The first thousand one hundred and sixty-two chapters are like yesterday
Nowadays, the entire Bandan City is facing the threat of war. Once the city is breached, the people inside will definitely not survive. Whether it is military officials or ordinary people, the end will not be good.
In order to survive, and without having to fight with the enemy with bayonets, they just helped load the cannonballs, help load the muskets, and then pull the trigger on the indigenous people outside the city.
This seemingly bloodless battle, with neither side engaging in close combat, looked more like a game than a war!
In this war game, the natives rushed up like a tidal wave, and then were fired upon by the defenders in the city. After sweeping across a large area, they retreated like a tidal wave!
Today's first large-scale attack by the natives failed to even get close to the city wall, let alone climb to the top of the city. Of course, there were also a small number of musketeers and some archers among these natives.
In the first wave of attacks, these people still caused a small number of casualties to the defenders. Two soldiers and militiamen died on the spot, two civilians died in battle, and three other soldiers and civilians were injured!
However, they caused a total of seven casualties to the Tang Dynasty defenders, and the price they paid for eight injuries was that at least more than 300 people fell to the defenders' cannonballs and bullets!
The shelling of dozens of artillery pieces and the firing of hundreds of muskets were enough to kill and injure hundreds of people in a short period of time, causing the offensive forces to falter and then trigger a collapse.
Seeing the natives rushing back within a few minutes, the leader of the pirate gang of the Fourth Fleet, the leader of the pirate gang from behind and nicknamed the Commander, He Ding, the former superintendent general, frowned!
These natives were even more useless than he thought!
According to his plan, he didn't expect these natives to do anything. He just rushed forward to consume the ammunition of the puppet Tang rebels, and used their corpses to cover his artillery troops to advance to a distance of about three hundred meters. That would be enough.
At that time, our own artillery will conduct intensive shelling on the city walls of the puppet Tang rebel army, thus suppressing the artillery strength of the puppet Tang rebel army, and in turn cover the charging indigenous soldiers.
But what he didn't expect was that these natives retreated so quickly. There were nearly 10,000 natives.
Although it is impossible to say that everyone rushed forward in a swarm, well, because the place was not big enough, the first wave of indigenous soldiers who charged were only about three to four thousand people.
But these three to four thousand people only persisted for a few minutes, and then they retreated!
"They are all a bunch of trash. They are barbarians as expected. They are of no use at all!" He Ding frowned and complained directly!
When He Ding complained, the indigenous princes and nobles on the other side also looked panicked!
In this war, it's normal for people to die. They also know that their weapons are not advanced enough. If they want to conquer this kind of fortress, they can only sacrifice their lives. That's why they agreed to He Ding's plan before, allowing their soldiers to attract firepower and provide cover.
The pirate artillerymen came forward.
However, even though they were ready to become cannon fodder, they still did not imagine that the troops who rushed forward would kill and injure more than 300 people in just a few minutes!
Almost = one-tenth of the casualties of the first wave of attacking troops!
And after paying such a heavy price, they didn't even get close to the city wall, let alone rush to the top of the city to fight.
How could this not shock them!
These Tang people, relying on guns and cannons, are simply invincible!
Although these princes and nobles of the Bazhang Kingdom are called indigenous barbarians, they are actually very farsighted. They have been trading with foreign merchants for a long time. Their contacts with India, West Asia and Europe are, to be honest, more than before.
There were many in the Ming Dynasty.
They knew that guns and cannons were powerful, but they didn't know that these Tang people had almost reached the pinnacle of their application!
Although the Portuguese these days also use muskets, the proportion of cold weapon types such as spearmen, sword and shield soldiers in the infantry troops is still more than half.
But as for the army of the Tang Dynasty, their infantry units, except for a very small number of assault battalions specially used for assault operations on the city or heavy armored sword and shield soldiers, the other infantry units were all musketeers!
With the same width, the firepower density of the Tang Army was almost five times that of the Portuguese army or other armies using matchlocks!
And there is only one reason for all this: the flintlock gun!
The flintlock gun allowed the Tang Army to completely eliminate cold weapons such as spearmen, and the distance between musketeers and musketeers could almost be shoulder to shoulder.
With these two items in mind, even the firing rate and power of the flintlock gun are not much different from the matchlock gun, but the close firepower has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Obviously, this was the first time for these natives to experience the intensive firepower of the Tang Army!
The Tang Dynasty's troops in the city were only a few hundred people plus a few hundred civilians at most. How could they cause 300 casualties to their own side in just a few minutes?
They couldn't believe what their eyes were seeing was real!
These indigenous princes and nobles were dumbfounded and didn't know what to do, while He Ding was thinking about how to break the situation.
He has fought many battles with the Puppet Tang Thief Army, so he naturally knows that the Puppet Tang Thief Army has sharp firearms. Otherwise, he would not go through all the troubles to collect the guns and cannons produced by the Puppet Tang Thief Army, and then equip his pirates with them.
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Now, the matchlocks used by his fourth fleet are all made in the Tang Dynasty, and even many parts of the artillery are the same. Even the largest pirate ship in the fleet is also his flagship. They are all stolen goods.
The 450 merchant ship produced by the shipyard!
But he has always wanted to get the flintlock gun but he has not been able to get it!
There was no other way. The puppet Tang rebels regarded the flintlock as a military weapon. All exports were banned, and civilian use was not allowed. They were only equipped with domestic armed forces.
And no matter how awesome the pirates under He Ding are, they can't get a large number of flintlock guns on weekdays!
Of course, if he could break through Wandan City today, he would be able to obtain a large number of flintlock guns, but can he break through this city that looks like a turtle shell?
At this moment, He Ding was deeply suspicious!
I'm afraid this city cannot be conquered, and they have been delaying here for half a month. It may be dangerous if they delay any longer!
Based on his many years of experience fighting against the puppet Tang bandits, he must not look down upon the puppet Tang bandits. At the same time, when feeling in danger, it is wise to run away as soon as possible instead of acting recklessly.
Otherwise, he would not have been able to run all the way from Huguang to Sichuan, and then to Myanmar, and then be able to escape the encirclement and suppression of the Tang Navy and the Portuguese Navy all the way while still working as a pirate.
Now, he felt that there was nothing he could do!
An idea has emerged in my heart, maybe it’s time to retreat!
Anyway, when the Portuguese came to persuade him to attack Bandan City, they had already obtained the benefits, including a total of 500 Portuguese-made matchlocks and ten artillery pieces, as well as tens of thousands in cash.
Since all the benefits have been taken, nothing will be lost if we don't fight. As for the Portuguese who said that there is a lot of money, treasures and goods in the city, if they break the city, they will definitely make a fortune. He also believes that after all, Bandan City is a big city.
The most important fortress and trading city of the Tang Empire in Southeast Asia was definitely rich.
But this is not very attractive to him!
He is a pirate. If he wants money, he can just grab a gun. There is no need to attack Wandan City.
What he values more is ships and weapons, especially the flintlock guns of the Puppet Tang Dynasty. He has wanted them for many years. If he breaks through Wandan City, he will definitely be able to obtain a large number of flintlock guns.
But in this current situation, the feasibility is not great!
Thinking of this, he quietly ordered his subordinates to notify his fleet and prepare to retreat!
As for himself, he is prepared to wait for another two days to see if there are any changes in these two days, and to see if the Portuguese can control the situation.
However, that night he discovered that this battle was really unwinnable, and even the Portuguese were helpless!
Since the attack on the east city wall failed in the morning, the leaders of more than a dozen forces involved in the battle sat together and discussed how to fight.
However, from the discussion in the morning to the evening, no clear explanation was given.
Because in the morning, after seeing the terrifying firepower of the Tang Army, the natives no longer dared to be used as cannon fodder. Without the natives as cannon fodder, it would not be enough to rely on the more than 3,000 pirates to fill them all in.
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That's a bastion. If you don't have more than seven or eight times the strength, don't expect to launch an attack!
This situation also made He Ding feel bored!
He seemed to have seen the past when he was fighting against the puppet Tang rebels at home. It was the same way back then. The adults of each army argued with each other, and no one was willing to sacrifice themselves to help others. As a result, communication between friendly armies often failed, and even
There was no unity, and in the end they were defeated one by one by the puppet Tang bandits.
Nowadays, in addition to the pirate gang of the Fourth Fleet under He Ding, there are also three other pirate forces participating in the war in Wandan City. Otherwise, how could they have collected more than 3,000 pirates?
Even the indigenous people are not actually a unified force. Although they all bear the name of the Bazhang Kingdom, they are actually a coalition of seven princes, nobles and lords.
The coalition army of 20,000 people actually consisted of seven groups of troops, large and small!
This does not include the Portuguese in charge of the central liaison and command.
The Portuguese spent a lot of money to connect them before, and it took half a year for the connection to take shape. However, after the fight started today, although the Portuguese took command, the specific tactics were arranged. These pirates and indigenous people
But he didn’t listen much anymore.
The Tang army's guns were sharp, and the natives wanted to let the pirate artillery units go up first to engage in an artillery battle with the Tang army.
As for the pirates, they want the natives to rush forward first to attract firepower, so that they can successfully carry out artillery fire within range, and then carry out artillery suppression to cover the native infantry to attack the city.
To put it bluntly, pirates don’t want to take risks and are only responsible for providing long-range fire support when it is safe!
Previously, the natives thought it was acceptable because they didn't know the Tang army's firepower was so powerful. But after the battle in the morning, they learned the lesson. Going up first was not to act as cannon fodder to attract the enemy's firepower, but to simply die.
And they believed that even if more than 10,000 natives were filled in, it would probably not be enough time for the pirate artillery to suppress the Tang army's artillery!
In this case, the situation is deadlocked!
When He Ding saw this situation, he immediately remembered the situation in China back then, and then that night, he just took the people away!
When sneaking away in the middle of the night, he also robbed three ships of other pirates. In order to prevent those pirates from chasing him, he also burned most of the remaining ships!
His fourth fleet is now a pirate gang. If you don't grab something from a long trip, you won't be able to explain it to the old, weak, women and children in your hometown!
Pirates have to live a good life too!
As for the other pirates and natives outside Bandan City, what will they do now that they have no ships?