At the colonial stronghold on Sao Tome Island, the battle between the two sides has entered a fierce stage.
In North Korea under the command of Korbanda, the Persian coalition launched wave after wave of attacks on the strongholds desperately. However, facing the Spanish defenders who had geographical advantages and had been tightly defensive for a long time, they could not take any advantage.
Cheap.
The empty area outside the stronghold was full of corpses, corpses strewn across the field, mourners everywhere, intensive gunshots, billowing smoke, and the ground stained with blood.
Everything tells the story of the cruelty of this battle!
"Start and walk~"
"Ready, aim, fire!"
However, Korbanda never gave up. His troops were arranged neatly, marching in neat steps, straightening their chests with fearless courage, and pressed forward under the intensive gunfire attacks of the Spaniards.
In the musket generation, because the range and hit rate were pitifully low, a dense queue could greatly improve the hit rate. This kind of queue, which would seem extremely ridiculous to later generations, was the mainstream of this generation.
The Ming Empire relied on such a formation to sweep across the Ottoman Empire, which dominated three continents. The opponent had to sign the Erzincan Agreement, which was humiliating and humiliating the country. Now the Persians and Koreans are learning from this.
A large number of soldiers fell on the road ahead, but soon others were replaced, always maintaining an intact queue. When they arrived under the city wall of the stronghold, muskets were aimed at the city head which was not too high.
"Fire!"
Following the order, billowing smoke enveloped the battlefield and was quickly blown away by the strong wind.
On top of the city, the outcropping Spanish defenders were attacked by ruthless bullets, and a large number of soldiers fell head-on.
"Hold it~Hold it~"
Duke Colster waved the cross sword in his hand and kept roaring.
If you can't suppress the opponent's attack and wait for the opponent to break into the stronghold, it will really be over by then. Now it still has the advantage. It is condescending and protected by the walls. The casualty ratio between the two sides is very different. The Spanish side
Has natural advantages.
"Bang~"
A Spanish soldier fell, but immediately another soldier raised his musket and launched a counterattack against the Persian and Korean ranks. There was a burst of strong and intense sounds, and a whole row of people fell down below.
Duke Colster turned his head to look at the port again. The battle at the port was already in full swing. The Korean warships were making deafening roars, and shells continued to fall into the stronghold.
However, the Spaniards, who were already on guard, started to counterattack from the port defense fort. The two sides were going back and forth, whistling shells were flying in the sky, and the scene was extremely lively.
"We can't go on like this, otherwise we will all be ruined on this island."
Korbanda looked at the offensive in front of him with a telescope, but he was still unable to break into the colonial stronghold.
Without a surprise attack, the opponent was well prepared, and there was not much difference in military strength, it would be impossible to capture this colonial stronghold.
"It may be the best choice to break through to the port, seize the Spanish warship and leave."
He looked at the Spanish warships in the port, and then began to concentrate his forces to break through the port, preparing to seize the Spanish warships and evacuate here.
As long as we can capture the Spanish warships, half of the combat goal has been accomplished.
However, Duke Colster soon saw Korbanda's intention and quickly ordered: "Hold, hold, drive all the ships into the harbor and leave the dock."
"As long as they don't have a ship, they won't be able to leave here and will inevitably die. After destroying the Persians and Koreans in front of them, it will be easier to attack their colonial strongholds."
In the midst of the crisis, Duke Colster saw a turning point.
As long as they can hold on to the port and save their ships, the Koreans and Persians on the island will definitely not escape death.
They climbed over the jungle to sneak attack, and they didn't even carry heavy artillery, let alone other supplies. As long as they were defended and trapped on the island, the rest could be taken care of slowly.
At this moment, both sides immediately clearly realized the importance of the ships in the port, and both desperately began to seize the port.
"Dong dong~"
The Korean warships outside the harbor also began to attack. Although Liu Sunting did not understand why they were discovered, he also clearly understood the situation in front of him.
The powerful artillery on the warship sprayed terrifying projectiles and hit the Spaniards in the port.
The center of the brutal battle soon moved to the port to snatch this place. Bodies between the two sides were scattered in every corner of the port, and blood stained the water of the port red.
Finally, with internal and external cooperation, Korbanda broke through the defenses outside the port, seized part of the port and docks, and then began to desperately seize the Spanish warships parked in the port.
The Spaniards also did not expect that these people who were originally attacking on land would turn their heads and aim at their own ships. Although some ships had already started, the Persians and Koreans still robbed more than a dozen large ships.
"withdraw!"
Korbanda boarded a warship and issued an order to retreat. If he did not retreat, he would really be unable to escape. spanstyle>谷/spanstyle>
Just looking around the port, there were Spanish musketeers fighting desperately on the shore. In the harbor, the Spanish warships that had been launched one after another also had their ferocious gun holes exposed.
At the fort at the port, the cannons turned around and pointed at themselves at the port. If they wanted to get out, they would have to fight their way out.
"Boom~"
The fighting is still going on. At the docks here and there, dense formations continue to fall with the sound of gunfire. Some have already begun hand-to-hand combat. The bayonets are stabbing each other, making the battle more fierce.
The ship full of soldiers tried to sail out of the port, but it was riddled with holes by cannonballs. With each cannonball, a large number of soldiers were bound to die, because there were too many, too many people.
, densely packed and overcrowded.
As for the soldiers who had not boarded the ship, they were anxious and desperately wanted to board the ship, but sadly they discovered that the ship was slowly driving away.
"kill!"
Korbanda was covered in blood. He looked at the hole beside him that was made by a shell, and he roared hard.
Finally, as if I felt a huge force, a strong wind blew, and the ship with its sails raised quickly walked towards the outside of the port.
"Dong dong~dong dong~"
What greeted them was intensive shell attacks, water columns rising around them, and their whole bodies were soon splashed with sea water. However, no one cared about this now.
The Spanish warships in the harbor were launching fierce attacks. They absolutely could not watch the other side drive their ships away from here.
"Keep them, keep them, don't let any of them go."
Duke Colster roared angrily, he was really too threatening today.
If he hadn't happened to discover them, perhaps at this moment, the colonial stronghold would have been breached, the Spaniards in their sleep would have been killed, and everything in the colonial stronghold would have belonged to the Persians and Koreans.
Their sneak attack plan was so successful that it can be described as perfect.
But God bless Spain, now is a good time to hit the Koreans and Persians hard.
"Fire, fire, cover them!"
Liu Shunting, who had been firing artillery in the open sea, saw that Korbanda had seized more than a dozen warships and was desperately escaping, so he quickly gave the order.
“How on earth did the Spanish discover it?”
"The originally flawless plan ended in such a disastrous failure."
Looking at the port under fire, Liu Shunting closed her eyes helplessly.
For this reason, there is no doubt that this sneak attack ended in failure. Even if it could capture more than a dozen warships, it was still very uneconomical compared to the loss of troops.
What's more, there is still a problem whether the captured warships can be released. Several have been beaten and started to sink, and several others have been riddled with holes. It is unknown how long they can last.
"A miserable failure!"
Liu Shunting closed her eyes. She was defeated so miserably.
I'm afraid it will be a problem even if you want to hold on to the existing colonial stronghold in the future, and the Spaniards will not let go of such a good opportunity.
The only good thing is that the dozen or so warships in his hands are still intact. Having warships here in West Africa means having the right to speak.
Compared with Liu Shunting who was thinking about gains and losses, Korbanda was constantly wandering on the edge of life and death at this moment, with cannonballs falling around him and holes being smashed into the ship.
However, it was still very strong, and a strong wind blew it like an arrow from the string, heading straight overseas.
"Failed~Failed."
"You shouldn't trust these Koreans too much. If Yoo Soon-ting leads his troops directly into the port and is attacked from both inside and outside, we will definitely be able to seize the port quickly, seize more warships, and allow more people to escape smoothly.
Get out of here."
"But he was timid, afraid of death, and afraid of losing his warship, so he just wandered around the outer sea and did not dare to enter the port."
Korbanda looked behind him and saw countless brave Persian warriors lying in a pool of blood and struggling in the sea. However, all this was in vain.
The Spaniards behind them had no intention of letting them go. The whole world was blood red. They were defeated so miserably.
"The days to come will be more difficult. We have lost a lot of troops, and how to hold the colonial stronghold will be a problem."
Korbanda's face was full of sorrow, and the warship he was riding in finally escaped under the bombardment of artillery fire.
However, others did not have such luck as him. Of the dozens of warships that were robbed, only five escaped in the end. After all, 20,000 people landed, and in the end, less than 2,000 people came out alive.
