Kowloon wins

Chapter 1136 Outsmarting Malacca ([-])
The battle was extremely fierce, even tragic, and the casualties on both sides were not light—the Portuguese army who stormed the left fort from the front could only attack one battalion after another due to the terrain, but the attack was quite resolute. However, in the face of the powerful firepower projected by the Qing army, not only did it not work, but they were beaten to pieces, and the corpse lay on the ground, but they had never even touched the side of the fort. It was really miserable, but at the same time The Qing army that was in charge of blocking the defenders of the Sao Paulo Fortress also suffered a lot of casualties. Although it relied on its precise shooting skills, it also caused a lot of damage to the Portuguese. Play to your heart's content, after several fierce battles, it can be said that you have killed 80 enemies and [-] self-damages. After nearly an hour of fierce fighting, the casualties have reached [-] or [-] people. Gradually, you can't hold on anymore. Fortunately, the blockade of machine guns can still work. , for a while, there is no need to worry about the Portuguese daring to charge.

At four o'clock, the fierce battle has been going on for an hour and a half, and the battle is still stalemate, but the situation has obviously begun to develop in a direction that is not conducive to the Qing army. If nothing else, the casualties of officers and soldiers are still trivial, and the most important thing is that the ammunition is not enough. ——You must know that the Qing army came from a long distance, and the ammunition they carried was not too much. Although Wang Kuan had ordered the surplus ammunition to be tilted to the defenders of the two forts as much as possible before the battle, after all It is not an unlimited supply. After such a fierce battle, the consumption of ammunition is undoubtedly astonishing. No, only half of the more than [-] machine guns standing on the front are still firing. Even the remaining dozen or so machine guns had to stop firing, and the situation was obviously not very good.

"Attack!"

Although he couldn't see the scene of the fierce battle, when he heard the roar of the machine guns fading away, even though Wang Kuandang realized that his ammunition was obviously insufficient, he didn't dare to wait any longer. The order to attack had been issued, and in an instant, more than two thousand soldiers shouted and rushed out of the hiding place, rushed into the city of Malacca like a tide, and rushed towards the rear of Major General Gortat Sanders. The road was intercepted - the hidden position of the main force of the Qing army was on the west side of St. Paul's Hill, half a city away from the battlefield - Malacca is an ancient city, although it has been tyrannized by the Portuguese for more than a hundred years, it can gather There are still a lot of indigenous people in Malacca. Naturally, it is impossible for these people to live in the Afarmosa Castle, so they can only build houses randomly on the left and right sides of the castle. The residents had long been frightened and shrank back to their homes. There were few people in the streets and alleys, which made it easier for the main force of the Qing army to raid.

"Shoot, shoot!"

When the Qing army came out so suddenly, the defenders on the tall wall of Afarmosa Castle panicked, regardless of whether they could hit or not, they desperately started shooting indiscriminately. Although it did not cause much damage to the Qing army's charge, it effectively informed Major General Gortat Sanders, who was commanding the attack on the mountain, that there was trouble in the rear.

"Quickly, order the entire army to shrink and stick to the church!"

On the turret of the Santiago church, Major General Gortat Sanders was observing the defense of the Qing army's position on the mountainside with a binoculars, when he suddenly heard gunshots behind him, he was startled and rushed He turned the binoculars back and saw countless Qing troops rushing along the street like a tide. Even though he panicked, he calculated again and found that his troops were no longer ahead of the Qing troops. Before the main force arrived, they withdrew to the castle, not daring to be careless, and hurriedly shouted out the general order.

"Withdraw the fortress!"

It wasn't Major General Gortat Sanders who was frightened by the main force of the Qing army. Colonel Robert Ferdinand was also panicked. He didn't dare to entangle with the defenders of the fort for fear of losing his way. , The order to withdraw troops was already issued with a wave of hands.

Colonel Robert Ferdinand's headquarters was in a favorable terrain, so the withdrawal went smoothly. Except for the fifty or so corpses who died in battle, the rest all retreated back to St. Paul's Fortress very smoothly. The troops of Major General Tate Sanders were not so lucky. Only the more than [-] people who were on standby at the foot of the mountain successfully retreated into the church. After the dumplings were made, a bloody fight followed, and no one survived. More than a hundred people died on the spot, and the rest were all taken prisoner.

"Send a report to the main force of the fleet. Our army has completed the task of dividing the enemy's army. Commander He is requested to send troops to Malacca immediately!"

After annihilating the Portuguese battalion that attacked the mountain, Wang Kuan did not attack the Church of Santiago with his troops, nor did he attack the Castle of Famosa. Instead, he directed his men to divide the soldiers into two groups, and surrounded the Church of Santiago with the main force along the way. The other road dug a trench more than 200 meters away from the castle of Famosa to prevent the possible attack of the enemy in the city. As for himself, he found Colonel Zheng Wu from the Overseas Intelligence Agency and ordered A message was sent to the main force of the fleet.

"Order: The main force of the fleet will go out in front of the Famosa castle. No firing is allowed without an order. In addition, Commander Ha's troops are requested to land on the left side of the Famosa castle immediately, and wipe out the enemies everywhere as soon as possible!"

The main force of the fleet led by He Lin had already set off from Temasek two days ago, and had already sailed not far from Malacca last night. As soon as he received a call from Wang Kuan, he immediately headed for Malacca with full sail and arrived at noon. Near the Famosa Castle, following He Lin's order, four "Zhen" ships and four "Wei" ships slowly sailed to the sea in front of the Famosa Castle. The portholes were fully opened, and rows of black muzzles were aimed obliquely at the castle of Famosa, but they did not fire. Another two "Zhen" ships and eight "Wei" ships covered twelve A troop carrier and a supply ship approached the shore in turn at a harbor on the left side of A'Famosa Castle, and began a tense landing operation.

Facing the powerful deterrence of the Qing army's main fleet, the defenders of Famosa Castle with only more than [-] troops did not dare to fire at all, nor did they dare to go out of the city to hinder the Qing army's landing operations. They could only watch helplessly. The two infantry brigades of the Fifth Army of the Qing Dynasty disembarked one after another.

"Report to the commander, the second and third regiments of the first brigade have assembled, please give instructions!"

At the last three moments, after nearly an hour of rushing to climb up, the first brigade, which lacked the first regiment, together with artillery equipment, had successfully landed on land and completed the assembly not far from the small pier. The brigade commander Lu Yan Da didn't dare to delay even the slightest, after counting, he impromptuly trotted to A Siha's body, performed a standard military salute, and hurriedly asked for instructions.

"I'll give you half an hour, boy, if you can't take down the church, come and see yourself!"

The battle plan had already been drawn up, so Asiha was much more lazy, so he just waved his hand and gave the order with a murderous look.

"Yes, the task is guaranteed to be completed!"

Although the first group under his command stayed in Temasek, Lu Yanda didn't think it would be difficult to take down the Santiago Church, which was defended by more than [-] people. He responded confidently, and rushed back at a trot. Before the formation, after an order was given, more than two thousand officers and soldiers lined up neatly, pushing all kinds of artillery and swaggeringly rushed to the Santiago Church, without paying attention to the defenders of the Famosa Castle who were close at hand.

"Order: The artillery battalion fires, first destroy the enemy's artillery positions!"

At the moment of Shen Shi, after taking over the defense area of ​​the Marine Corps, Lu Yanda quickly directed all the soldiers to arrange an attack formation, without saying much, and without even sending anyone to surrender, he brazenly issued an attack order.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

According to the normal establishment of the Qing army, the brigade artillery battalion has a medium-sized anti-aircraft artillery company and two light infantry artillery batteries. Each company has nine artillery pieces, all of which are the latest models of artillery. When it comes to advanced level, it is definitely the first in the world. , no matter the rate of fire, the range, or the power of the shells, far surpassed those of the western countries. The artillery positions arranged by the Portuguese in front of the church suddenly fell into a sea of ​​flames, and countless shrapnel slammed into the air. Sweeping, broken limbs and arms flying in the air, the poor Portuguese did not even make a tactical counterattack, all the artillery was destroyed, all the gunners were killed and wounded, and the lucky escapers hid in the church by rolling and crawling among.

"Adjust the secret position of each gun, the target: the church, five rapid fires, hit me hard!"

After a while, the gunpowder smoke cleared, looking at the messy enemy artillery positions, Lu Yanda spat thick phlegm on the ground with disdain, waved his hand, and gave the order to attack again.

The Santiago church is made of blue stones, so it goes without saying that it is strong. If it is replaced by Portuguese artillery, even if it is bombarded wildly, it may not be able to achieve much effect. However, in front of the artillery of the Qing army, This level of sturdiness is just a joke, nothing else, the propellant loaded in the integrated artillery shells of the Qing Army is smokeless powder, while the conical explosive shells are filled with high explosives, which are so powerful that they are definitely not mere mere gunpowder. What can be stopped by a rock is often a big hole in the wall with a single shot. After these five rounds were shot down rapidly, the front of the huge Santiago church was already in dilapidated condition. Portugal hiding behind the window lattice Most of the soldiers were blown into a pile of rotten meat. The war had just started, and the Portuguese side had suffered as many as [-] battle losses. The reason was that the Portuguese underestimated the power of the Qing army's artillery.

"The first regiment, attack!"

Before the gunpowder smoke cleared, Lu Yanda brazenly issued an assault order, and immediately saw more than a thousand officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty roaring out of the formation, rushing towards the dilapidated Santiago Church like a tide...

(End of this chapter)