"Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-" After the round of shooting was over, when the smoke of guns was gone, the second row of musketeers had not opened fire yet, commander Wiesette began to observe the results of the battle...
Generally speaking, the distance is fifty or sixty meters, and the shooting is more certain. However, Wisset was surprised to find that not many people died on the other side...
Why? Because this group of Japanese pirates charge on a scattered line, it is most suitable for queuing and shooting. This is not because the Japanese pirates know how to deal with muskets, but they are equivalent to martial arts masters in novels, with high personal martial arts skills, but they have no discipline. Therefore, when charging, the formation is relatively chaotic. But just like the tactics of dealing with gun queuing.
Of course, this is just one of the most important reasons are height issues...
Yes, height problem. This group of Japanese pirates are generally only 1.5 meters tall, and those who exceed 1.6 meters tall are considered "great men". However, the sailors in Beihai Kingdom are generally all 1.6 meters tall and above 1.7 meters tall. In this way, the height difference between the two sides...
According to the customs in Europe and the Ming Dynasty, when these musketeers shoot, they will lift the musket to a height of their shoulders, and then raise them flatly to shoot forward...
The problem is broken here...
These Japanese pirates were shorter than the sailors of the Beihai Kingdom, and the sailors' muskets were raised forward. Then, the height of the musket aimed at the Japanese pirates' heads rather than their chests...
However, how big is the size of the head? In addition, when a person charges, his head is also shaking, making it very difficult to aim and hit. In later generations, even if a sniper uses a scope to aim at a person's headshot, he will only dare to aim at his head when the target stops. If the target is active, it is better to aim at the upper body. Because, be more secure...
The sailors and musketeers in Beihai Kingdom committed empirical dogmatism, and they still raised muskets to shoot. The shooting coverage area was the heads of those Japanese pirates and samurai, so the hit rate was greatly reduced. The hit rate of the smoothbore gun was not high, and it was the head, so the hit rate was even lower.
So, after the first round of shooting, only a few Japanese pirates were shot. But all the Japanese pirates were killed on the spot. Why? Because they were shot... The bullets hit the body and may twitch for a long time before they died. But when they hit the head, dozens of grams of lead bullets hit, they basically died on the spot. Some of the Japanese pirates who were unfortunately shot were knocked out of their brains...
If the group of farmers and military households in the Southeast Guard of the Ming Dynasty would have been frightened to see such a scene. However, these Japanese pirates were not frightened. Because they were all robbers who were murderous and would have been numb to death... Even though their faces were splashed by their companions' brains, these Japanese pirates still fiercely waved their Japanese swords and continued to rush forward...
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Wissett thought for a moment and realized that this group of opponents was too short to aim with the old method. So he loudly directed the second row of musketeers and said:
"Everyone, press down slightly, aim at the chests of these enemies!"
So, the second row of musketeers pressed down the muzzle...
"Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-Bang-"
Sure enough, the second round of shooting brought greater casualties to the Japanese pirates - more than a dozen Japanese pirates were shot and fell to the ground...
But this group of Japanese pirates still did not receive any impact. Under the leadership of the samurai leader Kikujiro Fujita, who was lucky enough to be shot, the remaining Japanese pirates shouted "onboard" and continued to swing their swords forward...
"The third row, aim—"
"Fire—"
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After the third stage of the attack, there were only four people left for more than 30 Japanese pirates, including the Kikujiro Fujita. However, the musketeers also had a short gap. Because the first row of musketeers' reload has not yet ended...
So, under the order of Wisset, a total of 40 spearmen on both sides, holding 4-meter-long spears, surrounded the four surviving Japanese pirates and warriors...
Forty spearmen and four Japanese pirates, everyone thought it was stable. However, the result was shocking...
Although these four Japanese pirates and samurai were short, they were extremely flexible in their body. Although so many spears were stabbed, they dodged calmly. Relying on their short height, they flexibly avoided the stabbing of dozens of spears...
Moreover, the Japanese swords in their hands were very sharp and they actually cut off several spears...
"Fat is a knife!" After cutting off the spear of a Beihai country sailor, Fujita Kikujiro, who was very skilled in martial arts, took advantage of the situation and bullied him, shouted, and slapped the neck of the sailor who had broken the spear, killing the unlucky sailor on the spot...
When the battle ended, Columbus and Conte were surprised to find that 40 spearmen were dealing with these four Japanese pirates and warriors. Although they were eventually killed, three sailors on this side were killed and five sailors were injured...
"What a fierce enemy!" Kong Tai said in surprise.
"Yes, although it's short!" Columbus nodded.
At this time, Kong Tai suddenly remembered that when Marin was teaching them Chinese, he said casually: it is best to use a gun or a plate-armored knight when dealing with Japanese pirates and warriors. (Of course, Marin didn't say that the Mandarin Duck Formation is also very suitable. But he didn't make such a thing as the Mandarin Duck Formation, so there was no need to mention it)
Needless to say, the results of the battle just now prove everything. The Plate Armor Knight is also very good at martial arts, and the Plate Armor can withstand the swords of Japanese pirates and gain the upper hand...
And Wissett also summarized one thing - that is, when fighting Japanese pirates, the musketeers must press down slightly, otherwise they will not hit... After all, the opponent is a little short...
You should know that before Japan vigorously promoted the policy of drinking milk to grow taller, the Japanese were indeed not tall. Even during the War of Resistance Against Japan, although Japanese soldiers lived well, their height was generally only 1.6 meters. Moreover, they were mostly 1.6 meters small. If there were Japanese devils with a height of 1.7 meters or even 1.8 meters tall... don't guess, they were Korean devils...
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This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Looking at the three dead sailors, Kong Tai was a little overwhelmed. It is easy to say that the five injured sailors were prepared on the ship, because a large amount of gold-invasive medicine, alcohol and gauze were prepared. The knife wounds looked terrifying, but as long as they were not cut to the vital or blood vessel arteries, and disinfected to ensure that they were not infected, there was nothing serious.
Fortunately, although the five injured sailors were very deep, one of them was cut off a piece of meat by a sharp Japanese knife, but they did not hurt the vital points. After emergency treatment, it would be fine if they had to rest for a while. But the three unlucky guys who were hacked to death on the spot had no choice...
So, Kong Tai decided to bring the ashes back to China according to the method of Marin's army - cremation...
In fact, Christians do not popularize cremation, but advocate burial. However, Kongtai once heard Marin explain that if the fleet returns to China with a coffin containing dead people, it is easy to breed plague on the way. Once the plague breeds, the rest of the ship cannot escape...
Therefore, in order not to let the dead interfere with the living people, Malin's attitude is to cremate the dead in battle, bring the ashes back to the country for burial...or, bury on the spot... Moreover, Malin gives each soldier the right to choose, choose to cremate the ashes after he dies in battle or bury on the spot...
Most soldiers chose to cremated and brought their ashes home, because the soldiers believed that only when they returned home would their souls be saved...
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Just when Kong Tai was worried, the more than 50 refugees who were running for life came to Columbus and Kong Tai under the leadership of an old man in his 50s...
The old man came to Columbus and Conte, who were in gorgeous clothes, bent down and bowed:
"Old Liu Laogen, representing the survivor of Jilong Village, wrote the life-saving grace of the two adults." The old man used the Ming Dynasty's official language that was not very skilled, but Kong Tai could understand it.
Hearing the old man's words, Kong Tai said in surprise:
"Do you understand Mandarin?" Kong Tai couldn't help but be curious. During that time in Guangzhou, Kong Tai discovered that the villagers of the Ming Dynasty generally spoke dialects, which he could not understand. Only those officials and scholars with high identities understood Mandarin.
However, this is Dongfan Island, not the Ming Dynasty. It is very rare to meet an old man who can speak official language. Logically, it should be the only one here. However, looking at the old man's clothes, he looks a bit like the people of the Ming Dynasty, and he can speak official language...
Liu Laogen rolled his eyes and said to himself - You, a yellow-haired and blue-eyed ghost, can you speak official words, is it strange for me to speak official words?
But he explained patiently:
"When I was young, I also attended a private school for several years. Although I was not good at academic performance and could not get a good fortune, I would also say some official words!"
"So that's it..." Kong Tai suddenly realized, but asked in confusion:
"I heard from my father-in-law's conversation and clothes, I should be the people of the Ming Dynasty. How could he appear on Dongfan Island?"
Old Liu sighed and explained:
"To be honest, I and dozens of people from the same village originally lived in Xiaoliuzhuang, which was on the beach of Putian County, Hu Jianxinghua Prefecture. In April of the 12th year of Hongzhi (1499), Putian had a flood, and the mountains collapsed and the water overflowed. I took the villagers to take refuge in more than a dozen fishing boats. I originally wanted to go north, but when it was strong wind, it was blown to Dongfan Island... I accidentally found this island and settled down on the island with dozens of surviving people. After six years, I was happy... Unfortunately, I encountered this group of Japanese pirates... More than a dozen people were killed by pirates today, and only more than 50 people were left... If I hadn't met the adult army, I would have died here..." After saying that, I bowed deeply to the two of them...
"You have to be welcome, it's just a small task. We are the ship of the North Sea Kingdom of Taixi to send a mission to the Ming Dynasty. We happened to pass by here. Rescue you, but it's just a simple task. But, my father, why don't you board the big island? On this small island, the land that can be reclaimed is very limited..."
Indeed, the total area of ​​Sheliao Island is only more than 100 hectares. Among them, 66 hectares were classified as the Heping Island Ocean Park in later generations. The park is mainly strange rocks by the sea... In other words, this island can reclaim up to thirty or forty hectares of arable land. Even if it is fully reclaimed, the entire village of Liu Laogen has dozens of people, and each family has only about ten acres of land... And judging from the development degree of the island, it seems that the arable land on the island is divided equally by the villagers of Jilong Village, and each family has only five or six acres of land...
Liu Laogen, the village chief of Jilong Village, sighed:
"We also want to farm on the land across the river, but those foreigners are not sure! We tried to go to the island, but they drove back! We were so few people that we could not beat foreigners, so we could only stay on this small island to farm!"
"I see……"
To put it bluntly, the exiled Han people in Jilong Village could not defeat the indigenous people on the main island. If they could beat them, they would have landed in to seize the fertile land on the Keelung River...
As for why it is called Jilong Village, it is said that when I fled to this place a few years ago, I dealt with locals and natives, and asked them about the place name, and those natives preached the chicken cage... So the name of the new village simply named it here with the chicken cage in Fujian language...
In other words, on Sheliao Island, Kong Tai and the others rescued an unintentionally a group of Ming refugees... However, after these refugees fled to Sheliao Island, they found that they could cultivate locally. If they farm here, they were not under the jurisdiction of the government, they did not need to pay taxes or perform corvee service. So the whole village simply settled down here and stopped leaving...
However, they did not expect that although they lived on an isolated island, the water around them could withstand the indigenous people on Taijima Island, but they could not stop the pirates who were good at sailing.
Chapter completed!