Xinshun 1730

Chapter 734

After the Chinese community set up simple barricades, the Dutch's tentative counterattack began.

The number of people was not many, and because the governor's mansion was captured, a large number of middle-level managers of the company were detained, making it impossible for the city to respond in a timely and effective manner.

More than 300 Dutch soldiers were responsible for attacking the Tang community.Fortunately, these Dutchmen did not have field artillery. The artillery on the walls of Batavia did not have field artillery mounts, and the field artillery of the garrison was taken to Cirebon by the governor.

Sun Tao was placed in a small fortification on the side of the first row of barricades. With him, except for a veteran from the imperial court, the rest were pulled over temporarily.

If it was an attack on the Governor's Mansion, Sun Tao would still think about pretending to fall, or tripping, falling behind, and just rushing along with the crowd.

But now he is guarding his own home, his wife and children. Although he was also assigned here, he still accepted it and decided to continue fighting.

Moreover, a supervising team has been organized here.

When assigning tasks in the court just now, some people disobeyed, and they were killed by the people from the court to scare the monkeys with a knife.

In fact, the truth is also said.For example, if the Dutch invaded, they would definitely be massacred, and the wives and children of the Tang Dynasty would all be destroyed.

But even if you don't say this truth, everyone understands it.These principles are far less shocking than the beheading of the supervisor team.

"Do not order those who retreat, die."

This is the military order issued after killing the chickens to warn the monkeys. There are not many people on the court or the rebel army, but they are all vicious, and they look like masters who dare to kill.

Sun Tao looked at the dozen or so companions around him, and then at the person sent by the court to defend with them, thinking that this person had the right to kill those who retreated.

After thinking about it again, I actually understand the truth.At this point, even if you retreat, where can you go?You can't get out of the city. If the Dutch attack in, they will definitely die.

However, the truth is the truth, I always feel that if the Dutchman rushed over, he might be thinking of being a man in his heart, but he might not be able to control his legs.

"The red-haired ghost is here!"

The partner next to him yelled, and Sun Tao peeked out, but there were not many of them.But the snare drum on the opposite side made his heart ache, as if he wanted to shake his heart out together.

The veteran of the imperial court in this small fortification unhurriedly raised the gun in his hand, turned his head and said to Sun Tao and the others: "Don't shoot if you are too far away, and you can't hit it. If you really can't hit it , When you are loading, the Dutch will rush over."

"My gun can shoot far, which is different from yours, but I don't shoot first. You listen to my letter, I shoot, and you shoot again. The more you fight, the easier it is to die."

"If someone is disobedient and shoots indiscriminately, I will give him two sticks first, and give him a discount on his legs."

After all, he lifted a stick beside him.

Regarding the matter of killing chickens and monkeys in the court just now, he said that if he broke his legs, it must be possible.If you really want to fight, I'm afraid you won't be this person's opponent.

Sun Tao twitched the corners of his mouth, looking at this veteran soldier with big arms and round waists, he thought to himself that he would never be a soldier in his life, but if he had a little money, he would definitely not be a soldier.

He licked his dry lips, and pointed the gun in his hand at the Dutchman who was gradually approaching.

Several times, I had the feeling that the gun shot was far away. If I shot a round from a distance and killed all the Dutchmen, wouldn't I not have to be afraid of them rushing over?

Several times his fingers were hooked on the trigger, but thinking that his legs didn't seem to be broken, he forcibly held back.Try not to look at the Dutchman, but to watch the old soldier's musket in the front, see if it is smoking or not.

bang bang bang...

The Dutch opened fire first.

As soon as the gunshot from the opposite side rang out, Sun Tao was about to pull the trigger almost subconsciously.However, the veteran was a veteran. The moment the Dutchman fired his gun, the veteran yelled, "Don't shoot! Whoever shoots will have his leg broken! Wait!"

With such a roar, Sun Tao's fingers trembled, and he finally restrained himself.

However, a neighbor next to him was less lucky. He didn't know whether he was nervous or frightened. He moved the hook with his finger, lit the matchlock, and fired a shot with a bang.

The veteran did what he said, and before the smoke dissipated, he held a stick as thick as an arm in his hand.

He knocked down the stunned neighbor with a punch, and hit the neighbor's legs hard with the thick wooden stick. Hearing the crisp sound, he knew that the strike was merciless.

The neighbor was struggling with the pain in his leg, but the veteran turned a deaf ear to the screams.Sun Taoxia's complexion was pale. Hearing the heart-wrenching screams and seeing the old soldier's expression unchanged, he thought that these people were really cruel.

How did he know that these veterans had been on the real battlefield, and they also had a broken leg, and the tragedy was much more terrifying than this.For example, if a person whose legs were directly broken by a cannonball was really frightened by seeing this scene, then he would not need to be a soldier in this era.

Xu felt that the screams were annoying and affected morale, so the veteran carried the poor man with a broken leg and threw it back into the hands of a few Chinese citizens who were in charge of loading.

In view of the low military quality of these people, the strategy adopted by Wang Wu here is to select those who think they can shoot and can aim at the front.And those who have been in contact with muskets and can load them are behind.

They don't need to see the situation on the battlefield, nor can they see the movement of the Dutch, they can only see the backs of the defenders in front.Their task is to load, and then pass the loaded muskets to the front, because they can't see the situation on the battlefield, so they can play their normal speed of loading.Otherwise, while reloading, keep looking up to see how close the opposite side is rushing, I am afraid that I can reload twice in a minute, but I will be forced to reload once.

The veteran yelled at the people in charge of loading behind: "Throw this broken leg behind, and put a cloth on his mouth. The military order is like a mountain. If you can't keep it, you will die!"

The townspeople who were frightened by the filling hurriedly carried the man to the back, and according to what the ferocious veteran said, they strangled the man's mouth with a cloth, so that he could only make whimpering noises, but it was impossible to make scary noises. screamed.

Sun Tao wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking that he was lucky that he didn't shoot just now, otherwise it would have been miserable.When this stick was applied, the leg would not be broken, at least three to two months would not be able to move.

But I don't know whether it was because of the fright or something. Although he was still nervous, when the Dutchman's gunshot rang out again, he didn't subconsciously pull the trigger again.

"get ready!"

The veteran yelled at Sun Tao and the others. Sun Tao took a deep breath and pointed his musket at the Dutchman who was already charging very close.

boom!
After finally confirming that the gunshot came from the veteran's musket, Sun Tao also quickly pulled the trigger, and then passed the musket back.

The people behind immediately handed over the loaded musket.

As soon as the smoke cleared, another shot was fired, and the Dutchman did not continue to charge forward, but retreated back like an ebbing tide.

The houses in front were all demolished, there was nothing to cover, and the field of fire was very clear.Although the barricade is simple, it also forms a multi-faceted attack structure.

The Dutch's first wave of tentative attacks did not go well.

Sun Tao looked at the Dutchman who had temporarily retreated, feeling strange.Xin said that in the two rounds of shooting, in fact, not many Dutchmen died.It is said that they have already walked so close, and they retreated first after only a few people died, it shouldn't be.Shouldn't it be so close at first glance, and rush in with all the effort?
Thinking about what the veteran said just now, he thought to himself, he should listen to others.We can do whatever they tell us to do, and we don't understand what's going on inside, but since the Dutch have really retreated this time, it seems that their method is really useful.

The short-term tentative attack made these defensive citizens find a little confidence. Although they were still nervous, they were much stronger than at the beginning.

The citizens are not too nervous for the time being, but the veterans are getting nervous.After knowing the tentative attack of the Dutch, a large-scale counterattack will soon be launched.

But after waiting for a while, the Dutch did not launch a new round of attack immediately.On the contrary, in the direction of the governor's mansion in the distance, there were bursts of intensive gunshots.

Wang Wu, who was observing the movement of the Dutch on the roof of the Chinese court, gradually frowned.

The Dutch on the opposite side removed some of the defensive cannons on the city wall. Without field gun mounts, they placed them directly on a platform built of wood or stone.

It's not that it can't be used, but after firing the cannon, the cannon will bounce back a long way.

If you are inexperienced, you are likely to be crushed to death by the rebounding cannon.

Moreover, bombarding a simple barricade does not require too precise aiming, nor does it need to calculate the angle, as long as it is aimed at the bomb.

If the regular army is stationed here, even if it is the Guiyi Army who has been trained for several years in the Brian'an area, there is no need to be afraid even if there is no artillery.

In this kind of battlefield environment, artillery is meant to frighten people.

But the problem is that the guards here are all citizens. They may hide behind the fortifications and shoot at the Dutch. Once the Dutch use the cannon, they will be scared and run away.

Although it is said to kill one to warn others, to kill chickens to warn monkeys, and to set up a strict order to kill those who take a step back, but if the front swarms retreat, is it possible to really kill them all?
If it is the Qingzhou Army or the Guiyi Army who are leading the army, it is impossible to organize a wave of counterattacks directly at this time, and it is impossible for the Dutch to fix the cannons.

Now, they could only watch helplessly as the Dutch lifted the heavy cannon over, covered it with masonry and wood, and slowly adjusted it to the direction of the Tang community.

Cannons can't kill a few people.But the blow to morale is huge, especially for these citizens who have not been trained at all and have been pulled together temporarily.

Wang Wu put down the binoculars. Fortunately, Xin Dao had already considered similar situations and deployed several lines of defense.But if you run back as soon as you hear the gunshots in front, even if you are prepared, it will be difficult to defend.

(End of this chapter)