Chapter 126
The cannon fodder rushed forward in a daze, and few saw the scene at the end of the team.
"Pop", "Pap", "Pap", "Pap", "Pap", "Pap", "Pap", "Pap", "Pap"...!
The chaotic crowd rushed up again, and gunshots rang out from the wall of the Zheng family mansion again. The dense gunfire once again turned the street into a Shura slaughterhouse!
Liu Xiang listened to the gunfire, and he was surprised to find that the other party seemed to have a continuous fire gun. What the hell is this? There are also fire guns with continuous fire?
Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhibao were also surprised to see the "machine gun" in operation. After the machine gunner fired a circle of barrels, he only needed to pull a machine spring to remove the barrels that had just been fired. Then he replaced them with ten loaded rounds.
The barrel of the gun continued to shoot "pop", "pop" and "pop".
This was the first time they saw a continuous fire gun. Although they couldn't see the effect, they knew the power of this thing.
Once again, the cannon fodders were beaten until their flesh and blood flew everywhere, and their courage, burned by money, was soon shattered by the flying blood and the scorching bullets.
More than two hundred cannon fodders rushed up, and most of them were killed before they could even get out fifty meters. The remaining people either collapsed on the ground in fear, or turned around and ran back.
The person running behind just turned his head and saw the black muzzle of the gun.
"I'll fuck your grandma!" a cannon fodder cursed.
"Fire!" Liu Xiang, who was standing behind the cannon, gave the order, and the three cannons started firing at the same time. The metal balls pushed by the gunpowder shot out, and the people standing on the street were blocked and beaten into two pieces. Some people's upper bodies were also shot.
He was simply knocked away!
Just as Li Xiao was about to climb out of the trench, he felt that the high wall of the Zheng family compound suddenly flew up. Li Hu pounced and threw Li Xiao down in the trench. Stones continued to fall from the sky, and Li Hu desperately tried to pull Li Xiao down.
Pressed beneath them, a person fell a foot away from them, lying motionless on the ground.
"Kill!" Seeing that the Zheng family's mansion was blown away by artillery for a long time, Liu Xiang waved his big knife. His gangsters, mixed with Dutch soldiers, rushed over like a tide.
This time, no muskets were fired from the wall.
Li Xiao suddenly overturned Li Hu who was lying on top of him and listened to the shouts of killing outside. Looking at the collapsed courtyard wall, the platoon of guard companies at the top of the city and a machine gun squad were all destroyed.
"Fluoroscopy machine! Launch!" Li Xiao grabbed Zheng Zhilong and shouted loudly.
"Cut the rope, the trebuchet cuts the rope." Zheng Zhilong also woke up and shouted loudly.
Zheng Zhibao rushed over and kicked over a frightened guy, grabbed the wooden hammer and gave Ji Kuo a hard blow.
"Woo!" The long boom of the trebuchet sent out the fifty kilogram gunpowder bag.
"Third Master! The fire hasn't been lit yet!"
Zheng Zhibao was stunned, and the trebuchets behind him were launched one after another.
The power of gunpowder is not as powerful as Li Xiao's nitric acid explosive, but it cannot hold enough weight. If a fifty kilogram explosive package is smashed down, it can break a person's muscles and bones just by smashing it.
Liu Xiang saw many smoking sacks suddenly flying out of the Zheng family courtyard. "No!" As soon as he shouted, the sacks exploded.
Waves of black smoke rose up, and countless lead rods and nails formed airtight walls. As long as a person was hit by this inverted wall, countless blood would burst out all over his body.
More than thirty trebuchets threw out more than a thousand kilograms of gunpowder in one round. The continuous explosions formed a cloud of smoke. After the explosion, the whole street was silent, without even a scream or groan.
There was no one alive. Even if they were not killed on the spot, they would be killed by the shock wave generated by the explosion. Many courtyard walls and houses on both sides were trampled by the shock wave, and the people inside the houses did not know they were shocked to death.
How much.
Li Xiao is not in the mood to care about others now. His whole platoon of brothers is still trapped under the rocks.
"Brother, no! Brother, come back!" Li Hu pulled Li Xiao desperately and pressed Li Xiao's body against the wall of the trench.
"Get out of my way!" Although this boy is only fifteen years old, he is stronger than other young men of eighteen or nineteen years old. He can lift a fifty-pound stone roller ten or twenty times in a row as if for fun. Li Xiao pushed
I pushed it twice, but it didn’t push.
"Boom", "boom", "boom", the sound of cannons came again, and several soldiers from the guard company who went to rescue people were shot into two pieces.
Li Xiao's eyes widened. The Dutch were so damn cruel. They actually used cannon fodder to block the sight of the soldiers on the wall, and while the people were on top of the wall, they fired continuously and directly blew the wall down.
This time, Li Xiao suffered heavy losses. The guard company only had three platoons, and now the front platoon and its machine gun squad were completely destroyed. What's even worse is that the gunpowder exploded and formed a large amount of smoke. Even Liu Xiang is now
Even if you kill him, you won't be able to see him.
"Retreat, retreat to the second gate." After losing a platoon, the current battle line can no longer be maintained. Li Xiao had no choice but to order a retreat, and retreated to the second gate. When the smoke cleared, he could find a place to watch.
Aim at the location of the enemy's artillery. Even if the mortar shells are lost, these cannons will still have to be blown up.
Obstructed by the smoke, Li Xiao couldn't see the other side. He couldn't see Li Xiao's position on the other side, so he could only fire at the Zheng family mansion from the angle just now.
Cannonballs flew across the Zheng family's mansion, and the buildings in the outer courtyard were smashed into rubble. Fortunately, these cannonballs were iron balls. If they were the kind of explosive shells in Li Xiao's hands, the consequences would be disastrous.
The hall in the outer courtyard finally couldn't withstand the continuous blows and collapsed, turning from a relatively large building into a relatively large ruin.
The collapse of the hall had an unexpected effect. The cannonballs hitting the ruins no longer had the same violent power as before. Basically, as long as they hit the ruins, they would never get out again.
When Li Xiao saw this unexpected harvest, he was so happy that his nose was about to burst. The bricks and tiles were piled up into a pile, and it was so easy for the shells to get out.
Before the smoke cleared, Li Xiao ordered the soldiers to climb onto the ruins and shoot blindly at the street!
Sure enough, a shrill scream came from the smoke. The Dutch did not miss this opportunity and sent people to take advantage of the smoke. They fired rows of guns. Unexpectedly, there were also bullets shot out of the smoke. One chest.
The older soldier who poked his head out was hit by a stray bullet on the spot.
"Help!" Li Xiao shouted, and someone immediately dragged the soldier back.
If there are bullets fired, they must be Dutch soldiers. Just now I can see clearly that Liu Xiang's men only have swords and spears.
Why the damn smoke hasn't dissipated yet, but it seems to be getting thicker and thicker.
"Not good!" Li Xiao immediately understood that the smoke was cast by the Dutch. It is not difficult to create smoke. Just light the surrounding buildings, or get a few carts and load them with lit wet firewood.
"Master Zheng, ask your people to prepare. There may be a hand-to-hand fight soon!" Li Xiao has already prepared for the worst. It is impossible to aim in the smoke. And through the smoke, the light of fire can be seen faintly. Li Xiao
The owl knew that the Dutch must have set fire to the house facing the street and deliberately created smoke.
The courtyard wall has been breached, and the gunmen cannot effectively aim. If they are approached for hand-to-hand combat, they will be swallowed up by the Dutch's huge numerical advantage.
"Brother, don't worry, let me show you the urine of my son from the Zheng family." Zheng Zhilong didn't know the word "blood".
"Brother! Don't worry, I'm here tonight. No one can break into the gate of the inner courtyard!" Zheng Zhihu slapped his chest like a king. It seems that the popular saying about wise dragons and tigers being brave is not groundless.
"Brothers, kill the red-haired ghost!" Zheng Zhihu whistled, and hundreds of burly men immediately followed him.
Li Xiao glanced at the red clouds of the setting sun and gritted his teeth helplessly. The fight had lasted for nearly two hours, and the outer courtyard had been breached. Nearly half of the guards in his hands had been injured. If they did not survive the night, everything would be over.
"We must hold on until midnight!" Li Xiao ordered with red eyes.
"Look! Leopard, let's go!" Zheng Zhihu yelled at Zheng Zhibao and took the lead to the back of the ruins of the main hall. Bullets were flying everywhere, and artillery shells hit the ruins from time to time. Only this place is safer!
The Dutch soldiers rushed out of the smoke like ghosts. These guys covered their mouths and noses with white towels. They carried long guns with bayonets, and the bayonets glowed as red as blood under the reflection of the setting sun.
"Pa!" "Pa!" "Pa!" "Pa!" "Pa!"...! A row of guns killed the first few, but the people behind came out like a tide. There was no time to load the gun, and the only one left
The machine gun was also out of ammunition and there was no time to change the barrel.
"Kill!" The opponent was about to rush to the ruins. Zheng Zhihu swung the ghost-headed sword in his hand. He was like a tiger descending from the mountain and killed him first.
The Dutch soldier in front of him wanted to fire his gun, but Zheng Zhihu took two fierce steps. The ghost-headed sword in his hand struck him in the head. The Dutch soldier used his gun to parry. As a result, he and the gunman were cut in half by Zheng Zhihu's ghost-headed sword.
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A large amount of blood spurted out, covering Zheng Zhihu's face and body. Zheng Zhihu, who was like a bloody man, rushed into the enemy formation with a cry of "Ouch" and "Ouch". The back of his knife deflected the bayonet of a Dutch soldier. The raised sword was tilted.
Then he chopped down, and the Dutch soldier was split open from the shoulder to the waist.
"Kill!" The hundreds of men led by Zheng Zhihu saw how brave Zheng Zhihu was. They followed Zheng Zhihu and slashed wildly, watching the tall Dutch soldier being killed and bleeding like a river.
The soldiers of the guard company on the ruins took advantage of this moment to reload their bullets. The volley fire started again, and the Dutch soldiers who rushed up from behind immediately fell down in a row.
A row of people once again rushed out of the smoke, and Zheng Zhihu's eyes were sharp. The leader was none other than Li Kuiqi, the murderer of Zheng Zhilong's sworn brother Chen Zhongji.
"Second Master Zheng, back off!" Jiang Chaozong shouted loudly on the ruins, and Zheng Zhihu was stunned.
Chapter completed!