Due to the raid on the Lima port and the fact that the number of Ming army ships far exceeded the number of armed merchant ships in the port, the war showed a one-sided situation at the beginning of the war.
Let alone a collective counterattack among the armed merchant ships in the harbor, even if one opened fire, it would immediately be covered by a storm of fire from the opposite side.
The direction facing the sea was completely blocked by Zheng Guangying's fleet in the crescent formation, which meant that no Spanish armed merchant ship could break through the encirclement.
Within half an hour of the bombardment, all the captains and sailors had abandoned the ship and escaped, because staying where they were was just waiting to die.
The port has been devastated by shelling, but this is not over yet. Zheng Guangying has ordered the fleet to sail into the port and carry out close range shelling with confidence.
Since the real estate can't be taken away, it doesn't matter if it collapses. It's not your own house, so you won't feel bad about it.
Whoever lives in the house will be buried in it, this is the principle!
Burying Spanish livestock alive?
There is no doubt that this should be considered a righteous act!
With Jie Xuan's fleet backing him up, Zheng Guangying didn't have to worry about being attacked from both sides.
Order his men to carry out a long-term artillery bombardment on the port and urban area. If the opponent has artillery to counterattack, they can return fire without notification.
According to the introductions of the previous prisoners, Felipe Castle is a relatively strong place here, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Zheng Guangying decided to create chaos first, and then find an opportunity to eliminate the defenders in the castle.
If that doesn't work, then focus on robbing. After robbing, board the ship and leave, leaving the defenders helpless.
At ten o'clock, Zheng Guangying felt that the bombardment had achieved a certain effect, so he asked his five thousand men to go ashore first.
After Jiexuan saw the signal flare, he also asked three thousand marines to follow closely.
The Zheng army occupied the port, and it was infantry, and required high landing conditions.
The Marine Corps carried heavy weapons such as steam tanks, and assembly alone was time-consuming and laborious.
Moreover, the parts had to be carried to the shore by the ancestors, and a place with relatively solid land had to be found.
If you get stuck in the sand, you're asking for trouble.
After more than two hours of effort, only six steam tanks were installed that had no faults and were ready for combat.
But with this thing, the Marines are no longer afraid of the Spanish cavalry.
One tank is more than enough to take down thirty enemy cavalry, and it is the best choice for street fighting.
Marines without steam tanks could only use captured carriages or self-assembled carriages to advance.
Each of the six pioneering companies received a steam tank, which was almost enough.
The bullets fired by the Spanish infantry and soldiers hit the tank body and could only serve as a symbolic counterattack.
The small Folang machine on the tank only needs one shot to blast away the enemy soldiers hiding in front and behind the house.
The Marines who followed behind the tank kept throwing grenades at suspicious areas.
If it doesn't explode, that's fine. If it does, it's considered picked up.
Enemy soldiers may be hiding anywhere, so you must be careful and don't be careless, otherwise you may be the one who gets shot.
The streets in Lima were built very neatly by the Spaniards, which was conducive to the advancement of Ming army tanks.
The Spanish defenders on the opposite side also launched several counterattacks, with no less than a hundred people participating each time.
But without anti-tank weapons, it is difficult to destroy tanks, an artifact of land warfare.
If the Ming army's tanks cannot be defeated, they will only be beaten, and the counterattack will end hastily.
"No retreat! The Imperial troops are invincible! One Imperial soldier can kill ten yellow-skinned monkeys. Anyone who retreats will be sent to the gallows!"
Although the officers waved their swords and shouted to prevent their soldiers from retreating in panic, it was to no avail.
The soldiers are not fools. If you believe it once, it will be enough. If you believe it again, you will really have to accompany your dead comrades.
The streets were littered with the corpses of imperial soldiers, but there were more and more yellow-skinned monkeys on the opposite side, and not many of them seemed to be dead.
Especially the steel monster that cannot be penetrated by bullets. It cannot be destroyed at all. No matter how many bullets are fired, it will not help.
It is said that the yellow-skinned monkeys are vulnerable and their combat effectiveness is similar to that of the Inca, but in reality it is much worse.
Judging from the fighting situation, he can even fight better than the imperial soldiers.
Many soldiers planned to withdraw to Felipe Castle first, wait for reinforcements to arrive, and then join hands with them to launch a counterattack.
This move is understandable, because the attack on the Inca Empire was not smooth sailing.
On the premise of not knowing the enemy's situation, taking the initiative to shrink the troops is to fight back with animal power.
As for Shimin...
With the imperial officers and soldiers unable to protect themselves, there was no time to care about their safety.
It can cover some women and children to retreat first, and the men can hold their own weapons and retreat while fighting.
"Mr. Colonel, now you should gather your troops outside and fight back instead of standing here watching the battle!"
The Governor of Peru, Guzman, was very dissatisfied that Bidar had hid in the castle before him, so he directly instructed him to fulfill his duties.
"Your Majesty the Governor, the situation is now clear. Our port has been captured. I am afraid that the city will soon fall into the hands of the enemy. The only place that can hold on is here. If you don't want the local defenders to be wiped out by those yellow-skinned monkeys as soon as possible. , it’s best for me to take charge of military matters.”
Vidal was naturally very unhappy about the governor's meddling in other people's business. Don't give blind orders if you don't understand military affairs.
Once all the defenders are destroyed, will there be a place for them to stay in Lima?
"Then how do you plan to repel those nasty yellow-skinned monkeys?"
Guzman's face was stiff, but he also knew that he couldn't get into trouble at the moment, so he could only ask patiently.
"Wait for reinforcements, then encircle them, and finally destroy them!"
Vidal told the other party the method he had already thought of. Anyone who goes out now will be destined to die, so it is better to wait for help.
"I'm afraid it will take ten days or more to mobilize five thousand imperial troops. Before that, can't you do something?"
This is the only way to deal with it, why should we use professionals?
You can do it yourself!
Guzman believed that the other party was deliberately perfunctory and expressed his dissatisfaction in disguise.
"Your Majesty the Governor, if I had an invincible fleet now, I could launch a counterattack immediately. If I had 10,000 imperial troops now, I could also launch a counterattack immediately. But now I only have a few hundred people who have retreated from the front line. How about you give me an additional 10,000 people?"
Vidal had no intention of considering any suggestions on counterattack. He did not say that his boss was ignorant, which was the utmost kindness.
"……you……"
Guzman became even more angry after hearing this. If he had 10,000 imperial troops, would he still use you to command the battle?
If he loses this battle and those yellow-skinned monkeys sack the city of Lima, he must make the guy in front of him pay the price for contradicting him.
"Your Majesty the Governor, listen to the intensive sound of cannons outside. Maybe half of your calf is gone as soon as you step out of the castle!"
"you……"
"I just made an inappropriate metaphor. Don't worry, Your Excellency. Those yellow-skinned monkeys who dare to attack here must be well prepared. Before we fully understand the situation, we should stick to this place. I heard that you still have There is a messenger who I would like to meet so that I can find out the details of the yellow-skinned monkey and make corresponding preparations for counterattack."
Vidal had nothing to say to the governor who only enslaved the Incas and made money. If he talked too much, the governor would be angry again.
It is better to chat with a useful person, you may get unexpected surprises, at least the other person should know a little more information than the person in front of you.
Vidal soon met Belleron and learned from him what was happening in the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
It was bad there before, it's bad here now.
The situation on both sides is basically the same bad, just sooner or later.
Through Belleron's introduction, Vidal realized that the situation this time was very difficult.
Because the other party dispatched a large number of ironclad ships, the number may exceed ten!
You must know that the powerful Spanish Empire does not even have an ironclad ship...
France and the Netherlands did not have ten ships combined, and ordinary wooden warships could not defeat ironclads.
This cut off the possibility of our own fleet repelling the invading enemy from the sea. If we want to get reinforcements, we can only rely on land passage.
But if you take the land route, the response time is very slow, ranging from ten days to a month.
If those yellow-skinned monkeys didn't plan to stay here for a long time, they might board the ship and leave within five days.
In the end, all that was left to the Governor was the ruins of Lima!
What should we do now?
It is possible to attack with the troops on hand, but it is obvious that the more attacks there are, the greater the loss of troops will be.
In the end, it became extremely difficult to defend the castle. As a result, the city of Lima and the castle were occupied by yellow-skinned monkeys.
So despite hearing the cries for help outside, Vidal decided not to come out.
Attacking means everyone is doomed, but standing still can at least retain these few hundred soldiers.
After tracing it, the superiors said that the local area was besieged by five to six hundred enemy warships.
Even if there are 10,000 imperial soldiers now, they may not be able to defend the city of Lima!
"Don't shoot! I'm not Spanish!"
At this time, a native was waving a white flag behind the wall and shouting to the other side in Spanish.
"Since you are not Spanish, come forward and let us see!"
The Ming army had Spanish-speaking special forces as translators. After the explanation, the remaining infantry stopped shooting.
"I am a local who was enslaved by the Spaniards. Are you here to rescue us?"
The native stood up tremblingly, but his clothes looked nondescript. The upper body was wearing a knee-length Inca robe, and the lower body was wearing nothing.
Fortunately, he wore a Western-style hat on his head to identify himself.
"It depends on whether you are willing to resist the enslavement of the Spanish. The Spanish invaded our land, and now we will take revenge! If you are willing to help us deal with the Spanish, then we are friends, otherwise, we are enemies."
"Yes! Yes! As long as we can fight the Spaniards, we are willing! But they are too powerful, we can't defeat them at all!"
"Awesome? Haha! How awesome is it? Look at this corpse, pfft! Is it awesome?"
As he spoke, the special soldier used the bayonet on his rifle to give a demonstration to the natives on the opposite side.
"...My God! You were able to kill the mighty Spaniards, and you killed so many of them! Back then, we couldn't even defeat a few hundred of them with an army of 100,000 people. How did you do it? Can you teach us? What?"
"What???"
Aren’t these a bunch of losers?
The combat effectiveness is worse than the local team training in Ming Dynasty!
A regiment of 100,000 people practiced fighting hundreds of Donglu armored soldiers, and the enemy was overwhelmed with people.
"They have weapons that can shoot iron pellets, as well as shields and armor that arrows cannot penetrate. They are also very good at fighting. We are no match for them!"
"That's all? Don't worry! We have all the weapons they have, and we have the weapons they don't have! Look at our tanks! A large tank that can walk on its own and is invulnerable, and can also fire artillery shells!"
"Oh~ my God! It's so powerful! This is incredible! Can I ask, can I pray to God before using it?"
"……Need not!"
It seems that this is not the focus of the introduction just now, right?
If the local natives were like this idiot, it would be useless to give them airships, let alone tanks!
"Then can you help us defeat the Spaniards and drive them away? We can pay you saltpeter, copper ore, and, by the way, silver. It's a pity that they have stolen all the gold!"
"...This is not impossible, but I want to ask my commander for instructions!"
"Oh! I understand, I hope your commander can agree to my request!"
"Okay, you and your companions stay in a safer place first and wait for my reply!"
"Okay! Thank you, God bless you!"
"..."
The special forces immediately customized this native. Although he was ignorant, he had a strong ability to pay and knew how to find someone to work for them!
It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is looking for the Western Yi to fight against the Donglu. Now that the fleet is attacking Lima, is it possible to vent their ill will on the local indigenous people and take the opportunity to earn some votes?
"There is such a thing!"
After Jiexuan heard the news, he discussed it with Zheng Guangying and tentatively agreed.
But the scale of the operation will not be too large to rescue the entire Peruvian indigenous population.
Now we will set up a demonstration here in Lima, and then leave a batch of weapons to the indigenous people to teach them how to conduct guerrilla warfare.
The rest is up to them. If they are not eaten by the Spaniards when they come over for the second time, it will be considered a success.
The process is very simple, and there are shortcuts available. Specifically, you first lead the natives to attack the urban area, and then let them kill some of the Spanish soldiers with their own hands.
This is equivalent to receiving a certificate of surrender. If you can't stand in Lima in the future, you will have no choice but to go into the mountains to fight guerrillas, otherwise you will be burned alive if you are caught.
Through the introduction of the indigenous people, Jiexuan also learned about the surrounding situation, so he and Zheng Guangying decided to increase the duration of the war to three days.
Before sunset that day, due to the rapid retreat of the defenders under the Ming army's offensive, the battle in the urban area was basically over.
If any stragglers plan to launch a cold attack, steam tanks will be dispatched to the scene to demolish the building directly!
Next, it's time for the soldiers to reap the benefits.
Take what you have to take, play what you have to play with.
Fight and have fun at the same time!
