However, they are not really focused on storming the beach. Humiliation

After realizing that the beachhead was difficult to fight, the Spaniards had divided their troops and landed elsewhere.

Prepare to land a small force somewhere else and have the small force march overland to the beach.

This was used to bypass the Ming army's blockade, complete the landing, and flank the Ming army on the beach.

Since the Spaniards had an absolute military advantage and could divide their troops at will, the Ming army had nothing to do about it.

However, the Ming army who was observing the battlefield from the watchtower in the camp quickly sent a warning signal to the Wei Wu headquarters on the beach after observing that the Spaniards were looking for another place to land and preparing to flank the Ming army on the beach.

Let Wei Wu and others be careful of the flanks!

Seeing this scene, Wei Wu did not continue to fight on the beach, but ordered the Ming army to retreat in an orderly manner. It was humiliating.

After the Ming army retreated, the Spanish quickly followed up and seized the Ming army's position on the beach.

And sent troops to pursue Wei Wu and others who were retreating.

Under the cover of their own fort, Wei Wu and others quickly withdrew from the battlefield and retreated to the bastion.

At the same time, seeing that they could not catch up with the Ming army blocking them on the beach, the Spaniards turned to prepare for the landing of a large number of their own men!

At the same time as the Spanish landed, the Ming army had almost recalled all the people outside the city into the city, and quickly completed the work of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields.

An Shengqiang also sent people to alert the Indian tribes near the Daming camp and asked those Indian tribes to evacuate the crowd in advance.

He also asked the Indians to send troops to attack Hongmao's camp after evacuating the crowd and coordinate the army to defend the city. It was humiliating.

The Ming army was making war preparations in an orderly manner according to the predetermined plan.

After covering the evacuation of Wei Wu and others, the Ming army's fort aimed at the beach and opened fire again.

After leaving hundreds more corpses, the Spaniards also successfully opened the channel to the beach.

They sent troops to advance towards the pier, hoping to seize the berth at the pier.

However, what greeted them was bursts of artillery fire.

From time to time, a few shells fell among the Spaniards who had completed the landing.

The cannonballs rolled and spun, plowing passages of flesh and blood through the crowd. Humiliation.

The accuracy of the Ming army's artillery fire was really frightening!

The Spanish warships continued to advance forward. After advancing to the vicinity of the dock, the warships continued to aim broadside at the Ming army's forts and fire.

Prepare to cover your own ships as they dock for a large-scale landing.

Boom! Boom!

The sound of shelling continued.

As the distance between the two sides increased, the power of the Spanish naval guns increased significantly.

Shells fell hard on the Ming army's fort, causing the fort to tremble. It was humiliating.

But they were all bounced away again!

However, distance is relative.

While the Spanish's artillery power increased, the artillery power of the Ming army's forts also increased a lot.

Boom! Boom!

One after another, the cannonballs drew beautiful arcs in the air and shot towards the Spanish warships.

The cannonball hit the side armor of the Spanish warship, and in the blink of an eye it was deeply embedded in the hull, causing sawdust to scatter on the ship.

Several large-caliber heavy coastal defense guns could even make big holes in the sides of Spanish warships. It was humiliating.

As the wind and waves surged, seawater would pour into the warship from time to time from the large hole in the side.

Some Spanish sailors were busy using barrels and basins to clean the seawater in the cabin.

"Fire!"

"Use blooming bullets!"

When the fort commander of the Ming army saw that the Spaniards had sent the warship to their guns, he ordered without hesitation.

The gunners quickly reset the artillery and loaded and aimed the gun.

The accuracy of shelling on the sea is very poor, because there are wind and waves on the sea, and the ships are always moving with the wind and waves. Humiliation

Before having a modern fire control system, the accuracy of artillery fire could not be high!

But the artillery fire accuracy in the fort is quite good.

In particular, almost all of the artillery currently used by the Ming Army are rifled artillery, which further ensures the stability of the artillery trajectory.

The accuracy of the artillery fire on the Ming army's fort was quite impressive.

Along with a roar, shells were fired one after another towards the Spanish warship docked on the sea.

Boom! Boom!

The roar of artillery shelling echoed across the battlefield. Humiliation

The trigger-type blooming bullets used by the Ming army had a very good killing effect.

The Ming army's explosive shells continuously hit the side of the ship, and then exploded.

Amidst the roar, a large amount of gunpowder exploded, tearing a gap in the side of the ship.

Cannonballs continued to fall on the deck of the ship, accompanied by a roar of explosions.

The fragments were mixed with smoke and dust, and could almost wipe out everyone on the deck of the Spanish ship.

The Spanish once again withstood several rounds of shelling, and the number of casualties continued to rise.

Those landing troops suffered heavy losses in the face of the Ming army's artillery fire. It was humiliating.

Pelos turned to General El and said.

"It seems that it is impossible for us to use Akito's dock to complete the landing."

"As of now, we can only find another location to land!"

General El looked at his own losses on the beach and nodded in agreement.

"Well, that's a good statement!"

"The intensity of Akito's bombardment is very fierce. We need to avoid Akito's bombardment range before we can land."

The two of them discussed the matter of landing while avoiding the shelling range of the fort.

As the order was issued, the Spanish ships separated into a group and headed south.

After the army completes its landing, it is planned to concentrate the main force to attack the Ming army's bastion.

…

Inside the San Francisco Bastion

Wei Wu stood at the top of the city, looking at the Spaniards detaching a fleet to go south to find another landing place, his expression not very good.

"It seems that our plan to prevent the red hair from landing at the dock and cause a lot of casualties to the Spaniards has failed."

An Shengqiang shook his head and said from the side. Humiliation

"It's not a failure!"

"At the very least, it buys us enough time to strengthen our walls and clear our country."

"After all, Hongmao has many soldiers, and our army has limited strength. It is unrealistic to block it in the wild. We can just defend it by relying on the city and wait for reinforcements from the court."

When Wei Wu heard this, he could only nod.

…

At the end of May, the Red Hair invaded San Francisco.

After the failed attempt to attack the San Francisco Pier, Hongmao did not continue the attack. It was humiliating.

Instead, they sent troops to bypass the shelling range of the Ming army's forts and land.

The Spaniards failed to take advantage of the Ming army's dock facilities, so they wasted a lot of effort when landing.

After landing, they spent efforts to build some simple dock facilities before the main force completed the landing.

If the Spaniards only landed infantry, perhaps they could be transported by small boats.

But if they want to land, they can't just land infantry and then send them to die under the bastion.

In addition to infantry, a large amount of guns, ammunition and other materials also need to be transferred to the dock.

Especially those heavy siege artillery that General El specially brought from Mexico City to prepare for attacking the bastion. Humiliation

These big guys, which often weigh several thousand to ten thousand kilograms, cannot be transported by small boats.

If such heavy artillery is to be landed, it must have a dock.

This is why the Spaniards wanted to try to capture the docks of San Francisco even if they paid such a high price.
To be continued...