In the era of cold weapons, many people died in the war, but they died directly on the battlefield, like a meat grinder, but not much, thousands of people fought hard, hundreds of people died, or thousands, all of which were positive, but after the emergence of thermal weapons and artillery, the efficiency of killing people was not much improved compared to cold weapons.

If it is the era of cold weapons, 20,000 people, if it is not a rout, it is difficult to annihilate all 20,000 people, and it may be invested one after another, and it can produce huge casualties for a considerable period of time.

However, in the face of thermal weapons and machine guns, 20,000 people, who are not familiar with the tactics of thermal weapons, of course, die quickly, and thermal weapons and automatic weapons are very lethal for charging together.

Before, in the fight with the Dinghai naval personnel, the Mayans also suffered heavy losses, but those people, most of whom knew the power of thermal weapons, did not come back, only those who ran fast did go back, and these people couldn't tell how powerful the thermal weapons were, and where the real threat was.

At the same time, the small detachment of guards only carried small artillery, and the number of machine guns was not very large, but this bastion area, which was used as the base camp for the entire exploration, of course, had to be armed to the teeth, and at the same time, there were not only a large number of machine guns, but also artillery and heavy artillery.

The artillery carried by the infantry, about one or two hundred catties, compared with the heavy ship-borne artillery, is really a heaven and a ground, the infantry's battle defense artillery, their firing range is at most about one kilometer, a little more, but the ship-borne artillery, the farthest firing range is at least 10 kilometers, which is a two-hour range on foot, and the coverage is very wide on the battlefield.

The Mayans did not realize that the place where they were encamped was already within the flap range of the Dinghai heavy artillery, and if the Dinghai wanted to, they could cover their temporary camping with at least 50 guns at any time.

There is no need to fight mosquitoes with anti-aircraft guns like this, if you talk about the efficiency of killing, it is better to have machine guns, in this fortress, there are a total of four or five thousand field troops, but the number of machine guns, as many as 1,500, even if it cannot be arranged, on the front is the battlefield, at least 300 are arranged, when these machine guns, with the existence of crossfire, only the skirmisher line, or artillery cover, is the best way.

However, in the current state, the Mayans have not yet escaped the state of ignorance, they are still in a slave society, and the main force on the battlefield is the slaves of cannon fodder, as well as elite aristocratic soldiers.

In a country with such characteristics, there is only one way for them to attack, and that is to rush up in a swarm, and they have no way to organize a battle formation.

Responsible for commanding, is a division commander of the field army, he is also the current supreme commander near this fortress, 4 regiments of field army are under his command, once, before becoming the division commander, when he just joined the Dinghai Navy, he was a team leader of the Xiang Army, once also served in the forbidden army, participated in the small war in the northwest.

He was well-informed, not only in the Northern Song Dynasty, but also in the Liao State, and even in the Korean War, he participated in it, and he was promoted to the position of division commander along the way, commanding an army of nearly 10,000 people.

It is precisely because he has seen a lot that he is very disdainful of this swarm of Mayans, such a method of warfare was abandoned as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, without any camp, without any focus, just like the impact of peasants, such a method of warfare, even if they do not have machine guns and firearms in their hands, even if it is a forbidden army, or even a box army, in the case of the same number of people, or even less people, they can easily deal with it.

A squad of elite infantry armor, blocking their attacking soldiers, archers in the rear, free to hunt.

In the slave legions, they didn't even have armor, they were naked, only a tenth of them had metal weapons, and the rest were wooden sticks and other weapons, which could not be called sophisticated at all.

There are long-range weapons, and the long-range weapons of the Mayans are also well developed, but the number is relatively scarce, and it is impossible to be in the hands of slave soldiers, but only in the hands of nobles.

These nobles, in the entire army, are very few in number, 20,000 slaves, at most only 1,000 to 1,500 nobles, they act as captains, only about 300 elite archers, are together.

In the face of thermal weapons, especially machine guns with a range of more than 500 meters, any bow and arrow and long-range are useless, not to mention, an army of 20,000 people, only more than 300 archers, whether it is to use artillery to eliminate or use machine guns to strafe, it is very easy to solve.

With just 4 waves of attacks, such an army of 20,000 was killed, and if you exclude the time when the Mayans were concentrated, the time for the attack may not even be 30 minutes.

All of a sudden, the surrounding corpses were scattered, even the Mayans did not expect that there would be such a terrible fierce attack, they couldn't even run, they were in front of the battlefield, under the attack all the way, death was the only choice.

When the gunfire of the Dinghai Navy stopped, the few remaining Mayans no longer dared to stop in this Shura field and fled.

The Mayans had never foreseen such a tragic war situation, and they did not even know where the deaths came from and why so many people died.

Because of the presence of telescopes and night vision goggles, they are not worried about the sneak attack of the Mayans, but with so many corpses and so many things, it is not easy to clean up.

This is considered the naval exploration fleet, and at the very front of the fortress, there are relatively many people, a total of 4,000 troops, and more than 7,000 construction and other personnel, of course, there are ships, including Spanish sailing ships and clippers, at least more than 500 ships.

There were enough people, and it was much easier to clean up, so the corpses were sorted out, stacked together, and then poured gasoline on them.

More than 20,000 people, at least 178,000 corpses were left, such a large number of corpses, of course, it is impossible to put them into the ground one by one, and buried in the ground, so many, it is not very good, burning it is the best choice.

Although the Dinghai Navy has not yet manufactured an internal combustion engine, the cracking and differentiation of oil is still relatively good, gasoline as a fuel, and it is still a very strong deflagration fuel, the application is still relatively wide, in this castle, there are about 200 tons.

200 tons of gasoline, if placed in the future, even if it is an ordinary ship, consumes a lot, 200 tons, it will not take long at all, but if it is placed in this era, 200 tons, if it is used for lighting, or some other simple purposes, can be used for a long time.

To ignite a part of the corpse, you don't need too much gasoline at all, just pour some on it, and then, it is ignited, and the gasoline is easy to ignite, even if it is an ordinary candle, you can light it, and then, the fire is blazing.

A large number of corpses were ignited by the smoke, all over the square inch of land, under the blowing of the sea breeze, gradually dispersed, most of the dead were slave soldiers, and there was no gain, as for those weapons of the Mayans, the navy did not look down on them at all, and casually threw them aside.

Not to mention the weapons in the hands of those slave soldiers, wooden, or metal-clad kinds, are basically shoddy products, that is, the armor of those nobles, which means a little.

This meaning is not a big meaning, the Indians were still in the Bronze Age at this time, even if the bronze was developed to the peak, it was inferior to pig iron, let alone fixed naval steel.

After the use of thermal weapons, the plate armor and foot armor made of stainless steel were not in the eyes of the navy, let alone these bronzes of the Mayans.

Such a tragic war produced huge casualties, but even artillery and thermal weapons could not kill everyone, at such a tragic moment, 178,000 were killed, one or two thousand ran away, and the rest, of course, there were prisoners, a total of more than 200 prisoners.

Most of them were wounded, and after treatment and abandonment, there were finally about 100 left, of which, there were two commanders who valued them the most, they were nobles, presumably a small leader, who were wounded and captured.

Ding Haijun quickly found a translator, after a certain interrogation, although the interpreter could not fully translate their words, but the communication is no problem, Een Wei and Shi, from his mouth, asked some things, for example, who is the ruler of the Maya now, and, some tendencies, the most important thing is that after the Maya people have suffered such a loss, will they wake up and contact with Ding Haijun in a different way.

Talking while fighting, this is also the method proposed by Zhao Xin, for Asia, the countries around the navy, of course, direct control is the best choice, but in the Americas, the navy whip is beyond the reach, even if the strength in all aspects, far more than the Maya, but can not control the territory occupied, then, to maintain contact and cooperation, is the most correct choice.

After a series of inquiries in the Jin country, especially after knowing the characteristics of the current Mayan rule, everyone frowned, this ruling is obvious, it is a hawk person, for any contact, will directly counterattack, not to mention that the loss is so big, even if there is no loss so much, the maximum strength will be used, now, after suffering such a big loss, next, it will definitely be a war.

The navy is not afraid of war, and with such a huge fortress system and many artillery and machine guns, it is not afraid of attacks from the Mayans at all, but the constant killing is a little annoying.

This is also something that cannot be helped, since the Ding Navy has come to the Americas and has come into contact with the Mayans, it has not established a peaceful relationship, but a war relationship, after the initial damage, like the Mayan government whose tail has been trampled, will definitely use the most drastic method to counterattack.

It is clear that the war is far from over, and that new wars will soon be ushered in.

From the mouths of these people, I also know what is going on in this war, the 20,000 people used this time, of which more than 9 into 5 are slaves, real commoners and nobles, only less than 2,000 people, this is only 4 city-state level troops, compared with the huge ethnic groups of the Mayans, this is only a small-scale counterattack, it belongs to the local counterattack.

The loss of 20,000 people is nothing, a slave society, even if it is more than 100,000 or 200,000 dead, there will not be much of a problem, but more than 2,000 commoners and nobles are unbearable for the Mayans.

This is difficult to understand for the feudal society of the Northern Song Dynasty and Zhao Xin from later generations, because the importance of people is clearly shown in feudal society and later generations.

When you come to North America, you will almost inevitably come into contact with the Mayans, in the face of an empire, the development of the Dinghai Navy thousands of miles away, you must make comprehensive preparations, how big is the Mayan Empire, when you were in contact with the Indian tribes before, you have clearly seen it, and now, it is really right, you may not be afraid, there is a fortress, and you can't take it down to tens of millions of Mayans, but the necessary preparations are still there, and the process of this war will gradually drag on, and at the same time, the degree of tragedy will also go to a higher level.

In any case, the Dinghai Navy will not be afraid of things at all, and on the premise that things have already fallen on the head, then let's fight, but before that, we need to make better preparations, fix all uncertain places, and reduce the possibility of accidents.

This preparation is more of a war aspect, because at present, with a series of ports, as well as the establishment of bastions, the degree of understanding of the Americas, has also been further enhanced, in the north, especially Canada, the northern region of the United States, there are not many tribes around, the threat is relatively slight, at this time, there is no need to station a lot of troops, although there are not many troops stationed at present, but each fortress, at least 1500 to 2000 people, can be completely reduced to about 800 people.

In this way, you can draw out 8,000 to 12,000 troops, be conservative, transfer about 6,000, and increase the total number of troops in this fortress to 10,000.

At the same time, a large number of craftsmen and ships were mobilized, not only to transport more supplies and provisions, but also to expand the scope of the city, the current port, in an area of 10 square kilometers of the core of the city, surrounded by at least 12 bastions, in the future, expand a little, increase the number of bastions to 18, so that the orientation is better, similarly, the surrounding walls also need to be built to prevent these Mayans from blending in.

On the premise that these are done, even if the Mayans come from the country, they may not be able to capture it, but even if the navy has made preparations in advance, they have begun to increase their strength as much as possible, and the time of the second battle is still beyond their expectations, a total of 60,000 troops, half a month later, came to the vicinity of the fortress, and another large-scale massacre began.