The muzzles of the cannons erupted with fire, and flowering shells rose into the air and smashed into the walls of Batavia. Although the power of the flowering cannonball filled with black [gunpowder] inside the Pen, Fun and Pavilion www.biquge.info cannot be compared with the new flowering cannonball filled with new gunpowder, the explosive power of the cannonball filled with forty catties of gunpowder is not small.

Some of the shells had short fuses and exploded before they hit the walls, sending the bricks flying and the stones cracking. Some of the shells were cut to be long, and after the shells hit the wall, they broke cracks in the wall and then fell at the foot of the wall and exploded.

Three shells hit a rhomb, two of which had short-cut fuses and exploded outside the fort. There was also a shell with a longer fuse cut, and the shell pierced the roof of the fort and exploded inside the fortress.

"Boom" made a loud noise, the stones in the castle flew sideways, the fire splashed out from the shooting hole, and the interior of this Lingbao was blown to pieces, and the impact of the internal explosion left countless cracks on the outer wall of the Lingbao.

After continuous shelling, the Dutch in the city sensed that the end was approaching and fidgeted.

The mortar began to bombard the fort at the head of the city, and many flowering shells fell on the fort and exploded, and some powder kegs were detonated, and the explosions on the Dutch battery were continuous, the fire flickered, the smoke billowed out, and one cannon after another was blown up from the base, rolling and falling in the air.

After two full days of shelling, the Dutch's batteries and the Lingbao were destroyed, and the castle was deprived of long-range fire that could suppress the opponent's artillery.

"All the enemy's artillery has been destroyed by us! Let's set up the direct-fire cannon now and bombard me at the head of the city!" Zhang Yukun gave the order.

The Ming army carried all kinds of direct-fire artillery overnight, and even the 24-pounder and 18-pounder cannons that were moved down from the battleship, and after a whole night of arrangement, before dawn the next day, the Ming army erected more than 500 guns of various sizes under the city of Batavia, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the city wall.

The ship's guns were very heavy and were not equipped with large-wheeled gun carriages. But it didn't matter, a large number of sailors acted as auxiliaries, unloading the ship's guns from the battleship and loading them on the vehicles. After that, people pushed oxen and pulled thousands of pounds of heavy artillery, which were transported from the seaside dock to the artillery position. Although the naval guns were heavy and the number of naval guns carried down was also large, there were more sailors, and the Nanyang Navy dismantled more than 300 naval guns in just one night, plus more than 200 cannons from the Marine Corps and Li Dingguo, a total of more than 500 guns of various kinds were put in place in one night.

The key is that the dock is not far from Batavia City, otherwise it will take several days to transport so many guns.

Early the next morning, more than 500 large and small artillery pieces of the Ming army launched a fierce artillery bombardment on the Batavian city wall.

The gunners of both the naval division and the land division were busy. The gunner reloads the shells and ignites the cannon. Heavy shells smashed against the walls with a piercing whistling sound. The dismantled naval guns were so powerful that the cannonballs smashed into them, and the bricks on the city wall cracked one by one, cracks appeared in the stones, and the entire city wall shook.

If it weren't for the fact that the heavy artillery of the Dutch battery was too heavy, and the weight of the 64-pound battery heavy gun reached more than 10,000 pounds, it would not have been able to be transported at all, and I am afraid that Zhang Yukun would have even dismantled the battery cannon and used it to shell the fortified city of Batavia.

"It would be nice if we could dismantle the sixty-four-pounder battery gun! After a few rounds of that kind of cannon, the city collapsed. Zhang Yukun looked at the cannon that was spewing fire, and said secretly in his heart.

Needless to say, the firepower of the sixty-four-pounder battery guns was unbearable for the battleships of those years to take a few shots. Although there was no way to carry the most powerful cannons, the twenty-four-pounder and eighteen-pounder cannons were already very destructive to the city walls.

The heavy shelling overwhelmed the Dutch in Batavia, smashed the fort and shattered the walls.

The war drums rumbled, and the Ming army auxiliaries and Minzhuang pushed the shield cart and slowly approached the city wall.

In the mortar bombardment two days ago, the captured Indonesian people were not idle, they went to cut down the woods, and cooperated with the craftsmen of the Ming army to create various siege weapons.

The Dutch and black soldiers at the head of the city braved the intense artillery fire, constantly sticking out their muskets from behind the battlements and firing a dense barrage of bullets at the approaching shield carts.

Gunfire rumbled and white smoke filled the air. Bullets rained down on the shield cart. Most of the bullets were blocked, and some Indonesian people who accidentally exposed their bodies were hit by bullets and fell in pools of blood.

Some Indonesian people were so frightened by the gunfire that they turned around and ran, but the Ming army behind immediately waved their machetes and cut down the Indonesian people who turned and fled one by one.

"Up! Death to those who retreat! Li Dingguo's subordinate Jin Tongwu shouted.

The Indonesian looked at the bloody machetes behind him and the heads all over the ground, so he had to turn his head and continue to push the shield cart forward.

At the head of the city, the Dutch launched a four-pounder cannon aimed at the approaching shield cart.

The muzzle of the "boom" cannon flashed, and the shell hit the shield cart seventy paces away. The four-pounder shell hit an egg like a high-speed flying stone, and the shield cart immediately shattered, and the broken wooden planks pierced into the Indonesian people's bodies like shrapnel. There was a scream from behind the shield cart, and a large number of Indonesian people fell.

The Dutch immediately pulled back the artillery that had finished the shelling, avoiding a counterattack from the fire from below.

Another small cannon stretched out at the head of the city, and a cannonball smashed a shield cart to pieces. However, before the cannon could retract, it was covered by shells flying up from the city, and the Dutch gunners were smashed to pieces.

The Dutch introduced heavy one-pounder muskets with bipods and nimble three-pounder cannons that fired at the shield carts. The shield carts that were shot were all shattered, and the Indonesian people who were driven by the Ming army to attack the city suffered heavy casualties. Within a hundred paces of the city, a dead zone had formed, littered with broken shield carts and mutilated corpses of Indonesians.

A one-pound heavy musket with a bipod can actually be regarded as a very flexible small cannon, and a one-pound projectile hitting a shield cart can chisel a hole through the shield cart and knock the wooden planks off, causing casualties in the back.

However, the Ming army didn't take the lives of the Indonesians seriously at all, anyway, these people were cannon fodder, and when they didn't attack the city, when they would come up.

The sacrifice of Indonesian cannon fodder was exchanged for the exposure of the remnants of the Dutch artillery fire.

The artillery in the rear of the Ming army bombarded fiercely, the shells fell on the city, and the small artillery of the Dutch was destroyed one after another.

The Indonesian cannon fodder, which suffered heavy casualties, finally couldn't bear it anymore and turned around and ran. But the Ming army supervising team behind waved their swords, and in an instant, their heads rolled to the ground, and all the unarmed Indonesian cannon fodder were cut down.

"Up! Death to those who retreat! The interpreter shouted the order, translating Jin Tongwu's words into the indigenous language, warning the Indonesian cannon fodder.

Dozens of shells hit the city gates, which were so blown up that they could be opened with a single touch. But at this time, Li Dingguo would not use his infantry to storm the city gate, because there was an urn city inside, not to mention, there was a jack gate inside the city gate that could fall at any time. Once the Ming infantry rushed into the city gate, as long as the Dutch dropped the jack gate, the Ming army entering the urn city would become a live target for the castle on all sides, and all of them would be shot in the urn city with muskets.

Rushing to the front, of course, it is still done with cannon fodder.

A large number of Indonesians pushed the cart and crashed into the city gate. The car crashed into the shattered gate, knocking it to the ground.

"Rush in!" The Ming musketeers in the back raised their muskets and aimed them at the Indonesian cannon fodder.

Indonesian cannon fodder rushed into the city gate hole against the rushing car. At this moment, the indigenous soldiers in the fortress on the city threw down the canister of fire, and one by one the torches swirled down, lit the rushing car, and the fire in the city gate cave was skyrocketing, the smoke was billowing out, and the Indonesian people who were on fire cried and ran outside.

The Ming army, seventy paces behind, was unceremoniously aimed at the "burning man" who rushed over and pulled the trigger.

Gunfire roared, a dense stream of bullets fired, and all the Indonesian people who turned and fled were knocked down. At the same time, the heavy artillery outside the city spewed fire, and the indigenous soldiers above the city gate were beaten to the ground and screamed.

"Up! Above! Jin Tongwu shouted loudly, let the Indonesian cannon fodder go up.

The jack gate of the city gate has not yet fallen, and Jin Tongwu urged those Indonesian cannon fodder to rush into the city gate hole, which is to lure the jack gate to fall, and then use artillery to destroy the jack gate. This is actually the life of cannon fodder to exchange for the second line of defense of the city gate.

At the same time as the attack on the city gates was launched, the attack on the city walls was also underway.

The shield cart had advanced to the edge of the moat, and the Indonesian Minzhuang removed bags of sandbags from the cart and threw them into the moat.

In the city, Dutch and black soldiers opened fire one after another, and bullets rained down, and many Indonesians dropped their sandbags and were about to turn back when they were hit by bullets and fell on the side of the shield cart. Some Indonesians had just picked up sandbags and left the shield truck when they were knocked down by bullets. Some Indonesians walked to the moat, were hit by muskets at the head of the city, let out a scream, and fell into the moat with sandbags.

The artillery in the rear of the Ming army continued to bombard, and the shells hit the head of the city, and a large number of Dutch and black soldiers were smashed to pieces. There were also many shells that fell in the crowd of Indonesian cannon fodder because of errors, stirring up a blood mist in the sky.

The shield carts behind pushed up, and the Indonesian people under the guns of the Ming army showed no mercy, and some people used wooden shovels to push the corpses on the side of the moat into the river along with sandbags. Then bullets were fired at the head of the city, and the Indonesians behind fell again.

"Whoever drops the sandbag, goes back to eat and is full! Whoever drops ten sandbags will go back and have meat to eat! If you don't retreat, you won't be forgiven! Jin Tongwu shouted.

The Ming army drove the Indonesian cannon fodder, filled it forward regardless of the cost, and finally filled a section of the moat with corpses and sandbags. Next, it was the Ming army that dispatched itself to blast the city walls, or use ladders to climb the city. The Dutch and black soldiers at the head of the city suffered great losses, and the Ming army would not suffer too much if it went out on its own.

At the city gate, a lot of Indonesian cannon fodder has been poured in.

The jack gate above the city gate fell, and more than 500 Indonesians poured into the city gate became turtles in the urn.

On both sides of the urn city, rows of Dutch soldiers and black soldiers stretched out their muskets, the guns roared, and the dense bullets pierced the Indonesians, causing blood to splash and scream again and again, and the Indonesian cannon fodder that entered the urn fell like harvested weeds.

"Boom, boom, boom" Outside the city, the roaring cannon sound sounded again, and the cannonballs smashed on the jack gate, and the gate was smashed to pieces.

The flowering cannonballs fired by the mortar cannon rose into the air and smashed on the heads of the cities on both sides of the urn city. The shells burst into flames, and the Dutch and black soldiers who were shooting at the Indonesian cannon fodder were thrown down by shrapnel.

In the direction of the city wall, the heavy carts slowly advanced.

The Dutch artillery at the head of the city had been lost, and the muskets could not penetrate the cowhide wagons, so they could only watch as the carts advanced step by step under the city walls.

"Throw the oil, throw the torch!" The Dutch at the head of the city shouted.

The natives who assisted the defenders of the city threw rolling wood stones, oil canisters and torches. Several wagons were set on fire, and dozens of Ming army auxiliaries screamed and escaped from the burning wagons, and then were knocked down by the muskets at the head of the city.

Cannonballs, bullets, and arrows flew up the city, and the native, Dutch, and black soldiers fell.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the fire under the city to suppress the fire at the head of the city, the auxiliary soldiers in the cart dug the city wall, dug a hole, and then pushed the cart back. Naturally, there would be other carts carrying gunpowder in the future.

"Boom" There was a loud bang under the city wall, and a large section of the city wall was blown apart.

"Let's all get our men and blacks back to the inner city!" John Marsuidug gave the order. He knew that he had enough troops at hand, and he would not leave the precious Dutch and black soldiers behind to plug the gap, but let both the Dutch and the black soldiers retreat to the governor's palace, that is, the castle in the inner city.

The Indonesian indigenous soldiers in Batavia were left outside the castle of the Governor's Palace and used as cannon fodder for the Ming army to slaughter.

The Ming army that invaded the city naturally would not be polite to these indigenous soldiers, and when the Ming officers and soldiers saw the Indonesian indigenous soldiers, they were slashed and killed like chickens and dogs, and the blood of the Indonesian indigenous soldiers was flowing.

Behind the gap that was blown up, it was Indonesian indigenous soldiers blocking the road. The weapons used by the indigenous soldiers were spears and other long weapons provided by the Dutch, but their combat effectiveness was not comparable to that of the Ming army. The attacking Ming army fired a burst of feathered arrows from afar, and the arrows flying over the obstacle pierced into the crowd of Indonesian indigenous soldiers, splashing a blinding mist of blood.

The Indonesian indigenous soldiers, who had no armor on their bodies, were shot by feathered arrows and suffered heavy casualties instantly. After the rain of arrows, countless Indonesian indigenous soldiers fell screaming.

The Ming saber and shield men rushed up, and the Indonesian indigenous soldiers shot feather arrows, which were pierced on the shield and body of the Ming saber and shield bearers, but they could not penetrate and could only cause a little minor injury at most.

The shield man used his shield to block the spear that stabbed him, and then he pressed closer, swinging his machete and slashing at it. After being close to the Ming army, the indigenous soldiers had no power to fight back at all, and were slashed and killed by the Ming army piece by piece.

The musketeers also followed, shooting at the Indonesian natives, who fell to the ground.

"Don't kill, let's surrender!" The remaining Indonesian indigenous soldiers knelt on the ground and surrendered to the Ming army.

The captives still had to be received, and after the capture of these indigenous Indonesian soldiers, they were waiting for them in the mines everywhere, and they would be exhausted to death in the dark mines until the last drop of blood and sweat was squeezed.

Wang Xinyu didn't think about giving freedom to Indonesian captives at all, and these green cultists had no way to assimilate them, so they could only be eliminated. (To be continued.) )