Xinshun 1730

Chapter 752 Performance Battle ([-])
All these situations are under the control of the Dashun intelligence department. The investigation of Malacca is very clear and they have done enough homework.

After Liu Yu placed the envoys of those small countries on the viewing platform, he and Li Yan waited and entered the tent.

The hot air balloon that took off had already observed the deployment of the Malacca castle clearly, and made a sand table.The several battle plans drawn up by the staff officers can all win, but it is still necessary to pick out the one that is "the most exciting for laymen".

The tents are full of trustworthy people, so Mi Ziming also shared a piece of news.

"Your Highness, Whale Hou, a few days ago, the British fleet of George Anson passed by Malacca. They were very interesting. When they crossed the strait, they took the initiative to avoid us and paid tribute to us."

"They may not respect us, but they are worried that we will cause trouble and go to support France. It seems that the life of the French in India will not be easy."

This news didn't matter to Li Yan. At most, he felt that after experiencing the Lingdingyang incident, George Anson finally learned to tuck his tail when he was a man.

But Liu Yu was overjoyed when he heard it.

What he wants is such a result, what he wants is that the French duplex has no naval support and no command over the sea, and the few castles and cities of France in India are almost lost.

The King of England's "Land of Prosperity" is the Electorate of Hanover. When the war ends, the colonies must be exchanged for the interests of Hanover. The King of England is still very strong and can basically hold down the parliament. stop.If the French win too smoothly, the cooperation with Dashun will probably be unsustainable.

There was no suspense in attacking Malacca, and Liu Yu couldn't arouse too much interest.But George Anson and his battleship Centurion crossed the Straits of Malacca for India, and that was definitely cause for celebration.

"It's good to go. In a few days, I might have to invite the British to discuss trade issues. But I guess, it won't be long, and the blood on the European side should be almost shed, and there is no strength left. "

"Okay, then we'll take Malacca. The people I stayed in Amsterdam should spread the news that the stock market crash in Amsterdam will break out, right?"

Talking and laughing, he took out a siege plan drawn up by the staff, looked it over a few times, and handed it to Li Yan who was beside him.

"Your Highness, take a look, if you think it's okay, then do it."

Li Yan took over the battle plan, glanced casually, glanced at the sand table next to him with a smile, and said, "The Dutch don't have many soldiers, and they don't have many cannons. No matter what, they will win. In my opinion, there is no need." Look. The only thing is to spend more money and shoot more gunpowder and shells.”

Liu Yu had no objection to this, a total of [-] soldiers, plus those Europeans and company employees who had fled to the castle, even if they were all armed, there would be as many as a thousand soldiers.

Now there are five thousand Guiyi Army, four thousand Marine Corps, and negligible fleet fighting. There are more than 80 heavy artillery and mortars specially prepared for the siege. Of course, this does not count the fleet naval guns and Marine Corps field artillery. Attacking this fortress is certainly out of the question.

According to the previous surveying and mapping, the city wall of the entire castle area is nearly three miles long, which is not bad.

Connected to the city wall, there are several castles left over from the Portuguese rule era, not even the Dutch bastion. The oldest one was built in the Zhengde period of the former Ming Dynasty, and a strong mixture of cold and hot weapons style.

It may be that the cannons of the siege party will not be easy to bomb and aim inaccurately after 200 years. The repair is extremely high and there is no too thick soil slope.

This ancient castle in the Zhengde period is on the east side of the Malacca castle.Guarding the east gate of the city of Malacca, there is a deep trench from the city wall of Malacca, and there is a suspension bridge connecting the castle and the city wall.

To the west, facing the direction of the Malacca River, is the main bridge of Malacca City, which is also a suspension bridge, which is used to connect Malacca City and the urban area of ​​Malacca. The suspension bridge has already been hung high.

It's basically a lonely city.After taking command of the sea, you don't have to do anything, and you will be sleepy to death.But in that way, the people Liu Yu invited to watch the battle would not be able to see the excitement, and they would not know how big the military gap between them and Dashun was.

As for the north of Malacca City, Dashun's army came and left whenever they wanted.Because according to the East India Company's own statement, the company's rule over Malacca has never exceeded four miles from the center of the castle.

When the staff members formulated the battle plan, although they aimed at being gorgeous, some cores were still very solid.

As usual, the first step in the siege is to dig trenches and surround the entire city of Malacca so that birds and beasts cannot pass.

Then choose a few main attack directions, relying on the powerful heavy artillery, perform a gorgeous fireworks show.

The plan formulated by the staff is to attack from the east and avoid the Malacca River, which is not easy to play.

Moreover, in addition to the St. Paul's Church in the city, the most conspicuous thing is the Fort Santiago six years before Ming Zhengde.

It is tall, without a bastion system, and has a strong flavor of the late Middle Ages.Of course, Fort San Diego became the first show of the show.

After Liu Yu chose this battle plan, the order was issued immediately.

All the people in Malacca were recruited, led by engineers, and paid on a daily basis, and started the very standard first step of digging holes to trap the city.

Liu Yu, Li Yan and others were on the island, having daily banquets with the envoys of those small countries.

Five days later, the trenches in the besieged city had been dug. Liu Yu came forward and said to the envoys of the small countries: "After all, this place is too far away from the battlefield. The engineers have set up a new viewing area in the east of the city. Please come with me to see the soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty." .”

These people didn't dare to say anything, and followed Liu Yu in a small boat across the shallow sea, and landed on the small pier that had been opened on the east side.

After walking about three miles, a standard bunker observation post was ready.

The tables, chairs and benches obtained from Malacca City were all placed in place.There are some binoculars in front of the bunker, which can be used to observe at any time.

The outside is covered with thick loose soil, even if there is a shell from the opposite side, it will not cause any damage.

A dense artillery position has been deployed behind the trench. More than 60 heavy artillery and heavy mortars have been concentrated here, and they have already aimed at the tall, old castle in the Zhengde period.

At this time, the Dutch soldiers in Fort Santiago were no longer in the mood to scold their mothers.

During these five days, they watched Dashun's engineering soldiers lead the people to dig the trenches for the siege, but they couldn't do anything about it.

There are only four cannons in the castle.

But in the past five days, these Dutch soldiers could see that they had brought over dozens of heavy artillery pieces from Dashun after counting them.

In order to transport the cannon, the engineers even built a hard road to facilitate the dragging of the heavy cannon from the pier.

Any of the heavy artillery used in the siege had a larger caliber than the four cannons in the castle.

The artillery positions piled up with sacks were also perfectly repaired. Although the cannons on Dashun's side were only deployed in the past five days, they were not suppressed or fired, but the Dutch knew it well.

These Chinese are building roads, digging ditches, and transporting cannons, not for fun.

It's like the sword of Damocles hanging above the head, and no one knows when it will fall.

Moreover, once it falls, some people will suffer.

Soldiers crossed themselves, praying for their fate in the eerie silence.

Perhaps, the commander will surrender.Hopefully, the commander's order to surrender can be issued before he is killed by shells.

Outside the castle, on the artillery position of the Dashun Army, the artillery officers transferred from the capital were cursing the terrible weather in Nanyang while adjusting the angle of the cannon.

To be honest, they haven't attacked this kind of castle for a long time.A lot of training is carried out relying on the bastion system.

Fortunately, it is not difficult to pick it up.

That is, when bombarding, the shells should be blasted out in a T shape, so that the walls of the castle can collapse.

Of course, the thick anti-cannon slope of the bastion is immovable.

But this kind of outdated old castle really made these elite artillery officers in Dashun pick up all the things they learned at the beginning and are almost forgotten now if they don't use them anymore.

The combat engineers and elite grenadiers were resting near the artillery position at this time, enjoying themselves one by one.The order above was to let the artillery bombard for two days first, without sparing shells and gunpowder.

Because the above thinks that combat engineers and grenadiers are not good-looking, one by one will dig holes close to throw grenades, break through the gaps to break through hand-to-hand combat and plant flags, which is not interesting.

The ordinary company of the Marine Corps is even more leisurely. The whole team rests behind the trench to prepare for the counterattack of the Dutch in case of possibility.

At 08:30 in the morning on the sixth day of the siege, Liu Yu came to the place to watch the battle with a smile, and said with a smile, "Everyone, the shelling is about to start. I'm just bored, so let's start a game."

"I'm here to sit in the manor. I think this fortress must be breached before four o'clock this afternoon. Moreover, our losses do not exceed ten people."

"Just play casually, and it's not so formal, so let's pay one for one. How about it, is there anyone who bet?"

He only took it as a joke, and also to liven up the atmosphere, but he didn't want to make the scene extremely embarrassing after he finished speaking.

After the translator finished translating Liu Yu's words, some envoys muttered a lot, and the translator replied to Liu Yu with an uneasy face: "Jinghou...this...let's forget it."

"Their scriptures say [O people who believe! Drinking, gambling, worshiping images, and asking lots are just filth. They are only the actions of the devil. So stay away so that you can succeed. The devil wants you to kill each other because of drinking and gambling. hatred, and prevent you from remembering the Lord, and keeping your prayers. You will abstain from drinking and gambling. Obey the Lord. Obey the Messenger. Beware of sin]”

After the translator finished translating this scripture, Liu Yu squeezed the money in his hand, and twitched his face helplessly, thinking that it was really boring.

Birds have faded out of the mouth of the banquet these days, this kind of boring to the extreme is less interesting than the emperor's school field parade, and there is no suspense to liven up the atmosphere on the battlefield to have some fun...

Handing the package containing silver to the adjutant, the original smiling expression was replaced by a serious state, and he waved at the orderly with no interest and expression on his face: "Let the fucking artillery begin."

(End of this chapter)