1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 237 Killing Each Other ([-])

"We need artillery!" Captain Hewitt Stern looked at the two artillery that fired projectiles again from the top of the city, and felt a little frustrated. Maybe this royal city would cost some money to break through.After observation, a total of four cannons were arranged on the city wall.This is so surprising, when did these natives get artillery and muskets?Where did they get it?

Originally thought that with the cover of more than 200 Musketeers and the impact of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Rarantuka, they could break through the royal city of the natives in one go.Now it seems that the landing troops had to ask for help from the armed merchant ship at sea, unload one or two cannons, and drag them to the bottom of the city to suppress the firepower at the top of the city, so that the native servants could attack the city wall.

Aletta Camilleri, Sultan of the Kingdom of Vihari, was a little relieved to see the Portuguese and their vassals retreating far beyond the range of the artillery.At this time, he regretted a little, he should have bought more artillery and muskets from that Hanzhou earlier.There are only four cannons at the top of the city, plus more than 20 muskets, so that the enemy dare not approach the city wall.If they had more artillery and muskets, wouldn't they be able to easily repel the enemy.

I don't know if the royal city can be defended for a few days, whether it can persist until General Natatuka quickly breaks through the Portuguese colonial stronghold of Dili, and rush back to rescue the royal city.Residents in the city have begun to be mobilized, and wooden spears and bamboo spears are also being prepared and distributed.Maybe under the blessing of God, we can resist the attack of evil enemies.

But at the same time, just in case, Sultan Aletta Camilleri began to organize some guards to transfer the property and women in the city to the southern mountain forest.As everyone knows, this move more or less affected the morale of the soldiers and residents in the city.For the weakly defended royal city, maybe the enemy may rush in and kill all of them as long as they make a violent attack.

Qiao Bensheng, as the liaison officer of the Black Guards stationed in the Weihali Kingdom, took two of his subordinates and moved to the southern jungle along with the nobles and property of the Weihali Kingdom.

Looking at these natives, carrying gold, silver and jewels in large and small bags, they rushed towards the depths of the forest eagerly.An evil thought could not help but arise in his heart, if Xinxiangbao sent a team of local soldiers to catch all these nobles and property, they might be able to completely break the foundation of the Weihali Kingdom, leaving them helpless and trapped in the forest.In this way, Hanzhou can take all the land of the Wehally Kingdom, forming a tripartite rivalry with the Dutch and the Portuguese on the island.

I often hear sailors traveling between Xinxiangbao and Hanzhou say that the land on this island is much more fertile than the mainland of Hanzhou.As long as the forest on the flat land is cut down, and then set on fire, it will be a good land, and the grain output will be more than double that of Hanzhou.It's not like these natives, who randomly put rice seeds in the ground, don't care about it on weekdays, just wait for the ears to be harvested.Even so, they can rely on the two crops a year to feed the stomachs of the few natives.

In the future, our Hanzhou must seize this island, in order to expand the defense space of the Hanzhou itself, and to feed more Hanzhou people.As for these natives, let them fight to the death with the Portuguese and the Dutch, and free up excess population and land for our Hanzhou in advance.
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"We need artillery to suppress the firepower of the Portuguese at the top of the city." Xu Chuanxing, the captain of the Third Marine Corps, looked up at Dili City and said solemnly.

At the head of the city of Dili, there are at least ten cannons. Except for the south wall, the firepower equipment is not clear. There are three to four cannons on the other walls, supplemented by fifty or sixty musketeers. It will be impossible to climb the walls for a while. way, into the city.

"Captain, the Portuguese don't seem to have many Musketeers. Our marines can quickly rush through the range of the artillery and shoot at the enemy under the city wall. In this way, we can also suppress their firepower and cover the natives climbing ladders Go up." Qi Dalu said.

Xu Chuanxing looked at Qi Dalu and remained silent for a while.The method is good, and maybe it can be implemented, but it will cause a lot of casualties to the Marine Corps soldiers.

"Mainland, although our purpose of coming here is to attack the Portuguese. But the main attack is carried out by those natives. We, the Hanzhou Marine Corps, only provide the necessary fire support."

Seeing that Qi Dalu still had doubts, Xu Chuanxing sighed slightly in his heart. For the sake of Dili City, it is not worth sacrificing any precious marine soldier.Of course, as a latecomer to the Marine Corps, Qi Dalu wants to prove himself with more military exploits, but some unnecessary contributions are unnecessary.

"The natives have more than 1000 people, and they can be consumed." Xu Chuanxing said cryptically, "In this Weihali Kingdom, they still have tens of thousands of people!"

When Qi Dalu heard the words, he immediately understood.Hanzhou hopes that the natives and Portuguese on the island will consume more power in the war between the two sides.As for what kind of colonial stronghold to attack, Hanzhou doesn't matter.If all the people died, those lands would naturally be taken by Hanzhou.

He nodded and said nothing more.Sometimes, as a member of the army, not all wars can be fought wantonly with blood and courage.In Qi Tian's words, war must obey political and economic needs.

City offensive and defensive battles are always so boring once they enter a series of rhythms such as routine artillery confrontation, suppressing the opponent's firepower, and then looking for opportunities to break through the city.

Qi Dalu stood in the middle of the team, watching his own artillery bombard the gate of Dili City one after another.The Portuguese, relying on the height of the city wall, focused on bombarding the artillery position of Hanzhou with three artillery pieces, trying to eliminate the biggest threat to them.

Despite the constant movement of positions, Hanzhou's gunners were inevitably hit by sporadic shells, resulting in one death and three injuries.As for the results of the battle, it was only a few pieces of rammed earth bricks and stones of the Dili City Wall that were blasted, causing the Portuguese at the top of the city to exclaim.

With such an attack rhythm, it is estimated that today they will not be able to enter Dili City at all.According to Qi Dalu's thinking, the more than 1000 people in the Weihali Kingdom can be besieged on all sides regardless of casualties.After all, there are not many Portuguese soldiers in the city, and its defense will inevitably lose sight of the other. As long as it is breached a little, the city defense may collapse.

The sky was getting dark, and both sides in the war tacitly stopped the shelling.The Portuguese stood at the head of the city, silently watching the Hanzhou people and the natives of the Weihali Kingdom retreat to their temporary camps.

Soon, puffs of cooking smoke rose from the camp outside the city.

"We can't let the enemy besiege our city." A Portuguese officer said: "We should keep sending people out of the city to harass them and tire them out so that they can't concentrate all their strength to attack us!"

"So, are there any volunteers out of town to harass them?" Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola, the sheriff of Dili, looked at the officer sarcastically.

There are more than 1000 natives outside, and more than 200 Hanzhou Musketeers.If you need to send troops out of the city to harass the enemy, if you are not careful, you may all fall into it.So, should Dili City be defended?

The Portuguese officer who made the suggestion did not really have extraordinary courage. He just felt that as a Portuguese officer, he was quite resentful and helpless when he was besieged by a group of natives in the city.Looking at the playful eyes of the sheriff and a few colleagues, he suddenly felt angry.

"Lieutenant Rivarola, please send me fifty soldiers. After dinner, I will take them to harass the enemies outside the city!"

"Second Lieutenant Blanco, it's very dangerous to go out of the city to harass and attack the enemy at night!" Lieutenant Catalino Rivarola couldn't help taking a high look at the young officer's daring to go out of the city to attack the enemy, and put it away. The look of contempt just now.

"I think what we need most now is to preserve every bit of strength and do our best to defend Dili City. Gentlemen, courage and faith are what we need. But wisdom and judging the situation are also essential. Less!"

As he spoke, he patted Second Lieutenant Raul Blanco on the shoulder, "Tomorrow, there may be a tough and cruel battle. At that time, we will show our courage together and let those barbarians outside the city pay a heavy price !"

After saying these words, the many Portuguese soldiers on the top of the city and the residents temporarily recruited to defend the city regained some confidence and courage.There's a bunch of savages outside the city, but we're all civilized people and the Lord's people, and God bless us.

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"You encouraged those natives to launch a night attack?" Xu Chuanxing looked at Qi Continent helplessly.

Just now, General Natatuka, the leading general of the Weihali Kingdom, came to the Hanzhou military camp and declared that he was planning to launch a night attack on several walls of Dili City at night.For this reason, he asked Hanzhou's Musketeers to launch an assault in the north to attract the attention of the Portuguese.On the other side, they secretly approached the city wall, and then launched an attack at night in order to break through the city.

Although it is to attract the attention of the Portuguese in the north, the troops still need to move forward to the vicinity of the city wall, and they will inevitably be exposed to artillery fire.

Shooting muskets at night is undoubtedly marking the enemy's attack position in the dark night.

"I think there are not many Portuguese soldiers in the city. A surprise attack at night will definitely catch them off guard. Moreover, it can also make up for the gap in the backwardness of the natives' weapons. And we attract the attention of the Portuguese and cover the night attack of the natives. Nor is it necessary to line up in neat formations like normal infantry drills."

"We just need to get close to the city wall, fire a row of guns, then quickly move the place, and continue to shoot. In this way, the Portuguese will definitely prevent us from attacking us, and naturally there will be no casualties."

"What if the natives' night attack fails?"

"Let's just withdraw."

"Then, let's get ready!" Xu Chuanxing said, "Remember to let the brothers wear the front armor, just in case."

"Yes, Captain!" Qi Dalu was overjoyed and turned around to leave.

"Why do you have to work so hard?" Xu Chuanxing murmured.

(End of this chapter)