Chapter 132: The Shine of Cold Weapons
In just two days, everything in the south of the island has changed dramatically.
The banner of the word 'Zheng' floated on the port of Heliao.
The three sandbanks of the Seven Kun Body, the Six Kun Body, and the Five Kun Body were all taken by Zheng Jun, and no matter how strong the latter was, it was only a small double-layer artillery fortress. It is also a gun fort that mainly faces the ocean on the west side.
Shoot with blind spots.
If so, the three sandbanks of the four kun bodies, the three kun bodies, and the two kun bodies were all happily abandoned by the Dutch.
Rather than leaving people there to die, it is better to take back the city of Geranza. It's just that before giving up, they used medicinal powder to blow up all the cannons and fortifications in their hands.
A large number of Zheng troops also took advantage of the situation to enter a sandbar, and the first thing to control was Dayuan Town in the east of Geranza Castle.
By this time, however, the town had become unrecognizable, and thousands of its inhabitants had been displaced and driven out of their homes by the Dutch.
The latter, flying the Dutch tricolor, had turned into a large military stronghold, and the Dutch had begun to renovate the town months earlier, building fortifications to make it a horn against Fort Geranza.
Before Zheng Jun landed on the sandbar, he drove out a large number of residents of the town. Horizontally and vertically, these people are all Hermes-Epitek.
The remaining people in the town are all dependents of two devils like Liu Yuan and Guo Bao. And how many such people are there, no one can say the exact number, probably less than a thousand.
The biggest effect of this trick is to restrain the footsteps of Zheng Jun, and Lin Xishan, who landed first, was originally going to attack Dayuan Town, but now he can only appease these people first.
"General, look at ......" The four old lock ships of the Dutch in the inland sea have long been known to Zheng Jun's soldiers, and they have already appeared on the sandbar when Zheng Jun Keliu Kun is on the sandbank.
Four old lock ships with traditional Chinese sails and streamlined Western-style hulls, loaded with dozens of light and heavy guns, tried to bully into the sandbar several times to bombard the Zheng army, but they were defeated by the shore artillery group arranged by the Zheng army on the sandbank.
The Dutch could not sail in the dark night, lest they run aground in the shallows, so Zheng Jun took the opportunity to transport a piece of artillery to the sandbank. The barrel and the gun carriage were separated from each other and assembled again after going ashore.
Artillery positions were in full swing, and the old locks of the Dutch could only return in vain.
Therefore, Zheng Jun was able to successfully get the previous six Kun body sandbanks, which was really a blessing thanks to the iron mold casting cannon method. If it weren't for this method, the number of artillery in Zheng's army would have increased greatly, and it would have been really difficult to successfully climb a sandbar with a pure army.
But now this man is screaming in the open sea, and there are also sail shadows on the open sea, and Dutch sailboats have appeared, and it is too fucked up to be governed on both sides at once.
"Fuck it!"
Lin Xishan scolded. As far as the range of the heavy guns on the Dutch ship, even if they can't get too close, the sea area between the second kun and the first kun can be enveloped halfway.
Although at such a distance, the ship's guns have long been out of sight. But a shell that doesn't have the right head can still kill!
Looking at the beach, a group of empty-handed women and children were sitting on grasshopper boats under the guidance of the soldiers, and he turned back sharply and scolded the adjutant: "Don't go and tell me quickly, fool." ”
In the town of Dayuan, Robben led people up to the roof of a small three-story building to inspect the beach, and the Dutch fleet with flags flying and sails appeared in the telescope. Robben's face was full of smiles: "The Chinese really don't know whether to live or die, dare to break into my territory, then let them taste the power of our artillery and see how many ships they can have left?" ”
However, Lin Xishan saw that the situation turned quickly, and the soldiers and soldiers on the beach were quickly rushing towards this side of the inland sea, although they might be hit by the four old lock ships floating in the inland sea, but at least they escaped the range of the artillery of the Dutch fleet in the open sea.
"Major, we should immediately send troops to attack the Chinese, while they are now in chaos." A captain's company leader named Worm called out to Robben.
The military and civilians on the beach at this time should not be too chaotic.
"It's a good idea. But there are so many Chinese, and we can only dispatch two companies at most. Robben said with some concern.
The lessons of Felberg and Heliao Harbor worried him.
But several Dutch officers behind him did not think so, and Worm, who thought he could succeed immediately, patted his chest and said to Robben: "All I have to do is let go of the guns for a while, and the Chinese soldiers will scatter and flee for their lives, and fall apart." Then he said to Robben specifically: "It's daytime, not a night with a rainstorm." This is a familiar operational environment. Do not look at the number of Chinese, one Dutch soldier can fight twenty-five Chinese. It should be said that Worm's hubris is still well-founded. Because according to the experience of previous battles, the Eastern soldiers who used swords, spears, bows and arrows were not able to be beaten by a platoon of guns.
The Dutch, on the other hand, looked down on Chinese muskets during many wars in China. Not only because of the backward arquebuses, but also because of the difference in the quality of the muskets.
And now they have several battles with Zheng Jun, the former Fairberg was surrounded and annihilated, and the latter Heliao Port was attacked by Zheng Jun on a rainy night, and the prominence was not a musket at all.
These people also regarded Zheng Jun as the original southeastern Ming army, and they looked down on them.
Now, Zheng's artillery is pinned down by the warships that appear inside and outside, so they are all victorious.
The biggest difference between the other six sandbars is the size of the sandbar. As the old nest of the Dutch in the south of the island, there are a large number of Dutch soldiers here, and the number is by no means comparable to the other six Kun body sandbanks.
There were three companies stationed in one town alone, two standard military companies, and one militia company conscripted from the Dutch merchants.
So, Worm clearly miscalculated this time.
The musket in Zheng Jun's hand is definitely not bad, not to mention that there is also a door tiger squat cannon that moves with the army. And each unit is equipped with a team of rattan soldiers.
Rattan soldier is one of the signboards of the Southern Ming Army, issued in the era of Qi Jiguang, holding a rattan shield in one hand, holding a Yanling fast knife in the other hand, the vital part of the chest is wrapped in solid cotton, and the shield and solid cotton can minimize the lethality of bullets. Taking advantage of the rotation of the guns, cover the body with a rattan card, roll and jump forward, and once you get close to the enemy, you will perform the hob knife technique to cut the enemy's feet.
This class reminded Zheng Zhilong of "The Legend of Deer and Ding". Therefore, it has not been abolished, and the rattan soldiers in Zheng Jun's hands are not established, and it seems that there are many people in the original army who practice rattan cards, but there are only four or five hundred people who really play brilliantly.
Zheng Zhilong organized them into a team of 100 people and formed a battalion.
In his heart, this kind of class still has a certain role. Fighting with the platoon spearmen, when the two armies enter the firing distance, it is also a good way to suddenly release these individuals and disrupt the rhythm of the opponent.
The rattan soldiers in history have made meritorious contributions in the battles of Dayuan and Yaksa in the Northland, which can be regarded as a shining brilliance of the Chinese cold weapon army in the current era of the gradual rise of hot weapons.
Worm led his troops to attack, and immediately divided his subordinates into two teams, with fifteen people in a platoon, and attacked Zheng's army.
Lin Xishan's headquarters had two battalions and more than 2,000 soldiers, so he immediately left one battalion on the beach to clean up, and he led the other battalion to face the enemy head-on.
The Dutch opened fire first with the three-pounder cannons they carried, while Lin Xishan returned fire with a large turtledove.
When the distance between the two sides reached 100 steps, Lin Xishan responded to the enemy head-on with two teams of soldiers, the two teams of soldiers outflanked left and right, and one team of soldiers as a reserve, and at the same time released a team of rattan cards. The Dutch soldiers were pinned down by the Zheng Jun musketeers in the front, and the guns were only put in three rows, and the rattan soldiers were approaching, only to see the shield under the upper man, with the human body rolling, the knife flashed, and cut the feet of the Dutch soldiers. Lin Xishan commanded the troops to rush and kill, killing the enemy and capturing 200 enemy soldiers, and the rest of the enemy threw away their weapons and fled in confusion.