The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 846 Login and Anti-login (seeking monthly ticket for subscription)
However, they are not really focused on attacking the beachhead.

After realizing that the beachhead was not easy to fight, the Spaniards had already divided their forces and landed elsewhere.

Prepare to land a small group of troops elsewhere, and let the small group go overland to attack the beach.

Use this to bypass the blocking of the Ming army to complete the landing, and flank the Ming army at the beach.

Since the Spaniards had an absolute advantage in strength and could divide their forces at will, the Ming army had nothing to do about it.

However, the Ming army observing the battlefield from the watchtower in the camp, after they observed that the Spaniards were looking for another place to land and were about to attack the Ming army's flank at Tantou, they quickly sent a warning signal to Wei Wu's troops at Tantou.

Let Wei Wu and the others carefully flank!
Seeing this scene, Wei Wu did not continue to fight on the beach, but ordered the Ming army to retreat in an orderly manner.

After the Ming army retreated, the Spaniards quickly followed up and seized the Ming army's position on the beach.

And sent troops to pursue Wei Wu and others who were retreating.

Under the cover of their own fort, Wei Wu and others quickly withdrew from the battlefield and retreated to the bastion.

At the same time, seeing that the Spaniards could not catch up with the Ming army that blocked them on the beach, they turned to prepare to welcome a large number of their own troops to land!
At the same time that the Spaniards landed, the Ming army had almost recalled all the people outside the city to the city, and quickly completed the work of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields.

An Shengqiang also sent people to call the police to the Indian tribes around the Daming camp, so that those Indian tribes could evacuate the crowd in advance.

And asked the Indians to send troops to attack the red-haired camp outside after evacuating the crowd, and to support the army to defend the city.

The Ming army is methodically preparing for war according to the predetermined plan.

After covering the evacuation of Wei Wu and others, the fort of the Ming army aimed at the beach again and fired.

After the Spaniards dropped hundreds of corpses, they also successfully opened the passage to the beach.

They sent troops to advance towards the pier, trying to seize the berth at the pier.

However, what greeted them was bursts of artillery fire.

From time to time, a few shells fell among the Spaniards who had completed the landing.

The shells rolled and twirled, plowing out passages of flesh and blood among the crowd.

The accuracy of the Ming army's shelling is really scary!
The Spanish warships continued to advance. After advancing to the vicinity of the pier, the warships continued to aim at the Ming army's fort and fired.

Prepare to cover your own ships for a large-scale landing.

Boom!Boom!
The sound of shelling continued.

As the distance between the two sides increased, the power of the Spaniard's naval guns increased significantly.

A shell fell fiercely on the fort of the Ming army, causing the fort to tremble.

But they were all bounced off again!
However, distance is relative.

While the Spanish's bombardment power increased, the Ming army's fortress's bombardment power also increased a lot.

Boom!Boom!
One after another, the shells drew a beautiful arc in the air and shot towards the Spanish warship.

The shell hit the side armor of the Spaniard's warship, and in the blink of an eye, it was deeply embedded in the hull, and sawdust was scattered all over the ship.

Several large-caliber coastal defense artillery can even make large holes in the side of the Spanish warship.

As the wind and waves surged, from time to time, sea water poured into the warship from the big hole in the side.

Some Spanish sailors were in a hurry to clean up the seawater in the cabin with wooden barrels and tubs.

"Fire!"

"Use flower bombs!"

Seeing that the Spaniards had sent the warship to their guns, the fort commander of the Ming army ordered without hesitation.

The gunners quickly reset the artillery and reloaded and aimed.

The accuracy of bombardment on the sea is poor because there are winds and waves on the sea, and the ship moves with the wind and waves all the time.

Before having a modern fire control system, the accuracy of shelling cannot be high!

But the shelling accuracy of the artillery in the fort is quite good.

Especially the artillery currently used by the Ming army is almost all rifled guns, which further ensures the stability of the artillery ballistic.

The accuracy of the shelling of the artillery on the Ming army fort is quite impressive.

Accompanied by a roar, one after another shot towards the Spanish warship docked on the sea.

Boom!Boom!
The roar of shelling resounded across the battlefield.

The trigger-type flowering bullets used by the Ming army have a very good killing effect.

Continuously, the flowering shells of the Ming army hit the side of the ship, and then exploded.

Amidst the roar, a large amount of gunpowder exploded, tearing a gap in the side of the ship.

Shells continued to fall on the deck of the ship, accompanied by a roar of explosions.

The fragments were mixed with smoke and dust, which could almost wipe out all the people on the deck of the Spanish ship.

The Spaniards again suffered several rounds of shelling, and the number of casualties continued to climb.

Those landing troops suffered heavy losses in the face of the artillery fire of the Ming army.

Pelos turned his head and said to General El.

"It seems that it is impossible for us to complete the landing with the help of Mingren's pier."

"As far as the current situation is concerned, we can only find another location to log in!"

General El looked at his losses on the beachhead and nodded in agreement.

"Well, that's a good statement!"

"The Ming people's bombardment is very fierce. We need to avoid the Ming people's bombardment range to land."

The two discussed the matter of landing around the shelling range of the fort.

As the order was issued, the Spaniard's ships separated into a group and headed south.

It is planned to concentrate the main force to attack the bastion of the Ming army after the army completes the landing.

……

Inside San Francisco Bastion
Standing at the top of the city, Wei Wu watched the Spaniards separate a fleet to go south to find another landing place, his expression was not very good.

"It seems that our plan to prevent the Red Hair from landing at the pier and cause a lot of damage to the Spaniards has failed."

An Shengqiang shook his head and said from the side.

"It's not a failure!"

"At the very least, it bought enough time for us to strengthen the wall and clear the field."

"After all, Hongmao has many soldiers, but our army has limited strength. It is unrealistic to block the field in the wild. It is just to defend the city and wait for the imperial reinforcements."

When Wei Wu heard this, he could only nod his head.

……

The Reds invaded San Francisco at the end of May.

After trying to attack the San Francisco Pier failed, the red hair did not continue to attack.

Instead, they sent troops to bypass the shelling range of the Ming army fort to land.

The Spaniards failed to make use of the dock facilities of the Shangming Army, so they wasted a lot of energy when they landed.

After landing, they expended effort to build some simple dock facilities before the main force completed the landing.

If the Spaniards only landed with infantry, maybe they can be transferred by small boats.

But if they want to land, it is impossible to land only infantry, and then send them to die under the bastion.

In addition to infantry, there is also a large amount of guns, ammunition and other materials that need to be transferred to the dock.

Especially those heavy siege artillery that were specially transported from Mexico City by General El to prepare for the attack on the bastion.

These big guys who weigh tens of thousands of catties at every turn cannot be transported by small boats.

To complete the landing of such heavy artillery, there must be a dock.

This is why the Spaniards wanted to try to take down San Francisco's pier even if they paid such a high price.

It took the Spaniards several days just to build the temporary pier, and by the time their main force finished landing, it would be June.

During this process, the Ming army sent people out of the city several times to raid the Spaniards who had landed, and even tried to burn down the temporary piers built by the Spaniards.

However, due to the limited force, the results of the battle are also limited.

Although it delayed the Spaniard for a while, it still couldn't change the overall situation.

In the end, the Spaniards landed successfully!

After the Spaniards landed, they headed towards the San Francisco Bastion of the Ming army.

General El did not rush to attack the bastion.

Instead, he ordered his own direction to build a large camp and prepare for the long-term siege of the San Francisco bastion.

And sent people to scout and detect the terrain near the San Francisco Bastion, preparing to select a suitable location to build artillery positions.

Although there have been a lot of exchanges between the East and the West over the years, Daming can hide it.

Therefore, everyone in the West failed to learn how the Ming Dynasty attacked the bastion.

This is especially true for the Spaniards. If they want to capture a bastion, they still have to use the old method, either by siege or by heavy artillery.

General El's thinking is both.

On the one hand, they are preparing to bombard the city with heavy artillery and cooperate with the army to launch an attack.

It is best if it can be breached, if not, then send heavy troops to besiege.

When the food and grass in the city are cut off, it will naturally fall.

……

On the seventh day of June in the ninth year of the Ming Dynasty, the Spaniards set up their camps and built artillery positions.

The first attempt was made to attack the San Francisco Fort.

Boom!Boom!
Accompanied by a loud noise, two shells shot towards the bastion of the Ming army.

With a bang, a shell mercilessly hit the bastion.

But it is a pity that facing the walls of the bastion, the killing effect of solid shells is really not very good.

The heavy shell hit the wall with terrible kinetic energy, and was bounced away in an instant.

Just leave two dimples on the wall.

The roar of the heavy artillery continued, and General El held the binoculars in his hand, staring at the bastion in front of him.

He watched helplessly as the shell hit the wall of the city wall and was bounced away.

He raised his heart and put it down again, feeling very anxious.

However, when he saw that the shelling had no effect, he still couldn't help frowning.

But in the end, General El still ordered.

"Pass down the order to intensify the bombardment!"

As his order was issued, the artillery began to continue to roar.

Cannonballs kept hitting the city wall. Although the shelling effect was not very good, the momentum was indeed not small.

The Ming army was not passively beaten, but continued to fight back.

The city defense guns in the fort and bastion were roaring, and shells were fired at the Spanish artillery formation.

The shells rolled and twirled, plowing furrows in the ground.

However, due to the accumulation of sand and anti-cannon in front of the Spaniard's artillery formation, the killing effect was not obvious.

Due to limited ammunition, the Ming army suspended large-scale bombardment.

There are only scattered artillery remaining, using flowering shells, aiming at the Spanish artillery positions and firing.

Occasionally, certain results can be achieved!

The remaining artillery is prepared to wait until the enemy starts to attack the city before firing to avoid wasting ammunition.

……

As time passed, the Spaniards also realized that their shelling could not cause much damage to the Ming army.

And the shelling stopped!
It is not only the Ming army that has limited ammunition, the situation faced by the Spaniards is not much better.

Their logistical supplies also need to be transported by sea, bypassing the entire South America.

But it's not easy!
The Spaniards also have limited ammunition, which cannot be replenished in a short time after running out.

General El didn't want to simply waste shells and gunpowder, so after realizing that the shelling was ineffective, he ordered people to stop.

A door of artillery quickly covered the flag and turned off.

Instead, he ordered the infantry to attempt an assault on the San Francisco bastion.

"kill!"

"Break San Francisco!"

"To the glory of God! Long live Spain!"

"..."

Missionaries cheer up soldiers and say prayers before battle.

After the prayer, under the order of General El, nearly [-] Spanish soldiers launched a frontal attack on the San Francisco Bastion.

In addition, he also sent troops to attract the firepower of the Ming army's fort, so as to gain more strategic advantages for his main force to attack the bastion.

Accompanied by a burst of shouts of killing, a mass of Spanish soldiers rushed towards the bastion.

A shrill siren sounded in the bastion!
Then there was a burst of gunfire.

Boom!Boom!
The sound of shelling continued, and almost all the artillery of the Ming army used shotgun shells.

Amidst bursts of muffled gunfire, the densely packed projectiles flew wildly and violently.

In the blink of an eye, the Spaniards who were attacking the bastion fell to the ground like cutting wheat.

Countless projectiles passed through the crowd, bringing up a fog of blood and howling.

Some were sifted by the projectiles and turned into broken corpses and mutilated limbs.

At the same time, there was a burst of clear gunshots.

The soldiers of the Ming army kept shooting at the top of the city, and the clear and deadly gunfire kept ringing.

There was a constant stream of gunpowder smoke rising from the top of the city, and some of the Spanish soldiers below the city were shot down by muskets and fell to the ground.

Under the angle of fire from the bastion, the number of Spaniards' casualties rose steadily.

After they pushed under the city wall, the next moment, the revolving machine guns deployed by the Ming army at the top of the city fired.

Accompanied by a crisp rattling sound, the barrel of the rotary machine gun continued to rotate, and the projectiles were as dense as raindrops.

Amidst the rattling gunshots, the Spaniards under the city kept falling to the ground.

Corpses fell on the road of attack, blood smeared, turning the soil on the ground into blood mud.

A large amount of blood gathered in the low-lying places, forming a river of blood.

In a short time, the attacking Spanish forces suffered heavy casualties in the hundreds.

In the blink of an eye, the open space in front of the San Francisco Bastion almost turned into a hell on earth.

General El looked at the scene in front of him, his eyes tearing apart.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of good Spanish guys fell in front of the Ming people's bastion.

……

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