Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 224 Black Magic!Are we at war with the devil?

The straight-line distance from St. Paul's Fortress to the East India Company Wharf in Macau's Haojiang Inner Harbor is less than three miles.

After the smoke dissipated, Governor Wen Lishi standing on the fort finally knew what happened at the pier!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Quickly evacuate the Portuguese citizens into the fortress and prepare for battle!"

Wen Lishi quickly issued an order.

No matter who is on the other side, Wen Lishi believes that they will never be able to break through this fortress carefully built by the Portuguese

"Governor, almost all of our people have withdrawn to the outer city of the fort. Can we start shelling now?"

When his subordinates came to report the situation, the governor of Macau, Wen Lishi, was in a tangle.

He was debating whether to defend the outer city.

The outer city is completely different from the inner city. The inner city has a bastion built around the St. Paul's Fort, while the outer city is just an ordinary stone wall after expansion.

More importantly, the bastion at that time was too stingy. Later, the Macau colony gradually became the largest port in East Asia, and the center of Catholicism in East and Southeast Asia, and its population also increased rapidly.

Now there are tens of thousands of permanent residents plus floating population, how can they be squeezed into a small bastion?

Moreover, there is St. Paul's Cathedral in the outer city, and a constantly expanding St. Paul's Seminary!

If the outer walls were abandoned, not only tens of thousands of colonial residents would have to be abandoned, but also the cathedral and the seminary would be abandoned. The consequences were beyond his power as a governor!
However, if the outer wall is not abandoned, the combat effectiveness of the Portuguese defenders will be greatly limited. Because of the construction of the stone wall of the outer city, the shooting angle of the 12-pound cannon on the bastion is blocked, and it is impossible to directly bombard the enemy close to the stone wall.

Just when Wen Lishi was struggling, a song praising God suddenly sounded in his ears.

This is the priests and believers gathered in St. Paul's Cathedral, led by the Bishop of Macau, singing loudly, praising Jesus.

Hearing this song, Wenlishi knew that he must not abandon the outer wall of the fortress. The church is the spiritual pillar of the Portuguese.

"Portuguese warriors, the enemy is coming, for the sake of God, now give me all my strength to defend the outer wall! The cannons are ready to shoot!" Wen Lisi gave an order impassionedly.

Inside the fortress, preparations for war are proceeding in an orderly manner.

The offensive team of more than 500 guards, led by Portuguese prisoners, was getting closer and closer to the fort.

However, even if these Portuguese artillery found that more than 500 enemies were approaching the Fort, it would be difficult to hit them with twelve-pound bronze cannons.

Because their cannons don't fire fast, and it's hard to adjust the firing angle.

For the guards to advance rapidly in columns and squads, the enemy's artillery really did not pose much threat.

In addition, there are only 36 twelve-pound cannons placed on the St. Paul's Fort, and they are also scattered on the four triangular platforms located at the four corners of the core fort and the four walls of the core fort.

Among them, there are only nine cannons that can reach the side of the Guards.

If the troops of the Guards were arranged in a square formation or a dense formation lined up for shooting, they might pose a certain threat to the Portuguese cannons.

But the 500-man commando led by Qian Yan was different, because they had trigger-action rifles and specially used skirmish tactics. They marched in squads and scattered them on the battlefield.

Then look for favorable terrain as much as possible or simply build fortifications by yourself to resist the enemy's artillery fire or cavalry impact.

And their main and most powerful means of attack are the grenades on their bodies, and the black whirlwind rockets they can carry on their shoulders!
If you don't have a cannon, you may not be able to take down this bastion. Don't forget where Qian Yan came from.

He got to where he is today by relying on the extremely dangerous tactics of breaking the city with sweet gunpowder packs time and time again.

Today, the explosive kits produced by the Ming Dynasty Royal Manufacturing Bureau must show the Portuguese their rogue tactics.

First of all, the guards lit the smoke bombs. Relying on the smoke from the smoke bombs, a team of ten people quickly came to the edge of the stone city wall.

Boom!
The outer city is broken!

The outer city was breached too quickly, and the scribes on the inner city wall were about to give a speech to mobilize and encourage the Portuguese in the city to take up arms to defend the colony.

As a result, Governor Wen Lishi was startled by the huge explosion before he could say a word, and almost fell down. Looking back, he murmured in disbelief: "My God, the outer city is so empty. Already!"

Wen Lishi also knew that no more time should be wasted at this time.

"Now send an order to the reserve team, let them all carry muskets and swords, and follow me to the outer city to guard the cathedral!"

The main force of the Portuguese is in the outer city, and there are only some reserve teams in the inner city. In order to win, he decided to take the lead in a charge.

Don't look at his Chinese name Wen Lishi, it's just arty, he is from the army.

Wen Lishi led the reserve team and rushed to the west wall, which was caught in a bloody battle.

St. Paul's Cathedral and St. Paul's Seminary are near the west wall of the outer city of St. Paul's Fortress.

The cathedral is located in the northwest corner of the outer city, with its back against the city wall.

The front of the cathedral is quite a spacious square.

This square is now full of people, all of them are Portuguese, mixed-race Portuguese and their most loyal servants who have taken refuge in the city. The number of people is probably no less than 5000!
There were quite a few people, but Wen Lishi didn't feel much fighting spirit. Most of the people were downcast, and many Portuguese women and children were still crying.

There was constant gunfire in the church.

Regarding this scene, Wen Lishi did not dare to let the army stay in the square for a long time, otherwise the morale of the 500-person reserve team he brought would almost drop.

It is necessary to rush out of the square, join the main force of the Portuguese nearby, and then win the street fighting with all their strength.

At this moment, he heard a few "swoosh" sounds.

He raised his head and saw a scene that he will never forget in this life.

The Portuguese main force outside the square was beaten to the point of crying by the enemy on the opposite side, and they fled in a crowd.

However, the group of enemies did not know what was ignited, and with a bang, black objects dragging flames attacked the Portuguese main force one after another. It was Daming's Black Whirlwind Rocket.

Like a meteorite falling from the sky, it exploded in the Portuguese main force with a bang.

Immediately afterwards, all kinds of stumps and broken arms flew up, and Governor Wen Lishi was stunned.

The battle continues.

A rocket fell into the crowd, exploded, and turned into countless scythes of death, running across the top of the unshielded city wall, knocking down the Portuguese soldiers who stood there completely at a loss!
The Portuguese in the square were also dumbfounded, and some of them were scared to pee.

This group of colonial masters have been in peace for many years, and they have never seen such a scene.

Someone yelled, "God, they know black magic, are we fighting the devil?"

(End of this chapter)