Chapter 1049
Under the suppression of the heavy artillery on the battleship, the infantry on the fortress had no way to maintain constant defense, and the natives began to approach the stone wall. Although the Spanish defense was tight on the outside and loose on the inside, the walls and fortifications in the direction of the native residents could also Make it tall enough.

There is no way to climb up by manpower alone. There are protrusions at a certain distance, and there are trenches on the ground. In fact, it is a simple structure of a bastion. The number of defenders is extremely sufficient for a fortress. , making sure there are no areas guarding void.

But just relying on such a rough bastion cannot stop the natives who are being driven forward, and they need the firearms of the defenders to shoot continuously.

The sporadic heavy artillery fire made the defenders have to worry about the threat behind them at all times, and the defense below became intermittent, and the natives finally reached the bottom.

If the trenches were filled with human lives, the courage of the natives would not last that long. However, when the houses were demolished, enough wooden bridges and simple ladders had been made. The wooden bridges were laid on the trenches, and the ladders were used to lean against the wall.

Some people howled excitedly, while others reached out to pick up the gold and silver coins at the base of the wall and the edge of the trench, and more people began to climb and rush up. At this moment, they all had the illusion that rushing in was not only possible To survive, and even to rob the property of white people and abuse their women, this idea makes every aboriginal feel as if a fire is burning in their hearts, extremely excited.

When the natives climbed to the top of the wall with simple ladders, the situation of the Spanish defenders became much worse. The advantage of shooting firearms is that it can keep the enemy and ourselves at a certain distance, and it can keep the soldiers calm. But now, it is necessary to fight face to face.

The Spanish infantry armed with long swords, spears, halberds and firecrackers still had an overwhelming advantage over the natives. After training and cooperation, with tactics under the constraints of military discipline, they even far surpassed the natives in terms of physical strength and fighting will , the aborigines who had just climbed the stone wall were immediately killed mercilessly.

But the trouble lies in the heavy artillery at sea. After every sound of the artillery, the Spanish soldiers seemed to seek cover first. Otherwise, the stone chips blown up by the artillery shells did not distinguish between whites and indigenous people. Howling on the wall, and then being hacked to death by the natives, this is really shocking.

The advantage is overwhelming. The natives have an illusion that if a white man who relies on firearms is chased in front of him, he will panic and be in a mess in hand-to-hand combat.

In fact, on the contrary, the combat effectiveness of the natives with machetes was no better than that of the Inca soldiers in America. However, under the protection of armor, supported by sophisticated weapons and fighting courage, the Spanish soldiers quickly wiped out those who rushed up. Aboriginal.

However, there is a problem with such close combat, that is, it is impossible to guarantee that there will be no casualties. No matter how overwhelming the advantage is, there will always be accidents.

A Spanish second lieutenant first killed an aborigine with a short musket, then slashed another with a sword, and then threw the short musket in his hand, knocking down a native who had just climbed up the wall, and then the artillery on the sea rang loudly, He subconsciously turned his head to look.

With the heavy cannon fired at this distance, the trajectory of the shell can be seen clearly, and the impact point can be roughly judged. This time the shot should not hit the stone wall.

It's just that in such a tragic fight, if one is distracted, there will be an extremely dangerous situation. Two bamboo spears pierced through the gap in the armor...

Such casualties made the morale of the Spaniards extremely low. Governor Paul Luis was also wearing armor and holding a sword. He was also ready to go into battle at any time. At this time, all he could do was shout at the following:

"Open the gate of the fortress and dispatch four companies to drive these damned natives away."

Instead of entangled with the other party in the fortifications, it is better to go out to fight and drive the natives away. His arrangement is very correct.

The gate of the fortress was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and the excited natives were about to rush over when they were hit head-on by a volley from the door opening, and then more than 400 Spanish infantry rushed out shouting.

The fighting power of the natives is not worth mentioning. In such a face-to-face fight, they soon couldn't hold on and collapsed completely, especially when they found that the artillery and firecrackers behind them were no longer firing, and no longer supervised the battle. There was no need to persist, and soon the Spaniards cleared an open space in front of the fortress. The ground was full of native flesh and blood, and the situation was temporarily brought under control.

The Spaniards retreated into the fortress again, and the natives were also scattered, but after a certain distance, they were immediately blocked by the Han armed forces, and the natives who were dazzled by blood wanted to rush past the blocking of the Han people, but They have proved to their compatriots with their lives that this road will not work.

A large amount of bundled firewood was thrown from behind, and someone shouted loudly in the aboriginal language:

"Throw it under the Spanish fortress. Three bundles of firewood will allow you to retreat to a safer place. If you throw it away early or play tricks, you will die.

I can see that there are people standing on the high place, presumably they are staring at the throwing firewood. In this position, it is actually close enough to the fortress, and everyone who should see clearly can see clearly, and it is difficult to fake it.

What makes the aboriginals tempted is the phrase "safer". From the chaos in the morning to the present, every step is death, and there is no chance of survival in every position. The aborigines don't dare to expect any luck now. To be able to breathe, to be able to breathe more or less.

This is the same as in the desert. People who are extremely dry no longer want to live, but only want to drink water, even a drop of water. At this time, no one in the aborigines would have thought that when they raised their butcher knives against those kind and simple Han people At that time, what did those desperate Han people think?

The firewood was constantly thrown to the front by the old and the weak of the natives. The natives who had just returned from the battle picked up the firewood, and the Han pirates drove them away. run.

The Spaniards on the fortress had no confidence in whether they could hold on until reinforcements arrived. This was the second day's attack, and it turned out to be this tragic.

But none of them dared to relax. The Spaniards did not dare to let the natives rush into the fortress. During the massacre a year ago, they witnessed how cruel, bloody and crazy the natives were to the Han people, even though they were at the time Laughing and encouraging, even applauding, but they never want the same thing to happen to them,

Most of the firewood of the aborigines was not thrown under the stone wall of the fortress, and the shots from the top of the city were enough to block their footsteps. However, every time the artillery sounded from the sea, the aborigines could charge closer.

Bundles of firewood piled up there. Luzon is relatively dry in this season, and the vegetation is easy to burn. The Spaniards are not fools. Seeing this scene, they also thought that the other party wanted to attack with fire, but they were also puzzled. , the current wind direction is blowing from the sea, after lighting the vegetation, the smoke will not float to the castle, but will blow back. Isn't such an action self-injurious.

For such a stone fortress close to the sea, the effect of fire is very small, mainly relying on thick smoke to smoke people, but if this is done, it will actually protect the fortress. I really don't know what it does.

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The casualties of transporting firewood are much smaller than those of fighting. The fierce and inhuman Chinese armed forces suddenly became more benevolent. After the accumulated firewood was transported, the surviving people had the opportunity to eat and rest. They were also recovered from the homes of those who had been destroyed.

After a short rest, a large number of people were escorted down to Nangang by armed forces, where the boat was about to dock.

As the sky gradually darkened, the Han armed forces blocking the intersections gradually returned to the temporarily cleared space, and began to eat and rest.

Although the number of aborigines is large, there are too many casualties during the day. The aborigines who have lost their mobility are treated as corpses. At this time, it is easy to take care of them.

In the current state, even if there is no attack, but only siege, the disease caused by these corpses is enough to make the fortress face a disaster.

The Han people knew it, and the Spaniards knew it too, but after a day of fierce fighting, the Spaniards just wanted to take a good rest and have a short respite, because everyone knew that there would be a battle tomorrow, and maybe tomorrow was a matter of life and death.

The messy firewood piled up in front of the fortress is really quite a lot. Now that the sun has set and there is only a little light from the sky, the wind has become much weaker, but it is still blowing from the sea.

Seeing these firewood, the nervous and desperate Spaniards also found a little happiness. These Han people are really stupid. After spending so much effort, the smoke will smoke themselves. Isn't it ridiculous?

There are only corpses around the fortress, and there are fleets at sea. Manila, which has been fighting for a day, is finally much quieter.Both parties seem to be tired and in need of rest and recuperation.

It was gradually getting dark, and the darkness seemed to be a signal. There was a sudden sound of cannons around the fortress, and the stone walls of the fortress immediately panicked. The exhausted Spaniards were too lazy to move, but they had to move. During the battle, they already knew that the enemy on land had artillery, but the current artillery shooting required visual inspection to determine the target, and it was really not accurate in the dark.

In a hurry, the people on the stone wall didn't know where to fire the cannonball, and they couldn't see the trajectory of the shell at night, but this time they saw a cannonball glowing red across the sky, and they could even see The cannonball drew a red track, which is very strange at night.

Why was it glowing red? I quickly got the answer. The shell was not aimed at the fortress, but fell into the pile of firewood in front of the fortress. It didn’t require any aim. The place near the fortress was full of firewood, and the shell landed on the ground. It happened to fall into it.

It didn't take long to land on it, and flames began to burn, and thick smoke began to emerge. What people didn't expect was that the enemies outside the fortress burned the shells red and used them to ignite firewood.

The firewood was lit at night, the wind is much weaker now, but the wind direction has not changed, the smoke will still drift inland, and the injured people are still besiegers.

The flames began to spread, and the smoke billowed up, covering the sight of the Spaniards on the fortress. Almost at the same time, the artillery on the sea began to roar again, and the attention of the people on the fortress was once again attracted.

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The water in Nangang is relatively shallow, and there are relatively gentle tidal flats. The warships approaching in circles are already close enough to the coast. If they are in the waters closer to the shore, they are in danger of being stranded.

Next to this battleship, several rafts connected side by side have already been docked. Thick ropes are connected from the shore. On the gunboat, the parts on the gun carriage have begun to be lowered. These parts seem to be very heavy and have not yet landed on the raft. At that time, the people on the raft were tied with thick ropes.

The parts fell on the raft, and the raft often sank toward the water. These rafts made of trees that were light enough could not float, and were directly submerged in the water.

But the raft provides some buoyancy, and it is connected with thick ropes. In fact, the raft is more of a plane to prevent those metal components from being caught by something on the seabed. The other end of the rope is connected to those cows. The cattle are connected with leather ropes and ropes, and the signal is given here, and the other side drives the livestock and drags them to the shore.

As for the [-]-pound cannon, it is even more troublesome. It is directly tied with a rope at the gun door, and oiled leather is used as a pad on the other side of the gun door. bladder and empty coconut shell for maximum buoyancy.

After the cannon was pulled out, the hull was also damaged, and the crew on the ship had to rush to provide repairs. Once the several thousand kilograms of cannon fell into the water, it sank more than two feet. Fortunately, there were also a large number of people in the water. They all use force in the water, but fortunately this is a tidal flat, although it is soft, people can stand still.

There are not only dozens of cows on the shore, but also a large group of people, like a tug of war, working together to drag the cannon ashore little by little.

On the shore, it was even more troublesome than at the seaside. After assembling the cannon carts, I found that the soil in Manila Harbor was not hard enough. There are enough local methods for this. The road is built step by step, and the front is covered with wood and gravel. Dragging forward, going further, hundreds of people will be busy.

Just like this, step by step, I kept approaching the direction of the fortress...
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On the other side of the fortress, you can’t see too far at night, but now you’re paying attention to the shelling at sea while being obscured by thick smoke. What makes the Spaniards even more confused is that the Han people actually drove the natives to attack against the thick smoke. Isn’t that true? Asking for trouble?What happened outside, the Spaniards knew nothing.
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