López only glanced at it, and saw that there were at least a thousand people, and he was immediately alarmed, and hurriedly ordered his soldiers to return to the city walls.

He also wanted to transfer soldiers from the east and west to assist in the defense, but he had to report to the adjutant that the Ming troops from several other directions were also surrounding him at the same time, so he had to give up.

Once the Portuguese soldiers on the northern wall were back in position, the infantry mounted their Spanish heavy muskets on the breastwork and aimed them down the city, while the artillerymen scrambled to adjust their muzzles and prepare to reload their shells.

"Hold on!" López personally commanded, "The enemy is still far away!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a deafening loud noise, and in an instant, more than 20 shells accurately hit the city wall of Macao, shaking all the soldiers to stagger.

López's face changed greatly, why did the Ming army suddenly have so many more cannons, so why did they only use seven or eight cannons to shoot just now.

Naturally, he didn't know that according to Zhu Linmiao's arrangement, all the twenty-four cannons of the Long Wei Army's artillery were divided into three groups, and they had been taking turns firing the cannons for test firing.

In the previous bombardment of the hour or so, all the artillerymen had already made dozens of attempts to figure out the firing parameters for accurately hitting the city wall.

All they did was to be able to fire a salvo at the moment of the infantry attack, suppressing the Portuguese with the most intense artillery bombardment.

More than 20 shells kept pouring down on the city wall less than 60 zhang wide at a very fast speed, and in particular, another shell fell on the wall, instantly smashing five or six people into pieces, and falling far into the city.

The soldiers defending the city were all pale with shock, they had not experienced artillery bombardment, but the rate of fire of the Ming army's artillery was faster than that of muskets, and the accuracy was also extremely high, and almost every shot could hit the city wall.

You must know that the training volume of the artillery of the Dragon Guard Army is greater than that of the French army, which is known as the head of European artillery. At the same time, their aiming skills and sights also surpassed those of their contemporaries, and with fixed ammunition packs and ignition tubes to increase the rate of fire, these more than twenty guns burst out regardless of attrition, and the suppression effect even exceeded the forty or fifty cannons of the Portuguese!

The hands of the Portuguese artillerymen carrying gunpowder and shells trembled, and it took a long time for one of the eight cannons at the north side of the city to be loaded.

The artillery commander was about to give the order to open fire, and when he raised his eyes to look down at the city, he saw that the Ming cavalry had rushed to a distance of two or three hundred yards from the city wall. This distance should be best shot with shotguns, he hesitated, but did not dare to delay any longer to change the shells, and shouted the order, "Fire!" ”

At the same time, the Ming cavalry under the city unexpectedly raised their guns at the same time, and sat on the saddle to aim at the head of the city of Macao for a volley.

The Portuguese at the head of the city were not afraid, such a long distance, Mo said that it was impossible to shoot accurately, and when the musket was fired from the back, the bullet could not fly so far at all.

But the Portuguese gunnern immediately heard a muffled grunt around him, but he did not hear the cannon roar. He hurriedly looked back, and saw that his ignition and loader had been shot in the head and chest, respectively, and had fallen in a pool of blood.

How is this possible?! He looked around in horror again, and at least twenty Portuguese soldiers had been killed at the head of the city, and this was still because of the breastwork, otherwise the casualties would have been more than doubled!

The dragon guards, who had already fired at the city, quickly dismounted and reloaded, and another group of soldiers behind them immediately arrived and fired a volley at the city. By the time the third team had finished shooting, the first shot was close to reloading......

After a long time, the Portuguese gunner, who had lost his ignition and loader, finally climbed to the side of the cannon at the risk of death, picked up the starting fire pole and fired the first shot.

But then, a dense stream of Minnie bullets from under the city came at him in the face, and the bullets clanged on the cannon, so frightened that he quickly got under the cannon and did not dare to move again.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the 1,000 Dragon Guards on the north side of Macao had completed the suppression of the Portuguese fire at the head of the city.

In the city of Macau, all the Portuguese musketeers were stunned by the first two volleys of the Dragon Guard, and they hid under the breastwork in fear and did not dare to take the lead.

Their muskets barely reached the Ming army in the case of a down-and-down fire, and they were much smaller in number, relying only on a condescending shooting superiority.

But now, this advantage is lost in front of the advanced muskets of the Dragon Guard. Under such circumstances, no one dared to shoot at the Ming army, which was more than ten times more numerous than them.

In fact, even if the Portuguese were desperate to shoot at each other, with the shooting accuracy of the smoothbore guns in their hands, I am afraid that they would have been killed before they could cause any damage.

López also cowered under his breastwork, and he glanced around, and in just a few moments, the defenders had lost more than sixty percent of their soldiers. The city's cannons were completely silent after two fires - the cannon was fired from standing, and the enemy fire below the city was not only dense but also extremely accurate, and standing up was almost deadly!

Why hasn't anyone come for reinforcements yet?! He looked anxiously at the east and west sides of the city, neither side heard the movement of the battle, and he should be able to draw troops, but quickly!

But then, there was a muffled sound from under the city, and then two extra-large iron balls fell from the sky and landed in front of López. The shells smashed gravel and clods of earth all over the air, and several more people were killed in an instant.

López gritted his teeth and looked down into the city, and saw two swarthy and stubby cannons less than three hundred yards from the city, and the Ming army was loading shells in the chambers.

Mortar ...... He suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

Below the city were the two twenty-four-pounder mortars of the Dragon Guard.

Because this kind of curved artillery can't smash the city wall, it can only kill and injure the people in the city, and the siege battles before the Long Wei Army, such as the siege of Nanchang, are mostly Ming people in the city. It's because these two cannons have never had a chance to play since they were built.

But in this attack on Macau, the city was basically filled with Portuguese and some Southeast Asian helpers, and there was no need to feel distressed at all, so Zhu Linmiao did not hesitate to ask Chen Xiongfei to bring the mortar cannon as well.

Two large water tank-like mortars fired incessantly into the city, and twenty-four pounds of iron balls were shot into the air at a great angle, and then smashed into the city or fell on the top of the city.

Subsequently, some soldiers of the Dragon Guard Army took time to erect dozens of siege ladders on the city wall of Macao. In a low city like Macao, which is two feet high, soldiers with better skills can climb it almost in two or three arrows.

Du Chen looked numbly at the ruins not far from his office, just now, a huge cannonball hit there, and now the city was in a panic.

Immediately, a soldier covered in blood slammed the door and said in a panic: "Your Excellency, Major López asked me to tell you...... The defenders north of the city have lost their combat effectiveness......

"In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, he asks for your approval to surrender."