Lu Ming

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After drinking the tea, it's time to eat.

The order for the whole army to rest was given by Yu Mingjie from the front headquarters.Considering the new defeat of the Pioneer Army and the need to withdraw to rest, and it was past noon, he ordered a rest.

Soon, steaming meals were being delivered everywhere.

The food for the frontline troops was brought up in barrels by the cooking team.Soldiers lined up to pack food from their own lunch boxes, and then began to eat.

Everyone on the gate is also treated the same way, but what is sent up is a lunch box that is pushed over by a trolley.Then, when the generals opened the dark green iron lunch box and took a look, hey, what a war meal!

The lower layer of the lunch box is white rice, and the upper layer is a large piece of braised pork with a bright red light, a sweet and greasy aroma, and a shiny and greasy skin.

Stretch out a spoon to scoop a large piece into the mouth, and found that the braised pork melted in the mouth, sweet and soft, and everyone's appetite increased immediately, and they started to eat it.

In fact, there were logistical considerations for using braised pork for the first war meal.Because this is the first regular battle, considering that some soldiers will swallow unconsciously under nervous conditions, there should be no chicken bones and other things that are prone to non-combat attrition in the meal.

In this way, braised pork is the best choice.This kind of high-calorie, good-tasting meat is really the best ingredient for war rice... In addition to being more expensive, using a lot of sugar, and being close to Guangdong, a rich and prosperous province where you can buy the second brother for money, what else? There are no other downsides.

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After eating the battle meal and resting for half an hour, with the sea breeze in the afternoon, the pioneering army's second round of attack started on time.

After learning from the previous experience, this time the pioneering army's attack was more purposeful, and the fire suppression was better.However, these were not enough to shake the Portuguese's defensive advantages. Under the side and rear gun attack and the small cannon's quick sneak attack, the pioneering army's second round of offense still retreated.

Next comes the third round.

Seeing that the situation has entered into a de facto confrontation, the generals on the city tower have already publicly discussed the situation of the battle.To the surprise of future generations, most of the generals at this moment think that our side is in the upper hand.

The reasons for the generals are very good: it seems that the offensive has been frustrated at present, but in terms of the exchange ratio, our side is superior.Yes, the exchange ratio of 5 to 1 in the siege battle, in the eyes of the generals in the Middle Ages, was profitable...

What's more, now we still have a logistical advantage, and the red hair is isolated and helpless, so the generals are generally optimistic.

Cao Zongbing on the side rolled his eyes when he heard it... It is not the style of the soldiers who have been trained so hard to consume them like this.

Fortunately, the headquarters also began to make adjustments.Just as the pioneering army took turns to feel the battlefield, the gate of the lotus stem gate opened, and a new row of soldiers walked out from behind the gate.These soldiers carried spears on their backs and wore steel helmets, walking in line like knives.

Chapter 556 Ming-Portuguese War ([-])

The Guards Battalion, which appeared for the first time wearing the latest equipment, immediately grabbed everyone's attention.

The smooth, weird and eye-catching steel helmet is, needless to say, the Ming Dynasty version of the M35.

Considering that the bulletproof requirements of this era are not high, the opponents are at best low-kinetic lead bullets fired by matchlock guns, so the Ming Dynasty version of the M35 is much thinner than the original one.But this is just right, the thin helmet not only reduces the burden on soldiers, but also is more suitable for subtropical use, the most important thing is... this thing saves materials.

To say that the plate of the helmet is a little watery, but the appearance is meticulous - whoever dares to destroy the deep feelings of the German sticks for the M35 is a historical sinner!

Therefore, the regular army wearing a shrunk version of the M35 helmet, wearing a 07-style training uniform, and wearing a full set of battlefield individual equipment, just appeared on the stage.

At this moment, the aborigines who didn't know the inside story also had different views on the new force.In the eyes of the people who eat melons, this team of soldiers and horses carrying iron pots probably has something to say?After all, iron pots are not cheap these days.

In the eyes of the generals at the top of the city, this is Cao who spent his old capital.After all, the generals knew a little bit about the inside story, plus they were all knowledgeable, and they knew that the ones who could survive this kind of battle must be the standard battalion or family team of the town.As for those iron pots, no one cared, the left and right were just helmets.

Soon, soldiers from the Guards Battalion lined up before the gate.With the roar of the roll call and counting, 500 soldiers neatly formed a phalanx in a short time.

For this troop that started as a traverser, they have already done enough homework, including ideological training, so there is no need for any in-depth mobilization before the battle.After Yu Mingjie and the temporary battalion commander Wei Yuan whispered a few words, Wei Yuan picked up the iron horn and issued a simple order: "All are there, attack, and occupy the enemy's fortress in front!"

A deafening and orderly shout sounded from under the gate: "Kill".

At this time, the pioneering army that received the order had already withdrawn from the front.

Wu Sanye and his group were also in the retreating queue.Since the main attack task was given up, no one was killed in today's battle.There were only two injured, and this time the third master was serving as a stretcher soldier, carrying his brother whose leg was broken by a shell to the field hospital.

I don't want to face the "army".

The third master was shocked at this moment, and handed the stretcher to the others: "You go on your own, and I will stay and watch the battle."

Although I don't have much contact with them, the third master and even all pioneer soldiers know that although these regular soldiers have official status and wear the skins of officers and soldiers, they are all private soldiers who followed the commander in chief to fight the world, with strict rules and adequate wages , Yishui's youth is young and strong, and he is the most elite.

And in the process of a few contacts, the veterans of the pioneering army could clearly feel that these young people with their nostrils turned up to the sky did not look down on them.

The motley crew, of course, are self-aware.Seeing the central army approaching, the third master silently stepped aside, staring at each other's back with complicated eyes... Today's pioneering army is a bit embarrassing, everyone hopes that these young people will show their talents and win Hongmaocheng to the commander-in-chief Face, and a little bit of calculation, I think the young people should also suffer a little bit of blood first.

The soldiers of the Guards Battalion, who had been thoroughly brainwashed by the time-traversing people using the military education methods of later generations, had no time to deal with the losers on the side of the road.The young people held their heads high and held their guns tightly in their hands, with pride on their faces and excitement in their eyes.

After crossing the buffer zone between the battlefields, soon, the soldiers in the 500 queue pulled out of the skirmish line.

After the straggler formation unfolded, it can be roughly seen that there are three or four floors.Soldiers on each floor should be at least 2 meters apart.In this way, a mere 500 soldiers occupied a considerable battlefield space, almost completely surrounding the front of the St. Paul's Fort.

"What kind of bird array is this?"

At this moment, the third master Wu who stayed in the middle of the battlefield and the generals sitting on the gate raised the same question.

The skirmish line familiar to later generations has completely overturned the common sense of the ancients.

Whether it is a general or Mr. Wu, in their growing years, the concept of "fighting after battle" has been part of their blood.

In the war of the cold weapon era, only groups can survive, whether it is street melee or battlefield fighting.The difference between them is nothing more than execution ability: the military formation can be made of tens of thousands of people, living and dying together; the brothers on the street are actually not bad, shoulder to shoulder when something happens, no one can run first and show their backs to the enemy.

In short, if you want to start a film, you must first end the formation.

However, the scene in front of me is indeed a bit "spicy".This kind of sparse scene with no formation at all was beyond Sanye Wu's imagination.

No matter what the people who eat melons think, the soldiers who have stepped out of the Brownian movement are still moving forward unswervingly.

At this time, the atmosphere became even more tense—similarly, the Portuguese on the Fortress were also a little confused. They could see half a head popping out from the crenel from time to time, and the Portuguese were probably also in shock.

Soon, everyone will no longer need to be suspicious.At the moment when the soldiers at the forefront stepped onto the 100-meter line, there was another thunderous cannon sound from behind.

The dense shells came across the air, passed over the friendly troops below, and hit the city wall with precision.

At the same time, the rear artillery positions and transport teams also started to set off.A group of four healthy horses and several 24-pound guns towed by a large number of manpower are rushing forward at a slow moving speed.

The Portuguese were stunned by this wave of shells. Such a tall thing as "infantry coordination" will only be popularized in later generations. The impact of smoothbore shells in this era is very large, and no one can use this kind of tactic...except for those who travel through.

Relatively high-end industrial smelting and processing technology, relatively precise tolerances, and more high-end sighting and measurement technologies, these future technologies that could not have appeared in this era have created an ancient and trendy scene: smoothbore gun + infantry infantry Artillery coordination tactics.

Several rounds of artillery shells that broke into it caught the Portuguese on the top of the city by surprise.The Portuguese did not expect that the besiegers below were already within 100 meters, and they dared to fire.

So the Portuguese paid the price, amidst the dull sound of shells landing, there were bursts of screams.

The attackers below were not at all affected by the shells passing overhead, and the skirmish line was still moving forward firmly.Not long after, the sunlight reflected by the front helmets was only 50 meters away from the fort.

50 meters is already the effective killing range of the matchlock gun.

However, no one on the city was playing cold guns at this time, and the Portuguese were busy dodging shells.In this way, the new recruits easily approached to a distance of only 30 meters from the fort.

Unexpectedly, the siege battle imagined by the Portuguese did not start.After the troops under the city moved to their positions, they immediately stayed in place, maintaining their original formation.

The artillery fire suppressing the top of the city finally stopped at this time.

The Portuguese lookout post at the corner of the Fortress quickly reported the situation to the officers hiding below: Although the siege troops did not make any other actions, the siege cannons in the rear kept moving forward, as if death was about to come .

The Portuguese panicked a little at this time, because once the siege battery approached to a certain distance, the gate and city wall of the fort might be destroyed by continuous shells.

"We must take the initiative to attack!" This is the only option for the Portuguese now.

Fortunately, at this time, the shells that kept covering the tower had stopped firing, so the Portuguese began to secretly move the musketeers and gunners up, hiding behind the crenels, and getting ready to shoot according to their previous experience.

Soon, the two ready-to-fire muskets in each hand were ready.Even under such a difficult environment, the small gun crew stooped and loaded several small guns at the risk of being covered by iron eggs.

Now everything is ready and only the wind is needed, as long as the arquebuses can cause chaos below, the gunners can deliver deadly shotguns.

The next moment, with the clear gunshot of the Portuguese officer, the soldiers hiding behind the crenel immediately repeated their tricks, shouted in unison, turned around and appeared behind the crenel, quickly set up their matchlock guns, ignited and fired.

The next moment, a neat row of gunshots sounded.

Almost [-]% of the Portuguese soldiers who exposed the crenel were pierced by bullets in the head or upper body after the sound of the gunshots, and the blood spattered. In the middle of the air, there was a final roar.

The murderers below the city wall were still shooting in a standard kneeling position.Seeing the death of the target assigned to them, the shooters expressionlessly opened the fire door of the [-]th cover in their hands, took out the ammunition, bowed their heads and began to reload.

Although the time-travelers can't make copper-cased bullets, resources such as lead bullets and black powder are no longer a problem for the Industrial Party.

As an old-fashioned unit that has gone through many generations, the soldiers of the Guards Battalion have the best military resources of this era.In normal training, soldiers can use firearms and live ammunition almost unlimitedly... Even frequent training itself is a high-end resource that the army of this era does not have.

Therefore, at a distance of only 30 meters, in the first row of specially selected training top shooters, it is almost a hundred shots.What's more, the Portuguese didn't have the self-consciousness of the soldiers of later generations. They still had too much upper body area protruding from the crenel, leaving enough target area for the riflemen below.

Next, with this terrifying row of shots, a scene that made the defender's heart shattered appeared: no one, any limbs, or even parts of limbs, could stick out of the crenel.Once an object does not obey this law, it will be smashed to pieces in an instant.

And the stragglers below remained ruthlessly on standby.Occasionally, sporadic gunshots sounded, and the gunshots must have been screams from the crenel.

Seeing the corpses piled up on the city wall and the wounded tumbling and howling, the Portuguese officers were helpless.However, the time left for the Portuguese was running out—the sound of people shouting and neighing gradually became clearer, and the siege battery was in place.

Chapter 557 Ming-Portuguese War (IX)

For heavy artillery, untreated gun positions do not meet the normal shooting standards.Therefore, before the cannon reached the preset gun position, there were already soldiers wearing engineer armbands and artillery armbands, who moved to the gun position in advance and began to deal with the ground urgently.

After recruiting the Dengzhou rebels and receiving the 18-pound heavy artillery from Kong Youde's department, the Houjin soldiers in history had the ability to attack strategically.

However, the naval guns of the Westerners are naturally very troublesome for primitive troops like Hou Jin to use.Before each shot, not only do you have to dig soil at the muzzle to raise the height, but you also need to spend more time resetting after shooting, and fix the barrel with wedges and the like, which is inefficient.

In this way, there is no need to talk about the hit rate, and it can also be used to bombard the enemy's city during a siege, or to blindly attack the opponent's large army formation during a battle.

Naturally, the cannons produced by the traversers couldn't be that rough.Although they are all naval heavy guns, and the 24-pound heavy guns used to attack cities today are complete, the high-end accessories are complete, including gun carriages, self-study auxiliary hoes, and various elevation and sighting systems.

However, the preparation of high-end goods is still quite cumbersome. After the three siege cannons were in place, it took nearly half an hour to enter the firing state.

This time, the sand eagle pressed against the Portuguese's chest, and the people in the fort were terrified.

During the whole process of the heavy artillery rushing and being in place, the Portuguese were not idle, and they organized several counterattacks one after another.However, no matter what kind of counterattack, it failed shamefully in front of the rifled guns + elite shooters who were waiting in full swing.After all, not everyone can continue to do business indefinitely.

The biggest achievement of the Portuguese is that they learned without a teacher. They used the kind of black uncle who learned from later generations to fight blindly with their guns raised high. They usually caused a small number of casualties of the siege troops.Unfortunately, this is the limit of what the Portuguese can do. This group of them was defeated in the confrontation with the new force and missed the best time to restrain the siege.

While the Portuguese were extremely anxious, He Rubin, who was watching the battle from a distance, also saw that the Portuguese were in a desperate situation.

During the confrontation before, He Rubin himself was quite nervous.He had already seen the power of the bastion, but with his knowledge base, he couldn't find a solution.

Unexpectedly, during this period of confrontation, the Portuguese were forced to be suppressed by the group of "stragglers", and they had no power to fight back until the cannon came to their door.Now everyone can see that the "Ming Army" is actually more than capable, occupying an overwhelming advantage.

And here is He Rubin's depression: he has faintly realized that his family is falling behind.The battle between the red-haired man and the soldiers of the Cao family is like a fight between giants, and there is a reason for it. It seems to be an understatement, but it is far more dangerous and powerful than the Ming Dynasty's warfare!

Taking a deep breath, he put down the binoculars in his hand, and He Rubin took out his handkerchief again, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Unexpectedly, the firearm warfare method has been used so far. Today is really an eye-opener. It is rare and strange in the past!"

"If your lord is interested, you can go to the camp to have a look at the matter after it is over, and comment and give some advice."

Zhang Dongdong's words were no longer modest.I am not afraid of you coming to study, but I am afraid of you closing the door to the outside world and holding on to the handicap.The more you study, the more you know how powerful it is, the less impulsive you will be in the future.

When He Rubin heard this, he didn't show any displeasure, but nodded solemnly: "I'm going to bother you."

Just as the two big shots were collaborating, the sound of gunfire sounded ahead.The first shot opened the gate of the outer fort of the cannon.

The outer fort is a building built by the Portuguese after the situation deteriorated.The most important function of this kind of outer fort is to protect the main entrance of the fort. In the Ming Dynasty, this kind of building was called Wengcheng.

The outer fort is rectangular, but it is actually a small courtyard surrounded by three walls.Although it is a temporary building with thin walls, this kind of building is very useful in traditional siege warfare. The siege party cannot observe whether the enemy troops in the city go out. Frontal three-dimensional blow.

Before that, because they wanted to show their obedience, the Portuguese built the fortress, which not only had a main entrance facing the direction of the Ming Dynasty, but also had no artillery on the top of the city.Now these have become problems, but the Portuguese tried their best to make up for it.

However, all repairs seemed so weak in front of the 24-pound long-barreled heavy gun.

The 200-pound gun, which was only 24 meters away from the outer fort in a straight line, penetrated the main entrance of the outer fort when fired for the first time.The iron ball with great kinetic energy smashed a big hole in the gate reinforced by the support ribs and iron bars at the back, and the wooden debris splashed everywhere. The Portuguese soldiers hiding in the fort were caught off guard and killed and injured several people. .

After the first shot hit, the other two cannons that got the parameters fired immediately.Soon, after four or five rounds of artillery fire, the gate of the outer fort and the surrounding walls were forcibly torn apart.

Since they didn't consider today's situation of brainless being suppressed at the beginning, when the Portuguese built the outer fort, they deliberately lowered the height of the fort wall so as to form a three-dimensional attack with staggered heights and rear forts.

As a result, such a move led to the embarrassing scene today: the rear fort could not fight back because the opponent under the city had a shooting range.

When the defenders are extremely entangled, the siege party doesn't care so much.Now that the gate of the fort had been broken, a group of soldiers rushed in quickly.Then there was no fierce fighting, except for the corpses killed by the artillery fire, the small outer fort was empty, and the Portuguese gave up this key node in advance.

There is no way, losing the convenience of attacking the enemy in the fort from a condescending height, the Portuguese are now tied up, and all terrains that are not conducive to giving play to their defensive advantages have to be given up.

The enemy retreats and I advance.

After controlling the outer fort, a large number of soldiers came to the city and aimed their guns at the top of the city.Meanwhile, sappers arrived with explosives.

In a short while, there were a few small bangs at first, and then combined with the sound of the soldiers' trumpets - the wall in front of the outer fort was completely knocked down, clearing the shooting range.

After a while, the soldiers first withdrew from the outer fort. Before the people in the city could react, there were two loud bangs: the south gate of the big battery was blasted heavily.When the soaring smoke fell, the original main entrance of the fort had turned into a slope composed of broken bricks and stones.

The sharp whistle sounded immediately, and the soldiers swarmed up, and soon, the flow of people disappeared at the top of the slope.

Up to this moment, the advanced weapons and tactics made the traverser's army invincible, and beat the Portuguese to the point where they could not fight back.Everything is proceeding step by step, without any waves.

The next moment, dense gunfire sounded, and then there was a wave of shouting and killing, and then, the soldiers who had rushed across the slope before retreated...

"What's going on? Report the situation!"

Seeing that the soldiers who rushed in retreated back and had already stepped out to the command post near the fort, Yu Mingjie threw down the binoculars in his hand angrily, rushed out together with Wei Yuan and other senior officers, and stopped the deputy company in charge of the on-site command Chang, his head covered his face and shouted angrily: "Yang Weili, explain to me now, why you backed down!?"

Yang Weili, who had receded with a disheveled face, half of his face with a birthmark, had already turned purple at this moment.Seeing the officer go crazy, the young man felt useless and ashamed, but the military order must not be violated, so he still told the truth honestly.

It turned out that after the first wave of troops rushed over the slope, they found that the interior of the fort had been secretly remodeled by the Portuguese.The interior of the fort, which was originally similar to a small town, now has several more partition walls to divide the space.

As a result, the troops were fired from the side and rear similar to the bastion.

It's not over yet.Although the defenders took the lead, the shooting density of the matchlock guns was not high after all, so the troops continued to charge against each other despite the casualties.