Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 61

2021-12-19

Chapter 61 Artillery Bastion
The entire raid was surprisingly smooth, and the officers and cavalry did not pay any casualties. Captured the fort gate.

In fact, the cavalry in the second half of the charge sequence was almost just running along, giving Winters the illusion that it was a farce.

Field took two subordinates into the gunpowder from the other direction. In order to prevent the fire from igniting the gunpowder, the three sorcerer officers took turns to maintain the light spell.

Field was at the forefront, carefully inspecting each storeroom. Every time he opened a small crack in the door to determine whether there was a fire in the room. But the lieutenant colonel didn't find the gunpowder warehouse, only empty barns and terrified mice.

Winters was actually skeptical of Lieutenant Colonel's theory that "the gunpowder warehouse must be farthest from the cannon", and he was a little slack when he checked a row of warehouses and didn't even see a shadow.

Kelfield still didn't let his guard down, and cautiously opened the penultimate door. The wooden door creaked open a small crack, and the lieutenant colonel suddenly froze in place.

He turned to Moritz and lightly nodded, the major who was maintaining the light spell understood and stopped casting the spell. He took out a handful of Silver Coins from his pocket and shook it at the lieutenant colonel.

Field nodded again, stood in front of the door to take a deep breath, and kicked open the wooden door with force. Then he immediately hid next to him and used the amplifying technique to emit shouting loudly.

The shouted, empowered by magical powers, wasn't as deafening as Moritz's blast, but it also startled Winters, and apparently the people in the room, too.

Elite musketeers can suppress their instinctive fears and wait for the commander's fire order without blinking even if the enemy rushes in front of them.

But the people inside obviously don't have this ability.

The gunshots sounded, and two lead bullets flew out of the door and smashed against the stone wall of the cannon.

Major Moritz saw that the people inside had opened fire, and flashed to the door, and three Silver Coins flew out of his hand, still a simple but deadly flying arrow technique.

There were several sounds of heavy objects crashing from the door.

"Didn't you say you want to catch the live ones? Can't you hit the shoulders or something?" Field complained to the major, and took out a copper rod to activate the light spell.

Moritz shrugged and said nothing.

The cold weapons and armor in the room reflect the green light from the light spell. This should be the arsenal of the duckbill gun. Winters saw two corpses crouching over two matchlock guns, behind them neat and tidy barrels stacked together, and shells stacked on racks.

"The management level of the navy is really bad." The lieutenant colonel did not forget to comment at this time: "The arsenal and gunpowder are together, isn't this waiting for an accident?"

Winters is now accustomed to Lieutenant Colonel Field's character of criticizing everything he sees. Lieutenant Colonel has no malice, just a big mouth. Just ignore him at this time, so he and Moritz pretend to be deaf.

The lieutenant colonel was also used to this kind of cold violence.

"See what?" Moritz said in a rare voice.

"No uniform, dirty fingernails, rotten teeth - but these are all very common features, you can't tell who is who." Lieutenant Colonel Field replied casually, his attention suddenly drawn. Attracted by the weapon carried by the deceased: "But this knife...isn't this a cutlass?"

The lieutenant colonel took out the cutlass on the deceased and waved it twice: "This is a cutlass used by sailors ...Ha, Interesting. Let's go, let's see if there is any catch."

The attackers were no match for the officers in hand-to-hand combat, and they were even outnumbered. The officers quickly cleared the entire fort at the cost of four minor injuries, and the number of people injured in the hand-to-hand combat was not as many as the number of people who fell on horseback at night.

The remaining few enemies who were still alive were dragged like chickens to the open space in the middle of the gun fortress, kneeling tremblingly. The officers sat on the side bragging, the lieutenants did the dirty work, and body after body was dragged from the fort.

"Before that bastard could react, I chopped off half of his shoulder with a single knife, and the knife cut off the curling edge..." Colonel Kara was obviously very satisfied with the raid, and he was with a few others. Peers laughed together and boasted of their bravery.

What do warriors do after a victory? Will brag. This is the commonality of all mankind. It was undoubtedly a beautiful victory, and Colonel Kara, as the commander, was also entitled to brag about himself.

Seeing his subordinates approaching him, Colonel Kara put away his smile, raised his head at his subordinates, and asked, "Is the inventory finished?"

The young officer nodded: "There are 47 corpses, but some of them are the defenders here, I can't tell..."

"Don't worry about that much." Colonel Kara interrupted the other party: "Let the Navy men Identify yourself, we..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a loud noise similar to a hammer hitting a big rock.

With the whistling sound of cannonballs and the heavy muffled sound of high-speed flying iron projectiles hitting the stone wall, the outer wall of the duckbill fort was smashed into rubble.

Some rubble even flew into the clearing in the center of the fort, and several shells flew over the officers' heads.

Judging from the sound, at least a dozen artillery pieces were firing at the duckbill fort.

"Who's firing on us?" Colonel Kara asked angrily.

"There is a battleship in Haidong Bay that is firing at us." An officer ran over with his hat covered and reported: "It should be a navy ship, they may not know that we have recaptured the duckbill fort. , do you want to report it?"

"Notify me!" Colonel Kara glared at the other party: "Let him fight, the navy ship bombards the navy's fort, it's none of our business? We're here Wait until it can hit us?"

He ordered loudly: "Listen, no one is allowed to approach the gun emplacement. If you are accidentally injured, go to the navy and ask for medical expenses. Our mission has already been completed. It's done. I order, everyone! Keep the gates! Wait for reinforcements."

Another artillery colonel pulled Colonel Kara aside and asked in a low voice: "There is still fighting over the pier, let's watch Isn't the fires burning across the river not very good?"

"Brother, we have more than 100 officers, who can I command?" Colonel Kara said helplessly: "You It's also a colonel, and I'm also a colonel. If I didn't have the password of Admiral Zio, could I command you to move you? The admiral's order was to retake the artillery base, and we're done. The admiral used us as the main force, and it was a blessing that no one died. , there's no need to fold our Junior Brothers in for the Navy, right?"

"I see what you mean, of course it's not worth dying for the Navy, but you can support them in a safe way." Artillery The colonel explained: "I looked at the gun emplacements of the duckbill, and actually adjusted the angle. There are some heavy guns that should cover the pier. The general ordered us to retake the artillery base, but the retake of the artillery base will also play a role, otherwise Why do we waste so much effort? Just for these few broken stones?"

Colonel Kara couldn't say anything about the other party, and he ordered the other party not to move, so he had to be nodded. The two were both colonels, and it was a great respect for the artillery colonel to come to Kara to discuss. But he was still uneasy, and exhorted: "The navy ships are still hitting us, but we must be careful."

"Don't worry."

The order of night shifts is arranged. Later, Colonel Kara and two other officers took the prisoners into the kitchen for questioning. The scene is not expected to be very good. The artillery colonel took some officers from the artillery division to fiddle with the cannon. A few lieutenants were on guard at night, and the rest rested.

After the battleship drifting in Haidong Bay continued to shoot a few rounds of salvos at Duckbill Fort, he also recalled that the duckbill artillery base, which was shooting at him, suddenly misfired, It is estimated that something happened, and the shooting of the duckbill fort was stopped.

Of course, it may also be because they lost the guidance of the fire when the duckbill guns fired, and the moon was dim and they couldn't see where the duckbill guns were.

The duck-billed cannon suddenly returned to peace, and Winters went to settle down for Qiangyun first. Qiangyun likes to fight with other stallions recently, which is not something he made up. The geldings of the other officers were not rivals at all. They were so frightened by the forced luck that they all tried desperately to get away from this irascible horse, and the reins were torn off several times.

Fortunately, there is a bit in the mouth, and if you can't bite the other party, you can't be in a hurry.

Winters reluctantly smashed a stake in the corner of the clearing and tied the forcible to a place away from the other horses.

"You smelly brat, you really don't worry!" Winters patted the forehead of luck. This Lucian steed was not at all ashamed of having its owner scolded bloody by several school officials, blinking at Winters with big eyes, and Pink's tongue sticking out, begging for candy.

Winters was angry and laughing, grabbed a few candy cubes and fed it to Qiangyun: "Eat, eat, eat."

Originally, Winters wanted to unload Qiangyun's harness Take it easy, but notice that none of the other officers have undressed the horses, obviously everyone is prepared for an emergency. So Winters just took the lucky bit off and got it some hay and water.

"Montagne!" Someone shouted Winters, Andre. He stood happily by the door, waving at Winters.

"Be quiet." Winters walked over: "What's so happy about it?"

"Don't ask, just come with me." Andre mysterious and secretive answer.

He led the way, and Winters followed, after a few turns. Andrei bowed and made a welcome gesture: "Please allow me to present to your Excellency - the treasure of the navy!"

After he finished speaking, he lifted a wooden board on the ground, revealing a basement.

The basement is brightly lit, with happy laughter and cheerful voices, a small space packed with a dozen people. Winters saw quite a few familiar faces, all of whom seemed to be Warrant Officers at the same time.

“Have you found the wine cellar?” Winters asked Andre with a smile, realizing what was going on.

Andre said triumphantly: "Of course, Lao Tzu's nose is smarter than a dog's nose, and I found it by following the smell. Alas, it's a pity that 'priest' is not here, otherwise I must drink him tonight. Get down."

'priest' is Andre's nickname for Bud. Bud didn't participate in this operation tonight because he didn't have a warhorse, so even if he got the news, he couldn't get to the East Camp in time to gather.

"You guys play, I have to stand at night." Winters made an excuse and walked away, but he didn't know how to drink and didn't like the carnival atmosphere.

Tonight's raid was a farce for Winters, unfathomable mysteriously called to gather at East Camp and set off in a daze against a group of enemies who came from nowhere. He didn't do anything for the entire battle. He really wasn't in the mood to celebrate.

Winters paced to the top of the fort, where the heavy artillery was placed in the strong fortress, and the small-caliber artillery was placed in the open air.

He sat on the low wall, the moonlit sea showed a deep black, and a solitary warship was drifting at sea. That warship was the one that fired at the duckbill cannon just now, but for some reason she didn't go to support the battle on the dock.

And the pier is now blazing with fire. Haidong Port, as the home port of the Veneta Navy, is not only a supply port, but also the location of the Veneta Navy Shipyard.

The buildings in the harbor were engulfed in flames, and Winters saw only one ship in the berth, and it was burning. The attackers were setting fire to the laid keels and repairing warships in the dock.

The sound of gunfire came from the dock, and Winters watched as the navy sailors rallied several times to try to retake the dock. They were all broken up by several salvos and then retreated.

The shipyard was bleeding, and in the duckbill fort, six hundred meters away, the warrant officers were drinking and revelling, and most of the officers had already found a place with a ceiling to rest. The battle was over, and the whole fort was in an eerie serenity and serenity.

Andre also came to the top of the fort with two bottles of wine in between, and said to Winters nonchalantly: "I'm not interested in being there alone, come and accompany you."

He Using his teeth, he pulled the cork off and handed the bottle to Winters. He bit another bottle and took a sip: "The wine in the officer's cellar doesn't feel special."

Winters took the bottle but didn't drink it, pointing to the dock Said: "The fight over there is bad. If we go to support them and attack from front to back, do you think we can win?" "If this group of attackers are of the level of these people in the artillery base, and they don't need people from the navy, we can defeat them with a single charge of a hundred or so people. But we have studied in the military school for so many years, in case we die like this, Are you willing?"

Winters was speechless, and Andre spoke out sincerely and cruelly for everyone's selfishness - not worth it.

A stray bullet, a flying arrow, and a lance can easily take a person's life. Everyone is not afraid of death. Those who are afraid of death will not go to Dongdaying to gather tonight. Lead the soldiers to die on the way of the charge, yes. But dying like an ordinary soldier is not worth it.

"Don't think about it, we are two warrant officers, the most worthless officers. We can do whatever the above asks us to do without thinking too much." Andrei held out his tool man again In theory, he excitedly approached Winters, poked Winters' waist, and asked in a nervous tone, "How many are you tonight?"

"How many?" What is Derek talking about.

"Aiya, don't you understand?" Andre made a chopped gesture with his arm: "This, how many?"

Understanding the mental disorder in front of him What is it, Winters said helplessly: "No one."

Andre laughed and raised three fingers: "I have three tonight, we are now five points each, tied Well...but to be honest, my five is a bit higher quality. Zero for the first, hahaha."

Warrant Officer Montagne sighed: "Brother, no matter what you say, you win. I'm done."

Andre replied, but Winters only saw the movement of his lips, and the rumbling sound of heavy artillery drowned out Andre's words.

The thirty-two-pounder cannon of the duckbill fort was moved towards the intruder for the first time tonight, leaning out its wrath.

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