But the atmosphere on the Spanish side was a bit solemn.
Colonel Robin squinted his eyes and held the telescope in the palm of his hand. Unexpectedly, veins had popped out, and his face was frighteningly gloomy.
He let out a heavy breath and gave an order.
"Keep firing, don't stop!"
"All the artillery fire together, the heavy artillery attacks the bastion, and the light artillery suppresses the firepower of the enemy fort!"
"The infantry prepares to attack!"
"kill!"
"..."
Boom! Boom!
Boom boom boom!
The sound of cannons sounded like thunder, one after another.
In the Spanish artillery array, there were a total of ten artillery pieces, large and small, and they fired continuously.
Especially the two heavy siege artillery, their momentum is simply terrifying!
During the roar of the artillery, the smoke almost obscured everything!
Cannonballs with a diameter of more than ten centimeters, carrying terrifying kinetic energy, hit the bastion of the Liberation Army one after another.
But the bastion still stands in place, unmoving!
On the contrary, the mountain wall near the bastion was affected, the cannonballs hit the mountain wall, and the rocks fell down.
The eight small cannons were also firing continuously. The shells were aimed at the fort on the bastion of the Liberation Army, and they kept firing, hoping to suppress the firepower projection of the Liberation Army.
Boom! Boom!
The sound of artillery fire continued one after another. When the artillery shells landed on the fort, they would be bounced off the dome of the fort and lose their kinetic energy.
Although the bombardment was astonishing, it could not cause many casualties to the Liberation Army.
Although the main body of the stone and cement building is not as hard as reinforced concrete, it cannot be moved by solid cannonballs.
Amid the rumble of cannons, Robin ordered the infantry to attack.
Robin's men now control a total of 4,000 Pampanga natives, including the losses from the two previous attacks and the reinforcements sent to him by Governor Barossa.
Robin divided the four thousand Pampanga natives into four thousand-man teams, and took turns attacking the bastion of the Liberation Army.
Amidst the loud shouts of killing, a team of thousands of Pampanga natives formed a skirmish formation and launched an attack on the bastion.
In the first two attacks, the Pampanga people used a relatively dense formation and were beaten in the face by the Liberation Army with shotguns and volley guns in front of the bastion, causing a large number of casualties.
Now it was time to launch the third attack, and the Pampanga people finally learned their lesson.
Instead of forming a dense array and using their bodies to resist bullets and artillery shells, they adopted skirmish line tactics to attack.
It's said to be a tactic, but it's actually not rigorous.
People in Pampanga do not have such good brains to figure out skirmishing tactics that are ahead of their time.
The biggest difference between their skirmishing tactics and the previous tactics is that in the past, they gathered people together and rushed forward, while in skirmishing, they scattered people and rushed forward.
Other than that, there is no difference!
Quite simple and crude!
Facing the Pampanga people coming like a tide, the fort on the fort also opened fire.
boom!
boom!!
boom!!!
The firepower of the fort was much denser than that of the Spanish's previous two attacks.
The three artillery pieces fired alternately, all firing shotgun shells.
But the Franco machine gun didn't fire!
Because although the Folang machine gun has a fast rate of fire, its power is really not good. Even if it fires solid shells, the range is only one or two hundred meters.
If you shoot shotgun, the range will only be closer!
It's tens of meters up to the sky, and no matter how far it is, it won't do any damage.
This range is worse than that of a musket!
In other words, if the Liberation Army wants to use the Franco machine cannon to shoot shotguns, it will be useless unless the opponent is close to them.
The artillery fired a dense barrage of lead bullets, causing huge damage to the charging Pampanga people.
Although the Pampanga people attacked in a skirmish line, the terrain in front of the bastion was too narrow.
Even though they spread people out as much as possible, the crowd was still very dense.
Although it was not as exaggerated as the previous two attacks where one shot of shotgun could kill or injure dozens or twenty people.
But with one shot of shotgun, it's not a problem to kill or injure six or seven people!
The casualties among Pampanga people are still frighteningly high!
During the attack, corpses once again filled the open space in front of the bastion.
Boom!
The Spanish artillery array was also firing with full force, but their firing seemed to be incompetent and furious.
Cannonballs hit the bastion one after another. Although they destroyed a lot of parapets and crenellations, and also caused certain casualties to the soldiers of the Liberation Army defending the city, they could not damage the main building of the bastion at all.
The Pampanga natives finally withstood the bombardment and rushed to the foot of the bastion, but at this moment, the Franco machine gun in the fort opened fire.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom...
In the blink of an eye, the Franco machine gun fired four or five times.
The shots were shot with shotguns!
The dense barrage swept everything in front.
A large number of Pampanga people fell down in unison, and screams and wails continued to sound.
The Pampanga people who finally rushed to the foot of the bastion despite their casualties collapsed, threw away their weapons, turned around and fled.
Colonel Robin watched helplessly as the Pampanga people were defeated again, and ordered with a gloomy face.
"The 1,000-man team withdraws to repair, while the 2,000-man team continues the attack!"
Amid the shouts of killing, another thousand people rushed towards the bastion of the Liberation Army.
After a long time, the thousand men could not withstand the casualties and collapsed, and Robin continued to order the third thousand men to attack.
Thousand-man troops from the four Pampanga tribes took turns to attack!
The sound of artillery fire from the Liberation Army never stopped. The entire open space in front of the bastion was filled with the smell of blood, and a large number of corpses were lying densely.
Robin looked gloomy, now all his hopes were on the Igorots!
Since the bastion cannot be attacked from the front, he can only hope that the Liberation Army will cause chaos behind the scenes!
Four Pampanga thousand-man troops took turns attacking two or three times, but still could not break the city.
But under Robin's forced order, they had no choice but to continue their attack.
Robin ordered the Spanish musketeers at his disposal to form a tight formation, raise their muskets, and aim forward.
However, the target was not the Liberation Army on the bastion, but the Pampanga natives who had fled and were unwilling to continue the attack.
Obviously, Robin was not willing to let the Spanish musketeers carry the artillery fire of the Liberation Army and go to the bastion to shoot with the Liberation Army.
Because he knew that as long as a Spaniard entered the battlefield and entered the artillery range of the Liberation Army, he would definitely be "focused on" by the Liberation Army's artillery.
Robin was reluctant to let the Spanish musketeers die!
But someone has to attack the city!
In order to prevent the Spaniards from going forward to die, we had to trouble the Pampanga people to die as cannon fodder!
If anyone dares to disobey orders and retreat.
Robin would not hesitate at all before ordering the musketeers to fire, giving the ignorant natives a powerful look.
Since the Pampanga natives don't want to show dignity, then Colonel Robin has no choice but to help them show respect!
"Colonel, we really can't hold on any longer!"
"We need to fix it!"
Lone Wolf said with a pleading look on his face.
"The blood of our tribe's warriors will soon be lost under this fortress!"
Robin said with a cold face.
"Now, immediately, immediately, take your people and continue the attack!"
"I don't want to say it a second time!"
The lone wolf looked ugly and was shaking with anger.
Aboriginal lives matter!
These damn Spaniards simply don’t take the lives of their natives seriously!