Chapter 49: The Battle of Yogyakarta(2/2)
In fact, there were not many shots fired in total. On average, one gun fired ten rounds, with an average of one round every three minutes. This gun was too old and did not have much maintenance. Fortunately, it was a front-loaded smoothbore gun, otherwise Xu Hui would still have fired
I really don't dare to let the artillery play this thing.
Boom! The twelve-pounder gun opened fire, with a larger caliber, a thicker barrel, and a longer range.
One shot missed by more than 200 meters, but it also hit the city wall.
This shot seemed to inspire the natives, making them forget the pain they had just suffered, and rushed forward again with howls.
Bang bang bang!
Rounds of volleys of gunfire were fired from the walls of Yogyakarta. Unfortunately, this time even though it caused greater damage, it did not scare the natives.
Seeing that the natives were not far from the city wall, Xie Hui was surprised.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The artillery on the city wall fired.
There were also front-mounted smoothbore cannons on the city wall, and they fired solid bullets. The damage caused to the natives was not as much as the volley of guns, but the natives were frightened and began to retreat.
Xie Hui looked at it and wondered, How could this work? He ordered the twelve-pounder gun to continue firing.
The shelling from the rear and the bullets fired by the South China Army's rifles gave the natives new motivation, and they charged towards the city wall again.
This time, when the natives reached the bottom of the city, they climbed the walls, bumped into the city gates, and so on.
Hundreds of natives stood at the city gate, desperately trying to install the gate. The old city gate was really shaken and was about to collapse.
The city gate was suddenly rushed open, and the natives swarmed in like a flood that had found its outlet.
Xie Hui from behind was dumbfounded. That's it?
Just when Xie Hui was hesitating whether to order the soldiers of the South China Army to follow up.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three not-so-loud cannon shots came from the city gate.
The natives at the city gate were torn apart by several black shadows that suddenly flew out, and their broken limbs were scattered everywhere. The natives at the city gate pressed the pause button and suddenly became quiet.
Turning the time back five minutes, inside the city, dozens of Dutch colonial troops pulled three old 1776-style three-pound guns and placed them at the city gate.
Then load the chain bullet into the barrel of the cannon and aim it at the city gate.
Chain bombs are a commonly used naval gun shell during the sail warship era. Two iron balls or lead balls are connected with an iron chain in the middle to become a chain bomb. After being fired, they can break the sail or break the mast, and are used to restrict enemy ships.
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Although it is used to hit the mast of a sailing battleship, its efficiency when used to hit people is second only to shotguns, and it has strong lethality against denser enemies.
No, it showed. Under the squeeze of the natives, the city gate that had been in disrepair began to shake. The officer simply ordered to open the city gate and fire chain bombs.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three rounds of chain bombs were fired, and two iron balls were connected by an iron chain. They rotated and hit the first native. The stability was destroyed. The two iron balls began to move irregularly, drawing a curve from the crowd.
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On this nearly one-meter-wide curve, the fragility of the human body is vividly displayed. Three rounds of chain bombs gave the densely packed natives a wake-up call. At least more than a hundred people died in this round of shelling!
The natives were frightened and ran back like crazy.
"Fire artillery and stop them!" Xie Hui saw that the natives had no intention of stopping and ordered the artilleryman to give them a warning.
Boom boom boom.
The cannon woke them up again and made them realize that they had no way out.
Fortunately, Xie Hui had no intention of continuing to attack.
"Gather them together and tell them that this is an accident. We will withdraw our troops and we will not kill them!" Xie Hui looked at the sky and said.
Soon, the soldiers of the South China Army stepped forward to gather the helpless natives. Finally, Xie Hui led more than 600 natives and pulled the artillery and left the city of Yogyakarta.
Yogyakarta reported to Batavia that there was also a rebel uprising, trying to attack Yogyakarta, but they were repelled. Batavia just looked at it briefly and didn't care, because they now have a bigger
Chapter completed!