The priest seemed to see an ominous omen in his face, and stumbled back into the city. As soon as he entered, he was grabbed by the second lieutenant and asked, "What have you heard?" What does the other party say? Where did they send their troops? How many people are there? ”

The priest said in fear: "I don't know! They didn't tell me anything, they just told me that if we didn't surrender by noon, they would kill us all! Lord, this is cruel! ”

The lieutenant shook the priest and said, "Be sober! Ask them if there is news about the fleet? How many of them are there? Where did it come from? How many cannons do they have? ”

The priest said in despair: "They told me that our fleet has been destroyed by them!" I don't know anything else! But the number of people, I see at least 1,000 people! We're done! May the Lord save us! ”

The second lieutenant's heart sank, and the most terrible guess was confirmed! You know, there were not only sailors in the fleet, but they also took a lot of marines! When the second lieutenant saw that the priest was about to go insane, he threw him aside and shouted: "All those who can fight go up to the wall!" We must hold on! Otherwise, if these barbarians invade, our lives will not be saved! ”

In the time that the priest was gone, the ensign had already organized all the men. In addition to a few dozen soldiers, there were many merchants and other people in the city. Now the second lieutenant has armed them all.

When they heard the order, they climbed to the wall in silence, muskets in hand, and prepared for battle. The second lieutenant dutifully ran around the city walls to arrange various defenses. This gave everyone a bit of confidence. But when they saw the approaching army outside the city, the little faith they had just risen was gone!

Because the army outside is neat and well-disciplined, and at first glance it is a strong army! And the number will not be less than 1500 people. Think of the poor 100 people in the city, and everyone starts cursing Valdes and Alvardo! It was they who took most of the soldiers away, leaving the city unguarded.

Time passes little by little. Soon it was approaching noon. When the second lieutenant saw that the troops outside the city had begun to eat lunch in a good time, he did not hesitate to open the warehouse and deliver the best food to the city walls. God knows if there will be a chance to eat a second meal after this meal?

At noon, the artillery outside the city walls was the first to fire! Huge projectiles flew out of the muzzles of the cannons and smashed directly into the two bastions on either side of the wall. Qi Qitao's combat intention was obvious, that is, to knock out the fortresses at both ends of the city wall first, because there were artillery on them.

The artillery on the two bastos fought back desperately, but nothing came of it except to splash some dust

Obtain. Because the opponent surrounded a low wall with sandbags in front of the artillery and in front of the soldiers. The shells bounced and hit the sandbags, and were immediately blocked by the soft sand, which was not lethal. The second lieutenant was also amazed when he looked at this scene! He recorded this scene in his heart, and decided to tell his superiors if he had the opportunity that the invincible artillery could be cracked so easily. Sadly, he didn't know he had been sentenced to death!

After the battle was fought on land, the ships on the sea also began to move. Eight warships approached the island and bombarded the fortress with their sidestring guns! At the same time, it covered the forward forward of ships loaded with mortars.

Compared to land, the sound on the sea side is much stronger. After all, they are warships, and they carry much more artillery than the army! The cannon rumbled and the bullets rained down, and the city wall was crumbling!

Although the artillery on the two bastions was also desperately counterattacking, the density of fire was much worse than that of the attackers. After all, the city of San Salvador exists to provide a place for the fleet to anchor. Their greatest protection lies in the fleet. Once the fleet was annihilated, the city of San Salvador was essentially reduced to the point of being ravaged like a stripped girl.

However, the counterattack on the fortress still had some success. Several ships were hit by them, causing some damage. However, these injuries are well within acceptable limits. Both sides endured shelling of each other, waiting for a turning point in the fighting.

Sure enough, things changed dramatically when the mortar gunboat came up. Four mortar gunboats in groups of two or two, each aiming at a bastion, desperately projected large-caliber flowering shells! That's a lot more powerful than those solid shells! Regardless of whether it hits or not, the flowering bullet will explode with a huge explosion, and then the projectile will fly! The projectile hits the wall and makes a crackling sound, which is very scary! Just look at the momentum and know that hitting people will not have good results!

This will frighten the defenders in charge of the defense! They've never seen an explosive shell like this! They were confused for a while after being bombarded by this explosive shell, and their firepower was somewhat weakened. The battleship took the opportunity to shoot at close range, smashing more warheads into the bastion.

Finally, the bastion on the right was the first to be hit by the flowering bullet! Boom! Smoke rises from the fortress! The flying projectiles tore all the people above the fortress! Even the people inside the fortress were probably shocked to death, and they were silent for a while! After all, it's not fun to explode dozens of pounds of gunpowder!

This fortress was on fire at that time, and the other warships took the opportunity to get closer to a distance of more than 200 meters, and kept smashing shells at this fortress! After a few rounds of shelling, the fortress was completely destroyed! With a bang, half of the walls of the fortress collapsed, revealing even the emptiness inside the fortress

Space!

The collapse of the fortress was like a blow to the defenders! In an instant, their return fire stopped! And the four mortar gunboats concentrated their fire on the other fortress!

As a result, as if being blessed, three of the shells fired by the two-wheeled mortar actually hit the fortress! The first flowering shell exploded on the upper level of the fortress, clearing all enemies, including the gun emplacements! The second flowering bomb also exploded above the bastion, blowing a big hole in the top floor! The third flowering bomb miraculously burrowed through the hole and exploded inside the fortress!

Listening to the sound of "boom", the walls of the fortress visibly swelled up to the naked eye, and then collapsed inward, completely collapsing!

Now there is no more artillery fire on the side by the sea! The sailors on board immediately cheered loudly and rushed to the pier first. The four gunboats continued to shoot like flowering shells from inside the city walls, destroying half of the office building that was only leaning against the wall!

As the ships docked, the soldiers rushed up the gangplank, braving the sporadic musket fire from the wall to rush towards the crumbling fortress and try to rush straight into the city! The battleships that did not get close to the pier bombarded the city walls to cover the attack of the marines! Cannonballs hit the city walls with a "thump", and masonry flew sideways! In the blink of an eye, that sporadic counterattack was defeated!

The Marines climbed up the collapsed bastion and soon rushed to the city walls! There weren't many defenders on the walls, and most of them died in the crumbling bastion. The walls on the sea side changed hands in a blink of an eye!

The second lieutenant commanding in the city had already noticed that something was not quite right. So, when the first fortress collapsed, he drew 40 soldiers from the direction of the city gate, intending to reinforce the rear. After all, there is a moat outside the main gate, which can still block the other party for a while.

But before they could run past the central square, the second fortress was crushed! The second lieutenant wailed in his heart: "I really can't hold it now!" ”

Not only did he know that the end was near, but the others also knew that the city was about to be destroyed, and morale had obviously fallen to the bottom! They looked at the ensign with despair in their eyes! But they didn't dare to surrender outright, after all, they knew what they were doing in Asia. They are afraid of the same retribution themselves! But it's up to them to decide!

At this time, the sound of artillery on the sea suddenly stopped, and only the artillery of the frontal land battle was still roaring. The second lieutenant knew that the pit must be the enemy who had begun to kick the city! The second lieutenant lifted his spirits and ordered the soldiers to line up in two rows, load up their ammunition and wait for the impact.

Moments later, an enemy rushed up the walls and killed the few defenders on it! More people crawled from the ruins of the fortress and rushed towards the team commanded by the second lieutenant!