1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 201 Attacking Luzon: Conquering Zamboanga in One Battle

"Attack to the fort!" After Niu Hu landed, seeing that the first marines were ready, he rushed towards the fort at the dock without waiting for the second marines behind.

"Boom!" There was a cannon sound, and a projectile was fired from the pier fort, which landed on the left side of the Marine Corps, bounced, and rolled backwards.

"Spread out! The whole army assaults!" Seeing that the distance from the opposite fort was less than 200 meters, Niu Hu simply stopped forming an army formation and rushed forward while spreading out.

Second Lieutenant Lando Franco was surprised to find that the army on the opposite side didn't know how to dodge when they saw the artillery bombardment. Instead, they shouted and rushed over.

"Fire!" Second Lieutenant Lando Franco commanded two 3-pound cannons to continue firing towards the opposite black wave.

After a round of bombardment correction, the second round of artillery bombardment obviously had an effect. Two projectiles shot into the black wave, instantly harvesting four or five lives.

"Don't panic, we can fight another round!" Second Lieutenant Lando Franco saw that several gunners were a little flustered, their actions were clearly deformed, and some even looked towards the fortress.

In fact, the army on the opposite side is still nearly 100 meters away from the artillery position. It is completely possible to fight another round, and then retreat to the back of the fort, or retreat to the fort.

"Huh?" Second Lieutenant Lando Franco suddenly saw the army on the opposite side, and more than 60 people stopped suddenly, aiming their muskets at this side.

"No, they can't hit us! Continue to prepare for shelling!" Second Lieutenant Lando Franco checked the distance with his eyes. It was a full 80 meters, and he didn't know where the bullet would go when it exited the barrel.

"Bump! Bump! Bump!..." In an instant, more than 60 muskets fired.

"Ready!..." Second Lieutenant Lando Franco heard the sound of muskets in his ears, and was unmoved. Seeing that a cannon was ready, he ordered to fire.

Suddenly, there was a sharp pain in the right shoulder, and several gunners on the artillery position screamed and fell to the ground.

"Oh, God! I've been shot!" Second Lieutenant Lando Franco covered the wound on his right shoulder with his left hand, knelt softly on the ground, and cried out in pain.

The more than forty Spanish musketeers and native servants near the fort only resisted for a moment, then dropped their weapons and raised their hands to surrender.Niu Hu didn't stop, drove the descendants, and continued to rush towards the fort.

When the shouts of killing sounded from the side of the fort, the artillery of the four artillery positions had almost stopped bombarding the enemies at sea. They grabbed rapiers and arquebus guns, trying to rely on the cover of the fort to resist the enemy who rushed over quickly.

But their resistance was only two shots, and they were disarmed by the Marines who rushed over.

"The left fort on the Dutchman's side hasn't been taken down yet?" Niu Hu panted and asked.

"Listen to the movement, it's still playing." Deputy captain Ren Daquan curled his lips, the Dutch are too bad, watching the movement, it seems that they are still competing with Spain on the shore.

"You take a platoon of brothers to guard here, and I will take the rest to see the castle!" Niu Hu ordered: "Li Fade is here, you let him go to the castle too."

Ren Daquan was in a daze, what is the battalion commander going to do?After occupying the fort, prepare to conquer that castle in one go!
After Niu Hu finished speaking, he led a few platoons of soldiers and rushed towards Zamboanga Castle along with the retreating Spanish soldiers just now.

"Lieutenant, the enemy is coming!" On the castle, a Spanish soldier shouted loudly.

Lieutenant Calvo Everett was on the tower looking towards the pier, seeing dozens of broken soldiers swarming and fleeing into the city, he could not help but sigh.How could the Dutchman choose such a remote Spanish stronghold when he called?Don’t dare to go to Manila, you can go to Saint Jesus (Cebu), or Lucena, try these places.There are less than 300 Spanish musketeers in Zamboanga, and there are only more than [-] native servants in Luzon. The defense is weak.

Hearing the soldiers shouting, Lieutenant Calvo Everett looked up.Behind the rout, a group of soldiers in black uniforms rushed towards the city gate.

"Oh, damn it!" Lieutenant Calvo Everett was shocked. "Close the city gates! Close the city gates quickly!...Fire out of the city!"

The city wall was in a mess, the enemy fleet first bombarded the dock fort, and then, the two sides of the dock began to rush to land on the beach.Two companies of soldiers had just been dispatched from the city in an attempt to prevent the enemy's landing.But within a short while, the team sent on the left ran back in embarrassment.Before he could catch his breath, the enemy landing force had already appeared near the left fort.

In order to support the fort, a small group of soldiers was sent in the city, and the more than [-] gunners who were going to cover the fort withdrew to the city.But not long after this time, the small group of soldiers supported by the fort retreated back, and the enemy was stalking behind, trying to seize the castle's posture.

"Boom! Boom!" There were two cannon shots from the top of the city, one shot missed, and the other fell into the formation of the marines, knocking down three people.

"Quick! The city gate is still open, rush in!" Looking at the castle 50 meters away, the gate was still open, Niu Hu was overjoyed, and eagerly urged the team to rush to the city gate.

"Squeak..." The city gate began to close slowly, and several marine soldiers rushed under the city gate, bowed their waists and pushed the city gate vigorously, trying to open the city gate wide again.

"Who has the bomb? Throw the bomb in!" Lu Jinyuan was the platoon leader who arrived at the city gate first. Seeing the soldiers pushing the door hard, he gradually couldn't bear it anymore, making the city gate slowly close.

Hearing this, a marine soldier immediately took out an iron can from his messenger bag, lit the fuse with a matchlock, waited for a while, and then gently stuffed it into the city gate.

"Boom!" There was an explosion, and Lu Jinyuan heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not a dud. He heard a scream from behind the city gate, and the city gate was gradually pushed open by several marine soldiers.

"Keep throwing bombs in!" Lu Jinyuan looked through the cracks in the city gate and saw a bunch of Spanish soldiers gathered inside.

"Boom!" There was another explosion, and the Spanish soldiers inside let out a cry.

"continue!"

"Gone."

"Damn it, why don't you bring a few more!" Lu Jinyuan scolded, "Get ready for the musket!"

The soldier who threw the bomb pulled out the short knife under his waist depressedly. As an experimental grenadier, he also carried two hand-throwing bombs with him.Two bombs exploded in a row today, which is considered extremely lucky.

The city gate was slowly pushed open, and a group of Spanish soldiers and Luzon native servants stood far away, looking at the marines in fear.The opponent threw two bombs one after another, killing or injuring seven or eight people.Now that the city gate is open, will they throw in a few more?

"Fire!" Lu Jinyuan ordered loudly.

"Bump! Bump! Bump!..." More than a dozen muskets at the gate of the city fired at the terrified Spanish team on the opposite side.

In front of the opposite Spanish team, seven or eight fell in an instant.

"Rush in!" Lu Jinyuan pulled out his long knife and said immediately.

A dozen marine soldiers heard the order, without any hesitation, dropped their muskets, drew out their knives, and rushed towards the 40-odd Spanish soldiers clustered opposite them.

"Touch! Touch! Touch!..." Several gunshots were fired, and the matchlock guns of the Spanish soldiers on the opposite side fired, and several marine soldiers fell to the ground in pain.

"Go to hell!" Lu Jinyuan swung his long knife and slashed fiercely on the shoulder of a Spanish man holding an arquebus, drawing a terrifying bloody mouth.

"Ah!" With a scream, the Spanish musketeer dropped his musket and fell backwards on his back.

Seeing the continuous stream of marine soldiers pouring into the city gate, Niu Hu heaved a sigh of relief, the castle was considered captured.

Fifteen minutes later, Lieutenant Calvo Everitt, Zamboanga Citadel Supreme Commander, gave the order to stop the resistance.He lowered his head and stared blankly at the group of soldiers in black military uniforms who began to rummage through the chief officer's rooms and warehouses in the castle.

It was too fast, from the time the enemy landed to the capture of the castle, it took less than an hour.All the deployments before the battle were not carried out at all, wave after wave of rout troops retreated to the city, and before they were ready again, the enemy suddenly broke into the city.

It can be seen that these soldiers are obviously not European faces, but all Ming people.Could it be Ming soldiers hired by the Dutch?

"Take two platoons to look at the fort on the right side of the pier. If the Dutch haven't taken it yet, you can help to deal with it." Niu Hu told Zhang Nianchun: "The overall situation is settled, so don't increase the casualties in vain!"

"This Dutchman is really cowardly!" Li Fade said beside him: "We have taken down the fortress, and they are still afraid to rush in outside the fort!"

"But we also suffered a lot of casualties." Niu Hu shook his head and said, "The Spaniards are not like the natives, they will collapse as soon as they charge."

Major Frost Fritz led several Dutch Army officers into Zamboanga Castle in embarrassment.

When they landed, the mercenaries of the Dutch East India Company were nearly driven overboard by a detachment of Spanish soldiers.After finally gaining a firm foothold at the pier, and then attacking the fort on the right side of the pier.They were pinned down behind the fort by two 3-pound guns.

Several attacks were launched before and after, but they were all repelled by the Spanish artillery and the platoon guns of a dozen musketeers.

Several Dutch officers were considering whether to unload a few more artillery from the landing field to assist in the attack.Then I saw a group of Hanzhou Marines appearing on the enemy's left flank.Although they did not launch an active attack, the two Spanish prisoners they escorted shouted loudly that the castle had been captured.This instantly disintegrated the Spanish soldiers' will to resist.After another charge by the Dutch mercenaries, they simply put down their weapons and became prisoners.

The lightning attack of the Hanzhou Marine Corps shocked the Dutch army officers again.Acting decisively, attacking sharply, and not fearing casualties, their performance completely exceeded their combat thinking and concepts.

"They are a group of respectable and fearsome companions!" Major Frost Fritz looked at the high-spirited Hanzhou soldiers in the city and said with emotion.

(End of this chapter)