The second lieutenant ordered a row of guns to be fired on the left and right flanks, then dropped his rifles, drew his sword, and prepared to drive the enemy out while they were still on their footing. At that time, the bayonet had not yet officially appeared, and all European soldiers had to carry a sword in hand-to-hand combat in addition to a smoothbore gun. It is described in Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers".

The Spaniards' platoon guns did knock out a few of the Marines who rushed forward, but the Marines in the back immediately fired at them in color. However, due to the scattered formation during the charge, the sporadic firearms were not lethal.

However, the Marines did not panic, they drew the bayonets on their waists and applied them to the mouth, and with a twist of the knife, the bayonet was firmly stuck under the mouth. The Marines raised their guns and charged with bayonets!

The Spaniards on the other side had never seen this kind of tactic, and they were very uncomfortable! In addition, the Marines were all trained in spear stabbing and knew how to form formations to deal with opponents, so they stabbed seven or eight people in a single encounter! Hold off the Spaniards' offensive!

With a steady stream of marines pouring into the city, this hand-to-hand combat was won in a short period of time with a small number of casualties! Except for the Spaniards, who inflicted some casualties on the marines, the casualties in the other battles were minor.

In fact, the prototype of the bayonet appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. According to the Ming Huidian, it was the first time that a spearhead was installed on an iron gun for assassination during the Ming Dynasty (1451) in China. From the combination of musket and spear performance. It was not until more than 100 years later, in the middle of the 16th century, that the invention of installing spearheads on shotguns to assassinate prey appeared in Europe.

About the birth of the real bayonet was invented in 1640 by the French officer Marachet de Pisegu. The earliest bayonets were double-edged, straight, about 1 foot long, with a tapered wooden hilt, also about 1 foot long, that could be inserted into the muzzle of a smoothbore gun.

Whether or not Piseju was the inventor of the first bayonet, he was the first to formally equip the troops with this plug-in bayonet. In 1642, Pisegu, who had become a field marshal, led an army against Ypres in Belgium. The musketeers were equipped with bayonets, so that there was no need to protect the musketeers with spearmen.

However, the plug-type bayonet had the disadvantage of being poorly connected and hindering shooting. In 1688, the French military engineer and field marshal de Vauban invented the casing bayonet with a special sleeve to fix the bayonet on the outside of the barrel. At this point, the Musketeers can finally form their own army without relying on other classes, and play the role of both long-range fire projection and melee impact.

On November 15, 1703, at the Battle of the Spairbach River in western Germany, the French infantry made their first bayonet charge with bayonets and prevailed

Prussian army. Since then, the bayonet has been widely equipped with the armies of major European countries, and the spear has been completely eliminated from weaponry.

Towards the end of the battle in the city, Jack rushed into the city with his sword and a short gun at his waist. However, the number of defenders in the city was too small, and when he entered the city, only the barracks were left and there was sporadic resistance. Most of the Spaniards were killed, a small number were captured. The second lieutenant who commanded the battle also died in the cluster of bayonets!

Qi Qitao stood outside, keeping an eye on the battle in the city. When he saw Jack happily pushing open the city gate and coming out to wave to him, the army soldiers were busy carrying sandbags to fill the moat! Seeing the gates opened, they stopped in a daze.

Qi Qitao was so angry when he saw this scene that he threw his hat on the ground, and his face changed! He shouted loudly: "In the future, we will also be equipped with more artillery, and we will also be equipped with large-caliber mortars!" ”

Listening to Qi Qitao's words, the officers beside him looked at each other and smiled bitterly! It's also not that they don't want to be armed with more artillery. It's just that the artillery is too heavy and it is not convenient to transport. Especially large-caliber mortars, which are extremely laborious to carry. Except in the plains transported by horses and wagons. Otherwise, too much artillery and that's a nightmare!

By the time Jack triumphantly welcomed Qi Qitao in, the battle in the city was completely over. Qi Qitao looked at a row of Spaniards who were kneeling on the ground, and said with a disgusted face: "Hand these people over to the Intelligence Bureau to deal with." The others hurried to clean up the battlefield, and we were ready for the second step of the plan. ”

The second step was to occupy freshwater along the path of the historical Spaniards and go upstream along the river, explore the terrain, draw maps, occupy the land, and prepare for future migration.

As for the Dutch in southern Taiwan, Liu Pei did not want to go to war with them for the time being. On the one hand, Liu Pei needs time to stabilize the sea. On the other hand, Liu Pei has no money now! He must obtain a stable source of funding at sea before he can further conquer the whole of Taiwan.

And Liu Pei also wants to do business with the Dutch. After all, at this moment the Dutch nation was at its peak and was called the coachman of the sea. If you do business with them, Liu Pei can get more funds more easily.

After the city of San Salvador was occupied by Qi Qitao, he renamed it Zhenhai City. It will serve as a base camp for the occupation of northern Taiwan.

After a night's rest, the flotilla turned to freshwater, where an forward base was established. And begin to explore upwards along the estuary. Hao Yun was one of the first members of the exploration team. A group of other team members pounced on the immigrant villages.

There were not many immigrant villages established by Li Dan, only a dozen. This is an easy task. Those villages

The people in the village only had a small number of swords, not even birds. So it was easy to be included in Liu Pei's rule.

As for Hao Yun's team, they explored upstream as spearheads. When Hao Yun and the others were advancing on the boat, they vaguely saw that there seemed to be people on the riverbank who were also following the fleet, but Hao Yun and they didn't care at all. They speculated that these people were indigenous people living in the mountains. For these natives, who only have bows and arrows and blow arrows, it only takes a platoon of guns to disperse them.

And they already knew the news of the fall of San Salvador. The rumbling of the cannon must have given them a great fright! So they will definitely send the warriors of the tribe to find out the situation. After a brief discussion, the governors decided to ignore them as long as the natives did not come to disturb them, and wait for their side to gain a firm foothold later.

The flotilla soon reached a point where it could no longer swim against the current. At this time, Hao Yun and the others had already discovered a fifth suitable place to establish a village. In the area close to the river bank there are large areas of flat land. In the distance, there are lush forests on the mountains, and timber resources are abundant. It is suitable for building a village.

The prefect decided to stop and set up camp here and get ready to explore on foot. Hao Yun will be stationed in Taiwan for a long time to carry out pioneering missions.

Hao Yun and the others stopped on the south bank of the river, and after the boat unloaded a large amount of supplies, they left downstream. Hao Yun and the others were to stay here and set up a camp, and explore the surrounding terrain to wait for the arrival of immigrants.

They stopped that night and nothing happened. At dawn the next day, more than 100 people in the camp began to get busy. The first step was to build a dock so that ships carrying supplies could dock later. The soldiers were busy gathering stones, cutting down trees, and cutting trees. Hao Yun led a few people to measure the depth of the river and look for a suitable place to build a wharf.

Hao Yun and the others were busy in the river for a long time, and finally determined the location for building the wharf. And lay a stake as a marker. At this moment, one of Hao Yun's soldiers poked Hao Yun with his finger and said, "Boss, look at the other side of the river." ”

Hao Yun looked up and saw seven or eight natives standing in the grass on the other side of the river, quietly watching Hao Yun and them. These natives carry bows and arrows, and their faces are painted in red, red, green, and green. On his head he wore a forehead ornament, made of thick cloth and adorned with beads. There is a machete in the waist, but each person's machete shape is different, and the length is different. There are also straw chest ornaments and bags on the chest, which are very beautiful!

All of them had tattoos on their bodies, and they were beasts, and the three people who hit the head also had tattoos on their faces. The combination of geometric figures with straight and diagonal lines represents totemic beliefs.