The casualties on both sides are constantly rising!
But overall, the casualties of the Ming army defending the city were much less than those of the Qing army.
One is because of the commanding position of the Ming army, and the other is because of the fortifications on the bastion.
Although the Qing army moved several small cannons into the ditch outside the fortress, the shells of those small cannons were all solid bullets or cannonballs.
They all rely on kinetic energy to kill enemies!
Due to the existence of the wall stacks, the fortress head formed an inflected surface, so solid bullets and shotgun shells could cause little casualties to the Ming army.
Unless the Ming army happened to stick its head out, aim downward and shoot, and was hit by a cannonball, it would not be that easy for the Qing army's artillery to cause damage to the Ming army.
What really caused a lot of damage to the Ming army defending the city was not the artillery of the Qing army, but the archers of the Qing army.
Every time, a Ming army musketeer poked his head out and fired at the Qing army below the city.
The rain of arrows from the Qing army came over almost without missing a beat!
The archers of the Qing army were very accurate in their shooting skills, and their arrows almost never missed.
It caused huge damage to the Ming army!
Especially those Manchu soldiers who used heavy arrows. Even Ming soldiers wearing armor could not withstand the arrows they shot.
There was a fierce exchange of fire between the two sides, the sound of musket shooting and the trembling of bowstrings were heard one after another.
The battle situation fell into a stalemate, but judging from the exchange ratio, the Ming army did not suffer a loss.
Every time, the Qing army suffered a large number of casualties, while the Ming army suffered very few casualties!
After all, the defense of the bastion is no joke!
The Ming army had previously attacked the Dutch and Spanish bastions, which was why it was so successful.
It relies not only on trench digging, but also on the fire coverage of explosive shells.
Every time the Ming army attacked, they would first use explosive bombs and carry out saturation bombing to suppress the enemy's firepower, and then the infantry would board the city.
Although the Qing army could learn the Ming army's siege tactics, they could not obtain the explosive shells that the Ming army used to suppress fire.
Therefore, their imitation can only produce a four-dimensional imitation!
The digging of trenches indeed reduced the casualties suffered by the Qing army during the attack, but it was still impossible to capture a bastion.
Shi Lang slowly exhaled a breath and then spoke.
"The Ming thieves' siege method is indeed good. During the attack, the casualties suffered by our Qing troops were significantly reduced."
"But this is not enough!"
Those who were sent to the front line to shoot against the Ming army were all elite archers from the Qing army.
Now, those archers are being consumed at a terrifying speed!
Every moment, mutilated corpses or Qing archers with broken arms and legs were being carried down.
Among them, the Eight Banners soldiers who used Manchurian bows, who were focused on taking care of the rifled guns of the Ming army, suffered many casualties.
Duolong looked at the corpses of the Manchu soldiers being carried down one after another, his face looking extremely ugly.
The musketeers of the Ming army are worthless, and a farmer can be on the battlefield with just a month or two of training.
But the archers of the Qing army are not so easy to train!
To train a qualified archer, it will take at least two or three years of effort.
Not to mention the current casualty ratio between the two sides, which is almost astonishing ten to one or twenty to one.
Even if they exchange one for one, the Qing army will still lose blood!
Musketeers are called the cheapest unit, not without reason.
"Admiral Shi, we can't continue fighting like this!"
"It's better to wait for the miners from Jiangnan to come over, and then prepare to dig tunnels and blow up the city!"
Doron said.
If they continue to fight like this, even if the Qing army can capture Zhoushan, the elite of the Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River will be wiped out.
Shi Lang also nodded and said calmly.
"Okay, order people to withdraw!"
The harsh sound of ringing gold resounded through the battlefield, and the Qing army withdrew from the front line like a tide.
The fighting is temporarily suspended!
Except for the Ming navy's navy that wandered back from time to time to harass the Qing army, the war entered a confrontation stage.
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The confrontation between the two sides has lasted for more than ten days.
During this period of time, the archers of the Qing army ran outside the fortress to release cold arrows from time to time.
The rifle gunners of the Ming army were also hidden in the darkness. As long as the Qing army showed up outside the city, they would pull the trigger.
A back-and-forth confrontation between the two sides!
From time to time, the sound of trembling bowstrings and the crisp sound of gunshots could be heard inside and outside the fortress.
Facing the rifled gunners of the Ming army, the archers of the Qing army did not take much advantage.
Zhao Xiaosi climbed onto the crenel, aiming his gun outside.
He was a rifleman in the Ming army. Before joining the anti-Qing rebels in Zhoushan, he was the best hunter in the village.
All thanks to his sensitive eyes!
After the Liberation Army took over Zhoushan and reorganized the rebel army in Zhoushan.
Zhao Xiaosi was valued and trained as a rifle shooter.
After receiving a period of intense training, he successfully became a rifleman of the Ming Army.
He tried hard to adjust his breathing rate and stared unblinkingly at the area he was responsible for outside the city.
Suddenly, he saw a bush swaying, and a bright light flashed, which was the reflection of the bubble nails on the Qing army's cotton armor.
Zhao Xiaosi took a deep breath, adjusted his breathing, and based on his own experience, judged the impact of wind direction and speed on shooting accuracy.
After a while, a Qing archer carefully poked his head out from the bushes, bent his bow and nocked an arrow, intending to shoot a cold arrow in the direction of the fortress.
However, this Qing army archer has just poked his head out!
Snapped!
A gunshot rang out, and the cotton armor worn by this Qing army archer failed to block the bullets fired by the rifled gun.
In just an instant, a ball of blood burst out from the chest of the Qing archer.
The corpse fell to the ground, twitched slightly for a while, and then made no movement at all.
Zhao Xiaosi took out a knife and made a notch on the butt of his favorite gun.
This means that he killed another Qing prisoner!
At this time, there were already eight scratches of the same length on the butt of his gun.
After doing this, he got up from the ground, ready to load his musket and prepare for the next sniper attack.
The shooting accuracy of a rifled gun is not bad, but it is just a muzzle-loading gun.
When loading, you need to get up from the ground to complete a complete set of loading actions.
Zhao Xiaosi took out the purge bar from under the gun body, cleaned the gun chamber, and then took out the paper-cased fixed ammunition.
Bite open the package with your teeth, pour the granulated gunpowder into the gun chamber, and then stuff a mini bullet into the gun chamber.
Finally, compact it with strips...
Suddenly, Zhao Xiaosi felt a chill in his back, as if he was being targeted by some ferocious beast. His body subconsciously leaned back and fell to the ground.
With a hiss, an armor-piercing arrow commonly used by the white-armored soldiers of the Qing army flew past his cheek!
With a crashing sound, the armor-piercing arrow left a bloody gash on his face and then hit the wall of the fortress.
After the arrow and the wall sparked a little, the arrow was deeply embedded in the wall.
Zhao Xiaosi was lying on the ground, panting heavily, and waves of fear surged up like a tide.
Just...just a little bit, he was going to die here!
The next moment, there was a crisp sound, and a Ming Army rifle gunner not far from Zhao Xiaosi pulled the trigger.
The Qing archer outside the fortress who fired a cold arrow at Zhao Xiaosi was killed instantly!
The man lay on the ground without getting up, but moved towards the wall stacks on the side little by little.
After arriving at the wall, he stood up and leaned against the wall, looked towards Zhao Xiaosi, and asked.
"Xiaosi, are you okay?"
Zhao Xiaosi nodded and said.
"It's okay. I still want to avenge my parents and kill a few more Tatars. How can I die here!"