Chapter 2981
Chapter 2981
Chapter 2981
After the entire protective wall was collapsed by the violent bombardment, the defenders had no cover in this direction. If they wanted to stop the swarming Haihan infantry, they could only come out from their hiding places and exchange fire.However, the performance gap of the weapons between the two sides is too great. As long as they are exposed to the shooting range of the Haihan Army, they will be immediately smashed into a sieve by the intensive accumulation of shots.
Although the defenders of other nearby fortresses wanted to help, but at this time the four heavy artillery had already aimed at another fortress closest to the battlefield and started a new round of artillery bombardment.As soon as the cannonballs blasted out of the channel, another company would immediately rush in and kill the resisters.
After the settlement of Fort San Pedro last night, the process of attacking other nearby forts has also sped up a lot.The strength and firepower output of these small fortresses are very limited. Without San Pedro Fortress to provide cover for them to attract firepower, it is inevitable that they will be named by Haihan heavy artillery.
The target of the company that Zheng Agui and others are in is the second fort that was bombarded by heavy artillery.As soon as the shelling stopped, Zheng Agui led the team to rush out of the bunker, stooping down and running towards the blasted gap in the fort.
Several grenadiers had already thrown out grenades from a distance, and fell behind the gap in an arc.Several Spaniards just appeared at the gap, and before they could raise their guns to aim, the exploding grenades knocked them all down.
When Zheng Agui stepped on the collapsed rubble and rushed to the gap, he saw another Spaniard struggling to stand up, so he shot him without hesitation.
But this gap is the focus of the audience. Whoever stands here will become a target. Before he can see the situation inside the fortress, he hears the sound of projectiles breaking into the wind, and quickly shrinks his neck, bows and jumps into the gap. in the corridor.
These fortresses are converted from private houses, and the collapsed places connect the rooms and corridors, which can lead to various places in the fortress.But whether it is the attacking side or the defending side, the melee in the building is by no means easy, just like a street battle with a narrow field to the extreme.
Such a combat environment is indeed a big test for the Bangui Battalion, which has many recruits.The vast majority of recruits had not received training related to indoor combat before, and even grass-roots officers like Zheng Agui had no experience in it.
However, the advantages of the Haihan Army are also obvious. In addition to the performance of the weapons, the psychological states of the two sides are obviously different.Haihan is determined to win in Cebu, and all resistance actions must be suppressed. For the resisters guarding this place, once the defense line is broken by Haihan, the only thing left is to struggle to the death.
Several trained Spanish translators rushed to the front line with tin horns and shouted loudly, meaning to let the resisters in the fort put down their weapons, raise their hands and walk to the outdoor patio to surrender.
Such means of persuading surrender still played a certain role. Some resisters who were unwilling to fight to the death, as well as some local people who did not evacuate in advance, really raised their hands and surrendered shortly after, and then lied face down as required by the shouting. On the ground, waiting for the Haihan Army to receive it.
However, some of the resisters still chose to continue the deadly battle in the building, and the Haihan Army had to take risks and clear all the rooms one by one.
These recruits brought by Zheng Agui have not learned how to use grenades, so they can't use the "efficient" house clearance method of kicking the door and throwing mines. They can only search in the traditional way, which means that they need to face greater risks.
But for Zheng Agui, this kind of close combat will undoubtedly make his soldiers grow faster.The soldiers who had been panicked during the battle in Masbate Town were now able to carry out the orders he gave with composure.
Zheng Agui made a gesture, Qiu Yong kicked the door open, and Zheng Agui immediately took the lead and entered the house with a rifle.
A Spaniard was in a hurry to ignite the fuse of the musket. Zheng Agui pulled the trigger and knocked him down without hesitation. The other guy who rushed over with a knife was shot by Qin Bo, who followed Zheng Agui. put down.
Four people were left to guard the corridor outside the door, and the rest of the people searched the house and confirmed that there were no other resisters here.
Several silver coins were found from the injured resisters, and there were several pieces of silverware in the house. Zheng Agui signaled his men to collect them first.
According to the Haihan Military Law, the seized property should be handed over.However, the military generally does not have strict requirements for this, and most of the items that are not easy to pass are large items.For small things like silver coins, it may not be implemented as such. The soldiers will deduct some more or less, and Zheng Agui is no exception.
Before leaving, Zheng Agui saw that the injured two were still alive, but both of them were shot in the chest, and it was not easy to treat them.
Zheng Agui winked at Qiu Yong and motioned him to get rid of the two.It was not the first time that Qiu Yong had done this kind of dirty work.
The campaign to clear the fort continued until noon.Fortunately, Zheng Agui's team did not suffer any casualties, but their company still suffered a loss of one death and four injuries, which was not too serious, but it also made the company commander angry enough.
A total of more than 160 prisoners were captured here, most of whom were people who failed to evacuate in advance.As for the resisters who were killed by the guns of Haihan during the battle, there are as many as a hundred people according to rough statistics, and about half of them are Spaniards.
During this period, operations against other nearby forts continued.Several large-caliber artillery pieces brought from Manila thousands of miles away made the first contribution, all relying on them to blast a passage through the outer wall of the fort before the infantry could advance along with it.
However, these two days of high-intensity operations have consumed most of the special ammunition, and the next batch of cargo ships carrying ammunition may still have two days to reach Cebu.This means that the few remaining forts nearby may not be so easy to take down.
And the actual situation is exactly the same. The frequency of heavy artillery fire has been significantly reduced, which caused the Haihan Army to greatly slow down the advance in the afternoon clearing operation.
In contrast, the effect of small-caliber artillery demolishing buildings is much worse, and even ten shots may not be as effective as a large-caliber artillery fire.The Haihan Army had to dispatch engineering units again and use blasting methods to open the attack channel.
Before dusk fell, the Haihan Army finally captured all the fortifications in this area.Although a large number of armed resisters were successfully eliminated, the Haihan Army also suffered a considerable number of casualties, which had never happened in the past few battles against Cebu.
So far, the Haihan Army has only controlled most of the urban area of Cebu, and has not yet had time to pursue and suppress the resisters who fled to the edge of the urban area and the nearby mountains and forests.I am afraid that no one will be satisfied with such a combat result.
(End of this chapter)
After the entire protective wall was collapsed by the violent bombardment, the defenders had no cover in this direction. If they wanted to stop the swarming Haihan infantry, they could only come out from their hiding places and exchange fire.However, the performance gap of the weapons between the two sides is too great. As long as they are exposed to the shooting range of the Haihan Army, they will be immediately smashed into a sieve by the intensive accumulation of shots.
Although the defenders of other nearby fortresses wanted to help, but at this time the four heavy artillery had already aimed at another fortress closest to the battlefield and started a new round of artillery bombardment.As soon as the cannonballs blasted out of the channel, another company would immediately rush in and kill the resisters.
After the settlement of Fort San Pedro last night, the process of attacking other nearby forts has also sped up a lot.The strength and firepower output of these small fortresses are very limited. Without San Pedro Fortress to provide cover for them to attract firepower, it is inevitable that they will be named by Haihan heavy artillery.
The target of the company that Zheng Agui and others are in is the second fort that was bombarded by heavy artillery.As soon as the shelling stopped, Zheng Agui led the team to rush out of the bunker, stooping down and running towards the blasted gap in the fort.
Several grenadiers had already thrown out grenades from a distance, and fell behind the gap in an arc.Several Spaniards just appeared at the gap, and before they could raise their guns to aim, the exploding grenades knocked them all down.
When Zheng Agui stepped on the collapsed rubble and rushed to the gap, he saw another Spaniard struggling to stand up, so he shot him without hesitation.
But this gap is the focus of the audience. Whoever stands here will become a target. Before he can see the situation inside the fortress, he hears the sound of projectiles breaking into the wind, and quickly shrinks his neck, bows and jumps into the gap. in the corridor.
These fortresses are converted from private houses, and the collapsed places connect the rooms and corridors, which can lead to various places in the fortress.But whether it is the attacking side or the defending side, the melee in the building is by no means easy, just like a street battle with a narrow field to the extreme.
Such a combat environment is indeed a big test for the Bangui Battalion, which has many recruits.The vast majority of recruits had not received training related to indoor combat before, and even grass-roots officers like Zheng Agui had no experience in it.
However, the advantages of the Haihan Army are also obvious. In addition to the performance of the weapons, the psychological states of the two sides are obviously different.Haihan is determined to win in Cebu, and all resistance actions must be suppressed. For the resisters guarding this place, once the defense line is broken by Haihan, the only thing left is to struggle to the death.
Several trained Spanish translators rushed to the front line with tin horns and shouted loudly, meaning to let the resisters in the fort put down their weapons, raise their hands and walk to the outdoor patio to surrender.
Such means of persuading surrender still played a certain role. Some resisters who were unwilling to fight to the death, as well as some local people who did not evacuate in advance, really raised their hands and surrendered shortly after, and then lied face down as required by the shouting. On the ground, waiting for the Haihan Army to receive it.
However, some of the resisters still chose to continue the deadly battle in the building, and the Haihan Army had to take risks and clear all the rooms one by one.
These recruits brought by Zheng Agui have not learned how to use grenades, so they can't use the "efficient" house clearance method of kicking the door and throwing mines. They can only search in the traditional way, which means that they need to face greater risks.
But for Zheng Agui, this kind of close combat will undoubtedly make his soldiers grow faster.The soldiers who had been panicked during the battle in Masbate Town were now able to carry out the orders he gave with composure.
Zheng Agui made a gesture, Qiu Yong kicked the door open, and Zheng Agui immediately took the lead and entered the house with a rifle.
A Spaniard was in a hurry to ignite the fuse of the musket. Zheng Agui pulled the trigger and knocked him down without hesitation. The other guy who rushed over with a knife was shot by Qin Bo, who followed Zheng Agui. put down.
Four people were left to guard the corridor outside the door, and the rest of the people searched the house and confirmed that there were no other resisters here.
Several silver coins were found from the injured resisters, and there were several pieces of silverware in the house. Zheng Agui signaled his men to collect them first.
According to the Haihan Military Law, the seized property should be handed over.However, the military generally does not have strict requirements for this, and most of the items that are not easy to pass are large items.For small things like silver coins, it may not be implemented as such. The soldiers will deduct some more or less, and Zheng Agui is no exception.
Before leaving, Zheng Agui saw that the injured two were still alive, but both of them were shot in the chest, and it was not easy to treat them.
Zheng Agui winked at Qiu Yong and motioned him to get rid of the two.It was not the first time that Qiu Yong had done this kind of dirty work.
The campaign to clear the fort continued until noon.Fortunately, Zheng Agui's team did not suffer any casualties, but their company still suffered a loss of one death and four injuries, which was not too serious, but it also made the company commander angry enough.
A total of more than 160 prisoners were captured here, most of whom were people who failed to evacuate in advance.As for the resisters who were killed by the guns of Haihan during the battle, there are as many as a hundred people according to rough statistics, and about half of them are Spaniards.
During this period, operations against other nearby forts continued.Several large-caliber artillery pieces brought from Manila thousands of miles away made the first contribution, all relying on them to blast a passage through the outer wall of the fort before the infantry could advance along with it.
However, these two days of high-intensity operations have consumed most of the special ammunition, and the next batch of cargo ships carrying ammunition may still have two days to reach Cebu.This means that the few remaining forts nearby may not be so easy to take down.
And the actual situation is exactly the same. The frequency of heavy artillery fire has been significantly reduced, which caused the Haihan Army to greatly slow down the advance in the afternoon clearing operation.
In contrast, the effect of small-caliber artillery demolishing buildings is much worse, and even ten shots may not be as effective as a large-caliber artillery fire.The Haihan Army had to dispatch engineering units again and use blasting methods to open the attack channel.
Before dusk fell, the Haihan Army finally captured all the fortifications in this area.Although a large number of armed resisters were successfully eliminated, the Haihan Army also suffered a considerable number of casualties, which had never happened in the past few battles against Cebu.
So far, the Haihan Army has only controlled most of the urban area of Cebu, and has not yet had time to pursue and suppress the resisters who fled to the edge of the urban area and the nearby mountains and forests.I am afraid that no one will be satisfied with such a combat result.
(End of this chapter)