Chapter 2944

This street intersection, which is located in the direction of the Haihan Army's advance, has been tightly blocked by locals with tables, cabinets, door panels and other large objects. You can faintly see the shadows of people moving behind the barricade. It seems that they are discovering the North Road Attacker.

After the Haihan Army entered, the defenders also adjusted their strategies in time and allocated some manpower to intercept them.

The Haihan Army fired several tentative shots at the barricade, and as expected, the opponent fired back. However, the shots were messy and had no clear target. It was obvious that the troops guarding the barricade were not well-trained troops and were seriously lacking.

Organization and command.

It would take some time for the field artillery that had just been unloaded to be transported from the shore. After roughly checking the surrounding terrain, the company commander ordered two squads to go around and find other passages to bypass the barricade, while the other two squads explored nearby areas.

From high up, try to bring the resisters behind the barricades into fire coverage.

Although the Bangui Battalion is only a security force, it has also received formal military training. Of course, a temporary and simple barricade like this cannot stop them for too long.

The soldiers who climbed to the roof to observe soon discovered that there were at least a dozen resisters holding muskets behind the barricade. It was difficult to use rifles to deal with these targets hiding behind the bunkers. But at this fighting distance, the Haihan Army had no choice but to

Rifles, artillery, and other methods of attacking difficulties are also available.

Soon, several grenades were thrown behind the barricade, and then several explosions were heard one after another, and there was a sudden scream from behind the barricade. After testing the barricade again, there was no sound of counterattack gunfire.

The battle was very short, but it took quite a while to dismantle the barricade. The other passages the soldiers found nearby were very narrow and could not allow large equipment such as artillery to pass through, so they could only patiently clear these roadblocks so that they could pass through them.

Pull the field artillery outside the fortress in the center of the town to carry out a critical attack.

Behind the roadblock were the bodies of six or seven resisters, and some blood stains were scattered on the nearby road. It was obvious that the injured had escaped from here.

After clearing these roadblocks, the fortress in the center of the town was fully displayed in front of the Haihan Army.

It is said to be a fortress, but it is actually a large courtyard with high walls. According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau before the war, this courtyard has two gates in the north and south, and inside is the residence and office of the colonial administrator of Masbate Island.

It is said that the colonial governor had an armed force of a hundred people, but there was chaos in the town at this time, and it is difficult to say whether these armed men were still holding on to the fortress.

There is a four-story tower in the yard. Judging from its height, you should be able to overlook most of Masbate Town from the top of the tower. Since the fishing village landed, someone from the company headquarters has been monitoring the movements on the tower with binoculars.

.But after the war started, no signals, flags, fireworks, or musical instruments were displayed on the tower, as if this place had lost its functions as a watchtower and command center.

The company headquarters judged that there was only one possibility, and that was that the colonial governor who was supposed to be taking command here had fled, which caused the resistance in the town to be chaotic due to lack of organization.

The soldiers set up ladders outside the high wall, climbed over the wall, and looked around. Sure enough, they saw no sign of anyone moving inside. A few brave soldiers entered the yard and were not attacked.

Quickly open the door on the south side and let the large army in.

After a search, there were only a few servants, such as women and cooks, left in the huge courtyard. As for the local magistrate and his armed men, not a single one was seen.

After immediately interrogating these servants, it was learned that when the Haihan fleet arrived in the nearby waters, it had been discovered by the lookouts on the tower. The local official ran away immediately with his men and gold and silver, with no intention of staying.

Organize a resistance in the town. As for where exactly they fled, these servants don't know. They probably went south.

This situation was a little unexpected by the Haihan Army. They originally thought that even if there were no regular troops stationed on the island, it would take a lot of effort to capture the town, but they never thought that the commander on the opposite side would

He actually ran away before the fight started.

The reason is probably because the several military attacks launched by the Haihan Army against this place in the past caused a lot of psychological shadow to the Spaniards, so that when they saw the appearance of the Haihan Army, the first reaction was not how to resist, but how to resist first.

It's important to escape.

Fortunately, the battle plan formulated by the general staff this time made targeted arrangements for this, cutting off the retreat route to the south first. Even if the Spaniards discovered the intentions of the Haihan Army, most of them would not have time to escape. Now it is up to the south.

Did the troops move fast enough and intercepted the important people here?

After the North Route troops captured the undefended fortress in the center of the town, they continued to clean up south. At this time, the Haihan troops launching an offensive from the south had also broken through the resisters' defense line, compressing their activity space to a very small area in the town.

an area.

Zheng Agui and others had basically entered a fighting state at this time. Their opponents were just ordinary people who had picked up weapons. Their combat skills and armament levels were far inferior to those of professional soldiers like them. They could often defeat each other in a single face-to-face encounter.

At this time, the soldiers no longer fire blindly like they did when they first encountered the enemy. Usually, two people hold guns to open the way, two people are responsible for cutting off the rear, and the middle four are ready to take turns to replenish their guns. There is no more group behind the enemy.

They fired at the same time, and when it was over, everyone stopped to reload at the same time. This was an embarrassing situation.

The last twenty or so resisters were surrounded in a private house. Before the Spanish translator who came forward with a loudspeaker to persuade him to surrender said a few words, the people in the house shot and interrupted him. It was obvious that he was not allowed to surrender.

I am considering surrendering.

At this time, the battalion commander of the Bangui Battalion had also arrived at this location. He rejected his subordinates' proposal to launch a strong attack. Instead, he had two field artillery units pushed closer and aimed at the private house with a barrage of shelling.

Taking advantage of the gap in reloading, Qiu Yong asked Zheng Agui: "Squad leader, is it necessary to use artillery in such a big place? Isn't it the same solution to throw a few grenades in through the window?"

Zheng Agui laughed and scolded: "You know nothing! The firing of the cannon only shows the intensity of the battle, so you can go back and ask for credit from the superiors!"

Qiu Yong suddenly realized it and even called the battalion commander brilliant.

In fact, this is not the first time that the Bangui Battalion has used artillery during the battle in Masbate Town. Previously, after the Southern Route Army landed, it used artillery to blast away the roadblocks set up by the resisters.

But what Zheng Agui said is correct. How many shells were fired during the battle is the data that must be reported after the war. If the number of shells fired is too few, it only means that the battle was one-sided, and a battle without difficulty is obviously not very good.

It is easy to apply for military honors. Fire a few more cannons at the end of the battle, and it will be easier to do business later.

The house with earthen walls could not withstand the close-range shelling. After a while, most of it collapsed, and there was no sound inside. The battalion commander was still uneasy, so he had a few more grenades thrown in to blow them up before ordering the cleanup.

This ruins.
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