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    More than a hundred years ago, when the Portuguese designed the fort, they planned to build the Malacca Fort into an irregular pentagonal bastion group.

    However, the manpower and material resources here are limited, especially the stone is very difficult to obtain, the Portuguese finally only completed the central castle as planned.  As for the other areas, the outer city walls are only being built continuously, and the outer city walls have not yet completely enclosed this place.

    The Dutch occupied Malacca for nine years, continued the Portuguese fortification work, and finally repaired the outer city wall to the slope of Mount St. Paul.

    At the same time, a bastion-like building (not very formal) was built on the east and west sides of the outer castle.  For the rest of the outer city walls, there are only enemy towers with crossfire at the five corners.

    ? If you want to complete the original design drawings of the Portuguese and build a perfect irregular pentagonal bastion group here, it may take a hundred years according to the construction speed of the Malacca colonists

    At this very moment, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces on the attacking side were met with crossfire from two enemy platforms.

    But to be honest, the crossfire of only 30 people still uses old-fashioned matchlock guns.

    This kind of arquebus, which can fire two rounds a minute, belongs to the top elite infantry.  And the Dutch Army, except for Batavia, the garrison is slightly decent,

    The other colonies are full of rubbish.  They were former adventurers, hooligans, and even tramps.  With a meager salary, no training all day, and occasionally going to the city to work to earn extra money, being able to fire a bullet in two minutes is considered qualified.

    Let¡¯s take an average of one bullet every 1.5 minutes. If these 30 people are all regarded as sharpshooters, and the firing rate of the matchlock gun is 100%, it can kill 120 siege soldiers in six minutes.

    What is 120 dead in an attack of thousands of people?

    The actual situation is that when the soldiers of the Datong Navy began to climb the city wall, the casualties of the siege party were less than 50, including those who fell down the hillside and were injured.

    It is a pity that all 3,000 soldiers of Johor, which sent the most troops, collapsed.

    The soldiers of Sumatra were affected by the soldiers of Johor, and more than half of them fled inexplicably.  Then it became a chain reaction, and soldiers from Da Ni, Ding Jialu and other countries followed suit.

    Because the hillside on the north side of the city wall was covered with bushes, the Dutch didn't bother to clean it up.  It is difficult to see each other's actual situation clearly among the various units of the coalition army, and it is also difficult to know the strength of the defending side's firepower during the battle.  Anyway, I heard the gunshots and saw the largest number of Johor soldiers collapsed. I subconsciously thought that my side was defeated, so I bluffed and followed the crowd and fled.

    "Bang bang bang!"

    The cross vigor of the Dutch defenders continued, but was noticeably sparse and unkempt.

    The outer city wall is very low, and with the help of pillars, it is easy to climb up.  Seeing that the siege party was about to ascend the city, the three Dutch soldiers guarding the enemy's platform became more and more flustered, and they couldn't even fill the ammunition normally.

    "Reinforcements, quickly request reinforcements!"

    "Come on, come on, hold on for a few more minutes!"

    Nearly a hundred Dutch defenders on the east and west sides are running towards this side.  But Kuang Hong's attack was too sudden, and the Dutch commander needed time to react, and it was probably too late at this time.

    However, it still came. The first batch of more than 2 Dutch soldiers rushed to the enemy station in the north for reinforcements, and fired at the siege soldiers in a panic.

    "Old grandson!"

    The first Datong army to ascend was Sun Junsheng from the Shanghai Fleet. He was shot and fell to the ground before he could gain a foothold.

    Lao Sanjin was climbing the ladder, watching Sun Junsheng's body fall down while wiping his left arm.  Under his hissing and roaring, his eyes were red, and he climbed up at a faster speed.

    Both of them were from the Yangtze River Navy. Before that, half of the Navy was abolished, some were converted to post office officials, and some were converted to naval soldiers.  They have been comrades in arms for many years, and they didn't get hurt when they killed the tartar, but they didn't expect Sun Jun to die overseas.

    Two more soldiers climbing the city fell, and Lao Sanjin finally climbed up the city wall.

    He carried a flintlock on his back, a bayonet and ammunition pouch at his waist, and a relatively thin waist knife.

    At this moment, Lao Sanjin pulled out his waist knife and rushed towards the Dutch defenders on the enemy platform.  There are more than a dozen Dutch soldiers here, all the bullets have been fired,

    All in a panic are filling.

    "Quick retreat!"

    Finally, a low-level Dutch officer yelled to run away.

    The outer city wall is too long, and it is not enough for the 180 defenders to take care of.  Distributed to each enemy tower and bastion, there are only a dozen people in one place on average, how can it stop thousands of enemies from attacking the city?

    Lao Sanjin hurried to catch up, and chopped down one with one knife. This is a fallback if the retreat is not timely., Snatched women assigned to soldiers to solve physical problems.  The remaining women and children were divided and either kept as slaves or sold as slaves.

    The Dutch ruled Malacca not long ago. Under normal circumstances, it is estimated that they will do so in a few years, and they have to find an indigenous tribe that is easier to attack.

    Johann Neuhoff, travel writer and painter, received an arquebus at this time.

    "Sir, can you shoot?" the officer asked.

    Neuhof looked at the musket in his hand, and said very depressed: "I do know how to use an arquebus, but what you gave me is a fire stick!"

    The officer explained embarrassingly: "It was left by the dead Nordic mercenaries ten years ago, and it has been thrown in the warehouse without maintenance."

    Ten years ago, when the Netherlands attacked Malacca, they sent only a few hundred troops. The real main force was more than a thousand mercenaries.

    Those mercenaries who fought for money, how could they be willing to sacrifice their lives in siege battles?

    Therefore, after relying on the indigenous soldiers and Han Chinese to take down the outer city walls, the European mercenaries began to paddle in various ways, unwilling to attack the central castle.  In the end, more than half of the mercenaries suffered casualties, because many of these guys came from northern Europe and could not withstand the tropical climate of Malacca. The main casualties were all from tropical diseases.

    The number of mercenaries who really died due to combat is actually only in the single digits They all won by besieging the city and running out of food.

    At this moment, the matchlock gun in Neuhoff's hand was a relic of a mercenary.  The barrel of the gun is rusty, the wooden butt is moldy,

    This thing is used to defend the city, and it can only be used as a stick to fight the enemy in close combat.

    In the arsenal of the central castle, powder kegs were moved out one by one.

    The moment he pried open the powder keg, Neuhoff couldn't help but touch his forehead.  The gunpowder inside is not just as simple as being damp, it has all been hardened together.

    After the Dutch captured this place, the defenders have not fought for almost ten years. Who is interested in maintaining the inventory in the warehouse?  </div&gt
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