Zheng Xing's gaze has not left the Taiwan tea in his hand. He nodded slightly: "I took a regiment of soldiers to attack the port personally to receive the fleet landing."
There are eight Spanish artillery guns in the port, but they are all old-fashioned artillery. After being fixed on the shore, the muzzle can only face the direction of the sea, but it cannot be turned. Unlike in the port of generals, the Dutch artillery can be rotated. of.
As the most veteran Eastern invader, Spain has been completely surpassed by the Netherlands, whether it is the number of ships, artillery, Eastern strongholds, or trade volume.
When the Spanish soldiers discovered Zheng Xing, the Ming army had already rushed to the periphery of the port and surrounded the port from a distance.
Relying on his large number of soldiers, Zheng Xing scattered the soldiers of the whole regiment. More than a thousand people clamored to pounce on the port from three directions to minimize the dead ends of shooting.
The Spaniards saw that the Ming army had a large number, not knowing how many times they were, so they could only rely on the various houses in the port to try their best to stop the Ming army from advancing.
The artillery on both sides had completely stopped firing. Zheng Zhilong was worried that the artillery would injure his brother. After all, the Ming army had much more. The Spanish saw that the Ming army’s ships had withdrawn from the range of the artillery, and they could only stop the artillery. The artillery could not be turned, and watching the Ming Marines ravaged the port, they were helpless. Finally, the gunners also took up the guns and joined the defense of the port.
After nearly an hour of fierce fighting, after paying the price of dozens of casualties, the Ming army finally broke in from the periphery and began to enter the port to start a close battle with Spain.
After the Spanish soldiers withdrew slightly, they re-established the defensive formation with the help of the cover of the house.
"Damn, these Spanish soldiers really can withstand death, brethren, with grenades." Zheng Xing was anxious. There were only a hundred Spanish soldiers, and he tripped the entire regiment of soldiers.
In fact, the Spaniards have a hard time. More than a thousand soldiers of the Ming army pounced at the port from the beginning. They also complained with great suffering. The Dutch, rarely can afford so many soldiers at a time, and these soldiers Unlike the natives, they all have muskets, which can fire faster than their own.
These Ming army soldiers, as if they were crazy, kept violently attacking the inside of the port. If they hadn't used soil walls and other obstacles to cover them, the port would have fallen long ago.
The battle was less than an hour, the Spanish soldiers had suffered a large number of casualties, and the defensive formation was also broken by the Ming army. It was not until the gunners joined the battle that they reluctantly re-established a new defensive formation.
But the Ming army has entered the port, occupying the same favorable terrain as them.
They still don’t know how many people have died, and they don’t have time to count them.
Zheng Xing's yelling awakened the soldiers of the Marine Corps. Each of them had ten grenades hanging around their waists.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
At the beginning, the soldiers just threw out the grenade sporadically. The threat of a grenade is different from a flintlock. It is a large explosion. Even if the Spanish soldiers hide behind the dirt wall, they may be killed by grenade fragments or shock waves. hurt.
The soldiers of the Ming Army found that grenades were more effective than flintlocks, leaving only a small number of soldiers to continue shooting, to contain the Spanish soldiers. Most of the soldiers ventured forward and threw their own grenade.
The Spanish chief Gehrman in the city of Santo Domingo had long known that someone was attacking the port. From the beginning, the violent artillery sound turned to intense gunfire, which is obviously from afar, gradually approaching the port.
But he was only staring. The city of Santo Domingo was surrounded by groups and could be seen with the naked eye. Outside each city gate, there were at least hundreds of soldiers, which was several times the number of soldiers in the city.
If the soldiers outside the city did not attack the city, Gehrman would be thankful.
Gehrman estimated that this is the enemy fighting for aid. If the Spanish soldiers in the city do not go out of the city to reinforce the port, the port will inevitably fall. If the soldiers in the city go out of the city to reinforce the port, the opponent's soldiers will be waiting outside the city.
The sheep enters the tiger's mouth.
Gehrman could count it with his toes.
If the port is not reinforced, can the city of Santo Domingo be kept after the port falls
Gehrman was restless, but there was nothing he could do. If the port is lost and the ship is captured, even if the castle can be guarded, they will be trapped on this small island, let alone doing business to make money, can they return to Spain? Can't tell.
The faint sound of explosions from the port was loose and tight. Each explosion seemed to fall in Gehrman’s heart. He wanted to lead his troops out of the city several times to reinforce the port, but he saw that the Ming troops outside the city were all holding them. With the flintlock, Gehrman didn't lose his mind after all.
"Which country's army is this? Why didn't we get any information in advance?" Gehrman vented his anger on the guards.
"Sir, the other party is playing the sun and moon flag. We have never seen this kind of flag." The guards were also a little aggrieved. The enemy outside was suddenly besieged the city. All contact between the city and the outside was temporarily lost. How does he know which country's army this is
"Sun Moon Flag?" Gehrman murmured to himself, but his mind turned fast, but there was no effective information. He should have never heard of this kind of military flag or national flag. "Immediately activate the personnel in the city, we must Find out which country's army this is."
"Yes, sir." The guard agreed and ran away quickly.
About half a time, the guards came back, "Sir, I asked the Spanish people in the city, and they all said they hadn’t seen this kind of flag. Later, a Han said that it might be a Da Ming’s banner or a Da Ming’s. A certain pirate."
"Pirates?" Gehrman frowned. He didn't know who had so much financial resources and could afford to raise so many pirates. "If pirates have developed so many people, we don’t know? Besides, which pirate can Can afford so many muskets?"
"Sir, the Han said, "Day" and "Yue" together form the word "Ming". It should be Daming's army, but Daming's army used to be the dragon flag. I don't know why it was replaced with the sun and moon flag. ."
"Da Ming? Yes, it must be Da Ming. Only Da Ming has so many troops, so many muskets, and artillery..." Gehrman's face was already pale, "Have we offended Da Ming recently?"
"It shouldn't be, sir."
"How do you know if it is?" Gehrman gave the guard angrily, "You have been with me, how do you know that nothing has happened in Manila?"
"Sir, if there is a fight between Manila and Daming's pirates, Daming will not send an army. If there is a war with Daming's army, Manila will not fail to inform us. After all, we are the closest to Daming, at least Manila will use our port. "
Seeing that the guard's analysis was well-founded, Gehrman fell silent for a while, and after a long time, he shivered: "Why is this Da Ming attacking us?"
"Sir, when I think of it, it must be for this," the guard began to tremble. "We killed a large number of Han people in Southern Ryukyu more than 20 years ago, at least tens of thousands. Daming must be for this. Matter, this is an undeclared war against us."
"Twenty years ago?" Gehrman was a little puzzled. "This happened more than 20 years ago? Why didn't I know?"
"The chief was still in Spain at that time. Of course I didn't know. Manila didn't disclose this to the public in order to cover up his crime." The guard's eyes became more and more absent, as if Daming must be revenge for this incident. Yes, he could become Daming's ghost at any time.
"Does Daming remember what happened more than 20 years ago?" Gehrman still had a glimmer of hope, hoping that Daming had forgotten about it, or didn't know it at all.
"Sir, it is said that the Han people attach great importance to history. You see, wherever they go, they live in their own circle. Since this happened, the Han people will not forget it, and I also heard that..."
"What on earth did you hear? Why do you hesitate?" Gehrman was very dissatisfied with the guard today.
"I heard that their emperor would have sent troops to Nanyang long ago to avenge the dead Han Chinese."
The guard's words are like a pound bomb, exploding the last lingering hope in Gehrman's heart without a trace, "This is Manila's fault, why should we take responsibility?"
"Sir, Daming doesn't think so. Anyway, people were killed by Spain. They couldn't find the real murderer. They would only anger all the Spaniards. Just like the Spaniards murdered the Chinese back then, whether they were at fault or not, as long as they were Han Chinese, Just grabbed it and beheaded, now it's our turn..."
"Shut up, get out of here." Gehrman was completely angry. Daming's army hadn't said to kill them all, but he was panicked. Besides, since the guards knew the detailed cause and effect, he was probably one of the murderers. They have caused the trouble, but now they have to bear the blame on their own.
"Sir..." The guards did not leave, nor did they stay, so they had to look at Gehrman blankly, looking forward to his latest instructions.
Gehrman sighed slightly, and now it’s useless to say anything. “You go and tell the defenders in the city that once the Ming army attacks the city, you must guard all the city gates. If the Ming army breaks the city, it’s absolutely not allowed. surrender."
"Is the commander asking the soldiers to die in the city? What about the merchants in the city?"
"Do you think that once the city is broken, the Ming army will allow us to surrender?" Gehrman's words seemed gloomy, as if they were coming from a dark room.
"Sir, I...understand." The guard saluted Gehrman and turned to go out.
"Wait," Gehrman said weakly, "You have to check at all costs, first check whether the army outside the city and the port is Da Ming."
"Yes, sir."
At the time when noon and no time were handed over, the gunfire and grenade stopped completely, and the port had fallen.
There were nearly a hundred Spanish garrisons, with only more than 20 remaining. Finally, they huddled in a few huts near the fort. It seemed that the Ming troops were gathering more and more, but the Spanish soldiers in the city had not been reinforced. They knew that they would fight again. Going down, it is inevitable that the whole army will be wiped out.
After extreme despair, the Spaniards raised their white flags, raised their hands one by one, and walked out of the hut where they depended in despair.