Under the city of Geranza, there are two tall crosses in front of the Ming artillery array.

Aldorp and the missionary named Grape were naked and hung high on them, their limbs, hands and feet crucified with thick iron nails, one for each of them, without squeezing in the slightest.

They screamed in agony and cried out to their fellow citizens in the city to deliver them.

In a burst of ghosts crying wolf howls, the Dutch soldiers at the head of the city were silent, watching quietly, not knowing what the Ming army was going to do.

Others, with angry faces, shouted, "That's Captain Aldorp, and the priest!" The Chinese actually captured them, it's so hateful! ”

An interpreter in the Ming army rode out of the horse and shouted at the city: "The surname of the country has an order, and you will go out of the city and surrender unconditionally!" ”

Under the tricolor fluttering at the head of the city, the Governor of the East India Company, Maier, was pale and angry.

Forget about surrender, surrender unconditionally! It's so bullying!

The surrounding Dutch soldiers were even more noisy, some scolding, some spitting, obviously angry.

"Dreaming!"

"You can't scare us!"

The interpreter pointed to the city and shouted: "You must go out of the city and surrender unconditionally within a quarter of an hour, otherwise, this will be your fate!" ”

He turned around and pointed to the cross with two red hairs hanging on it, and ran away on the spot, so that people didn't know what he was doing.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

With two earth-shattering bangs, the air shook, and Aldorp and the missionaries on the cross were immediately torn apart and turned into a puddle of rotten flesh.

The captain and the priest were actually killed by the Ming army!

On the city of Geranza, a group of scolding Dutch soldiers immediately fell silent, staring at each other with wide eyes, some people were afraid, and their morale was greatly reduced.

Although a few officers cursed angrily, impassionedly wanting to live and die with the city of Geranza, but when it came to the back, their voices became quieter and quieter, and it was obvious that they all felt that their foundation was insufficient.

The Ming army doesn't seem to be joking, they are already adjusting the angle of their artillery and preparing to attack the city!

Maier felt that it was useless to say anything at this time, the conditions of the Ming army were too harsh, so he could only defend it strictly.

Maier immediately made an emergency mobilization, calling on the soldiers to hold the city of Geranza with all their might, and bragged that the second wave of reinforcements from Batavia was coming, so don't panic!

In these days, no one is stupid, and these mercenaries who take risks all year round are not stupid, and this kind of dry mobilization rhetoric is obviously not effective.

In desperation, Maier tearfully took out a batch of gold from the vault of the East India Company and distributed it to the soldiers, even the indigenous soldiers, to boost the soldiers' fighting spirit.

Stimulated by agitation and money, the morale of the defenders finally increased, and one by one they showed their determination to defend the city with all their might, threatening to defend until reinforcements arrived.

As soon as the money was distributed, it was not yet hot, and I only heard a loud "boom", which woke everyone who was intoxicated with gold.

A soldier shouted: "The Chinese have attacked!" ”

The Dutch army at Geranza totaled more than 1,500 men, and with the addition of slaves, dependents, and indigenous soldiers, it was barely enough to raise 3,000 men.

Just after noon, the Ming army immediately launched an attack on the city of Geranza, and more than 200 artillery pieces on land and sea opened fire together, launching a powerful fire bombardment.

The whistling continued, and all the Dutch soldiers in the city hurriedly dodged, and Mel was even more agile to dodge behind a brick wall, his body stiff and clinging to the wall, and his movements were skillful and scientific.

A large iron ball of more than 20 catties smashed into the castle, and the strong impact made this section of the stone wall into flying stones.

Several Dutch soldiers were shot by the rubble, and like ears of wheat blown by the wind, they fell out in different positions, spurting blood from their mouths and breaking their bones.

On the fortress, dozens of black-pressed heavy cannons pointed at the Ming army array under the city, and the Dutch gunners above were patiently praying.

"Lord, please enlighten my prayerful heart and touch me with your hand to make me strong and bold!"

"Lord, you are the source of my life, filling me with joy and hope, and even though I walk in darkness, your light shines forever!"

"O dear Lord, eternal God, all evil powers are completely bound and withdrawn by your power, Lord!"

After praying, the gunners carefully loaded their shells and began to counterattack.

The Ming army deployed more than 3,000 men to the east of the city of Geranza, and deployed forty Hongyi cannons to suppress the enemy's firepower, hoping to make a gap in the city wall.

More than 7,000 people and 50 Hongyi cannons were arranged in the south, commanded by Shi Lang, waiting for the artillery to blast open the gap, and then wave the army to rush into the capture of the city.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the soldiers of the Ming army rushed towards the walls of the city of Geranza.

The Dutch soldiers opened fire on the city, and the Ming army returned fire under the city, and the two sides launched fierce musket fire.

The Ming army fired more than 2,000 shells in one hour, and more than 50 were hit in Meier's stadium office alone, several of which were 18 or 24 pounds of large iron shells, and the entire office was reduced to rubble.

However, the city of Geranza was much larger than Chikanlou, and the walls were much thicker and stronger.

In the fierce artillery battle, the inner city of Geranza was badly damaged, the governor's office was razed, and the walls between Fort Mitt and Fort Gambofell, as well as the walls of Fort Half Moon to the east and to the south of the second floor, were severely shattered.

Some of the holes were as deep as 62 centimeters, and there were 250 holes in total, but none of the four corners of the outer city were damaged.

More than 270 Dutch and indigenous soldiers were killed and wounded, most of whom were killed by flowering shells, and the effect of solid shells was completely ineffective.

On the fortress, seeing that the artillery of the Ming army was of little effect, Maier gradually calmed down, went back and forth to supervise the battle of the forts, encouraged its sergeants, and commanded the adjustment of the artillery position, and shot the Ming army with crossfire.

The city of Geranza was a three-tiered fortress, and the Dutch army was condescending, destroying more than a dozen artillery pieces of the Ming army and killing and wounding hundreds of Ming troops.

"The red-haired king is too hard!" Shi Lang complained.

"Yes, if you don't blast open the city wall, no matter how many troops pounce on it, you will be killed!"

Adjutant General Zheng Hongkui also said that he obviously did not support the continued attack on the city of Gelanza, and there was no shortage of suspicions of agitating soldiers and challenging the position of the main general.

Zhu Chenggong looked again and again, seeing that the Ming army couldn't get a bargain, and finally ordered: "Stop the attack, all of them retreat!" ”

Seeing that the Ming army stopped attacking and retreated like a tide, Meier laughed wildly, pointed at the Ming artillery array and scolded: "Haha, are the Chinese' cannons made of clay?" ”

There was a lot of cheering on the city walls, and the defenders of the forts were full of confidence, laughing and scolding, and some of them even sang songs about their hometowns.

The Ming army was blocked from capturing the city, and it was changed to besiege but not attack, and the two sides temporarily fell silent and used this time to make up for it.

The Ming army set up fort baskets and dug a trench in front of the artillery emplacements to prevent the Red Hair from attacking and destroying the artillery.

The Netherlands quickly repaired the damaged parts of the city, and the weak points of the breastwork walls of the fortresses were strengthened with sandbags to thicken their defenses, and the eastern wall of the outer city was even thickened to six feet.

In addition, Maier ordered the addition of ten cannons to the Half Moon Fort in the outer city, built civil fortifications with logs outside the city, and erected two cannons to protect Diabao, and dug a ten-foot trench outside the fort to prevent the Ming army from erecting ladders to attack the city, and at the same time preventing the Ming army from digging tunnels.

Zhu Chenggong was not only harsh on the Dutch people, but also cold to his own people.

During this period, Zhu Chenggong beheaded a regiment commander, three battalion commanders, and more than 70 soldiers, accused of fearing war and disturbing the morale of the army!

The deputy general Zheng Hongkui was beaten with 30 sticks, and the general Shi Lang was also beaten with 40 sticks, which made the generals tremble and frightened, and no one dared to mention that they would give up attacking Gelanza.

Zhu Chenggong sneered, these cheap bones, if you don't fight, you can't do it.

There are too many pirate-born thorns in the Pingfan fleet, and even if these people later surrender to the court with the Zheng family, they are still pirates.

Although they are familiar with naval warfare and are not afraid of death, they do not abide by military discipline, so they don't want this kind of soldier!

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