readx;?“ It turned out to be a flowering bomb! Zuo Wuwei's eyes widened. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoFrom the 30-pound giant cannon to the flowering shell, the thief's artillery and cannon have repeatedly refreshed his three views.

The Ming army was not without flowering shells, but because the casting process of the projectile body was not up to standard, in order to avoid exploding in the chamber, the cartridge case was not filled with gunpowder, but with toxic dust such as lime and arsenic, which hurt the enemy through the dust that flew after splashing. As for the method of injuring the enemy with shrapnel after exploding, the Ming army had more than enough heart but insufficient strength, so they could only sigh with joy.

This cannon made the officers and men realize that what the left garrison said was true, and the faster they ran, the faster they died, and most of them stood still and did not dare to move. Some people were still a little hesitant, quietly moving their feet, trying to slip away while the chaos was chaotic.

Zuo Wuwei shouted: "Stop me!" This island is the size of a palm, and the radius is only a few miles? The other side's gunboats have already discovered us, even if you go, where can you go? ”

Many people echoed it: "Zuo Shoubei is right, the thief's cannon is too powerful, it's better to save his life first, and then slowly deal with the thief." ”

He lowered a sampan on the opposite boat, rowed to the shore, and shouted, "If you want to live, stand still, throw all your swords and guns into the sea, and take off your armor!" ”

The officers and soldiers obediently threw their waist knives and other weapons into the sea, took off their armor, and stood in place.

William on the "Hirosuke" looked at the scene in front of him with satisfaction, it was a complete accident to be able to catch these fish that slipped through the net.

After the attack at sea, nearly half of the ships fled with the chief soldier He Rubin, the remaining half were sunk a lot, and some were blown away by the wind and waves. After sinking a few more ships during the pursuit, he encountered wind and waves, so he had to give up the pursuit and go to the nearest Luo Dousha to take shelter from the wind and waves.

It was already nearly midnight after the wind and rain stopped, and William didn't expect that there would be other people on this uninhabited island, so he didn't send anyone to search for it. It wasn't until the next day when he was about to return to Lingao that he found one ship after another stranded on the beach, and he guessed that there must be many officers and soldiers on the island to take shelter from the wind and rain, so they waited nearby to wait for rabbits, and sure enough, they waited until the officers and soldiers came out to catch fish and forage for food.

Together with the officers and men salvaged by the attacking fleet and the gang on the island, more than 1,000 prisoners were captured in this battle, and it was obvious that the five warships could not fit so many people. And there are more prisoners than sailors, and their safety is threatened, even if they have no weapons. William left four ships to keep an eye on him, and sent the "Chengmai" back to find helpers.

The prisoners were transported back to Bofu Port by a local boat called "Lingao Tuofeng", because the small boat had limited capacity, and could only be transported many times like ants moving.

From the moment Zuo Wuwei boarded the dock, he was attracted to something called "cement" in the mouth of thieves. The thieves proudly told them that this thing was like a stone and not like a stone, and that it was said that it could be smeared as freely as mud, and that when it dried, it was harder than a stone, and that it was not afraid of wind and rain. The ground and buildings of the pier are built using this kind of thing, and they are extremely sturdy.

On the way to the "prisoner of war camp" built by Ma Yuan, Zuo Wuwei and the officers and men were amazed when they looked at the wide and smooth "cement" road. The road was wide enough to run four carriages in parallel, and it was as flat as if it had been cut flat by a knife.

Thinking of the other party's sophisticated artillery and flowering shells, coupled with this "cement", Zuo Wuwei couldn't help but make a conclusion about the "power of ghosts and gods" in his heart.

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After listening to William's report on the results of this sea assault, Xia Nan and the others were greatly encouraged, although they knew that their sea power exceeded the level of this era, but they still beat the drum in their hearts before they were tested in actual combat. Unexpectedly, the results of the battle exceeded expectations: William had expected to be able to sink a quarter to a fifth of the ships, but in fact, he sank them on the spot and pursued them afterwards, sending more than 100 ships to the bottom of the sea, which was already close to half of the total number of ships, and more than 1,000 prisoners.

According to William's estimates, there were always 5,000 officers and soldiers who lost their lives and surrendered, in other words, a maximum of 10,000 people who fled.

Xia Nan groaned: With the addition of the 300 people under Wei Lianheng, the expanded escort team will have more than 1,000 people, and the remaining 10,000 people in the Shangguan army, 1:10, are still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. Moreover, this time the officers and soldiers are all battalion soldiers, and a considerable part of them are still the elite of the standard battalion of the governor, and they are by no means the rabble that the Qiongzhou government put together the peasants and villagers in the guard post last time.

"This naval battle was fought well, and three or four percent of the officers and soldiers were defeated. There are nearly 10,000 people left. Tell me, how do you meet the enemy? "Xia Nan wants to hear everyone's opinions.

Wei Lianheng took a step forward: "Our side has only about 1,000 people when it is full, and against more than 10,000 people, the only way to win is to strictly defend it according to the advantage of firearms, and try to consume the officers and soldiers." ”

Sima De agreed: "The enemy is outnumbered, what Wei Baihu said is extremely true. Our firearms are sharp, far above the officers and soldiers, and this is the greatest advantage. Although I don't know how the Guangdong battalion is, the battalions of the so-called elite in Nanjing only have Hongyi cannons and Fulong machine guns in their firearms, and most of them still rely on bows, arrows, knives and guns. ”

Xia Nan held his chin in his hand and muttered: "Our escort team is an all-firearms unit, supported by light artillery, if the position defense does have a great advantage, the question is where to defend, is Lingao County?" At this time, he regretted a little, the city wall of the county town seemed to be demolished too early.

Sima De seemed to know his thoughts, and shook his head again and again: "Since the lord wants to take the opportunity of this great victory to be appeased, even if the county city wall is still there, it is better not to rely on the defense of Lingao County, this must not escape a suspicion of capturing the county seat, and after reporting to the imperial court, it is much more difficult to appease." It is best to rely on Bofu to give the officers and soldiers who are being conscripted and suppressed a step and the governor's palace a step, so that there is room for the appeasement to turn around. ”

"But if you don't rely on the city wall, how can you defend the flat land, and how can the officers and troops come from all directions, how can you resist ten times the number of troops?"

Lin Weiye thought about it for a while and proposed, "Why don't you build a fortress outside Bofu?" ”

Fortress? Xia Nanleng paused for a moment and asked, "Is it the kind of star-shaped castle in Europe?" ”

"Exactly, the bastion is a type of ancient fortress, and its essence is to change the fortress from a convex polygon to a concave polygon, so that no matter what point is attacked at the castle, the attacking side will be exposed to two or three bastion surface fire strike ranges, and the defender can use crossfire to perform multiple strikes. This is much more efficient than a normal wall. ”

"But the official army must have arrived at Qiongshan at this moment, at most two or three days of rest, if the efficiency is high, counting the time spent on the march, it will be able to hit the door in seven or eight days, and at this time to build a fortress, can't it be too late? I remember that the European fortresses were all made of stone or brick, even if they were built in a small way, I am afraid that they would not be able to do it in a few months, right? ”

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