Chapter 131 Night Attack Continues
The sound of fighting in Heliao Port reached the Qi Kun body from afar. Whether it was the Relanzha Castle with a Kun body or the Dutch artillery tower with a seven Kun body sandbank, all the Dutch people were worried.
Anyone with a normal mind knows that the possibility of Heliao Port being preserved is not high.
It was so unfortunate. A heavy rain caused a great reduction in the power of guns and cannons. Even if the muskets in the hands of the Dutch were already flintlocks, the heavy rain and humid environment were still their natural enemies. What's more, there were not many Dutch defenders there.
No matter how you look at it, there is no possibility of 'survival'.
When time enters the second half of the night, the heavy rain gradually becomes smaller.
There were no more guns and shouts of killing in Heliao Port, and the Dutch on the sandbank on Qikun's body fell asleep with worry.
But no one could have thought that Zheng Zhilong had captured Heliao Port overnight, but he also felt guilty about Qi Kun's body sandbank.
Will the early progress of the war against the Netherlands be fast?
Extending from the sea in the northeast of the Dagou Mountain, the seven sandbanks are still visible on windy and rainy nights. Because the Dutch fortresses on the sandbanks are all shining with lights.
Grasshopper boats were walking on the rippling sea.
In the south of the island, there will be heavy rains. How can there be no wind and waves?
But from the Dagou Mountain to the Qikun Sand Bank, it is about a mile away. So what if there is wind and waves?
There were twenty ships in total, each of which was riding a shed of soldiers, all of which were cold weapons, with grenades wrapped in oil cloth wrapped around their waists, four huge yellow gourds hanging on their front chests and backs. Even if they fell into the sea, they might not die.
The team has the courage that General Chen Hui personally led the troops. How could Lin Xishan have less?
At the stall where Zheng's group suddenly changed, even the Zheng family was fighting hard (Zheng Sen, Zheng Zhibao, Zheng Zhiguan, Zheng Zhipeng). What reason do they have to be lazy?
William and Brooks and their team were on duty at 2 o'clock in the morning, and they were worried when they looked at the direction of Heliao Port. When the people of their own country were in trouble, everyone would develop cheap sympathy.
The reason why this sympathy is described as "cheap" is because the two of them and another comrade are sleeping soundly in the sentry guard against the wall.
They are just mercenaries, at most they are "dead rabbits and foxes, sad things and hurt their species". How could they really have the brotherhood of comrades?
Beers and Hendry were left at night among the five.
There are only twenty defenders in the small cannon base, two large-caliber artillery and two small cannons, and now there are thirty defenders and four large-caliber artillery. The fire and defense power have risen one step. Therefore, the nighttime whistle can also use such a luxurious number as five people.
The sentry guard faced the Dog Mountain to the south. Hendry stood upright and motionless in the face of Dog Mountain. The Dutch felt the threat from Zheng's army from the land, and the policeman of the Liukun body sandbank outside of Relanzha was promoted to the highest level.
Although they have very few people, staying inside a safe cannon building in a rainy night, this is an absolute advantage.
The enemy cannot use guns and cannons. They can continue to shoot guns and cannons when they stay in the cannon base that shelters from wind and rain. Isn’t this an advantage or an advantage?
Therefore, taking William and Brooks as examples, they neither think that the Qikun body cannon is dangerous.
At least now.
The climate is too unfavorable to the attacking party. In addition, the waves on the sea are rolling at this moment, and the darkness is gone, how could Zheng Jun go to the island at this time? Isn’t this adding danger to nothing?
But the sea surface of Li Xukuan really couldn't stop Zheng Jun.
Therefore, when small groups of Zheng soldiers approached the stronghold quietly, the wind and rain on the sea covered the sound of footsteps. Even if the muddy ground made their movements seem less clean, they did not alarm the soldiers on the night.
The night attack troops were gradually approaching the artillery base. Compared with the defense of Heliao Port, although the area here is not large, the fortifications are much stronger. At least there is a trench wide outside, and there is a strict chest wall inside the trench. Moreover, the soldiers on duty are quite competent. Although three of the five people fell, there are still two, right? The Dutch's vigilance is really not bad.
The seemingly simple sentry post at the top of the cannon, and there are bags of sacks inside and outside the wall. As long as they are not hit by the cannon, no matter how many bullets hit them, they will tickled them. In the fixed fortification, the two muzzles always pointed straight ahead. Five people in the fortification, three of them fell asleep against the sandbags, and the remaining two were at night, but at this time, their eyes were no longer as good as the dark wind and rain outside.
A cold wind blew, causing Biers who had been staring at the middle of the night to fight a cold war. "This damn dark night." Although the temperature in the south of the island was not cold at all, the wind and rain could make the night wind cool.
Another man, Hendry, had no movement and always stood straight because he was almost standing and fell asleep.
Therefore, both of them were not at the bottom.
The trench that was ten feet wide could not help Chen Hui. It was about to attack at night. He had not yet made this preparation and was still not going to succeed. He had already known the inside and outside arrangement of the Dutch artillery building.
The two hundred night attack troops marched along the trench toward both sides. Once they took action, they would attack together from all sides.
The gun cannot penetrate the thick barriers, and the swords and guns cannot cut through the protection, but the shooting holes left on the barriers are the best destination for grenades.
A soldier quietly touched the chest wall, the second, the third, and the fourth, and then supported himself, holding a canvas to build a shelter for his subsequent comrades.
This is also the place where grenades carried by night attack soldiers are ignited.
His ears shook slightly, and Bills, who was squatting down and lazy, stepped up suddenly and grabbed the musket beside him with both hands. "Hey, Hendry, wake up! I seem to hear something."
The movements of soldiers swam across the trench and climbed over the outer chest wall were still heard by Beers.
"You all get up too, get up quickly-"
Beers' screams came from afar in the night. Not only did the three sleeping Dutch soldiers in the fortifications woke up, but there were also people shouting in the fortress.
"Damn it!" Chen Hui cursed in his heart.
"It's probably a frog or something..." Hendry carefully stretched his head out and looked out. He hoped his companions had heard it wrong. But he also knew that Beals' ears were notoriously agile throughout the fortress.
William stretched comfortably, while taking off his hat and clenching his itchy short hair, and looked outside, "It's really hell. Guys, it's not dawn yet, I just fell asleep not long ago, you should wake me up at dawn."
"I can't see anything outside..." The only anonymous among the five people poked their heads against the sack bag.
Then the next moment, something hit his head heavily, which made the unprepared Anonymous fall to the ground, and the thing that hit him fell into his arms.
"What is this? Is the pineapple carved from a wooden shell?" He was still confused and didn't realize what was in his arms for a moment, so he raised it up and looked in front of him. The result was a "boom". Uh, his head was at least half rotten!
All five-man teams in the sentry at the top of the cannon base lost their combat effectiveness in the explosion.
The clothes they wore had no ability to block the sputtered wood chips. The high-speed flying wood chips easily hit them hard.
Those who are lucky still have their lives, such as Hendry and Brooks, and Beals with sharp ears; those who are lucky will return to the Lord's arms in the explosion just now.
The wood chips passed through William's neck, and like a sharp blade, cut off William's trachea.
The cold wind was floating in the dark night. At the outer chest wall of the cannon, figures wearing black clothes quickly climbed over the mud, and more and more people showed their outlines in the dark night.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack..."
A roar with trembling and horror suddenly rang in the quiet Dutch camp, which was countless times louder than Beers' previous screams.
But soon, the Dutch scream was completely covered up by the explosion of grenades.
Where several pieces of canvas were built, the night attack soldiers cut open the fire sticks, and grenades fell into the various firing holes and gun holes of the cannon building like raindrops.
It is impossible that all the grenades were thrown into the fort with satisfaction, but there was always one in the two that could enter, right? There were one in three, four, or even five that could meet, which was enough to wipe out the Dutch defenders in the artillery.
Chapter completed!