My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 384 Certificate of Surrender

Chen Zuyi's heart trembled, and an ominous premonition suddenly arose in his heart.

Damn it, this bastard is not going to...

The shrewd Chen Zuyi, when he saw a hint of ferocity in Parameswara's eyes, his brain suddenly exploded and all kinds of thoughts poured out like a fountain.

This guy is going to sell himself out!

For a moment, the two of them stared at each other. Chen Zuyi's face was full of astonishment, but he still couldn't believe it in his heart. However, Parameswara made up his mind and made some important decision.

Bastard, the first to strike is the strongest, the last to strike will suffer. Chen Zuyi was about to call on his men to control Parameswara, but he heard him shout first:
"Someone, come and capture these pirates for me!"

When the guards heard the order, they immediately surrounded him. Chen Zuyi was so anxious that his eyes turned red. He immediately shouted, "How dare you, you bastard? What are you still standing there for? Catch this guy. I will depose the king of Srivijaya today!"

The pirates were panicked and confused at this time. They didn't understand the situation. What happened just now? How could two people who were usually as close as brothers become enemies in such a short time?

Without time to think, the pirates drew their weapons and rushed towards Parameswara!

However, Chen Zuyi left most of the pirates outside the palace. At this time, there were only a few guards with him in the palace. Soon, the pirates were surrounded by the palace guards.

The guards rushed forward and stabbed with spears. Several pirates who were protecting Chen Zuyi were pierced through the body in an instant. They were like hedgehogs, bleeding profusely, and fell to the ground one after another.

Seeing everything in front of him, Chen Zuyi was furious. Facing the bloody spear, he couldn't help but curse: "Bailimisula, you are a pervert, you will die!"

"Arrogant pirate, I have tolerated you for a long time. Tie him up for me. I want to hand him over to the Ming Dynasty Army personally!"

"You bastard, you damn bastard, I spent so much money to raise an ungrateful person like you, Bailimisura, I will not let you go even if I become a ghost!"

At this point, the two had completely fallen out. Chen Zuyi cursed without restraint, venting his anger madly. The look he gave Bayrimisura was as if he wanted to eat him alive.

However, all this was of no avail. No matter how hard he struggled and cursed, it was just his last madness before death, and he could not escape the final tragic fate.

The battle outside the palace was still going on, but most of the pirates guarding the palace gate had been eliminated. Many pirates had already fled when they saw that things were going badly. The remaining ones were Chen Zuyi's death squad, but they could not hold out for long.

No matter how sharp the bows and arrows in their hands were, they were no match for the Ming army's semi-automatic rifles. Facing the almost invincible Ming army, they were filled with despair.

However, Qian Benyi ordered the soldiers of the Second Battalion to slow down their shooting speed, not for any other reason, but because the soldiers had little ammunition left.

Before preparing for the landing, each soldier was required to carry 150 rounds of ammunition according to the standard. However, after the landing operation and the attack on Chen Zuyi's position, most of the bullets had been used up.

When entering the city, each soldier only had about 50 to 60 rounds of bullets left on average. After the battle outside the palace gate, each soldier still had 20 rounds of bullets, which was considered economical. It was not that the soldiers did not want to bring more bullets. During the expedition to Annan, they would bring about 200 rounds of bullets for each battle, and there were supply personnel behind them who could replenish ammunition at any time.

However, during landing training in Yingtianfu, they found that 200 rounds of bullets were still a bit heavy and not conducive to operations in water. So after several experiments, they decided to reduce the amount of ammunition carried at one time to 150 rounds.

This would allow for a higher intensity battle without slowing down the speed of landing too much. However, the Second Battalion itself had not anticipated that because of the hasty pursuit, the ammunition would be consumed too quickly, and now the stock of bullets is about to run out.

The firing rate of a semi-automatic rifle is too fast. The rifle magazine can hold ten bullets at a time. You don't have to worry about anything when shooting. Once entering the battle, many soldiers tend to get carried away and carry out the spirit of fire suppression to the end. No one will think about the fact that the bullets are used up.

In the past experience, running out of bullets meant the battle was won, but this time it was a little different.

"Use bullets sparingly, aim accurately, and try to kill an enemy with one bullet!"

Qian Benyi was quite calm. There were still a few hundred pirates left in front of him. As long as the soldiers did not get too excited, there should be enough bullets.

Besides, even if the bullets are used up, does that mean there will be no war?
Even if the rifle in your hand becomes a fire poker, it can still kill people. Think about when you overthrow the Yuan Dynasty, there were no rifles at that time, but you still drove the Mongols back to the desert, didn't you?

"Slow down the shooting speed, lure these guys out, and lower their vigilance!"

Qian Benyi gave orders calmly. He found that these pirates had also learned their lesson and knew how to take cover and hide.

Deng Zibing, who was hiding aside, was watching all this in amazement. Since when did the army of the Central Plains Dynasty fight like this?

In his opinion, isn't war about deploying troops and using swords, spears, and halberds? When did it start using only muskets?
Moreover, the muskets of the Ming army were completely different from the muskets in his imagination. The muskets in the past were simply iron pipes. But looking at the muskets in the hands of the Ming army, were they still muskets? They were simply divine weapons sent from heaven!
No wonder there were only a few hundred people but they were chasing thousands of pirates. No wonder they dared to attack the palace directly. With such magical weapons in hand, there is no need to worry about not being able to control the world!

For a moment, the pirates clearly felt that the Ming army's shooting speed had slowed down. The dense gunfire just now became sparse. Could it be that the Ming army could no longer fight?

The brave pirates leaned out tentatively and were not attacked by the Ming army. Seeing this, the other pirates became bolder and stood up one after another, preparing to attack the Ming army.

Unexpectedly, when they came out of the bunker, the Ming army once again burst into intensive firepower. After this round of shooting, many pirates died, and the Ming army had few bullets left.

"Check the ammunition level and report!"

Qian Benyi gave orders to his general flag, and his officers began to ask the soldiers to count. After some statistics, the Second Battalion had only about 5,000 rounds of bullets left, which was about ten rounds per person.

Qian Benyi thought about it and picked out a hundred soldiers as the assault force, then ordered the other soldiers to concentrate all the ammunition on them, leaving only five bullets for self-defense.

The hundred selected soldiers were immediately overjoyed, while the soldiers who were forced to hand over their bullets were dejected. Why didn’t they choose to lead the attack?
(End of this chapter)