Chapter 414 is ruthless

Lin Xiao found that neither side had any clever tactics on both sides, and their artillery battle was actually to hurt each other.

In terms of cannon casting technology, the two sides are almost on the same level, and in terms of range, the condescending Dutch are a little stronger, while the advantage of the Franc machine man lies in the speed of the light cannon.

And the performance of the gunners on both sides can also be called half a catty, and their common shortcomings are still the common problem of breech guns - it is really not accurate, no matter how fine the aim is, it is useless, and whether they can hit or not depends on luck.

In fact, as the defenders, the Dutch still have a slight advantage.

The artillery they set up on the wall of the wall not only had a larger caliber and a longer firing range, but also had a pre-calibrated firing angle, aiming at the best attack point outside the wall.

However, not only did the Dutch people not build the wall very carefully, but the number of artillery pieces was really not enough, and judging from the muzzle flame, there were only about seven or eight cannons on this wall.

Such a density of firepower is far from enough to suppress the Franc man.

Perhaps, they never dreamed that there would be enemy artillery in this fleet station - this level of defense can obviously only deal with the attacks of the local natives.

On the other hand, in the formation of the Franc man, the commander, Major Lucas, still seems to be a bit of a brain.

His men scattered the twelve guns very widely, and the gunpowder packs and cannons also looked lightweight, making them ideal for a quick shift in position.

What is even more commendable is that they also know how to do a little earthwork - they have prepared a lot of sandbags and straw bags, and as soon as they get ashore, they desperately dig and pack the earth, and build a simple but thick semi-open bunker in front of each gun emplacement.

In this way, their field artillery is equivalent to a semi-buried type, and the area of shells is greatly reduced, unless it is directly hit by a cannon falling from the sky, the Dutch gains are minimal.

Of course, falling from the sky is unlikely, the distance is calculated, and both sides are outside the point of impact......

However, after several rounds of roaring, the first casualties were still seen in the formation of the Franc man.

Although most of them were not enough, the iron ball that jumped after landing was still a little lethal, and a few unlucky infantry were unfortunately swept away, killing and wounding several people.

Lin Xiao pursed his lips slightly when he saw this-the formation of these people was too dense, and this kind of casualty could be completely avoided.

Of course, the Dutch guards on the walled walls were no better.

Although there were very few cannons that hit the wall directly, and most of them hit the wall hard, there were still people who were swept by the jumping iron balls and flying masonry, and the wounded were constantly carried down.

What's even more exaggerated is that there are people who fall directly off the wall - the wall can't help but roar, and every time an iron bullet hits it, it shakes the sky and shakes......

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It didn't take long for about five or six rounds of each cannon to be fired, and the sound of the cannon on the wall became more and more sparse.

Lin Xiao saw clearly, this was the secret loss of the Dutch people who ate the snipers - their artillerymen were inexplicably shot in the head one after another.

However, the Franc machine people took the opportunity to fight more and more, their light field guns turned very nimblely, and soon, they concentrated their fire to collapse a section of the wall, and in the smoke and dust that exploded in the sky, a small gap appeared......

About half an hour later, the artillery battle ended.

At this time, there were at least three relatively large collapse openings in the entire wall.

Now, is it Eric's turn? Mendoza's infantry was in full swing.

I saw him draw his long knife and point it forward, but he didn't know what he was shouting, and someone blew a whistle beside him.

A strange whistle sounded, and several detachments of infantry immediately leaped up from behind the ridges and straw huts, raised their flintlock muskets with long bayonets, and rushed forward with a roar......

Lin Xiao hurriedly picked up the binoculars and watched with interest.

In the shot, I saw the Franc infantry in detachments, with guns on the one hand, and at the same time rushing to several gaps.

There were seventy or eighty men in each detachment, and it seemed a little crowded, so that the charge was not very fast, and the soldiers did not run at all, but could only stride forward shoulder to shoulder.

It seems that the Western infantry of this era, still not getting rid of the influence of the Spanish and Gustavus phalanxes, has not yet formed the idea of a skirmish.

Lin Xiao's eyebrows moved, these white-skinned pigs are no more difficult to deal with than Tartars......

However, Lin Xiao still found something interesting in it - they didn't put their guns indiscriminately without coordination.

Lin Xiao found that each detachment was divided into three squads, each squad had twenty to thirty people, and the three squads took turns to release their guns and cover each other to attack forward.

Until they crowded into the gap and disappeared into the village, Lin Xiao found that their casualties were very small, and few people fell along the way.

It seems that compared to the Dutch guards on the wall, their musket advantage is very obvious.

These mercenaries were mainly Portuguese, but there were also some Spaniards, many of whom were brought by the governor of Haojing, Fissa, and they were armed with the latest flintlock pistols developed by the Portuguese.

This kind of gun, even the main forces in their country have not yet been equipped in large quantities.

Lin Xiao has seen this kind of gun, in fact, it is at best the initial model of flintlock pistol, compared to the batch of flintlock pistols developed by Cao Jiawen and later given to Jiao Lian, it is a whole generation behind.

Because, although the loss of reliance on the arquebus allows the soldiers to aim more calmly, greatly enhancing the accuracy of the musket, the bullets they use are still ordinary lead, not fixed mini rounds.

Each Franc soldier had two gourd-shaped wooden pots hanging from his waist, one for gunpowder and the other for lead, and the gunpowder and lead still had to be loaded and pricked separately, which greatly affected the firing speed.

In addition, compared to the Mini bullet, this lead is very airtight, and the range is still not much higher than that of the arquebus.

"It seems that even Jiao Lian's 3,000 musketeers can go to Europe to show off their might and finish abusing these white-skinned pigs."

Squinting at the foreign women who were rescuing the wounded in front of him, Lin Xiao grinned.

Most of those Western women are still very young, and a few of them are in good shape, but they don't know what kind of aesthetic standards people in the current era have.

If these boys don't dislike it, they can consider instigating Jiao Lian to go to Europe to bully and bully the white-skinned pigs, and marry a few foreign women back by the way, so that our Chinese genes will be richer......

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At this time, on the battlefield, the Franc machine man occupied an absolute advantage.

Their guys couldn't get into Lin Xiao's eyes, but the equipment in the hands of the Dutch guards was even worse.

The Dutch people, known as the "coachmen of the sea", were ahead of the world in shipbuilding technology, but perhaps the directors of the East India Company were reluctant to spend money, or perhaps the musket technology was really backward, and the most advanced weapons in the hands of these guards were still arquebuses.

Not only that, but they didn't even have a musket in their hands, and many of them were holding pure cold weapons—spears and swords.

The artillery was silent, the enemy had been killed, and many of them could only raise their cold weapons in despair and only engage in hand-to-hand combat.

However, how could the Franco-man, who was in sight of victory, still give them a chance?

Their dense formation, although the attack speed is not very fast, is very steady, and the squads take turns to shoot, ensuring the continuous output of firepower, and there is no room for the Dutch to drill.

Soon, one detachment climbed the wall, while others were busy chasing down the Dutch in the wall.