The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 845 The Increase of Troops in the New World and the Outbreak of War
Zhu Hongyu nodded slightly, and then continued.

"I summoned all of you to come here today, just to discuss with you about the specific matters of increasing troops to the New World."

"In your opinion, my Ming Dynasty will increase its troops to the New Continent. How much should it be the most appropriate?"

"Where should the troops be deployed?"

"What is the composition of the force? Is it the army alone, or is it necessary to transfer part of the navy? Do you need cavalry?"

"If there is an increase in troops, is the imperial court's existing capacity to transport ships to the New World sufficient to ensure that the logistics of the increase will not be a problem? Do we need to rush to build a batch of transport ships?"

Zhu Hongyu raised several questions in one breath, all of which were very crucial.

When everyone heard the words, they began to discuss in a hurry.

"According to the known information, the Red Hair's force in the New World may reach 10 people."

"If it expands its army urgently, it is not impossible to deploy more troops."

"According to the estimates of the staff department, the limit of the number of troops that Hongmao can send to the west coast of the New World is about 5 people."

"Even if I, Ming, have a bastion in San Francisco, if I want to rescue San Francisco, at least I have to increase the garrison in San Francisco to [-]!"

"Yes, the garrison in San Francisco must have at least [-] people!"

"..."

A group of officials from the Dudufu of the Five Armies discussed the plan. As for the number of additional troops in San Francisco, they calculated that one Han should be five Hu.

The [-] garrison, plus a certain amount of militia, in their view, can repel any enemy who invades San Francisco.

A cabinet official came forward and said.

"However, if the imperial court wants to maintain an armed force of 3 people in San Francisco, the number of immigrants in San Francisco must at least increase to [-] people."

"4 immigrants plus [-] garrisons, that's [-] people."

"In order to maintain the logistics supply of these 4 people, the imperial court needs to urgently build a batch of transport ships."

To station troops abroad, it is not enough just to have troops.

Even if the army is stationed at the same time as the garrison, a certain number of civilians are still needed to garrison the fields to ensure that there will be no problems in the supply of military food and the construction of camps.

Moreover, many necessities of life cannot be produced in the New World.

In order to maintain the normal life of the garrisons and immigrants, the imperial court had to continuously transport supplies and ordnance to the New World.

In this case, a large-scale transport fleet is required.

Zhu Hongyu listened to the discussions of the courtiers, and there was a thoughtful expression on his face.

After a while, he opened his mouth to make a decision.

"Pass down the order to draw an elite unit of 7000 people from the entire army, and make preparations for adding troops to the New Continent."

"Also, we plan to equip all the 7000 elite troops with the latest imperial equipment, rear-loading guns, and revolving machine guns."

"For the cavalry, among the 7000 people drawn out, try to choose those who can ride horses. The problem of horses can be purchased from the Indians after arriving in the New World."

"The issue of immigration should be handed over to the local government to select a group of poor people who are ready to emigrate."

Daming is now unable to engage in poverty alleviation, but it is constantly eliminating the poorest class.

The reason for this is that the method is actually very simple, which is to continuously organize immigrants from the poorest classes.

As long as the imperial court recognizes you as a poor class, whether you like it or not, it is right to immigrate.

Anyway, after moving out, it will not be worse than living in my hometown.

Daming is constantly emigrating all the poorest classes. After a long time, won't Ming be free of poverty?
Is there a problem?

no problem!

This idea is just perfect.

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, then said.

"An order was sent to the shipyards under the imperial court to expedite the construction of a batch of transport ships."

"The first batch of one hundred thousand-ton sail transport ships will be built first!"

"By the way, let the Nanyang Fleet, the East China Sea Fleet, and the North Sea Fleet each dispatch a batch of warships and backbone sailors to prepare for the establishment of the New Continental Fleet."

"I dare to conclude that if the red hair wants to invade my Ming San Francisco camp, it must bypass the southernmost point of the New World, Cape Heen, and attack by sea."

"If my Ming Dynasty wants to keep San Francisco, it must have a naval force in the New World!"

As for why Zhu Hongyu concluded that the Spaniards must have invaded by sea, it was entirely because the current level of development in the New World was insufficient and it was too barren.

To provide logistical supplies to the army across the entire New World, not to mention Spain, even the current Ming Dynasty can't do it.

for example.

For example, Daming had a garrison in Suiye City, but the imperial court was a bit reluctant to provide food and grass to the garrison in Suiye City across the entire Western Region.

Therefore, Daming's garrison in Suiye City basically belongs to Daming's side that only provides ordnance and weapons, as well as military pay.

Then for food and grass, the garrison will settle part of it by themselves, and Wu Zhou will provide the rest.

Anyway, now Wu Zhou can go to the Ganges Plain to grab one at any time, and the Mughal Empire is fighting fiercely with the rebels in the south, so they won't have trouble with Wu Zhou just because of such a small matter.

They are the ones who are least short of food now.

At most, Daming would exchange arms or money with Wu Zhou for food.

After all, the transportation of arms is much easier than that of food transportation, and Wu Zhou also urgently needs all kinds of arms to supplement the needs of the army.

In addition, they also needed the Ming army to reach Central Asia to share the pressure from Persia for them, so naturally they would not reject the request of the Ming court.

This transaction is a win-win for everyone.

What you need to know is that Daming's garrison near Suiye City is only [-], and there is a shortage of food and grass in Daming's side.

In fact, it wasn’t just the Ming Dynasty. The Han and Tang garrisons in the Western Regions, except for wartime, basically relied on the garrison’s own farms for food and grass supplies, or purchased from neighboring countries, rather than transporting them from Han to the Western Regions.

With such a long supply line, the court might be able to barely maintain it for a short period of time, but no one can stand it for a long time.

If the Spaniards wanted to transport food from the east coast to the west coast across the entire New World, it was still the food and grass needed by 5 people, which was simply impossible.

Zhu Hongyu assigned the task, and the Governor's Mansion and the Cabinet of the Five Armies took orders respectively to start preparations.

……

The New Year's Eve of the eighth year of the Ming Dynasty is coming soon.

Due to the decisive victory achieved by the imperial court in the north this year, the imperial army conquered the grassland and regained the North Sea in one fell swoop, which can be said to have greatly boosted the morale of the army and the people.

When facing foreigners, the people of Ming Dynasty raised their heads higher and higher.

Many scholars are praising that the current Ming Dynasty is far ahead of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and it can be said that it has once again broken the upper limit of the Han Dynasty.

Compared with the Han and Tang Dynasties at its peak, the current Ming Dynasty has one more plateau, one Nanyang, one new continent, and one more Australia...

When the Han and Tang Dynasties were strong, they controlled the grasslands and the Western Regions, and even once controlled the Far East of Siberia to the north of Liaodong.

However, whether it was the Han or the Tang, at their peak they had never leveled the plateau, nor had they conquered Nanyang.

Not to mention the New World and Australia!
Before Daming leveled the grasslands and regained the North Sea, even if Daming conquered the plateau and Nanyang, in the eyes of the common people, it was still far behind the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Because the nomads in the north really left too much psychological shadow on the Han people, in the eyes of the world, a grassland is more important than many places.

But now that Daming has flattened the grasslands and even regained the North Sea, the emperor is still in the Mongols' Hara and Lin Fengchan, setting up the grasslands as provinces, and suddenly everyone realizes that the current territory of Daming is larger than that of the Han and Tang dynasties. To be more expansive.

Even Kublai Khan's Great Yuan was not as vast as the current Great Ming.

Of course, the Dayuan mentioned here refers to the Mongolian Yuan regime that did not include the four major khanates of the Mongols in the west.

If Chagatai, Wokuotai, Jinzhang, Qinchak and other four major khanates are counted, then Daming will have to continue to work hard to surpass.

But after the people of the world were amazed, they were full of pride.

Once again, they saw that the Han dynasty entered a prosperous age!
Seeing the grand occasion of Wang Shi's coercion over the world and the coming of all nations!

The New Year's Eve passed in such a festive atmosphere.

After the New Year's Eve, Zhu Hongyu's first imperial decree was to further stimulate the industrial and commercial development of Ming Dynasty and completely cancel the curfews in major cities of Ming Dynasty.

The people of Ming Dynasty are allowed to set up stalls and visit the night market at night!
In this regard, many people have realized that what the current Da Mingzi wants is not only that the military power of the Ming Dynasty be comparable to that of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but also that the rule of law and wealth be surpassed by the Song Dynasty.

As for whether there will be any troubles after the curfew is lifted, causing problems in social security.

Zhu Hongyu is not worried, because the social security in Daming is still good.

The main reason is due to the fact that the Ming court listed the annual immigration figures among the indicators for official evaluation.

Then, for the sake of their own political achievements, the officials have the hobby of throwing local green skin gangsters and other restless students to reform through labor, or immigrating.

It's not like before, the green-skinned gangsters are released after finishing their work and being locked up in the classroom.

In the past, when gangsters fought, or bullied men and women, they were most punished and locked up in the classroom, and they would not be severely punished at all.

Now all of them have become labor camps and immigrants!
Hitting the board for the first offense is considered a warning.

The second time he commits a crime, he goes straight to reform through labor, or is dispatched to another place for reform through labor, at least one year in the beginning.

The third time he committed a crime, he was immediately forced to immigrate.

After a period of time, green-skinned gangsters from all over the Ming Dynasty are now either in labor reform or on the way to be thrown to emigrate.

If the rest of them don't want to reform through labor or immigrate, they can only behave with their tails between their legs and become honest.

After a period of time, without those green-skinned gangsters as accomplices, the evil forces in the Daming area were hit hard, and social security was naturally stabilized.

……

After the New Year's Eve, news spread that the imperial court would increase troops to the New Continent, prepare for the establishment of the New Continent Navy Fleet, and plan to build a transport fleet dedicated to the New Continent route.

Many people are very concerned about this!
Now that there are gold mines in the New World, it has become a well-known thing.

Seeing the imperial court preparing to increase troops to the New World with great fanfare, countless people are lamenting how big the gold mines in the New World are.

It is worth the court's large-scale increase of troops to the New World!

While surprised, many people thought about going to the New World to pan for gold or immigrate.

With the continuous expansion of the route to the New World in the past few years, the New World is no longer a mysterious place to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Many people know the existence of the New World, and they all know that the New World is rich in resources.

Even if there is no gold mine, the current New World can be called rich in products.

There are massive natural resources everywhere, such as minerals, forests, rivers, fertile land, etc., which is really eye-catching.

……

Nanjing City, Li Mansion.

The Li family was a businessman who had already stood by Zhu Hongyu when Zhu Hongyu was in Luzon.

During the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, some of the Li family became officials and some joined the army. The head of the Li family, Li Weiliang, even became an imperial merchant of the Ming Dynasty.

The Li family is involved in many royal businesses.

After all these years, the current Li family can be described as a prestigious family with a strong family background.

"Brother, now the court has opened up the development of the New World to the people."

"As long as you buy a new land development bond from the imperial court, you can go to the New World to enclose a piece of land."

"What about our Li family? Do we want to invest in the New World too?"

The New World is too far away. If it is not for the mining of valuable minerals such as gold and silver mines, doing other things in the New World will not make much money.

Instead, it requires massive investment in the early stage.

Therefore, Li Weida has some doubts and does not really want to invest in the New World.

They have the money to invest in the New World, so it is better to contract the court's infrastructure projects, or invest in building factories in the Ming Dynasty to get money quickly.

Li Weiliang glanced at his younger brother, took a sip from his teacup, and said.

"Fool!"

"The reason why my Li family can have today's wealth is all due to His Majesty's favor."

"It's His Majesty's intention to develop a new continent now. If my Li family doesn't cooperate, what will His Majesty think?"

"Once Your Majesty no longer favors my Li family, and my Li family loses its status as an imperial merchant, can it still maintain its current wealth?"

"Don't say that the New World just makes less money. Even if it doesn't make money, it's a loss. If His Majesty wants to develop the New World, my Li family must follow suit. There must be no hesitation."

"do you understand me?"

Li Weiliang stared at his younger brother quietly.

Hearing this, Li Weida couldn't help but shuddered and said.

"Don't worry, brother, I... I understand!"

Seeing this, Li Weiliang nodded in satisfaction.

"That's good!"

"Then, it's up to you to lead the team to open up the new continent."

"For the development of the New World, the family will buy 50 New World Development Bonds, and after that, they will give you another 50 silver dollars in financial support."

"You have to do a good job in the development of the New World for my Li family!"

Li Weida's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Now the imperial court has lowered the threshold for the development of the New World very low.

If you sell a silver dollar of the New World Development Bond in Daming, you can randomly get an acre of land in the New World.

As for whether this land is a grassland, a forest, or a wasteland, or whether there are minerals underground, it is all random.

Many landlords and gentry are eager to move towards the land resources in the New World.

In the mainland of Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was indeed suppressing land annexation.

But that's not the case in the New World. The attitude of the court is basically to let the merchants and people go there to enclose land.

Basically, as long as people pass by, you can reclaim the land as you like, and the imperial court will register the title deed for you after reclaiming.

The only threshold is to buy some bonds!

But this is not a door frame, the bond will be repaid by the court in the future.

And more importantly, the land on the New World side is very fertile.

If they can enclose hundreds of thousands of acres of good land in the New World, it will be the ancestral property left to future generations.

For these big landlords and businessmen, although a few 10 silver dollars is not a small amount, they can still take it out after gnashing their teeth.

In their opinion, it is very worthwhile to temporarily borrow a few 10 silver dollars from the court, and then exchange for hundreds of thousands of acres of land.

More people think, since there are big gold mines in San Francisco, what about other places in the New World?

That is also impossible to say!

If gold mines are also found on the land allocated to them, wouldn't they want to make a lot of money?
Nine years after the restoration of Ming Dynasty, there was a frenzy of developing a new continent.

It's just that, except for a few imperial merchants and nobles who have already started to end, most of the rest are still on the sidelines.

Now that the court suddenly wants to increase troops to the New Continent, something must have happened to the New Continent.

I'm afraid there is a battle to fight!
They are not in a hurry to invest in the development of the New World in a year or two.

After the matter in the New World is over and the dust settles, they are not in a hurry to end.

……

With the implementation of Zhu Hongyu's will, Daming's administrative efficiency is quite high, and no one from top to bottom dares to delay.

Only in May of the ninth year of the Restoration, the imperial court was ready to increase troops to the New World.

The army has completed its assembly at the Chongming Military Port, and the formation of the New Continental Fleet, which has been drawn from the three fleets of the South Sea, East China Sea and North Sea, has also been completed.

Five steam ironclad ships, ten three-level sail battleships with steam auxiliary power, and ten four-level sail battleships with steam auxiliary power.

This is the first batch of warships of the New Continental Fleet, and the imperial court will continue to replenish them as appropriate.

A large amount of supplies were gathered at Chongming's military port, and then loaded onto transport ships. After the transport ships were fully loaded with supplies, they were ready to head to the New World together with the New World Fleet.

Zhu Hongyu personally took the train to Chongming Military Port and watched the fleet leave.

Infinite emotion in my heart!

These soldiers will shoulder their responsibilities and travel to a completely unfamiliar place to lay a foundation for the Chinese nation and future generations that can rule the world forever.

……

At the end of May in the ninth year of the Ming Dynasty, the New World, San Francisco Wharf.

Wearing a helmet made of rattan and holding a saw in his hand, Wang Gu followed the team to repair the lighthouse at the pier.

A storm came suddenly last night, with heavy wind, heavy rain, and raging waves. During the storm, the lighthouse outside the San Francisco pier was damaged.

At dawn the next day, they, the carpenters, were organized to repair the lighthouse.

A group of carpenters saw the wood, measured and measured, and quickly prepared the materials for repairing the damaged lighthouse.

Wang Gu climbed up to the lighthouse with several wooden planks in his arms.

After boarding the lighthouse, he quickly nailed planks to the damaged place.

Nails were smashed into the wooden boards, and the damaged floor and windows on the lighthouse were all repaired.

When Wang Gu straightened up to wipe his sweat, his eyes subconsciously looked towards the blue sea in the distance.

Then, the expression on Wang Gu's face changed rapidly.

He saw a large group of dark fleets suddenly appear on the boundless blue sea.

As those fleets kept approaching, Wang Gu's vision gradually became clearer, and the true face of the fleet was exposed.

On those ships, the flags were fluttering in the wind, and the flags fluttered one by one.

However, it wasn't Ming's flag that fluttered, but the Spaniard's flag.

In the next moment, Wang Gu shouted in a mournful voice.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"The big red-haired ship is coming! Sound the alarm!"

"..."

Soon, sirens sounded on the pier in San Francisco.

The garrison in the San Francisco camp quickly completed the entire team and drove to the pier, ready to enter the battlefield at any time.

An Shengqiang also hurriedly led people to the pier, ordered the immigrants at the pier to evacuate quickly, and evacuated all supplies into San Francisco for resettlement.

The ships docked at the pier accelerated their unloading!

An Shengqiang also ordered people to unload the cannons and steam engines from the ship and transport them back to the city.

If you really can't unload it, just destroy it later!
Now Ming Dynasty has no naval fleet on the New World side, and the only few ships are merchant ships and transport ships.

Although it is also equipped with artillery, it will definitely not be the opponent of the red hair.

Once the red hair blocks the port and lands on a large scale, then these ships will definitely not be able to keep.

In order not to be seized by Hong Mao, the artillery and steam engine on the Ming ship, An Shengqiang could only order to dismantle it.

Destroy it if it's too late!
Even, after the red-haired fleet approached, the ships that Daming had moored in the bay would all be sunk.

In any case, it cannot be used by the red hair.

This is the consensus of all.

Wei Wu, on the other hand, led people to set up defenses on the beach, preparing to block the Hongmao's landing.

There are quite a few immigrants still panning for gold now, before those gold diggers withdrew, Wei Wu had to block Hongmao's landing.

Fortunately, when the camp was built, it was taken into account to guard against possible enemies from the sea.

Therefore, when the San Francisco camp was built, not only the main building of the bastion was built, but also a fort and a firepower point were built near the pier.

These turrets and firepower points can be used to prevent the enemy from landing in the port of San Francisco, and can also be used to echo each other with the bastion, forming a more complete defense system with each other's horns.

……

General El stood on the deck of his own ship, holding a telescope in his hand, looking at the San Francisco port not far away.

Seeing some hasty movements of the people of Ming Dynasty on the port, General El put down his binoculars and said with a smile.

"Look, those bright people look like monkeys in the mountains in a panic."

Lieutenant Colonel Rosen on the side spoke.

"Your Excellency, we must speed up."

Unlike General El who wears tinted glasses when seeing people.

Lieutenant Colonel Rosen could tell that Da Ming was actively deploying defenses.

If they can't make it to San Francisco before the Ming people set up their defenses.

Then, it will be troublesome for them to log in again.

As time passed, General El and others got closer and closer to the pier.

The distance between the two sides is less than five kilometers. On the sea, this distance is no different from being close to each other.

The people of Ming Dynasty on the pier, as well as all kinds of supplies, have all been withdrawn to the fortress in San Francisco, and the work of fortifying the walls and clearing the fields has been done.

There were several consecutive roars and loud noises, and clusters of flames erupted from several ships docked on the pier.

While the sawdust was flying, the hull and bottom of the ship were blasted with several large holes by the gunpowder.

A large amount of seawater began to flood the hull!

Several ships sank to the bottom of the sea under the watchful eyes of the Spaniards.

When General El saw this scene, his face was gloomy and frightening.

Originally, he was already ready to capture Mingren's ship.

But who would have thought that these Ming people would rather sink the ship than leave it to them.

General El was simply outraged.

"Damn Ming people, dare to blow up and sink this general's ship, this general must make them look good!"

General El was annoyed and ordered the Spanish fleet to march faster.

Spanish ships with full sails headed for the pier in San Francisco.

In charge of the command of the water battle is a general named Pelos.

He once led the Spanish Armada and participated in naval battles against the British.

Great experience in naval battles!

Rear Admiral Pelos stood in the command envoy and gave orders to the fleet through semaphore.

The fleet, which was traveling at full speed, began to lower its sails. After the speed of the ship decreased, the hull quickly deflected.

Aim at the Ming army fortifications on the San Francisco Pier with the broadside.

The Ming army has already made preparations to block the beachhead. Under such circumstances, Pelos will not let the army attack rashly.

After the naval guns knocked out Mingren's fortifications at the San Francisco Pier, it was time for the brave Spanish soldiers to launch the landing battle.

Pelos ordered in an orderly manner.

"Send an order to the gunners of each ship, let them quickly calculate the bombardment elements and prepare for the bombardment."

Pelos raised his wrist, looked at the time on the watch, and said.

"The current time is [-]:[-] in the morning, half an hour later, the shelling will start on time!"

It is worth mentioning that the watch on Pelos's hand is from Daming, a product of a watch brand called Time House.

This is a well-known luxury hotel!

Due to the continuous development of industrial technology, the current Daming is unique in the world in terms of finishing.

Therefore, the development of the watch industry in Daming is still very good.

In the trade between the East and the West, all kinds of exquisite sitting clocks, watches, and pocket watches produced in Ming Dynasty are in high demand all over the world.

The price of the watch in Peros's hand has reached an astonishing 200 yuan of Ming Dynasty silver dollars after the secondary dealers raised the price one after another.

But Pelos does not feel expensive.

Because of this watch, Time House only produced [-] pieces and then stopped production.

This watch is a limited edition collectible!

It is said that among the [-] pieces produced, one was taken by a prince of Ming Dynasty and regarded as a treasure.

Forced to pull up all of a sudden.

In contrast, Perlos naturally does not think this watch is expensive.

However, as soon as Pelos' voice fell, the gunners of the Spanish fleet were not ready for the shelling yet.

The Ming army has already started shelling!

boom!Boom!

Accompanied by bursts of roar.

The two forts set up by the Ming army at the pier opened fire.

The muzzle of the black hole protruded from the semi-closed fort, and quickly completed the adjustment of the shooting elements.

Amidst the smoke, shells shot out from the barrel with flames.

Tumbling and spinning in the air, shooting towards the Spanish warship.

The accuracy of the first shelling was limited, and most of the shells of the Ming army missed and shot into the water.

One after another, water columns rose up, and the water mist filled the air.

But there were also shells that managed to hit the Spanish warships.

A solid shell hit the side of the Spaniard's ship and embedded itself in the hull.

Cracks appeared on the hull that spread like spider webs!
The hull also shook violently, and the sailors and soldiers on board were a little unstable.

Pelos stared at the scene in front of him, his eyes widened involuntarily.

"This...what the hell is going on? Why is Mingren's artillery so powerful?"

Now their fleet is still about one kilometer away from the beach, and it is a full two to three kilometers away from the fort of the Ming army on the pier.

At this distance, even if the shells fly over, the kinetic energy should be almost consumed.

It really shouldn't have this power!

Pelos didn't understand why the Ming people still had such a powerful cannonball after flying two or three kilometers.

However, before he could figure it out, the Ming army's second round of shelling began again.

boom!Boom!Boom boom boom!

Accompanied by bursts of roars, the Ming army's second round of shelling firepower was obviously much stronger than that of the first round of school firing.

The accuracy is also much better than that!
In the sky, shells were fired at the Spanish ships moored on the sea.

The sea was filled with mist instantly, and shells kept hitting the Spanish ships, and sawdust splashed everywhere in the blink of an eye!
At the same time, the Spaniards also began to fight back.

The muzzles of a naval gun were aimed at the beachhead of San Francisco, and then the shelling began.

Amidst the roaring roar, one after another shells were fired towards the Ming army positions on the San Francisco beach, as well as the fort located between the pier and the bastion.

A shell landed on the beach, and the beach was instantly splashed with mud and sand.

The shell rolled forward, leaving a very obvious mark on the beachhead.

However, due to the unloading force of the soft sand, the 32-pound naval gun shell quickly lost its kinetic energy.

Although the Ming army's position on the beach was being shelled, the Ming army did not suffer many casualties.

A shell from a heavy artillery hit the fort of the Ming army, and there was a loud bang, and the fort made of cement and masonry visibly trembled.

But that's about it.

The power of the Spanish naval guns could not directly destroy the Ming army's cement and masonry fort.

Their shells hit the fort, and it was no different from tickling the fort.

Of course, the shelling effect of the Ming army was not very good.

Wei Wu was reluctant to use flowering ammunition for the time being, but the killing effect of solid shells on the Spanish sailing battleship was really not very good.

It is not an easy task to sink a sailing battleship with solid shells.

Otherwise, in the naval battles of this era, jumping from side to side would not still account for such a large proportion.

There was a loud bang.

Cannonballs flew in the sky, and the two sides engaged in fierce artillery battles.

At the same time, the Spaniards began to prepare for the landing operations.

One after another, the landing troops rowed their boats and came towards the beach.

They want to complete the landing on the beach, and even further capture the fort, so as to clear the way for their own fleet to dock.

Boom!Boom!
Seeing this scene, the forts of the Ming army also changed their bombardment targets.

One after another, the artillery adjusted the shooting elements, aiming at the small boats that wanted to land and firing.

boom!Boom!

It is not easy for a solid shell to sink a sailing battleship, but if it is used to hit those landing craft, it can be said that as long as it hits, there is no reason to escape.

The artillery battle became more and more intense, with shells firing at each other.

Several landing craft were hit by shells and turned into pieces of wood floating on the sea.

The Spanish soldiers on the boat kept thrashing and struggling in the sea water.

Some wounded screamed, and the blood oozing from the wound seemed to dye the sea red.

Seeing this, Pelos could only order his own landing craft to disperse as much as possible and not gather together, using this stupid method to avoid shelling.

As the Spanish landing craft dispersed, the shelling effect of the Ming army's fort began to weaken obviously.

Although there are still shells that can hit the enemy's landing craft from time to time, the killing effect is not as good as before.

But because the distance is still far away, only solid bullets can be used at this distance, and it cannot be hit with shotgun bullets.

Therefore, the shelling of the Ming army began to appear weak.

Wei Wu and others hid in the fortifications prepared in advance, preparing to fight.

After the Spaniard's landing craft started to grab the beach, Wei Wu shouted.

"Brothers, call me!"

After speaking, he poked his head out of the trench himself, aimed at a Spaniard who was rushing to the beach ahead, and then pulled the trigger.

Accompanied by a bang, the targeted Spaniard burst out a cloud of blood on his chest and fell to the ground.

The accuracy of the rifled guns commonly equipped by the Ming army is still acceptable.

Even at a distance of 300 meters, there is still a considerable hit rate.

Coupled with the high rate of fire after the Mini bomb, the Ming army suppressed the landing Spaniards in a short period of time with only muskets and couldn't lift their heads.

Snapped!clap clap!

The gunfire continued.

The intermittent and crisp gunshots were like a urging talisman. Almost every time there was a gunshot, a Spanish soldier fell into a pool of blood.

The Ming army hid behind the fortifications and fired their muskets leisurely.

The fortifications are 300 meters away from the coastline. At this distance, the Spaniards' muskets pose little threat to them.

If you can be hit by a musket at this distance, it is basically God who wants to take you.

Although the Spanish artillery fired lively, they could not threaten the Ming army in the trench.

If the solid shell hits the mound in front of the trench, it will be bounced off by the mound.

Unless the shells hit the soldiers of the Ming army, or happened to fall into the trenches, it would not be easy to cause damage to the Ming army.

The training of the Ming army was not in vain. Facing the shelling of the Spaniards, the soldiers of the Ming army basically did not panic.

They loaded and fired methodically, making tactical moves.

Every marksmanship is extremely precise.

At the same time, as more and more Spaniards landed, they began to form an array and advance forward, wanting to attack the Ming army's fortress on the beach.

The forts of the Ming army also began to shoot at these Spanish soldiers.

It's just that this time the Ming Army Fortress no longer used solid shells.

Instead, it used flower bombs!

One after another, the explosive bombs fell on the beachhead crowd.

The explosion produced billowing black smoke, and sand mixed with fragments flew around, harvesting human lives recklessly.

The killing effect of flowering bullets on people is needless to say!
Once it explodes, there will be no living person left within a certain range.

The flowering bullets were combined with the rifled guns. In a short period of time, the Ming army blocked the Spanish landing troops on the beach, preventing them from advancing an inch.

But those Spaniards were not stupid. After seeing that they could not complete the landing completely in a short time and seized the beachhead, they also began to set up positions on the beachhead.

They dug trenches like the Ming army!

After landing, the Spanish soldiers hid in the trenches one after another, preparing to wait for enough people to land on their own side, and then gather their forces to launch a counterattack against the Ming army in front of them.

The war continues!

The Spanish artillery continued to pour fire.

Cannonballs are flying in the sky!

But the Ming army stopped Spain from showing up, and all artillery and muskets stopped.

Their logistics supplies are limited, and ammunition must be used sparingly.

Seeing that the guns of the Ming army temporarily misfired, the Spaniards accelerated their landing one after another.

I want to take the opportunity to send more troops to the beach!

Commander Wei Wu brought several curved mortars from the rear.

After placing the mortar in place, Wei Wu ordered.

"Send an order to let the gunners measure the location of the red-haired ditch, and then give this general a hard hit!"

When the Ming soldiers heard the words, they immediately did it.

Not long after, the Spaniards gathered their troops in the trenches, ready to attack the beachhead of the Ming army.

However, just before they were about to launch an attack, there was a roar.

A round of shells fell into their crowd!
The roar of the exploding bomb exploded, accompanied by smoke and blood splashing everywhere.

In the next moment, screams and wailing resounded across the beach.

The Spaniards, hiding in the trenches, were hit hard again.

Immediately, the morale of the army collapsed, and people panicked!
A lot of blood flowed in the trench, and there were broken limbs and arms everywhere.

A number of Spaniards ran away with their heads in their hands, and the muskets in their hands were randomly discarded on the ground.

After the follow-up troops came up, they regained their calm.

But even so, many people's faces are still full of horror.

However, the firing of only a few mortars could not prevent the Spaniards from continuing to land.

A large number of Spanish landing troops rushed towards the beach like waves, wave after wave.

Boom!Boom!
Snapped!clap clap!

The Ming army fired all guns to stop them.

The fighting intensified, and the beach was full of corpses.

The blood almost dyed the bay of San Francisco red!
Whether it was Pelos or General El, watching the countless Spanish warriors fell on the beach was heart-wrenching.

But they are still ordering the army to continue to attack!
(End of this chapter)