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Chapter 1299

Murat repelled the attack of the Far West Dispatch Army and the marine squad, but his face was not very good.

There were only more than 200 infantry on the other side's beach landing, but they almost broke through the South Fort defended by more than 2000 pirates, which made Murat break out in a cold sweat.

If the United Fleet has more shallow water ships that can project power, and only need to project 800 soldiers at a time, no, 500 soldiers, then the South Fort will definitely be breached.

In order to force back the troops rushing to the beach, the pirates' galley troops were dispatched, and more than 10 ships were sunk by the United Fleet one after another, which can be said to have suffered heavy losses.

"The muskets they use are obviously faster than the muskets we bought from businessmen from various countries. They have a longer range and higher accuracy. The muskets we seized on the frigate are also similar to the muskets used by the enemies who tried to capture the South Fort. It's exactly the same." While cleaning the battlefield, a pirate leader collected a group of Dreiser rifles left by the soldiers who died in battle.

It is with this well-made breech-loading muskets and well-trained that this force can put a huge pressure on the South Fort with a small number of people.

Murat brought over the musket, a breech-loading musket unlike any he had ever used.

"I see that when they are fighting, the ammunition is not loaded from the front of the barrel, but from the back of the musket. This is the cardboard ammunition we seized, and it seems that it should be operated like this..."

The pirates studied the firing method of the Dreiser rifle, and they were full of interest in this new weapon.

After the almost savage attempts of the pirates, they soon learned how to use this rifle, and once again marveled at the sophistication of the gun, which was much better than the early flintlocks, let alone the ancient arquebus up.

"I don't know what the internal structure of the gun is like?"

Some pirates directly violently disassembled the Dreiser rifle, which contained precision parts such as firing pins, firing pin barrels, and locking plates.

The pirates who had never seen the structure of the needle gun looked at each other in blank dismay, not understanding the principle behind it.Today's most advanced flintlock guns use flint to emit sparks to ignite the gunpowder, but no one has ever seen someone use a long striker to explode the gunpowder and release the projectile.

Pirates in this era still don't know that thundermercury-containing percussion powder, but the real secret is hidden in the paper shell ammunition.

Even the craftsmen among the pirates who specialize in imitating muskets from various countries are helpless in the face of such muskets.

Not knowing how to imitate muskets did not affect the use of the pirates. They regarded the dozens of muskets captured and the bullets they collected as treasures, but Murat asked the pirates to hand over all the seized Dreiser rifles to him.

"In the future, I have time to find a way to imitate the same batch of muskets and bullets. If we Barbary pirates can have such convenient muskets, we will even dare to attack any kingdom in the future!" Murat was keenly aware of the value of the Dreiser rifle, thinking It is necessary to imitate the musket of the same model.

If thousands of imitation muskets were issued to the pirate army, he might be able to break away from the control of the Ottoman Empire and truly establish a huge independent kingdom on the North African continent.

"Lord Pasha, although we have repelled their attack, their losses are not large, so we will definitely not let it go. We must strengthen the defense of the coastal defense fort!" Amur returned from the sea with the pirate sailors. At least dozens of people were lost in the artillery fire of the combined fleet.

"The defenders of the South Fort have reached 2000 people, and the North Fort has about the same number. The fleet needs a group of people to operate. The number of pirates in the city has been mobilized by a quarter." Murat said.

It is rare to use such an astonishing proportion of troops in the defense of the city. A quarter of the people are devoted to the battle of defending the harbor.

"We can also hire another 1000 pirates, divide them into two teams of 500 each, and stand behind the north and south forts. Once the opponent attacks any of the forts, we can immediately support the fort." Amor suggested.

"As you said, recruit another 1000 pirates." Murat was bleeding from the bottom of his heart.

His guards may only have more than 1000 people. At this time, the number of pirates defending the harbor has reached as many as 6000 to 7000, which is almost one-third of the city's population.

Basically only Pirate Harbor has such a high proportion of troops.

But temporarily hiring so many troops requires paying a large amount of commission, so the pirates will work hard.If these commissions were not paid after the battle, his pasha's reputation would plummet, and his status here would even be affected.So the more pirates he recruits to defend Algiers, the more commission he has to pay the pirates after the battle!

In order to supplement the defense of coastal defense forts and coastlines, Murat almost assembled heavy troops on the coastline and forts to build a more fortified defense system.

The main enemy of the Barbary pirates was the Spaniards, and the most plundered were Spanish merchant ships and coastal villages. In order to prevent the revenge of the Spanish Armada and the Spanish Legion, Algiers was built as a fortress, but at this time it was built by the United Fleet. The front is tough.

When Murat once again increased the number of troops on the coastline and forts, the combined fleet was also planning a new method of siege.

"If time permits, it is more normal and safe to block and siege the harbor for a long time to force the pirates to surrender. But the problem now is that there is not enough time. We lack supplies, and the Ottoman Empire Navy does not know when reinforcements will come Enemy, we will have to retreat if the war drags on until winter."

After Sun Chuanting led the team back to the Grand Fleet by boat, the officers of the Fourth Fleet were at a loss as to the defense plan of Algiers.

The deployment map only roughly marked the positions of the forts and fortresses, and the deployment of troops had long since lost the meaning of reference because of Pasha's repeated conscription. They could only estimate the opponent's number based on the opponent's firepower during actual combat.

"If we have more shallow water ships, we can send twice as many soldiers ashore at one time, and maybe we can easily capture the forts on the shore...Is there any way to raise more ships?"

"We can go to Spain to borrow ships. The Spaniards are the most infested by Barbary pirates. If they know that we want to capture Algiers, they will be willing to lend us ships. As long as we find a dozen shallow water boats Then we can organize a larger-scale beach landing operation." Earl Stratford said.

Borrow a ship from the Spaniards?

Everyone's eyes brightened. Algiers is not very far from Spain. As a neutral country in Britain, it might be easier to borrow a ship with a shallower draft.

(End of this chapter)