New Ming Empire mixed in America

Arriving on the deck, Li Mingqi watched groups of National Defense Forces step onto the dock from the transport ships, then make some repairs and head towards the port area.

There is only one battalion of the National Defense Forces left here, but it is enough to sweep Taipa and Coloane islands.

Because there are not many Portuguese soldiers stationed here, a thousand of them would be enough to support the sky.

The ones who can really cause some trouble for the National Defense Force are the servant guards hired by Chinese merchants.

It was not difficult to defeat the Portuguese soldiers, because after the battle began, the foreigners and Chinese trading companies of the Thirteenth Bank did not intervene and just left the port area.

But after the National Defense Forces began to enter the towns and arrest people, these business houses united.

A servant force of four to five thousand people was gathered together, and the escort team confronted the National Defense Forces.

"Captain Ding, Your Majesty has an order, leave no one behind!"

The voice of the headquarters communicator came from the earphones, and a smile immediately appeared on Ding Yi's face.

When he saw the chaotic escort team in front of him just now, Ding Yi did not choose to kill him.

They just let a few captured prisoners go back to persuade them to surrender.

But what I didn't expect was that the prisoners who were sent back with the message were directly killed by the other party, and their heads were thrown back.

This was like slapping him in Ding Yi's face, the hard way.

So when Li Mingqi's order came back, he looked at the officers behind him who were looking at him eagerly, and ordered: "Attack, leave no one behind!"

At this time, the guards guarding the only small town to the west of the Taipa port area were looking nervously at the National Defense Forces outside.

"Damn it, I have been working in Guangli Bank for thirteen years, and I have never seen anyone as elite as the army outside. The Portuguese soldiers are like little mice in front of those people."

After chewing his teeth, Lin Chengwu, a guard leader belonging to the Lu family, said to his companions:

"You think we really want to fight those murderous troops outside?"

Next to him was a strong man with a sword in his hand and a sinister face. He was the head guard of the Pan family, named Feng Jiachao.

Hearing Lin Chengwu's words, he patted his waist knife and replied: "What to fight for? Can we, the broken pieces of iron, defeat other people's water streaks?"

"I guess we still have to negotiate in the end. Let's just wait and go back to live in a few days."

Lin Chengwu thought about it and felt that Feng Jiachao was right.

The Thirteen Lines has been standing for so many years, and it is not without crises.

In the past few years, foreigners had invaded the capital, and the emperor had fled with his family.

I heard that many concubines and maidens were lost along the way, tsk tsk...

Such a big thing happened in the Qing Dynasty, but the Thirteenth Line continued to do business, and foreigners had to talk politely to the major families in the Thirteenth Line when they came here.

The shopkeeper said that these long hairs that suddenly appeared were fake foreigners from some America. They established a country in that America, and they called it the Xinming Empire.

Looking at the military uniforms and weapons on these guys, as well as the countless artillery pieces, the opponent should not be short of money.

But only those who are not short of money can talk. If the army opposite is a group of ragged beggars, then they will have a headache.

Those mud-legged people who can't even eat are unreasonable, and they will really fight to the death.

"We still don't know what these longhairs will do to us after they defeat the Portuguese."

Lin Chengwu was still a little worried. His eyelids had been twitching since just now, always feeling like something was going to happen.

"What are you afraid of? If the sky falls, there will be tall people holding it up. We are the guards. To put it bluntly, we are the losers of the trading company. Can those long hairs still make things difficult for us?"

"Don't worry. In the end, at most, the Thirteenth Bank of China and those small business houses that are not strong enough will spend some money to buy peace."

Feng Jiachao is not worried at all about what will happen in the future.

As he said, if those long hairs are looking for trouble, they must be looking for trouble for the trading company. They are just protecting the servants, no one will care about them.

He believed that this place was a free port, and no matter who came, they would need a trading house to do business and reap benefits.

The worst result is that taxes will be raised again. These are things that the big guys in the business need to consider.

And now the shopkeepers of various trading houses are gathering in the church in the city to discuss countermeasures. They can just wait for the big shots from both sides to play the game.

Their vision determines how they think about things. They never thought that anyone would give up the free port, just to vent their anger.

Therefore, they did not expect that the National Defense Forces outside the city would really fire artillery.

When several artillery pieces started firing calibrated bombs, the guards in the city were stunned.

"Fight back, fight back, the Changmao outside is going to attack the city!"

Although Lin Chengwu doesn't have a thorough view of the overall situation as Feng Jiachao does, when it comes to combat, his experience is much higher.

These years of traveling around and helping Guang Lixing deal with some shady matters have made him very sensitive to combat.

When he saw the National Defense Forces outside the city beginning to adjust the angle of their artillery, he immediately judged that the opponent was going to attack the city.

However, it was already too late for him to shout. After the artillery team of the National Defense Forces completed their calibration, they ignored the solid bullets fired from the city, adjusted their shooting at Zhu Yuan, and then stood there waiting for orders.

As for the solid bullets that fell thirty meters ahead, they were nothing to these battlefield veterans.

They were soldiers who could withstand the Spanish artillery and volley charges, but the firepower from the opposite side was really not enough.

"Order from the regiment headquarters, all artillery groups open fire!"

Following the command from the walkie-talkie, the main gunners immediately released the ropes they were holding, and then the rapid-fire cannon began firing a regular five-round rapid fire.

The whistling shells directly hit the city wall more than 1,500 meters in front, and with the sound of explosions, unlucky people continued to fall from the city wall.

After the cannonball exploded on the city wall, the vibration alone could make the guards and servants crowded on the city wall unsteady, and many people fell off the city wall.

Occasionally, artillery shells would hit the observation port, blasting the servants inside into pieces.

The city wall of this city was obviously not as strong as the wall of Paris. After the first round of five rapid fire rounds, a long distance above the wall had collapsed.

Fortunately, not many shells were hit near the city gate.

Only the tower-like shooting forts on both sides of the city gate were blown up, and the fort above the city gate was also named.

On the contrary, the positions where Lin Chengwu and other guard leaders stood were not bombarded.

Let these guard chiefs survive the disaster with luck.

"Oh no, these long hairs are real, brothers can't stand it anymore."

As soon as Lin Chengwu stood up from the ground and swept away the dust and gravel from his body, he heard the cry of his deputy.

Following the other party's gaze, Lin Chengwu was surprised.

Because the collapsed area was where he was responsible for defense. If he hadn't come to the city gate to brag and fight with Feng Jiachao, he might have been one of the corpses under the city wall at this time.