Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 727

After six rounds were fired from three cannons, the South Gate of Manila Intramuros collapsed in its entirety and in its entirety.

Compared with the ten-meter-thick solid city wall, the city gate and its ancillary buildings are the weakest links, so after being bombarded by more than a dozen huge projectiles, the overall collapse is inevitable.

"Clear the clutter!
Cannon cool down!

A team of superintendents! "

After putting away the binoculars, Zhao Wu repeatedly ordered.

Immediately afterwards, the first wave of more than a hundred natives, who were shocked by the sound of the cannon, held shovels and picks. Driven by the soldiers of the Ming army, they timidly headed towards the stone bridge on the moat. In addition to the shield, another hundred Ming soldiers armed with Minie guns followed behind.

After firing six rounds of shells, the bore of the 24-pound gun has begun to heat up, and it will be very dangerous to continue firing. The gunners are using a thick wet mop to scrub the remaining gunpowder slag in the bore, and cool down the cannon by the way. In order to allow the cannon to enter the firing state as soon as possible.

There are six four-pound cannons arranged on the city wall of the south gate of Manila, and the muzzles of the cannons are all pointing obliquely at the stone bridge over the moat.

The projectile fired by the four-pound gun weighed less than four catties, and the firing range was too short to pose a threat to the Ming army several miles away.During the firing of the cannons of the Ming army, the Spanish soldiers on the city wall could only watch helplessly as the city gate was destroyed.

"These bloody Luzon monkeys!

He was still fighting with our Spanish army a few months ago, but now he has betrayed us and surrendered to the Ming army!
They followed us and gained huge benefits, but now it seems that they are not grateful at all!
Mr. Major, please give the order to fire!

Kill all these monkeys! "

Looking at the natives trembling forward under the threat of the Ming army, a young Spanish captain cursed angrily.Many Spanish soldiers also greeted the female family members of the natives with various foul language.

In the massacre a few months ago, the Spanish army was responsible for defeating the Ming immigrants, and they didn't care about the rest. The burning, killing and looting that lasted for several days were all done by these Luzon natives.

Of course the Spaniards knew that these natives looted the city of Balian, and the participants made a fortune to some extent. In order to appease these natives, Perez did not order these natives to hand over the looted property. It is also the reason for the anger of the Spanish soldiers.

"Change the shotgun!"

After Rodriguez couldn't finish giving orders in a cold tone, he continued to observe the movement of the Ming army with a telescope.

It can be seen from the binoculars that a small group is advancing towards Manila City, and the Ming army holds a long musket in their hands.

The barrel of this musket is a bit longer than the heavy musket used by Spanish soldiers, but it seems to be much lighter in weight, and these Ming soldiers did not hold a bracket in their hands, and the musket did not have traces of a matchlock being ignited.

"It turns out that the Ming army was equipped with flintlock muskets!

But the misfire rate of flintlock muskets is very high!The range and power are not as good as heavy muskets!

How did Colonel Thiago die under such muskets? "

Rodriguez was thinking while observing, and at this time, the natives had already stepped onto the stone bridge deck, and had already begun to throw the ruins of the two destroyed brick walls on the bridge into the moat.

"fire!"

Following Rodriguez's order, six small bronze cannons fired one after another, hundreds of shotguns swept across the stone bridge deck like a storm, and more than twenty natives in the front were beaten into piles in the blink of an eye. The natives at the back immediately put down the tools in their hands in horror, shouted with various strange accents, and fled in all directions.

Seeing this, the fifty Ming sabers and shieldmen who were in charge of the formation immediately went forward, slashing with long knives and short axes, instantly knocking dozens of aboriginals to the ground. The aboriginals who were lucky enough to survive shouted and continued Fleeing along the moat to both sides, the Ming army swords and shields spread out without a word, chasing up and chopping down the fleeing natives one by one.

Seeing the scene in front of them, the hundreds of natives behind were all pale with fright, and a few timid screamed and ran away, but they were shot down by the crossbowmen of the Ming army before they ran far. The rest of the aborigines were tightly surrounded and trembling, but no one dared to escape.

"On the second wave!
Tell these people to wait, and anyone who dares to escape will be killed! "

Zhao Wu ordered again with a blank face.

Several Hokkien people came in front of the indigenous crowd with sharp long knives, and conveyed Zhao Wu's order to these aboriginals with words and gestures. Contempt and resentment were intertwined on their faces, and they raised their long knives to threaten them. The natives acted quickly.

These natives have never seen such a bloody scene.

Only now did they know that Ming people, who were weak and deceitful in their eyes, were so terrifying. If they had known this earlier, they should not have participated in the looting and massacre in the first place.

The second wave of natives was first ordered to throw the corpses of their compatriots on the bridge into the river, and then began to desperately clear the bricks on the bridge. The Spanish gunners were also nervously clearing the guns and preparing for the second shot.

"Musketeers shoot!"

Rodriguez saw that the bricks of the first brick wall had been thrown into the river, and the natives had begun to clean up the second brick wall, but the gunners hadn't finished loading, so he immediately ordered the musketeers to attack the natives.

Following his command, dozens of Spanish soldiers on the walls on both sides of the city gate stood up, pointed their muskets at the bridge, and prepared to start shooting after hearing the command.

At this moment, following a general's order, a hundred soldiers of the Ming army raised their guns in unison, and pointed their guns at the Spanish soldiers who were exposed.

The distance between the two sides was about two hundred steps. Although the Spanish soldiers on the city wall heard that the Ming army's muskets had a long range, they didn't think that at this distance, the opponent's bullets would hit them.

Everyone, including Rodriguez, thinks this way.

But the facts gave them a slap in the face.

Just after the Spanish soldiers fired their heavy muskets, one hundred Mines guns of the Ming army also fired a volley. Amidst the rising white smoke, nearly 20 Mines guns fired successfully. More than [-] Spanish soldiers stood up and shot Before the soldiers could react, nearly ten people were shot and fell to the ground.

Before the Spaniards woke up from the shock, the three giant cannons that had cooled down roared again. This time their target was the position of the Spanish artillery on the city wall.

The three projectiles accurately landed on the ten-meter-wide city wall.

One of the projectiles landed accurately near a bronze cannon, smashed a loader into a bloody ball and then continued to jump up, knocking the head of a Spanish soldier a few meters away into a rotten watermelon, and in the third After the first bounce, it took away the thigh of a Spanish soldier, and after smashing the bone of No.4 Spanish soldier's calf, he jumped forward and fell into the city.

(End of this chapter)