Chapter 1252 Recover Jinshanxia
The battle near Kingsoft started from the second half of the night, and the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing were no longer intense.
The colonists outside Jinshan City were all destroyed by the Shang army, and the remaining colonists were trapped in the city and rely on the city wall to resist the Shang army's attack.
In the city, the governor of Spain's Kingsoft, Nelbis, was furious, "What's going on? Where did the Chinese come from? Haven't they been wiped out?"
Three years ago, the Spanish army attacked Jinshan and defeated the people entrenched here, forcing Jiang Jiaren and Shi Kai to leave Jinshan with their soldiers and civilians and hide in the vast forests.
At that time, the Spanish army suffered a lot of losses in the attack, so Commander Philip, who led the team, exaggerated the results of the battle, claiming that the Chinese suffered heavy damage and only a small number of remnants fled into the mountains.
The Governor of New Spain, Grand Duke Philip, knew that there was something wrong with Philip's war report, but he was questioned by the Spanish king at that time. The lost Philippine and Far East fleets were defeated, which made the country no longer believe him, so he acknowledged and exaggerated the results of the Battle of Kingsoft.
This caused the Chinese in Spain who thought that Kingsoft had suffered heavy damage and believed that they had disappeared in the jungle.
In the past three years, although Grand Duke Philip and Commander Philip sent expeditions to inquire about the Chinese, they could not make a big splash and only sent a few teams, so they only found out about the Chinese's activities in northern Mexico.
In the eyes of the Spanish, there is little food and clothing in the jungle and diseases are rampant, so the Chinese may not be able to survive for a long time.
Three years have passed, and most people have forgotten the Chinese in Kingsoft, thinking that they had died in the jungle or hid in a valley and survived. They could not imagine that so many Chinese people suddenly appeared.
In the dark night, the Spaniards on the city relied on the city walls to repel the attacks of the Shang army again and again.
After the fierce battle in the first half of the night, the sound of gunfire began to sparse in the second half of the night. The Shang army, who had failed to seize the city, relied on the shelter to fight against the colonists in the city.
In the early morning, the streets outside Jinshan City were in a mess, with colonists corpses slaughtering everywhere. Most of the houses in the streets outside the city were destroyed, and black smoke was still emitting everywhere.
At this time, the colonists on the city wall were hiding behind the battlements and shooting, while the soldiers of the Shang army lay on the roof and hid behind the cover to fight back.
The sail warships anchored on the sea fired fire from time to time, raising up smoke of gunpowder and smashing shells into the city.
The two armies exchanged fierce fire near the city wall, and a pair of men hurriedly crossed the street and walked into a room.
In the room, Zhao Ming pressed his hands on the table, staring at a drawing, and his face was filled with sorrow.
"What's going on?" Shi Kai shook the dust on his body and asked, "Why hasn't it been knocked down yet?"
Zhao Ming looked up and saw Shi Kai coming in and explained: "The Spaniards' firepower is very strong. The brothers rushed forward several times but didn't rush up."
Shi Kai came over and saw the map on the table, pointed to a section of the city wall, and said in a deep voice: "This section of the city wall has been knocked down. I transferred a few cannons to come up and bombarded from here. In just a few strokes, I could blow the city wall and let my brothers rush in.
Three years ago, when the Spaniards attacked Kingsoft, they used artillery to collapse the walls of Kingsoft City.
The city wall is now restored by the Spanish, but it is certainly not as good as the original city wall.
Zhao Ming raised his eyebrows and nodded: "This method is good. I will immediately ask someone to set up a cannon formation."
On the street, the soldiers of Shang army were lying on the roof with muskets and set guns on the city from time to time. Several soldiers hid under the eaves to load ammunition for them.
Under the cover of musketeers, a team of soldiers carried sacks and built barricades on the streets, while another pair of soldiers pushed heavy artillery, set up heavy artillery behind barricades and quickly loaded them.
Shi Kai used a thousand-mile mirror to observe the city and instructed: "When the artillery collapses the city wall, the infantry immediately rushed forward. The battle in Jinshan City cannot last too long. Once the Spanish come to support us, we will be in trouble."
After the artillery was loaded, the gunner aimed at the city wall.
With a loud "Boom!", the cannon sound suddenly retreated, and white smoke rose up. A cannonball weighing eighteen or nineteen pounds roared towards the city wall.
With a "bang!", the shells smashed a mark and dust flew on the city walls.
Shi Kai frowned. I didn't expect that the city wall was so strong and the effect of the shelling was not obvious.
After several consecutive shellings, the city wall repaired by the Spanish did not collapse as much as they imagined.
The soldiers who held the weapons tightly and were about to charge couldn't help but turn their eyes to Shi Kai and Zhao Ming.
This made Shi Kai frown, and suddenly he ordered: "Let the artillery bombard the wall next to him."
Several artillery immediately adjusted their direction, and after the artillery loaded, they opened fire on the city wall again.
Amid the sound of cannons, the gun array filled with smoke, and shells hit the city wall one by one. The city wall was smashed inwardly, and bricks and stones and soil fell down.
Shi Kai was a little embarrassed when he saw this. This section of the city wall was built by him at that time, but at that time he was digging gold mines and did not care much about the quality of the city wall.
The city wall built by Shikai formed a sharp contrast with the city wall repaired by the Spanish. After a few shots, the city wall was already smashed to pieces.
Seeing this, Zhao Ming hurriedly ordered: "Brothers, cheer up. Once the city wall collapses, musketeers will shoot and cover them, and the rest of the brothers will follow me to charge. Today we must regain Jinshan County!"
There was a loud rumbling sound, and under the bombardment of artillery, the city wall collapsed. The Spanish colonists above were buried by bricks and stones, and the collapsed place was filled with smoke and dust, covering the entire section of the city.
"Kill!" Seeing this, Zhao Ming pulled out his command knife and roared, and rushed out of the bunker first.
Behind him, countless Shang soldiers rushed out from all over the streets, shouting loudly, gathering into a torrent, and charging towards Jinshan City.
The musketeers lying on the roof kept firing guns, covering the charge soldiers.
On the sea, the side cannons of the sail warships kept roaring, smashing shells into the city, giving support to the charging soldiers.
Jinshan County is where many soldiers, Yinzhou dreams and gold rush dreams begin.
Three years ago, the Spanish occupied this place, destroying their personal dreams and causing them to go bankrupt from wealthy families with a net worth of ten thousand yuan.
Three years later, they carried weapons and trained Yin soldiers and were bound to regain Jinshan County and everything they had lost.
"Kill!" Countless soldiers shouted and rushed towards the gap, crashed into the smoke and dust, and rushed into the city along the slope of the collapsed place.
When the Spaniards in the city reacted, it was too late. Facing the Shang soldiers rushing in, the Spaniards' defense collapsed quickly, either being eliminated or surrendered in despair.
Chapter completed!