Win the Ding 1617

"shooting!"

Naturally, the soldiers of the Guards Battalion would not rush forward to headhunt in a mess like those Gaoshan soldiers of the Dongfan soldiers. The officers in the middle of the queue waved the Juehu Dao obliquely in their hands, and moved towards the front that showed signs of collapse. Zheng Jun's artillery team of hundreds of people pointed to it.

The general of the new army, who was on the defense line of the Zhaimen, roared loudly, and pointed the saber in his hand diagonally.

On the top of the earth wall and on the front slope, hundreds of soldiers from the Guards Battalion lined up. The gunners were arranged in four layers according to the usual formation and firing tactics of the Southern Guangdong Army. Each layer had nearly a hundred excellent guns. , a violent flame erupted.In the sound of explosion.Numerous muzzles.Large streams of gunpowder smoke were sprayed towards the panicked Zheng Jun gunners and guards not far away.

Immediately, in the artillery team of the Zheng Army, which was already crazily clamoring and flustered, with the sound of firecrackers, more than a dozen shot rolled to the ground, not to mention those who were struggling to pull the artillery carriages upwards on the reverse slope of the earth wall. The guards and soldiers were the first to bear the brunt, and those gunners who were hiding behind the artillery also shot out gusts of blood mist, staggered and fell down the mountain.

The four cannons in their team suddenly lost their upward power, and turned to slide and roll down the slope of the earth wall.The eight-pound cannon they relied on for self-protection and confidence just now became the king of Hades who helped the tyrant and tortured others. Several gunners screamed that their bones and tendons were broken after being hit by the rapidly descending cannon carriage, and vomited blood.

After just a few breaths, there was another terrifying sound of firing guns exploding in my ears, and more people in the already panic-stricken Zheng Jun team were shot and fell to the ground.

After heating the by-product patina in the process of mining copper ore, smelting refined copper, and "casting" Tongbao.This mineral called copper hydroxide will be decomposed into water and copper oxide, and the copper oxide catalyst will be added as an additive to the gunpowder that has been carefully manufactured to make sub-powder, which can be broken within dozens of steps. The white-armored soldiers of the Qing army, wearing heavy armor and holding iron shields, were used at this distance to deal with these gunners of the Zheng army who were mostly wearing cotton armor.

The sound of platooning guns followed one after another, following the Nanyue Army's offensive pace, and within half a minute, dozens of people in the Zheng army's ranks had been shot and fell over. The sound kept ringing in Zheng Jun's team.

In order to ensure the rate of fire, the fire gunners of the Guards Battalion.No queuing rounds were conducted.Instead, they used the very skilled firecracker delivery tactics that the Daming Shenji Battalion had used long ago.Shoot at close range with the gunners standing in the first row.The three rows of firecrackers behind them took turns passing the firecrackers filled with sub-powders to the hands of the front row shooters, and then took over the empty birdcracks and reloaded the ammunition urgently.

And the gunners in the first row.It is not necessary to consider worries.Just aim at the soldiers of the Zheng army not far away and pull the trigger without thinking about it.

The faucet fell.In the blink of an eye, there was a bang, and a burst of flames burst out from the fire door, and then the muzzle of the gun spewed out large amounts of gunpowder smoke.It's just a moment of lightning.It was a soldier of the Zheng army who had several big holes pierced by a firecracker in his padded armor, and a few streams of blood mist suddenly rose on his head and body, but there were several firecracker soldiers, all aiming their firecrackers at this unlucky soldier .

In just half a minute, the three rounds of platooning by the Southern Guangdong Army had completely destroyed the will of Zheng Jun, a small army to resist.Those guard soldiers of the Zheng army with knives and guns in their hands were almost all taken care of by the gunfire soldiers and fell to the ground.

The entire position suddenly fell silent, no matter the attacking or defending sides, there was only the sound of each other's heavy breathing.

"Attack the bayonet! Kill!"

Liang Kuan yelled violently, interrupting the moment of peace.

The guard battalion was in the middle, and two battalions of the three battalions of Dongfan soldiers were on the left and right wings, sweeping towards the small remaining Zheng army like a tide.

"Escape!"

I don't know who was the first in the team to yell this, more than a hundred soldiers of the Zheng army left their dead and wounded robes all over the place, turned around and fled towards the fort!

On the beach, several artillery brigades were struggling to carry the eight-pounder and twelve-pounder guns, wading through the waist-deep water to the beachhead.In the ranks, there were officers encouraging the soldiers from time to time: "Even the young commander-in-chief personally wielded his sword to go into battle, and we all took the military salary of the commander-in-chief to support our families. If we don't work our lives at this time, we still have a conscience?! Hurry up! "

"Go on!"

On the two wings of the Zheng family's artillery team, more soldiers from the Southern Guangdong Army swarmed up, surging on the beach like wildfire.

"Damn it! The young marshal has annoyed the lord and the young miss this time! The young lady has said something, whoever sees the young marshal will give the lord 28 slaps on his ears first!"

Lu Yunsheng, the commander of the third town, waved the command flag in his hand and urged the troops to follow up, expanding the landing field opened by Li Huayu even larger.

"Young Marshal has set a good example for the whole army this time, and has made such great achievements for the whole army. Why do you want to slap him?"

A Yi soldier standing beside Lu Yunsheng was bewildered.

"Go! I don't know what it means that the son of a daughter can't sit down? I don't know what it means that the body of a Buddha can't be put in a tiger prison? I told you to read more books a long time ago, but you are lucky! You can write letters to your family after knowing five hundred characters. Know where to throw the books!"

He taught the soldier a lesson, and Lu Yunsheng did not slow down at all, and trekked all the way to the beach.Behind him, three battalions of soldiers dragged cannons and various supplies from the sea like ants.

A battalion of soldiers dragged small boats, bamboo rafts and other things, holding knives, axes, hammers, saws and other things in their hands, and kept building simple docks between the beach and the fast crab boats, so that heavy materials such as personnel and artillery could go ashore quickly for combat.

On the east fort, the 24-pound cannon originally used to deal with the enemy on the sea was used by the gunners to move the cannon carriage to the maximum, so that the muzzle could barely point to the west fort and the center. fort.

"fire!"

Relying on the standardization of military production of the Nanyue Army, these cannons immediately became the enemy's weapon of the Nanyue Army in the hands of experienced and skilled gunners. Several 24-pound forts were quickly fired and went straight to the middle fort.

At this moment, a large number of Nanyue troops are under the command of Li Huayu.He had already pounced on the top of the earthen wall, attacked from the left and right sides, and pressed down from a high position, forcing the remnant soldiers of more than a hundred people only to the ditch outside the fort.

"fire!"

Zheng Zhiwan swung a knife and chopped to death an officer who turned around and tried to escape. He didn't care to wipe off the blood on his face. Gunners on the fort.

"Fire me at the earth wall and the ditch! Let me suppress the southern army!"

"My lord! There are our own brothers outside the ditch. If we fire, we will hurt them!"

"I can't take care of it! At worst, I will give them a water and land dojo. I will have a ten-day Luotian Dajiao!"

On the fort.Six or seven surviving big Francophones and six-pound guns shot at the earth wall and the outer trench of the fort one after another.

As a result, Li Huayu's assault troops were in bad luck.

Originally planned to chase all the way, chasing and killing those defeated soldiers and rushing into the fort, but.But he didn't want the cannons on the fort to rain down in the dense formation.

blink.The smoke stirred up by the heavy shells enveloped the assault formation.More than a dozen soldiers who were hit by the shells fell to the ground without even humming.

A soldier was rushing forward with a firecracker, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a shell attacking him, and subconsciously raised the firecracker in his hand to block it.Under the sudden impact, I suddenly felt my arm tremble.Afterwards, he looked down, only to find in shock that one of his arms had gone somewhere, and the remaining hand was also dripping with blood from the shock.In addition to being horrified, he couldn't help but howl like a wounded beast.

The sudden artillery fire caught the fleeing Zheng army and the pursuing Nanyue army by surprise. Limbs and flesh were flying in the ranks, shouting, cursing and wailing together.

That's all for the Guards Battalion. Under the leadership of their respective officers, these soldiers kept shouting, "Quick, rush over, don't stay!"

"Come on! Get out of his cannon!"

Although the guard battalion in the front was under the heavy care of the Zheng family's artillery fire, but the offensive formation was slightly frustrated, and it returned to normal in an instant. Just continue to pounce on the outer trench. A few fast-paced soldiers have already surpassed the Zheng family's defeated soldiers. He rushed to the edge of the outer ditch, and pushed the Juma placed on the edge of the outer ditch into the ditch with the bayonet in his hand.

However, the Dongfan soldiers on the two wings were somewhat unsatisfactory.

After the first shell fell into their ranks, some soldiers screamed and exclaimed.

After that, shells fell into the crowd from time to time, blasting up clouds of smoke and dust mixed with pieces of flesh and blood, and the arrogance of the Dongfan soldiers suddenly plummeted.

When a cannonball fell, it hit a barebacked and barefoot Dongfan soldier, split his body in two, and the upper body was thrown into the air by the air wave, and several people nearby were drenched in blood. After the rain, the limbs and flesh of this Dongfan soldier fell on the heads and faces of everyone.Looking at the past, everyone looks like a ghost.

The upper half of his body, which was blown into the air by the shell, fell in the middle of the line, but the Dong Fan soldier was still breathing, he was still whimpering and moaning, and he couldn't hear what he was saying for a moment.

"Ah!" In this scene, as shells continued to fall into the Dongfan soldiers, the fear hidden in the hearts of these Gaoshan soldiers was infinitely magnified, and their endurance reached the limit, and some people collapsed immediately.

"Escape!"

I don't know which soldier was the first to yell out this word that was haunting everyone's mind. Immediately, dozens of people responded, turned around and ran towards the road they came from.

"Fleeers, die!"

After walking a few steps, a flash of saber flashed in front of his eyes, and the two Dong Fan soldiers who had fled at the front were brought down with sabers and their heads were chopped off.A few shots of gunfire rang out, and three or five Dongfan soldiers were knocked to the ground.

The fleeing Dongfan soldiers looked intently. Li Huayu's fair face was stained red by the two deserters who spurted blood from their necks. The whole body, armor, and battle robe were covered with blood. I don't know when it was thrown aside, the bun and golden hairpin on the top of the head were cut off by a passing shotgun, and the meticulously groomed black hair in the past was scattered on the head and shoulders. This shape is like the Shura Demon King generally.

"Back back! Go up!"

The guard battalion officer next to Li Huayu waved the spear in his hand and picked up the head of the beheaded deserter, "This is an example! If you don't want to hurt your tribe after you die, go forward!"

"Dongfan soldiers listen! Anyone who climbs first will be rewarded with ten silver dollars! Two bolts of fine flowered cloth and twenty catties of refined salt! Those who behead the enemy will be rewarded with five catties of refined salt!"

On the one hand, after escaping, the family will die and the family will be wiped out, on the other hand, he will fight forward desperately, and there is still an attractive reward waiting for him.Even the mountain people who are not yet fully civilized will weigh the pros and cons.

"Follow my banner! Kill!"

Li Huayu also fought bravely, snatching his own flag from the flag bearer beside him, waving a knife in one hand and holding the flag in the other, shouting and rushing,

Following his pace, hundreds of Dongfan soldiers gradually gathered behind him, surpassing him in a blink of an eye.

there.The soldiers of the Guards Battalion had already rushed through the outer ditch.He rushed under the city wall of the fort, and started shooting with Zheng Jun at the top of the city with firecrackers.On the fort, Zheng Jun was constantly knocked down by firecrackers, and fell from the top of the city screaming.under the city.Soldiers of the Southern Guangdong Army were also burned and killed by gunpowder bags dropped from the city walls.

"Don't stop! Go up!"

There are always officers at all levels in the team to supervise and restrain their subordinates.On the one hand, they bombarded the fort with a row of guns.On the one hand, the troops were organized to rush towards the city wall of the fort.In the queue, more than a dozen soldiers struggled to drag an incomplete refusal horse, the sharp thorns on it had been destroyed by artillery fire and knives and guns, and very few remained.It just happened to be used as a ladder to climb up the gap in the fort.

A fort is not like a city, and the defensive tools and weapons prepared are far less complete than the city.It was just that the gunpowder in reserve was either mixed with firewood, or packed in large and small ceramic utensils, and kept dropping, hoping to use these to prevent and delay the offensive of the Southern Guangdong Army.For a while, a fire barrier was formed under the city wall, mixed with the sound of explosions, and many soldiers of the Southern Guangdong Army were burned to death and injured in this fire barrier.Seen from the air, the entire Gulangyu Island seems to be shrouded in flames and smoke, like a burning city.Puffs of smog are blown from Gulangyu Island to Xiamen Island by the strong sea breeze. In the past, the sea breeze with a bit of fishy and salty taste was mixed with the pungent smell of saltpeter and sulfur today. bloody taste.

Looking up from Zheng Zhilong on Sunlight Rock, the sea to the west seems to be covered with ships of the Nanyue Army. Those fast boats with sails and oars are constantly transporting soldiers, horses and artillery to Gulangyu Island. On the periphery of the fast crab boat is a two-masted sailing ship that keeps pouring shells into the two forts on the island.

And on the west side of Xiamen Island, Zhang Xiaohu's iconic golden three-headed tiger is rushing into the West Waterway amidst the gunfire, constantly using his artillery advantage to shoot dozens of heavy artillery shells on both sides of the ship towards Zheng Zheng along the way. Army artillery positions fired over.

And outside the West Waterway, there is a plum blossom flag standing proudly in the wind and snow, in the smoke and fire, blown by the air current of the shells and the hunting sea breeze.Near the Aomei, within two or three miles, there are fast crab troop ships lined up on the sea, and dozens of ships may be carrying nearly ten thousand soldiers and horses.These soldiers and horses followed the Three-Headed Tiger and the Aomei. The purpose and function were the West Waterway, which is the forts along the Xiamen Inner Harbor. The gunboats made the forts dumb. on the artillery.It's just that the muzzle is turned around.Firmly block Zheng Zhilong's military ships in Xiamen Port, so that they cannot dispatch troops to reinforce Gulangyu and other places, and completely block them on Xiamen Island!

And for this purpose, the first place to focus is Gulangyu Island!

At this time, the top and bottom of the middle fort are already full of casualties.

The offensive and defensive sides were conveniently within a distance of less than dozens of steps, which happened to be within the best range of the firecrackers in their respective hands, and fired projectiles at the opponent, causing heavy damage to the opponent.

"Bang bang bang bang!" There was a sound of firecrackers, and after a flash of fire, dozens of Dongfan soldiers who were rushing forward with swords and axes were pushed back by the huge impact, and they slanted. Some of them fell onto the blood-soaked ground, and bloody arrows shot out from their bodies.

A spring thunder-like explosion seemed to roll across the sky, and large swaths of smoke rose from the edge of the outer trench. Huayu was ruthless this time, and gathered hundreds of firecrackers to carry out uninterrupted bombardment of Zheng Jun who was defending at the gap. The firepower was suppressed, and the projectiles shot down from the edge of the ditch to the gap of the fort like raindrops.

"Quick! Bring those cannons over to me!"

Hua Yu hoarsely urged his subordinates to drag the four cannons that had just been seized on the side of the earth wall into place. He planned to use these four eight-pound cannons to give the defenders on the top of the city a savage taste.

"Change the shotgun!"

"Aim at the densely populated place at the head of the city and fire!"

"Change the shotgun! Aim at the most crowded place in the city and hit me hard!"

The commanders above and below the city almost issued the same order.

Zheng Zhiwan on the middle fort was also struggling to support at this time.From the time Li Huayu led his troops to the earthen wall, he had beheaded seven heads in a row with a knife, threaded these seven heads with ropes, and hung them in the center of the fort, so that his soldiers could see them. role model!

"Fight hard! If you can stand it, there is a way! The commander will definitely send someone from Xiamen Island to reinforce us!"

"boom"

Amid the deafening sound of cannonballs, a six-pound cannon on the fort spewed out thick white smoke, and a solid shell weighing five catties roared out of its chamber.Its target went straight to the firecrackers of the Southern Guangdong Army who were firing fiercely towards the top of the city.

At a distance of dozens of steps, the gunfire is the best range, and the power of the artillery can be imagined.

"Mazu blesses you, if you can kill the Li family's son with one shot, the disciple will rebuild the temple and build a golden body. From then on, I will eat fast, chant Buddha, build bridges and repair roads!"

Looking at the whereabouts of the cannonball and Li Huayu's recognition flag not far away, Zheng Zhiwan couldn't help praying secretly in his heart. (To be continued..)