In addition to the explosives package, the French also had a new thing, which was the grenadier canister.

The so-called grenadier is actually an ultra-light mortar, which is relatively lightweight, and even lighter than a rifle in weight, so it can basically not occupy the establishment. What's more, this thing is simple in structure and cheap to manufacture. In the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in later generations, the poor imperialist army was equipped with a large number of such things.

Compared with the grenadiers of later Japan, at this time, the things in the hands of the French army were even more primitive and simpler. The Japanese grenadiers also have special ammunition (which can also be used to fire grenades, of course), while the French's lower version of the grenadier is really designed to fire grenades.

The airtightness of the grenade is definitely not very good, so the range of this thing is much worse than the thing used by the devils in later generations. The effective range of the grenadiers of the devils in later generations was about 500 meters, and the effective range of the French grenadiers at this time was a little more than 100 meters.

However, at this time, this range is barely enough. Because, at this time, the grenadier was mainly used to fire smoke grenades, to interfere with enemy shooting, and to cover the Demoman to deliver the explosive pack.

The French soldiers took cover and headed for the manor, which was more like a watchtower.

The people on the watchtower also returned fire with rifles. Then the grenadiers carried by the company fired several smoke grenades in the direction of the watchtower. Smoke grenades exploded in the air, as if a black-gray umbrella had suddenly opened.

Under the cover of the constantly exploding smoke bombs, a French soldier quickly leaped forward with an explosive bag in his arms.

The Barbary Pirates' watchtowers were built with a lot of defensive considerations in mind. But after all, he has a strong life function, so he didn't get to the bottom of the watchtower soon like those authentic ones. He pulled the fuse and quickly ran away.

With a loud bang, the tall wall collapsed to one side, and bricks, wood, and human heads flew apart. Even from a considerable distance, the French soldiers felt the ground tremble.

"Charge!" Philip gave the order, he knew that if the enemy gathered not far from the explosion point, even if they dodged the explosion just now, they would be shocked and it would be difficult to recover their combat effectiveness in a short time. At this time, they rushed up, and they probably couldn't stand up yet.

As Philip expected, after they stormed the wall, the battle inside was over in a short time.

On this estate, Philip's men found some olive oils that had not yet been sold. This is supposed to be the fruit of this olive grove. In addition to this, there are various women's gold jewelry, silk clothes. The priests who accompanied the army kept these things in the books - these were the property of France. Of course, there are some things that are too small and not registered, and even if they are registered, the number is a little smaller, and this little bit is naturally the income from Philip all the way to the private below.

Overall, though, Philip had little to gain from the estate. According to common sense, the owner of this manor should have a high status here, how can there be only such a thing? Moreover, there are no women of noble status found in this manor.

Philip wanted to ask the captives, but he immediately discovered an important problem, he did not understand the language of the locals.

"Damn it! Do any of you understand what they say? Philip asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

"Company commander, let that Turkish liaison officer ask." One of the soldiers said.

"If you could, you still had to say that?" Philip said coldly.

"Why?" The soldier hadn't come to his senses yet.

"Butz, you're such an idiot!" Philip said, "He asked, why did he tell us?" He can't remember it for himself and wait for us to leave, and bring a few more Turks with him - then those things will be his! Do you understand? ”

"Company commander, what do you say?" A soldier asked.

"What else can I do!" Philip said fiercely, "We can only find it ourselves." There must be a secret room here, and you have to dig three feet into the ground to find it! ”

With that, Philip picked up a rifle and slammed the butt against the wall. There was a crackling sound on the wall, it was very heavy and solid, and it seemed that there should be no here.

"the guys to find it, and if you have any suspicions, you can destroy them at will! It's time to redecorate them! Philip shouted.

And those who were captured - mainly servants and domestic slaves, and the men were basically killed in the explosion just now - are now being held in a small room. According to the agreement between France and Turkey, the rebels captured by the French, as well as the families of the rebels, were to be handed over to the Turks.

This is also the reason why the Turks insisted on gaining power, mainly to avoid rebellion and hiding from the French, and then being used by the French to stir up trouble. As for being able to sell them as slaves, that's not too important. In general, because the other party is a pagan, everyone is in an alliance and wary of each other.

The French smashed the walls indiscriminately and pried up the floor with bayonets to see if there were any hidden compartments underneath. With the enthusiasm to find the treasure of Alaba and the Forty Thieves, everyone turned this place upside down. Finally, a secret room was found at the bottom of a staircase.

The door to the chamber was crushed by a fallen staircase. It took a great deal of effort for the French to move the staircase away, and when they lifted the carpet that had been laid on it, they saw an iron door.

"Shotguns!" Philip shouted.

A French soldier with a shotgun approached, and a shot was fired at the position of the bolt of the swamp, and the lock was broken. Then the iron door was pulled open, revealing a dark tunnel.

"Let that Turk come over. Let him shout inside! Philip shouted.

So the Turkish liaison officer was called, and he shouted something inside, but there was no movement inside, and he shouted a few more times, and there were a few low sobs faintly below, as if it were a woman. The crying of children was also heard.

"Tell her to come up herself." Philip said.

The Turk shouted a few more times downward, but there was no response from below, and only the child's cry was heard muffled.

"What's wrong?" Philip said, "Butz, you and Francis, you go down and have a look." ”

Butz took a shotgun, and Francis dropped a torch down the stairs, but it didn't illuminate much of it. There's still no movement down there. Butz and Francis looked at each other, pulled the handguard, loaded the shotgun, and walked down the steps.