At the mouth of the Beigang River, the Dutch East India Fleet successfully repelled the Chaobang naval forces, and Rear Admiral Reyoz took the opportunity to threaten Zheng Jing's coastal fortresses with his fleet. Zheng Jing was helpless, most of his troops had been consumed by the Chao Gang, and he was unable to fight against the Dutch, so he gave up resistance and surrendered to the Dutch.

When Rejouz was triumphant, he suddenly received a report that something had happened to the fortress of Geranza, the city gates were closed, and the defenders had become Deng Haonan's marines.

"Damn it!"

Hearing this, Reyoz immediately hung his chest and jumped like thunder, and immediately ordered the fleet to prepare along the North Harbor River to reinforce the fortress of Geranza. However, the river had been blocked by the Marine Division sent by Xie Yi. The barrage fortifications that the Dutch used to stop the threat to the fortress by Zheng Zhilong's sailors have now become the biggest obstacle for the Dutch fleet.

Seeing that he couldn't swim upstream, he had to withdraw from the Beigang River and think of another plan.

Adjutant Tiyì sent troops to land and fight, and Rayoz nodded in agreement.

At 4:10 p.m., the Dutch fleet docked south of Luermen and landed in small boats carrying 2,000 Dutch sailors.

After a half-hour march, the Dutch army reached the north of the fortress of Geranza at dusk. and joined the Dutch army, which had previously left the fortress, totaling two and a half thousand men.

When the army learned of the loss of the fortress, they also hung their chests. However, it is too late to get angry and regret, and the immediate priority is to find a way to bring back the fortress.

Rejoz scolded the commander of the army, Auliangfo, and complained that he had lost the fortress and that Governor DeWitt had fallen into the hands of the enemy.

Captain Auliangfo has nowhere to vent his suffering, and he is indeed very responsible for the loss of the fortress. But no one would have thought that the enemy would occupy the fortress so cunningly.

The dumb man eats coptis, and the fortress is lost anyway, and Olyan Buddha can only endure the scolding.

Although he regretted it in his heart, he still had the idea of retaking the fortress. As long as the fortress is recaptured, then he can be convicted of his crimes and sent to a military tribunal.

Rejoz looked through the telescope at the fortress of Geranza, where the high flagpole was no longer the Dutch tricolor flag, and was replaced by the Ming flag.

"Sure enough, it's them!"

Rayoz couldn't figure out where Deng Haonan's army came from. How did he enter the hinterland of Beigang unconsciously, and he also pulled out his teeth, and quietly occupied the powerful fortress of Geranza under his nose.

"What the hell!"

Rejouz summoned Auliangfo and ordered him to lead his men, an army of about five hundred men, to make a tentative attack. Although Olyan Buddha was unhappy, he had to accept his life.

The Dutch soldiers, five hundred men under the leadership of Auliangfo, lined up in five rows, one hundred men each, slowly approached the fortress of Geranza with muskets.

On the watchtower on the third floor of the Relanza Fortress, Xie Yi and Liu Feng saw the enemy's movements clearly

Xie Yi said with a smile: "They are either here to negotiate or to test our firepower!" ”

Liu Feng nodded and said, "I see that their strength is only more than 2,000 people, and without artillery, they have no way to take us."

In addition to the fortress artillery, the Dutch defenders also had infantry guns. However, the Dutch did not leave with their artillery, but all remained in the fortress of Geranza, a total of thirty-six guns, and an army artillery battalion.

These became the weapons of the Marine Division, but the officers and men of the Marine Division were infantry, and no one knew how to use the Dutch artillery, so these heavy weapons had to be stacked in warehouses.

Suddenly, in addition to weapons and ammunition, all kinds of materials in the fortress of Geranja are piled up, but the Marine Division has no time to count them now.

The first floor of the fortress is eight meters high, the female wall is two meters high, and the semicircular castle is in the middle of the city wall. The shooting hole of the protruding part can help defend the two wings, and the role of the corner tower of Daming City is the same.

The Dutch army was getting closer and closer, and when they were about 500 meters apart, Liu Feng ordered the soldiers at the head of the city to shoot.

Obviously, it is impossible to hit the enemy at such a long distance, and Liu Feng naturally knows it. He did this just to create an illusion for the enemy, that is, the Marine Division is vulnerable, you can charge with confidence!

On the wall of the three-story fortress, only 500 marines were arranged, lined up along the battlements of the city wall, and after a round of guns, the soldiers slowly took out the whole strip to clean the chambers. Not far from the city wall, there were still a large number of officers and men of the Marine Division half-squatting there, waiting for the day.

Sure enough, this dismissal of the Marine Division suddenly made the cautious Dutch army scoff. Olyanfo shook his head, it was really unreasonable that the huge fortress of Geranza had been occupied by an army of this level.

Bang bang bang!

On the city wall, rows of muskets fired one after another, and puffs of white smoke from the muzzles of the guns could be seen from afar. The projectile came straight at them, although the Dutch army knew that at this distance, the other side would not be able to hit them at all, and even if they did, they would not be able to cause serious injuries.

Soon, when the five hundred Dutch troops approached the fortress walls about a hundred meters, Auliangfo gave the order to open fire.

"Hidden!"

At the sound of an order, the soldiers of the Marine Division at the head of the city immediately stopped shooting and hid behind the female wall.

Bang bang bang!

The Dutch troops opened fire, and rows of musket projectiles hit the walls, crackling and crackling. The iron projectiles slammed into the masonry, striking rows of messy and irregular holes. And accompanied by a burst of firelight.

Occasionally, projectiles hit the masonry of the second-story fortress, and the rubble and dust fell, and the officers and men of the Marine Division, who were on standby and hiding below, immediately lowered the brim of their hats to prevent splashing into their eyes, mouths and noses.

"Damn it!"

Olyanon Buddha was speechless, and fired two rounds of guns. There is no enemy in the city, and ten soldiers are attacking, and now they are all hiding from the depression... In the face of the fortified city, the musket projectile can only tickle the fortress at all. Unable to pose any threat to the enemy.

"Stop shooting!"

Auliangfo sighed, he didn't have any artillery in his hand right now. Not even a bag of explosives. There was nothing they could do in the face of the fortified city.

This scene was naturally seen by Retiz, who was watching the battle from behind, and he had the same idea as Auliangfo, this Ming army had taken a shit luck to occupy the fortress.

"It seems that the Ming army has only five or six hundred people, and it is only defended by a single row of muskets."

The adjutant said: "I think it's because of their small number of people, if the huge fortress adopts the tactics of platoon guns and does not have enough manpower, it will inevitably cause a hole in the defense!" ”

Then he said: "They control the fortified city, and our muskets can't do anything about them!" However, they do not seem to have artillery, so they are too little of a threat to us, and we can take advantage of the opportunity to storm and retake the fortress. ”

Rejoz agrees with the adjutant and orders his men to prepare explosives packs, which he is about to attack.

Auliangfo attacked in front of the fortress for a full hour. But not a single enemy was hit. When the ammunition ran out, it had to be withdrawn.

Originally, Liu Feng was going to take advantage of the fact that they had no ammunition to suddenly attack the five hundred Dutch troops. However, Xie Yi did not agree, his plan was to continue to pretend, and wait until all the Dutch troops were underestimated before striking a sudden blow, so as to achieve the goal of smashing the enemy.

Looking at the busy camp of the Dutch, Liu Feng said: "I think the Dutch are preparing siege weapons!" ”

Xie Yi nodded and said, "I think if they are in a hurry to attack the city, they will either move their naval guns over, or dig the city gate and bury explosives." ”

"Tomorrow for the ship's guns!" Dong Nan walked over, looked at the Dutch camp a few miles away, and said, "Look at their posture, if they don't recapture the fortress today, they will definitely not be able to sleep!" ”

Xie Yi smiled: "I think so! After suffering such a big dumb loss, they will ignore the siege later! ”

Liu Feng nodded and said, "Later, they will definitely go out to suppress our firepower with all their might, and cover their sappers to bury holes and explosives."

"Then let them eat a meal of iron marbles!"

Several people looked at each other and laughed, and the nearby warriors all had smiles on their faces, and they all rubbed their hands, and their minds longed for the sight of the Dutch eating deflated.

Chen Dali said suddenly: "Although our 5,000 men and horses raided the 2,500 Dutch army, but the musket is not reliable after all, why don't we use the artillery?"

Liu Feng replied: "We want to too!" But we are not good at artillery, and we can't hit the enemy with artillery, so we waste infantry strength in vain! ”

Dong Nan smiled: "You won't expect the Dutch artillery to help us!" ”

As he spoke, everyone laughed.

"Why not?" Chen Dali's words were amazing, and everyone looked at each other when they saw his serious appearance.

Xie Yi asked, "Do you have a way?" ”

Chen Dali said: "Put the knife on their necks, and the muzzle of the gun against their heads, I really don't believe they will be disobedient!" small

Everyone was stunned, this is too outrageous! The Dutch fight the Dutch?

Dong Nan suddenly said: "Maybe there is hope!" Foreigners are very afraid of death, maybe they will do it! ”

Li Feng asked suspiciously: "Even if they are willing to open fire, the Rans may not really bombard their own people!" ”

Chen Dali sneered and said, "Kill one and be proud!" We just have to tell them and kill them if the shell misses."

Xie Yi thought for a while and said, "Then try it, anyway, the Dutch have slaughtered Han Chinese, and if they don't obey, they will be killed!" ”

Soon more than 700 Dutch artillery prisoners of war were escorted back to their respective posts, and the officers and men of the Marine Division looked at them with loaded guns. Guo Huaiyi, on the other hand, handed over all the artillery officers and told Xie Yi's orders in a unified manner.

When more than a hundred Dutch officers heard that they were going to open fire on their own people, they immediately protested and refused to cooperate.

There was a bang, and the officer who was most protesting was killed on the spot. Immediately silenced the others, and looked in horror at the corpses of their colleagues lying in pools of blood.

"Those who do not cooperate will be killed."

"Raise your hand in disapproval!"

The voice fell, and suddenly more than half of the officers raised their hands. A Marine soldier raised his musket and stabbed a bayonet into the back of one of the officers, killing him. Then several soldiers next to him also raised their bayonets and stabbed the Dutch officers who raised their hands in opposition, stabbing one after another, killing five or six in the blink of an eye.

"I want to".

Finally, a Dutch officer, faced with a blood-red bayonet, was too frightened to stand it, and immediately dropped his hand in opposition. There were two of them, and soon one by one the remaining Dutch officers gave up their resistance. Some Dutch officers had always thought that the other party was killing chickens and monkeys, and they did not believe that the killing would continue. However, they underestimated each other, and the other party didn't treat them as * people at all, and they killed when they said they would, without blinking their eyes.

"You're all demons!"

The Dutch officer first laid down his hand of opposition, but did not forget to resist verbally. Looking at the remaining sixty-five officers who were willing to cooperate. Guo Huai smiled and said, "Very good! I hope you will sue your men, and if you cannot convince them, then they will be executed on the spot. If you still want to be reunited with your family, just cooperate

As a result, the surviving officers returned to their posts one by one and told their soldiers about the incident, which immediately caused a big uproar. There were many soldiers who opposed, but soon when the bayonet of the temple boy was placed in front of them, when someone did it! And when he died. Qin Fang is honest. Fortunately, the officers were persuaded first, and the soldiers saw that the officers did not resist, so they could only accept their fate.

Fortunately, Guo Huai told them that no one would know that they were attacking their own people, so let them not worry, as long as they didn't say it themselves, no one would know. However, they were also warned that they would be executed if they played tricks.

In this way, the Dutch artillery was finally leveled, and the Marine Division received strong artillery support.

Soon, the Dutch took explosives from the battleship and made them into improvised bombs and packets

At 5:40 a.m., the Dutch army began to move, and this time Rejods used all the troops of 2,500 men, leaving no reserves, and all of them were the main attack.

The 2,500 people were divided into nine rows, and from a distance, they were blazing red and extremely eye-catching. Drums and trumpets sounded, and Dutch soldiers carried muskets and marched in formation to the beat of drums.

At 10:10 a.m., the Dutch army stopped two hundred meters from the front of the fortress of Geranza, constantly changing formations and making the final adjustments before the attack.

In the middle of the queue are sappers. Hold work tools and explosives and wait for infantry fire cover.

Ready together, Major General Reyoz ordered.

"Attack!"

When the order was given, the drum and trumpet suddenly changed, and the first three rows of Dutch soldiers formed an attack formation and marched forward, while the six rows of soldiers behind slowly followed, and each time the three platoons fired at the same time, in order to increase the hit rate.

The Dutch were getting closer and closer, and within a hundred meters they would shoot.

On the watchtower, Xie Yi and Liu Feng glanced at each other, and the counterattack began.

Flags were waved and trumpets were raised.

What was originally only 500 muskets on the city wall suddenly became more than 1,000, and there were three rows waiting in the back. The other 1,000 men went to control the Dutch artillery, and Xie Yi's order to them was very direct, if they found or felt the slightest mistake, they allowed the officers on duty to order the execution of all the Dutch under their supervision.

The Dutch soldiers who were advancing suddenly saw that the number of enemy troops on the opposite wall had increased several times, and their hearts began to beat drums, but the order to march did not stop, and they had to continue to advance.

"Fire!"

Knock knock!

The cannon on the fortress of Geranza roared like a roaring beast. Countless shells whistled and emitted their chambers, making curved arcs in the air, and then with a long whistling sound, they fell on the Dutch positions.

The artillery guarding the fortress of Geranza. Most were large-caliber fortress guns at close range. Plus the "original" red-coated cannon, which is amazingly powerful. It was the first time that these guns had been used since the fort was built, but it was not the enemy who entertained them. But it's his own people.

Whoosh!

Dozens of large-caliber shells, small ones weighing ten kilograms and large ones weighing twenty-two kilograms, fiercely bombarded the positions of the Dutch.

The hot cannonballs slammed into the earth like a comet hitting the earth, and the force of the impact made the earth tremble violently, like an earthquake. The Dutch soldiers nearby were instantly knocked to the ground. The cannonball shattered the ground in an instant, kicking off gravel and sand in all directions, and instantly lifted the people next to him into the air. The shells were more like iron pears ploughing the ground, carving out wide ravines on the ground that were half a meter deep and several meters long.

The sudden shelling immediately dumbfounded the Dutch. Major General Reyoz in the back had a blank mind for a while, not knowing what to do.

The order was not changed, and the drums and trumpets of the Dutch army did not stop. The soldier was terrified and prayed in his heart that the shells would not come to his head. Even the companions around him didn't dare to look, for fear of seeing the cannonballs take them on a free tour, so they could only grit their teeth and continue to step on the drum. As long as the drumbeat does not stop, they must move forward, which is the fate of the military.

After a round of shelling, the long Dutch formation had been beaten into a certain amount of confusion, but the formation of the group was still unaffected.

The shelling effect was okay, but there were still a lot of shells that hit far away. This is also a reasonable thing, after all, it is enough to make the Dutch big Dutchman enough to show off.

"Fire!"

At a distance of a hundred meters, both sides opened fire almost simultaneously.

Bang bang bang! The muskets rang out suddenly, perhaps because the muskets used by both sides were Spanish Mushket muskets, and the sound was similar.

The Dutch shoot from below to above, and the divine realm is limited. And only the soldiers in the first row could be wounded, and most of the projectiles were blocked by the city walls.

On the contrary, the officers and men of the Marine Division shot downward from the female wall battlement, and the firing range was wide, and even if they did not hit the enemy in the first row, there was a high chance that they could injure those behind.

Originally, the Dutch thought that there were only about 500 people in the city, and after one shot, they wanted to wait a long time before they could fire the next round of guns. Unexpectedly, they were surprised by the results. After the first platoon of the Marine Division finished firing, the second platoon opened fire quickly, and then the third platoon and the fourth platoon, the projectiles rained down on the Dutch troops, and after each row of gunfire, a large number of casualties were inflicted on the Dutch.

"General!"

The adjutant next to him pushed the stunned Rejoz.

"We've been calculated! The enemy is four or five thousand people, and there is artillery! We can't take the fortress anymore, so let's get out of here! ”

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