The second lieutenant ordered a row of guns to be fired on the left and right sides, then dropped the musket, drew his sword and faced them, preparing to drive the enemy out before they gained a firm foothold. At that time, the bayonet had not yet officially appeared, and all European weapons

In addition to the musket, soldiers also carry a sword for hand-to-hand combat. This is described in Alexandre Dumas' "The Three Musketeers".

The Spanish volley guns did knock down several advancing Marines, but the Marines behind them immediately fired back at them. However, due to the fragmented formation during the charge, the sporadic fire cannons had little lethality.

However, the Marines did not panic. They pulled out the bayonets from their waists and put a set on the musket's muzzle. With a twist, the bayonet was firmly stuck under the musket's muzzle. The Marines raised the musket and carried out a bayonet charge!

The Spaniards on the opposite side had never seen this kind of tactics before, and they were very uncomfortable with it! In addition, the marines had all been trained in the art of stabbing, and they knew how to form a formation to deal with their opponents, so they stabbed down seven or eight of them in one confrontation.

One person! Blocked the Spanish offensive!

As the Marines from behind continued to pour into the city, this hand-to-hand battle was won in a short time with weak casualties! In addition to the Spanish halberdiers causing certain casualties to the Marines, other battle casualties

slight.

In fact, the prototype of the bayonet appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. According to the "Da Ming Huidian" records, during the Ming Dynasty (1451) in China, spearheads were installed on iron blunderbuss for the first time for assassination. From then on, the performance of the musket and the spear were integrated.

It was not until the mid-16th century, more than 100 years later, that the invention of installing a spearhead on a hunting rifle for stabbing prey appeared in Europe.

About the birth of the real bayonet, it was invented by the French officer Malachet de Pusey in 1640. This earliest bayonet was a double-edged straight knife, about 1 foot long, and the tapered wooden handle was also about 1 foot long.

, can be inserted into the muzzle of a musket.

Regardless of whether Pisetju was the inventor of the first bayonet, he was indeed the first person to formally equip the army with this plug-type bayonet. In 1642, Pisetju, who had become a marshal, led his army to attack Ypres in Belgium.

. Equipped with bayonets for his musketeers, so that there is no need to use spearmen to protect the musketeers.

However, the plug-type bayonet has shortcomings such as weak connection and hindering shooting. French military engineer Field Marshal de Vauban invented the sleeve-type bayonet in 1688, which used a special sleeve to fix the bayonet on the outside of the barrel. So far.

, Musketeers can finally form an independent army without relying on other arms, and play the role of long-range firepower projection and melee impact at the same time.

On November 15, 1703, in the Battle of the Speierbach River in western Germany, the French infantry carried out bayonet charges for the first time and defeated the enemy.

Prussian Army. After that, bayonets were widely equipped with armies of major European countries, completely eliminating spears from weapons and equipment.

When the battle in the city came to an end, Jack followed the sailors into the city with a sword in his hand and a musket on his waist. However, the number of defenders in the city was too small. When he entered the city, only a few soldiers were left in the barracks.

resistance. Most of the Spaniards were killed and a few were captured. The second lieutenant who directed the battle also died among the bayonets!

Qi Qitao stood outside and had been paying attention to the fighting in the city. When he saw Jack happily pushing open the city gate and coming out to wave to him, the army soldiers were busy moving sandbags to fill the moat! Seeing the city gate

After being opened, they stopped in confusion.

Seeing this scene, Qi Qitao was so angry that he threw his hat on the ground and his face changed! He shouted loudly: "In the future, we will also be equipped with more artillery and large-caliber mortars!"

After listening to Qi Qitao's words, the officers beside them looked at each other and smiled bitterly! It's not that they don't want to equip more artillery. It's just that the artillery is too heavy and is inconvenient to transport. Especially the large-caliber mortars are extremely difficult to transport.

It's laborious. Unless you use horses and carriages to transport it in plain areas, too many artillery will be a nightmare!

By the time Jack triumphantly welcomed Qi Qitao in, the fighting in the city had completely ended. Qi Qitao looked at a row of Spaniards kneeling on the ground and said with disgust: "Leave these people to the intelligence

Bureau handles it. Others quickly clean up the battlefield, and we are ready to carry out the second step of the plan."

The second step of the plan is to occupy Tamsui along the historical Spanish path and move upstream along the river to explore the terrain, draw maps, occupy the land, and prepare for future immigration.

As for the Dutch in southern Taiwan, Liu Pei does not want to go to war with them for the time being. On the one hand, Liu Pei needs time to stabilize the sea. On the other hand, Liu Pei has no money now! He must obtain a stable source of funds at sea before he can go further.

Capture all of Taiwan.

Moreover, Liu Pei still wants to do business with the Dutch. After all, the Dutch are at their peak as a nation and are known as sea coachmen. Liu Pei can easily obtain more funds by doing business with them.

After San Salvador City was occupied by Qi Qitao, he renamed it Zhenhai City. It will serve as the base camp for the invasion of northern Taiwan.

After resting for a night, the fleet turned to Tamsui, established a forward base there, and began to explore up the river mouth. Hao Yun was the first member of the exploration team. Another group of members rushed to various immigrant villages.

There are not many immigrant villages established by Li Dan, only a dozen or so. This is an easy task. Those villages

The people in the village only had a few swords, not even blunderbuss. Therefore, they were easily brought under Liu Pei's rule.

As for Hao Yun and his team, they acted as vanguards to explore upstream. As Hao Yun and his team were advancing on the boat, they vaguely saw someone on the river bank, who seemed to be following the fleet, but Hao Yun and his team didn't care at all. They

It is guessed that these people are the indigenous people living in the mountains. For these indigenous people who only have bows, arrows and blowguns, it only takes a volley of guns to disperse them.

And presumably they already knew the news that San Salvador City had been captured. The rumbling sound of cannons must have frightened them greatly! So they will definitely send warriors from the tribe to investigate the situation. After a brief discussion, several officers decided that as long as

The natives will ignore them unless they come to harass them, and wait until they have established a firm foothold later.

The fleet soon reached a place where they could no longer swim upstream. By this time, Hao Yun and the others had discovered the fifth place suitable for building a village. There was a large area of ​​flat land near the river bank. There were lush forests on the mountains in the distance.

, the timber resources are very rich. Suitable for building villages.

The commander decided to stop and set up a camp here and prepare to explore on foot. Hao Yun and his party will be stationed in Taiwan for a long time to carry out pioneering missions.

Hao Yun and the others stopped on the south bank of the river. After the boat unloaded a large amount of supplies, they left downstream. Hao Yun and the others wanted to stay here to build a camp and explore the surrounding terrain, waiting for the arrival of immigrants.

Nothing happened that night when they stopped. At dawn the next day, more than a hundred people in the camp began to get busy. They first needed to build a dock to facilitate the docking of ships carrying supplies in the future. The soldiers collected stones.

Collecting stones, felling trees and felling trees were busy in full swing. Hao Yun led a few people to measure the depth of the river and find a suitable location for building a dock.

Hao Yun and the others were busy in the river for a long time, and finally determined the location to build the dock. They laid a wooden stake as a mark. At this time, one of Hao Yun's soldiers poked Hao Yun with his finger and said: "Boss,

Look across the river."

Hao Yun looked up and saw seven or eight indigenous people standing among the grass on the other side of the river, looking at Hao Yun and the others quietly. These indigenous people carried bows and arrows on their backs, and their faces were painted in red and green colors. They wore helmets on their heads.

The forehead ornament is made of thick cloth and decorated with shell beads. There is a machete in the waist, but everyone's machete is different in shape and length. There is also a breast ornament and a pouch made of straw on the chest, which are very exquisite!
Chapter completed!