Of course, Shi Diwen has full confidence in taking Nanrizhai, but he also knows very well that taking this stronghold is not something that can be done with one lip service. ∽↗, although the pirates' combat power is relatively low, as long as they can't hold out, Haihan can only use a large number of artillery attacks to break through the outer fortifications. If possible, Shi Diwen still hopes to save a little resources and time in battle, such as having snipers shoot pirate leaders in view from a long distance, and using "decapitation" tactics to disintegrate the opponent's command system.

Of course, this is just a way to try luck, no one knows whether the pirate leader will personally go to the wall to supervise the battle, and Shi Diwen and the others will not really pin their hopes on this tactic. After the artillery positions were arranged, the militia army was about to start attacking.

At this time, an officer came over and asked which side's flag to use on the battlefield. Shi Diwen glanced at Xu Yuzhuo, who looked slightly embarrassed, and responded with a smile: "Just use the military flag of the Ming army!"

Xu Yu said clumsily: "In the opinion of students, it is better to use the flag of your army, right?"

"It's okay, we won't compete with the Fujian Ming Army. Shi Diwen waved his hand and said, "Of course, on the recital you wrote to the court afterwards, it is best to say something good for us." ”

"This is a proper gift, Mr. Shi doesn't say it, we will do the same. Xu Yuzhuo hurriedly responded.

The Haihan military did not want the Ming court to pay too much attention to the military strength and development momentum of the Haihan Dynasty, so in various anti-bandit operations on the mainland, in the end, the official credit was given to the officials at all levels. However, this military reward can be dispensed without, but a good reputation is a more important thing for Haihan, and the government has touted Haihan to create a group image of loyalty and patriotism, and it will be easier to deal with the local government when he goes north to open up new strongholds in the future.

At the same time, the atmosphere in Nanri Village was not as peaceful as that on the Haihan position. The opponent had set up artillery positions a mile away, and many people with good eyes could see it in the slightly higher Nanri Village, but the pirates did not seem to have any effective way to deal with such an attack.

The longest-range artillery in Nanri Village can also hit a mile when filled with gunpowder, but this cannon is already an old guy in the Wanli period, and no one can guarantee that if there is too much gunpowder, it will explode directly, anyway, several old gunners in the village dare not play like this. As for the other guns, they simply could not threaten the enemy at this distance.

Some people believe that the Haihan militia has too many artillery, and that they should immediately open fire to deter the opponent so that they do not dare to attack lightly. However, some people think that it is easier to be targeted by the other side when they fire the artillery first, so it is better to wait and see what happens, and wait for the Haihan people to launch an attack before choosing countermeasures. Some people even think that they should take advantage of the unstable foothold of the Haihan people, and go out of the village to kill a wave first, and then say, the opponent's troops are not even half of their own, are they still afraid that they will not succeed?

"Don't make any noise!" Finally, one of the leaders couldn't stand it anymore and stopped the quarrel with a loud voice: "Who the wants to use flesh and blood to send the Haihan musket array to death, go out of the village and try it yourself! The boss asked you to guard the Nanri Village, just so that you don't die too quickly!"

"Duan San, don't talk about it yourself, just say it if you're afraid of death!"

The leader known as Duan San immediately stood up and responded: "Lao Tzu is afraid of death, if it weren't for the fact that the head of the family does not allow my brothers to go out of the village to fight together, Lao Tzu and my brother would go to the dock to ambush the Haihan people early this morning!"

As soon as Duan San said this, the person who attacked him just now didn't say anything. In the morning, he went out of the village to ambush dozens of brothers from Haihan on the dock, but in the end only two escaped, and there were no Duan San's own brothers. As for what happened on the docks, without the two lucky lucky ones who escaped in detail, the pirates of Nanri Village had already guessed from the dense cannon sound that came from that time.

Duan San said with red eyes: "Lao Tzu just fights for this life, and he will fight with the Haihan people to the end! If everyone rushes out like this, wouldn't it be equivalent to sending meat to the chopping board? The owner also said that as long as we can hold on for five or six days, the reinforcements sent by the family will rush to Nanri Island, and when the time comes, these Haihan people will be trapped on the island, and then they will slowly play to death!"

Duan San's words played a slightly role in stabilizing the morale of the army, but the pirates seemed to have forgotten one thing, even if they chose not to defend it, they still could not avoid the shelling of Nanri Village by the Haihan militia. How to fight this battle is not something they can choose on their own initiative.

"Report, the artillery position has been deployed, please instruct the chief!"

Shi Diwen raised his hand and looked at his watch, and the preparations were completed 35 minutes earlier than the expected total attack time, and it seemed that the preparations were going relatively smoothly. Shi Diwen ordered: "The target is the gate of Nanrizhai, first carry out two rounds of school shooting, pay attention to the opponent's behavior of firing and counterattacking, and use its firepower point as the key strike point!"

Soon the rumbling roar of artillery fire resounded through the Haihan position, and more than ten shells, large and small, fired in a gentle parabola in the direction of the gate of Nanri Village.

The pirates in the walled area had already killed the doorway with stones in advance last night, so the walled gate was not the target of the school's shooting, but the arrow tower above the doorway. However, in the first round of test firing, no shells directly hit the arrow tower, and they were somewhat less accurate.

A 48-pounder battering artillery shell smashed into the wall, sending rubble and a basin-sized pit in the wall, but not enough to affect the fortification of the wall. The other smaller shell went directly over the wall and smashed into the stable. The horses were not directly injured, but they smashed the head of a pillar supporting the stable, and suddenly collapsed a quarter of the roof down, causing a group of people in the stockade to turn on their backs. The other shells failed to achieve any tangible results, and basically hit the empty space.

However, in the second round of test firing two minutes later, the corrected artillery position quickly succeeded in concentrating fire, and two shells hit the arrow tower directly, and they came out through the building, sending sawdust flying everywhere. Although no one was injured in the pirate archers who had been deployed in the arrow tower, they were already so frightened that they fled one after another, and they did not dare to stay in the building any longer.

"It looks like it's working well. Shi Diwen confirmed the results from the binoculars, and then asked the artillerymen to fire three more rounds at the same target. After continuous correction, in the last round of shelling, more than half of the shells had hit the arrow tower. Although this arrow tower has not collapsed, it has been beaten to the ground and is crumbling, and it will definitely not dare to arrange people in it anymore.

During this period, none of the garrison artillery on the Eighteen Zhi side fired. This is also the order given by Zheng Zhihu, he also knows more or less that his weapons are at a loss in range and accuracy, and if he wants to fight against the Haihan people at the current combat distance, it is really not possible to take advantage of the slightest advantage, and it is likely that the position of his own firepower will be exposed.

The level of fire concentration of the Haihan artillery has been seen by the pirates from the process of shelling the arrow tower just now, and the pirate gunners have no doubts about Zheng Zhihu's order. Now the chance of hitting the opponent is very small, but it may lead to a concentrated fire, and the gunners are not willing to take such an unnecessary risk.

Shi Diwen saw that the opponent continued to remain silent, and did not immediately launch a counterattack, which was a slight exception. When they were fighting at sea the day before, these pirates had already fired the earthen cannons they had mounted on their ships, as if they could deter the Haihan militia by such means. But today, the pirate's combat style has suddenly changed, and there is no rush to use the ranged weapons they have at hand.

Shi Diwen thought about it for a while and gave the order for the next step, which was to advance the position as a whole fifty meters and carry out three rounds of artillery bombardment. If the pirates still can't fight back, then continue to push until the pirates can't hold back.

Although this is a bit cumbersome, Shi Diwen is convinced that the few long-range weapons in Nanri Village are the biggest threat to the Haihan militia, and the number of troops put into battle this time is very limited, Shi Diwen must ensure that the firepower points on the opponent's wall are cleaned up before sending the infantry to the front line. And under the layers of advancement, it is more than who can calm down.

Eighteen Zhi's side had an advantage in troops, but it was difficult to give full play, so he could only wait patiently for the position of the Haihan militia to enter his own range. However, things were not as simple as they thought, and from a distance of 400 meters, the Haihan artillery no longer bombarded the city gate, but freely shelled the frontal wall, which was about 150 meters long. At this distance, even a small-caliber 12-pounder cannon can already have enough power to hurt people by hitting the wall with debris and flying debris. After ten rounds of shelling, there were more than 20 wounded in Nanri Village, all of them were gunners on standby on the wall, and the artillery positions arranged on the wall were also destroyed three or four times.

Although Zheng Zhihu did not directly climb the wall to command and watch the battle, the information fed back by Guò also knew the passivity of the current form. If the Haihan militia was allowed to move over inch by inch, it would probably not be until they arrived at the gate of Nanri Village, and the wall of the village would be directly destroyed by the dense artillery fire. When the other party really enters their own range, it is difficult to say how many cannons can be fired on the wall.

"Order to fire!" Although he knew that the hit rate of firing at this time would be very low, Zheng Zhihu also knew that he would sit back and wait any longer, so he could only give this inappropriate order against his will.

"It's finally done!" Shi Diwen sighed secretly in his heart. He got information feedback from the lookout soldiers standing on the high platform at the first time, the flag on the wall of Nanri Zhai changed, and the gunners pushed the hidden artillery to the battlement, it seemed that they were really planning to fight hard.

However, this kind of thinking is only the intention of the pirates, and the Haihan militia will not let the opponent get the opportunity to open fire so lightly. After the snipers on each high platform reported the position of the observed artillery, they began to use their sniper rifles to shoot at the pirate gunners who appeared on the wall. At this distance from the snipers, the pirates had no means to fight back, and it was a one-sided killing. In order to ensure the accuracy of hits, more than a dozen snipers under Morgan's unified command focused on the same two targets for each shot.

When the pirate gunners were knocked down one by one by bullets flying hundreds of meters, the people around them even thought at first that they were being hit by the debris from the shells, but soon realized that something was wrong, because their position did not seem to be under shelling at this time. By the time they found out that the wounded had been wounded by rifles, the snipers had already killed six or seven targets.

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The artillery positions arranged on the wall of the wall were also destroyed three or four times, and before the official exchange of fire, the combat power of Nanri Village had already suffered a great blow.

Although Zheng Zhihu did not directly climb the wall to command and watch the battle, the information fed back by Guò also knew the passivity of the current form. If the Haihan militia was allowed to move over inch by inch, it would probably not be until they arrived at the gate of Nanri Village, and the wall of the village would be directly destroyed by the dense artillery fire. When the other party really enters their own range, it is difficult to say how many cannons can be fired on the wall.

"Order to fire!" Although he knew that the hit rate of firing at this time would be very low, Zheng Zhihu also knew that he would sit back and wait any longer, so he could only give this inappropriate order against his will.

"It's finally done!" Shi Diwen sighed secretly in his heart. He got information feedback from the lookout soldiers standing on the high platform at the first time, the flag on the wall of Nanri Zhai changed, and the gunners pushed the hidden artillery to the battlement, it seemed that they were really planning to fight hard.

However, this kind of thinking is only the intention of the pirates, and the Haihan militia will not let the opponent get the opportunity to open fire so lightly. After the snipers on each high platform reported the position of the observed artillery, they began to use their sniper rifles to shoot at the pirate gunners who appeared on the wall. At this distance from the snipers, the pirates had no means to fight back, and it was a one-sided killing. In order to ensure the accuracy of hits, more than a dozen snipers under Morgan's unified command focused on the same two targets for each shot.

When the pirate gunners were knocked down one by one by bullets flying hundreds of meters, the people around them even thought at first that they were being hit by the debris from the shells, but soon realized that something was wrong, because their position did not seem to be under shelling at this time. By the time they found out that the wounded had been wounded by rifles, the snipers had already killed six or seven targets.