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Liu Feng was in a very happy mood at this time. He directed his men to start dismantling those red cannons. For those who were pirates on the sea, powerful military force was the guarantee of their lives. Thinking that his warships would be equipped with these powerful red cannons, Liu Feng couldn't help feeling proud. You know, in this way, he would be the most elite team under Liu Xiang in the future, and would be of more use to Liu Xiang.
But it was obvious that Liu Feng was happy too early. Liu Feng, who was shouting at his men to work faster, suddenly noticed that there was something wrong with their expressions. At first, Liu Feng thought that those dazed guys wanted to be lazy, but when he looked carefully, he found that there was infinite fear in the eyes of those dazed men.
Liu Feng thought about it and finally found out why his men were so scared. Having dealt with Westerners for many years, they knew much more about the power of muskets than the officers and soldiers of Dali. Even a martial arts master would be finished if they were hit by that row of muskets, let alone pirates like them who only knew a few tricks.
At this moment, a large number of people in uniform rushed out of those small round houses. If it was just a large group of people running out, Liu Feng and the others would not be afraid, but since all the people on the other side were holding muskets, they had to be afraid.
The first to come out were the 2,000 veteran soldiers under Tang Tong. When the blockhouses were first built, there were escape tunnels under each blockhouse. This was designed by Tang Tong in order to preserve the lives of his men as much as possible. Usually, the underground roads in these blockhouses were covered with a layer of soil. When they wanted to escape, they would just lift off the thin layer of soil and get out. This time, Tang Tong used these tunnels to allow his troops to infiltrate the enemy's rear and block the enemy's retreat.
Liu Feng only had about a thousand men under his command. Seeing the musket team of more than two thousand men appearing in front of them, their morale collapsed without a fight, because they knew too well how powerful the muskets were. Even Liu Feng's first thought was to escape.
The 2,000 veterans under Tang Tong were now well-trained, especially the regular troops under Tang Tong. They were trained according to the military canons of later generations. After a year and a half of hard training and having fought several battles, even if they faced the Jiannu cavalry of the same strength, these regular troops could win at a small cost. What's more, they were facing a mob of only a thousand people like Liu Feng. Maybe Liu Feng and his men were elite at sea, but on land, they were an absolute mob.
These people approached Liu Feng and his men in an orderly manner according to their usual training, then lined up in order, and under the command of the flag chief of each flag, they fired at Liu Feng and his men in a very orderly manner. There were two thousand people, and after a round of volleys, no one, including Liu Feng, could stand up. After these people finished firing, they turned around without any pause and killed DeWite and his men again.
At the same time, after Tang Tong's new recruits who had been trained for several months came out of the tunnel, a small number of them rushed towards the artillery position, and most of them rushed towards the dock, preparing to seize the enemy's ship. At this time, there were only dozens of Dutch people left on the ship, and Liu Xiang's men had less than three thousand people left on the ship.
These boats were crowded together, and on the boats with the stepladders on the dock, those who stayed behind came to their senses from the shock of the change and wanted to pull out the stepladders, but Tang Tong's men who rushed over would not give them the chance. A distance of a few meters was nothing in front of these soldiers who had to run ten kilometers every day carrying twenty kilograms. A few meters was simply a distance that could be reached at the speed of a sprint.
As for the physical strength of his soldiers, Tang Tong was very satisfied. People in ancient times were much stronger than people today. According to records, during the Song Dynasty, the standard load of an ordinary soldier was about 32 kilograms. The elite of the current US Marine Corps only carried 30 kilograms. After several months of training, these young and strong soldiers recruited by Tang Tong had basically no problem running ten kilometers with a 30-kilogram load on their backs.
Because Tang Tong's main goal was to capture the three Dutch warships, all the soldiers who ran forward first fired at the Dutch ships at the dock. The Dutch who stayed behind also wanted to shoot back, but the dozens of guns in their hands were no match for the tens of guns. After a few rounds of gunfire, dozens of Dutchmen fell to the ground with bullet holes all over their bodies.
Because they rushed forward too close, Tang Tong's men also suffered more than a dozen casualties. However, no one cared about the casualties at this time. Those who ran in the front rushed to board the Dutch ship first, took control of the three Dutch ships, and then began to sweep away Liu Xiang's men. When those Liu Xiang's men who were holding cold weapons saw the black muzzles of the guns, most of them chose to surrender foolishly.
It is said that when De Wet looked over and saw about 2,000 people quickly forming a battle array about ten meters behind him, he knew that today's matter was serious. From previous intelligence, De Wet knew that the Dutch also had muskets, but the performance of their muskets was not as good as that of his Dutch counterparts (at this time, the musket technology of the Dutch was actually the most advanced in the world, but the production of these technologically advanced muskets was very small, and there was no regular equipment in the army. No one studied how to use these muskets against the Jiannu, and the court did not pay attention to the development of these firearms.).
De Wet was a good commander. He quickly gathered his eight thousand men and wanted to rely on his more advanced muskets to defeat the large musket team in front of him. But what he didn't know was that the breech-loading rifles of Tang Tong's men were more than two thousand years more advanced than their muzzle-loading matchlock rifles. Whether in terms of loading time or shooting speed, they were much more powerful than the muzzle-loading matchlock rifles in the hands of Westerners.
Liu Xiang's men also discovered that a team with muskets appeared behind them, but they always thought that the Dutch were very powerful and they had nothing to fear with the Dutch around. So these pirates bravely withstood the attacks of the Japanese and waited for the Dutch to defeat the large Japanese army that appeared behind them.
DeWitt's men were also well-trained troops. They had fought many battles, big and small, and had strong psychological qualities. Under DeWitt's command, they quickly formed a battle formation. Both sides slowly approached each other. After a few steps, Tang Tong's men stopped advancing and took a shooting stance.
The breech-loading rifles in the hands of these veterans under Tang Tong have undergone continuous improvements. Now the range can reach about 20 steps. However, the muzzle-loading matchlock rifles under De Wet's command can only reach 10 steps. So when De Wet saw the other side stop, he was a little puzzled. Why did the other side stop and prepare to shoot at such a distance? Could it be that the other side's muskets have better shooting range than his guns?
Soon, under the command of Zhao Yapeng, DeWitt realized how powerful the enemy's muskets were. With two thousand men and three bursts of fire, after one round, more than ten of DeWitt's men fell, and more than two thousand were injured but did not fall. Only a dozen were intact. Poor DeWitt was also shot into a sieve when he was hit by the power of the enemy's muskets.
Without waiting for Zhao Yapeng to order the second round of firing, the surviving Dutch surrendered very simply. Liu Xiang, who had been paying attention to the exchange of fire between De Wet and the Da'an army, was frightened by the scene in front of him so much that his eyes almost popped out. In his mind, the Dutch were extremely powerful, but these extremely powerful Dutch were almost killed by just one round of volleys in front of the Da'an army.
Liu Xiang's sweat broke out in an instant, and the idea of surrender quickly popped up in his mind, but before he could say the words of surrender, his team collapsed. For a long time, the Dutch had left these pirates with the impression that they were too powerful, but the powerful Dutch in their eyes were so vulnerable in the hands of these big armies, so the morale collapsed incomparably quickly. Some people dropped their weapons and surrendered, while others fled to the open spaces on both sides. As these people ran, the others who were still stunned also followed them. Those who dropped their weapons saw that everyone was running away, and out of the herd mentality, they also ran away. When the Japanese saw this, they wanted to run away, but it was not that easy. A head was worth ten taels of silver, so without waiting for Yagyu Saburo to give an order, these Japanese chased them down.
When Zhao Yapeng saw the messy scene, he frowned for a moment, and after taking into custody the three surviving Dutch prisoners, he stepped back a little to protect the ships on the dock that he was handling and to prevent any accidents from happening to the things he was handling.
Tang Tong looked at the situation on the battlefield and couldn't help but shook his head. Originally, he had planned not to kill these people if they surrendered, but now they ran away and were killed by the Japanese, which was what they deserved. However, in order to reduce his own silver loss, Tang Tong still asked his men to send out flag signals, telling Yagyu Saburo to try not to kill those who surrendered.
Liu Xiang was running with the chaotic army, tears were about to flow. The little fortune he had accumulated with great difficulty over the past twenty years was gone in just one battle. He thought that it was all because of his greed.
Mu Dalang saw a fish that looked like a pirate leader running away in front of him, and thought to himself that this must be a big fish. He grinned and chased after it with the knife in his hand.
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