Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 626
The Ming Marine Corps and the Spanish Army also met the Dutch Army.

It was the scouts of the Ming Marine Corps who first discovered the Dutch Army.

The Ming Army still puts intelligence first in combat, but it seems that the Netherlands does not pay attention to this at this time. The scouts did not find any traces of the Dutch scouts along the way.

"The report found that a large number of red-haired fans gathered in the plain ahead, about 3 people."

At this time, after the scouts reported the military situation ahead to Zhang Jin, Commander of the Ming Marine Corps, Zhang Jin couldn't help asking: "3 people are gathered in the plain, what kind of fortifications are there, how about the equipment and morale?"

"Returning to the general, Hongmaofan doesn't have any fortifications, and the morale is quite strong. The equipment is the same as these Frang robots, which are long guns and muskets, but the formation is quite organized."

After the scout replied, Zhang Jin fell into deep thought: "Our army now has about 2 troops including Frangji's army. What is the purpose of the Hongmao Fan who only sent 3 people to gather on the plain? There must be an ambush, deliberately lead us in?"

"There is no such possibility, there are no hidden objects around, and there is no way to hide anyone in a radius of a hundred miles," the scout team replied.

"Then what are these red-haired fans doing?" When Zhang Jin was talking, the commander-in-chief of Spain, Jack, came over and asked the interpreter to transfer: "Your Excellency General, since the other party has assembled in front, we will rush to the front now." Let's go up to the decisive battle, but they seem to be 3 people, and our chances of winning seem to be small."

"What kind of battle is going to be decided? It's not a fight. No matter whether these red-haired fans are really waiting for us to fight on the plain with 3 people, or they deliberately set up a routine for us to drill, we can't take it lightly. Infantry The battalion listens to the order, and your department immediately looks for high ground to build fortifications and bunkers to prepare for an ambush. The cavalry battalion listens to the order, and your department leads [-] cavalry to lure the enemy, pretending to be defeated, and lure these red-haired people to our ambush circle At that time, the infantry battalion and Frangji's team will come out and inflict heavy damage on the enemy. When the enemy is in a panic, the cavalry battalion will go out and chase the remnants of the enemy, so as to achieve the goal of completely annihilating the enemy."

After all, he is fighting in a foreign country without knowing the language and is not familiar with the geographical conditions and the combat habits of the Dutch army. The best way Zhang Jin can think of to deal with the enemy is this simple way to lure the enemy deep, so as not to be in a passive combat. .

But Rao is such a simple tactical command. Jack, the commander of the Spanish phalanx who is also a friendly army, expressed that he did not understand this, or it could be said that he did not understand: "Your Excellency, why don't we just rush up and compete with the enemy?" Whose weapon is the best, why do we need to lure the enemy to feign defeat, can we win in this way, can't we win in any way as long as we can win?"

Zhang Jin couldn't understand Jack's question, and now he just asked the interpreter to tell him to obey the command.

"Okay, I'll follow the command." This Jack had no choice but to follow the Daming Marine Corps led by Zhang Jin to move forward.

Zhang Jin led the main force to build simple fortifications on a high ground, preparing to ambush the Dutch army. At this time, [-] cavalry from the Marine Corps came to the front of the Dutch army camp.

Seeing the Ming cavalry appearing, the Dutch army hurriedly raised their flintlock guns to form a formation.

The Ming cavalry rode over and fired a few shots, killing several Dutch soldiers on the spot, and immediately the Dutch army also started firing.

Crackling, put it directly towards the Ming army.

The cavalry of the Ming army immediately threw away a few swords, horses, kettle cloaks, and even silver dollars before running back.

As a European army, the Dutch army did not have much experience in land combat. They thought that the Ming army retreated in a hurry because they saw a large number of people on their side, so they hurriedly chased after them. They did not forget to pick up the belongings thrown by the Ming army on the ground. stand up.

But as soon as they entered a high ground, the Dutch army discovered that a large number of Ming troops were lying here relying on the high ground as a cover, and hurriedly prepared to regroup and shoot at the Ming army.

However, the Marine Corps of the Ming Dynasty has already fired the artillery. The artillery carried by the Marine Corps is a light field artillery that is easy to carry and transport. Generally, it is a three-pound cannon or a six-pound cannon, but because of the rear-loaded rifled cannon, the firing speed is very fast. Basically, as soon as the Dutch Army appeared in range, the first round of shells had already been fired.

However, the Dutch army still stood in place and formed a phalanx. The Dutch coach Iverson said confidently: "The opponent is obviously outnumbered by us. Although we want to use the terrain as a cover, our firepower is more intensive, but we must prevent Its heavy cavalry rushed in from the two wings, the spears were in front, and the muskets were behind, advance!"

However, at this time, the artillery of the marine corps had already fired over. Although the artillery of the marine corps of Ming Dynasty was not many, only about ten, but the Dutch army formed a phalanx to give the artillery of the Ming Dynasty a chance to kill intensively.

The shells exploded directly, and the Dutch army raised their shields to block them, but the shells exploded directly above them. In an instant, several Dutch soldiers were blown up, and the whole person fell directly, and was even killed by the long guns on their side. stabbed to death.

"These idiots! Even though they knew there was an artillery attack, they still didn't get down on the ground to avoid the bunker, and continued to shoot at me!"

Zhang Jin shouted loudly, and the Ming Marine Corps continued to fire a round of shelling.

The entire Dutch army camp was in chaos, and the commander-in-chief of the Dutch army, Iverson, was also very surprised. He wanted to say that his army could withstand several live artillery attacks, but he still couldn't help exclaiming: "What kind of artillery is this? Why is it so powerful, push our artillery up and fight back!"

The Dutch phalanx also has its own light artillery brigade, but it is usually in the squadron, but the commander-in-chief of the Dutch army, Iverson, did not expect that the Ming army would first use artillery attacks instead of muskets like Spain or France. Such heavy cavalry broke through, so it was only at this time that he thought of counterattacking with artillery.

But when the artillery team of the Dutch Army began to stuff gunpowder into the smoothbore guns, the Ming Army had already fired the second round of artillery, followed by the third round, and the entire Dutch Army phalanx had been blown to pieces.

Fortunately, the Dutch Army has always emphasized discipline and did not immediately be defeated, but at this time it could no longer organize a strict phalanx, and the Ming army did not want to waste artillery shells all the time. Therefore, when the Ming army fired artillery shells, the Ming army infantry battalion had already started shot.

The dense bullets swept over, and the Dutch army in front of the phalanx was knocked down in an instant. The entire Dutch army's phalanx was in chaos, and the infantry and cavalry simply rushed over: "Kill!"

At this time, Iverson, the commander-in-chief of the Dutch Army, did not react at all. He was surprised at why the artillery of the Ming army was so sharp. Some were shot.

"My God, what kind of musket is this, and how can it shoot so far!"

(End of this chapter)