After the bombardment began, Wang Yue drove the Apache to dive from an altitude of 800 meters to 500 meters, and fired Hellfire missiles at several half-moon forts and fortresses in the city of Geranza.

This time the Apache carried the Hellfire AGM-114N missile, which is a cracked warhead, which is specially modified to attack fortified structures above ground and underground targets. The warhead weighed 27.5 pounds and a layer of aluminum fluoride powder was added between the shell of the warhead and the PBXN-112 explosive charge. After hitting the target, the missile will first burrow into the inside of a building or underground target before exploding.

Each launch of the Hellfire missile was inevitably accompanied by an earth-shattering explosion that overturned the dark fortress of the city of Geranza, and the boulder was arched by the shock wave and rolled down the mountain.

The Apache circled in the air and bombed, the 155 self-propelled howitzers roared incessantly, and the 76-millimeter naval guns shelled continuously, and from the sky, the city of Geranza was full of bombing points, and the smoke of gunpowder was filled, as if it had become a boiling castle.

The fortified castle, once a source of pride for the Dutch colonists, was now blown apart like papier-mâché, and the Dutch defenders were scrambled with dead and wounded.

After more than twenty minutes of shelling, most of the fortresses of the city of Geranza were destroyed and collapsed, and Wang Yue ordered the mortars to open fire.

More than a hundred mortars joined the chorus, and mortar shells rained down like drops, so that the fallen walls of the city of Geranza and the soldiers who were not killed in the fortress were tragic.

Zheng Cai and more than 100 leaders of the Zheng family witnessed the shelling of the city by the Tiance Army less than a kilometer away from the city of Gelanza.

It was a spectacle they had never seen before, and the city of Geranza, known for its fortification, was crumbling and crumbling at an unimaginable rate. Many people had a shocked look in their eyes, and even many people's legs and stomachs were spinning, and now they know that they were not lucky to lose.

The bombardment lasted an hour and a half, and almost all the fortifications of the city of Geranza were scorched on the outside and on the inside.

Putmans hurried back to the Doge's Palace, sweating profusely and bleeding from his forehead.

Such a heavy artillery fire made him realize that the city of Geranza might not be able to hold it for a day, so he took advantage of the pause of the other party's artillery fire to quickly raise the white flag and send Father Van Persie outside the city with a hanging basket to ask to see Wang Yue.

Father Van Persie, holding a white flag, was brought before an officer of the Tiance Army, who was dressed in camouflage uniform, had a Chinese face, and looked twenty-one or twelve years old, looking solemn.

This officer of the Tiance Army was none other than Feng Yuanshan, and he glanced at Father Van Persie coldly and said, "You are the representative sent by the city of Geranza?" ”

"Yes!" Van Persie hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Excellency Lord Ming, I am Father Van Persie of Geranza City, and I have come to negotiate with you on the order of Governor Putmans, are you Your Excellency Lord Wang Yue of the Ming Empire?" ”

Feng Yuanshan snorted and said: "I am Feng Yuanshan, the chief soldier of Songjiang in the Ming Dynasty and the commander of the Fifth Regiment of the Tiance Army, the commander of the siege this time, if you have anything to say, just tell me, our Lord Wang is very busy." ”

Van Persie had no choice but to bow down and say: "Your Excellency General Feng, Governor Putmans has said that we can hand over the city of Gerancha to you, and we Dutch people are willing to leave the Dayuan, but we hope to be able to leave with our belongings." ”

"Leave?" Feng Yuanshan smiled and said, "Our Lord Wang said that I gave you a chance, but it's too late now." I can tell you plainly that we will only accept your unconditional surrender, and we will not accept any of your conditions, and this is my answer to you, and now you can go! Give you some time to think about it, and at one o'clock in the afternoon, we will continue the shelling. ”

Wang Yue asked Feng Yuanshan to negotiate this matter, also in order to exercise his own ability, anyway, he only needed to set a tone.

As soon as Feng Yuanshan's words fell, the soldiers on both sides walked up to Van Persie and made a gesture of please. Van Persie knew that it wouldn't have any effect if he said it again, so he had to sigh lightly and walk back silently......!

"What...... They let us surrender unconditionally? They're too domineering, aren't they? ”

In the Doge's Palace, Putmans' voice was high enough to tear down the conference room, but the voice was still panicked, and the shelling of the Tiance Army was indeed too terrifying.

In front of him, more than a dozen merchants, clergy, and officers sat silently.

They knew too well what unconditional surrender meant to them, which meant the surrender of the defeated side to the victorious side without reservations, which also meant that their property and everything they had had to be delivered to the Ming army, which was unbearable for them who were accustomed to wantonly killing local natives and being the emperor.

Bout, the representative of the merchants, asked in a trembling voice, "Did he really say that?" Can't he even give us a promise to let us go back to our homeland? ”

"Nope!" Father Van Persie smiled bitterly: "Their attitude is very tough, they have clearly told me that they will not accept any conditions other than unconditional surrender, and I can see from the eyes of that General Feng that he is serious." Gentlemen, make a decision as soon as possible, and at one o'clock in the afternoon they will continue the shelling. ”

"These damn bastards are too domineering too." Putmans scolded a little angrily, "We have already admitted defeat and are even willing to return the senior to him, is he still unwilling to let us go?" ”

From the mouth of the ruthless colonizer of Putmans, it was a little funny to spit out the word domineering, but no one in the audience laughed, they were all worried about their lives.

After that, there was silence in the conference room, and Putmans suddenly said: "Colonel Krull, how many of us were killed and wounded in the shelling just now?" What about the losses? ”

Colonel Krull said in frustration: "Your Excellency the Governor, in the shelling just now, we were killed six hundred and thirty-two soldiers and seriously wounded one hundred and eighty-three, not including the four or five hundred natives and Ming people who repaired the fort. In addition, all the batteries were destroyed, the walls collapsed in many places, and the gates were blown open, so if we were to continue fighting, we might have to prepare for street fighting. ”

This casualty figure was staggering, and the combined number of troops in the city of Geranza had already suffered more than forty percent of the casualties, leaving only fifteen hundred soldiers left to fight.

Fr. Van Persie advised: "Your Excellency, no more useless resistance! As you have seen in the shelling just now, if they want, they can use their artillery to raze the city of Geranza to the ground, and in order to save more Dutch lives, it is better to surrender. ”