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Chapter 1407 Primitive Grenade

A samurai wearing armor rushed out from behind the bunker on a horse. After the enemies in the rubber forest reacted, they quickly used bows and arrows to block the fleeing knight and horse for help, and the arrows fell behind the horse's hooves.

"Seal the exit!" Several warriors guarding the bunker worked together to move stones and sandbags to block the back door.

"Their reaction is very slow, like the natives who don't know how to form troops at all. Maybe we think too highly of the Matalan people, they are more like a tribal federation." Miyamoto Musashi has been through the bunker Rifts watch for enemies outside.

In addition to using bows and arrows, the enemies outside also used small firearms.It doesn't have to be arquebus, there may be firearms that are more backward than arquebus, which means that the incoming enemies use weapons mixed from the era of bows and arrows to arquebus.These backward weapons are really hard to say that they can pose a substantial threat to small bunkers.

"They shouldn't be able to destroy rubber trees, right? For them, this kind of tree should be useless, even we ourselves don't know its usefulness." Compared with being breached, warriors such as Miyamoto Musashi were more worried about the rubber they guarded. Forest.

If the enemies who surrounded the bunker set fire to the rubber forest, the economic losses would be incalculable.

After the sky was completely bright, Miyamoto Musashi and others could clearly see what the person who broke into the rubber forest looked like.

There are at least a few hundred people outside the rubber forest!
These people are painted with mud paint, bare-chested, holding shields or spears, and a few of them also hold firearms such as firearms.

"We don't have any good things here except a little food. I hope the Matalan people don't attack us..." A group of Javanese residents were worried.

Although they are also residents living on the island of Java, these residents who submit to the rule of Batavia are full of fear of the Matalan people from central Java.

"They are attacking!" shouted a warrior.

Sure enough, there were Matalan soldiers approaching with spears and shields outside the bunker, and there were archers and musketeers behind them.

Miyamoto Musashi aimed his musket at one of the Matalan soldiers who was approaching cautiously. There were several other samurai with muskets beside him, and they also placed their muskets in the hole of the wall.

Compared with the Japanese sword they are familiar with, the musket is a weapon that makes them feel more at ease.

"Wait until they get close before firing." Miyamoto Musashi said to several other samurai.

The Matalan soldiers were getting closer and closer, and they were less than thirty steps away from the bunker.These Matalan soldiers haven't been able to find out how many people are in the small bunker, so they dare not attack easily.

Boom!With a clear gunshot, a shot Madalan soldier fell to the ground, shocking the other Madalan soldiers, and many of them retreated into the rubber forest in fright.

There is an open area around the bunker, in order to provide a wide field of vision for the defenders inside, so that no matter which direction the enemy approaches from outside, they can be easily spotted.

"It seems to frighten them, because they are afraid that they have artillery, and this earthen bunker we built cannot withstand the bombardment of artillery." When the warriors rejoiced that the Matalan soldiers retreated temporarily, they were afraid that the other side had artillery.

They are still unable to judge the technical level of the Matalan people hidden in the hinterland of Java Island. There are also merchants in Matalan. Their ships are allowed to sail on the ocean. Possibly, otherwise they wouldn't have outdated firearms such as fire door guns.

If you want to defend this small bunker, you don't necessarily have to be afraid of the large number of opponents, but you are afraid that they have artillery, a heavy weapon that can easily destroy the bunker.

The Matalan people who broke into the rubber forest seemed to be really unable to take out their artillery. After they regained their strength, they tried to attack again, but there were a few more corpses under the fire of several muskets.Even after rushing to the outside of the bunker, facing the fully enclosed bunker like a tortoise shell, they didn't know what to do for a while, so they could only dig the soil with big knives and spears.

However, this kind of bunker has a lot of reserved observation holes and knife holes, and the warriors inside can stab the Matalan soldiers who are close to the bunker through the knife holes!

"Get out of the way!" A samurai ignited a small spherical cannonball and threw it through the window.

This kind of hand-throwed ammunition filled with black powder has appeared a long time ago, but it has not been used on a large scale.Yet self-defense for tropical plantations is just about everywhere!

The owner of each plantation can register and purchase this kind of firearm from the government to protect the plantation, including the muskets in the hands of these warriors, which are also registered with the government. If the musket is lost or hidden without authorization, they will be killed.

boom!The small cannonball exploded, instantly killing several Matalan soldiers hiding below!
Several more primitive grenades with burning fuses were thrown from the window, causing bursts of explosions!
Gunpowder smoke filled the air outside. It was a good thing that the group of Ma Dalan soldiers did not approach the bunker. After approaching the bunker, they lost more than a dozen people at once!

The samurai sword pierced out of nowhere, and the primitive grenade thrown out will explode, so that the Matalan soldiers who are close to the bunker have no intention of fighting and retreat involuntarily.

During the retreat, several Matalam soldiers were shot and killed by loaded muskets.

"The power of this thing is really not small, especially the deterrent power..." This is also the first time that the warriors used the original grenade provided by the Nanyang government, and they were taken aback by the power of these grenades filled with black powder.

Lethality is still second, mainly deterrent.

From time to time, a small explosive shell falls from the top of the head, who can withstand it!

As the smoke cleared, the frightened Matalam soldiers withdrew to the rubber forest again, suspending their attack on the bunker.

On the one hand, they were frightened by the opponent's primitive grenade, and on the other hand, they also had to consider whether it was worthwhile to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to conquer this bunker.

"Hoo!!" During the battle in the rubber forest, warriors on horseback for help broke into the city of Batavia.

"No galloping horses are allowed in the city!" The Nanyang government patrolmen stopped the panicked warrior with a short stick.

"Enemy attack! Rubber plantation, enemy attack!" the samurai reined in and said in half-baked Chinese.

The patrolman who stopped the horse was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't dare to neglect, and immediately took the warrior to the provincial public security office.

The magistrate of the provincial yamen is not in the yamen.

"Our lord has captured Mata Lansutan's spies lurking in Batavia, and they are interrogating in prison." The head catcher in the yamen said.

"A spy sent by Matalan Sultan?! It seems that the army of Matalan people broke into the rubber forest!" The head catcher heard that the warriors stationed in the rubber forest were attacked by the enemy and spies appeared in the city of Batavia. , suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)