Chapter 977: Airport
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Li Rui, the captain of the first ship of the Qin army, saw that the battleship was bombarded in a mess, and Bulin jumped like thunder: "Damn, what are you doing to eat, give me a bang, bomb this mountain, quickly!" ”
The gunners also accumulated a lot of gas, but now the sea is high and the waves are rough, and the hull is undulating, which affects the accuracy of the artillery.
On the south side of the sea, a dark feeling became stronger and stronger, and the eye of the storm saw it, at this time, Ke Chenshu couldn't take much care of it, and ordered the battleship to continue to approach the fort.
Twenty clippers fired their cannons while forcing towards the entrance of the harbor channel, so that the batteries on the north and south sides of the Dutch could fire, and the Qin army's warships were also firing left and right, countless tongues of fire were uncertain, and the rainstorm of cannonballs streaked across the sky, forming a thrilling and spectacular scene.
After all, there were a lot of them, and finally a cannonball hit a battery in the south, and the whistling projectiles smashed the artillery on the battery all away, and the Dutch soldiers on the battery were hit by the rolling guns, and the battery was also declared scrapped.
Two miles to the north, Liu Hucheng led 200 marines, almost without any obstruction, quickly rushed to the beach and landed, and then 200 men immediately rushed to the north battery.
The two-mile distance was nothing at all for the marines who usually had to train ten miles of weight-bearing cross-country running every day, and when they rushed to the northern battery, the fierce battle above was raging, and projectiles flew in the sky and smashed on the mountain.
Although these shells are solid shells and will not explode, they can't stand up to a large number, hundreds of bombardments at a time, and the turret may not be hit, but if you rush up like this, you will really die a lot.
Liu Hucheng was anxious, every moment of delay. You may lose one more battleship, Wu Qing, the chief flag next to him, said urgently: "Head, use rockets, bombard a few first"
Liu Hu's heart immediately woke up, yes, with rockets, although they could not bombard the Dutch batteries at this distance, the smoke and fire after the rockets exploded could make the battleships see that they were attacking the enemy's batteries;
In this way, in order to avoid accidental injury. The battleship should stop shooting, Liu Hucheng believes that those guys on the battleship will have a basic tacit understanding.
"Everyone, get ready, as soon as our battleships stop shooting, immediately rush up for me, I can't take the north battery in a tea time, everyone jumps into the sea!"
"Whoa!"
"Wu Qing, fire three rockets. One by one. ”
"Whoa!"
Soon, the first attack rocket took off into the air, and after a few moments, the second and third were fired one after another. Three fireballs were formed by the explosion on the mountain.
As expected, the rain-dense projectiles that had been fired from the battleship began to stop, "Rush!" Liu Hucheng roared and took the lead to rush up the mountain.
Their charge is shì. Different from the traditional group charge, it is completely in the form of skirmishers, and it is scattered in twos and threes. Seeing that they were being attacked from behind, the Dutch soldiers on the hill hurriedly dropped two cannons and blasted them in this direction, and all of them replaced grape shells.
Liu Hucheng didn't expect the Dutchman's muzzle to turn so quickly, seeing that after the two cannons, more than a dozen of his subordinates were killed and wounded, Liu Hucheng was so angry that his eyes were split.
"Find cover, use rocks and trees to cover, and continue to rush"
With preparation, when the enemy fired the second shot, the group hid behind the rocks, and the casualties were much smaller, only two people could not hide and were wounded.
When they rushed within two hundred paces, and were no longer polite, rocket after rocket burst into the air, shooting at the Dutch battery, and the flames streaked across the sky, brilliant and dazzling, boom! The fierce explosions one after another caused the vicinity of the fort to fall into a sea of fire in an instant;
One by one, the Dutch were blown up into the air, scattered into minced meat, and then the entire northern fort was all muted, Liu Hucheng and they rushed up like wolves, and when they saw the Dutch soldiers who were injured and not killed, they immediately made up for it.
Some Dutch soldiers were fleeing along the mountain road, and Liu Hucheng and they were bombarded with several rockets, and not a single enemy was going to let go.
The fort in the north fell, and the fort in the south was not having a good time, the Qin army poured hundreds of shells at a time, one of the guns had been smashed, and the other three were still intact, but the artillery suffered heavy casualties, and almost no one was able to operate the artillery.
The Qin warships were still approaching, and they were very fast, and after paying the price of one seriously injured and four lightly wounded, the Qin warships approached the fort less than three hundred paces. The ship's guns fired non-stop, and they were all replaced with shotguns.
Countless marbles rained down on the turrets, and when they didn't stop, groups of Dutch soldiers were killed and wounded all over the ground by the raindrops, and the cannons were almost full of corpses.
The Passat was not spared, being shot by several marbles the size of his thumb and blasting his entire head. He was only recognizable as a commander by his clothing.
Governor Kruznar hid behind cover, pressed to death by two guards, and as he struggled he shouted: "Rush out, fire, get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way, hurry up and fire"
"Your Excellency the Governor, if you go out, you will die, and you can't go out"
Cruznal is not pretentious, he is heroic, he is not afraid of death, he really wants to rush out, but he is pressed by the guards and can't move;
The black clouds on the horizon are getting thicker and thicker, the wind is beginning to lighten, the sultry feeling is more powerful, the sea is filled with gunsmoke, the cannon roars, and the sky and the earth change color.
The artillery fire of the Qin army continued, and some small ships were put down, and a small group of marines used assault boats to land on the beach under the battery, and then killed the battery.
As soon as the artillery fire on the Qin warship stopped, Kruznar and the others just wanted to rush out and open fire, when they saw flames sweeping through the air.
Rumble! Boom
A ball of fireball rose, the artillery on the turret was blown away in an instant, and the violent shock wave lifted Cruznal and threw him a few feet away, blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, his ears buzzed, his eyes rolled and he fell unconscious, and he didn't know anything about what happened next.
After the Qin army took the forts on both sides of the entrance, all the warships immediately entered the port of Gaolangbu, there was no longer a single Dutch warship in the port, but there were still two hundred Dutch soldiers in the city of Gaolangbu. Still trying to resist with the city walls.
By this time night had fallen, and the sky was blowing with strong winds, heavy rain was pouring down, and the sky and the earth were dark.
Liu Hucheng took two hundred marines, took advantage of the heavy rain to cover at night, and touched the outside of the city gate, the Dutch defenders at the head of the city were already panicked at this time, holding torches to patrol back and forth on the city gate tower, but the distance that the torches could shine on was very limited, and even the city could not be seen clearly, let alone Liu Hucheng and others who were a hundred steps away.
Liu Hucheng was not polite, he directly used rockets to collapse the city gate, and then killed it at night.
There is nothing to say about the battle that follows. After the city was broken, the Dutch, who were already terrified, had no intention of fighting again, and simply surrendered.
Originally the capital of Ceylon, with a population of more than 10,000, the Portuguese arrived in 1517 to establish a stronghold to protect their spice trade. Later, the Dutch, relying on their own strength, simply occupied Gao Langbu, and the original royal family of Ceylon was also killed.
Gaolangbu is a paradise for crows, and the locals call it "Divine Bird", because of the alarm of artillery fire, countless crows hover in the night sky, covering the sky, and the cry is deafening. Listening to Liu Hucheng, they were extremely uncomfortable.
The night rain became heavier and heavier, and the wind and waves on the sea became bigger and bigger, and in the middle of the night it was already a violent wind, and the huge waves were monstrous, but fortunately, the Qin army was able to enter the port in time to avoid this wind and waves.
However, Ke Chenshu was not happy, there was not a single Dutch warship in Gaolangbu Port, and he occupied Gaolangbu City, but he only got a stronghold.
The Dutch were willing to give up even the port of Gao Langbu, and there would be less and less drag in the future, and it would only be more difficult to find them in a decisive battle.
And if the Dutch warships could not be destroyed, Daqin's merchant ships would always face a huge threat.
As the saying goes, if you lose your land, you lose your land; If people lose land, people and land will survive. The Dutch lost the port of Golangbu and kept the fleet, which meant that they would make a comeback.
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(To be continued......)