Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 844
Shen Tingyang so cleanly wiped out the Spanish-Dutch combined fleet, wiped out the Spanish army, and regained the northern part of Taiwan. That said, it is great news, which means that their worries about the future have been completely relieved, and they can attack Chixian City and Taiwan City freely without worrying about the United Fleet threatening their rear!Li Yan, who has always been moody and angry, also exclaimed excitedly: "I really didn't expect Admiral Shen to wipe out Xiyi's fleet so smoothly. It was much smoother than our most optimistic estimate!"

Yang Menglong said cheerfully: "This shows that my luck is still as good as before!" The bastard smiled and rubbed his palms and said: "The Xiyi fleet has been wiped out, and their sea power in the whole of Asia is just that little , even if they can't swallow this bad breath, it will take a year and a half if they want to send a fleet from the mainland to fight with us! Hehe, we can come here wherever we want!"

Xu Meng said in a low voice: "Master Hou, give me an order! I'm tired of staying in this ghostly place, take back Chixian City and Taiwan City as soon as possible, and go home early, this place is really not for people!"

Many officers nodded vigorously, indicating that the big man was right. The hot and humid Taiwan is really not suitable for northerners like them to stay. It is better to launch the attack early and finish the work early.

Just as Yang Menglong was about to speak, Li Yan spoke seriously first: "Generals, even though the Xiyi fleet has come, northern Taiwan has been recovered, and the Hongyi in Tainan has become a turtle in the urn, we still cannot underestimate the enemy! You must know that the Hongyi However, Chixian City and Taiwan City were managed as fortresses, and thousands of barrels of cement were used to save their capital. The city walls are like iron walls, and ordinary cannons can't move them at all! There are thousands of well-equipped Hongyi in the city , this is not an easy bone to gnaw, if we face it head-on, we will suffer a lot!"

Xu Meng muttered: "I don't think these Hongyi are so impressive. Just use cannons to blast them. After the cannons have blasted the infantry, they will rush up and smash them to death with a hammer!"

Yang Menglong waved his hand and said, "It's no fun for the overlord to force his bow like this every time. You need to use your brain to fight, you need to use your brain, you know?"

Everyone rolled their eyes at the same time, and said in their hearts: "It seems that you are the one who likes to force you the most? When did you talk about tactics in war?" I thought so, but it was rare for Yang Menglong to use his brain. He led people to rush forward recklessly and act recklessly. Everyone should encourage him so as not to expose his scars.Li Xu asked: "Then how does Lord Hou plan to deal with those red barbarians?" After all, he grew up on the sea, dealing with Europeans since he was a child, and knows the cunning and cruelty of these western barbarians.Zheng Zhilong fought against the Dutch several times, each time using several times or even ten times more troops and warships than the opponent, attacking regardless of the cost, and paying a huge price to narrowly win. This is still the case in naval battles. Now the Dutch rely on their strength. If the city is defended to the death, let alone be careless!

Yang Menglong turned his attention to Li Yan.In fact, although he has the reputation of "the champion of the Ming Dynasty", he is only half a bucket of water in tactics. Every time he relies on his strength to beat his opponent head-on, he has to play tactics now, which is not what he is good at. Of course, it must be handed over to a professional person!
Li Yan was confident and said, "Lead the snake out of its hole!"

Yang Menglong was startled: "What do you mean?"

Li Yan said: "Leave some troops to continue to besiege Chixian City, and the main force will go straight to Taiwan City! Taiwan City and Chixian City are horns of each other, but no matter the strength of the city wall or the strength of the city, they are not as good as Chixian City." Fabi, with our heavy artillery, our army will definitely be able to go down with one blow! These are the only Hongyi strongholds in Taiwan. Once the city of Taiwan is lost, they will be completely alone! Kuiyi will definitely do his best to support the city of Taiwan Yes, as long as they leave Fortified City, they will be easy to deal with!"

Yang Menglong nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, yes, this is called turning the tiger away from the mountain and encircling the spot to fight for aid! That's how we should deal with them!" He remembered that in history, the Dutch defenders in Chixian City had only a few thousand people, and Zheng Chenggong mobilized [-] troops. Digging deep trenches and building strong fortifications, it took eight months of siege to win. It can be seen that the fortification of Chixian City and the difficulty of entanglement with the European bastions made it impossible for Zheng Chenggong to exert his superiority in military strength, and he could only be besieged for a long time. , the attack is unable to attack.Now the strength of the troops in Chixian City has increased by five or six times. When building the city walls, a large amount of bluestone and cement are used. It can be called an iron wall. He is not interested in studying whether his cannons can break down such a city wall, and he doesn't have so much time to spend here. , it’s better to gather around the spot and call for reinforcements. Finish the work early and finish the work early!Thinking of this, he decisively ordered: "The Sea Eagle Battalion of the three armed forces will stay and continue to besiege Chixian City. Be sure to stick to the camp and not attack. If the Hongyi go out to challenge the city, just shoot them back with muskets! I'm going to attack Taiwan City and give these foreign devils some color!"

With this order, the Heluo New Army immediately moved into action. In front of the Dutch, more than [-] people from the two battalions of the three armies marched towards the city of Taiwan with muskets on their shoulders. Transport cannons and shells, and rush to Taiwan City in a mighty way.

Taiwan City is not far from Chixian City. In addition, there were Taiwanese rebels besieging and harassing them before. Many fortifications were ready-made. It took only one day for the Heluo New Army to complete the preparations for the attack. Eight gates of 85 mm Cannons, four 160mm thunderbolt guns roared at the same time, and single-barreled rocket launchers roared, pouring out destructive power on the city of Taiwan.Amidst the sound of the rumbling guns, large pillars of fire rose one after another from the small city of Taiwan, and the Dutch soldiers who had been harassed enough in the city were blown to pieces, their livers and gallbladders torn apart!

In the red city, the Dutch army, holding muskets tightly and ready to attack the Ming army at any time, looked at the flames rising in the direction of Taiwan City, their faces were pale and they were stunned.Taiwan City!Damn it, the Chinese actually avoided the powerful Chican City and attacked Taiwan City behind Chican City even though they had all the advantages!
Sly and Sly!
Kuiyi, who kept cheering up the soldiers, turned out to be a little hot-headed, as if a popsicle had been stabbed into his head, and he was half cold.God, the Dutch only have two strongholds in Taiwan. If Taiwan City is lost, Chichan City will be completely isolated, and this war will not be fought!

There are only more than 600 veterans in the city of Taiwan who are mainly responsible for logistics work. They will never be able to withstand the onslaught of the Heluo new army. What should we do?
Governor Kuiyi, whose head was already big enough, now has an even bigger head!

The new army of Heluo didn't care whether his head was big or not, and they kept bombarding the city wall and vowed not to give up until it collapsed--by the way, they also used up their shells so as not to have to move back.The city wall of Taiwan City was incomparable to that of Chixian City. Hundreds of shells hit it, and with a bang, a large section collapsed, revealing a terrifying gap more than 20 meters wide.There were desperate screams from the Dutch in the city, who knew all too well what this terrible gap meant!

Yang Menglong shouted: "Attack! Take down Taiwan City!"

Under the command of officers, more than 300 soldiers marched forward to the beat of drums.The torpedo cannon exploded a wall of fire in front of them, and all the Dutch soldiers who approached the wall of fire and tried to block the gap were shattered to pieces.Under the cover of artillery fire, the infantry successfully advanced to the vicinity of the gap, raised their rifles, and fired a volley at the gap shrouded in thick smoke and fire. Large blood flowers bloomed in the smoke, which was particularly special. of coquettishness.The infantry did not rush to attack. They stayed 70 meters away from the gap and kept firing their guns.This distance made the Dutch very uncomfortable. The rifled flintlock muskets of the Heluo New Army could blow out the eyes of buffaloes with one shot at this distance, while the Dutch muskets fired at this distance. Basically, they only heard a sound and hit all the enemies. Relying on faith, it is impossible not to suffer losses.No, every time a volley of guns hit here, there were screams in the gap, and while the other side fired hard, not many fell down here. It was really bullying.

There are only [-] people involved in the attack for the time being, what are the others doing?
Pile sandbags.

To be precise, sandbags were built between Chixian City and Taiwan City.The scouts were let out from a distance, and the soldiers put their rifles aside, filled the sacks with sand, and built them up after filling a bag. Soon, a 1.4-meter-high parapet was formed, at an astonishing speed. Extending --- the efficiency of these guys is really not covered.Although queuing up and shooting is the mainstream, neither Yang Menglong nor Li Yan hope that the elite soldiers they have painstakingly trained will be used as cheap cannon fodder to be wasted in tedious confrontation. Before shooting, try to find fortifications to cover yourself. Even if it is just an earthen wall that will fall down with a kick, it can save the lives of countless soldiers in the musket fire.If there is no such earth wall, find a way to build one yourself!Now that Kuiyi hasn't been dispatched yet, the team will naturally not waste this precious time, let's play life-saving sandbags!

Yang Menglong yelled at Xu Meng: "Let your people take it easy, don't take down Taiwan City all at once!"

Xu Mengmeng nodded: "There are counts, there are counts!" He carefully controlled the rhythm, and even made the troops retreat a little when the Dutch counterattacked fiercely, pretending to attack hard, but unable to do what they wanted—don't say it, act well Really like it!But even so, the Dutch who tried to block the gap were still severely injured-the power of the rifled flintlock gun was too great. In the face of the pointed bullets fired at supersonic speed, the armor of the Dutch soldiers was as good as paper. There is no difference in the paste!

Yang Menglong yawned repeatedly.The defense of Taiwan City is too weak, as long as he wants to, he can take it down with 600 people!This kind of one-sided battle is really meaningless. He kept looking in the direction of Chixian City, muttering: "Why don't you come? Why don't you come?"

Li Yan said calmly, "Don't worry, they will be here soon."

Yang Menglong asked: "What if they don't come to save Taiwan City?"

Li Yan sneered: "Then they'll just wait until they become completely alone!"

Just as he was talking, there was the sound of rumbling guns from Chixian City, and the scouts galloped over on horseback, shouting, "Master Hou, the Hongyi in Chixian City are on the move! They are coming here!"

(End of this chapter)