New Shun 1730

After the Tang community built simple barricades, the Dutch began a tentative counterattack.

The number of people was not large, and because the Governor's Mansion was captured, a large number of middle-level managers of companies were detained, making it impossible for the city to respond in a timely and effective manner.

More than 300 Dutch soldiers were responsible for attacking the Tang community. Fortunately, these Dutch did not have field artillery. The artillery on the walls of Batavia did not have field artillery mounts, and the field artillery of the garrison was taken to Jingliwen by the Governor.

Sun Tao was arranged in a small fortification on the side of the first row of barricades. With him, except for an old soldier from the court, the rest were temporarily pulled over.

If it was an attack on the Governor's Mansion, Sun Tao would also think about pretending to fall, or stumble, fall behind, and follow the crowd.

But now he is guarding his home, his wife and children. Although he was also arranged here, he still accepted it and decided to fight.

Moreover, a supervision team has been organized here.

Just now, when the tasks were assigned in the court, someone disobeyed and was killed by the people from the court as a warning to others.

The reason was actually explained. For example, if the Dutch attacked, they would definitely be slaughtered, and the wives, children, and property of the Tang people would be destroyed.

But even if this reason was not explained, everyone understood it. These reasons were far less shocking than the beheading of the supervisory team.

"Those who retreat without orders will die."

This was the military order issued after killing the chicken to scare the monkeys. There were not many people on the court or the rebel side, but they were all fierce and looked like people who dared to kill.

Sun Tao looked at the dozen or so companions around him, and then looked at the people sent by the court to defend with them, thinking that this person had the power to kill those who retreated.

Then he thought again, in fact, he understood the reason. It has come to this point. Even if he retreated, where could he run to? If he could not leave the city, if the Dutch attacked, he would definitely die.

However, it makes sense, but if the Dutch really come over, I'm afraid that even if I want to be a real man, my legs won't obey me.

"The red-haired devils are coming!"

The companion next to him shouted, and Sun Tao looked out. There weren't many of them. But the drums on the other side made him feel heartbroken, as if they were going to shake his heart out.

The old soldier from the imperial court in this small fortification raised his gun calmly, turned around and said to Sun Tao and others: "Don't shoot from a distance, or you can't hit them. If you really can't hit them, the Dutch will rush over when you reload."

"My gun can shoot farther, unlike yours, but I won't shoot first. You listen to me, I shoot, and then you shoot. The more you shoot, the easier it is to die."

"If someone doesn't listen and shoots randomly, I'll give him two sticks first and break his legs."

After saying that, he raised a stick beside him.

Just now, he said that he would break the leg, which he could definitely do. If we really fight, I am afraid that I will not be his opponent.

Sun Tao twitched his mouth, looking at this big and strong old soldier, thinking that he could never be a soldier in this life, and if he had a little money, he would definitely not be a soldier.

He licked his dry lips and pointed the gun in his hand at the Dutch who were gradually approaching.

Several times, I had a feeling that the gun was shooting very far. If I fired a round from a distance and killed all the Dutch, wouldn’t I have to worry about them rushing over?

Several times, my fingers were already hooked on the trigger, but thinking that my legs didn’t seem to be broken, I forced myself to hold back. I tried my best not to look at the Dutch, but to stare at the musket of the old soldier in front to see if there was any smoke.

Bang bang bang...

The Dutch opened fire first.

When the gunshots from the opposite side rang out, Sun Tao almost subconsciously pulled the trigger. However, the old soldier was an old hand. The moment the Dutchman fired his gun, the old soldier shouted: "Don't shoot! Whoever shoots, I'll break his legs! Wait!"

After such a shout, Sun Tao's fingers trembled, but he finally held back.

However, the neighbor next to him was not so lucky. He didn't know whether he was nervous or scared, but his fingers hooked the hook, lit the fuse, and fired a shot.

The old soldier did what he said. Before the smoke dissipated, he had a stick as thick as his arm in his hand.

He knocked down the frightened neighbor with one punch, and hit the neighbor's legs hard with the thick wooden stick. Just by hearing the crisp sound, you can tell that he was merciless.

The neighbor was holding his leg and dying in pain, but the old soldier turned a deaf ear to his screams. Sun Tao's face was pale. Listening to the heart-wrenching screams and looking at the old soldier's unchanged face, he thought that these people were really cruel.

How could he know that these veterans had fought in real battlefields, and the same broken legs were also much more frightening than this. For example, if a person whose legs were directly broken by a shell was really frightened by this scene, then he would not be a soldier in this era.

Perhaps because the screams were annoying and affected morale, the veteran carried the poor man with a broken leg and threw him back to the hands of several Tang citizens who were responsible for loading the guns in the back.

Given that the military quality of these people was very low, Wang Wu's strategy was to select those who knew how to shoot and aim in the front. Those who had been exposed to muskets and could load the guns were in the back.

They didn't need to see the situation on the battlefield, nor could they see the Dutch's movements. They could only see the backs of the defenders in front. Their task was to load and then pass the loaded muskets to the front. Because they couldn't see the situation on the battlefield, they could use their normal loading speed. Otherwise, while loading, they would always look up to see how close the opponent was rushing. I'm afraid that they could only load once a minute instead of twice.

The old soldier shouted to the people in charge of loading, "Throw this man with a broken leg to the back and cover his mouth with cloth. Military orders are like mountains. If you can't keep it, you will die!"

The citizens who were frightened by the loading hurriedly carried this man to the back. According to the old soldier's words, they used cloth to cover the man's mouth, so that he could only make a whimpering sound, but it was impossible to make a creepy scream.

Sun Tao wiped the sweat from his forehead and thought to himself that he didn't shoot just now, otherwise it would be miserable. This stick went down, not to mention breaking his leg, he couldn't move for at least three or two months.

But he didn't know whether he was scared or something, although he was still nervous, but when the Dutchmen's gunfire sounded again, he didn't subconsciously pull the trigger again.

"Ready!"

The old soldier shouted to Sun Tao and others. Sun Tao took a deep breath and aimed his musket at the Dutchmen who had rushed very close.

Bang!

After finally confirming that the gunshot came from the old soldier's musket, Sun Tao also quickly pulled the trigger and passed the musket back.

The people behind immediately handed over the loaded musket.

As soon as the smoke cleared, another shot was fired. The Dutch did not continue to rush forward, but retreated like the tide.

The houses in front were demolished, there was no place to hide, and the shooting range was very clear. Although the barricade was simple, it also formed a multi-faceted pincer structure.

The first wave of tentative attacks by the Dutch did not go smoothly.

Sun Tao looked at the Dutchmen who retreated temporarily and felt strange. He thought that in these two rounds of shooting, not many Dutchmen died. Normally, they should have retreated after only a few people died, even though they were already so close. Shouldn't they have rushed in as soon as they saw that they were so close?

Thinking about what the old soldier had just said, I thought that I should just listen to him. I just do what he tells me to do. I don't understand what's going on inside, but since the Dutch really retreated this time, it seems that their method is really useful.

The short-term tentative attack gave these defending citizens some confidence. Although they were still nervous, they were much better than at the beginning.

The citizens were not too nervous for the time being, but the old soldiers were nervous. After knowing the Dutch's tentative attack, they would soon launch a large-scale counterattack.

But after waiting for a while, the Dutch did not immediately launch a new round of attack. Instead, there were bursts of dense gunfire from the direction of the Governor's Mansion in the distance.

Wang Wu, who was observing the Dutch's movements from the roof of the Chinese Hall, gradually frowned.

The Dutch on the opposite side dismantled some defensive cannons on the city wall. Without field gun mounts, they placed them directly on wooden or stone platforms.

It’s not that they can’t be used, but the cannon will bounce back a long way after firing.

If you don’t have experience, you may be killed by the rebounding cannon.

Moreover, bombarding simple barricades does not require too precise aiming or calculating angles, just aim and fire.

If the regular army is stationed here, even if it is the Guiyi Army that has been trained for several years in the Burangan area, there is no need to be afraid even if there is no cannon.

In this battlefield environment, cannons are just to scare people.

But the problem is that the people guarding here are all citizens. They may hide behind fortifications and shoot at the Dutch. Once the Dutch use cannons, I am afraid that these people will be scared and run away directly.

Although it was a warning to kill one and a warning to the others, and a strict order was issued that anyone who retreated one step would be killed, but if the front swarmed and retreated, could they really be killed?

If the Qingzhou Army or the Guiyi Army was led by him, a counterattack would be organized directly at this time, and there would be no time for the Dutch to get the cannon ready.

Now, he could only watch helplessly as the Dutch lifted the heavy cannon, cushioned it with bricks and wood, and slowly adjusted it to the direction of the Chinese community.

The cannon could not kill a few people. But the blow to morale was huge, especially for these citizens who had not received any training and were temporarily pulled together.

Wang Wu put down the telescope and thought to himself that fortunately he had considered similar situations long ago and deployed several lines of defense. But if the front ran back as soon as they heard the cannon, even if they were prepared, it would be difficult to defend.