The Rise of the European Emperor
Chapter 1862 Humen Artillery Battle (Part 1)
Although Niu Dali's name is quite majestic, he is actually a short and thin person, less than 165 in height. Of course, in the Ming Dynasty of this era, it was the general height of southerners.
No way, the south is said to be a land of fish and rice, but in fact, the ancient people were jealous of the lack of oil and water, let alone meat. A hereditary guard soldier like Niu Dali, who has been deducted from food and blood by the generals above all day long, is good enough to eat, and dare to ask for nutrition? Therefore, it is normal to grow this size.
Niu Dali, who is not tall, is quite suitable for riding on the back of a similarly short southern horse. There is only one horse in the entire Tuen Mun inspection station. When he was free, inspector Tang Quan rode out to inspect the outfit. In case of emergency, Niu Dali, the messenger, rode out to ask for help.
The distance between Tuen Mun and Humen is not far, and the straight-line distance is only forty or fifty miles. However, because Niu Dali first went northeast to Shenzhen, and then turned to the northwest for Weiyuan Fort, he needed to run more than 60 miles. . But because it was in a hurry, Niu Dali changed horses at the post station along the way, and in less than two hours, he ran outside the gate of the Weiyuan Fort camp, and shouted:
"Urgent report! Urgent report! There are 30 huge barbarian warships on Lingdingyang, and there may be copper cannons on them!"
The guards of Weiyuan Fortress saw Niu Dali's clothes and the command flag on his back. Knowing that the orderer was correct, they hurriedly opened the gate of the camp, welcomed Niu Dali in, and had the horses taken to the stables by special personnel to serve them. .
Seeing Tang Quan's hastily written emergency report and the seal of the inspection officer on it, after confirming that it was correct, Lin Pingan, the guard of the Humen Fortress, immediately issued an order:
"Zhang Qianhu (Zhang Ke, Weiyuan Fort Qianhu Office Qianhu, the specific commander of the fort), hurry up and release the pigeons, and notify Liu Feng (the commander of Dingyuan Fort Qianhu) on the other side to raise the sun and moon flag to prepare for battle! "
Although the two forts are only 4.6 kilometers apart, which is more than 9 miles. However, if a boat is sent to notify, it may be too late. After all, boats are slow. Therefore, Lin Pingan, the chief garrison officer of Weiyuan and Dingyuan fortresses, directly adopted the fastest way of ordering - releasing pigeons...
At the same time, Lin Pingan also ordered to send pigeons to Guangzhou for emergency. Because, this fleet is obviously going to Guangzhou City.
"Boom—boom—boom—" the dull sound of war drums sounded, and all the soldiers on the east and west forts of Humen Fort stopped all their actions, ran back to the barracks, put on their battle uniforms, and packed up their weapons such as waist knives and spears. , into combat position.
At the same time, the sun and moon battle flags were raised on both forts. The so-called Sun and Moon Battle Flag is actually a large flag with the word "Ming" written on it. Ming is the country name of Ming Dynasty, indicating the nature and identity of the army. Because the word "Ming" means the sun on the left and the moon on the right, it is also called the Sun and Moon Flag.
Subsequently, Weiyuan Fort raised two flags at the same time - Daming Humen Fort Garrison Forest, and Daming Humen Fort Qianhuzhang. On the other side of the Dingyuan Fort, Qianhu Liu of the Ming Dingyuan Fort was raised. Of course, the official titles in front are all in small characters, while the surnames in the back are in big characters.
After the flag was raised, amidst the sound of dull drums, all the soldiers of the Ming army who had finished dressing entered the designated positions, and carried the cloth bags containing gunpowder to the designated positions.
Originally, the gunpowder containers used by soldiers of the Ming army were gunpowder pots made of ox horns, with a small volume. However, after Marin visited Daming, he taught the technology of rice soup granulated gunpowder and oil paper bag fixed gunpowder. This technology was first popularized in the Humen Fort using the advanced 12-pound gun.
Therefore, the cotton bags carried by the soldiers contained packs of fixed gunpowder. Because oil paper bags are not afraid of water,
Don't worry about the cotton bag getting wet. Of course, cotton bags cannot be soaked in water.
As for why cotton bags are used instead of sacks, it is because the sacks are rough and easy to rub to generate static electricity. The cotton cloth is relatively soft and not easy to generate static electricity.
Then, the soldiers of the turret opened some big boxes, which were filled with iron ball shells cast in sand one by one...
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It was not until the Ming army at the Humen Fort was ready that the Portuguese fleet arrived...
There is no way, the wind on the Lingding Ocean at the mouth of the Pearl River is not strong, and the speed of Da Gama's fleet is only 4 knots, which is about 7.4 kilometers per hour. The Portuguese fleet sailed for several hours on a voyage of tens of kilometers. It wasn't until the Ming army had lunch that the Portuguese fleet arrived late.
"My lord, the barbarian fleet is here!" The observation sentry on the observation deck of the Weiyuan Fort shouted.
Lin Pingan, the guard of the Humen Fort, immediately climbed up to the watchtower, set up a pergola, and looked at the river...
"The shape of this ship... looks like a ship from the North Sea Kingdom of Thailand... Could it be the North Sea Kingdom?" Lin Pingan frowned.
But he quickly overturned his own judgment, because the imperial court has now clearly stipulated that the North Sea country generally goes to the three major ports of Quanzhou, Fuzhou and Ningbo, and it is unlikely to come to Guangzhou.
Moreover, Hadover, an engineer from the Beihai Kingdom who helped build the fort, once told him that warships from the Beihai Kingdom would never enter and leave the Pearl River Estuary without the approval of the imperial court.
However, Lin Pingan had not received any notice from the court about the entry and exit of tribute ships, so these ships were obviously not well-intentioned. Moreover, even if it is a tribute, there is no need to come to 30 ships. In addition, while watching, Lin Pingan also saw the golden light reflected from the bronze cannon on the enemy ship...
"It's a warship, that's right, the two cannons of A and B fired a warning!" Lin Pingan ordered loudly. The 10 artillery pieces of the Weiyuan Fort were all numbered "A, B, C, D, W, Ji, Geng, Xin, Rengui" to facilitate command.
At this time, the "standard procedure" provided by Beihai engineer Hadover - when encountering a ship of unknown origin, fire a warning first. If the other party has no malicious intentions, they will definitely stop and send a small boat to the fort to negotiate. If you have bad intentions, you will often force your way in.
The Portuguese was stunned for a moment, Da Gama looked at the Weiyuan Fort suspiciously:
"What's the situation? How can there be artillery here?" Da Gama was a little puzzled. It seems that the merchants of the Ming Dynasty in Malacca did not provide this information...
How did he know that the Ming smugglers stationed in the port of Malacca hadn't returned to Daming for several months, and he didn't know that two forts had been built at the Pearl River Estuary.
The Portuguese fleet paused for a while, but Da Gama hesitated, and then ordered:
"Go ahead, the opponent only has two cannons, don't worry about it. Big deal, let's fire back at this artillery fortress!"
However, Da Gama didn't know that the Weiyuan and Dingyuan forts had their cannons hidden inside the stone buildings. Without binoculars, you couldn't see how many cannons were inside from a distance.
Obviously, Da Gama did not see the specific situation in the two fortresses, but judged from the sound of the guns that the fort had only two guns. So he arrogantly ordered the fleet to move on. Moreover, it is planned to use the artillery on the ship and the "two guns" of the fort to bombard...
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