Chapter 161: The Balkans—Cut Throat

The walls of Cutthroat Fort lasted only a few seconds before they broke apart with a deafening roar, and the defenders standing on that section of the wall fell straight to the ground, and then fell into a puddle of flesh.

After the performance of the three heavy guns mounted on the deck as the main guns, Francisco repeatedly opened the baffle on the first deck.

"Governor! Barrel! Barrel! How can they have so many artillery pieces ?! ”

"Don't worry...... Don't worry......" The local governor of Cut Throat Fort, shook his head, and then suddenly shouted, "All of you remove the walls, our walls can't hold back their artillery!" In the next volley, the walls collapsed completely, and we all had to die. ”

As the Ottoman defenders were almost desperate to find a staircase to run down the wall, dozens of loud noises rang out into the sky. With the thick smoke of gunpowder, a huge crack opened in the center of the city wall, dust and rubble burst out, and the hundreds of meters long sea wall was instantly reduced to ruins, and with it, countless Ottoman soldiers were buried.

"A salvo like this from Ebius Radiance should cost a lot, right?" Vasika looked at the already porous Throat Cutting Fort and sighed, "In the past, it took a lot of manpower and financial resources for the infantry to storm the city wall, and when you came here, a few shells could be solved?" ”

"Of course...... Not to mention a salvo from the side guns, if you fire one shot from the main gun, you can cover the food of several infantry for a month. Francisco pretended to be in pain, and then laughed and said, "It's a pity, Ebius = Radiance is never short of money." ”

"Eh, I said Francisco, how much does Your Majesty approve for you a month for naval military expenses?"

"Military secrets."

Immediately after the collapse of the sea wall, the ship's infantry rushed to the harbor and established the first line of war defense on the harbor.

The elite troops led by Vasika, except for the Wallachian infantry, were all excellent soldiers drawn from the Morean army. Although the combat effectiveness may be a little lower than that of the hoplite legion of the Phoenix Legion, it is definitely more than enough to deal with the Ottoman old, weak, sick and disabled who stayed in the isolated city.

Although the Wallachian infantry was lightly armoured, their precise throwing skills, coupled with the chain hook invented by Publius, could easily tear apart the already fragile lines of the Ottoman soldiers.

Generally speaking, the infantry defending the city is different from the infantry of the field legion, and the combat effectiveness is often in the worst grade. And they need to be assisted by the city wall to make the most of the bows and crossbows in their hands, leaving the city walls and fighting against regular field regiments such as the Wallachian infantry, in fact, only the meat is delivered.

The Ottoman soldiers tried to reconstruct their defenses against the ruins of the city walls with tower shields to defend themselves against the Imperial Legions, but the Wallachian infantry preferred to deal with this seemingly sturdy infantry line.

Since the defensive line was built on the ruins of the city walls, the entire section of the defensive line was undulating and uneven. And this height difference is the favorite breakthrough of the chain hook. The chain, which had once terrified and feared the Genoese, began to tear at the flesh and blood of the Ottomans.

Even just standing on the deck, across the noisy battlefield, Francisco and Vasika could hear the howls of the Ottomans.

"General Vasika, I want to present you with an honorable title." Francisco barely saw the horror of the battlefield.

A soldier who is hit by a chain hook will lose a whole piece of flesh and blood, and in severe cases, he will even lose a whole piece of internal organs.

"You say." Vasica, who was cheering up the troops' successive victories, did not hear the teasing in Francisco's tone.

"Throat-cutting butcher."

"Sounds pretty good." Vasica didn't care in the slightest about Francisco's joke, "If it's pagan blood, I'll have as much as I want!" ”

"Ha, you'll be cursed with blood, Vasika."

"We are warriors, and I will ascend to heaven only bathed in the blood of infidels!"

The resistance of the Ottomans in front of the city walls had been almost destroyed...... Or rather, Ottoman was already amazed by this diabolical weapon. The range of influence of the chain hook is even farther than their longest spear,

"Withdraw to the fortress! Their artillery can't hit that far! ”

The Ottoman governor miraculously survived the bombardment of the walls, but the current situation of defeat made it impossible for him to find a way to crack it.

The only hope now was a stronger fortress that could keep the light infantry out of the walls.

It's just that the Ottoman governor would never have expected that the flagship main gun of the Ebius Radiance was not fixed on the ship. It was originally an infantry heavy artillery, but with the help of the stable platform of the Ebius-Radiance, it could be launched in a safer place.

When the Ottoman governor watched as the ship's heavy guns were pushed to the dock by several infantrymen, the hearts of all the Ottomans were almost in despair.

The Ottomans were still chilled by the terrifying impact on the sea wall before, and the use of this kind of artillery on the inner wall of the fortress is probably not much worse.

"Your Excellency the Governor...... What are we going to do? ”

"Don't worry...... I've seen this kind of artillery, his barrel is fragile, it can only be fired a few times, just now the Romans have already fired it, and if it is fired again without maintenance, it is likely to explode! Right! Explode! When the time comes, their losses will be very heavy, and we will rush out and kill them for a ......"

While the Ottoman governor was still immersed in his fantasies, Vasika came to shore without giving face.

"I don't know much about this thing, anyway, how you usually fight, give me how to fight now, the city wall blasts a gap for me, and then hand it over to the infantry."

"Uh...... Mr. Vasika, if you will, Lord Urban's heavy artillery could have smashed an entire wall. As long as you can give the barrel enough time to cool down. These heavy artillery pieces are not perfect, but now that the Ottomans have no way back, are we ...... Try to minimize the losses of the infantry first? ”

"With these miscellaneous Ottomans, they don't deserve to let me wait for them. We're going to take the next fortress and add more chips to the game of Majesty Constantine, John, and the Princesses in Asia Minor! Vasika roared, "Fire! ”

"Fire!"

The artillery commander of the Venetian mercenaries gave the order, and the three main guns were reloaded and opened fire in unison.

"Cut Throat Fort...... It seems that His Majesty is ready to give this place a new name. Francisco stood on the deck, smiling at the Wallachian infantry that stormed the walls.