"Damn, these damn French people, God will not forgive their fallen and dirty souls. I knew these guys were unreliable, these damn despicable French pigs.
Matthews let go of the taxi, cursing angrily.
Before Matthews could calm down, another soldier came running over and said, "General, the Dutch have left their defensive positions and are retreating towards the Dutch fleet."
"What, those Dutch, those despicable Dutch also fled?" Matthews was stunned again, with a feeling that something was wrong. Before he could react, another soldier came to report that the British army had also retreated. When finally a soldier came to report that the Portuguese army had also fled, Matthews' face turned pale. He knew that this time it was over. They had been deceived by those damn British and French, leaving them, the Spaniards, here to endure the artillery fire of Prince Tang, leaving them, the Spaniards, here to prepare to accept the fate of destruction.
Matthews knew that he had lost this time and would lose completely. The enemy before him was not something that his Spanish fleet could fight alone. The strength of the two sides was too far apart. Long ago, the strength of the Spanish in the South Seas was no match for that Prince Tang. Although Spain had transferred a lot of troops from Spain in order to keep this colony in the South Seas, the power in the hands of Prince Tang was expanding too fast. No matter how many troops the Spanish transferred, they were never as fast as Prince Tang.
Thirteen thousand Spanish soldiers guarding this colony is already a heavy burden. The profits gained from this colony are not enough to support such a large army of thirteen thousand people. In the past, an army of this size could have occupied a dozen such colonies.
Just as Matthews was hesitating whether to retreat with his men, the artillery from Tang Lu's side quietly attacked and started the first round of mobile combat. When the shells from dozens of land artillery pieces in each team fell on the wall of Kerge City, the Spanish soldiers were stunned. At this time, few of them could calculate the trajectory of the enemy's artillery shells to find out the enemy's position. They relied entirely on their own eyes. When some Spanish soldiers who reacted operated the cannons on the city wall and began to fight back, shells from another direction hit again, taking the lives of dozens of Spanish soldiers.
The walls of Kerge City were in chaos, and Matthews didn't know how to fight back. Although he used the cannons on the walls to fight back at the woods where the shells were fired, Matthews could see through the telescope that his counterattack could not cause any damage to the other side. Instead, the walls of Kerge City were constantly being bombarded by the enemy's shells.
Spanish soldiers were constantly knocked down by artillery fire, and the city walls were constantly being destroyed by artillery fire.
The cannons were blown up by the enemy's shells, making the defense of Kerge City increasingly weak. At that time, Matthews found that the enemy was only attacking from one direction, and now the enemy's army was encircling the two wings of Kerge City. Obviously, the enemy did not want these Spaniards to escape. At this time, no matter how stupid Matthews was, he knew that he had definitely lost. If he did not escape, he would really have no chance. It was wishful thinking to rely on the city walls to stop the attack.
Matthews immediately ordered his men to evacuate Kerge City. At this time, it was not a question of preserving the colony in Southeast Asia, but to try to save these Spanish soldiers. It was not that Matthews loved his soldiers like his own sons, but if all these Spanish soldiers were killed here or captured, then Matthews' guilt would be even greater.
The present era is the time when Spain's power is gradually declining. A few decades ago, the Spaniards were first defeated by the British and lost their position as the overlord of the sea. Later, the Dutch demanded independence, and the Netherlands broke away from the Spanish land, which made the Spaniards even more exhausted. Recently, the Portuguese also became independent from the Spanish power, which made the Spanish strength even worse. Now, 13,000 soldiers are too important for the Spaniards. If all of them are lost here, the damage to Spain will be too great. For this reason, Matthews had to take his men away from here. He Matthews could not afford the loss, and the Spaniards could not afford the loss either.
Li Dingguo also discovered the Spaniards' intention to evacuate through the telescope, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He fired a signal flare to let his men start the general attack. At the same time, he also ordered several regiments of troops to quickly advance to the rear of Kerge City to block the Spanish retreat. These regiments were all regular troops and possessed the most powerful combat effectiveness under Tang Li's command. The reason why Li Dingguo spent such a huge amount of money was to severely damage the Spanish in one fell swoop and make them no longer have the strength to compete for the territory in Nanyang. Even if Tang Li would suffer some losses at present, for the Han people, the thing they are least afraid of losing is people. Since ancient times, the Han people have been numerous, and if they die, they can recruit some more. In this regard, Li Dingguo regards human life much less than Tang Li, and the decisions he makes are much more ruthless than Tang Li.
In fact, the number of Spanish soldiers that Matthews could lead out of the city was less than 7,000. The battles before and after had already caused the Spanish to lose about 4,000 people. When retreating from Kerge City, the enemy's fierce artillery fire and rapidly advancing army caused Matthews to lose another 2,000 people. Due to their hasty escape, all the supplies were not taken away in time, and they could not even burn them in time. The soldiers under Tang Lu were all well-trained elite troops. It only took them a short time to attack and break the city, and it only took them a short time to chase Matthews and his men after breaking the city. They passed through Kerge City and kept chasing the Spanish soldiers from behind. Matthews sent several rearguard teams, but each team was almost defeated by the pursuing army.
Once the army under Tang Li's command no longer cared about casualties, the combat effectiveness they displayed was extremely powerful. Both the regular army and the auxiliary army were well-trained elite troops. Not only had the lower-level officers received military education, but these soldiers had generally participated in several major battles. Moreover, the weapons in the hands of Tang Li's regular army were better than those of the Westerners. Even the weapons in the hands of the auxiliary army were slightly better than those of the Westerners. With so many factors added together, these Spanish soldiers were no match for them. It was impossible to stop these people from chasing them.
Matthews felt regretful when he saw that he couldn't escape the enemy's pursuit. If he had known that the enemy was so fast, he might as well have stayed in the city and continued to fight. At least in that situation, he had the city wall to comfort himself. Once he left the city, he had no advantage at all. The enemy's soldiers were particularly good at running, and even white people who were taller and stronger than him could run faster.
In fact, during this period, due to the problem of food sufficiency, people's physical constitutions varied greatly. There were people in the Ming Dynasty with good physical constitutions, and there were also many Westerners with poor physical constitutions due to lack of sufficient food in childhood. In terms of physique, the yellow people of this period were far less different from the white people in later generations. At least in terms of weight, the difference between people in the Ming and Song dynasties and the white people in later generations was very small.
The troops under Tang Li's command were all professional soldiers who had been trained for several years, and their living conditions were the best of the time. Although the Spanish soldiers under Matthews had also received training, they had not received as much training as Tang Li's soldiers. Many of these Spanish soldiers had participated in European wars, but the wars in Europe at that time were tactically rigid and lacked much military knowledge. Once the two sides became small-scale teams, the Spanish soldiers were no match.
When one of Don's regiments crossed the direction of Matthews' retreat, these Spanish soldiers were doomed to no longer have a chance to escape. Subsequently, the second and third regiments crossed in front of Matthews and his men, not only completely blocking the Spaniards' retreat, but the three regiments also launched a counterattack, causing the thousands of Spaniards under Matthews to quickly collapse and flee. However, Don's men came too fast, and not a single Spaniard could escape. Except for more than 4,000 who surrendered, the rest of the 13,000 Spanish troops were completely wiped out.
Matthews did not surrender, not because he did not want to surrender in the end, but when Matthews saw that there was no hope of escape and decided to surrender, he was unfortunately killed by a stray bullet. Matthews could never close his eyes until his death, and he never understood why his army was so vulnerable. In fact, many people died in unclear circumstances on the battlefield. In the late Qing Dynasty, 200,000 Mongolian cavalry were wiped out at the hands of a few thousand Western devils. How could those people die knowingly?
This time, Tang Qi also lost more than 2,000 people. For Tang Qi, this was a huge loss. After annihilating the Spaniards, Tang Qi did not stop. Except for leaving a part of the soldiers to guard the Spanish prisoners, the other troops went out in several directions to chase and kill the fleeing Western troops along the way.
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