The biggest problem with the moving wooden wall barrier is that it moves slowly. It relies entirely on manpower and is limited by terrain. The officers and soldiers launched a siege posture from all sides. The main force was the mountain road connecting the Fengguiwei Peninsula to the main island of Penghu. The main force was the Yiwu soldiers from Zhejiang. , Fuzhou Zuowei's flag army, and the soldiers drawn from various water villages totaled more than 2,000 people. The rest of the west, the sea in the north and the beach in the south were basically feint attacks of a diversionary nature. Due to the influence of terrain, these places relied on the officers and soldiers' current Morale and equipment conditions. It is impossible to launch an attack that will have any effect. Zhu Wenda, Luo Yiwen and others have no confidence in this. They fully expect that the attack on the east road can produce miracles with the wooden fence barrier.
The officers and soldiers hunched over and hid behind, pushing hard against the wooden wall. They moved forward little by little. When they saw that the cannon had indeed lost its lethality after it hit the pile of firewood and mud, they couldn't help but muster up their courage. But no one could Dare to raise your head. Although officers and soldiers continued to be hit by the opponent's lead bullets and shotgun shells due to negligence and carelessness, or fell to the ground and struggled wailing, or simply died on the spot. However, these three strange wooden walls still resolutely faced the direction of the fort. near.
However, the officers and soldiers moved too slowly, giving the Chinese company's garrison a first-line opportunity.
The escort has nearly 800 troops in the fort. 300 musketeers and 100 melee sailors are deployed in the main attack direction. One hundred people are arranged on each of the other three sides to deal with it. 100 people are left to ambush in the merchant warehouse as a reserve force. .
Zhao Xuanming ordered people to carry two three-pound field guns to the watchtower by manpower, intending to shoot down the enemy soldiers behind the wooden wall. At the same time, Captain Zhao personally led people to move out all the long rockets from the warehouse.
Since rockets that could burn in the water were of great use in that rainy night battle, the Sea Spirit brought more than 100 rockets that had been urgently made during the third troop increase.
Zhao Xuanming no longer cared about saving ammunition. He asked everyone to put the rockets on the wall of the village, on the watchtower, and on the enemy tower. The gunners also stopped firing and set up the rockets on the fort. "Swish, swish, swish..." A series of sharp whistles The sound pierced the sky above the smoke-filled battlefield. After a slight explosion, flames shot up in front and behind the wooden wall.
The officers and soldiers who were disapproving at first were still pushing hard against the wall. But not long after, the movable wooden wall at the front was ignited by the tung oil thrown out by more than a dozen rocket explosions. In a short time, it turned into a wall of fire. Yuan Jin's pirated copy The anti-gun barrier may have been stuffed with too much thatch. It burned quickly. The officers and soldiers behind the wall fled in a hurry. Many of them were knocked down by cannonballs fired from the watchtower of the fort.
Suddenly, a group of officers and soldiers sprang out from behind the second wooden wall. They were in groups of more than ten people. Some were holding shields for cover, while others were hiding behind their shields and shooting at the soldiers of the China Company with blunderbuss. At this time, the officers and soldiers had indeed approached the wall of the fort. Even the cannons that were behind them were able to hit the fort. The unprepared soldiers of the Chinese escort were standing straight on the fort, on the wall of the fort, and on the watchtower, firing guns and cannons. Shooting rockets. Hitting hard. Completely forgetting to hide yourself.
In the first round of bullets, more than 40 garrison soldiers fell from the wall and fort. Zhao Xuanming was igniting the rocket on the east gate watchtower. He was accidentally hit by a blunderbuss bullet. He almost missed it when he tilted his body. He fell from a height of twenty feet and fell into the trench. Thanks to Cao Tai, the supervisor behind him, he grabbed him and dragged him to the floor of the watchtower. He was forced to lie down on the floor. At this time, it was already over again. Several bullets hit the railings of the watchtower.
Zhao Xuanming was furious. He pushed the supervisor Cao Tai away. He raised his body and looked down; he saw more officers and soldiers holding blunderbuss and rushing out of the two wooden fences behind. They kept loose in units of more than ten people. The formation. Each shield soldier covers a cannon soldier, who jumps and quickly approaches the wall. Although there are more than ten people in each team, they cooperate with each other tacitly. They move forward to dodge, cover and shoot. The tactical actions are in order. Once there are casualties among soldiers The soldiers in the same team did not waste any time. They were still able to cooperate closely and continue to move forward. Soldiers from the rear immediately rushed out to rescue the wounded.
"It's really strange. What kind of army is this? This small team cooperative fighting method. Isn't it similar to the training our escort team has received?" Zhao Xuanming was taken aback. Pointing to the group of officers and soldiers who suddenly appeared on the battlefield, he said: "Cao Supervise the army. These officers and soldiers are not Fujian soldiers."
Cao Tai is younger than Zhao Xuanming. He is what everyone calls "Captain Yin's orphan"... referring to the orphans rescued by Yin Feng from Luzon Island. As well as the orphans whose fathers were killed in Luzon Island who were later rescued in China. He He had just graduated from the military academy. In fact, he was still in the internship period. He had listened to Yin Feng's lectures. He immediately made a judgment: "This must be a Yiwu gunman. He learned the training method of Master Qi Jiguang back then. He is the same as our ship owner. Captain Zhao is the first to come out. This is a powerful enemy. Hurry up and organize a reserve team."
Zhao Xuanming braved the rain of bullets and went down to the stronghold. At this time, a small number of Zhejiang officers and soldiers had already broken through to the trench.
After all, the members of the escort team had gone through a year of training. The ability to cooperate in combat had become a conditioned reflex. Soon the casualties were cleared out of the wall. The soldiers of the first regiment were mainly shooting on the top of the wall. The garrison team and sailors loaded ammunition. The continuous flintlock bullets quickly overwhelmed the Yiwu soldiers' cannon fire.
Not only did the Yiwu soldiers shoot slower with their cannons than the flintlocks of the Chinese escorts, but they also did not use several rows of rounds to increase the density of firepower. Their loose formation of more than ten people per team was derived from Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation The number of firearms each team is equipped with is limited, and there are no corresponding firearms tactics. It cannot form intensive firepower; it is enough to deal with Japanese pirates and various domestic rebel forces with comparable weapons. But the Chinese company escort team in front of them is ahead of its time. Several generations of differences in weapons and tactics among the firearms forces caused the Yiwu soldiers to fall in large numbers under the intensive fire of cannon shot and musket bullets. Several entire squads were killed under the bombardment of cannon shot.
However, the Yiwu soldiers have been very disciplined and obedient to orders since the Qi Jiguang era. Under such huge casualties, other military units had collapsed long ago. However, most of the Yiwu soldiers continued to charge. Under their tenacious impact, the guards The team also suffered many casualties. Soldiers fell down on the wall from time to time. The soldiers below immediately jumped on the steps and continued shooting.
The Yiwu soldiers who were the first to break through to the trench did not hesitate to jump down from the trench and set up a ladder. The soldiers behind jumped on their shoulders and stepped on their heads to climb up the wall, completely ignoring the musket bullets falling around them. If there was nothing, a soldier was hit by a bullet and fell down. The people behind him continued to climb up on his comrade's body; the comrades who came after him knelt down and shot at the cover of the Chinese army on the wall with a blunderbuss. Other soldiers spread out The shield serves as cover for the comrades who are shooting.
Zhao Xuanming saw that hand-to-hand fighting was taking place on the entire section of the wall to the east. He shouted an order: "Second line, third line. Put on bayonets. Okay? Up."
The soldiers who had been loading ammunition prepared their bayonets and rushed up to the wall to take over the battle with the Yiwu soldiers. The soldiers on the front line were so nervous that they had no time to fix their bayonets. At this moment, they quickly retreated from the village. After installing bayonets, they stood in several rows under the wall and nervously watched the fighting on the wall.
It is obvious that the Yiwu soldiers are not bad in hand-to-hand combat. At that time, the general troops of the Ming army were neglected in training. The soldiers were unwilling to fight in close combat. But the Yiwu soldiers obviously did not belong to the general Ming army. They could also cooperate with each other to fight. Their close combat The combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the escort soldiers. It can already be seen at this time that these Yiwu veterans who have fought in various places and have been to North Korea to fight Japanese pirates have much higher combat experience and proficiency in combat skills than the young soldiers of the company escort. The battle is really It was so tense. Every soldier was in a state of high tension. No one had time to get a grenade and light the grenade fuse.
Zhao Xuanming couldn't believe his eyes. The first officer and soldier had already climbed over the village wall and entered the village after knocking down two escort soldiers. This was a battle that lasted for more than three months. Soldiers broke into the Chinese Company's fortress for the first time.
One after another, more officers and soldiers rushed into the village wall, but that was all.
Zhao Xuanming has already mobilized the reserve team in the warehouse of the merchant house. In cooperation with the infantrymen of the first regiment who had just retreated, they formed three neat rows in the open space inside the stockade. Zhao Xuanming blew the conch horn. On the east wall of the stockade Our own soldiers immediately jumped to the ground and squatted or hid under the steps. "Boom, boom, bang, bang, bang, bang." Three rows of flintlock muskets began to fire non-stop. All the Yiwu soldiers who climbed over the wall had no time to react. They immediately He was hit by several or even ten bullets and died. Many officers and soldiers were knocked over in the ditch just after their heads were exposed on the wall. The dense rain of bullets hit the wall with a string of sparks. Soon the smoke covered everything. .But the shooting will not stop without an order. So the flintlock guns are still firing in turn, defeating anyone's attempt to climb over the wall.
Within a few minutes, gunpowder smoke filled the entire fort. The screams of soldiers kept coming from the wall. None of the officers and soldiers who rushed into the wall survived. Almost all of them were killed.
Zhao Xuanming blew the conch horn. The officers and soldiers of the escort team quickly carried several long wooden boards dismantled from the warehouse. They rushed up to the bloody village wall and placed the wooden boards directly on the trench. They faced the remaining officers and soldiers outside the wall. A bayonet charge was launched.
The strongest Yiwu soldiers failed. The rest of the officers and soldiers dispersed. Instead, the Yiwu soldiers took the rear. Of the 800 Yiwu soldiers, nearly 400 were killed and more than 200 were injured. Only 200 were able to walk back to the camp on their own. Remaining people.
More than 100 people from the Chinese company's escort team in the fort were killed and more than a hundred were injured. It was the largest casualty since the war began. Zhao Xuanming led the team to rush out of the fort and chased for several miles. Once again, the officers and soldiers at Shili Beach were The camp was burned down. He also captured more than 80 Japanese soldiers and brought them back to the fort with great care.
From then on, Zhu Wenda no longer had any intention of fighting. He only wanted to withdraw his troops and return to Fujian. However, now the news from the direction of Fujian has been cut off. Even the governor's messenger for help has not come. They don't know the main force of the Zhonghua Company's warship fleet. Where? What if we happened to encounter those giant ships covered in gun holes during the retreat? That would not be a fun thing.
They don't know yet. Yin Feng has almost cleaned up the entire coast of Fujian. He is currently stationed in Haitan Bay, east of Haitan Island. The war fleet is patrolling the coast of Fuzhou, blocking the sea routes to Fuzhou, and cutting off the Fujian government and Penghu. Frontline connections.
Mai Dahai led the team with the main battleship "Flying Leopard" to patrol between Penghu and Kinmen. He searched for all government ships trying to transport supplies to Penghu.
The entire Fujian coast from north to south has become a place where Chinese warships can freely travel. The two warships that returned from Luzon some time ago totaled 20 warships. They did not even dock at Taiwan Port and came directly to Kinmen. .Intensified the blockade of the coastal areas of Fujian.
Penghu Island gradually became an isolated island with no rescuers from outside and no food or fodder from inside. Gradually, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers became aware of their situation. Although there were nearly 300 ships of officers and soldiers in Magong Port and Xiyu Island in Penghu, they were actually equipped with firearms. There are fifty or sixty warships. And all the officers and soldiers of the navy know that these so-called warships are just a joke in front of the Chinese company's warships.