Chapter 870 Hell Demon Fortress is a kind of anti-heaven artifact existence in the crossing, and many people think that the fortress is invincible, but in fact, this perception is only one-sided.In terms of offensive methods in the era of cold weapons, the fortress does have a slight advantage.In the Cold Weapon Age, towering towers were a good target for projectile trebuchets to reduce the chance of being hit.Moreover, the narrow space made it impossible to arrange artillery, and the winding staircase was not convenient for transporting ammunition.During the war, it was discovered that the shells of smoothbore guns were able to ricochet when hitting hard ground and walls at small angles.And since artillery can accelerate stones to a great speed without the aid of height, a castle with artillery can rely on the side fire of artillery to achieve a good defense.There are two sides to everything, and the castle is not tall, similar to the one built by the Dutch today, which has been proved as early as Taiwan and Luzon, and is powerless in the face of the attack of the whole family army at that time.The fortress has a very good defensive capability in the face of light artillery, such as six-pounder, eight-pounder, twelve-pounder, sixteen-pounder, and even thirty-two-pounder stony core shells, but it is powerless in the face of large-caliber howitzers, especially the flying thunder cannons equipped by the whole army.The low city walls could not stop the explosive packs thrown by the flying thunder cannons, and once the explosive packs fell into the castle, they would cause a lot of damage to the people in the castle.What's more, most of the houses inhabited by the Dutch are made of stone or stone, and the explosive packs will form flying gravel or wood chips, which will cause secondary damage to the people inside.On the "fortress that will never fall", the walls were covered with fire, shrapnel flew sideways, and the soldiers guarding behind the stomping of arrows were killed and wounded.The natives were so frightened by the terrible scene that they threw down their weapons and fled, and the relatively small number of Dutch soldiers did not collapse, but it also made the fleeing natives unsteady.Dorman, who was the commander of the defense, wore his head and brandished his sword and roared at the fleeing native soldiers: "Give me all back!"
Give me all back!
Stick to the city wall and don't retreat, otherwise you will all die!!
”He roared loudly, but no one was there to him, everyone was just fleeing, and Dorman was so angry that he almost spurted blood!
Fortunately, with some comfort in their hearts, the Dutch soldiers had some courage, and they raised their muskets to try to stop the black-clad sergeant from approaching.It's just a pity that as soon as they showed their heads, they were named one after another."
Your Excellency Lieutenant Colonel, we can't hold it, let's retreat!"
Hearing this, Dorman felt a little ridiculous, "How many of them are there, we have more than a thousand people......
The officer's face turned blue and white, and he shouted: "Lieutenant colonel, look at them, look at their weapons and equipment and tactics, don't say that our miscellaneous army, even the most elite main army in the Netherlands can't resist it!"
My lord, the city walls cannot be defended, so let's quickly retreat into the city and fight with them!
They are just such a few people, they will definitely not be able to consume us when they enter the city!
”Dorman almost gritted his teeth.Of course, he knew that what the major said was not wrong at all, the equipment, techniques and tactics of the Ming army far surpassed them, and the city wall could not be held at all, and only by fighting street battles could they have a few chances of winning.However, abandoning the city wall means that the port is lost, and they have to lose a lot of revenue every day, and the longer they consume it, the worse the deficit becomes, and the company has to peel him off!
The Dutch fled into the city with their heads in their arms, piling up large amounts of debris on the streets to build barricades and prepare for street fighting.It's obvious.The Ming army is well-equipped, with powerful artillery, pistols and rifles with a very fast rate of fire, and extremely strong hand-to-hand combat ability.It's definitely hard to fight, it's better to hide in the city and shoot black sticks.It's just a pity that the Ming Royal Army didn't pursue it at all.Not only did they not pursue, but they stopped and immediately signaled.Looking at the signal flares in the sky, a group of shirtless Tamils walked down from the transport ships from the transport ships as they quickly approached the port.These Tamils were the Tamil natives in Ceylon City, formerly Jaffna.Under the translator's translation, Captain Ma Chenggong said to the Tamil people: "According to our agreement, we have defeated Xiyi, and now, you only need to occupy this city, and this place is yours!"
”The Tamils looked at each other, but looking at the unkind gaze of the man in black, they still rushed towards the "fortress that will never fall" with their weapons.The fortress that never falls, is one of the important strongholds of the Dutch East India Company in India, and its strategic position is undoubted, so it is naturally impossible to give up easily, and they are ready for a bloody battle.After waiting for a long time, I found that the black-clothed soldiers did not attack at all, but brought in a group of natives.The colonial army and the Dutch, who were originally frightened, looked at the Tamils who rushed towards their city, but they had the courage to do it, it was normal for a wolf to not be able to beat a tiger, but they could not be bullied by wild dogs no matter what.The two sides fought in the city, block by block, screams and cries resounded through the night, and the Dutch's carefully arranged barricades were also washed to pieces.The Dutch soldiers hid in the alleys or on the roofs of buildings to resist desperately with crossbows and muskets, and the Tamils also went out to fight the Dutch, they at least had a desperate chance, and they had no choice but to fight the men in black.The Dutch were thoroughly enraged by the Tamils, and as soon as they came up, some of the Tamils kept falling under the Dutch's muskets, but the Dutch soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and after one shot, they had no chance to fire a second shot, either by broadswords or by spears.Some were set on fire or smashed with maces, while Dutch women and civilians were dragged into their houses by Tamils with terrible screams.After most of the day's fierce fighting, more than 2,000 Tamil servants suffered six or seven hundred casualties, while the Dutch suffered three or four hundred casualties.But the Dutch were not so easy to admit defeat, and at night, they came out of the alleys and launched a night attack, and the Tamils, who were unfamiliar with the terrain and suffered a lot, were forced to retreat, and the Dutch recaptured three blocks in one go.However, the Ming army outside the city quickly reacted, first firing flares to illuminate the battlefield as bright as day, originally flares were only an auxiliary equipment, and those ignorant Tamils thought it was a miracle.Feeling that they had been helped by God, they launched a desperate attack on the Dutch, and when they met resistance, they burned down their houses along with them, and this night battle killed and wounded the Dutch.When the Dutch who launched the counterattack were almost bleeding, and when it was daybreak, the Dutch and Tamils were exhausted, and the recuperated Ming soldiers rushed forward with bayonets and roared, launching a white-knuckle charge.Seeing that the Dutch soldiers were a platoon of guns, and then stabbed with bayonets, when they encountered a large number of Dutch, or gathered, they threw grenades at each other, where could the Dutch, who had already bled and bled about the same, resist such a fierce white-edged charge, either stabbed to death or crawled to escape, and all the blocks that were finally recaptured were lost to the Ming army, and the Ming army took advantage of the situation to grab two blocks.Many Dutch soldiers were crippled, some had their arms cut off at shoulder length, some had their necks cut along their shoulders, and some had their abdomen cut open to the air.Then the army of blacks was out of control, and they attacked towns and villages everywhere, whether they were Europeans or Indians, they were all beaten, and every time they captured a place, they robbed them of gold, silver, and beauty.They have no reverence for religion, the historic temples are in their eyes, and the most honorable Brahmin priests are the ideal targets for tying up meat tickets and extorting huge ransoms, they are like the Grim Reaper crawling out of hell, mercilessly devouring countless lives, driving tens of thousands of natives from their homes to fend for themselves.The natives also fought hard to save their homeland, but their resistance was ruthlessly broken by heavy artillery and muskets, and the stubborn resistance was only exchanged for more severe blows.A Brahmin priest who had fled Bengal in a hurry looked at the light of the fire burning in the temple and lamented: "O God, have mercy on us and free us from the clutches of these evil spirits from hell!"
”They have no reverence for religion, the historic temples are in their eyes, and the most honorable Brahmin priests are the ideal targets for tying up meat tickets and extorting huge ransoms, they are like the Grim Reaper crawling out of hell, mercilessly devouring countless lives, driving tens of thousands of natives from their homes to fend for themselves.The natives also fought hard to save their homeland, but their resistance was ruthlessly broken by heavy artillery and muskets, and the stubborn resistance was only exchanged for more severe blows.A Brahmin priest who had fled Bengal in a hurry looked at the light of the fire burning in the temple and lamented: "O God, have mercy on us and free us from the clutches of these evil spirits from hell!"
”They have no reverence for religion, the historic temples are in their eyes, and the most honorable Brahmin priests are the ideal targets for tying up meat tickets and extorting huge ransoms, they are like the Grim Reaper crawling out of hell, mercilessly devouring countless lives, driving tens of thousands of natives from their homes to fend for themselves.The natives also fought hard to save their homeland, but their resistance was ruthlessly broken by heavy artillery and muskets, and the stubborn resistance was only exchanged for more severe blows.A Brahmin priest who had fled Bengal in a hurry looked at the light of the fire burning in the temple and lamented: "O God, have mercy on us and free us from the clutches of these evil spirits from hell!"
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