Calm down?

It's not easy to calm down.

In the final analysis, the gentry of Guangdong did not really have no choice, and the two Guangxi spent huge sums of money over the years to raise an army of 100,000, including 50,000 new troops, just to protect them in times of need?

It is said that the salary of the new army is higher than that of the Ming army.

Although it is true that the vast majority of the new army cannot be withdrawn from the front line, the two brigades in Guangzhou have all rushed to Xin'an for reinforcements, and there is still a garrison equivalent to one brigade in Humen, and the total number of more than 10,000 can be regarded as an elite new army. Moreover, militia groups from all over the country are also rushing to reinforce them, although they are actually used to suppress the resistance of the local poor, but they are no worse than the militia in Huangzhuang, and there are tens of thousands of militia groups along the Dongjiang River and in Guangzhou.

If you really want to fight, you don't have the strength to fight.

Of course, you can't fight openly, at least not as an army of the Gui Domain.

It's a wrist wrestler.

It can't really turn into war.

So......

"Dutch?"

Ma Xin, deputy commander of the First Marine Corps, held a telescope and looked into the distance suspiciously.

They are still at the landing site.

Six miles to their left was the Gui army's position on Danan Mountain, where a battalion and a platoon of artillery were deployed on the mountain, and a dozen miles to their right was the county seat of Xin'an, where a path led from the beach at their feet through barren grass, woods, and farmland. At this moment no less than a brigade of enemy troops was approaching, but these people were not the clothing banners of the Gui army, they were flying the tricolor flag of the Dutch......

Well, it's for a vest.

The villagers of the Guangdong Consultative Bureau always have to know whether there is a gap in the combat effectiveness of the two sides, and then make a choice between bringing in the Imperial Bank or paying money directly.

But they can't really make a war, and if they really do make a war, they will definitely lose.

They know that very well.

The overall strength of the two sides is not equal at all, and they also know that if there is a fight here, those allies like Zhang Xianzhong will not help, even if they want to help, it is useless, Yang Qing does not need to use the troops of other fronts to fight Guangzhou, and the First Marine Army in Fujian alone is enough.

Not enough for three more militia corps.

But if they can prove that the combat effectiveness of the new army is no worse than that of the Ming army, and if they really want to start a war, even if Yang Qing can win, they will have to pay a heavy price, then the two sides can sit down and talk calmly. In the final analysis, it is only two million, and it is impossible for Yang Qing to kill or injure tens of thousands of Ming troops for this money, so that the pension alone will have to be a huge sum. Of course, for the sake of two million, the Guangdong gentry are not willing to risk being wiped out, and the best way is for both sides to fight in the ring to show their power to see who is stronger.

A skirmish.

Since this is the case, it will be necessary to pull the Dutch out again, and the Gui army of a brigade changed into the Dutch military uniforms made by those garment factories in Guangzhou overnight, wore half-body armor, and took the initiative to counterattack under the banner of the Dutch......

"Here's what's left of our play!"

The commander of the 1st Marine Brigade beside Ma Xin said.

The Gui army still fought strictly in accordance with the Morris phalanx, and they were originally trained by the Portuguese and Dutch, just like the Ming army, the mountain army and the other brigades of the Marine Corps, except that one was ten columns in depth and the other was six, one was mainly for rotary firing and the other was mainly for salvo firing. But they were all staggered with spear and musket phalanxes, a small number of cavalry on the flanks, three-pounder field guns in front, officers with axes and guns in front, reserves in the rear, and the command flag between the reserve and the first line. At this moment, the entire formation stretched out with the sound of drums and trumpets, constantly advancing among the dense barren grass on the coast.

Behind Ma Xin and the others, the 1st Marine Brigade was also completed.

This is a real line infantry.

The three columns of Ming flintlock musketeers were no longer equipped with spearmen, their field guns were also lined up in front of the formation, a small group of cavalry guarded the flanks, and the beach behind them were mortars, and four battalions of four thousand flintlock musketeers silently checked their weapons.

Of course, this is what can be seen from the other side.

Visible on the opposite side was the foxhole in front of the artillery, in which rifled gun hunters were aiming at the approaching ......

Uh, Dutch Army.

Whoever they really are, they are now Dutch, and even if the total number of Dutch on Hong Kong Island is less than a quarter of this army, they must be Dutch. The Gui army on the nearby Danan Mountain had already come to say that this army had nothing to do with them, and that it was the Dutch who had taken retaliation for the sinking of those merchant ships. After all, the Dutch had killed hundreds of people, and they had destroyed six armed merchant ships, so it was normal for them to take some retaliatory measures, and as the guards of the Gui Domain, it was inconvenient for them to cooperate with the Marines in battle until they received an order from King Gui for the time being.

In short, it was a battle between the Dutch Army and the Marines.

This has nothing to do with King Gui.

"Fire!"

Ma Xin said.

The field guns in front of the formation suddenly erupted in flames.

The Marine Corps is different from the Army, which requires long-distance field marches, except that the artillery of their brigade is a higher grade for short-distance assaults, in fact, all 12-pounder field guns and 6-pounder battalions. The brigade had 12 12-pounder or 9-pound guns, and the four infantry battalions belonged to 16 6-pounder or 4-and-a-half guns, and 28 solid shells fired in the first salvo flew out whizzing out and landed in the "Dutch Army" formation in the blink of an eye.

A nine-pound shell hit accurately.

The powerful solid bullet instantly shot out a splash of flesh and blood.

Ten columns were completely penetrated.

Almost simultaneously, the cavalry of the "Dutch Army" on both flanks attacked.

But at the same time, the mortar shell dragged the small tail from the back of the Ming army and exploded in the cavalry of the "Dutch Army", but the damage caused was not large, after all, the power of the twenty-pound mortar was limited. What's more, there is no precision to speak of, and most of them fall near the cavalry, just to create a little confusion for these small number of cavalry.

Field artillery continued to fire.

The artillery of the "Dutch Army" was set up on both flanks and began to return fire on the Ming army.

But their three-pounder guns were not powerful enough, the accuracy of the simply cast cannons was even worse, and their return fire efficiency was very low, at least not comparable with the Ming army, and some of the Ming troops were also weak because of their weak power, and the damage caused was limited, unlike the nine-pound cannonballs that pierced through ten columns at once. However, the surprise attack of the cavalry of the "Dutch Army" soon forced the Ming field artillery to switch targets and then replace them with shotguns to bombard these cavalry.

The latter's losses increased dramatically, but they still heroically continued to charge at the artillery, which they had to ensure that the infantry would not be overwhelmed, and that under their cover the "Dutch" infantry continued to advance.

"Infantry advance!"

Ma Xin said.

The order to advance was given at once.

Three columns of Ming infantry sentinels marched forward in unison with the sound of drums, and soon they crossed the artillery that was about to be fired by the "Dutch army" infantry with arquebuses, while the same remnants of the 100 "Dutch army" cavalry also hurriedly withdrew, and the infantry of the two armies began to line up face to face and enter the range of muskets. But both sides did not open fire, but continued to move forward with the sound of drums, and at the same time the flowering shells of the mortar also began to fall in the "Dutch army", but the latter was still not chaotic, and in the smoke of the explosion of the mortar shells, the "Dutch army" carrying spears and arquebuses silently advanced.

This is very surprising, the Han army of the Eight Banners should have fled at this time, and I have to say that these soldiers are worthy of their military salaries.

Then the Ming stragglers opened fire.

Accurate rifled bullets immediately hit the officers who carried axes and guns, even if the latter wore three-quarters armor.

The officers of the "Dutch Army" came one after another.

But the substitutes also followed up to take their place.

The Ming stragglers who had completed a round of shooting quickly climbed out of the foxhole, and the arquebusiers of the "Dutch Army" behind them began to shoot, and the stragglers bent down and rushed back in the bullets whistling overhead, and soon ran into the gap between the infantry lines. But the shooting of the "Dutch Army" did not stop, and they began to shoot in turn after slowing down, and the depth of the ten columns provided them with sufficient fire continuity, and round after round of bullets continued to fly towards the advancing Ming infantry.

But the latter still did not return fire.

Although the Ming soldiers began to fall continuously, it did not affect their rhythm in the slightest, and they moved forward mechanically to the sound of drums.

The "Dutch Army" stopped advancing, but the rotary fire continued.

The Ming infantry still did not stop, and continued to close the distance between the two sides.

Starting from twenty zhang, like a moving wall, they kept closing the distance, even if their companions kept falling, the others ignored the scene and continued to maintain the formation, following the drum sound machinery forward.

Soon the distance was less than eight feet.

"Stand!"

The roars of the officers rang out amid the sound of gunfire.

All the soldiers were in place.

"Aim!"

The roar of the officers rang out.

All three columns of musketeers raised their flintlock muskets, while the "Dutch" soldiers, who were still using rotary fire, were scrambled to reload their ammunition in the face of the dense muzzles pointed at them, but ......

"Fire!"

A roar sounded more than twenty meters away.

All the muzzles erupted in flames.

The "Dutch Army" soldiers who were loading their ammunition collapsed in an instant, and the high hit rate of up to 40 percent caused all the "Dutch Army" soldiers in front to fall almost in the blink of an eye, and the entire formation collapsed in such a spectacular manner. But this was only the beginning, and before the "Dutch Army" could wake up from the chaos, less than twenty seconds later, the dense flames that still filled the front of the Ming Army line began to erupt, and then more "Dutch Army" soldiers fell in the roaring bullets......

Then there was a tsunami of shouts of killing.

And then this "Dutch army" collapsed almost without any suspense.

"Just chase it!"

Ma Xin said with great satisfaction as he looked at the victorious battlefield.

"These guys are not bad, they are no worse than the real Dutch army."

He went on to say.

Indeed, the Ming army also paid a certain amount of casualties, on the battlefield in front of them, there were also hundreds of corpses of the Ming army and no less than the same number of wounded soldiers, and the opponent's ten columns of rotary shots could not be ignored.

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