On the seventh day of the first lunar month in the 23rd year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou stood on the ruins of the fortress and looked at the city of San Salvador in the distance with a telescope.
San Salvador City is a stronghold established by the Spanish in northern Taiwan. It was built in 1626, the sixth year of the Apocalypse. The Dutch established a stronghold in the southern part of Taiwan in the fourth year of the Apocalypse. The Spaniards also entered Taiwan two years later.
Later, San Salvador Castle was built in Keelung.
However, for the Spaniards who occupied most of Latin America, the most lacking thing was men. The Spaniards really could not find enough manpower to conquer northern Taiwan. The number of troops in San Salvador was always less than 200 people.
Compared with the Dutch city of Jelandja, which has thousands of people, San Salvador seems weak.
In fact, in the original history that was not changed by Li Zhi, the Dutch annexed San Salvador. However, due to Li Zhi's crossing, history changed. The Dutch were expelled from Taiwan Island by Li Zhi early, and the Spanish
The people's stronghold in Keelung was very stable and became the last European stronghold on Taiwan Island.
But this stronghold will soon become history.
In the concept of Zu Dashou, who has commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, San Salvador in the telescope is a very small castle. The entire castle is in the shape of a six-pointed star, with a length and width of only fifty meters. There are some stone masonry above the bastion.
The single-story building forms the main building of the entire castle.
There are also some small stone blockhouses outside the castle, called guard forts, withdrawal forts, barrel forts, etc.
The Spaniards also tried to prevent Zu Dashou's soldiers from landing at the Port of Keelung. Yesterday afternoon, the Spanish guard officer of San Salvador led a hundred people to guard the dock. As a result, they were blown away by the explosive bombs on the armored ship and fled back to the castle in a panic.
But it is not safe to return to the castle.
In one morning, the artillerymen under Zu Dashou's command blew up all the stone bunkers near San Salvador into rubble. Then the soldiers set up a large-caliber twenty-four-pound rifled cannon outside San Salvador and aimed it six miles away.
Spanish castle outside.
There were also cannons in the castle, and the two sides began to shoot at each other.
Only a few thunderous sounds were heard, and seven or eight artillery shells crossed the sky and were fired towards Zu Dashou's artillery. But the distance was too far, and the solid shells encountered irregular air resistance when flying through the air.
The effect is not accurate.
Round artillery shells landed sparsely dozens of meters away from the artillery, and plunged into the soil.
Zu Dashou narrowed his eyes and smiled.
This is the first time that Zu Dashou leads an army independently after defecting to Li Zhi. Being able to independently lead a thousand men to attack the city also reflects Li Zhi's trust in Zu Dashou. Zu Dashou hopes to complete this task well so that Li Zhi can be more capable.
Take a good look at yourself.
Of course, with Li Zhi's Tiger Army armed to the teeth with all kinds of equipment, it would not be difficult to demolish the Spanish's small castle.
Zu Dashou waved his hand: "Fire!"
The flag commander waved the flag, and fifty rifled cannons opened fire. The recoil of the salvo of fifty twenty-four-pound cannons was so amazing that Zu Dashou felt the ground beneath his feet shake violently, and then he heard the deafening shelling.
Voice.
In the huge flames, cone-shaped explosive shells were shot towards the castle six miles away.
Zu Dashou steadied his feet on the shaking ground and was secretly speechless. Although he had gradually become accustomed to the equipment and firepower of the Tiger and Ben Army, he was still a little surprised by the twenty-four-pound heavy artillery of this newly assembled unit.
Compared with round solid bullets, rotating conical bullets flew more stably in the air, and their accuracy was several times that of smoothbore cannons. In the first shot, 60% of the fifty rounds of explosive bullets were shot into the Spaniard's gun.
In the castle, there was an explosion that swept across the castle.
There are more than 20 kilograms of nitrocellulose and crushed steel slag in the shells of the 24-pound rifled gun. The shock wave can cover more than ten meters around. More than 20 shells exploded in the small bastion, and the damage caused can be imagined.
Know.
With just one round of shelling, the Spanish bastion was blown into a bloody hell.
Various stone buildings were blown to pieces and collapsed. Soldiers who were blown away by the shock wave, cut by steel slag and crushed by collapsed buildings were everywhere, screaming and moaning.
One of the Spanish's eight city defense cannons was blown up, and the artilleryman of another cannon was half killed by explosive shells, making it impossible to fight.
The Spanish soldiers who were still alive were pale and trembling.
Where have they seen such powerful explosive bombs?
And it was shot from a distant place six miles away.
However, the Spanish officers still had discipline. Amidst the officers' scoldings, the six city defense guns that could still be used were loaded with shells, and the Spanish fired back at the Tiger Army.
The round solid artillery shell was thrown from the sky, drawing six parabolas in the sky, and landed dozens of meters away from the artillery.
The one closest to the target was also missed by more than ten meters.
Zu Dashou shook his head and said: "The weapons of the Western barbarians are so backward, but they are so barbaric. These barbarians dare to use such a weak army to kill unarmed people. They are really vicious. How can they escape the prince's thunderous revenge?"
With a wave of his hand, Zu Dashou said loudly: "Blow up! Blow up these beasts who are slaughtering our Han people!"
"Boom boom boom boom!"
The muzzle of the twenty-four-pounder gun spit out fury and fired heavy shells at the white people who invaded Asia. Fifty shells were like a meteor shower, hitting the San Salvador Castle at high speed.
This time, after adjusting the angle after the first round of shelling, all fifty shells were fired into the bastion, setting off an iron-blooded storm.
The shock wave and flames swept across the small bastion like a storm, leaving almost no corner untouched. Some Spanish soldiers were thrown into the sky by the air waves set off by the explosion, screaming and flying three or four meters before falling down.
His internal organs were shattered into a blur of blood, and he was dead as soon as he fell to the ground.
The stone buildings in the castle collapsed in the successive explosions, collapsing like piles of sand. The dust ejected after the stone was exploded and the black smoke formed after the explosion of nitrocellulose shrouded the top of the castle, immediately covering the castle.
The entire view of the castle is blocked.
Another cannon of the six urban defense artillery groups was directly blown up, and three other artillery groups were swept by the shock wave, killing a large number of artillerymen and unable to compete with the heavy artillery of the Huben Army.
The small bastion was filled with blood and minced meat. It could no longer be called a bastion. It could only be described as a ruin.
Of the two hundred Spanish defenders, only a few dozen were left alive in an instant.
The Spanish defense officer was killed by an unknown bomb and fell on the well in the middle of the bastion. His military uniform was still intact, but it seemed that his internal organs had been blown up, and his mouth kept pouring out.
bleed.
The black blood fell into the well, polluting the good water source.
The Spaniards, frightened by the bombing, made a decisive decision, dropped their weapons and raised the white flag.
Zu Dashou saw the Spanish white flag and smiled.
"These Western barbarians are really shameless. When he killed my overseas Han people, he did it regardless of how the people begged for mercy. How dare he surrender when others killed him?"
With a wave of his hand, Zu Dashou shouted loudly: "Blow up! Keep bombing, kill all these barbarians, and don't leave a single corpse behind."
Following Zu Dashou's order, fifty heavy cannons roared again. The shells smashed into the already messy San Salvador Castle, sparks burst out, and the broken bricks and corpses of soldiers were blown into the sky again.
The last few dozen Spanish soldiers hiding among the broken bricks and rubble were also covered by this new shock wave, and lost their lives in an instant.
After three rounds of shelling, there were almost no survivors left in San Salvador Castle.
Zu Dashou looked at the castle with a telescope and said: "Blow him up, bomb him three more times!"
