon as the muzzle was turned around, several artillerymen were blown out of their heads by dragoon snipers again.

The other people who were so scared did not dare to move the artillery, because they found that as long as they moved the artillery, they would be killed.

"Worthless, let's do it."

There were more than 100 Japanese ronin who participated in the defense of the city. They were very unconvinced when they saw that the Dutch soldiers did not even dare to light the artillery, and immediately asked to take over the artillery.

Although Botuo's tone of voice to them was very unpleasant, he didn't care about the Japanese ronin at this special moment, so he nodded:

"Okay, my lord will give you a lot of rewards for killing Ming Gou."

These ronin were all locked up by the Japanese country and locked up abroad. Now they are Malacca mercenaries, very ferocious.

After the Governor of Malacca, Botuo, allowed it, dozens of Japanese mercenaries quickly picked up the torches on the ground, ready to light the cannon.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

"Puff puff……"

No gunfire was heard, but the sound of Minie shells cracking could be heard.

In an instant, seven or eight of the dozens of Japanese were killed by snipers from the Dragon Banner Army.

But there are a few vagrants from the Japanese country who escaped unharmed and became fish that slipped through the net.

Fearless of life and death, they immediately lay down on the ground and quickly crawled towards the artillery that turned the muzzle.

They would rather be killed than show the Netherlands their bravery.

"Boom bang..."

"Rumble..."

Because the rogues of the Japanese kingdom were lying on the ground, the sight of the snipers of the Dragon Banner Army on the cliff was blocked by the city wall, and they immediately lost their target.

At this moment, countless mortar shells suddenly fell behind the walls of the bastion.

The artillery shells then exploded in a series of violent explosions, and some soldiers standing in front of Botuo were instantly blown away two or three times.

Even the other Dutch soldiers behind the walls of the bastion, hundreds or even dozens of them were blown into the air, and all those who fell were stumps and broken arms.

Those Japanese people lay on the ground, and their targets were relatively small, although they were not blown into meat by shells.

But the shell exploded violently in their ears, instantly making them unconscious and stunned.

The shock wave from the explosion of more than 200 mortar shells almost blasted all the Dutch soldiers and Japanese mercenaries near the point where the missile landed, and even the cannon was overturned by the shock wave.

Botuo, the governor of Malacca, who was hiding thirty steps away, felt his chest tight and he wanted to vomit blood.

However, the shelling did not stop, and soon nearly [-] mortar shells exploded violently on the top of the bastion and behind the walls.

The target of the explosion also changed, and the shells exploded along the city wall.

Almost all the Dutch soldiers and Japanese vagrants hiding behind the city walls all tasted the feeling of being bombed.

Regardless of the shelling, Botuo could no longer hold on, and his ears would be deafened by the sound of the mortar explosion.

Botuo has never seen any advanced firearms in the world for so many years, but today's Ming army's artillery taught him a lesson.

The power and shock wave of the explosion made Bo Tuo terrified. He saw hundreds of people under his command were buried under the artillery fire of the Ming army.

Even hiding behind the walls of the bastion could not avoid casualties, which made Botuo start to despair, feeling that the bastion would definitely not be able to hold.

"Quick...quickly withdraw first, and when the Ming army's shelling is over, we will immediately go to the city to defend, and quickly withdraw!"

What the Governor of Malacca said today was the most beautiful music in the world to the ears of those who were bombarded.

It was unimaginable before that the governor would order a retreat. The Dutch soldiers immediately began to retreat to the castle in disorder as if they were granted an amnesty.

In the short time they retreated, dozens more were killed by mortar shells.

Of course, Liu Wenxiu and the others were not idle, they kept shooting and killing Dutch soldiers.

Seeing that there was no movement at the top of the city, Li Dingguo guessed that the Dutch had already retreated from the bastion. He reached out and drew the sword at his waist, and swooped high in the air:
"Dragon Banner Army Charge."

With Li Dingguo's order, the Three Thousand Dragon Banner Army raised the wooden ladder placed on the ground and rushed towards the Santiago bastion.

On the way of charging, they just ran fast without making any sound, not even shouting slogans.

This was all explained by Li Dingguo, so as not to let the Ming army make too much noise, and worried that the Dutch in the bastion would defend the city again, and they all had firearms in their hands.

Without the firepower on the bastion to stop them, the Ming army crossed the trench very smoothly.

The castle of Santiago is not high, only about five or six years old. After the Ming army crossed the trench, they immediately began to climb.

The Dutch who were avoiding the artillery fire of the Ming army in the bastion rushed to the top of the bastion immediately when they heard the sound of the artillery of the Ming army stopped.

At this time, the Ming army just showed its head on the city wall, and immediately saw the Dutchmen coming up.

The soldiers of the Ming army immediately threw a wave of thunderstorms at the Dutch soldiers.

(End of this chapter)