The Dutch were in a relatively strong warehouse in the city, and they had come to know the strength of the Great Liang army. The rockets that rained down from time to time made their hearts tremble, not to mention the bombardment of sixteen-pound solid shells.

Faced with such a dire situation, with less than thirty soldiers in the city and no reinforcements from the city of Geranza, the Dutch finally chose to live. Because they found that the troops of the Great Liang really did what they said, and as soon as a quarter of an hour passed, the artillery bombardment began again. This time, it was the artillery that used the main force to destroy several houses and warehouses on the outside, as if to clear the way for the attack. They feared that the infantry of the Great Liang would rush in, and they might be killed in the chaos without even a chance to save their lives.

With the surrender of the Dutch, Keshan was able to take an enemy stronghold before the arrival of the second group of troops, and this credit was paid. When he sent troops to Shanhaiguan four years ago, he was the commander, but four years later, all his comrades in the Southern Army who had the same starting point as him became deputy generals, and he was a thousand generals, just because there was no war to fight and no military merits.

And this sea-crossing operation is a great opportunity to earn military merits. Therefore, he would not let go of any opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but just let the troops rest for one night, and began to prepare for the attack on the city of Geranza. On land, it is easy to say that you can build a pontoon bridge between the sand dunes of the city of Geranza and the shallow gorge of the main island. As for the Dutch battleship that ran aground as a battery south of the city of Geranza, it was robbed by the sailors, after all, the sailors also needed the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

However, the sailor's action was unsuccessful. The sailors sent a battleship to approach the stranded Dutch ship from behind, risking running aground, intending to burn the enemy ship by firing fire canisters with a catapult. But before they had come close two hundred paces, two cannons began to fire from the stern of the Dutch ship.

It turned out that the Dutch took advantage of the night time to move two cannons to the stern of the ship to make up for the holes in their defenses. Although the two guns were three-inch guns, the Dutch would stuff rags into them after putting in the ammunition to enhance the airtightness, and the firing range was not short. Moreover, the artillery skills of the Dutch were very high, and now they were stranded again, as smoothly as on land, and the shells were more accurate.

With only two guns, the battleships of the naval division hurriedly retreated back and got away from the blows of the Dutch naval guns. Their bow was smashed in two places, but fortunately they retreated in time, did not cause further damage, and did not affect the voyage. In the future, their transportation tasks will be very heavy, and those merchant ships will not be needed, so the follow-up troops and supply tasks will be undertaken by their sailors, and they dare not destroy the battleships for a little credit.

Although Ke Shan got the opportunity to make military achievements, he was not happy, after all, the brother of the sailor was injured, and their Lu Shi also had no face. So he laid out all six stone throwers he had brought with him and assembled them behind the dunes on the sandbar. It was a good location, as it was out of range of the small fortress south of the city of Geranza, and the Dutch ships' guns were blocked by the dunes, so they could calmly set up their stone throwers and fire pots.

The catapult operator, guided by the observer on the dune, fired three rounds and smashed the fire pot accurately on the Dutch ship. It is difficult to destroy a large ship with artillery, but it is much easier to burn it with oil. After four volleys, the entire deck of the Dutch ship was in flames. The sails, ropes, and timber of the ship were all ignited, and the fire was so great that the Dutch did not dare to extinguish it, but hurriedly jumped from the boat onto the beach and fled to the distant city of Geranza.

After a while, there was a violent explosion, the fire ignited the gunpowder in the cabin, the ship was blown to pieces, and the broken wood chips could fly even a hundred paces away. And the heavy artillery was also blown out and scattered into the sea and on the beach, and I don't know if it was damaged.

The next step was to deal with the small fortress on the sandy hill south of the city of Geranza. As long as this fortress is taken, it will be able to deal with the city of Geranza condescendingly, which is the information provided by the Han people of Chikan City.

Of course, there was no difficulty in dealing with such a small fortress, and it was still necessary to set up bunkers three hundred paces away, and then transport artillery to destroy it. Although they only brought three four-inch guns this time, it was enough to destroy a small fortress that could only hold thirty or forty people.

But the Dutch still resisted, firing flowering shells from their cannons, just enough to inflict some casualties on the soldiers who had set up the bunkers. In order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, Keshan asked rocket artillery to help, and with the help of the cover of the sand dunes, they were fired from a distance of 400 paces. Not a salvo, of course, raining down, but a slow launch in groups of one or two. The purpose is not to kill the enemy on the fortress, and the rockets do not have this accuracy, but to make the rockets explode in front of the fortress, and let the smoke and dust obscure the enemy's view.

After more than half an hour of fighting, the sandbag bunker was finally set up. However, the transportation of the cannon is not simple, the sand is soft and cannot bear the weight of the cannon, so the cannon is marched on a wooden plank prepared in advance. Several planks were laid alternately and forward, and it took a quarter of an hour to transport the six cannons to the gun position.

However, at this time, there was a problem, and due to the need to save rockets, the launch was not continued during this time. However, the Dutch took advantage of this time to continuously test fire, and had already found the gap in the gun position. As soon as the cannon fell into position, several shells came over, but fortunately, the cannon could not be fired too accurately, but it was smashed at the position of the battlement, and the cannon and personnel were not injured.

The artillerymen hurriedly aimed and fired. The original plan was to fire the four guns first, destroy the enemy's two cannons first, and then bombard the pillboxes. After that, the three-inch artillery was on alert, and if an enemy cannon was brought in, they would do suppressive fire. But at this time, he didn't care about this, and all six cannons opened fire, and three against one gun position, striving to destroy the enemy's artillery in the shortest possible time.

Their hard training, as well as their actual combat experience, have shown results. The gunners quickly loaded and fired, and the gunners observed with binoculars, adjusting the muzzles so that the shells could hit the battlements of the enemy guns. Although the Dutch fortress was made of hard stone, it was also shattered and scattered under the bombardment of iron shells. The shells hit one after another, so that the Dutch gunners did not dare to stay and operate the guns, and they all ran away to take refuge.

Only by this time did the four-inch guns divert their targets and began to bombard the walls of the castle. The walls of the fortress were much thicker and stronger than the battlements, but after more than an hour of continuous bombardment by the four-inch guns, a large hole finally appeared. But the fortress did not collapse, it just broke a big hole.

But it was enough, the Dutch inside, knowing that the fortress could collapse at any moment, fled early with the corpses and the wounded. The troops of the Great Beam were finally able to see the enemy's central fortress up close.

However, Keshan looked at the sand dunes for a long time, and found that the Dutchman's little castle was quite strange and tricky, and he did not find a suitable position to attack. Because wherever he attacks from, he will be attacked by other prominent and sharp enemy platforms.

Seeing Ke Shan frowning and scratching his head, Luo Miaoyun next to him said: "They call this thing a fortress, and the Spaniards have a bigger castle in Luzon than this, and there are more arrow fortresses." ”