On the last day of September 1647, the heavy rain over the strait had just stopped. The chapter updates were the fastest to check the beach outside the port. A large group of soldiers wearing mortar khaki uniforms, big caps, and cowhide boots were holding bayonet rifles, jumping down from the boat like dumplings, and then forming a small team in the knee-deep sea water to advance quickly towards the shore.

There were several bronze cannons on the shore firing at the sea one after another, but this was almost certain in front of thousands of East Coast soldiers who were quickly landing. More than three hundred Crandy people holding East Coast spears and sabers rushed towards the enemy's turret under the command of East Coast officers. They were told before they set out that once the turret was successfully seized, one-third of the ransom collected from the Spanish after breaking the city would be exclusively enjoyed, which successfully aroused their enthusiasm for fighting.

The Spanish turret had been bombarded by a carpet-style gunfire by three large warships on the east coast, and three artillery pieces were blown up. Of course, they also successfully injured the flagship of the Pacific Temporary Task Force on the East Coast, and forced them to give up their intention of directly blowing up the turret and instead sent the army to land in an attempt to occupy the place.

The Spanish soldiers guarding the fort were shot from a high point and fired a volley of muskets. The Crandy people who were rushing up with all their might were knocked down. The rest of their steps suddenly slowed down, but at this time they couldn't help themselves, because more companions behind were holding spears and hugging them, so they could only bite the bullet and continue rushing forward.

The Spaniards took out a 6-pound cannon, and after loading, dense grape bombs shot out from the muzzle, causing more than twenty casualties in the surging East Coast army. The Crandy people who were rushing forward were a little scared and rushed into the bushes on both sides of the road. Below the bushes were steep hillsides. After the rain, many Crandy servants screamed and fell down.

"A mob!" Xie Hansan, who was the commander-in-chief of the army's front combat, put down the telescope hanging on his chest, then pulled out the sharp command knife from his waist, pointed to the Spanish's fortress position, and said, "You go and notify Bianchi (the leader of the Crandy Volunteer Army) and tell him that if he can't get the fort within an hour, then he will pack up his things and roll back into the mud of Santa Fe to roll with the Spanish! I think I'm going to come to Chile, Charcas and Peru to make a fortune, and it won't work if I don't have any skills!"

After the commemorative soldiers repeated the orders and went to commemorate the orders, Xie Hansan looked at the beachhead again, where two companies of the east coast soldiers had landed and had arranged their formations. A large number of small boats on the beach were loading with follow-up troops and supplies and rowing hard toward the beach.

"Tell Malezky (the leader of the Polish mercenary army), after the troops were collected, they would go out to attack Chakao City, and the Second Artillery Company would cooperate with their operations. In addition, Vicente's Araukan PLA cooperated with the Tatar cavalry to start occupying the key points of traffic outside the city, and strictly prevent enemy reinforcements from attacking or the enemy retreating in the city." Xie Hansan issued an order in an orderly manner. In his arrangement, almost all the troops used were Servants, mercenaries, and troops from the east coast were still waiting for battle near the beach. As the general reserve team, we can clearly see from here that his combat idea was to consume the Servants and mercenaries that were very regrettable. Try to minimize casualties of the direct troops in the east coast, and at the same time achieve his own strategic goals.

Although Chakan was the capital of the Spanish colony in Chiloe, after the Araucan riot against the Spanish rule broke out more than a decade ago (from 1633 to 1634, the population of the Araucan retaliated against the massacre of Spanish settlers after the East Coast army evacuated the island), the population here dropped sharply and the economic foundation plummeted. The originally prosperous fur and timber trade shrank significantly. Although the Spaniards later continued to move to this place to some immigrants from Granada and South Germany to enrich the white power, the severe ethnic confrontation on the island and the racial vendetta from time to time made it difficult to calm down for a long time.

Especially in the Port of Castro, which was completely handed over by the East Coast people to the Araucan people, almost all the local white Spanish settlers died from the revenge of the Araucan people, and many years of colonial cause were destroyed. Later, the Spanish mobilized a large number of colonial soldiers from Peru to land on the island for several months before they wiped out the Araucan rebels occupying the Port of Castro and its nearby Araucan. As for the removal of the Araucan people on the entire island, it took the Spanish more than a year. When the entire island finally calmed down under the crazy suppression of the Spanish colonial army at the end of 1634, according to statistics, there were only less than a thousand living people on the entire island, about half of which were Araucan people, and the remaining were mainly mixed-race people, and only one hundred pure white people were.

Such a bleak situation left the Peruvian governor and Chilean generals of the Kingdom of Spain relatively speechless. They once wanted to give up this big island. However, with the rise of Araucan guerrillas in the mountains of southern Chile, these indigenous soldiers who were pulling llamas or boats attacked the Spanish colonial strongholds in central Chile. In order to curb the scope of the Araucan activities, the Spaniards eventually rebuilt Chakao City, which had suffered severe damage, and at the same time moved here to a large number of new immigrants from Europe.

At the same time, the Spanish also rebuilt a wooden fortress on the original site of the burned city of Port Castro and stationed a group of soldiers inside. This, together with the town on the Chaiten River on the mainland across a strait, forms two important gateways south of the Spanish Kingdom’s Port Barrios (later Monte), a major town in southern Chile. Spanish Navy warships often come here to patrol to strike small fishing boats of the Araucan people who may appear on the sea.

When the East Coast fleet came, they walked into the Bay of Corcova. They did not encounter Spanish warships at that time. They had no interest in the two small strongholds, Port Castro and Port Chaiten, so they concentrated their troops to attack the more wealthy Port Chakao. After conquering Port Chakao and obtaining key supplies, their next target may be Port Barrios or Valdivia. Everything depends on the situation.

More than half an hour passed. At this time, the Crandy volunteers led by Bianchi, the Goggio man, finally conquered the Spanish turrets despite the casualties, regardless of casualties. They were equipped with only cold weapons, and fell down seventy or eighty people in the Spanish artillery fire and muskets. However, they finally relied on the advantage of the number of people to defeat the Spanish resistance and successfully rushed to the fort within one hour stipulated by Xie Hansan. After conquering the fort, the Crandy people, who were extremely angry because of the excessive casualties, carried out inhumane assassinated the more than ten Spanish fort soldiers who surrendered, and the East Coast officers who were in charge of the war did not do anything to stop this.

On the other hand, the Polish mercenary soldiers led by Malezky fought much harder. The Spanish found that there was only one artillery in the city, and they were destroyed by the East Coast artillery at the beginning of the war. However, the Polish mercenaries who were used to fighting plains in Eastern Europe lacked some effective methods to attack the fortresses in the temperate coniferous forest mountain areas. However, they were experienced veterans after more than an hour of exploration. After communicating with the artillery, they quickly seized two small Spanish strongholds outside the city, killed more than 50 Peruvian Indian soldiers, and suffered only more than ten casualties.

After all the remaining artillery guns of the Second Company of the Artillery that cooperated with them were in place, thousands of Polish officers and soldiers launched a general attack on Chakao City. They fought fiercely with the Spaniards at the city gate, and the advancement was quite slow. However, Maletsky had fought for nearly twenty years and had a rich combat experience. He judged that the Spaniards had limited troops and his main force was attracted to the front battlefield on the north side. Therefore, he immediately divided more than 200 elite musketeers and walked back to the east side with two cannons. After a short and fierce battle, the Poles successfully controlled the city gate on the east side.

At this moment, the battle was basically gone without any suspense. The Spaniards, who were short of troops in the city, were facing the dilemma of being attacked from both sides. It was already difficult for them to resist the attack of the East Coast people head-on. At this time, there was also a warning message on the east side, but they were powerless to do anything about it and could only give up the resistance on the front battlefield and fight and retreat into the city.

At this time, Xie Hansan also decisively joined the First Artillery Company and the Ping'an County Militia Brigade, and gradually advanced into the city from the east side of the captured city. The Poles on the front did not advance at this time. They followed the direction of the Spanish retreat and continued to clear away the remaining enemies on both sides of the street.

After seeing both armies successfully attacking the city, Xie Hansan put down his telescope and was not interested in looking at it again. The winner was decided! As the commander of the army, he has even begun to think about where to move next. However, this is the matter of Lieutenant Colonel Lu Ming, the commander of the naval fleet. He has no right to make a decision. At most, he is just giving some advice.

At 2:00 p.m. on September 30, 1647, the East Coast Army successfully occupied the entire Chakao City. Most of the Spanish defenders inside and outside the city were wiped out. A small number of them escaped from the city and were captured by the Tatar cavalry waiting outside the city. Of course, more than a dozen unlucky people fell into the hands of the Araucan guerrillas, and the fate can be imagined.
Chapter completed!