The power of 647 mortars, platoon guns fired

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Lu Hai stood behind Lu Yuan and said, "It's a pity that there are only five sixty-four-pounder guns on our warship, which is too few, and it is not easy to blast open this fort of the red-haired ghost." ”

"Well, yes, fortunately, the lord has already had the foresight, and Yu Zong and they can land?" Lu Yuan turned around, looked at Lu Hai and asked.

"Yes, half an hour ago, Yu Zong led three thousand soldiers of the Marine Battalion to land on the north bank of the estuary, and brought thirty mortars.

After landing, they marched along the coastline, and by this time they were approaching the castle of the red-haired ghost, ready to attack at any time when the general's order was given. ”

"Very good, send a signal to Yu Zong, let them attack immediately, don't give the red-haired ghost time to prepare.

Let all the howitzers of the fleet continue to bombard the castle of the red-haired ghost and cover their attack on Yu Zong. ”

After Lu Yuan heard Lu Hai's report, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he ordered.

It turned out that from the very beginning, Lu Yuan didn't expect them to use fleet artillery to collapse the red-haired city of San Domingo.

In front, Lu Yuan ordered the whole fleet to bombard the castle of the red-haired ghost, just to cover the landing of Yu Zong and other soldiers of the marine battalion in the west.

Compared to the fleet's sixty-four-pounder guns, this time Lu Yuan brought more powerful siege weapons, thirty mortars.

Mortars are simply the strongest nemesis of the fort, and if you want to conquer this castle of San Domingo of the red-haired ghosts, you have to count on these mortars.

At this time, a few miles west of the castle of San Domingo, a young general of the White Dragon Army was leading three thousand soldiers of the White Dragon Army Marine Battalion, pushing thirty short, thick black iron bumps with difficulty.

"Alright, everyone rest on the spot for a stick of incense, wait for the general's order, and prepare to attack the castle of the red-haired ghost."

Yu Zong shouted loudly at the soldiers of the Marine Battalion beside him.

"Ah, it's a rest, I'm tired of Lao Tzu."

Immediately, a group of soldiers of the Marine Battalion sat down on the spot to rest, and some of the soldiers were responsible for guarding.

"Damn, these iron bumps are really heavy, I almost didn't tire Lao Tzu to death."

"It's not that this mortar is sinking, it's that the roads in this place are too difficult to walk, ya, won't these red-haired ghosts build a few more roads?"

As soon as the soldiers of the Marine Battalion sat down, they began to complain.

In fact, these mortars and their shells are too heavy, and there is no good and smooth road for this distance.

They used carts all the way to transport these mortars and shells here, and they were really tired.

From the landing point at the mouth of the river to the place where they had stopped now, it was only five miles away, and it took them half an hour to push these mortars.

Sou!

After a while, I saw a signal flare rising on the new three-masted gunboat on the river, which was an order for Yu Zong to attack the red-haired ghost castle.

Thundered!

At the same time, the fleet artillery, which had just stopped for a moment, rang out again, and one after another explosive shells were fired into the castle.

"Alright, brothers, dare us to play, blast open the turtle shell of the red-haired ghosts, annihilate them, fight!"

Yu Zong immediately saw the signal flare raised by the new three-masted gunboat, and then immediately stood up and shouted to the surrounding marine battalion soldiers.

"Fight!"

The soldiers of the surrounding marine battalion, after a short rest, also recovered a lot of physical strength, and one by one let out an angry roar, with high fighting spirit.

You must know that this battle can be regarded as their first landing operation in the actual sense since the establishment of their Marine Battalion, and it is time to prove their value.

In the White Dragon Army, their three thousand marine battalion soldiers were all carefully selected from the army and navy, and they were all elite.

Immediately, Yu Zong ordered the soldiers of the marine battalion to push the mortar to stop three miles west of the red-haired ghost castle, and then began to set up the mortar cannon.

Because, the range of these mortars is very close, only three miles.

At this distance, the artillery on the red-haired ghost castle could easily hit them, so Yu Zong could only order his subordinates to spread the thirty mortars as far as possible.

At this time, it was impossible for Yu Zong not to be discovered by the red-haired ghost soldiers on the castle of San Domingo.

"Report to the colonel, the enemy has been found outside the city."

At this time, the red-haired ghost soldiers of the castle of San Domingo also discovered Yu Zong and others three miles west of the city, and reported to Brian.

"The enemy sent people to land?"

Immediately, Brian asked Henry to stay in charge of the southern wall, and he hurried to the west wall, raised his glasses, and looked out of the city.

"They're ...... Mortar! ”

When Brian saw very clearly in his glasses that Yu Zong and his soldiers were setting up mortars at this time, he also exclaimed.

"Order the artillery, immediately shell the enemy outside the city, and they must not be allowed to set up their mortars easily, hurry!"

At this time, Brian, with a red face and bulging on his forehead, yelled loudly at the adjutant next to him.

"Yes."

The adjutant was also taken aback by Brian's roar, and immediately answered the call, and ran to let the artillerymen open fire.

Boom Boom!

Soon, the cannons on the castle of San Domingo also let out their roars, and one after another the cannonballs fired towards the position where Yu Zong had set up their mortars three miles outside the city.

Thundered!

Soon, a cannonball landed on Yu Zong's side, making a loud explosion, causing casualties to a small number of White Dragon soldiers.

"The enemy has opened fire, don't panic, hurry up and set up the mortar, let's let the red-haired ghost taste it."

Yu Zong didn't care about the shells that exploded around him, and ran between the various mortar positions, shouting loudly at the soldiers of the White Dragon Army.

In fact, the sporadic cannonballs fired by the red-haired ghosts were completely impossible to stop the erection of Yu Zong's mortars.

The red-haired ghost castle was bombarded by the Lu Yuan fleet, more than 2,000 artillery pieces for so long, not only did most of the buildings in the castle collapse.

Even on the castle, most of the artillery was destroyed, and the last few remaining artillery pieces did not play a big role.

Immediately, Yu Zong left 200 people to be responsible for the shooting of the mortar cannon, and 800 people to be responsible for protecting the mortar from being destroyed by the red-haired ghost.

And Yu Zong himself personally led the remaining 2,000 soldiers of the Marine Battalion to attack the city.

"Henry!"

At this time, Brian hurriedly found Henry and said to him: "Oh no, the enemy has set up thirty mortars three miles away from the west city.

The enemy has already begun to attack the city, and once their mortars are erected, with the power of those mortars, our castle will be blown up sooner or later.

Once the castle is blown up, our greatest advantage will be gone, and we will definitely be defeated.

Therefore, I must not allow the enemy's mortar to be erected easily, and I will personally lead people out of the city to destroy the enemy's mortar position.

The guards of the castle will be handed over to you. ”

"The enemy brought a mortar?" When Henry heard this, he was also shocked.

"No, you are the military commander of the castle, you can't leave without permission, and the task of going out of the city to destroy the enemy's mortar position is still left to me.

I took my company out of the city from the north gate, went around the flank of the enemy's mortar position, and attacked them. ”

"That'...... Please, Henry. Your company is only about a hundred men, and I will add another hundred to you, and you must destroy the enemy's mortar positions. ”

"Don't worry, it's not the first time that the two of us have fought side by side, and we will definitely win this time."

Syllable!

The big hands of the two men clasped together.

"Take care!"

Brian's face was solemn and he said in a deep voice, but Henry could still laugh and hummed softly.

The castle of San Domingo was not large, and soon Henry went out from the north gate of the castle with more than two hundred people, and made a circle, preparing to attack from the north side of the mortar position of the White Dragon Army.

And just when Henry took two hundred red-haired ghost soldiers out of the north gate to make a detour, the mortar cannon on the side of the White Dragon Army had basically been erected.

The two thousand white dragon soldiers led by Yu Zong were also moving towards the castle of the red-haired ghost.

"Fire!"

With the shouts of one of the Marine battalion commanders, the thirty mortars they had set up let out the first roar.

Bang bang bang!

A dull series of cannon shots rang out, and the ground shook.

The fuses of the thirty mortars were ignited by torches, and then the gunpowder exploded at the rear end of the barrel, and the huge impact force directly shot out the iron bullet the size of a small football in the barrel.

The caliber of such a mortar cannon is actually more than two hundred and fifty millimeters, which is enough to crack open the tortoise shell of the red-haired ghost castle.

Bang bang bang!

Thirty mortar shells cut through an arc in mid-air, and then smashed down on the red-haired ghost's castle.

It's a pity that the accuracy of these mortar cannons is simply worse than the artillery of the land fleet, and most of the thirty shells fired in the first round did not hit the castle walls.

Part of it fell into the castle, and an iron bullet could easily collapse a building, and the stone slab was smashed directly into grinding on the stone pavement, smashing a large hole in the ground.

Some of the shells fell on the grass outside the city, and basically had no effect.

In the first round of shelling, only four mortar shells smashed on the castle, smashing a battlement in the castle wall, killing two red-haired ghost soldiers.

Three other shells bombarded the castle walls, leaving several deep cracks.

Although the city wall did not collapse immediately, if there were such a bombardment, a few more rounds, it is estimated that the city wall would not collapse, and it would be unreasonable.

"Hurry up and reload, and come again."

On the side of the mortar position, the commander in charge of the mortar firing shouted loudly, telling the soldiers to immediately clear their chambers, reload, and prepare for another round of shelling.

Unfortunately, the speed of each cleaning and reloading of this mortar is more troublesome than that of the 64-pounder gun on the warship, and it takes a lot of time.

Bang bang bang!

At the same time, at this time, the 2,000 soldiers of the Marine Battalion led by Yu Zong in front had also moved under the city wall of San Domingo, holding flintlock pistols and shooting at the red-haired ghost soldiers on the city wall.

For a time, the castle of San Domingo was not only bursting with cannons, but also gunfire, and the fierce siege battle officially began.

Because the city wall has not yet been blown down, Yu Zong can only let his 2,000 soldiers shoot with flintlock pistols outside the city.

Only when the city wall is bombarded by mortars will Yu Zong lead his men to rush into the castle and start a castle battle with the red-haired ghosts.

Bang bang bang!

The mortar was still firing, and after four rounds of firing, soon the western wall of the castle was full of cracks, and the city wall could collapse at any time.

"Hurry, hurry!"

And at this time, the two hundred red-haired ghost soldiers led by Hengli also suddenly appeared to the north of the White Dragon Army's mortar position.

Fortunately, it was discovered by the 800 marine battalion soldiers who stayed behind to protect it and intercepted it, otherwise they would have been able to sneak attack.

"Fire!"

When Henry saw that a large number of soldiers of the Marine Battalion suddenly appeared on their way, he knew that their sneak attack had been discovered, and he had no choice but to change to a strong attack.

As soon as he gave an order, the two hundred soldiers behind him raised their muskets and fired at the soldiers of the Marine battalion who appeared in front of him.

Bang bang bang!

Fierce gunfire rang out, and more than a dozen Marine Battalion soldiers fell in response, but then the Marine Battalion also launched a counterattack.

To the north of the mortar position, the 300 soldiers of the Marine Battalion who were responsible for the guard in the north and the 200 red-haired ghost soldiers led by Heng Li launched a fierce firefight.

Both sides used muskets, and after the battle, they quickly lined up in a formation, separated by tens of meters, and fired wildly at each other.

This is the platoon gun fighting method, which was also popular in the West at this time, and the soldiers on both sides used firearms, and there was no cold weapon engagement.

The soldiers on both sides lined up in a row and then raised to shoot at each other's queues, with no cover in between, which looked silly.

And this is a very big test of the will of the soldiers on both sides, which side collapses first, and that side loses.

The soldiers on both sides fell in rows, and the soldiers behind would step on the corpses of their comrades in front of them and continue to fill the battle, the scene was cruel and bloody.

On the White Dragon Army's side, not only did they have an advantage in numbers, but the soldiers of the Marine Battalion were all flintlock muskets.

Of the more than 200 men on Henry's side, only half were armed with flintlock pistols, and the rest were still using arquebuses.

In this case, as Henry's sneak attack failed, it turned to a two-sided attack, and it was the red-haired ghost's side that failed.

The firing between the two sides lasted for more than ten minutes, and hundreds of people fell on the side of the red-haired ghost, and sixty or seventy people fell on the side of the White Dragon Army.

In this case, the will of the soldiers of the three hundred marine battalions still did not collapse, but the red-haired ghost soldiers on the opposite side of Henry could not hold it out.

"They're devils, run!"

The red-haired ghost was defeated, and after throwing away his muskets, the soldiers pulled their legs and fled backwards.

"Chase in formation!"

The flag general of the Marine Battalion, who commanded this confrontational operation in the back, immediately gave an order.

Stomp, stomp!

Immediately, the remaining more than 200 soldiers of the Marine Battalion still maintained their formation and pursued in the direction of the rout of the red-haired ghost soldiers.

Every time these red-haired ghost soldiers fled, they were intercepted by another team of marines who stayed behind to guard the garrison artillery position, and all of them were captured, and none of them escaped.

Lieutenant Colonel Henry, who led the team, was also a prisoner of the Marine Battalion, and he did not have the courage to fight to the death.