Chapter 619 Battle of Nanri Island (6)

Of course, Shi Diwen had full confidence in taking over Nanri Village, but he also knew that taking over this stronghold was not something that could be done just by talking. Although the pirates' combat power was relatively low, as long as they held on

Otherwise, Haihan could only use a large amount of artillery fire to break through the outer wall defenses. If possible, Shi Diwen still hopes to save a little resources and time in the battle, such as letting snipers attack from a distance.

Shoot the pirate leader who appears within the field of vision from a distance, and use the "decapitation" tactic to disrupt the opponent's command system.

Of course, this is just a chance. No one knows whether the pirate leader will personally go to the wall to supervise the battle, and Shi Diwen and others will not really place their hopes on this tactic. After the artillery positions are arranged,

The militia army is about to launch an attack.

At this time, an officer came over to ask for instructions on which military flag should be used on the position. Shi Diwen glanced at Xu Yuzhuo, who looked slightly embarrassed, and responded with a smile: "Let's use the military flag of the Ming army!"

Xu Yuzhuo said: "From the student's point of view, let's use the military flag of your army, right?"

"It's okay, we won't steal credit from the Fujian Ming Army." Shi Diwen waved his hands and said, "Of course you'd better say something nice for us in the memorial you write to the court afterwards."

"This is a proper courtesy. Even if Mr. Shi doesn't say it, we will do it." Xu Yuzhuo responded quickly.

The Haihan military did not want the Ming court to pay too much attention to Haihan's military strength and development momentum. Therefore, in the various anti-bandit operations on the mainland, the official credit was given to various levels of government. However, this

Military rewards are optional, but a good reputation is more important to Haihan. The government will praise Haihan and create a loyal and patriotic image. In the future, when he goes north to open up a new stronghold, he will deal with the local government.

It will also be easier.

At the same time, the atmosphere in Nanri Village was not as peaceful as in the Haihan position. The opponent set up an artillery position one mile away, and there were many people with good eyesight in Nanri Village who were on a slightly higher ground.

However, the pirates seemed unable to come up with any effective response to such attack methods.

The cannon with the longest range in Nanri Village can shoot a mile if it is filled with gunpowder. However, this cannon is already an old thing from the Wanli period. No one can guarantee whether too much gunpowder will directly explode the barrel. Anyway, the village

The few veteran gunners inside didn't dare to do this. As for the other cannons, they couldn't threaten the enemy at this distance.

Some people think that the Haihan militia has more artillery, and that we should fire immediately to deter the opponent so that it does not dare to attack easily. But some people think that firing first can make it easier for the opponent to attack in a targeted manner. It is better to wait and see what happens and wait for the Haihan people.

After launching an attack, choose countermeasures. Some people even think that they should take advantage of the Haihan people's unsteady foothold to rush out of the stronghold and kill them first. The opponent's strength is less than half of our own, so why should we be afraid of them?

"Stop arguing!" Finally, one of the leaders couldn't stand it anymore and stopped the quarrel: "Who the hell wants to use flesh and blood to rush into the Haihan Musket Formation and die? Go out of the stronghold and try it yourself! The boss asked you to guard

We are here in Nanri Village just to prevent you from dying too quickly!"

"Duan San, if you are scared, don't talk loudly. If you are afraid of death, just say it clearly!" Some people who were not convinced immediately retorted.

The leader known as Duan San immediately stood up and responded: "I'm afraid of death? If the master hadn't allowed brothers to go out to fight together, I would have gone to the dock with my brother to ambush the Haihan people early this morning!"

As soon as Duan San said these words, the people who had just attacked him stopped talking. In the morning, dozens of brothers who went out to the stronghold to ambush Haihan on the dock, only two people escaped in the end, and there was no biological brother of Duan San among them.

As for what happened on the dock, the pirates in Nanri Village had already guessed it from the intensive gunfire that came from the two lucky men who escaped.

Duan San said with red eyes: "Even if I risk my life, I will fight with the Haihan people to the end! If everyone rushes out like this, wouldn't it be like putting meat on the chopping block? The boss also said that as long as we can keep it safe

In five or six days, the reinforcements sent by the family will arrive at Nanri Island, and then they will trap these Haihan people on the island, and then slowly kill them!"

Duan San's words had a slight effect on stabilizing the morale of the army, but the pirates seemed to have forgotten one thing. Even if they chose to hold on, they still could not avoid the Haihan Militia's shelling of Nanri Village. This battle

How to fight is not something they can actively choose.

"Report, the artillery positions have been deployed, please give instructions from the commander!"

Shi Diwen raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was five minutes to ten in the morning. The preparations were completed 35 minutes earlier than the expected time of the general attack. It seemed that it was going relatively smoothly. Shi Diwen ordered: "The target is the gate of Nanri Village

, conduct two rounds of calibration fire first, and pay attention to if the opponent fires back, use its firepower point as the key point of attack!"

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

The pirates in the village had blocked the entrance with stones in advance last night, so the entrance to the village was not the target of the school shooting, but the archery tower above the entrance. However, no shells directly hit it in the first round of test firing.

The arrow tower is somewhat inaccurate.

A 48-pound siege gun shell hit the wall, causing gravel to fly and a basin-sized dent on the wall, but it was not enough to affect the strength of the wall. Another

The smaller cannonball went directly over the wall of the village and hit the stable in the village. The horses were not directly injured, but they hit a pillar supporting the stable, causing a quarter of it to collapse.

The roof came down, causing people in the village to flip over. Other artillery shells failed to achieve any substantial results, and they basically hit empty spaces.

But in the second round of test firing two minutes later, the calibrated artillery position quickly focused its fire successfully. Two artillery shells directly hit the watch tower and went out through the building, sending sawdust flying everywhere. They were originally deployed in the watch tower.

Although no one among the pirate archers was injured, they were so frightened that they fled and did not dare to stay in the building any longer.

"It looks like the effect is good." Shi Diwen confirmed the results from the telescope, and then asked the artillery to conduct three rounds of shooting at the same target. After continuous corrections, in the last round of artillery bombardment, more than 50% of the shells hit

Arrow tower. Although this arrow tower has not collapsed yet, it has been riddled with holes and is on the verge of collapse. We definitely don’t dare to deploy more manpower inside.

During this period, none of Shibazhi's defensive artillery fired. This was also the order given by Zheng Zhihu. He knew to some extent that his own weapons were disadvantaged in terms of range and accuracy, so they had to be at the current engagement distance

If you were to engage in a bombardment with the Haihan people, you really wouldn't be able to gain any advantage at all, and it would probably expose the location of your own firepower.

The pirates had seen the level of concentrated fire of the Haihan artillery from the shelling of the watchtower just now. The pirate gunners had no doubts about Zheng Zhihu's order. Now the chance of hitting the opponent is extremely small, but it is possible.

It would attract a concentrated fire, and the gunners were unwilling to take such unnecessary risks.

Shi Diwen saw that his opponent continued to remain silent and did not immediately launch a counterattack, which was also a slight exception. During the battle at sea the day before, these pirates fired the cannons and muskets they installed on the ship early. It seemed that they used this method

can deter the Haihan militia. But today the pirates' fighting style suddenly changed, and they were no longer eager to use the long-range weapons they had on hand.

Shi Diwen thought for a while and issued the next order to advance the entire position fifty meters and conduct three rounds of shelling. If the pirates still couldn't fight back, they would continue to advance until the pirates could no longer hold back.

Although this is a bit cumbersome, Shi Diwen firmly believes that the few long-range weapons in Nanri Village are the biggest threat to the Haihan Militia, and the number of troops put into combat this time is very limited. Shi Diwen must ensure that the infantry is deployed before

Before the first line, first clear away the firepower points on the opponent's wall. As you advance step by step, you will compete to see who can keep your composure more.

Shibazhi had the advantage in strength but it was difficult to take advantage of it. They could only wait patiently for the Haihan Militia's position to come within their own range. However, things were not as simple as they imagined. Starting from a distance of 400 meters,

The Haihan artillery no longer bombarded the target of the city gate, but freely bombarded the front wall of about 150 meters long. At this distance, even a smaller-caliber 12-pounder cannon hit the top of the wall to create

The flying debris was powerful enough to injure people. After ten rounds of shelling, there were already more than 20 injured people in Nanri Village, all of them were gunners on standby on the wall.

Three or four artillery emplacements on the battlefield were also destroyed. Even before the official exchange of fire, Nanri Village's combat power had already suffered a huge blow.

Although Zheng Zhihu did not directly climb the wall to command and watch the battle, he knew from the feedback that the current situation was passive. If the Haihan militia were allowed to move over inch by inch, the wall would probably be destroyed before they reached the gate of Nanri Village.

It will be directly destroyed by the intensive artillery fire. When the opponent actually enters our firing range, it is hard to say how many cannons on the wall can be fired.

"Order to fire!" Although he knew that the hit rate of firing at this time would be very low, Zheng Zhihu also knew that if he waited any longer, he would be waiting for death, so he could only issue this inappropriate order against his will.

"Finally started!" Shi Diwen sighed secretly in his heart. He immediately received information feedback from the lookout soldiers standing on the high platform. The flags on the wall of Nanri Village changed, and the gunners moved the hidden artillery.

They were all pushed to the crenel, and it looked like they were really planning to fight.

However, this idea is just the intention of the pirates. The Haihan Militia will not let their opponents get the opportunity to fire so easily. After the snipers on each high platform reported the observed positions of the artillery, they began to use their hands to

The sniper rifles fired at the pirate gunners who appeared on the wall. At the distance where the snipers were, the pirates had no means of fighting back at all. It was a one-sided killing. In order to ensure the hit rate, ten

Several snipers, under the unified command of Morgan, focused their fire on the same two targets every time.

When the pirate gunners were knocked down one by one by bullets flying from a few hundred meters away, the people around them even thought they were hit by the gravel splashed by the shells, but they soon realized that something was wrong.

Because their position did not seem to be under shelling at this time. By the time they discovered that the wounded were injured by rifles, the snipers had already killed six or seven targets. The remaining gunners also felt overwhelmed by this.

They were in panic and did not dare to expose their heads or torso outside the cover of the village wall, because they had discovered that the high platform built by the Haihan people behind the distant position was where these evil stars who could attack at super long distances were located.

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"Fire! Why haven't you fired yet?" Zheng Zhihu found that after his order was given, only two cannons on the wall fired, and they soon misfired again. This made him very dissatisfied and immediately went to the wall.

Ask about the status.

Only after a dozen gunners who had been shot were carried down from the wall of the stronghold, Zheng Zhihu understood what kind of situation he had encountered. It was obvious that Haihan's long-range weapons were not just those amazingly powerful artillery, but also some

A gun with an extremely long range, capable of killing one's own gunners at the same distance as the artillery range.

And this completely disrupted Zheng Zhihu's layout. He originally thought that even if his artillery was not as powerful as his opponent, at least after entering his own range, he could still fight to the death with the opponent. By then, after all the artillery, his own force would be able to hold on with its superiority in strength.

Nanri Village should not be a big problem for a few days. But it’s just that our artillery is not as good as the opponent. It seems difficult to even get the chance to fight. If the battle continues like this, the gunners will have to die before our artillery can exert its power.

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"Send two hundred men out of the stronghold from the left and right to harass the opponent from the outside. The remaining gunners return to the gun positions and continue to fire!" Zheng Zhihu really can't think of any useful method now. Since sitting down and being beaten won't work, then he can only

He could no longer choose to take the initiative to attack. Of course, he also knew that it was almost impossible to defeat the Haihan militia with sharp weapons on a frontal battlefield with just the few people at hand, so the order he issued was only to harass, not to fight against the opponent.

"Shibazhi is so anxious!" Shi Diwen saw some figures appearing on the left and right of Nanri Village through the telescope, and already guessed the opponent's plan. However, he was already prepared for this and ordered the two infantry platoons to separate.

Form up on the left and right sides of the position to attack the opponent.
Chapter completed!