The Ming fleet advanced and retreated in an orderly manner, and when a group of warships faced the shore with their side sides, all the foreigners watching the battle could not understand why the Ming fleet would attack the land so unusually.

Today's Europe does not have large artillery, and their wars are still dominated by the impact of personnel, so they cannot understand the importance of artillery warfare.

When the drumming stopped, the Ming fleet still had no personnel to attack in small boats. But at this time, the gringos who were watching the battle held their breath, knowing that a new way of fighting would appear in front of them.

When the roaring artillery fire rang out, the unprepared gringos saw the white smoke rising from the Ming ship, and before they could react, the violent bombardment made everyone's ears temporarily deaf.

The power of this kind of artillery fire was something that no one expected, and the crotches of many spectators immediately became wet.

This was a way of fighting that they could not understand, but seeing the effect of that shell falling on the fortifications on the shore, everyone understood that the war had entered a new era.

It turns out that wars can still be fought like this, and there is no need for a human-to-person attack at all to produce such a powerful effect.

This is the real artillery!

With the experience of the first naval battle, this time all the battleships did not fire at the same time when all the battleships were under fire.

The attacking ships looked at each other, and only one gun on each ship opened fire, so that no drastic damage was inflicted on the deck of the ships.

But when the ships were in groups of five, they carried out continuous artillery bombardment, which made the attack more prolonged.

All of a sudden, a large cloud of smoke rose from the sea, and the gringos could no longer hear any sound outside of artillery fire, because of the smoke, they could not see the situation on the battlefield clearly.

However, the Ming Navy, after the correction of the first gun, the crosshairs of the first three guns were adjusted. Even if there is smoke behind it, it can still rely on the firing track set by the quadrant and the horizontal marker to cover the artillery fire.

An attack phalanx of five ships, each with a range of about two hundred meters, was covered. There were ships that bombarded fortifications with stone shells, but more of the artillery fire was loaded with chain shells, which were a string of stone balls that were more lethal to personnel.

The Ming Dynasty already regarded Ceuta as his own bag, and naturally would not carry out destructive attacks on the fortifications. The attack on the fortifications was also limited to one point, opening the breach, rather than bombing all the fortresses to pieces.

Dense artillery fire, thick smoke, those observers could not see the details of the war at all.

At most, they were surprised by the power of the Ming artillery, and could see that the appearance of artillery had completely changed the mode of warfare.

But Zhu Zhanji is not worried that Europe will also develop rapidly because of this, although a steel barrel seems simple, but this is also the most advanced technology in this era.

Not to mention that Europe does not have the technology to polish seamless barrels, just an increase in furnace temperature can make the molten steel warm and melt more thoroughly, and there is also a molten steel decarbonization, which can become a technical bottleneck that plagues them.

It was not until the nineteenth century in Europe that real steel cannons were made, and as long as the technology was kept secret, they simply could not imitate it.

Just like the chip products of later generations, even if the chip is given to you, you don't have the technology to imitate it.

The Ming Dynasty will not let the Westerners go to the Ming Dynasty in the short term, they do not even have a ship that can enter the Atlantic, and they do not have nautical charts.

In a hundred years, Daming's technological advantages will not be revealed. Instead of a hundred years, only a few decades, Zhu Zhanji believes that the scientific and technological discoveries of the Ming Dynasty will enter a new era.

The sound of the cannons paused for a moment after ten shells were fired from each ship, and when the gunfire stopped, the sea breeze from the Atlantic quickly blew away the smoke, exposing Ceuta to the fleet's eyes again.

Each phalanx carried out a battle damage assessment of the area for which it was responsible, and the testers also made careful calculations based on the coverage of the shells, so that the next round of artillery fire would be more efficient.

At this time, the small boats carrying the landing soldiers began to approach the shore in the gaps between the large ships.

The Portuguese on the shore also discovered the Ming Dynasty's attempt, and their soldiers formed a corresponding phalanx, ready to snipe the Ming landing soldiers.

But when they left the protection of the fortifications, they became the target of the battleship, and the shells and chain bullets were specially used to attack the crowded area.

The Portuguese, who had suffered heavy losses, were bombarded back by artillery fire before they could assemble.

This war can't be fought at all, it's not a fair war at all.

But Duarte, who was in charge of overseeing the war, still did not give up, in his opinion, the Ming soldiers were as thin as the Portuguese compared to the Portuguese. If the Ming wanted to occupy Ceuta, they had to engage the Portuguese in close combat.

He still believed in the fighting power of the Portuguese.

Soon, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty landed along the shallows. They did not rush to attack, but first set up a defensive position, and then moved forward slowly and methodically.

The battleship's artillery fire also quickly adjusted the elevation angle, and no longer bombed outside the fortifications, so as not to injure its own people by mistake.

After the previous artillery coverage, all the battleships have already determined their best firing angles and will not turn the cover operation into a bombardment of their own people.

With their cover, the Portuguese could not organize an effective attack at all, and those scattered responses could not hurt the Ming soldiers behind the heavy shield at all.

In the fortress on the shore, Duarte watched as the Ming soldiers quickly seized the tidal flats as if no one was around, and surrounded them in an orderly manner with a defensive position, he did not know how to fight to hurt the other party.

Moreover, he also noticed that the muskets in the hands of the Ming soldiers were completely different from theirs. They did not need a fire rope to ignite at all, and the reloading of gunpowder bullets was very fast.

The rate of fire of the Portuguese small musket was about two rounds a minute, and that of a large musket was about three rounds in two minutes, which required a skilled hand to achieve a speed.

However, the musket fire of the Ming people was not at all continuous, and although it is impossible to determine how fast their rate of fire was, it was certainly faster than that of the Portuguese.

And there was also a big gap in the number of muskets, although they brought in another two thousand soldiers from you, but only five hundred muskets, and the total number of muskets was only a thousand.

But almost every soldier of the Ming Dynasty had a musket, and these disparities made Duarte despair about the outcome of the battle.

This Ming Dynasty is so powerful, why doesn't this country stay in the East well, and has to come to the West! Why should they meddle in their business and help the Marins?

The thought of contacts with other countries made him feel even more hopeless, no one saw a serious crisis, and they were all fascinated by the abundance of goods of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, if countries wanted to get spices, porcelain, silk, and tea, they had to trade with the Ottomans and be exploited by them.

But now, Daming has more goods and cheaper prices, and since they can get these goods without risking it, they have all lost the spirit of adventure.

Both the Castilian and the Aragonese tended to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

As for the Venetians, it is said that a celebratory reception is already taking place.

Don't talk about other people, even those big nobles who have been you in Portugal, they don't want to fight with Daming, and when they see the list of goods provided by Daming, they have been tempted and confused.

Because Duarte's fortress has not been shot by resisting soldiers, it has not been bombarded by artillery, and at this time he can still observe the offensive of the Ming soldiers through the lookout.

Seeing that they had not even a single wounded soldier so far, the Portuguese, although they held the fortress, were afraid that they would not be able to hold out for long.

Is it really going to surrender? Are the dreams of the Portuguese for generations, just beginning, about to be shattered?

At this time, the Ming army had formed a dense attack formation outside the city wall, but they still did not attack the city.

When Duarte saw that Daming's warships began to change formation, and several ships risked colliding to make a sea connection, he still didn't understand why Daming's artillery fire suddenly stopped.

But the commander-in-chief of the fortress, the governor of Ceuta, Alvatu, saw that this was the calm before the war.

The battleships of the Ming Dynasty gathered together in order to carry out indiscriminate artillery attacks on the areas that had been exposed and open a gap.

But he could do nothing, he did not dare to mobilize the soldiers to the gap, and if he did, he would only become a target for artillery fire.

He could only send heralds to the fortress on the eastern hill to affirm to Duarte that this one-sided war should be over, and that the precious soldiers could not be allowed to die on this battlefield with no victory in sight.

Both in terms of the number of soldiers and the weapons of the army, the Portuguese were inferior.

Even if they can inflict some damage on the Ming soldiers later, the Portuguese soldiers will die more.

This kind of artillery is so powerful that they can't even raise their heads than they fight. And the opponent's muskets are also too advanced, they don't need to ignite the fuse to shoot.

After receiving a message from Alvatu, Duarte had not yet made a decision, and then he heard the sound of heavy bombing.

The battleships, which had already been assembled, adjusted the firing range of their guns and carried out a covering bombardment against the damaged city walls.

Although the stone projectiles had a limited destructive effect on the fortifications, not all of the walls of Ceuta were made of solid rock, and in many places there were only thin walls.

Westerners have not yet entered the age of artillery, and their walls can withstand muskets, but they can't withstand the attack of more than a dozen pounds of stone bullets, and the walls collapse one by one.

The Portuguese soldiers, who were vainly trying to hold on to the breach, fell in pieces until the smashed flesh was a blur of mud.

So much so that the land there became a sticky flesh ground, and people couldn't even stand.

Xue Lu was still waiting, he could see that the Portuguese were demoralized now, but the other party's command system was perfected and could organize an effective defense.

He was going to come back with another round of artillery fire specifically aimed at personnel to break up the opponent's formed defenses, and then carry out a general attack, so that the losses of the Ming soldiers would be smaller.

But what he didn't expect was that at this time, a white flag rose from the east side of the mountain, and this white flag was raised, and from east to west, one white flag after another was raised.

The general attack has not yet begun, and the Ming soldiers have not yet entered the fortifications, and the other party has surrendered!

This made Xue Lu feel like a punch in the air, and it was extremely uncomfortable. His grandmother's, my pants are off, and you actually have a period!

However, there was Zhu Zhan's Christian battle in the rear, and there were envoys from other countries watching the battle, and Zhu Zhanji asked her to play with the momentum of the Ming Dynasty and reduce casualties.

Now there are basically few soldiers in the Ming Dynasty who are injured, and the other party has surrendered, although the fight is not smooth, but at least, the goal has been achieved.

Therefore, although he was extremely depressed, Xue Lu still knew the severity. At the sound of an order, the red flag was slowly lowered and replaced by a purple flag with a temporary truce.

As the flag was raised, the flags of one ship after another were conveyed, and in less than a cup of tea, all the battleships had already received the order.

And Cao Dongming, the commander of the young army who was responsible for the landing on the north bank, felt much more relaxed when he saw the other party erecting the white flag, this battle was too easy, except for a few unlucky people who were injured by stray bullets, none of them died.

Although it is more troublesome to get lead bullet and it is easy to get sepsis, there are also some high-performance drugs on the side of the Tai Doctor, which do not necessarily require amputation or death.

It's a clean victory, and it's a lot of credit.

But at this time, he could not relax, because he still had to receive positions, and as for the prisoners, he was not responsible.

Because this was a "civilized" war, according to the initial agreement, the Portuguese did not need to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, they could assemble themselves and then withdraw their troops.

But as a condition, all their materials in the fortress, including explosives, must be left to the Ming Dynasty, let alone blow up the fortifications that have been built.

And the envoys of the various countries who watched the battle were all as earthy as earth.

They never imagined that such a strong fortress, under the attack of Daming's artillery, would not even hold out for two hours.

They thought that the Ming people would win, but they definitely didn't expect that the victory would come so easily.

This is the Portuguese, who are not bad at fighting, they can beat the Marins out of battle, but in the face of artillery, there is nothing they can do.

These observers could not have imagined that there would be such a powerful weapon, not to mention the Portuguese, even they would not have any way to deal with such a weapon.

This is the real artillery, but they can't make it.

They are now attacking the city, mainly relying on catapults, which are much more powerful than catapults.

Everyone has decided in their hearts that they must not start a war with the Ming people until they can't build artillery.

Without the cover of artillery, they simply could not occupy an advantage on the battlefield.

Moreover, the muskets of the Ming people are also too powerful, and they can shoot without the need for a fire rope, which also subverts their cognition.

We must have new muskets, artillery!

Zhu Zhanji felt that everything was normal, with such a big advantage in firepower, it would be a rare thing if Daming was defeated.

The clean victory, so that the Ming Dynasty's purpose of launching this war, has been achieved.

(On a business trip, 4,000 words have been updated in the past two days.) It's a little less, I'm sorry, I'll make up for it when I go back. ）