"The last general will lead his troops to battle, I wish Lord Sun a smooth journey!"

Lu Dafu is a clever man, and he refused to be rude at this time, so after leading his troops to complete the team on the shore, he saluted and sent Sun Jingting on the Tianchengwei in the distance.

Sun Jingting didn't answer, he didn't have the full air like Wufu, he just smiled and waved his hand, Tianchengwei has completed the observation mission so far, everyone is very happy, and two more merchant ships have been captured, not big or small, just to fill the vacancy of the sinking of the Xinpingbao, although Hutchison is in shipbuilding, but now the priority is to build warships, only occasionally will people be dispatched to build merchant ships, before it was blockaded and did not think, now the Dutch have come to sue for peace, and it seems that trade and trade can be resumed, At this time, there is not enough merchant ships...... People's hearts are so insufficient, a while ago I was worried that there were not enough warships, and now I think that there are more warships and fewer merchant ships, and warships can also be used as merchant ships, but the cargo loaded is much less than that of merchant ships.

"Adjust the mainsail." Zheng Zhilong didn't come over to participate in the negotiations, it was Zheng Zhihu who was in charge, and the brothers of the Zheng family were quite ordinary, but they also knew that they were welcomed, and they said to Sun Jingting at the moment: "Lord Sun, don't worry, the speed of Tianchengwei is fast, the hull is new, let's go all the way north, and it won't take many days to get to Tianjin." ”

Zheng Zhilong added another sentence and said with a smile: "I want to come and be homesick." ”

Sun Jingting smiled, it has been less than two months since he went out, but he is indeed homesick, and the Military Command Department has a mess, and he doesn't know what is going on now.

What about the second large-scale trade with the Russians?

Will there be a norm of large-scale trade in the future, and a benign and lasting trade?

Did the merchants go there in large groups?

How is the tax being collected, and is it going well?

The scenery in front of him remains unchanged, and Sun Jingting has no intention of appreciating it.

……

"Fire!"

Several four-pounder guns and more than a dozen tiger squat guns were placed on the flanks, and the camps in front of them were less than a hundred steps apart, which was equivalent to holding the artillery in the enemy's face.

More than 600 people were divided into four company-level phalanxes, and the ranks were quite dense, the place originally reserved for the spear phalanx was canceled, and the positions of the musketeers were even denser, and there was no way to retreat and reload...... There is no one to cover how to retreat, so you can only use the method of three-stage round shooting, and reload on the spot.

Artillery is completely concentrated use, if it is a large-scale battle, Hutchison's artillery system will be more abundant, more distinct, there are long-range large-caliber artillery, medium and short-range artillery, complete short-range artillery, such as the Franc machine and the tiger squat gun, the effective killing of lead is only 60 steps, and the close can no longer be short-range.

Lu Dafu looked at the cannons coming out vigorously, the Spaniards at the camp gate were crying wolf, the four-pounder cannon was also a serious field artillery, the shells were whistling out, so close to each other, a cannon was really a piece of erosion in the past, the wooden fence wall was bombarded by several cannons, and a large piece of it fell, even with the guards who smashed a large area, the sky was full of vigorous blood rain and human broken arms and stumps.

"I heard that the Firearms Bureau is working on a new artillery shell." Lu Dafu pressed his right hand on his waist, quite a bit heroic, and he said to his deputy: "You can use the fuse to burn, and then explode on its own after firing." ”

Seeing that the deputy looked a little ignorant, Lu Dafu scolded with a smile: "Idiot, haven't figured it out yet? This is a more powerful shotgun, which is much stronger than solid bullets in terms of anti-personnel personnel! ”

Four-pounder guns to six-pounder guns, nine-pounder guns, and twelve-pounder guns are all field artillery on the battlefield and belong to the army's big killing weapons. As for the siege artillery, that is, the twelve-pounder gun, there are no larger calibers.

If you make five or six thousand catties of artillery, you can't go more than 20 miles a day, and you can't go up to a rugged place, so why bother?

With the power of these field artillery, the short-range lethality of the solid bullets fired is not as good as that of the short-range artillery that specializes in shooting shotguns, after all, there are countless flying fragments as soon as they are sent out, and the damage to personnel can be imagined.

This is the only way for the development of artillery, from the early shotgun to the solid bullet is a progress, from the solid bullet to the shotgun, it is another leap, and when the rifling and breech guns plus the progress of gunpowder technology is also a gradual development process.

It is worth mentioning that this matter has nothing to do with Zhang Han, it is completely the craftsmen of the Firearms Bureau who are making it themselves, and now that the rumors have come out, it is estimated that success is not far away.

The deputy said that I don't know about this? Didn't you enjoy it? But he didn't dare to say it, so he hurriedly asked for advice, and when Lu Dafu finished preaching, he flattered a few words without saying a word, fortunately, it was not too much, and the Hutchison officer team was still very simple and unpretentious, and they didn't pay much attention to the sycophants......

After several rounds of shelling, Lu Dafu waved the small flag in his hand, and the four phalanxes opened up a horizontal formation, and marched forward in the sound of neat drums.

The Spaniards only have a smaller base in Taipei, that is, a transit storage area and a supply base, after all, it is mainly based on the Fujian trade route, and there are many merchant ships from Jiangnan, but they are Chinese ships and have nothing to do with the Spaniards themselves.

In the fierce bombardment of artillery, the originally small garrison soldiers were already in chaos, and then saw the phalanx slowly moving forward in the sound of drums, stepping past those dead people and fences, and moving towards the interior, the spirit of many Spaniards had already crossed, everywhere there were people running around and screaming, the ground was full of seriously injured and unable to move, and the lightly injured gritted their teeth and ran with others, most of them wanted to dodge, at least hide first, this is the normal reaction of people under the rain of bullets, and it cannot be said that the Spaniards are too cowardly.

And the Spaniards also had bright spots, with dozens of people gathered together under the leadership of a few officers.

The pikemen in the middle, the musketeers on both sides, lined up in a neat line and with a firm pace, met the opposite side in the sound of a brass whistle.

Seeing this, Lu Dafu said: "No wonder the adults have said many times that the phalanx of our Hutchison merchant regiment refers to the formation of the Spanish phalanx and Qi Shaobao's training and deployment of troops, and now it seems that what the adults said is true." ”

The deputy didn't fit this time, and said with a sneer: "What are they, how can the formation be as good as ours?" My lord will teach you tomorrow, and the things we bring are our own, and they are much better than the original. ”

Lu Dafu also felt that he was speechless, but the phalanx in front of him was too similar to the phalanx of the Shangtuan Army, and of course there were many differences in the details, but it was obvious that the division was from the same family.

While the Hutchison officer was amazed, the Spaniards on the other side were only shocked.

The Ming army on the opposite side was so different from the Ming army they knew, there were no too many banners and no noisy banners, no tattered battle jackets and thin cotton armor, and no ridiculously mixed swords, guns and halberds, just simple muskets with bright bayonets.

What surprised them even more was the array that stepped forward, although the phalanx was slightly different, but it was basically the same as the popular phalanx in Europe.

The Spaniards really don't know that Hutchison's phalanx was originally derived from the Spanish phalanx copied by Zhang Han, of course, it has been modified many times according to the actual situation, and Hutchison's own people know it, but they don't know. After all, in this era, it is also an era when European military doctrine and actual combat capabilities are advancing by leaps and bounds, there are still Swiss phalanxes in Europe, Swedish phalanxes, and the French also have phalanxes, and the British are not stupid, and the salvo on the battleship was invented by the British, and Zhang Han shamefully plagiarized it.

Strange to strange, the two sides still have to be opposed, originally separated by a hundred paces, and two drum beats were walked forward, Hutchison stopped first and began to prepare for shooting.

Almost everyone in Spaniards sweats, the weather is not too hot, but they are all sweaty and heavy.

In front of the four huge phalanxes of hundreds of people, looking at the muskets pointing at themselves, as well as the dazzling sharp bayonets, no matter how big the heart of the brave people can not help but be afraid, no matter how brave the people are, as long as they are not crazy or afraid of death, these people can be gathered together is already a great feat and a good man, in other words, the current more than one million soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that they may not be able to pick out how many people like the one in front of them to resist in front of the irresistible enemy.

"Bang, bang......"

The Spaniards hurriedly opened fire first.

The threat of artillery is too great, and if you don't take advantage of the time when the artillery is close to the artillery and does not fire two rounds, I am afraid that there will be no chance to fire for a while.

In the sound of muskets, more than a dozen people in the Hutchison array were hit and fell to the ground, some were directly killed, some were seriously injured, and some were slightly injured, all lying on the ground and groaning in a low voice.

"God forbid, hurry up and reload ......"

The effect was not bad, and the Spanish commanding officer's lips trembled and ordered his subordinates to hurry up and reload again, and play two more rounds while the other party was still swinging away.

"Reload." The commander shouted hoarsely: "The Chinese are cowardly, and if they fight another round, they may abandon their guns and run away!" ”

The movements of the soldiers' hands were indeed fast again, and the sound of the barrels of the guns was loud.

Seeing this, more Spaniards rushed over and also wanted to line up in an array to resist.

There are more than 300 of them, so can't they fight more than 600 Chinese when they gather together?

Lu Dafu stood on the side of the queue, although he was the battalion commander, there was no reason to stay in the artillery position behind him, the military position determines the position, and the Hutchison officer was not so easy to be, although it was also a safer position in the back of the team, but he would also face the bombardment of the musket, and maybe there would be an eyeless bullet hitting him. But at this moment, the sense of honor and military discipline of the merchants and soldiers is overwhelming...... The military justice officer is behind him, not only to suppress the formation, but also to record the performance of every officer and soldier, a little hesitation and timidity, will make Lu Dafu's future ruined.

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