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Chapter 1313 The Art of War Is Explosion
While the late arrival of the Ottoman Empire Navy was still tossing in the Eastern Mediterranean, the tripartite coalition forces had already launched an attack on the fortress.

The infantry captured the outer fortifications, the cannons were pushed up and aimed directly at the bastion, and the sappers approached the bastion along the trenches to blast with explosives!

The sound of artillery and louder explosions came and went, making everyone on the battlefield frightened!
Even with cumbersome fortifications such as 2-meter-thick parapets, bastions, ditches, concave forts, and embankments, and even with 10 bronze cannons on the front to fight back, the pirates were all pale and resisting weakly.

The bronze cannons were firing at the engineers and artillery near the bastion, but the trenches effectively concealed the troops, and the artillery could not effectively kill the engineers who were frantically blasting with explosives!
The art of war is vividly displayed at this moment, the strong fortress, the sound of cold guns, and the violent explosives will lift the soil into the sky!The earth is trembling, the bastion is shaking!
"No! This can't be the amount of gunpowder that an army of less than 5000 people should have!" Murat didn't dare to go up to the bastion to supervise the battle. He listened to the continuous explosions in the fortress and felt that the ground It was blown up!

Almost all the pirate leaders were also frightened by the amount of gunpowder on the other side. They couldn't get out of the fortress to stop the opponent's trench from advancing. When the trench reached the bastion, they found that the nightmare was coming, boxes of black powder It was moved to the front tunnel to blast the bastion!
There are quite a few blasters in the army coming from the far east, who are tyrannizing the bastions in Europe at this time. If anyone refuses to accept the fuse, it will be detonated!

"Their ships must have a lot of gunpowder. It is difficult for us to hold the fortress..." Amur and other pirate leaders were almost crying.

What kind of monsters did they provoke? Black powder was used to blast the bastion like no money.

"It doesn't take them even ten days to dig a trench to reach the bottom of our bastion. Our reinforcements have not been heard for almost two months. Our bastion may not last even 7 days with their offensive. We still Have peace talks with them, I am willing to hand over half of my property in the fortress to let them withdraw their troops!" A pirate leader couldn't stand the continuous explosions, and his inner defense collapsed.

"Lord Pasha, we are also willing to hand over half of our property in exchange for the enemy's retreat!" The other pirate chiefs pleaded unanimously.

Murat looked worried. He had sent Amur twice to hold peace talks with the other party. The first time he was willing to pay 10 taels of silver, and the second time he was willing to pay 20 taels of silver.However, the other party insisted on a compensation of 100 million taels of silver, which made Murat heartbroken. Even if he was the pirate leader here, he would not be able to take out 100 million taels of silver at a time.This is dozens of tons of silver.

"We raised the white flag and negotiated with them again. This time we are willing to compensate 30 taels of silver." When Murat said 30 taels of silver, the corner of his mouth twitched.

"It's only an increase of 10 taels from last time. The other party may not be willing to withdraw troops. It is better to directly increase the compensation amount to 50 taels of silver." Amor was worried.

The opponent has already launched a devastating attack, and the Pennion Fortress will soon fall. He believes that the price must be paid enough to satisfy the enemy, so that the enemy will give up continuing to attack when they have the upper hand.

As long as the payment is satisfactory to the other party, the other party will definitely retreat.The war is originally for the bargaining chips on the negotiating table for both sides.

"50 taels..." Murat felt that he was no longer heartbroken, but a bomb exploded in his mind, which was 50 taels of silver!

"If you are still the pasha of Algiers, Algiers is still in our hands, and we will be able to collect taxes from pirates every year in the future. If the fortress is captured by the other party, we will not only lose all our property, but also Algiers. They are far away in Britain, 1000 nautical miles away from here, even if they take down Algiers, they will not be able to occupy it for a long time. Sooner or later, this will be our kingdom!" said Amur.

This was the third time he had encouraged Pasha to negotiate peace. He didn't want to add 10 taels of silver each time, and then be humiliated by the other party.

50 taels of cash was the limit for the pirates in Algiers.Pirates also need expenses, need to build ships, buy food, recruit men, and may be surrounded by warships, competition from other pirate ports...

"Okay! Just as you said, we will offer 50 taels of silver in exchange for peace!" Murat was completely desperate, and had to cut his flesh if he wanted the opponent to retreat.

Boom!A small section of the earthen wall of the bastion collapsed!

The blasting was still going on, and the sky-shattering loud noise made the Britons and members of the Knights of Malta, who were watching the battle, close their eyes reflexively and shrink their necks.

"When did you Britons cooperate with such a terrible Eastern Empire? Their gunpowder was carried down from the battleship in barrels. Gunpowder is as common to them as sand. Such a ferocious attack, all fortresses cannot Arrive at their attack." Castella, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

"How do we think that their military capabilities are extraordinary? The Ottoman Empire's training of soldiers is already very strict, but not only are their soldiers well-trained, but they also use firearms and tactics that have never been seen before." Stratford The count was dumbfounded when he saw the sand and dust in the bastion, and there was a gap of several meters.

It is not a miracle to be able to blow up a gap in the bastion, but blowing down the wall of the bastion in such a short time at a relatively small cost seems terrifying!

The Earl of Stratford and others use months as the time unit for capturing a fortress, but Sun Chuanting and others use days to calculate!
"We should be glad that we are not the enemy now. They are impeccable in both the army and the navy. The next time we send ambassadors to the East, we should send officers to learn their tactics." Sir Greenville said.

He had witnessed many siege battles on the Dutch battlefield, and they were definitely not so overwhelming.

Having professional and skilled engineers, fierce artillery, muskets, and explosives all accelerated the prelude to this unbalanced battle.

"We in Britain should first set up our own standing army, and then send a group of young talents to the east to study their tactics and firearms." Earl Stratford nodded.

The people of the Knights of Malta also learned a lot from the siege of Algiers and the fortress, but they were very helpless. The members of their knights were only a few thousand at most, and most of them were besieged by the enemy, and it was almost impossible to siege them. someone else's fortress.

(End of this chapter)