Chapter 15: The Fall of the East India Company (8)
When nearly 20,000 Zheng Jiajun arrived at the castle of Geranza, Zheng Chenggong didn't bother to call for surrender. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lined up the formation, sent the hot air balloon to the sky to observe the layout of the Dutch army, and immediately started the battle.
Drums thundered over the flag pass, trumpets shook the sky, and soldiers shouted loudly. With a shout, more than 120 artillery pieces were fired in unison.
"Boom, boom, boom......" The iron ball fell from the sky with an unstoppable momentum with the sound of whirring wind, and the sound of hitting the ground was deafening.
With each round of bombardment, blood will inevitably spill and scatter, adding a few resentful spirits under the stone.
In the face of these powerful impacts that cannot be resisted by manpower, being killed by a single blow is quite a good result, and the worst thing is to be smashed into a short body.
Captain Aldorp shouted hoarsely to his sergeants, his face distorted, his forehead covered with sweat.
As soon as the Zheng army came, it was clear that the troops and horses would attack, and the Dutch army had just arrived at the city wall, and the heavy responsibility of arriving at the Zheng army's attack was borne by Captain Aldorp.
However, this defensive battle really scared him.
Dayuan's Dutch army usually dealt with some unarmed civilians, and it had been comfortable for too long, and now it was suddenly facing such a fierce attack.
The Dutch army's defense was completely disorganized, there was no division of labor, and the cooperation was quite insufficient, and it was completely a random counterattack by piling up soldiers at the pass and the muzzle of the artillery.
After seeing the tragic situation under the artillery bombardment of Zheng Jiajun, many Dutch soldiers had a great sense of fear, and often when they saw the shells flying, they scurried around like birds and beasts.
In the face of the posture of the Zheng family army like Mount Tai, the Dutch army was already very embarrassed.
At this time, a burst of shouts suddenly sounded in various parts of the castle.
"If you're dead, we're finished!"
"Surrender everyone, if you don't surrender, everyone will die!"
"If you run away, we're abandoned, don't give that bastard any more life!"
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For a time, all kinds of rumors spread in the castle.
When the Dutch soldiers heard all kinds of rumors, they were very puzzled, and they didn't know what to do now!
Captain Aldorp saw that his men were in chaos at this most critical moment.
He hurriedly shouted: "Don't listen to this, the Governor is not dead and has not fled, everyone quickly fight back, otherwise we are all finished!" ”
Captain Aldorp desperately tried to quell the chaos caused by the rumors, but his voice alone was no match for the voices of hundreds of people, and the chaos in the Dutch army continued.
Zheng Chenggong looked at the Dutch soldiers in the city with his goggles, knowing that the time had come.
As soon as the military flag waved, the Zheng family's army, which had already prepared, suddenly pulled away and moved forward.
Two iron armored vehicles, pushed hard by seven or eight soldiers, rushed towards the city gate.
A thick iron shield stood in front of it, blocking the fire of the Dutch soldiers' muskets.
The bullet hit the iron shield and popped.
The soldiers of the Zheng family army did not pay attention to the muskets on the head of the city and continued to push the armored car.
As soon as they approached the city gate, the soldiers pushed in unison, and the spikes in the front of the two armored vehicles pierced deep into the city gate.
Then a soldier took out a bamboo tube, pulled out the bead cover, and blew the spark.
As soon as the flames lit the flames, the soldiers fled with all their lives along the corners.
After running for a few seconds, the soldier lunged forward, clutching his ears and his mouth wide open.
After the fire was burned, the armored car filled with explosives exploded instantly.
With a loud bang, the whole castle shook and shook.
Dozens of Dutch soldiers at the head of the city, and even the whole person were lifted up, fell from the wall of five or six meters, and smashed heavily on the ground, bleeding to death through five holes.
The gates were also blown to pieces.
Seeing that the city gate was blown open, the soldiers of the Zheng family army who charged at full speed quickly flooded the city gate like a surging wave, and then continued to pounce on the Dutch soldiers at the head of the city.
A huge and sharp "arrow" swept over like a bamboo, and the Dutch soldiers, who were still in confusion, looked at the terrifying military horse.
Before he could react, "Smack~!" "Smack~!" "Smack~!" A series of loud bangs.
In an instant, countless smears of blood splattered.
The Dutch soldier at the forefront danced his body in place as if dancing, and after the sound, the whole person fell straight to the ground, never to live again.
The already chaotic Dutch soldiers were suddenly hit by the strong impact of the Zheng family's army, and they were immediately on the verge of collapse.
Amid the earth-shattering shouts of slaughter, the Dutch army was terrified to the extreme, and the shadow of death ruthlessly eroded almost everyone.
"Ah~!" In the frightened screams, a Dutch soldier collapsed first, and the Dutch army, which was already at the end of its crossbow, could no longer hold on, and they all tried their last strength to run away desperately.
Captain Aldorp originally hoped that with the fortification of the castle of Geranza and the bravery of the Dutch soldiers, he would hold out for half a month and wait for reinforcements.
Unexpectedly, what caught my eye was the massacre of the Dutch army by Zheng Jiajun. He watched the soldiers of the Zheng family army slash and kill his own soldiers violently, but he was helpless.
Since the siege, he has remained in the Doge's Palace, helplessly kneeling in front of the statue of Jesus and praying.
After reading the entire Bible, he heard that Zheng Jiajun had broken the city gate and entered the castle.
In a moment of annoyance, he swept the porcelain statue of Jesus to the ground and shouted, "Guard, guard, escort me to the port, let's go to Batavia!" ”
Escorted by more than 20 guards, he hurried to the harbor with the packed silver on his back, wanting to take a small boat to the port of chicken coop, and then divert to Batavia.
Having just taken out of the Doge's Palace, the twenty organized teams were so conspicuous among the large group of deserters.
He Wenxing, who rushed into the castle first, saw these people holding muskets and carrying a large bag of things behind their backs, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
It's a big fish!
At this time, He Wenxing was no longer interested in caring about those deserters, so he called his subordinates and went towards the killing.
In order to adapt more quickly to the combat methods of the new army, He Wenxing volunteered to go to the military academy for several months of training.
Now he had given up charging with a broadsword, and instead slashed with a musket and a bayonet like an ordinary soldier.
As he ran, Hewenxing fired a shot in the back of one of the guards.
Suddenly, the guard bowed back, then fell to the ground with a thud.
Seeing that there were Zheng Jiajun soldiers chasing and killing him, he panicked and ran out desperately, "Run, run!" ”
The Dutch soldiers did not even have the courage to turn over and kill the enemy, and Hewenxing had no interest in reloading the ammunition, so he loaded his bayonets and pursued them behind.
Carrying a lot of things, the Dutch soldiers couldn't outrun Zheng Jiajun at all, and after He Wenxing cut down a few Dutch guards one after another, he sneered and looked at Yu Yi who fell to the ground in a panic.
Lying on the ground, he turned over and looked at He Wenxing, who was coming over, and shouted in broken Chinese: "Don't, don't kill me, don't kill me!" ”
Of course He Wenxing won't kill him, he still wants to capture him alive!
This is a big fish, take it alive and hand it over to a general, and the credit is even greater!
When He Wenxing just wanted to walk up, a big hole suddenly appeared in his skull, and blood flowed.
I couldn't even shout a word, I lay down with my big eyes open, and died! (To be continued.) )