New Ming Empire mixed in America

Hearing no reply, Birmingham looked out the window and called a messenger to go out to report the news and find someone to support him.

The messenger agreed very happily, but as soon as he went out, he was shot and killed by Guo Wu who was ambushing outside.

The gunshots outside made everyone hiding in the house tremble.

Half of the house has collapsed, and the only exit is the front door and a window that can only be opened half.

The messengers only carried pistols, and the guard leader lost his rifle in the chaos.

Not to mention the Governor of Birmingham, who only had a short sword inlaid with precious stones.

Who would have thought that they would encounter attacks on their own territory? This is a war zone!

"We can't stay here and wait to die, we have to find a way to get out of here!"

Although I don't know how many enemies there are outside, the powder keg just now has frightened their courage.

No matter what you're afraid of, before anyone had time to comment on Governor Birmingham's question, a small bucket was thrown over from the ruins outside.

Seeing the familiar keg, everyone in the room screamed and rushed toward the exit.

The Governor of Birmingham, whose arm was injured, couldn't catch these people at all. Sitting by the wall, he could only watch those people run out.

The familiar sound of gunfire rang out again, and this time he could clearly hear that the other party was less than five meters away from him.

The shooter is hiding outside!

The Governor of Birmingham, who was desperately waiting for death, watched the fuse on the keg burn rapidly until it burned into the keg.

The expected explosion did not appear. Instead, there was an explosion outside, and several of the followers who had just been trying to escape were killed.

The rest of the people were also knocked down by Big Eyes and others who rushed out of the ruins.

"Catch a big fish, this guy has better clothes than anyone else!"

The first person who rushed into the Governor's hideout in Birmingham shouted in surprise, and then Guo Wu also walked in.

Seeing Birmingham huddled in the corner, shouting and gesticulating with a short knife in his hand, Guo Wu sneered and raised his rifle.

Before he could pull the trigger, Big Eyes rushed in and held him by the waist and pulled him aside.

"Don't shoot. What's the use of killing this guy? How good is it that we give him to the heroes outside who are fighting foreigners. Maybe we can earn some money for traveling home!"

When they heard that they were going home, the anger in Guo Wu's eyes dissipated a lot. They had been tricked into working here for several years, and they didn't know what was going on at home.

"This guy must be a high-ranking official. Look at his suit and leather shoes. These are good things that ordinary people can never afford."

Big Eyes, who had been hanging out with the foreign woman for a while, was very discerning and could tell at just one glance that the Governor of Birmingham's clothes were not simple.

Not to mention the short sword in the opponent's hand, the gems on it almost blinded Da Yan's eyes.

"Tie them up, and when it gets dark, we will send them to those heroes..."

Although Guo Wu's brain reaction is slow, he is not a fool.

Knowing that this high official could bring them enough benefits, he readily put away his rifle, pulled off his belt and handed it to Big Eye.

Ten minutes later, the completely looted Governor of Birmingham and two of his entourage who were lucky enough to survive were tied into rice dumplings.

Guo Wu and the others led the three of them, turning left and right in the ruins, and disappeared into the ambush position.

Less than half an hour later, the Spanish defenders arrived here after receiving the news.

Looking at the empty ruins and the bombed bodies on the ground, the Spanish officer leading the team turned pale with fright.

If he hadn't stopped the fleeing businessman during his patrol, it would have been a while before news of the attack on the Governor came back.

Don't worry about the chaos behind the defensive line, Colonel Butler is facing an even more serious situation here.

The sound of artillery fire on the newly set up field artillery position never stopped, and the roaring artillery shells once again defeated the offensive force he had just managed to organize.

Only then did he realize that the roles of the offensive and defensive sides had been reversed. With the muzzleloaders in the hands of his soldiers, they were no match for the Easterners.

Just when he was thinking about countermeasures, he discovered that the Easterners actually launched a small-scale attack in their direction under the cover of artillery.

Fortunately, this was just a test attack, and the opponent stopped more than two hundred meters in front of their position.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a harsh buzzer sounded above their heads, and light mortar shells flew into their position several hundred meters away.

The expected explosion did not occur, and the shells just made a soft popping sound and then began to emit blue smoke.

Thick blue smoke slowly rose into the air around the position.

After discovering the abnormality of these shells, Colonel Butler's heart skipped a beat. Although he didn't know what the blue smoke represented, he was sure it was definitely not good news.

His idea was correct. On the rocket launch ship that was already approaching the dock, the officer holding the telescope saw the blue smoke and immediately contacted the reconnaissance balloon in the air: "Please report the specific coordinates..."

The observer on the reconnaissance balloon quickly recorded a series of numbers on the paper, then frowned and calculated the formula with a calculator for a while before giving out a coordinate.

Soon, the launchers on the rocket launch ship were adjusted by the soldiers to a position close to 60 degrees.

"Ready, request launch!"

Seeing that the rocket was loaded, the leader of the launch team asked his superiors to launch.

The officer did not reply immediately, but gave an instruction:

"Try to set the bombing point a little behind the predetermined position. Our rockets are a bit... Don't accidentally injure your own people..."

After thinking for a while, the leader of the launch team ordered the soldiers to adjust the angle again and requested to launch again.

This time, the officer did not hesitate and directly agreed to the launch request.

Subsequently, the specially-built transport ship was covered in white smoke after the rocket launch.

When rockets are launched at sea, they are usually fired in salvos.

Because the launcher does not have a gyroscope to ensure the angle, the force after the rocket is launched will cause the ship to continuously shake, so salvos can only be used to ensure accuracy.

Soon the tail flames of dozens of rockets appeared in the sky, dragging white smoke and flying toward the predetermined location.

Ten seconds later, Colonel Butler watched helplessly as his position was covered by a violent explosion.

The explosive power of a rocket as tall as one person is greater than that of a naval gun.

The Spanish soldiers who used muzzleloaders had to crowd together to ensure the density of firepower. They stole the staged shooting tactics from Dai Ying to arrange more soldiers together.

After the rocket exploded, the Spanish soldiers behind the bunker fell in pieces like wheat.

Shrapnel flying everywhere among the crowd, and the shock wave generated by the explosion blew away nearby soldiers.

Although there were only a dozen rockets, the chaos caused was beyond Ding Yi's expectation.

I originally thought that it would take several rounds of rocket strikes to cause the Spanish defenders to be in chaos, but I didn't expect that the opponent collapsed in just the first round.

"Go forward, go forward!" Ding Yi immediately commanded the National Defense Forces to move forward.

Taking advantage of this good opportunity, the Wehrmacht soldiers advanced along the previously cleared channel with field artillery.

Soon, continuous gunfire sounded from the re-erected artillery position. After the rocket attack, the Spanish position ushered in the covering bombardment of artillery.

"Can we charge?" a staff officer asked Ding Yi excitedly:

"Those guys from the Guards are ready. As soon as the artillery stops, they can rush forward!"

Ding Yi glanced at the excited staff officer and said:

"We have to continue bombing for two more rounds. Each artillery must fire at least five rounds before it stops. In this way, after we rush up, the opponent's counterattack will be much weaker..."

In fact, this is the tactical code formulated by Li Mingqi. In the previous battle, Li Mingqi found that the National Defense Forces rushed forward after firing a salvo of artillery. In his eyes, this was a completely brainless approach.

A few more shells fired by the artillery can at least reduce the casualties of the soldiers. The Xinming Empire's shells are not valuable, but the lives of the soldiers are valuable!

The raw materials for cannonballs can be stolen from surrounding countries...a slip of the tongue.

Trade, these raw materials were obtained through trade.

Now every soldier in the National Defense Force is a veteran, and it will take at least half a year for new recruits to train to their level.

How many artillery shells can be produced in half a year?

So it makes sense to fire a few more shells!