Section XI
While Diego meditates in the little dark room, the expeditionary force finally runs into trouble. Strictly speaking, Seville is an inland city, but because of its special geographical location and the attitude of the kingdom. But it has become a seaport city. Although it was impossible for the large-tonnage warships to come close, there were still a number of armed merchant ships along the Guadalquivir River to reach this point of golden shipping forged by the blood of the colony.
Now Murong Parrot's trouble comes from these armed merchant ships, even small-tonnage warships. Although the initiator of this Age of Discovery, although it has suffered heavy losses, it is still the current maritime power. In particular, each of these merchant ships was equipped with a lot of artillery, and the sailors, although many of them lived on the shore, were "affected" by the "mixed" and "chaotic" crowds. But there were still the necessary personnel left on each ship. And the officers of the city defense stationed at the pier, in the face of the whole of Seville, which had already been eroded, made a crazy decision, all the ships, to open fire on Seville!
Of course, the officer hadn't gotten to the point where his head had been clipped. All the shelling was carried out under the guidance of the officers and men of the port, who occupied a good view. It must be said that the officer's decision, although crazy, was very effective, and the expeditionary force suffered its first mass casualty since China. Dozens of squads were surrounded by frenzied artillery fire, and of course, there were many more Spaniards with them for their funerals. It is foreseeable that the officer who came up with this method would have achieved the best results, but his future, and even his life, would probably end after this battle.
A sealed battle report was collected into Murong Yu's hands through the heralds, although at the time of the expedition, each soldier of the expeditionary force left a suicide note and made a will to die. But being killed by these artillery pieces without fighting back is not the style of the expeditionary force or even the entire Han army.
Thinking of this, Murong Parrot also spied out, this may be the retribution for the change of plan. According to the original plan, as soon as the expeditionary force fleet was able to 'blend' into the Seville docks, they would immediately be able to control the ships on the docks, and the current situation would never have arisen. There must be a gain and a loss! But now that a problem has been discovered, it is necessary to solve it, and such an unexpected situation is also one of the qualities of a general.
In this life-and-death examination, Murong Parrot was obviously very qualified, and he found the weakness of this tactic in the fastest time. That is the soldiers who are in charge of the lookout command, without these people, those artillery will not work at all. Murong Parrot didn't believe that anyone would attack his compatriots at will, or destroy the pearl of Spain.
The training carried out by the expeditionary force when it was in China was how to adapt to urban warfare, and even under Lin Feng's 'insertion', some special training was carried out, so the arms they carried were also varied, just like the rear-loading portable artillery they were carrying now, which had just been successfully developed. In particular, these soldiers of the expeditionary force still stayed on the battleship for a while, and they had already firmly reviewed the artillery skills they had mastered.
In this case, the tactics of the expeditionary force will be very clear, bombing off those commanding heights. It's okay if you don't have a vision. Thanks to the efforts of the reconnaissance team led by Dinozo, the expeditionary force already had a detailed map of the city in their hands, and once they had the map, they could carry out the work on the map, which was not a difficult task at all for the artillery skills of the expeditionary force. After a test shot, the second round hit the target, and the position of four 'guns' did not give the watchtowers any chance at all, and the soldiers in charge of the lookout did not have time to pass on the news after seeing the artillery base of the expeditionary force. It was wiped out by the swift second round of 'shooting' bombardment.
The expeditionary force that had achieved results did not intend to end like this at all, and of course this also represented Murong Parrot's will. The supreme commander of the expeditionary force, this is a power and at the same time an obligation. An obligation that must be held accountable for the lives of all people in the army. Murong Parrot knew that if it weren't for his own negligence, when considering the plan, he would not have thought that the Spaniards would make such a crazy move, and he would not have caused such casualties to his subordinates. Especially when the expeditionary force still had such excellent urban warfare weapons, Murong Parrot felt that he was directly responsible for their death. The direct expression of this guilt is to directly destroy the guys who caused all this.
And the Spanish officer did not expect the expeditionary force to respond so quickly, and the reason why he would give such an order was also because of a servant covered in blood, from his mouth, the officer knew that his family had all died in this "chaos" and "chaos". In anger, the officer made such a decision, completely disregarding his own future and 'life'. He had to pay the price for the murderers, especially the servant who had escaped by a miraculous escape, and he learned that his delicate fiancée had been ravaged by the "chaotic" people, and that she had not died at the hands of the expeditionary force, but had been "forced" to death by her own compatriots. The enraged officer didn't care about anything, not to mention that there were many soldiers among his subordinates who had suffered the same thing as him, so even more frantic orders were given. Isn't there just no hope! Well, the officer gave the order to go down, and the gunners of each ship could choose the direction of counterattack on their own according to the trajectory.
This order undoubtedly widened the geographical 'doors' that had been opened for Seville. The people who can become sailors these days are those who are brave enough to take risks and don't want to be restrained. And many of these ships docked in Seville will inevitably make a cameo appearance as pirates when faced with irresistible 'temptations' and 'bewilderments'. What's more, the people who are staying on the ship now are some who have nothing to worry about, at least their families are not sailors in Seville. So in front of the officer's order, there were not many people who objected at all, but many people cheered, where is this, is Seville, can fire at will in such a place, and it is reasonable and legal, these conditions are superimposed one by one, how can these guys not be ecstatic. In their opinion, as soon as these cannons are fired, they will have capital to brag about in the future.
Thus, the 'melee' battle began, and a few shells whistled out from time to time in the city, and the shells used by the expeditionary force were much better than those used on the ships on the pier, and not many of the ships docked on the pier could withstand more than three shots, and basically as long as they were hit by a salvo of the artillery base of the expeditionary force, there was no reason to survive at all.
And those ships don't want to sit still, there are many old thieves on them, even if they have not been systematically trained, they can still judge the artillery base of the expeditionary force from the ballistics. Therefore, it is often the case that the expeditionary force has just finished shelling, and the retaliatory 'sexual' shelling of the pier is imminent.
But it is a pity that the expeditionary force is carrying portable cannons, and as long as a single person and a single horse can be dragged around, they can run around. The soldiers of the expeditionary force followed the original training, and as long as they did not fall in love with the war after a round of shelling, they immediately changed the firing base. How could the sailors who had little military literacy adapt to this tactic of the expeditionary force, which had been advanced for hundreds of years, and every time they retaliated, they hit the empty space, only causing more civilian casualties in vain. What's more serious is that since there are old thieves on these ships, there are naturally many novice rookies. The 'precision' of their artillery bombardment is far from meeting the requirements, let alone attacking the artillery positions of the expeditionary force, even if it is a problem to keep up with the 'firing' rate of the expeditionary force.
In this way, the vicious "sex" cycle was born, the expeditionary force "fine" and "shot" the destroyed ships, and the ships wanted to retaliate and carry out crude counterattacks, the expeditionary force with their own excellent training to ensure a certain "firing" rate, but those sailors with momentary courage could not keep up with this rhythm at all, the shelling slowly became "chaotic" and "chaotic", and the only few experienced old birds could not control such a big scene at all. In the end, the so-called revenge turned into pure anger, a venting of anger that was not 'refined' or accurate. The sailors, while praying that the expeditionary force would not be their turn to shoot at the next round, desperately poured out the ammunition and "medicine" that had piled up in the cabin, and it was not a question for them to consider what would become of Seville. In their minds, it was possible to hit the demons if they hit it, and if they didn't fire the guns, there would be no hope at all.
In terms of population, the expeditionary force was less than 2,000 people, and Seville, with a population of more than 100,000, was really nothing, and even the number of Seville city defenses could not be compared. Therefore, in terms of proportion, the possibility of the expeditionary force being shelled is much less than that of the civilians in Seville, and the expeditionary force is a severely trained soldier, and evading the shelling is naturally one of the subjects, and their own mobility adds a lot of safety to them. And the first casualties were completely due to the surprise of the Spaniards, who did not expect such a crazy move from the Spaniards. And now, in the case that the expeditionary force is on guard, and the artillery bombardment of those ships is far less powerful than the expeditionary force, the expeditionary force will be able to evade it with ease.
In this way, it is the civilians who do not understand anything who suffer, and they cannot understand how the ships that were once the pride of Seville could suddenly open fire on the city, and still be so unscrupulous, and bomb up in a 'disorderly'. Therefore, in the face of this man-made disaster, which is comparable to a natural disaster, all they can do is to dodge in vain. But these people, who have not undergone the slightest training, can hide from anything, and can only accept the loud noise.
This situation was also something Murong Parrot didn't expect, his original intention was just to suppress the other party and make his own actions smoother, and these follow-up actions were completely beyond the original idea. The shelling of one's own city, especially one from which civilians have not yet evacuated, is already a bold and desperate move. At least Murong Parrot may give this kind of order when he is in the position of the other party's commander, but it will definitely not be so fast. And the ensuing free shelling, Murong Parrot didn't know what words to use to describe it, the only thing that could describe it was to give up on himself.
I can't think of it, but this situation is what Murong Parrot wants to see the most. Lin Feng's order was to completely destroy Seville, and in Murong Parrot's heart, King Han's order was above all else. Since Murong Parrot gave this order, he had to do it, because of the different architectural styles of the East and the West, the architecture in Spain is not as bamboo-based as in China. So even if the fire is ignited, it will not burn very thoroughly, and Murong Parrot is still a little nerve-wracking about this, and he is thinking of how to complete Lin Feng's goal and completely erase Seville from the map. I didn't want the other party to give me a big gift like this, and I didn't think of a way yet, they had already done it for themselves, which saved Murong Yu a lot of 'spirit'.
As the shelling progressed, the whole of Seville was enveloped in black 'colored' smoke, the smoke of gunpowder, the smoke behind the fire, completely 'mixed', and the air was filled with a suffocating smell. This bustling city has been turned into a foreign land, and even the fast-moving expeditionary force in it has covered its mouth and nose with a wet cloth, as mentioned in the training, so that it can move freely. And those civilians needless to say, many old and infirm people were choked to death by this smoke! The streets, houses, and squares were full of all kinds of dead people, and even on the roofs of many that had escaped the shelling, there were various parts of the human body, which were all bombed by the 'indiscriminate'.
Now the city is not affected, and the only ones who are still faithfully carrying out their orders are probably the soldiers of the expeditionary force. This also proves that Lin Feng's silver is not in vain, and the instructors of the expeditionary force have collected a large amount of information, taken into account the possible situations in urban warfare, and carried out targeted training, which has created the current results of the expeditionary force.
And Murong Parrot looked at these subordinates of his own, and suddenly had a trace of the idea of living in his heart. At the very least, he must pass on the results of this battle and the battle report to the Han army, and he believes that this valuable first-hand information will be absolutely useful to the Han army. Combining these experiences of the expeditionary force will certainly reduce the casualties of the Han army in street battles.
On the battlefield, Murong Parrot didn't have much time to think about and sigh. Not far away, a small group of expeditionary forces was dragging two people stumbling close to the center.
When he got closer, Murong Parrot heard the two guys, who were obviously Spaniards, shouting in strange Chinese: "You can't treat the Lord's servants like this, the Lord will inflict sin on you demons, and you will definitely be sent to hell when you die!" ”
Now Murong Parrot is not as strange as he was at the beginning, and he understands that a language that has been passed down for thousands of years, and each word can represent a meaning, is indeed a little more difficult for these Western monkeys. However, he was still a little surprised, he did not expect to meet a guy who could speak Chinese in Seville.