Kowloon wins

Chapter 1135 Outsmarting Malacca ([-])
"Report to the colonel, the left and right forts were attacked at the same time, and the enemy's situation is unknown!"

Colonel Robert Ferdinand is quite prestigious in the army. When he was so angry, the panicked Portuguese officers and soldiers immediately fell silent, and an officer on duty rushed forward and reported loudly. road.

"Order: All companies and platoons are in position, ready to meet the enemy!"

The Portuguese had many enemies in Nanyang. The Dutch, the Britons, the aboriginals, and the Qing Empire who came to their door a few days ago may all be the culprits of this attack. When the enemy's situation was unknown, Colonel Robert Ferdinand was the Not daring to act rashly, he issued an order for comprehensive preparations with a wave of his hand.

"Yes!"

Although the Portuguese army is far from being an elite division, it is an army after all. The general has issued a combat order, and he is still very resolute in executing it. When the passwords sounded, more than [-] Portuguese soldiers lined up and rushed forward. Rows of muzzles pointing in all directions at various key locations in the fortress, quietly waiting for the enemy to appear.

The battle on the left and right forts was extremely fierce, with gunshots and explosions ringing all the time. Although the Portuguese officers and soldiers who were attacked in a hurry resisted desperately, their morale, tactical quality, and weapons and equipment were better than those of the Qing navy and army. The team was short of the boss, and couldn't withstand the attack and encirclement of the Qing soldiers at all. In less than half an hour, they were so oppressed that it was difficult to gain a foothold on the fort, and the remnants had to escape from the fort in embarrassment. They fled in the direction of the fort along the path leading to the top of the mountain.

"Call me!"

The left and right forts are on the mountainside, and there is a mountain road about 300 meters away from the St. Paul Fortress on the top of the mountain. It doesn't look too far, and the road that has been leveled is not particularly difficult. If it is normal, such a distance, The walk can be completed in a few minutes, but at this moment, for the two fleeing Portuguese, it is undoubtedly a road to death. There is no other way, the soldiers of the two companies of the Qing army have long been lurking on the two mountain roads. It was originally intended to ambush the fortress to aid the enemy, but it never occurred to Colonel Robert Ferdinand that he had no such plan at all. Now that the enemy was retreating to the fortress, the two company commanders of the Qing army who were in charge of the reinforcements refused to let go. The sound of orders and gunshots rang out, and the battered Portuguese remnant army was plundered again, and none of them could escape to the fortress. Only those in their early thirties who were able to retreat to the fortress were left in one piece, and there were 230 defenders of the right fort, and only a pitiful twenty or so were able to retreat to the fortress. The rest either died in battle or were wiped out. captured by the army.

At four o'clock, even though the sun had not yet risen, the sky was already bright. The guards of the Famosa castle, which had been alarmed for a long time, maintained a high level of alert while dispatching a search team, and finally found a few broken soldiers After some questioning, it was finally confirmed that the forts on the left and right sides of Mount St. Or counterattack?

Shou?It seems very safe, with the tall city walls, at least for the time being, there is no need to worry about the Qing army being able to attack the castle. The problem is that if the left and right fortresses fall into the hands of the Qing army, once the main fleet of the Qing army arrives, it will be difficult to rely on the strength of the fortress on the Famosa castle. More than a dozen heavy artillery pieces obviously couldn't withstand the furious bombardment of the Qing fleet's naval guns, and it was only a matter of time before they fell. Obviously, the only way to keep the castle of Famosa was to be in the Qing army's main fleet. Before arriving, troops were sent to retake the left and right fortresses. In this regard, the governor of Malacca, Count Diego Rodriguez, and the commander of the garrison, Major General Gortat Sanders, and other high-level officials reached a consensus on sending troops to fight back after only a short discussion. In this way, a liaison officer was also sent to request the commander of the fortress, Colonel Robert Ferdinand, to lead his troops to cooperate and attack up and down, in order to recover the left and right forts as soon as possible.

The Portuguese reacted extremely quickly. As soon as the hour arrived, Major General Gortat Sanders led more than 450 main forces out of the castle and marched towards the Church of Santiago at the foot of Mount St. Paul. At the same time, Robert Colonel Ferdinand also personally led more than [-] officers and soldiers of the main force of the fort to leave the side door of the fort and move towards the left fort in an attempt to attack the Qing army on the left fort with the main force.

Although there were 600 Qing troops who arrived in Malacca, only about [-] were exposed on the surface. Two companies of troops were deployed on the left and right forts. As for the main force, they were all hidden on the left side of Mount St. Paul. In the mountains and forests on the side, even though the Portuguese army's large-scale dispatch has been discovered, they have never sent out to support, and have always stood still.

At four o'clock, the battle finally started. Due to the terrain, Major General Gortat Sanders never suppressed all the troops in one go, but the first round of probing attacks dispatched as many as a battalion , and counting the more than 450 people who advanced from St. Paul's Fortress along the mountain road to the left fort, the total force is more than double that of the [-] troops deployed by the Qing army on the left fort. Fighting on two fronts, the Qing army still had an advantage in terms of location when facing the enemy army advancing up the hillside, but facing the enemy army attacking from the St. Paul Fortress, the Qing army was at a disadvantage. It can only block a short section of the road, and it is difficult to form a deterrent to the Portuguese army attacking from top to bottom. Obviously, it is by no means easy to defend the fort when such a big enemy is present.

Facing the attack from the two enemy forces, Yan Tianming, who was in charge of commanding the battle, was not afraid at all. He quickly adjusted his deployment and moved most of the machine guns to the front. It was transferred to the left side of one's own side to block the fortress enemy troops who came down from the heights.

"Every machine gun position is ready, hit me!"

Although the enemy army in the fortress is relatively close to the left fort, the mountain road is not very easy to walk, and secondly, the enemy army in the fortress has already known the sharpness of the Qing army, and their courage is obviously not as good as that of attacking from the castle of Famosa. In the same robe, the speed of advancing is really not fast. On the contrary, the enemy army attacking from the foot of the mountain advanced to a distance of less than 50 meters from the fort. Yan Tianming didn't dare to be careless when a head appeared in the woods, but after hearing his roar, more than [-] machine guns of the Qing army who were waiting in full force opened fire almost at the same time.

"Da da da……"

Following Yan Tianming's order, the machine gun positions immediately roared, and countless bullet rains intertwined into a net of death fire, which instantly beat the forward of the Portuguese army to death and wounded, and the subsequent Portuguese soldiers saw this. , how dare they charge forward, they all retreated into the woods in disorder, and with the help of the cover of the trees, they fired each other with the Qing army on the fort. The threat from the enemy was really not that great, on the contrary, they were killed and injured by the intensive firepower of the Qing army and the bursts of sharpshooters.

"Get on the first row, get down, and shoot on the spot!"

The road from the fortress of Mount St. Paul to the left battery does not go straight down, but winds along the ridge, with many ups and downs in the middle. When the frontal battle started, Colonel Robert Ferdinand led his troops It also entered a small raised slope less than 60 meters away from the left fort. However, this guy did not wave his troops and rush down. Instead, he hid behind a big rock and poked his head out, condescending After carefully observing the deployment of the Qing army, Colonel Robert Ferdinand felt a little guilty when he saw that all the Qing troops on this side were lying or half kneeling on the ground, with their black guns pointing directly at the mountain road. , who dared to wave the army straight down, but seeing his eyeballs rolling wildly a few times, he already raised his hand and issued a general order.

"Boom, bang, bang..."

The mountain road itself is not wide, and there are many cliffs in the back mountain, so it is difficult to deploy troops. Only the front mountain is relatively flat, but there are many bushes and boulders, and the most troops that can be deployed are only one platoon. Even though there were not many troops, the advantage of being on a high ground was extremely obvious. With such a random shooting, nearly ten soldiers of the Qing army were either killed or injured on the spot.

"Fire, call me!"

Due to the angle of view, it was difficult for the Qing army to detect the specific deployment of the enemy troops starting from the fortress. It was inevitable that they would suffer a big loss when they were suddenly attacked. When they saw this, the commander in charge A company commander of the Qing army immediately became angry, waved his hand, and gave the order to counterattack with a roar.

The Qing army deployed not many machine guns on the left side, only eight, but the fighting was very lively. Amidst the roar of gunfire, bullets rained down on the small high slope like weaving, but The excitement is lively, but the actual effect is really not good, either it was hit flying, or it was hit on boulders and bushes, the gravel was splashed, and the branches and leaves were flying. At this time, the Marine Corps soldiers' shooting skills showed amazing power. A burst of gunshots shot past, and all the Portuguese soldiers who had no time to shrink their heads were shot to death. Among the elite, almost every soldier is a sharpshooter. This is completely fed by countless bullets. Not to mention, each soldier shoots far more than a thousand rounds of live ammunition every year. This angry counterattack Underneath, it was almost like guns and guns biting meat, and in an instant, seven or eight unlucky Portuguese soldiers became the ghosts of the soldiers of the Qing army.

"Second row, get on!"

Seeing that this was the first face-to-face shooting, and eight soldiers died on the spot, Colonel Robert Ferdinand gasped on the spot, but he didn't flinch, but waved his hand brazenly, The general order was issued again.

(End of this chapter)