Chapter 133: Cheers
Hundreds of Dutch soldiers fled in disarray, and the Zheng soldiers behind them pursued with bayonets. The speed was unhurried, it was obvious that they were rushing into Dayuan Town.
The militia company that stayed behind in Dayuan Town should not panic too much.
The regular army of 300 men has failed, and will they still be able to turn the tide with 180 of them?
"Ready—"
In the silence of the town, a roar of trembling and horror suddenly sounded, and now Robben wished that he could shoot Worm early.
Immediately after, a cannon rang out in the sky.
There are also two small cannons in Dayuan Town, but this explosion is not a cannon sound, but a fireworks.
The Dutch will keep up with the times when they stay in the East for a long time, and this flower represents a signal to the castle of Geranza for help.
One of the French mercenaries next to Robben turned pale, and if he could, he would now prefer to flee back to Geranza.
But it was obviously impossible for Robben to abandon the hundred and ten defeated soldiers who had fled, and these people were all his men.
"Kill......"
Lin Xuan, who led the team, roared, he is Lin Xishan's clan brother, not this relationship, and now it is not his turn to pick up this credit.
It was a foregone conclusion that the Dutch would lose the town of Dayuan, unless the city of Geranza sent troops to the rescue, but would Paul dare to do so?
Staying in the fortified castle of Geranza, a Dutch soldier can be used for ten purposes, and he came out of the fortress to fight the Zheng army head-on, that is, to fight the Zheng army one to two, and it is not cost-effective to fight the Dutch.
The town of Dayuan exploded in an instant, and a group of people turned on their backs. Don't forget, there are still some family members of the second devil here. Panicked people rushed towards the castle of Geranza, pouring out of the town like headless flies, making the Dutch militia in front of them angry. There is a feeling that the Chinese who are waiting for themselves under the desperate cover are escaping.
It doesn't feel right.
Several of the junior officers were still hoarse, and Robben was shouting.
Artillery preparation, scatter ammunition preparation, grenade preparation, platoon gun preparation, and even knife and gun cold weapon preparation.
"Bang Bang ......"
In the deafening shouts of killing, several cannons rang out, which were not noticeable at all. The Dutch fought with their own lives and fired two shots, and the two shotshots did knock over some of the Zheng soldiers who rushed to the front, but this did not have any effect at all.
The front one fell, and the one behind followed.
Robben was surprised to find that the five fortifications he had set up in front of him—two street forts, and three fortified houses—had all been destroyed in an instant. The Chinese washed the ground with grenades one after another, and the successive explosions made his mind blank!
Then there was the breastwork of the streets, and the few gunshots were like a candle in the night, how could it be possible to illuminate the entire night sky? Several figures flew behind the breastwork, and the sharp blades instantly stabbed a Dutch militiaman who had not yet breathed his breath.
The mournful screams of the soldiers before they died were drowned out by the indiscriminate sound of gunfire and human voices.
A large number of Zheng soldiers climbed into the breastwork, hundred, two hundred, three hundred ......, how could the Dutch resist?
The sound of the blade scraping into the flesh kept ringing.
Robben was very brave.
But when a Dutch officer, stabbed in the leg, was half-kneeling, still shouting and waving his saber. A Zheng soldier approached him with a bayonet and a shot pierced his left neck and shoulder. The major artery on the side of the neck was instantly cut by a sharp blade, as if it had stagnated for a moment, and the column of blood instantly rushed to the old high, spraying the Zheng soldier's face full of blood foam.
The Dutch officer screamed in his throat, clutched his neck and half-turned as if he wanted to stand up, and finally fell to his heart.
From that moment on, the Dutch were completely finished.
Dayuan Town fell into the hands of Zheng Jun, so Paul of Geranza City would not take those Chinese families into the castle. He commanded the artillery on the castle to bombard the town of Dayuan for a while, but that was all he could do.
From Felborg to Heliao Harbor, from Qikun Sandbank to Dayuan Town just now, he has lost too many land forces. Even in the original Battle of Liaoluo Bay, the number of East India Company naval soldiers killed and captured in the battle was not as high as it is now.
The six or seven hundred people led by Felberg, and the three or two hundred people in Heliao Harbor, add up to thousands of people. Not counting the Chinese security team and the Tuhan-Black Coalition army that lost together.
The three sandbar forts and the current Dayuan Town are four or five hundred people.
There was a lot of pressure on Paul's heart.
He felt that his future was coming to an end. Even if the navy can defeat Zheng Zhilong's sailors, with so many company mercenaries and Dutch businessmen he has lost, his best outcome is to be transferred back to the mainland to be a cold bench.
Therefore, not only will he not accept the large group of Chinese dependents outside the city, but he will also insist on not fighting with Zheng Jun in the field in the future, and save the lives of his soldiers as much as possible. Then, teach the fate of the officers to the navy led by Putmans.
As long as Putmans can defeat Zheng Zhilong's naval fleet, he may return to his homeland and sit on the cold bench.
"When is this cold bench also a luxury?" Paul laughed inwardly.
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Carts moved slowly on the muddy roads, each loaded with grain and straw, and the oxen pulled people on the muddy road could only make them move slowly.
There is no official way for the big man.
Zheng's naval division did not solve the Dutch fleet, so the large amount of military rations needed by the army could only be transported by ship to Xuejiaxi, which was fifty miles away from Gerancha. This is the territory of the Xiaolong Society branch of the Siraya tribe, the "Xuejia Society", but now, the natives on the island are obedient, and they just beg Zheng Jun not to clear them and everything will be fine. How dare you stop it?
Anchor here, then transported to shore by boat and transported by cart or horse.
Hard work is naturally hard work.
The heavy rain of the past few days had made the already bumpy road even more muddy, and every cart and horse, every running cannon, was dragged by the horse-drawn people, and they were hard to move forward.
The horses neighed loudly, struggling to support their hind legs and pulling hard, the groom waved the whip and shouted loudly, and the Zheng soldiers who rolled like mud monkeys crowded on both sides of the carriage, desperately pushing the wheels. The carriage was loaded with cannons and gunpowder.
These are all inseparable from the front-line soldiers.
Don't look at Zheng Zhilong, who led tens of thousands of troops to kill the south of the island, but there were many people and the cost was also large. That is to say, with Guo Huaiyi's trump card, the Han villages in the south of the island have enthusiastically supported and contributed people, at least to solve some food problems for Zheng Jun.
Zheng Zhilong also took the opportunity to announce that the people of the Han villages in the south of the island were exempt from tax for three years, which greatly gathered the hearts of a group of people.
But a lot of military supplies still have to be transferred from the rear, right?
You can't expect the sailors to come and transfer supplies after they have won the Dutch fleet, saving time and effort, right?
The devil knows when Zheng Hongkui will be able to see the opportunity.
The army surrounded the castle of Geranza, which was not all sit-down warfare, and the bombardment was of little effect, and the daily bombardment could not be less.
Moreover, in addition to the solid bullet, Zheng Zhilong also took out the flowering bomb this time.
Tunnel fortifications, digging trenches from the surface, leading to the castle, bombarding the city head with mortar cannons and flowering shells, killing and injuring the Dutch as much as possible, but also used to verify the combat effectiveness and safety of mortars and flowering shells.
Therefore, the logistics transfer cannot be delayed for a moment.
Even if you come south from Xuejia Creek, there is silt all over the way, and when you step on it, the muddy water will directly overflow your ankles.
Not to mention, two days after the Zheng army captured Dayuan Town, it rained again in the south of the island.
The rain was heavy, and the Dutch on the city of Geranza could not see the appearance of Dayuan Town, but only listening to the cheers of the Zheng army outside the city, they could feel the scene of the enemy army in the muddy water. Although the rain was heavy, it did not dampen the enthusiasm of Zheng Jun's soldiers at all.
"The handsome man has come to see us! The handsome man has come to see us! ”
Zheng Zhilong rode a pure black war horse, this is a rare good horse captured in the battle of Zhang Qiuzhen, I don't know if it is a usurpation of blood, or a genetic mutation, the height is almost four feet five.
Zheng Zhilong rode on a horse, with dozens of heavily armed guards, and walked through the busy scene of Zheng Jun in Dayuan Town, everywhere he went, every officer and soldier recognized his own big boss. At first, he still stood and saluted, but later, I don't know who cheered at him first, and the cheers rang out one after another, and finally became a wave as deep and wide as the sea.
The marshal personally inspected the front line, and the morale of the soldiers was +10!
Zheng Zhilong sat on horseback and only wore a rainproof cloak, and he went out on patrol to boost morale. The heavy rain was falling, pouring him and the guards behind him drenched, but looking at the reaction of the soldiers, the effect was obvious, and more than a thousand tigers were cheering for him!