The Dutch servant who climbed up the city wall jumped down from the top of the city with a short sword in his hand and slashed at a Marine soldier on the opposite side with his sword.

The Marine soldier took two steps back and blocked the front with his musket in both hands.

With a sound of "but", the native's short knife slashed on the musket, causing a little spark. The native quickly retracted the knife, and then slashed sideways. The Marine soldier swung the musket with one hand and hit the chopper hard.

On the short knife.

"Ah!" The native couldn't bear the force, dropped his dagger, and retreated in horror. But another nearby Marine soldier had already waved a musket and hit him on the shoulder, knocking him to the ground, and then hit him hard.

He kicked him on the head.

"Ah..." Unexpectedly, another native jumped up from the wall. When he jumped down, he slashed the Marine soldier's neck with a knife.

"Quick, let the reserve team come up! Don't stop shooting the muskets!" Qi Dalu shouted, picked up a long knife, and rushed towards a gun emplacement, where two natives were preparing to attack the gunner.

Xu Chuanxing stood on a balcony at the back, calmly observing the entire battlefield. There were too many natives. On several sections of the city wall, natives climbed up wooden ladders and were engaging in hand-to-hand combat with Marines and rural soldiers. The immigrants were in reserve.

Jingzhuang has already rushed up, relying on the partial advantage of their numbers, and is gradually driving the natives off the city wall.

"All the artillery pieces were replaced with shotguns and attacked the musketeers outside the trenches." Xu Chuanxing ordered loudly: "All strong men come forward with spears! The Marines temporarily retreated, organized their formation, and prepared to fire guns at the natives who climbed the city. What the hell?

,Are the Dutch crazy?”

Faced with the crazy attack by the natives, the Han Chinese soldiers at the top of the city were obviously in a panic. Marines, rural soldiers and elite soldiers were all crowded together, unable to deploy at all, and the muskets could not be loaded normally. For a month, the Dutch passively attacked

, which made them feel arrogant and full of disdain for their attack. Now, facing the Dutch's all-out crazy attack regardless of casualties, they were suddenly at a loss.

Qi Dalu chopped down the last native with a single blow and squatted half-crouched on the city wall, breathing heavily. He looked around and saw that as the strong and strong soldiers coming up gradually forced the natives waiting for the city to come down to the top of the city, the situation seemed to be under control for the time being.

Stopped. Under the cover of powerful swords and guns, the Marines continued to shoot down the city in an orderly manner.

"Boom!" A shell flew from below the city and crashed directly into several nearby Marine soldiers and elite troops. Three people were killed on the spot and four others were injured.

A dozen strong men immediately screamed and retreated, but were stopped by the country soldiers behind them who kicked and beat them.

"Throw bombs under the city!" Qi Dalu said through gritted teeth.

Originally, the hand-thrown bombs were intended to be used later when the situation was critical, but I did not expect that the first attack after the Dutch reinforcements arrived would be such an all-out attack regardless of the cost. For this reason, they can only be used in advance.

Out.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." As dozens of hand-thrown bombs were dropped from the top of the city, the natives who were attacking the city suddenly collapsed. Although the hand-thrown bombs were not powerful, the huge sound, flying fragments, and injuries

The large number of people made the natives feel frightened. They didn't know how many tin cans there were in the city that made noise and could kill people.

Facing the natives who turned around and fled, the Hanzhou soldiers at the city head naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, using artillery and muskets to harvest the lives of the fleeing natives.

Colonel Ajan Van Dijk threw away the monocular with a livid face and turned back to the temporary camp near the dock. He was filled with joy when he saw the natives ascending to the city just now. Maybe today, Dili City can be breached. However,

, the Hanzhou army in the city seemed to have organized the civilians who had been established, and quickly drove the natives off the city.

The city of Dili was almost captured! Colonel Ajan Van Dijk secretly resented that the natives were too helpless, the mercenaries were too afraid of death, and the Hanzhou soldiers were really resistant to fighting.

"Mainland, have the casualty statistics been released?" Xu Chuanxing asked.

"The statistics are out." Qi Dalu said with some seriousness: "Fifteen of the Marines died and 27 were injured, 22 died and 26 were injured in the rural barracks, and eight immigrants died and 12 were injured.

People. A total of one hundred and ten casualties."

"What the hell, there were more than a hundred casualties in one day!" Although Xu Chuanxing was mentally prepared, he was still surprised. There were less than 800 strong marines in the city, rural soldiers, and immigrants. They lost so much in one day.

You must know that there are at least more than 2,000 Dutch people outside the city.

"The Dutch have made it clear that they want to compete with us and exchange their native servants for our soldiers." Qi Dalu said: "If the fight continues like this, we will be exhausted by them in less than a week!

"

"It would be great if there was kerosene in the city!" Qi Dalu continued: "It can prevent them from approaching the city wall."

"Look at what you said." Xu Chuanxing said with a smile: "Why didn't you say, it would be great if there was another Marine company in the city! Now, the situation in the city is like this, we have to fight hard!"

"How many days can we fight hard?" Qi Dalu sighed. The defensive force in the city was a little weak. In the end, the Dutch might bleed a lot, but the 800 people in the city might not be spared either.

.

"It takes a few days to fight, at least it will make the Dutch people feel heartbroken!" Xu Chuanxing shook his head and said: "Let me make more delicious food tonight, and everyone will be full and full. What, he's dead.

, I also want to be a full-fledged ghost!"

"Captain, do you think the Dutch will launch a night attack?" Qi Dalu asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Xu Chuanxing rolled his eyes, "There are many Dutch people, so maybe they will have to raid at night like we did when we captured Dili City. Should we entertain them well at night?"

"Then make more preparations and give them a surprise."

"Well, it's best to kill more of their people so that they won't dare to besiege you on all sides like today."

"That might cost some gunpowder."

"It doesn't matter, if we kill more Dutch people, they won't dare to attack the city again. Maybe they can just withdraw." Xu Chuanxing said, "How do you want to arrange it?"

"When I was in Black Mountain City, I saw the guards in the mines often using gunpowder to blow up the mountains. I think we can also use gunpowder to blow up the natives."

"This... don't blow yourself up."

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"Sirs, I suggest launching a night attack." Captain David Van Hewitt said: "During the day, Hanzhou can use sharp artillery and muskets to carry out precise attacks on our siege troops. However, at night,

, they will fall into a visual blind spot, a very exploitable offense."

Colonel Arjan van Dijk nodded, then turned to look at Major Frost Fritz, asking for his opinion.

Major Frost Fritz pondered for a moment and nodded to express his agreement with Captain It. During the day, the Hanzhou soldiers resisted very tenaciously, and the Dutch native servants and mercenaries suffered heavy casualties. After rough statistics, the mercenary casualties were

There were more than 150 people, and more than 360 natives were killed and injured, and 20% of the troops were lost. If we continue to attack like today regardless of casualties, let alone the mercenaries, even the natives will probably mutiny.

.

"Considering that it is a night attack, once the breakthrough is made, our army's large forces must rush forward quickly to prevent the Hanzhou army from blocking and blocking. Since Dili City is surrounded by rivers to the west and mountains to the south, it is impossible to deploy our troops. Therefore, I suggest

Only small groups of troops were dispatched in these two directions for harassing containment, and most of the troops were concentrated on the north and east sides of Dili City so that after the city was broken, follow-up troops could provide strong support." David Van Hewitt

The captain was very excited when he saw that his night attack plan was adopted, and he also proposed the offensive military deployment of the troops outside the city.

"Captain Hewitt has thought very carefully, and he deserves to be born into a military family." Colonel Ajan Van Dijk praised with a smile: "Everyone, do you have anything to add to tonight's night attack? Everyone must plan carefully and strive for success today.

Capture Dili City tonight!"

"Colonel Van Dijk, I suggest that after the city is broken, the natives should be allowed to pick up some property in the city to encourage them to display their due combat effectiveness in tonight's night attack." Major Frost Fritz

said.

"You can tell the natives that except for the official offices and treasury of Hanzhou, other property is free for them to pick up." Colonel Ajan Van Dijk said: "Of course, this order agrees to apply to our mercenaries."

Dili City at night seemed like a giant beast shrouded in darkness. After devouring hundreds of lives during the day, it lay quietly on the ground, ready to choose people to devour again.

Under the moonlight, hundreds of natives, holding daggers and wooden spears, slowly moved towards Dili City. Behind them were mercenaries holding muskets, groping forward cautiously.

As we approached Dili City, we heard a strong smell of corpses. The weather was hot, and corpses discarded under the city during the day would soon start to stink.

The natives who found their way near the trench endured the discomfort in their stomachs and stumbled over the corpses scattered everywhere. Then they held on to the wooden ladder on the trench and slowly climbed over.

The torches on the top of the Dili city dimly illuminated the small area nearby, and no soldiers were visible on guard. They must be hiding in the shadows of the city wall.

Several wooden ladders were gently placed at the top of the city, but in the silent night sky, they seemed extremely loud.

"Enemy attack!" A soldier at the top of the city shouted loudly, and then a torch was thrown down, revealing the natives gathered under the city in the light. Several huge stones were thrown down, hitting several people immediately.

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A few natives below the city wall held on to the wooden ladder tightly to prevent the people at the top of the city from knocking it over. Then, several natives held short knives in their mouths and climbed up quickly.

"Bang! Bang!" Two Hanzhou soldiers shot at the natives on the wooden ladder below with guns, knocking down two of them. The natives below continued to climb up without fear of death.

The northern wall of Dili City suddenly became noisy, with the sound of muskets, artillery, shouts of killing, and screams of agony.

Captain David Van Hewitt clenched his fists tightly and looked nervously at the firelight at the top of the city. It seemed that natives had already boarded the city. In the darkness, natives kept crossing the ditch and rushing to the city.

Go down to the city, then climb up the wooden ladder.

With the cover of night, more natives rushed to the city, and more wooden ladders were set up at the top of the city. Under this storm-like attack, the Hanzhou soldiers seemed a little unprepared. Large sections of the city wall

The Dutch native servants who were attacked at night broke through, and the Han soldiers began to retreat continuously.
Chapter completed!