My Daming New Empire

When all the ministries were in place, Xue Lu gave an order, and his ship raised the red flag of attack. Then, a heavy drum sounded, and with the sound of the heavy drum on the flagship, all the drums on the ship sounded one by one.

The general attack begins.

Chapter 50 A Clean Victory

The Ming's fleet advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. When all the warships faced the shore side by side, all the foreigners watching the battle could not understand why the Ming's fleet attacked the land so unusually.

Because Europe today does not have large artillery, their wars are still dominated by the impact of personnel, so they cannot understand the importance of artillery battles.

When the drums stopped, the Ming Fleet still had no personnel to attack in small boats.But at this time, the gringos watching the battle held their breaths. They knew that a new way of fighting would appear in front of them.

When the booming gunfire sounded, the unprepared gringos saw white smoke rising from Daming's ship, but before they could react, the violent bombing sound temporarily deafened everyone's ears.

The power of this artillery fire was unexpected by everyone, and the crotches of many spectators immediately became wet.

This was a way of fighting they could not understand, but seeing the effect of the shells falling on the fortifications on the shore, everyone understood that the war had entered a new era.

It turns out that wars can still be fought like this, and there is no need for human-to-human attacks to produce such a powerful effect.

This is the real artillery!

With the experience of the first naval battle, this time when all the warships attacked with artillery fire, not five guns fired at the same time.

The attacking ships keep an eye on each other, with only one cannon per ship firing so as not to cause drastic damage to the decks of the ships.

But when the ships are in groups of five and carry out continuous artillery bombardment, the attack becomes more persistent.

All of a sudden, a large cloud of smoke rose from the sea, and the gringos could no longer hear any sound other than artillery fire, and because of the smoke, they couldn't see the situation on the battlefield clearly.

But the Ming Navy, after the first gunfire correction, the first three gunfire alignment adjustments.Even if there is smog in the back, you can still rely on the shooting trajectory set by the quadrant and horizontal markers to cover the artillery fire.

Take five ships as an attacking square, and each square covers a range of about 200 meters.Some ships used stone bombs to bomb the fortifications, but more artillery fire was loaded with chain bombs. This kind of shells is a string of stone balls, which is more lethal to personnel.

Daming already regarded Ceuta as his own, so naturally he would not attack the fortifications destructively.The attack on the fortification is also limited to one point, opening a gap, instead of blasting all the fortresses to pieces.

With dense artillery fire and thick smoke, those observers couldn't see the details of the war clearly.

Most of them were amazed by the power of the Ming artillery, and they could see that the appearance of the artillery had completely changed the mode of warfare.

But Zhu Zhanji is not worried at all that Europe will develop rapidly because of this. Although a steel barrel seems simple, it is also the most advanced technology in this era.

Leaving aside the fact that Europe does not have the technology for grinding seamless gun barrels, just an increase in furnace temperature, which increases the temperature of the molten steel and melts it more thoroughly, and decarburization of the molten steel can become a technical bottleneck that plagues them.

Europe did not manufacture real steel cannons until the [-]th century in history. As long as the technology is kept secret, they cannot be imitated at all.

Just like the chip products of later generations, even if the chip is given to you, you will not have the technology to imitate it.

Daming will not allow Westerners to go to Daming in the short term. They don't even have ships that can enter the Atlantic Ocean, and they don't have nautical charts.

For 100 years, Daming's technological advantages will not be revealed.Instead of 100 years, it only takes a few decades. Zhu Zhanji believes that the scientific and technological discoveries of Ming Dynasty will enter a new era.

After each ship fired ten shells, the gunfire paused temporarily. When the gunfire ceased, the sea breeze from the Atlantic quickly dispersed the smoke, exposing Ceuta to the fleet again.

Each phalanx conducted a battle damage assessment on the range it was responsible for, and the testers also made careful calculations based on the coverage of the shells, so that the next round of artillery attacks would be more efficient.

At this time, the small boat carrying the landing soldiers began to approach the shore in the gaps between the large ships.

The Portuguese on the shore also discovered Ming's attempt, and their soldiers also formed a corresponding phalanx, ready to attack Ming's landing soldiers.

But when they left the protection of the fortifications, they became the targets of the warships, and the shells and chain bombs were specially used to attack the crowded areas.

The Portuguese, who had already suffered heavy losses, were bombed back by artillery fire before they could gather.

This war cannot be fought at all, it is not a fair war at all.

But Duarte, who was in charge of supervising the battle, still didn't give up. In his opinion, Ming soldiers were thinner than the Portuguese.If Ming wanted to occupy Ceuta, he had to go hand in hand with the Portuguese.

He still believed in the fighting power of the Portuguese.

Soon, Ming's soldiers landed along the shallows.They did not rush to attack, but first set up a defensive position, and then moved forward slowly.

The artillery fire of the battleship also quickly adjusted its elevation angle, and no longer bombed outside the fortifications, so as not to accidentally injure its own people.

After the previous artillery coverage, all warships have determined their best shooting angles, and will not turn the cover operation into a bombing of their own people.

With their cover, the Portuguese couldn't organize an effective attack at all, and those scattered responses couldn't hurt the Ming soldiers behind the heavy shield at all.

In the fortress on the shore, Duarte watched the Ming soldiers quickly seize the beach as if there was no one there, and surrounded them in an orderly manner with a defensive posture. He didn't know how to fight to hurt the opponent.

Moreover, he also noticed that the muskets in the hands of Ming soldiers were completely different from theirs.They didn't need a match at all to start the fire, and the powder bullets reloaded very quickly.

The rate of fire of the Portuguese small fire door gun is about two bullets per minute, and the fire rate of the large fire door gun is about three rounds per two minutes. This is a speed that can only be achieved by skilled hands.

However, the Ming people's muskets fired continuously. Although they were not sure how fast they fired, they were definitely faster than the Portuguese's.

And the number of muskets also varies greatly. Although they have transferred [-] soldiers from you, there are only [-] muskets, and the total number of muskets is only [-].

But almost every soldier of Ming Dynasty had a musket, and these gaps made Duarte feel desperate about the outcome of this battle.

This Ming Dynasty is so powerful, why doesn't this country stay in the east well, and insists on coming to the west!Why should they meddle in their own business and help the Marlins?

Thinking of the connection with other countries, he felt even more desperate. No one saw a serious crisis, and they were all fascinated by Daming's rich commodities.

In the past, countries that wanted to obtain spices, porcelain, silk, and tea had to trade with the Ottomans and be exploited by them.

But now, Daming has more products and the prices are cheaper. Since they can get these products without taking risks, they all lose the spirit of adventure.

Whether it's the Castilians or the Aragonese, they all tend to trade with Ming.

As for those Venetians, it is said that there is already a celebratory reception.

Not to mention other people, even the great nobles from Portugal who have been to you, they are not willing to fight with Daming. When they saw the list of goods provided by Daming, they were already tempted and seduced.

Because Duarte's fortress has not been fired by resisting soldiers, it has not been bombarded by artillery. At this time, he can still observe the offensive of Ming soldiers through the lookout.

Seeing that they haven't even had a single wounded soldier so far, the Portuguese may not be able to last long even though they hold the fort.

Is it really necessary to surrender?Are the dreams of generations of the Portuguese about to be shattered at the very beginning?

At this time, the Ming army had already formed a dense attack formation outside the city wall, but they still did not attack the city.

When Duarte saw that Da Ming's warships began to change their formation, and several ships risked colliding to connect at sea, he still didn't understand why Da Ming's artillery fire suddenly stopped.

But the commander-in-chief of the fortress, the governor of Ceuta, Alvato, saw that this was the calm before the war.

Daming's warships gathered together to launch indiscriminate artillery attacks on the areas that had already exposed their flaws, opening a gap.

But he couldn't do anything. He didn't dare to mobilize the soldiers to the gap. If he gathered the soldiers now, he would only become the target of artillery fire.