Chapter 28: Assault on Orange City (2)
At first the Dutch thought it was their own rebellion, and Storm wanted to usurp power!
But seeing that the situation is not right, they soon understood that it was Ming Ren who came to attack!
Yan Tian and Deng Tianyan were responsible for the attack on the dock area. When Yan Tian jumped ashore, he killed a Dutch officer on the dock first, and the soldiers behind him slashed to the left and right, and chopped down the Dutch soldiers who were on guard on the dock.
A Dutch soldier was shot to death by Beigang soldiers only before he could fire one shot!
Deng Tianyan assembled his Musketeers and followed Yan Tian.
Things happened in a hurry. There were a dozen Dutch sergeants and hundreds of servants on the dock, but almost all of them scattered and failed to assemble. They saw hordes of Beigang soldiers rushing in and fell into their own fighting. In a state of embarrassment, some people shivered and reloaded their guns, while some were at a loss and ran back alertly.
Beigang soldiers used knives in close combat, shot at long distances, and were meticulous. The Dutchmen who worked against them were killed first, while the servant sergeants simply raised their guns and knelt on the ground!
Hundreds of people knelt down for a while, and the Dutch officer who saw him was afraid that his face would be crooked.
Confiscated their guns and weapons and kept them together. The North Harbor soldiers swept the wharf area.
Other places are also good. Beigang No. 1 bombarded Orange City. The bombardment was vivid and dramatic. There were no actual postures. I don’t know where the bombardment went.
I didn't even think about hitting the fort on the city of Orange, but the shells flew across the city, causing chaos and it was quite passable, and the people in the city were panicked.
Beigang No. 2 leaned against two gunboats of the same class moored in the harbor, and the navy battalion immediately jumped to help.
What made them overjoyed was that there were not many officers and soldiers on the gunboat, and most of them went ashore, so the navy camp was so cheap.
The Dutch who rebelled died under the sword and the others surrendered one after another. Those servants had almost no combat effectiveness. When they saw the navy camp with a bright knife coming over, they immediately threw the gun and raised their hands!
There are still two big ships in the port, and a merchant ship from the navy camp sails past them, and the situation is very good.
The governor of Orange City was named Matthewis. He was born as a captain. He has always lived in the city. He didn’t expect that disaster would come from the sky. He heard the sound of artillery and sent people to inquire. I heard that it was the Andrew who fired artillery into the city. I couldn't help but wonder, thinking it was Storm who wanted to rebel. He went up to the city to observe with a telescope and immediately shouted, "This is Ming Ren!"
"But their military uniforms are weird!"
"Whatever his military uniform or not, sir, your order!" asked a bearded man named Paul Buck.
Mateis ordered: "Shoot them, use eight cannons against the bright people on the pier, and use two cannons to hit the Andrew! Concentrate the staff and go in line!"
"Yes!"
The two guns hitting the Andrew only played a containment role, not letting it become too rampant. Matteis knows very well that it is a long thing for the solid shells of the sailing period to sink a warship. To put it bluntly, if you are on a Tier 5 ship, you are alone on this ship, and you drink it. Tea, the enemy is also a Tier 5 battleship, fully armed and fully equipped, bombarding your ship non-stop, maybe your tea can be drunk from morning to afternoon. . . Still not sinking!
So the cannon is still used to deal with the enemies on the dock!
Paul Barker immediately ordered the muzzle to be turned. The cannon there was a 32-pounder (15.9 cm caliber), which was powerful but also heavy, weighing close to three tons!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..."
There was a sound of explosions, and shells flew in with a sharp whistle, and the Beigang soldiers on the dock were beaten upright!
Some people were hit by the shells and died on the spot, and some were injured by the shells. One shell traversed and six Beigang soldiers fell to the ground on the way!
Seeing the miserable behavior of the comrades, everyone turned pale, and the flesh and blood couldn't resist the shells!
The shelling stopped!
"Go ahead!" Deng Tianyan has experience, knowing that it will take some time for the other party to reload the cannon, so he immediately concentrated his hands and ran forward!
About three minutes later, the shell was approaching again. Deng Tianyan heard the first whistling sound and immediately ordered the troops: "Speed up!"
Everyone rushed, and the shell fell behind them.
Then there were small-caliber artillery shells to "greet" them, but there were not many, and very few Beigang soldiers were killed.
Because the Beigang soldiers have dispersed, they have undergone anti-cannon training. The shells dispersed as soon as they came, and the shelling stopped and concentrated immediately.
Orange was not fully completed. There were not many artillery pieces. There were only six small artillery pieces that fired solid rounds. They could not stop the army from advancing. It was the Dutch who lined up outside the city to prevent the soldiers from advancing.
The reason why the Dutch is said to be Dutch garrisons, sailors and merchants.
The guards of the city are duty-bound. The crew are on the two big ships. They had no warships and had to become infantrymen. Although the merchants were greedy for money, they knew that once the city fell, they would have nothing, so they jumped out of the war.
They didn't use the servant army. There were hundreds of servant army in the city. From the telescope, the servant army surrendered in large numbers, and they didn't dare to use them.
Nearly three hundred Dutch people gathered together, playing the tricolor flag, Paul Buck rode on horses and led them to charge.
There are five hundred soldiers in the North Harbor, with swordsmen in the front and musketeers in the back. They are densely clustered and close to the Dutch.
Then the Dutch stopped, they were about to play the trick of queuing to shoot.
However, the Beigang soldiers didn't plan to play with them. They continued to advance under the protection of their shields.
"Raise the gun, aim, shoot!"
Paul Barker's saber fell, and the musket burst out loud!
After the gunpowder smoke passed, Beigang soldiers advanced steadily!
The black gunpowder shotgun fired iron and lead pellets but failed to penetrate the shield!
The shield that the Beigang soldier took was actually the standard shield of the Ming army~www.wuxiaspot.com~, which was a wooden square board in the shape of a lotus. The Beigang soldier had an extra layer of cowhide on it.
There are also some guys who know that they are used to deal with bullets and put a layer of cowhide behind the shield.
shoots the shield directly, unable to penetrate!
Defeating Beigang soldiers means hitting a place that the shield cannot protect, such as under the feet, but if it is not fatal or breaking bones, the Beigang soldiers continue to advance.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer. The Dutch fired three volleys, and the Beigang soldiers continued to fall. In some places, a gap was cut by bullets!
"Go ahead! Keep going!" The officers of each battalion yelled hoarsely.
The distance is 30 meters, and it is the turn of the Beigang Musketeers to show off!
They shot together. In the first round of shooting, the Dutch fell more than a hundred people!
Now the Dutch went crazy, and the soldiers at Beigang shot another wildly, but even if their bullets could penetrate the shield, their power was not enough.
Beigang soldiers responded, and the Dutch fell nearly a hundred people!
Why is the power of Beigang soldiers' muskets so powerful?
is not the role of dummies!
It’s just that this bullet has good power, but in the test, it was found that the hit rate was quite tragic when it was more than 50 meters away. Sixty meters away, if you fire ten shots in a row, you may miss a shot!
So it was only 30 meters away before firing. When one hit the enemy, he immediately fell down.
So the Dutch collapsed!
They were so frightened that they threw their guns and ran to the road desperately.
That Paul Buck took the lead and escaped the fastest!
Seeing the enemy's defeat, the Beigang soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and queued to shoot them. They were also afraid!
