After a loud "boom", dozens of lead bullets erupted from the muzzle of a small Furlong cannon. With a relatively high muzzle velocity, these projectiles mercilessly entered the horizontal queue of squads below the city.

Although the squads of the pioneers were scattered under the city, they were still killed and wounded by lead bullets, and the seven or eight soldiers facing the muzzle of the guns were knocked to the ground on the spot.

Immediately afterward, the ragged sound of artillery rang out continuously. Large heavy artillery was difficult to start due to its large footprint, which would have been abandoned by the Portuguese. What comes into play, without exception, is a small cannon of about three inches.

However, in this situation, the small cannon is precisely the most suitable. The Portuguese soldiers hid behind the battlements, and after a quick reload, the few soldiers only needed a short outcrop time to push the muzzles out of the battlements and fire quickly in roughly one direction. And the firing target was not far below the city walls, and the weakness of the insufficient range of the small cannon was also avoided.

The first round of attacks by the pioneer army was met with a strong counterattack.

Although the smoke quickly disappeared under the strong sea breeze blowing from the side, this did not stop the Portuguese from firing from the towers, because the besiegers below were not able to fire, and the rows of suppressive fire from the muskets hitting the head of the city were sluggish and did not meet expectations.

Fortunately, the early training played a role. After resisting the second round of frontal artillery and the musket fire on the side of the fortress, although there were signs of instability, the pioneer army did not collapse after all, and most of the men were still fighting according to orders.

At the same time, Yu Mingjie, who was staying behind the position, saw everything through the binoculars. However, there was no frustrated expression on his face, but he was very pleased, turned his head and gave an order: "Very good, you can withdraw."

Soon, a familiar musical instrument sounded ahead—the trumpeter played the retreating trumpet.

At the beginning of Yu Mingjie's fight, he didn't expect the pioneer army to take the big fort.

Unlike the bandit stockade that could only throw stones and ash bottles, the St. Paul's Fort, guarded by colonists, was a modern fortress that was completely hot-weaponized. The defenders had defended against desperate attacks by natives around the world, and were a colonial force with rich combat experience and sufficient morale.

In essence, the pioneer army is not much smarter than the colonial army on the other side, in fact, everyone is the same, the pioneer army is the yellow-skinned colonial army created by the traverser.

With the same level, and there is no generation difference in the weapons in hand, it is impossible for the pioneer army to suppress the firepower of the other party who is defending the city like fighting a bandit village.

What made Yu Mingjie feel gratified was the discipline of the pioneer army.

Although the pioneer army was obviously undertrained compared to the regular army, it was already commendable that it was able to stabilize its position and continue to fight in the face of sudden artillery fire and a volley of guns. After all, this is the first time that the army has been hit by a large-scale attack by hot weapons, and it can hold on to 2 rounds of artillery fire without breaking down, and it will not retreat until the rear military order is transmitted, which makes Yu Mingjie full of confidence in the construction of the troop system through the crowd.

So, strictly speaking, in this plane, with the indigenous people as the protagonists, and there is no generation difference between the weapons of the two sides, the first east-west collision and the first hot weapon ground war ended with the retreat of the Ming side.

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Not long after the on-site commander was relieved and ordered to retreat, there was a person with a gloomy face on the upper floor of the gate gate city in the rear, and slowly put down the binocular clairtelescope in his hand.

This person is He Rubin.

He Rubin in history, whether he led troops into battle or wrote books and speeches, he did the duty of an ancient general. His book "Records of Soldiers" is all-encompassing and can be said to be a military encyclopedia of the Ming Dynasty. What is especially important in this is that the military records contain a lot of introductions and tactics about guns and firearms, which shows that He Zhen is also a person who keeps up with the trend of the times, and does not belong to the old goods that hold on to the incomplete.

So when he watched the first round of offense and defense on the spot today, he immediately realized the power of the fortress.

Before this, most of the indigenous generals, including He Rubin, knew that there was such a thing as a fortress, and it was limited to that: this thing was not only built by the Francos, but also by the Dutch. And this kind of brick fort, which in the eyes of the Ming people, has "irregular" shape lines and several more convex corners, which did not attract everyone's attention at first.

However, when it comes to real use of hot weapons: face-to-face combat, the advantages of the fortress are clearly reflected.

He Rubin saw it clearly: the Ming soldiers who attacked between the two salients were instantly hit by the musketeers on both sides from the flank and rear, and they had no power to fight back. The troops attacking the front of the convex corner, because the attack surface is too narrow, can only confront the city, and cannot form an impact.

"The fortress built by the Yi people is of such use!"

After seeing is believing, He Rubin instantly understood the middle joint. He had been inspired by the defenders' muskets and artillery counterattacks, and then he thought of a series of applications for firearms in the garrison of the fortress, and realized the power of this combination.

At the moment when he put down the telescope in his hand with a gloomy face, suddenly, He Rubin felt a cold air rising from his tailbone. As if there was a providence in the dark, he saw in his eyes that he led the army, was smashed by artillery fire under a certain fortress, lost his troops, and was finally degraded by the imperial court and reduced to the doomsday of "waste general".

And the strange thing is that although the picture of this scene is blurry, his opponent is undoubtedly a Ming man wearing a cardigan and yellow hair.

The next moment, He Zhen, who got the apocalypse, slapped his leg fiercely, and then shouted out out of faux pas: "Ah, it's not good, this village can't be attacked!" ”

Mr. Cao, who was talking to the front command headquarters on a walkie-talkie, was startled. When he looked at it, he found that He Zhen's face was pale at the moment, cold sweat was rolling, his eyes were dull, and he seemed to be out of the world. So Mr. Cao hurriedly got up and said, "My lord, but what's uncomfortable?" ”

was touched by General Cao Bing, and He Zhen was relieved from the state of the apocalypse: "Ah, nothing, nothing, it's a moment of carelessness, look at it, see it, see it!" ”

Seeing He Zhen's return to his soul, Cao Zongbing was a little moved and said: "The adults think of their subordinates, Cao Chuan knows here!" But please rest assured, if you don't plan to train the soldiers, you will take it down. ”

"Oh, that's fine, that's fine."

He Zhen bowed his head slightly at this moment, reached out and took out a gray checkered man from Yizhou from his sleeve to weave a handkerchief with a pure cotton machine, wiped his sweat, and then peeked at Cao Zongbing with palpitations.

Of course, Cao Zongbing didn't know He Zhen's complicated psychological activities at the moment, and he was busy greeting the orderlies: "Quick, bring the tea." Let's eat and rest first, and then hit the red hair when we are full! ”

When the orderly heard this, he reached out and took two large tea jars painted in army green from the table next to him, and then went to a large green iron can to get tea and served it to the two big guys.

The tea supplied to the army is naturally a bitter and astringent low-end large-leaf tea. However, there is money in the traversal, and Taiwan has begun to produce sugarcane this year, so sugar is put in the tea tank, so the tea is not so unpalatable.

Today, the people on the upper floor of the city are all leading the troops, including He Zhen and Cao Zongbing, and everyone who received the tea jar drank it in a big gulp. It's a group of old men in the corner, and some of them are naturally not used to drinking this kind of bad tea. However, in today's situation, no one dares to be hypocritical, and they all drank the military tea honestly with a smile.

After the tea, it's time to eat.

The order for the whole army to rest was given by Yu Mingjie of the forward command. Considering that the pioneer army was newly defeated and needed to withdraw to rest, and the time was already past noon, he ordered a rest.

Soon, steaming meals were delivered everywhere.

The meals of the front-line troops were delivered by the cooking squad carrying buckets. The soldiers lined up to eat in their own lunch boxes and then started eating.

And everyone on the gate is also treated the same, but the ones sent up are pushed by a small cart and the lunch box with good dishes. Then, when the generals opened the dark green iron lunch box and looked, wow, what a war meal!

The bottom half of the lunch box is made of fine white rice, and the top half is a large piece of braised pork that glows with an attractive red light, exudes a sweet aroma, and has a bright and oily skin.

Stretched out a spoon and scooped a large piece into his mouth, and found that the braised pork melted in the mouth, sweet and soft, and suddenly everyone's appetite increased greatly, and they ate it violently.

The braised pork used for the first war meal was actually considered logistically. Because it was the first regular battle, considering that there would be soldiers who would swallow unconsciously under nervousness, there should be no chicken bones and other things that are prone to non-combat attrition in the meal.

In this way, braised pork is the best choice. This high-calorie, good-tasting piece of meat is really the best ingredient for war rice...... In addition to being more expensive, you also need to use a lot of sugar, and you have to be close to Guangdong, a rich province where you can buy the second senior brother for money, there are no other disadvantages.

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After eating the war meal and resting for another half an hour, with the whole sea breeze in the afternoon, the second round of the attack of the pioneer army started on time.

After learning from the experience of the previous time, this time the attack of the pioneer army was more purposeful, and the fire suppression was also better. However, these were not enough to shake the defensive advantage of the Portuguese, and under the flank and rear rows of guns and small artillery quick sneak attacks, the second round of the attack of the Pioneer Army was still defeated.

This is followed by the third round.

Seeing that the situation had entered a de facto state of confrontation, the generals on the city tower had openly discussed the battle situation at this moment. To the surprise of later generations, most of the generals at this moment believed that our side had the advantage in the situation.

The generals' reasons are very good: at the moment it seems that the offensive has been frustrated, but in terms of exchange ratio, our side has the advantage. Yes, the exchange ratio of 5 to 1 in siege warfare, in the eyes of the generals of the Middle Ages, is earned......

What's more, now our side still has a logistical advantage, and the red hair is isolated, so the generals are generally optimistic.

On the side, Mr. Cao rolled his eyes when he heard this...... The hard-trained soldiers, such consumption is not the style of traversing.

Fortunately, the command also began to make adjustments. At the same time that the pioneer army took turns to experience the battlefield, the gate of the Lotus Stem Gate opened, and a new column of soldiers walked out from behind the pass. The soldiers wore spears and steel helmets, and walked in a procession like knives.