However, unexpectedly, the shrill bamboo whistle suddenly rang. The Ming soldiers who were running away stopped miraculously, turned around, crowded with people, raised rows of muskets and headed towards the Netherlands in pursuit.

The soldiers beat a row of guns, and some extremely fierce swords and axemen even launched a counterattack with bare shirtlessness. They used a one-handed axe and a short knife to slash the chaotic Dutch soldiers into a mess, completely defeating two thousand Dutch soldiers before they retreated.

Dutch commander Sir Putmans was stunned and put down his telescope and wiped his eyes hard. The Portuguese officer beside him was also in an uproar. What did we see just now? A Ming army stopped miraculously while running away.

The fight back is back, is this the Ming army? Doesn’t it mean that the army was very embarrassed by the Jurchens in the north, and even the capital could not be defended.

The Dutch were stunned and watched the Ming army running around the mountains and fields, Sa Ya ran behind the third wall. Even the most optimistic Dutch officers were numb. They could fight back when they ran away, even in Europe.

What several countries can do is very few, and a few elite Spanish troops may do it, and some elite Dutch troops can do it, but I can't figure out why the Ming soldiers can do this. This is really amazing.

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Some of the officers who have experienced many battles have a desire to retreat, but there is no way out for the Dutch Kingdom in this battle!

The entire kingdom has put together such a powerful fleet and spent a lot of money to hire mercenaries in order to open up the Strait of Malacca. The consequences of retreating were that the Dutch Kingdom could not bear. If it could not open up the seafood of Malacca, the entire army would have to retreat to Java.

, Then what to do? Will the Ming army fight for a long time? The Ming army does not have to worry about supply when fighting locally, but the Dutch army cannot do it. How is this possible for transportation of supplies from locally to Java?

There was no way out of this battle, and the army commander Sir Putmans had to bite the bullet and order an attack.

It started to rain again in the afternoon. This time, the Dutch had learned their lessons long ago. They used banana leaves to weave clothes to cover the rain, and kept their ammunition in their arms. This war was later called the half-day war, because the two armies could only spend the morning every day.

When fighting, sheltering from the rain in the afternoon, this is the rainy season in Southeast Asia.

In seven days, the Dutch army advanced less than ten miles and captured five lines of defense of the Ming army.

It is said that the five lines of defense are actually five simple walls, or simple walls made of earth. After seven days, the tired Dutch soldiers had to stop and rest and replenish supplies. The Dutch fleet that always controlled the Malacca seafood was not allowed to return to Java to transport supplies.

, ammunition, and a large number of indigenous laborers. The heavy handling work made the Dutch sailors miserable, and the fleet had to go to Java to catch some indigenous people to engage in heavy physical work.

The Dutch army was in a rest and Yuan Keli, who was guarding Malacca City, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ma Cheng led the main force of the Ming army to fight and retreat, but Malacca City is defending the dead. The five thousand Ming troops under Yuan Keli's command suffered heavy casualties, with more than half of them, and the Dutch army also suffered more than one thousand people. The one-to-two battle loss was

Yuan Keli was completely disgraced, and the pride of scholars was beaten away. At the most dangerous time, he was almost driven out of Malacca City. Malacca City must not be lost. Once it was thrown to the Dutch, it would become a temptation to lure the enemy into the depth.

A big joke.

Once the city of Malacca was occupied, the Dutch army had a solid bridgehead.

The enemy has a strong bridgehead, and there is something to talk about luring the enemy into the deep, so Malacca City must not be lost. Yuan Keli lost all his face and had to ask for help. Ma Cheng naturally would not blame him, the Dutch army used a large amount of it.

Artillery, bombardment across the river, is inevitable, and a large number of casualties are the same as defending to the death and retreating. The next second phase of the battle is of great importance and determines the success or failure of this battle.

The Dutch must launch a fierce attack. There is still a fierce battle in Malacca City on the western front. The southern front is a matter of fighting and retreating. The southern side of the Malay Peninsula is so wide, the widest part is only six hundred miles, and the narrow part is only three or four hundred.

In the next few days, you will have no choice but to retreat. Playing in such a strategic depth can lure the enemy into the depth, and it is also walking on the blade. Of course, it makes sense for Macheng to dare to fight like this, because the Malay Peninsula is full of

A dense forest of soldiers.

Outside the front line of fifty miles north and south, the Ming army hid ambush and horses in the dense forest.

The dense forest where soldiers can be hidden greatly makes up for the shortcomings of strategic depth. Next, only the ambush can be brought out at the right time to encircle it. This time is still very early, at least it must be maintained until the Dutch army is exhausted.

If it is gone, the ammunition will be exhausted, or if it succeeds in a sneak attack on Java.

Two days later, the bloody battle in the Malacca River was in full swing.

The Dutch army concentrated artillery fire and bombarded fiercely for two days. The Ming army's artillery battalion finally couldn't hold on anymore. The artillery still dropped and carried the colleagues to retreat. The Ming army infantry, who lacked artillery fire protection, fell into a tough battle. The Dutch army drove away the natives of Malacca and soon went on

Dozens of pontoon bridges were built on the river, and a large number of Dutch spearmen rushed across the pontoon bridge like a tide. After suffering heavy casualties, the Dutch spearmen finally broke into the Ming army's position on the other side of the river, and the two sides launched a fierce street battle.

After crossing the bridge, there were several barricades guarding the Ming army. Behind the barricade, Ming soldiers desperately fired a roulette of guns. Dutch soldiers kept rolling and falling to the ground on the street, but more soldiers stepped on their comrades on the ground without stopping and approached them.

At about fifty steps, the Dutch musketeers who were swarming in fired one after another, and there was no queue at this time.

A Ming army officer waved his hand and summoned his soldiers to launch a counter-charge. Suddenly, a violent explosion sounded violently, and white smoke rose from the front of the rioters. A small cannon's iron shell would lead the lead. A rioter was smashed into pieces, almost facing the fire.

The shooting made the soldiers feel like they were shaking the ground. Two three-pound cannons loaded with shotguns and shot out a pound of iron at a speed of five rounds per minute. The iron bullet easily tear all the human bodies they touched at close range.

The broken limbs and pieces of meat flew at the bridgehead. The front row of the Dutch army seemed to be swept by a meat grinder. The broken human body was covered with the ground. The scene like hell made the excited Dutch army's offensive collapse. The Dutch soldiers screamed in shock.

Retreat behind.

Soon, under the reprimand of the officers, the Dutch soldiers launched a charge again.

The two three-pound cannons were quickly exhausted and they shot fiercely. The Ming army hiding behind the barricade also suffered casualties because the casualties were too dense.

The Ming military officer's face was covered with blood and said furiously: "Those who retreated will die!"

The Ming soldiers on the edge of life and death howled exhausted, crowded into a ball in the middle, with a small number of yelling with mental breakdown. As the casualties worsened, the Ming army's firepower weakened, and a large number of Dutch soldiers rushed into twenty steps again, ammunition

The Ming army, who was about to end, collapsed and turned around and fled, but was pushed back by the colleagues who were following up. The bloody battle continued until the black sky, with blazing fire on both sides of the Malacca River, and the two armies soon fell into a more tragic hand-to-hand combat.

The Dutch army continued to cross the pontoon bridge and joined the battlefield. Three barricades defeated the Dutch army several attacks under the Ming army's persistence. Several small cannons were hot and could not play a role. The Ming army could only use its own fire.

Guns and cold weapons defended, and after the firepower was weakened, the Dutch army continued to attack the barricade. The front-line Ming army officer decisively gave up the barricade and retreated across the board. At the same time, the barricade was lit to prevent the enemy from attacking. The Ming army stored a large amount of tung oil in the houses in advance.
Chapter completed!