Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-seventh
Under the city of Relanzha, the sound of cannons continued all day long.
A large number of Zheng troops joined Dayuan Town, and then quickly spread to the Raranzha Castle with this center.
The Dutch will not sit still and wait for death.
The inner city corresponds to the Campbell Yufei Fort and the Fort Folixinlian Fort on the side of Dayuan Town. One cannon is bombarding Zheng Jun and even piled up several heavy cannons on the semicircle fort in the center of the second floor platform of the inner city, and attacked Dayuan Town from afar.
As mentioned earlier, although the castle of Jelanzha is divided into two cities, inside and outside, the two cities are spliced together in front and back, rather than being attached to the outside of the inner city.
The outer city located in the southwest corner of the entire Kunzhen Sand Bank is located at the Dutch government office and the mall. It corresponds to the Dayuan Port, and the north line island on the opposite bank holds the entry and exit passage of the Great Bay. A cannon directly blocks the sea surface, not to mention the narrow "place" below the city from the sea.
Therefore, even if the height of the outer city is very low, it seems roughly the first floor of the inner city. Compared with the inner city with a total of three floors, this place is definitely a very obvious defect in the city of Gerlandz. However, the unique geographical environment makes up for this defect, especially when the Dutch Navy still controls the control of the surrounding waters.
Therefore, the only way to attack Jelanzha Castle from Dayuan Town is to attack Campbell Rainfeld and Fort Folixinlian.
In this environment, the Dutch, who are condescending and with castle protection, should not take advantage of it, even if the number of artillery on their cannons is much smaller than that of the Zheng army outside the city.
If the Zheng army wanted to shell the city of Relanzha, they had to move forward in the fire of artillery and transport one artillery to the front. However, Zheng Zhilong would not do such a thing that was obviously a loss.
At least don’t struggle, no matter whether the method you came up with is useful or not, try it first.
He would not do this until the method he came up with proved unavailable.
He doesn't lack time, right?
The trenches start from the edge of Dayuan Town. The trenches are only three feet wide and one person deep. Let's go straight and then the "S" line.
When they were only a hundred feet away from the castle, they began to set up cannon positions. One by one, two feet in diameter, was much shallower in depth. They looked like beads worn on thin lines, but they could accommodate the next cannons.
The diggings were piled up in front, adding a layer of solid protection to the gun position, leaving only the direction pointed by the muzzle, which was three feet wide enough for shooting at the gun position.
This was the first time the Dutch experienced a trench war. At the beginning, they had no idea why. They just saw the digging inside by the Zheng army quickly turned into a thick pile of soil on the surface, and felt the threat. Of course, they would not tolerate Zheng army's massive excavation, and sent people to destroy it many times in the day and night.
The casualties caused by shelling on both sides are actually not as high as half the number of bilateral casualties in such destructive wars.
At first, in order to prevent the enemy's raids day and night, the Zheng army not only arranged a large number of troops to be on the night before, but also took out barbed wire mesh. It was made of mounds of soil, which did not need to be too high, but it must be thick and could withstand the shelling. Then, three or two barbed wire mesh were wrapped around the periphery like a foot-bound cloth, and combined with the iron caltrops sprinkled on the ground, only a dozen or twenty people were needed to guard it, with two small tiger squatting cannons and a large number of grenades, which was enough to make the Dutch, who were several times ten times hesitant!
——They simply cannot quickly acquire such strongholds. Even if there are many people!
If you can't get the front stronghold, even if you go around, you will only fall into the Zheng army's cross-fire power. Guns are shooting from all directions, and they will cry and cry for their parents and doubt their lives.
The Dutch confirmed this with bloody reality.
So, now when I look at the seemingly simple and simple Zhengjun strongholds in the city, the Dutch people in the city are very troubled.
That's the same as Zheng Hongkui from Penghu and Putmans from Dayuangang.
Both of them are anxious to take the lead in defeating the enemy, but in fact, neither Zheng Zhilong nor Paul put pressure on them.
The two knew very well that they were absolutely laymen in naval battles, while Zheng Hongkui and Putmans were absolutely experts. Since that is the case, they naturally handed over professional matters to the counterpart experts.
But there is no pressure outside, Zheng Hongkui and Putmans are very good at adding inner drama to themselves.
Because of Zheng Zhilong's smooth progress on land, both of them felt a sense of urgency, hoping to get the opponent in a short time.
This one is to follow his elder brother; the other is to prove his abilities to the company.
But how easy is this?
Now is not the time for Zheng Zhilong to go to the Taoyuan. After the time entered mid-July, it was already the time when storms in the Taiwan Strait occurred frequently. In one month, half a month, the wind and waves were high and the fleet could not go out to sea at all.
Even if both sides want to fight, they also need to avoid this period of time first.
The original Battle of Liaoluowan also started in the early sixth month of the lunar calendar, and it was only in September that the battle won.
During this period, the two armies fought on small scales many times, and the Dutch also went to Tongshan to avoid the storm many times, and warships were blown away from the fleet by the storm...
Now, the geography between Penghu and the south of the island is very different from that of Fujian. In Fujian, the Dutch can also break into the Tongshan Sea to avoid storms, Nanao, Haicheng, Chaoyang, and they are all natural sanctuaries for wind and waves. And they are all in Xiamen and the south of Kinmen.
But what about between Penghu and the south of the island?
There are only a few small sandbanks in the vast ocean.
But unlike the southeast, at this time, the defenders of Juehua Island have begun to prepare for the war before the beginning of winter.
With the experience of last year, the military soldiers on the island, and even some merchants who were preparing to stay for the New Year, were not too nervous.
From the population review of the island to the food reserves, and then the arrangement of military troops from various departments, Zheng Zhibao did everything in an orderly manner. Zheng Sen looked at Juehua Island, which was gradually thrown behind by ships, and felt a little reluctant in his heart...
He learned a lot here, realized the hardships of refugees, and learned the many tricks in pension and relief, the darkness of society, and the darkness of the army, which made people tremble. He also saw clearly the filth and shamelessness of civil servants. Of course, the military officers of the Ming Dynasty were not inferior.
Therefore, Zheng Sen knew extremely clearly what the situation of the Ming Dynasty "foundation has been corrupt" mentioned by his father.
Compared to him two years ago, he has become much more mature.
A man is a real man, but he cannot become a weapon without being sharpened. Compared with Zheng Chenggong, who is very arrogant in the original time and space, he now knows what forbearance is, what helplessness is, and what is saying one thing and doing one thing in person, one thing in person and behind his back.
Nine out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory, and Yang Hu's words are really correct.
Even though the Zheng army has a very high position in the Ming army outside the pass, how could some dirty things be left out under the banner of the Ming Dynasty?
You should know that Zheng Jun or Fan Zhiwan, Qiu Minyang used a powerful weapon to suppress Wu Sangui. Zheng Zhilong also instructed the two to fully cooperate with Fan Zhiwan and Qiu Minyang.
Chapter completed!