Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 540

The main siege general of the Ming army was Qianhu Liu Chao of the Dragon Banner Army. Under his leadership, the Ming army used wooden ladders to cross the trench under the castle and quickly approached the Santiago bastion.

Seeing that the siege team had arrived at the base of the city, Li Dingguo immediately sent an order:

"The artillery bombardment stopped, the mortar continued."

With a wave of Zhang Huangyan's hand, the artillery stopped the bombardment, but the mortars continued to land and explode in the bastion. It was not until Liu Chao and the others started to ascend the city that Li Dingguo ordered the mortars to stop firing.

The Dragon Banner Army were all elites selected from the Ming army, and they had undergone special training. For them, they could climb the five-meter-high city wall very quickly.

"Boom"

In the process of climbing the city wall, whenever they saw a cannon hole, they would throw two grenades into it.

Three hundred mortars and 100-meter large-caliber artillery of the Ming army bombarded the bastion continuously for a long time. No matter how strong the bastion was, many places were bombarded, but it had not yet collapsed.

The Dutchmen hiding in the gunhole were so dizzy from the shock that they all hid in the corner with their heads in their hands, where they still had the mind and energy to take care of the Ming army outside.

They thought in their hearts that the Ming army would definitely not attack the city if the cannons continued, and that once the cannons stopped, it would be time for the Ming army to attack the city on a large scale.

The foreign devils had no idea about the Long Banner Army climbing the wall outside. They were all waiting for the artillery bombardment of the Ming Army to stop.

But the sound of the cannon hadn't stopped. Suddenly, two balls rolled into the gun tower. Before they could figure out what it was, the grenade exploded beside them.

Several Dutch soldiers were killed immediately, and the same thing happened in other holes.

There were even foreign devils who picked up the grenade curiously after seeing it. They wanted to study it to see what it was, and suddenly the grenade exploded in their hands...

Liu Chao led the Dragon Banner Army only to go to the city, and she would not care about the foreign devils in the gun tower, as long as they didn't find the Ming army for the time being.

Seeing Liu Chao leading a team of thousands of people to the city, Li Dingguo immediately stopped the mortar bombing, because he was worried that the artillery would accidentally bomb the Dragon Banner Army.

There were nearly 4000 Dutch bastion defenders, more than 1000 Dutch soldiers, more than 200 Japanese mercenaries, and more than 2000 Malacca native soldiers.

After the continuous baptism of 800 mortars, there are only more than [-] Dutch soldiers and a thousand or so native soldiers left, and the others were killed in the shelling.

The governor of Malacca, Botuo, led these remnant soldiers to hide in the bastion. They were all praying constantly, praying that the Ming army could not break through the Santiago bastion and retreat.

Although they kept praying, they knew very well in their hearts that they were just deceiving themselves and others. When they heard the sudden stop of the artillery, Botuo knew that the Ming army's general attack had begun.

"Go to the city and defend."

But the native soldiers had never seen such fierce artillery fire, and they were all frightened. After Botuo sent the order, they didn't move at all.

The natives were considered cannon fodder in the eyes of the Netherlanders. Botuo waved his hand, and the Netherlander soldiers immediately shot and killed a dozen of them.

Seeing how fierce the Dutch people were, the remaining natives did not dare to resist, so they had to get up and run to the top of the city.

Botuo did not evade or run away. He led the remaining Dutch soldiers and followed the native soldiers to the top of the bastion. They must prevent the Ming army from entering the city.

But as soon as they went to the top of the city, they found the heads of many Ming soldiers protruding from the city wall.

Bo Tuo was taken aback, he didn't expect the Ming army to move so fast, they had already climbed to the top of the wall as soon as the cannon sound stopped, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to shoot and kill the Ming army.

"Quick, shoot them."

All the native soldiers rushed in front, and they panicked when they saw the Ming army coming up. Just as they were about to raise their guns to shoot, the Ming army, led by Liu Chao, threw out the grenade in their hands.

A thousand grenades came across the surface, and they were densely packed. Before the grenade exploded, it was like a cold weapon, and the natives were thrown into chaos.

"Boom bang..."

When they saw clearly that the thing that hit them was a round ball that would explode in the gun tower, they turned around and ran away desperately.

I have just seen how powerful this ball is, once it explodes, it will be smashed to pieces.

How could they run for their lives, but how could their movements be faster than the exploding speed of grenades.

As soon as he turned around, even when many people didn't see clearly, a thousand grenades suddenly exploded in the crowd one after another, and blood and flesh flew all over the place.

So many grenades exploded almost at the same time, and this explosion would produce a strong shock wave.

The power and shock waves produced by the explosion enveloped the Dutch soldiers who followed behind.

In an instant, there were scattered limbs and broken arms everywhere, as well as the wailing of the aborigines and the Dutch, and the city was soon stained red with minced meat and blood.

After the Ming army threw the grenade, they immediately shrank their heads down the city wall. The explosion did not hurt them at all. When the explosion ended, Liu Chao waved his hand, and the Ming army soldiers immediately turned to the top of the city wall.

The scene in front of them made these Ming army soldiers who have experienced many battles unable to bear to look directly at it. All of them are stumps, broken arms and internal organs of the enemy. The city has turned into a sea of ​​blood.

"God, this is too tragic, how can the power of the grenade be so great..."

Liu Chao scratched his head, feeling too incredible.

"General, there are still living people there, they surrendered."

The scene in front of him made Liu Chao feel a little dazed for a while, but after being reminded by Jun Bing, he came back to his senses and looked in the direction of his subordinate's fingers.

I saw a white flag gradually rising under the city ahead.

Liu Chao waved his hand:

"Brothers, be careful and lean over."

"Yes"

The people of the Netherlands all use firearms, and it is not clear what is going on. Liu Chao has to be careful. Victory is just around the corner. He doesn't want to be tricked by the Netherlands.

Longqi soldiers held rifles and leaned forward cautiously. They saw that there were more than 100 people under the city. They all threw away their flintlock guns and raised their hands high.

Beside them, there were still many mutilated corpses of Dutch and indigenous people lying in a mess, which made people feel sick.

Seeing the Ming army approaching, a Dutch translator hurriedly shouted:

"The Governor of Malacca is here, please don't shoot, we surrender."

Liu Chao was overjoyed when he heard that:
"Oh, the Governor of Malacca has surrendered directly. Well, the Great Tomorrow has the virtue of being good at life. We accept the unconditional surrender of you foreign devils."

When the translator translated Liu Chao's words to Bo Tuo, the governor of Malacca, Bo Tuo almost died of anger, secretly slandering Liu Chao in his heart.

"Nimma, there is still a good life in heaven. Look at the good deeds you have done, and look at the Dutch soldiers who died tragically on the ground.|
However, in order to survive, Botuo could only think in his heart and dared not say a word, for fear that the general would blow his head if he was upset.

Botuo's legs are still trembling now, but he is really curious about the ball that exploded just now, if he doesn't figure it out, even if he dies, he won't rest in peace.

Walking tremblingly in front of Chao Liu, the majestic Governor of Malacca, Bo Tuo, bowed deeply to Chao Liu:
"I am the governor of Malacca, and now I have formally surrendered to Daming. May I ask the general, what exploded just now?"

(End of this chapter)