The two 18-pounder guns had long been loaded with chain shells, and now with the commander's order, the two 18-pounder guns were fired at the same time. Two chain bullets flew out www.biquge.info the pen "Fun" pavilion, spinning and shaking in mid-air, and the chains glittered in the sun, like a black and shiny poisonous snake. At the same time, two discs fell from the air - cork butts used to ensure airtightness when firing chain bullets.

The two chain bullets plunged headlong with a whistle. One of them shot a little higher, hit the roof of the wooden shed erected by the Spaniards, and flew away with a few spins, causing almost no damage. But the other one did a good job, flew straight over, hit a wooden pillar that supported the wooden shed, and broke it into two parts, and as soon as this pillar broke, the thick planks on it tilted down, but because there were other pillars, it had not collapsed for the time being.

However, the movement of the artillery on the side of the model army was still as fast as ever, on the fort, the gunners quickly cleared the chamber and transferred it to the medicine bag, stuffed it into the cork butt, pressed it with a push rod, loaded it with a new chain shell, and used the winch to assist in pulling the cannon to reset, and then fired two more chain bullets.

Fran had already seen the intentions of the cunning Chinese, who wanted to break all the wooden pillars they had just erected with chain bullets. As soon as these pillars are broken, these wooden tops will fall down and press on top of their heads, two layers of thick wooden boards, plus two layers of water-soaked quilts or other textiles, such things are enough to crush the soldiers below, even if there are cannons and other things blocking the support space, but that will make most soldiers unable to shoot effectively at all, so that the Chinese on the opposite side can take advantage of this opportunity to quickly kill.

However, it was too late to see through the tricks of the Chinese at this time, at least, in such a short time, Fran could not think of a way at all. In the gap between the two cannons of the enemy, the small three-pounder cannons that were pushed into the gap between the shield carts were also constantly firing at the fortress, although several Chinese gunners were hit when the guns were fired, but many Spanish soldiers were also hit by the shotguns fired by these small cannons.

At this time, several pillars were broken by chain bullets one after another, and now the accuracy of the artillery bombardment of the Model Army is getting higher and higher, and the roof of some areas has fallen, suppressing many Spanish soldiers, and other places are also in danger. For example, just now, right next to Fran, a top cover suddenly collapsed, almost crushing Fran underneath.

"Commander, we've got to figure out a way!" Ferreira said.

"Ferreira, you take your people, go to the warehouse at once, move some logs, hurry! Let the civilians who went to him help carry it too! Fran suddenly came up with an idea and hurriedly said.

"Obey the order, sir!" Ferreira immediately descended the city wall with about twenty soldiers and ran in the direction of the warehouse.

By the time Ferreira came back with the logs, the roof of the wooden shed on the city wall had collapsed a lot, but fortunately, there were not many Spanish soldiers who were more prepared to be crushed underneath. However, the cannon could not escape, so now half of the cannon was crushed underneath and could no longer fire.

Ferreira and the others hurriedly ran up with the logs and erected them to replace the broken pillars, but they were immediately faced with a new problem: some of the logs were long and some were short, and the long ones could not stand up here at all; The short ones stand up but don't reach the planks on top.

"Quick! Go to the carpenter, go to ...... Quickly get a few of the right lengths to strengthen the ...... near the gun emplacement," Ferreira hurriedly gave the order to his men. At this time, two more chain bombs flew over, breaking two pillars and knocking down two logs that had just been erected. With a bang, another large roof fell, and several soldiers, as well as a cannon, were pressed again.

The next thing was the two 18-pounder guns of the Model Army and the Spaniards' pole-breaking and pillar-breaking competition. After knocking down another piece of the roof, the two sides seemed to have formed a balance, and the speed of dismantling was about the same as the speed of erection.

"Second uncle, there are only two cannons left of the Spaniards, and they are still in the same direction, and there are no cannons to take care of in several positions. Isn't it time for us to attack? Zheng Du said to Zheng Zhihu on the side.

"Well, that's pretty much it." Zheng Zhihu nodded, "But we still have to let our artillery replace it with shrapnel first, and prepare for an attack on the breakthrough area." What did your eldest brother propose when he proposed the rifle cannon......"

"Second uncle, it's infantry and artillery coordination." Zheng Du replied, speaking of his eldest brother Zheng Sen, his eyes were full of little stars.

"Yes, yes, it's infantry coordination. I don't know how well the Marines trained. Zheng Zhihu said. Zheng Zhihu also knew some of Zheng Sen's thoughts, Zheng Sen hoped that when the infantry charged in the future, he could use shrapnel to provide effective fire cover, and theoretically it would be best to use shrapnel to provide effective fire cover when the steel rain of shrapnel was over, and the model army with bayonets would rush up, so that the enemy would not have time to form a queue and react. However, Zheng Sen himself knows that this can't be done, because of the problem of the fuse, the time of explosion of the shrapnel is always not very accurate, so the coverage range changes greatly, if you let the infantry run too fast, maybe you will be hit by your own shrapnel. Therefore, for security reasons, the infantry must keep a certain distance from the area where the shrapnel is attacked. However, it is also necessary to be as well organized as possible to reduce the time lag between the explosion of the shrapnel and the rush of the infantry.

By this time, the two 18-pounder guns had been replaced with shrapnels. A red flag was raised from the artillery barricade towards the command platform.

"Second uncle, look, the artillery is ready." Zheng Du shouted.

"Okay, then let the Marines prepare for the general attack." Zheng Zhihu said to the herald soldiers beside him.

The herald ascended to the platform and waved the red and white flags in his hands to the Marines hiding behind the shield carts, the Navy's flag language, to convey instructions to the soldiers in the distance.

"Brothers, check your equipment, get ready, listen to me blow the whistle in a moment, and everyone will rush towards Target No. 2 together! Under the city walls, the first platoon was responsible for rushing upwards, and the second and third platoons were responsible for covering. Song Ran said to the soldiers around him, and the soldiers around him immediately passed the order to the soldiers who were farther away.

The whistle was chosen mainly because it was easy to carry and with a little training, commanders could use it to blow several distinct whistles to convey some common tactical commands. And the whistle is sharp, even on the battlefield where guns are roaring, it has a good recognition.

Song Ran looked in all directions, and saw that the soldiers were ready, he turned his ears to listen to the sound of the cannons on the opposite side, and when he heard the two cannons on the opposite side fire one after another, he put a copper whistle hanging on his chest into his mouth, and then puffed out his cheeks.

As the whistle sounded, the soldiers, all with their flintlock muskets loaded with bayonets, flashed out from behind the shield carts and rushed towards the low walls in front of them.

The section of the city wall in front of them was collapsed because the roof had collapsed, and the two cannons on that side had just been fired, and they were being reloaded at this time, and it was too late to shoot, so at least this section did not have to worry about the enemy's artillery. However, after those tops fell, some of the Spanish soldiers who were not suppressed were originally trying to lift these heavy tops, and at this time, seeing the model army rushing over, naturally they couldn't care about the other soldiers who were still pressed below, they all took their weapons, stepped on the fallen roofs, and rushed to their respective positions to prepare for defense, although their numbers were much smaller, and they were also a little scattered, but the shape of the bastion curved ruler ensured that if there was a counterfire, the Spaniards who could form crossfire would have the upper hand. The Spaniards managed to get to their positions and prepare for the attack, but at this moment, the 18-pounder guns of the Model Army in the distance roared again, and two shrapnel shells covered them, knocking over more than twenty Spanish soldiers at once, and causing the rest of the soldiers to panic.

"Stay calm! Keep your composure! Fran shouted, and seeing that this section was already so critical, he rushed over.

Taking advantage of the blow of the shrapnel, the soldiers of the Marine Corps had already rushed under the city walls. In order to effectively withstand the shelling, the walls of the fortress are not high, and the slope is relatively large, which makes it much easier to climb the wall. In addition, this is just a simple small bastion, and there is not even a trench outside. You don't even need a ladder to climb it. Two warriors rushed to the bottom of the wall, then carried the flintlock pistol to their backs, and folded their hands together, and one of the warriors rushed straight up and stepped on their hands, and they also lifted upwards with all their strength, as they had done in training, and the warrior jumped up the wall with this force at once.

However, as soon as he stepped on the wall, several bullets came at him, and the warrior was shot twice in the chest and planted on the wall. However, the reloading speed of guns in this period has always been a big problem. More Marines came up one after another, and as soon as they came up, they fired at the Spaniards with their flintlock pistols, and then fought with the Spaniards with bayonets. Soon they took control of a small section of the wall. If their target was a standard multi-story fortress like the Manila Fortress, they would be overwhelmed by the crossfire on the second level of the fortress, but now the fortress they had to deal with was only a one-story bunker.

"Second uncle, our people have gone up! We're going to win! Zheng Du watched this scene from a distance with a telescope and shouted excitedly.

"It's still early." Zheng Zhihu said, "Only when the follow-up people go up." ”

At the front, there was only one company. It is not easy to defeat the Spaniards by relying on a company, and it is not even easy to hold on to the gap that has been taken down now. To take this fortress, it is necessary to throw other troops into it as soon as possible.