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Chapter 1314 The Art of War Is Explosion
"Our blasters and artillerymen successfully opened a gap of several meters, barely able to organize the infantry to break into the fortress." Zheng Zhibao and other naval officers used binoculars to observe the blasting situation ahead in the trench. Dust fell from the binoculars, revealing a gap several meters wide.

"It's not yet time. The scary thing about the bastion is its crossfire. If our soldiers break into the fortress along a gap of several meters, they will definitely be attacked by the crossfire of the bastion. It is best to open a gap of 30 meters. We The infantry can drive straight in." Sun Chuanting said.

"Do you want to use the picric acid explosives and detonators in the ammunition depot of our ironclad ship? Those things are rarely used." Zheng Zhibao asked.

"The picric acid explosive is very powerful, and it is one of our trump cards. If it is not absolutely necessary, it is better not to use it?" Sun Chuanting asked uncertainly.

At present, European countries, including the commercial Britain, do not know that the Kyushu Army has other explosives besides black gunpowder, and hastily used the even more terrifying picric acid explosive. The impact is really hard to say.

"Let's control the amount of picric acid explosives used. If the power is too strong, we will claim to use a large amount of black powder. Anyway, they don't know what explosives we are using." Zheng Zhibao urged.

"What you said is very reasonable." Sun Chuanting is not a pedantic person, and he has been trained in the Army Lecture Hall. After thinking that he can cover up the fact that picric acid explosives were used, he decisively agreed.

It is quite dangerous to detonate picric acid explosives, which are far more powerful than black powder. Even the best blasters must estimate the amount of explosives and the scope of the impact of the explosion, so as not to risk their own lives.

In order to prepare for the forced blasting of picric acid explosives, the blasting of the trenches ahead using black powder was temporarily suspended, and only artillery and muskets were still cleaning the firepower on the bastion.

Without the explosion of black powder, the entire battlefield seemed much quieter.

"Are they planning to organize infantry to carry out an assault? The gap that was blown up is only four meters, and I am afraid it cannot accommodate a large number of soldiers to break into the fortress." Sir Greenville used the telescope given to him by the Kyushu Army to check the appearance of the bastion. Gap, the width of the gap is estimated based on the size of the reference object.

"If the soldiers are elite enough and the morale of the defenders is low, the fortress can be forcibly conquered at the cost of sacrificing a group of soldiers," Sir Pennington said.

"When the Ottoman Empire attacked our island of Malta 60 years ago, our Knights of Malta blocked them for several months with a bastion, but if the Chinese attacked our island of Malta, I doubt whether we can hold it for 3 months Time." said Castella, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta.

A group of them watching the battle saw the energy displayed by the Eastern Army, but they had their own thoughts.

They have already realized that the reason why the Fourth Fleet and the Far West Dispatch Force are so stubborn in wanting to capture Algiers and Fort Pennion is definitely not as simple as just wanting to rescue Li Jinde.

If it was just to rescue Li Jinde, they would have several chances to negotiate peace with the pirates.

The pause in blasting work is just the calm before the storm.

The pirates are raising compensation worth 50 taels, and plan to use this money in exchange for the withdrawal of the three-party coalition forces.

They hadn't realized that while they were planning another peace talks, more powerful explosives were transported to the front line through trenches and tunnels, and the blasters were making intense preparations.

"The blasting is about to start. Everyone in the two trenches and tunnels in front lie down in the trenches and plug their ears!!" The low-ranking officer who was supervising the battle at the front notified his soldiers in the tunnel.

The soldiers on the front line seemed to realize what was going to happen. They leaned their muskets against the trench and no longer suppressed the firepower on the bastion.

"Everyone, we will use a large amount of black powder to blast the gap on a larger scale later. Don't be scared." Sun Xu came over to say hello to the British military officers and the Knights of Malta who were temporary allies, lest they frightened.

"what happened……"

Boom! ! !
Suddenly the earth seemed to explode!Accompanied by the bang of the explosion, a pillar of fire shot up into the sky, and the flames engulfed the surrounding bastion walls!
Before Earl Strafant finished speaking, he felt his body shaking, his ears ringing, and a bastion in the distance was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames!

very scary! !

Almost all the friendly troops observing the battlefield were frightened by the loud noise. They all looked at the site of the explosion. In the raging fire, the bastion that had been shaken by shells and black powder collapsed again for a while due to the explosion!
The picric acid explosive brought more than just a fire. The energy generated by the explosion destroyed a large bastion, and the stone bricks and soil collapsed, exposing a gap of more than 30 meters!

"They... how much... how much black powder did they use..." Castella was so shocked that his mouth fell from ear to ear, his eyes flashed with fire.

This explosion literally ignited an ammunition depot!

"The gunpowder of the Easterners is so fierce! But I have been paying attention to them transporting gunpowder to the front. When did they transport such a volume of black powder to the front..." Netherlandish businessman Luiter muttered to himself, as if realizing What, I didn't tell anyone else.

"This kind of explosion is simply a work of art, the art of war!" Sir Greenville witnessed the gorgeous and cruel moment when the picric acid explosive exploded just now, and he had a strange sense of beauty.

"After the fire receded, the gunners covered the infantry for an assault." Sun Chuanting was in the second parallel trench, his hat and military uniform were covered with dust from the explosion of explosives.

Beside him is the main force of the assault on the fort this time. The assault force has 300 people and a reserve team of 200 people.

They rarely had the opportunity to fight in the east, but not long after they came here, the Far West Expeditionary Army began to fight in the west. This arduous battle was a real training for them.

However, they still overestimated the capabilities of pirates.

While the commando organized by Sun Chuanting was waiting for the fire from the explosion to subside, the pirates who were walking on thin ice under the picric acid explosives and days of shelling and blasting could no longer bear it, and raised a white flag on the bastion.

"Have the pirates surrendered?" This was the first reaction in almost everyone's mind when they saw this flag.

There was a 30-meter-long gap in the fortress, and there were only more than 1000 pirates in the fortress, so it was impossible to defend anyway.

The fortress is already on the verge of being conquered, and surrendering at this time is equivalent to letting the three-party coalition forces slaughter it.

(End of this chapter)