Because of the observation angle, even Zhu Dinghai on the high platform could not observe in detail every move of the Dutch behind the city wall.
At the beginning of the war, in order to ensure sufficient supplies for the defenders of the city wall, William Orondo ordered the construction of four small arsenals around the city wall. Used to store gunpowder, projectiles and other military supplies.
After discovering that the Ming army had explosive artillery shells, William Orondo ordered a layer of sandbags to be piled outside the four small arsenals.
The Ming army's long-range attack forced William Auron to add two more circles of sandbags.
Although it seems safer, it greatly increases the time to collect and store gunpowder.
According to regulations, the gunpowder removed from the city wall should be placed in the arsenal, but in order to reduce trouble, these soldiers did not pile the gunpowder in the corner.
In this regard, the Dutch officer also turned a blind eye. After all, it was impossible for the opponent's artillery to hit the corner of the city.
However, the Dutch soldiers apparently forgot that there were many wooden shelves on the city wall.
These wooden shelves had long been blown away from their original positions by artillery shells, and many wooden shelves had been blown to the battlements of the inner beta city wall.
With the Ming army's mortar attack. Those wooden products have been shaky for a long time, after the baptism of 3 theories by the Ming army. These wooden shelves could fall down at any time.
There were also many wooden frames that had been ignited by artillery fire, which meant that the Dutch soldiers on the city wall were dead and collapsed.
Then there are still people paying attention to this problem.
"Boom, boom, boom." With the continuous shelling of the Ming army, the Dutch around the south wall of Relanje City scattered in all directions, and a considerable number of them ran towards the south wall. After all, many of them were afraid of the shells. Kneeling Road is quite familiar, and he knows that under the city wall, there is a blind spot for cannonballs.
Suddenly, nearly 1,000 people gathered at the southern wall of Relanja City.
Seeing their homes not far away being blown to pieces by artillery fire, many Dutch people felt distressed, but still breathed a sigh of relief. After all, he is still alive, and as long as he lives, it is for the future.
However, no one noticed that the wooden supports on the city wall had caught fire and might fall down at any time.
No one will even notice. Due to the previous shelling and the rough handling of the servants, there was a small hole in a powder barrel, and the black powder inside was slowly leaking out.
Everyone's attention was focused on the front where the Ming army's artillery fire was raging.
Even William Orondo only knew at this moment that the area around the south city wall had received heavy artillery fire from the Ming army, and the specific losses and so on. William Orondo was still waiting for information. Wait for the soldiers on the southern city wall to report the news to him.
The Dutch soldiers on the east and west walls refused to go up to the south wall because of the heavy artillery fire.
The reinforcements that came from the city to support were blocked by the Ming army's artillery fire.
After half a stick of incense. The Ming army's artillery fire gradually stopped. Just when everyone thought the disaster was over, an artillery shell hit the battlement of the city wall directly above the opponent's explosive barrel.
The ammunition of the grenade is an explosive shell, which is not bad at killing people, but its destructive power against buildings, especially solid buildings, is not even as powerful as the Hongyi Cannon shells.
Under normal circumstances,
When a grenade shell hits this kind of city wall, it will make a hole as big as a bowl at most.
But because the current city of Relanja is the result of rush work. Although the city wall in the external test barely reached the standard, the city wall in the internal test did not meet the standard, coupled with the previous indiscriminate bombing.
This small cannonball actually exploded the entire battlement. The falling rocks flying everywhere and the burning sticks on them hit the gunpowder piled on the ground.
"No, lie down quickly." At this time, a soldier finally noticed the abnormality and hurriedly lie down towards the people.
But at this moment, the city was in chaos. Although many people fell down following the soldiers' voices, more people were still stunned on the spot.
There was a loud "boom", and a huge explosion occurred in the gunpowder pile just now.
The huge shock wave, carrying gravel and wood, quickly spread around, and those who were not lying on the ground became living targets.
He didn’t even have time to raise his middle finger, he went straight to God.
A huge explosion went directly out of the southern wall of Relanja City, blowing out a small hole.
The explosions that rushed in directly blinded the soldiers on both sides.
The soldiers who originally rushed to support were reluctant to take a step forward.
As for the Ming army, the centurion immediately made a decision and ordered a soldier beside him to ride a horse and kill towards the gap in the city wall.
To the centurion's expectation, the soldier did not encounter any obstruction during the entire march.
When the soldier took out the flying claw in his hand, he successfully reached the city wall. , this process was also not blocked.
When the soldier climbed up the city wall and waved the flag, the centurion immediately gave the order and the second ten-man squad moved forward.
After half a stick of incense, the Ming army successfully established a foothold on the south wall of Relanja City and set up an artillery position.
At this time, Daming's infantry team that had just set off finally arrived at the artillery position just now.
These soldiers had no time to rest, so they hurried towards the city wall.
As for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty on the city wall, because their field of vision was wider, the effect of the artillery bombardment was more obvious. The Dutch under the city wall suffered heavy losses for a while.
The Dutch soldiers on the east and west walls wanted to come over for support, but were deterred by artillery. After paying a lot of casualties, they could only stick to their own territory.
The fighting situation on the city wall quickly reached Zhu Dinghai's ears.
Although it was unclear why the situation had changed so drastically, Zhu Dinghai once again sent 1,000 troops to support.
After William Orondo in the city received the news that the Ming army had captured the south city wall, he was full of disbelief at first, and then ordered his soldiers to recapture the south wall.
But Relanja City is not a regular army after all. It can only be regarded as a third-rate army in the West. It is okay to bully the natives who have never seen the world with firearms.
When encountering the Ming army whose equipment was better than theirs and whose discipline was far superior to theirs, it seemed inadequate.
The Dutch soldiers on the east and west walls were beaten to death only after launching two attacks, and they were unwilling to die again.
After receiving the support of 1,000 infantry, the Ming army used grenade launchers to clear the way and quickly drove the Dutch soldiers off the east and west walls.
Then they attacked from the east and west, and in less than a stick of incense, they captured the northern city wall.
In less than an hour, the entire outer city wall of Relanja City fell into the hands of the Ming army.
Dutch soldiers later launched several assaults in an attempt to retake the wall. However, under the attack of countless grenades from the Ming Dynasty, they could not even climb the city wall.
