0772 River reclamation
During this period, the Chinese who lost their protection were beaten, killed, and their heads cut off and played with. Women were raped, gang-raped, and even stabbed to death with wooden sticks. Shops were looted, people were thrown into the fire! All the sins in the world are embodied in these natives!
These people have learned from Chinese civilization and climbed their national strength. But he alone did not learn this point of benevolence in Chinese civilization. Or maybe they have learned to be obscured by the cruelty and ignorance in their natural bloodline! So Liu Pei never had any good feelings for these natives.
Seeing that a large number of natives had gathered, Liu Pei called an officer and ordered: "Go and pick and choose among the young women of childbearing age." ”
Jun Hang asked in a low voice, "Dashuai, what about those children?" ”
Liu Pei was silent for a moment and said, "Those who are higher than the axle stay in place." ”
Although the officer's eyes showed a trace of unbearability, he still resolutely carried out Liu Pei's order. He could see from the corners of Liu Pei's throbbing eyes that Liu Pei was not comfortable when he gave this order. But he couldn't stand Liu Pei's heart and prayed silently: "For the Chinese nation to no longer sink, I am willing to bear all kinds of sins!" ”
The soldiers walked into the crowd and picked and dragged away a number of young women. Some are young women, and some women are still holding children in their arms. This action of the soldiers caused a riot among the natives! However, those who dared to resist were directly pierced through the body with bayonets, so these riots were quickly suppressed.
When the young women were escorted away, Liu Pei again ordered 2,000 people to be allocated. Soon, more than two thousand people were separated from the crowd and driven to the edge of the range of the castle's artillery.
The soldiers threw clothes and cloth, rattan baskets and wooden basins collected from the village on the ground. A consignment of shovels was also brought from the ship. Liu Pei said: "Now each of you bring a bag of soil and go to fill in the moat in front." ”
The interpreter translates this sentence to the natives. As a result, there was another riot among the natives. They don't want to fill in the moat! They know that those Westerners are not vegetarians, and they really will shoot!
As soon as Liu Pei waved his hand, the soldiers flattened their guns and aimed at these people. Liu Pei said loudly: "Fill in."
You can still live with the moat! Otherwise, you'll all die! ”
The soldiers pressed forward with their firearms, forcing them to retreat step by step. At this time, the interpreter rushed into the crowd, dragged a native out of the group, stuffed a shovel directly in his hand, and forced him to start digging.
The native was forced by the interpreter to start digging in the earth. At this time, some intelligent natives thought that digging might be a good job, at least they didn't have to work hard. Immediately, dozens of people rushed out of the ranks, picked up shovels and began to dig in the earth.
After someone took the lead, others had to pick up something on the ground. Under the guarding of the soldiers, they wrapped up the soil and carried it on their backs. Some of them were loaded with a small half-frame of soil and carried them on their shoulders. They were ready, but no one stepped forward, but huddled together.
Liu Pei raised his hand and pointed, and the soldiers shot rows of guns directly into the crowd! In the exclamation of the natives, more than 20 people were killed and injured on the spot! The natives finally knew that Liu Pei was not joking with them!
After firing the muskets, the soldiers continued to close. When a native was stabbed to the tip of his knife and saw blood on his skin, he began to scream and run forward frantically!
When the soldiers saw that this method worked, they immediately followed suit. Kicked, smashed with the butt of a gun, in short, as long as these people moved, they couldn't stop, and they would run desperately in the direction of the castle.
Above the castle, Governor Cohen's face turned pale. In his mind, the pirates who arrived could only besiege the castle for a long time. But he thought that Liu Pei drove a large number of natives to fill the moat as soon as he came up, and put on a tough attack, which made him feel very uneasy!
As a Dutchman, Governor Cohen certainly did not have a good opinion of the natives. He had the impression that these natives were lazy and stupid, and they couldn't do anything. Not as diligent as the Chinese at all. So when he saw the natives running over, he did not hesitate to give the order to shoot!
At this time, Governor Cohen hated the construction of the castle to the extreme! Because the main direction of defense of the whole castle is the sea. As for the side closer to the interior, there were only two small cannons. Although these two small cannons can fire shotguns, they do rise in the face of surging crowds
It doesn't make a big difference! Fortunately, there were also a large number of Dutch soldiers on the city walls to supplement the firepower.
As the first shots rang out, gunshots rang out over the castle like popping beans. Even two small cannons fired shotguns at crowded areas. But the accuracy and rate of fire of the smoothbore gun is really not flattering! Under the onslaught of more than 2,000 people, although they defeated many natives, many more natives rushed to the moat and poured the soil on their backs into the moat.
Some of the natives were hit before they could reach the moat, and they fell to the ground screaming! Some of the natives were shot by shots as soon as they reached the river, screaming and planting themselves in the moat, filling the moat with their corpses. Many natives threw their soil into the moat and ran directly to the side, trying to escape. However, Liu Pei had already distributed soldiers on both sides, and all the fleeing natives were shot to the ground. Seeing this, the remaining natives could only cry out in despair to continue filling the river.
However, Liu Pei did not let them die in vain. The 20 artillery pieces brought by Liu Pei began to cover the shooting! To put it bluntly, on the one hand, Liu Pei wanted the natives to fill the moat. On the other hand, they were also used as bait to consume the defenders on the city walls.
After the artillery was fired, the defenders on the city wall panicked. Even the frequency of firing has decreased. After all, they had only two small cannons on their side, which made it impossible to fire at long range. can't threaten Liu Pei's artillery. So gunners can rest assured of a bold design.
Liu Pei's gunners are no longer what they used to be. After a long time of practice and many battles, they have developed a good skill! The first salvo was fired with such precision that it interrupted the position near the top of the wall!
There was also a shell that hit the stone fence directly! Beneath the shattering of masonry, four Dutch soldiers fell screaming. But then he was dragged away. The remaining Dutch soldiers continued to shoot as hard as they could. Anyway, they also know that the current artillery landing point is completely by luck, and it is just bad luck to be hit and killed.
Liu Pei kept staring at the natives who filled the soil, and he estimated that almost everyone had made at least two trips, so he ordered: "Gather these natives and replace the next batch!" ”