Chapter 063: Crossfire

The Dutch in the city of Geranza were in fear all day long. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

A few days ago, they were shelled only by warships on the sea, but now they were shelled by three cannons at the same time.

One bang after another, it seemed to smash into the heart of every Dutchman.

A few days ago, they were bombarded by artillery during the day, and they were able to sleep peacefully at night, after all, people on enemy gunboats on the sea also need to sleep.

But now, even at night, they can't sleep.

The surface warships did not participate in the shelling at night, but the two cannons on the high platform not far from the castle threw shells at the castle day and night, and the Dutch went to bed every night with one sound above their heads, as if they were desperate for human life.

What is even more frightening is that the batteries on the two high platforms are much more powerful than the naval guns on the sea.

Although the bombardment lasted less than five days, and the walls of the castle had collapsed, the castle that they claimed to be impregnable did not seem to be as effective as it was claimed.

Governor Vanderbilt was undoubtedly the most tragic.

In a little more than a month, he should have brought boxes of gold and silver and returned home to become a rich man, but the sudden siege of the city frustrated his wish.

The city of Geranza was built on an unprecedented scale, and their intention was to make the castle stand for at least a hundred years, if not hundreds of years, but after just a dozen years, this fortified fortress was about to be destroyed.

"Absolutely not! You can't just watch the castle get destroyed and do nothing! ”

Vanderbilt finally couldn't take it anymore and wanted to try to get something back.

He immediately convened a military meeting, at which the officers all said that they would fight no matter what, and that they could no longer sit idly by.

Immediately after the meeting, the Dutch sent four hundred musketeers, divided into two teams, and rushed to the two high platforms. Their mission was to annihilate the enemy near the high platform and destroy two enemy batteries.

This dispatch of troops can be described as a tremendous momentum, and it is a rare ground military operation in recent years.

Two teams of Dutch musketeers, dressed in neat uniforms, lined up in a neat queue, marched in a neat pace, majestic and high-spirited...... In order to prevent the enemy's shelling, they sneaked out of the back door and, under the cover of dense trees, swooped straight for the two high platforms.

The whereabouts of the Dutch on the north road were soon discovered by the scouts of the second squad led by Kuroko, who immediately ran back to the temporary camp to report the news.

"What? There were 200 of them! ”

Kuroko was shocked when she heard this number.

A Dutch army of two hundred people, a dozen of them, can they resist?

Kuroko suddenly remembered what the commander had told him before leaving, and his eyes rolled, and he already had a plan in his heart.

"You two, continue to investigate the movements of the Dutch, and report immediately if you have the latest situation!"

After studying with Instructor Jack for so long, Kuroko is now full of new terms.

After that, he led the remaining dozen people to a hillside.

"The instructor once said that terrain like this, which is a natural fortification, can effectively defend against an enemy several times larger than ours, and I decided to snipe the Dutch right here!"

As soon as he gave the order, the soldiers began to look for the most advantageous cover, and then moved the bullet boxes over and put on a tough posture.

The two hundred Dutchmen had barely reached the halfway point when they were met with a head-on attack from Kuroko.

A rain of bullets struck, and the Dutch fell a dozen at once.

"Enemy! Array! Get ready to fire! ”

The Dutch immediately stood in several neat rows, flat-ended arquebuses in their hands, facing straight ahead.

But they didn't see any enemies.

Another rain of bullets hit, and this time, their casualties were even greater, and more than thirty fell at once!

The Dutch got sick.

Shouldn't a normal battle be fought by two sides facing each other, standing in unison, and then giving an order and starting a salvo?

But now, they don't even know where the enemy is.

Over there, Kuroko and the others were about to pee laughing.

"Look at these bastards! Are you ready for us to name them? ”

"Our instructor said that they are an extremely backward way of fighting, and fighting with us soldiers who have learned advanced combat concepts is purely looking for death!"

"Hey, you can't say that, with arquebuses, only this way of fighting, is the most effective, but who makes our rifles more powerful than theirs!"

The Dutch were not stupid either, and soon found that the old experience did not work, and immediately dispersed, hiding behind trees or rocks.

"You guys, go ahead and search where these pirates are hiding." Dutch officers sent a couple of people out.

But before the Dutchmen had gone far, they heard a series of crisp gunshots, and they all lay on the ground one by one.

The Dutch captain was so angry that he scolded, who has ever encountered this kind of battle!

"Captain, they seem to be on the hillside ahead!"

The Dutch captain gritted his teeth: "Give me a charge!" Rush it all for me! There are not many of them, and if they rush to them, they will be defeated! ”

The Dutch made a very amateurish charge, and they cautiously rushed up the hill with slow steps.

"Bang ......"

There was another burst of gunfire, and the Dutch fell again.

The Dutch captain's eyes were red, he finally saw it just now, the other party only showed a head and a gun barrel on the hillside, and they were actually letting go of the cold gun!

These damned robbers! Do they still have a little chivalry? Do they still have a little bit of military dignity?

"Retreat! Fall back! ”

The Dutch captain looked at the enemy two or three hundred meters in front of him, and knew that if he rushed over, the casualty figure would definitely be unacceptable.

The Dutch, who had retreated, hid in the woods, and discussed how to attack.

"We can outflank the past from both sides, and they will definitely be defeated by three flanks!"

"No, no, you look at this terrain, there are mountains on the left, and slopes on the right, and we didn't wait for us to go around, but I am afraid that we will lose a lot of people."

Just as they were discussing and going, suddenly, a sharp sound rang in their ears.

"Boom!"

There was only a loud bang, and the shells fell on the Dutch pile, killing and wounding more than a dozen on the spot.

The Dutch could hardly believe their eyes and ears, the enemy's artillery, how could it fall here!

Do their shells still have eyes?

Or is it just a stray bullet that occasionally lands here?

"Boom!"

Another shell hit, and several Dutchmen were killed on the spot, and their flesh and blood flew everywhere, and their condition was extremely miserable.

"Run! The enemy's shells really have eyes! ”

No one is not afraid of death, they are the same, seeing that there were still companions talking and laughing just now, they were separated by the explosion in the blink of an eye, who is not afraid?

The Dutch were in a state of confusion, and began to rush like flies without their heads.

Shells fell, and almost every shell could reap the lives of the Dutch.

The group of Dutchmen was beaten to the ground without firing a single shot, and the remaining dozens of people crawled back to the castle with a lot of pee.