Chapter 492 The Dutch Army

A thunder suddenly sounded, and then a shell dragged the white smoke and plunged into the Dutch soldiers' ranks, instantly creating a bloody passage. Seeing this scene, the captain's face turned pale and before he could order, there were two more shells.

He flew over and then jumped and fell down.

The Ming army guarded here only one small team and three small cannons, but this was enough. The Dutch guns were still on the ship and they had no time to move them off the ship. A battalion of Dutch soldiers fired three small cannons.

The projectiles were stinging the bullet and attacked with eighty and fifty steps. Seeing that the Dutch phalanx had entered its own range, the Ming army officials ordered a volley.

Almost in the same explosion, the Dutch soldiers fell in an orderly line and fell to the ground. The Ming soldiers did not care about checking their results and quickly loaded them. The Dutch soldiers also stopped moving forward, lined up in a row.

The Ming army shot at the same time, one side hid behind the wall, and the other side shot at the open and open ground without any cover. After half a quarter of an hour, the Dutch soldiers were defeated. The Dutch soldiers with heavy casualties turned around and strode away.

Three small cannons were happily fired, and the escaped Dutch soldiers fell from time to time.

After testing his vision, the corners of the Dutch major's mouth twitched, leaving a deep impression on the Ming army's firepower.

The major ordered the attack to stop, wait until the cannons on the ship are moved down and attack again. Are these the barbarians of the Eastern Ming Empire? Why are they harder to crack than the Royal Spanish Army? This open land, walls, small cannons, and Ming squeezing together to shoot.

No matter how you look at people, you are no less weak than the army of the Spanish Empire. The major is experienced and knows that without cannons, you can't capture such a strong position.

In the distance, highland.

Macheng put down the Mile Mile Mile and thought about the Dutch formation. It was indeed the same as the Spanish Army. The Netherlands was originally a vassal state of Spain, and its army tactics were naturally exactly the same, but it was an improved Spanish formation.

The number of spearmen was greatly reduced, and the number of musketeers was greatly increased. Seeing this square formation, it was as if you saw the evolution of Western Army tactics.

There will be more and more musketeers, and eventually they will completely abandon the spearmen and become pure musketeers. In actual combat, the Dutch soldiers use the back-loading tactics. After the volley, the musketeers in the front row are

Retreat the gap between the row and the row to the rear row to load the bullets. In this way, if there are more than ten rows of muskets, the firepower can be maintained and the fire can be shot continuously.

The military academy in Macheng is not a waste of time. It’s just that what I learned in the military academy is not all that can be used to fight against the Jurchens. The Jurchens are very cunning in fighting.

However, at this moment, Macheng's military literacy can be very useful. The most effective tactics against the Renaissance phalanx, the Ottomans and the Moors have taught how to fight, and they rely on a large number of light cavalry to create chaos, while the elite infantry are under the throne, the central government

The main infantry force tried to delay the battle with the other side to avoid collapse. Ma Cheng also wrote such a paper, which is very knowledgeable about the Renaissance array.

The Dutchman, who were frustrated in the attack, brought a large number of artillery from the ship. In addition to one pound and two pounds, there were also some heavy six pounds. Obviously, European artillery casting technology also reached the bottle diameter stage. Taiwan could not build light field guns,

Europeans can't make it now, and the Dutch's six-pound cannon is also very heavy. It seems that it is definitely more than 1,500 kilograms. The whole body is made of bronze. How can it not be heavy?

In the face of the Spanish phalanx, the frontal infantry must not collapse. Macheng's approach was to retreat with great strides. The Dutch spent most of the day setting up a six-pound cannon and aimed it at the Ming army's wall and bombarded it hard, until the cannon body heated up.

The infantry rushed up in anger. The Dutch soldiers who had not encountered any resistance looked blankly at the empty wall. They saw that two or three miles away, and there was another simple wall standing.

A large number of Dutch soldiers looked at the commander in a daze, not knowing whether to attack or defend on the spot.

Several commanders were also numb and discussed for a while. They should push the cannons up. The attack was so painful that the Dutch artillery was able to roll up their sleeves and continue pushing the cannons forward.

It started to rain at this time, and a heavy rain with Southeast Asian characteristics turned all attempts into vain. A total of 1,000 Dutch soldiers were poured into a cold heart, while the Ming army hid in the woods and watched jokes of hiding from the rain.

Macheng stood under an umbrella, and the left and right generals looked at the Dutch soldiers in the rain and laughed loudly. Macheng also found it funny. It rained almost every day in Malaya, and it fell down with heavy rain.

The soldiers of both armies were poured into chickens, and the same standard heavy muskets and rope guns became fire sticks. The soldiers of the two armies could only stare at each other with big eyes. Thinking about the scene, it was funny. This was the battle of the mesh gun.

Great uncertainty.

The heavy rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it was impossible to stop. Five thousand Dutch soldiers stood on the beach like birds and got wet.

The gunpowder was damp and the fuse was extinguished. Naturally, the cannon could not be fired, because it was even more difficult to push the muddy land. Ma Cheng felt extremely comfortable and deserved that the Dutch were too arrogant. Do they think 15,000 soldiers could crush Malacca?

I don't even want to bring a few more umbrellas.

As it was getting late, the first day of the Dutch Army landing war ended in a dusty manner.

At night, the Ming general on the front line asked to steal the camp, but was stopped by Macheng. There were still some battles. Didn’t the stealing camp force the Dutch to get on the boat and escape? Macheng’s idea was to lure the enemy into the deep, and the central infantry front line

He fought and retreated, dragged the entire Dutch army into a hellish abyss.

When he was free, he sat around the bonfire and explained the famous Battle of the Three Kings.

In the battle of the Three Kings, the Portuguese Army, which used the Spanish phalanx to fight, was defeated by the Arab light cavalry in Morocco, and almost collapsed at one touch. The Spanish phalanx, which claimed to be invincible, was exposed and the defeat ended.

The Spanish phalanx did not have a large number of cavalry to cooperate with each other, and this thing was vulnerable. The process of this battle was very exciting. The generals of the Ming army were so fascinated by the sound of bonfires.

After a long time, there was a burst of cheers next to the bonfire, followed by whispers.

Ma Cheng looked at his subordinates who were caught in the discussion and laughed. Many people couldn't fall asleep that night. They were talking about the Western war that the commander personally explained. The understanding of the concept of horse-riding infantry became profound.

Isn’t the soldiers just infantry riding horses? Or they can be called light cavalry. The mobile advantage of the light cavalry was fully demonstrated in this battle. No wonder the general hid a total of 20,000 horses in the dense forest behind the front line.

The handsome guy is already confident.

The next day, the morale of the Ming army rose unprecedentedly.

The Dutch army mustered up the courage to slowly push the cannons up, but the muddy land after the rain made the transportation of the six-pound cannons extremely difficult. The Ming army hid behind the wall and sat and waited for a morning before the Dutch people picked up the cannons.
Chapter completed!