Chapter 730 Passive Situation

"Master Bart, are you satisfied with these meals?" Although the look on Bart's face said everything, Cheng Dapeng still tested Bart's opinion in a very humble tone.

Bart wiped the grease stains from the corner of his mouth with a napkin, burped loudly, and then responded to Cheng Dapeng: "It's great! After finishing this meal, I really want to order the cook in charge of army logistics to be dragged away."

Go out and hang yourself! In comparison, the food we eat on the battlefield these days is simply pig food!"

"As long as Master Bart is satisfied! Since you like it, I will ask the cook to prepare an extra meal and deliver it here every day." Cheng Dapeng naturally would not miss the opportunity and immediately climbed up the pole.

"If the soldiers and civilians in the city have the consciousness of becoming a boss, then the end of the war will definitely come sooner." Bart sighed with emotion.

"Could it be that the battle is not going well today?" Cheng Dapeng asked tentatively.

Although Batavia officials did not announce the progress of today's war, the sound of cannons was heard on the east, north, and west walls starting early in the morning, and the sound of cannons continued for two days in the afternoon.

For hours, this left tens of thousands of residents in the city in a state of tension. Cheng Dapeng was naturally no exception, but what he wanted to know, in addition to the progress of the war, was more importantly the battle process and combat methods between the two sides.

,Compared with the results, these details are of more intelligence value to the Haihan military.

"I have to admit, these wild monkeys outside the city are really difficult to deal with!" When it comes to this topic, Bart's good mood just because of the delicious food seems to have disappeared all of a sudden.

Although the situation of the fight with the Malaysian Blues is an absolute military secret, the delicious meal Cheng Dapeng sent him just now has greatly deepened Bart's trust in him. Coupled with the effect of alcohol, Bart's trust in Cheng Dapeng at this time

Peng had lowered his guard and began to describe today's fighting situation to him.

Cheng Dapeng was undoubtedly very shocked by the situation described by Bart. He had carefully inspected the equipment of the Dutch defenders when he visited the city wall last time. He believed that based on the level of weapons alone, the Dutch defenders should have considerable capabilities.

Strong combat capability, at least higher than that of the Ming army. Coupled with the solid city defense of Batavia City, it should be reasonable to cause a large number of casualties to the enemy troops attacking the city at the beginning of the battle. And during the day

The artillery fire in the battle was so dense. In Cheng Dapeng's imagination, even if hundreds of cannons were fired, at least two to three thousand enemy troops would be killed. How could the battle situation still be at a disadvantage?

The main reason why this situation occurred is undoubtedly the tactics adopted by the Malta Blue Army in this attack on Batavia. The Batavia authorities prepared for the war based on the fighting situation between the two armies in previous years.

prepared, but obviously did not anticipate the changes in the enemy's tactics. The tactics adopted by the Horse and Blue Army in the first day of the battle made the defenders obviously feel at a loss. The large trebuchet that appeared on the battlefield was obviously not a horse.

The siege equipment was temporarily made after the Blue Army arrived here. Instead, it was completed early and specially transported by sea ships from further places to participate in the war. The Blue Army did not rush to launch it in the first two days after logging in.

The offensive is probably about assembling these huge siege equipment in the camp. From this point of view, the pre-war preparations of the Ma Da Blue Army are undoubtedly more targeted, and the results achieved are also very obvious.

The horse-based blue army with primitive equipment was able to take the initiative from the beginning against the Dutch army with advanced weapons and strong city walls to defend. This was something Cheng Dapeng never expected before the war. In Cheng Dapeng

According to Da Peng's prediction, even if the Ma Dalan army could gain the upper hand in the battle with its superior strength, it would probably only be achieved after suffering heavy casualties during the siege. Unexpectedly, on the first day of the war, the Ma Dalan army would gain the upper hand in the battle.

Jun's performance gave forecasters like Cheng Dapeng a heavy slap in the face.

Although the Malta Blue Army inevitably paid a certain price in casualties during the battle, judging from the current casualty ratio of the participating troops, there is really no obvious gap between the Malta Blue Army and the Dutch Army. The Malta Blue Army

It may be impossible to calculate the level of casualties of the Dutch army, but the condescending Dutch army can see it more clearly. For a commander like Bart, today's battle process undoubtedly caused a certain psychological shadow on the defenders. Originally, the Dutch army thought that

Ao's sharp firearms combined with solid city defenses caused extremely limited damage to the opponent. Instead, the horses, which were regarded as island monkeys, barbarians, and pagans, defeated the blue army and used the primitive weapons in their hands to achieve impressive results.

"This... this is really..." Even though Cheng Dapeng was eloquent, he was a little speechless after hearing Bart's description. At this juncture, whether it was comfort or encouragement, it seemed a little wrong to stand in Cheng Dapeng's position.

Fortunately, he thought quickly, and after a short pause, he continued: "Mr. Bart, we have an old saying that if you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about running out of firewood. After all, the city of Batavia is still there.

In our hands, no matter how powerful the Ma Dalan people are, they can't fly in out of thin air, right? Besides, such a huge trebuchet is definitely not easy to make. They may not be able to replenish the losses for a while outside the city. When they are used up, these dozens of

Setting up a trebuchet doesn’t mean you have to pay for it with human lives!”

Bart thought to himself that he just didn't know how many trebuchets the Matalan people had prepared. If there were hundreds of them, then everyone might really have to consider surrendering in advance to save their lives. Of course, he would not take this kind of inner thoughts to a big friend.

After saying it, he still nodded and replied: "Boss Cheng is right. As long as I, Bart, am still here, I will not let the Malan people set foot in Batavia City!"

Cheng Dapeng bid farewell to Bart and returned to his residence, feeling both happy and worried. The happy thing was that he had successfully connected with Bart, and he would have an excuse to go to the city fortifications to ask Bart about the battle situation and obtain first-hand intelligence during the future wars; the sad thing was that he had successfully connected with Bart.

What's more, the horse-defeating blue army was so strong that the Dutch army fell into passivity from the beginning, which really made people worry about whether the city of Batavia could still be defended.

Although Cheng Dapeng has never seen the fighting in person, judging from Bart's description, the biggest problem of the Dutch army at present is that they are unable to quickly eliminate the numerous trebuchets in the enemy's formation, almost watching helplessly as their opponents move one by one.

How to get rid of this disadvantage for the Dutch army, Cheng Dapeng could not think of any effective way. Although he had received basic military skills training when he was trained by the Ministry of Security,

But he is really a layman on how to command operations.

Cheng Dapeng thought again, if one day it was the Haihan militia that had to face the horses and the blue army on the battlefield, how would they deal with it? But as soon as this idea came up, he himself burst into laughter. This Dutch artillery

The range is limited, so they cannot take advantage against the trebuchets of the Ma Da Blue Army. However, the artillery equipped by the Haihan Militia is quite different. There are many huge cannons with a range of two to three miles. The Ma Da Blue Army has no chance to trebuchet.

The machine is pushed too close. Moreover, the range of a trebuchet of three to four hundred meters has almost reached its limit. If you want to build a trebuchet with a longer range, its size will have to be expanded. It will be more inconvenient to transport and deploy on the battlefield. Manufacturing

The time and cost required will also increase significantly, and the price/performance ratio may not be as good as using artillery.

Cheng Dapeng also remembered that he had heard that during the Haihan militia's battle in Annam, the southern Ruan's army had used large weapons such as trebuchets on the battlefield, but their range and power were probably not as good as those of the Matalan people.

The giant trebuchet prepared was blown to pieces by Haihan's artillery fire before it even had a chance to function.

If you think about it this way, although the Dutch have always been proud of their level of armed force, it would be really hard to compare with the Haihan militia. However, this also reflects the importance of intelligence work from the side. If the Netherlands

If one can collect the opponent's combat readiness in advance, then the current situation will not be so passive. What Cheng Dapeng did in Batavia at this time was precisely to prevent the Haihan Militia from returning to the battlefield in the future.

A similar embarrassment appeared on the battlefield. Thinking of this, Cheng Dapeng felt that he had been injected with inexplicable power, and he immediately wrote down Bart's description of the fighting situation in detail.

The news gathered at Dacheng Rice Store that day was not limited to Bart's line. Several other people who worked with Cheng Dapeng also obtained other information through other channels.

Although the Mata Blue Army used the north of Batavia City as their main attack direction, they also launched offensives in the east and west directions. The fighting process is said to be similar to that in the north, but other news channels are all hearsay.

It is far less detailed than what Bart described to Cheng Dapeng.

According to the news received from the medical institutions in the city, there were a certain number of casualties and battle losses on both sides of the city. In particular, the explosion that occurred outside the east city before the end of the battle in the evening was heard by almost half of Batavia.

The casualties it caused also overcrowded the battlefield medical institutions in Dongcheng. In addition, a large number of civilians were mobilized from the east and north to go out of the city. It is said that they were working overnight to repair the fortress that was damaged by the opponent's trebuchet during today's battle. By dawn, there were only a dozen or so.

There is really no expectation as to how much work the civilian laborers can accomplish in the dark in just a few hours. It can only be said to be better than nothing.

Since the official has sealed off the real situation of the war, and the curfew has been implemented just after dark, there is no negative news spreading in the city yet. However, dozens more horses are hung in the square in the center of the city.

Human corpses, the council and the military can only consolidate the people's confidence in the war situation in this way at present. As for the next battle strategy, Cheng Dapeng estimates that a big man like Van Diemen may not be more powerful than him. He can think

Come up with a better way to deal with the horse and blue man's trebuchet.

On July 13th, not long after the sky had just dawned, the wilderness outside the city began to echo the horn horns of horses beating the blue army. If hearing such horns the day before would have made the defenders warlike, then next time

After yesterday's battle, many people's first reaction to the sound of the trumpet may have turned into a headache. Because with the sound of the trumpet, there may be a large number of stone bullets falling from the sky.

Sure enough, the Ma Da Blue Army still continued the same fighting method as yesterday. Dozens of tall trebuchets were slowly pushed out of the camp and headed towards Batavia City. Although they were very aware of the opponent's tactics, the defenders did not make any updates.

The best way to deal with it is to watch your opponent calmly deploy the trebuchet on the position, and slowly adjust the position and launch angle.

The only thing that made the defenders feel lucky was that the commanders saw through their telescopes that the number of stone bombs piled next to the trebuchets was much less than yesterday. It seemed that the stone-throwing tactics used by the Horses against the Blue Army also had problems with ammunition supply.

There are two quarries outside Davia City, but they are far away from the port area where the opponent lands, and it is probably not possible to quarry enough stones to transport them to the battlefield in a short period of time.

However, this rejoicing did not last long. Soon the Dutch commander saw through the telescope that the Matarans were using small carts to transport truckloads of gravel and bricks to the front line. There was no doubt that the Matarans

The Blue Men are not stupid. After they discovered the problem, they already chose the nearest solution and began to demolish the buildings outside the city.

Although the residents of Batavia mainly live in the city, there are plantations, ports, trade markets and many other facilities outside the city, and there are also many buildings. If the Batavia Blue Army has the patience to destroy all the residents within a ten-mile radius outside the city,

If all the masonry buildings were demolished, then the demolished masonry would probably be enough to smash the entire city wall of Batavia to pieces.

"It's all gravel, and the trebuchet is not that accurate." The commanders could only use these helpless words to comfort their ugly-faced subordinates.

At present, the defenders have not received permission to go out of the city to fight, and there are only a few hundred cavalry in the city. Going out to fight the tens of thousands of horses arrayed against the blue army is undoubtedly asking for death. Not only will they not be able to destroy the opponent's trebuchets, but they will

It would destroy all the limited mobility on the battlefield. Therefore, after losing the best opportunity to fight outside the city a few days ago, Van Diemen no longer mentioned the plan of sending cavalry to fight.

The accuracy of the thrown gravel is indeed far less than that of the whole stone bullet, and the destructive ability to the fortress wall is also much worse. However, its effect is like a goddess scattering flowers, but it makes the defenders in the fortress outside the city suffer a lot.

The soldiers had to gather under the wall to avoid being hit by the masonry fragments falling like raindrops. Even stones the size of eggs are powerful enough to kill people when they fall here.

If you wear a metal helmet, your neck will most likely be broken if you are hit by a rock.

"These damn cowards! They just stay away and throw stones! Are these heretics all monkeys?" Bart saw the embarrassment of the defenders outside the city on the city wall and couldn't help but yell.
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