Since the Dutch entered the Far East, it has rarely been suppressed so passively on the frontal battlefield, even if the first two horses and the Blues besieged the city for a long time, the defenders were able to respond more calmly, keeping the enemy out of the walls, and finally letting the opponent return in vain. Romance debutant?? Eight?? One?? Chinese.com?ww?w.?81zw.com The last time the Dutch were beaten like dogs on the battlefield probably dates back to when they were attacked by the Ming army in Penghu.

Although there have been many soldiers killed or injured by trebuchets in previous encounters with the Bata Blues, they have not been so passive as they are today. Although the artillery deployed by the defenders on the city wall was able to hit the opponent's trebuchet from time to time, the low hit rate was not enough to change the current situation of passive fighting.

As time went by, the damage to the parapet walls of the fortress outside the city also increased. Bart had to order most of the soldiers in the fortress to be withdrawn into the city, leaving only a few soldiers to remain in the fortified positions. Although this still cannot change the disadvantage of being passively beaten, it can at least effectively reduce the unnecessary losses of the team outside the city.

The patience of the Matars was very good, and they should have been able to observe that some of the garrisons of the forts outside the city had withdrawn from the city gates, but they did not send infantry to attack, and they continued to use trebuchets to throw stones at several forts outside the city.

At this time, Fan Dimen also came to the northern front where the enemy deployed the most trebuchets to supervise the battle, looking at the rain of stones falling like raindrops outside the city, Fan Dimen's face was the same as Barthe, all of them were iron-blue.

As a soldier, Van Dimen was indeed unbearable for such a passive situation, but as a commander who was responsible for the safety of the city, he could not lightly order the troops defending the city to go out of the city to fight.

Fan Dimen's fist clenched for a long time before he slowly let go and said, "It seems that the biggest effect of these forts that we have spent time and effort building in the past few years is to consume the service life of the opponent's trebuchet. ”

Bart smiled bitterly: "I don't know if their trebuchet will be scrapped first, or if our fortress will collapse first." ”

Van Dimen shook his head and said, "Even if their trebuchets are scrapped first, our fortress has basically lost its proper function. ”

Van Diemen's words are not an exaggeration, under the continuous projection of the enemy army, the fortress outside the city is gradually crumbling to the naked eye. The part that let the people go out of the city last night to rush to repair overnight obviously has no solidity at all, and a stone will collapse directly when it is smashed, and the degree of destruction is much faster than the restoration project.

Van Dimen turned his head thoughtfully to Bart and asked, "What is the approximate hit rate of our artillery bombardment trebuchets now?"

"About 3o to 4o shells will hit once. Bart was a little ashamed of his own hit rate. Since yesterday's battle, only twenty or thirty trebuchets have been destroyed, and it is estimated that nearly a thousand shells have been fired. Even if the enemy's trebuchets did not increase, it was very likely that if they continued to fight at this rate, it would be very likely that they would have to fight three or four thousand more to completely destroy the enemy's trebuchets - and this was only the northern front.

"It's too low. The initials of the new domain name Kele Novel Network (k1xsw), the largest free romance Chinese website, hurry up. After hearing Barth's report, Van Dimen couldn't help but sigh at the low hit rate: "For every 300 shells we fire, about one cannon will be invalidated, and before we can fight like this, we will have to lose almost a quarter of the artillery deployed here." ”

"Perhaps, we should save the life of our artillery and stop firing at the opponent's trebuchet positions. Bart hesitated, but still spoke his opinion.

"Stop shooting?" Van Dimen frowned, "Isn't that just allowing them to attack our out-of-town fortress?"

"General, trebuchets in the enemy army are difficult to make outside the city, and if they are broken, they will have one less, and the same is true of our artillery. In the current situation, I think it is not a good deal to trade the life of our artillery for the life of their trebuchets. Bart had the audacity to speak his mind.

You go on. Van Dimen replied thoughtfully.

Bart was encouraged and continued, "General, you must remember the last time they invaded? During the siege, they had to stop using trebuchets. ”

Bart is referring to the 1629 confrontation between the two sides, and the Mata Blues did not have much advantage in the counter-fire due to the limited range of the trebuchet, but were beaten badly by the condescending fire of the city's defenses. When the trebuchet was about to be completely damaged, the Mata Blue Army switched tactics and abandoned the catapult in favor of attacking the city with infantry climbing the city walls.

Of course, due to the disparity in the performance of the weapons between the two sides, the siege force of the Mata Blue Army did not take any advantage, and due to the lack of long-range firepower, they suffered extremely severe casualties under the city. The logistics of the large number of wounded soldiers were overwhelmed, which was also one of the main reasons for their later retreat.

In the current way of engagement, the Dutch army could not make full use of its advantages in weapon performance and fortifications, but as Barthes described, it was fighting against the opponent's low-cost trebuchets about the service life of the artillery, not to mention the very low combat effectiveness, and the wear and tear of the artillery's life could not be ignored. Bart thought that it would be better to simply abandon the effort at the current engagement distance and put the enemy closer, at least in the previous day's encounter, the Dutch still had a very clear advantage over their opponents.

Van Dimen was also a high-ranking officer with considerable command experience, and he immediately understood Barth's intentions after listening to them. Van Dimen looked at the battle outside the city and pondered for a moment before he spoke: "I will go to the council now to show the need to change tactics. You're staring here, waiting for my news. ”

Due to the stakes, despite Van Dimen's command, such a tactical change would have to be submitted to the council for approval. But Van Dimen made this statement, and it can be said that he has actually agreed with Barthes's suggestion, but he still needs to complete the last formalities. Of course, with the white-shirted style of the council, Bart can imagine that Van Diemen would probably not be able to avoid being troubled, after all, those men have always been proud to oppose the military, and even if they have been killed by the enemy, they must use various methods to show that they are the main ones in Batavia. If it weren't for the fact that behind these people stood the company's major shareholders, Van Dimen would have ordered all the white shirts that were specially involved with the military to be hanged in the square in the center of the city on the day of Cohen's burial.

Despite the urgency of the military situation, Bart did not dare to act recklessly, and he did not dare to order a ceasefire until Van Dimen had received news. However, he still thought of a compromise solution, so that the batteries that were originally divided into two groups of rotational battles were changed to three batches, which reduced the number of artillery pieces participating in the battle at the same time, thereby reducing the consumption of ammunition.

The stubbornness of the council was clearly beyond Barth's imagination, and no news of Van Diemen came back until the afternoon of this day, when the enemy troops had withdrawn their troops and returned to the camp. He was even tempted to send someone to the council to see if General Van Dimen had been murdered by those damn white shirts.

Cheng Dapeng's timely appearance saves Bart from his imminent collapse, and to be precise, it is the food he brings that saves Bart. Bart had only nibbled on two slices of dry bread and a stone-hard smoked sausage for lunch, and by the time the truce was in the afternoon, he was already hungry. Seeing Cheng Dapeng appear was like seeing a savior, and took him back to his station under the city walls. There is no need to do it today, Bart took the food box himself, and took out several plates of food by two. Of course, he didn't forget the small bottle of aperitif that he kept at the bottom of the food box.

"Boss Cheng, you're such a trustworthy friend! I like a man like you who keeps his promises!" Bart muttered as he tore off half of a roast chicken and put it in his mouth and munched on it.

Although Cheng Dapeng has always shown himself as a wealthy person, he was a little inexplicably distressed to see Bart eating at this time, it was not that he couldn't afford to buy a chicken, but now that Batavia City was besieged, the prices of various foods in the city were not only soaring, but also the resources were scarce. There are still more than a dozen chickens in the rice line, but according to Bart's way of eating, it will last for half a month at most. And if the siege of this Batavia city has not been lifted half a month later, let alone live chickens, I am afraid that it will not even be easy to find a feather duster.

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Bart was encouraged and continued, "General, you must remember the last time they invaded? During the siege, they had to stop using trebuchets. ”

Bart is referring to the 1629 confrontation between the two sides, and the Mata Blues did not have much advantage in the counter-fire due to the limited range of the trebuchet, but were beaten badly by the condescending fire of the city's defenses. When the trebuchet was about to be completely damaged, the Mata Blue Army switched tactics and abandoned the catapult in favor of attacking the city with infantry climbing the city walls.

Of course, due to the disparity in the performance of the weapons between the two sides, the siege force of the Mata Blue Army did not take any advantage, and due to the lack of long-range firepower, they suffered extremely severe casualties under the city. The logistics of the large number of wounded soldiers were overwhelmed, which was also one of the main reasons for their later retreat.

In the current way of engagement, the Dutch army could not make full use of its advantages in weapon performance and fortifications, but as Barthes described, it was fighting against the opponent's low-cost trebuchets about the service life of the artillery, not to mention the very low combat effectiveness, and the wear and tear of the artillery's life could not be ignored. Bart thought that it would be better to simply abandon the effort at the current engagement distance and put the enemy closer, at least in the previous day's encounter, the Dutch still had a very clear advantage over their opponents.

Van Dimen was also a high-ranking officer with considerable command experience, and he immediately understood Barth's intentions after listening to them. Van Dimen looked at the battle outside the city and pondered for a moment before he spoke: "I will go to the council now to show the need to change tactics. You're staring here, waiting for my news. ”

Due to the stakes, despite Van Dimen's command, such a tactical change would have to be submitted to the council for approval. But Van Dimen made this statement, and it can be said that he has actually agreed with Barthes's suggestion, but he still needs to complete the last formalities. Of course, with the white-shirted style of the council, Bart can imagine that Van Diemen would probably not be able to avoid being troubled, after all, those men have always been proud to oppose the military, and even if they have been killed by the enemy, they must use various methods to show that they are the main ones in Batavia. If it weren't for the fact that behind these people stood the company's major shareholders, Van Dimen would have ordered all the white shirts that were specially involved with the military to be hanged in the square in the center of the city on the day of Cohen's burial.

Despite the urgency of the military situation, Bart did not dare to act recklessly, and he did not dare to order a ceasefire until Van Dimen had received news. However, he still thought of a compromise solution, so that the batteries that were originally divided into two groups of rotational battles were changed to three batches, which reduced the number of artillery pieces participating in the battle at the same time, thereby reducing the consumption of ammunition.

The stubbornness of the council was clearly beyond Barth's imagination, and no news of Van Diemen came back until the afternoon of this day, when the enemy troops had withdrawn their troops and returned to the camp. He was even tempted to send someone to the council to see if General Van Dimen had been murdered by those damn white shirts.

Cheng Dapeng's timely appearance saves Bart from his imminent collapse, and to be precise, it is the food he brings that saves Bart. Bart had only nibbled on two slices of dry bread and a stone-hard smoked sausage for lunch, and by the time the truce was in the afternoon, he was already hungry. Seeing Cheng Dapeng appear was like seeing a savior, and took him back to his station under the city walls. There is no need to do it today, Bart took the food box himself, and took out several plates of food by two. Of course, he didn't forget the small bottle of aperitif that he kept at the bottom of the food box.

"Boss Cheng, you're such a trustworthy friend! I like a man like you who keeps his promises!" Bart muttered as he tore off half of a roast chicken and put it in his mouth and munched on it.

Although Cheng Dapeng has always shown himself as a wealthy person, he was a little inexplicably distressed to see Bart eating at this time, it was not that he couldn't afford to buy a chicken, but now that Batavia City was besieged, the prices of various foods in the city were not only soaring, but also the resources were scarce. There are still more than a dozen chickens in the rice line, but according to Bart's way of eating, it will last for half a month at most. And if the siege of this Batavia city has not been lifted half a month later, let alone live chickens, I am afraid that it will not even be easy to find a feather duster.