Although the mines did not work, the pirates themselves set a fire did a considerable effect. So now the French have made it clear that they don't count on incendiary bombs or something. Now they can only support the landing operations of the Turks with solid shells.

So the Turks were left to storm on their own. So the Turks went up confidently, and then they quickly retreated in defeat from the volleys of pirate fire and rifles. Then Tayyip Pasha again came to the warships of the French and asked for tactical guidance.

"It is somewhat difficult to break through the enemy's defenses from the front, landing directly in the port. We can choose to land on other flatter terrain first, and set up a temporary dock, and then send men and weapons up and fight over land. Admiral Treville said.

"Such a man can go up, but the cannon can't go ashore. Without cannons, even if there are many people boarding it, it is not much use. Tayyip Pasha said.

"The most important thing for those who go up is not to destroy the enemy's defenses from the land side. Rather, it is to attack the enemy's unguarded, high-value targets. Admiral Tréville said, "The pirates' power is limited, they concentrate on guarding the direction of the port, and the rest of the men are not necessarily enough to stand on the walls." But is there anything really valuable and valuable in Tunis?

You see, Pasha, they themselves set fire to the entire port district, and even many of the houses in the rich area over there had no roofs. This is obviously for fire protection. But what about the people who lived in these places, will they still live in roofless houses? Especially those who have money, who will continue to live in those houses without roofs? ”

"General, what do you mean? Many of their rich people and valuable things have been transferred to the manor outside the city? We only need to attack those manors to shake their defenses greatly? ”

"Yes, Venerable Pasha. However, the enemy had been prepared, and their manor might not be easy to fight without artillery. That's why our French marines are also ready to help you in such operations. Admiral Trevel replied.

Tayyip Pasha understood that the French behaved so aggressively for no other reason than to want a piece of the pie in the midst of the robbery. Last time in Tripoli, almost all of these "benefits" went into the hands of the Turks, which is said to have caused dissatisfaction among many French soldiers. In the attack just now, the artillery support of the French was always slow and inaccurate, and there were even things that hit the Turks, and the level was so bad that they were close to the Turks. No one knows if there are any problems caused by the uneven distribution of spoils.

In short, the French demanded this time that everyone should do the robbery together.

Tayyip Pasha was tempted to turn the French away, but he feared that the French would continue to be in poor shape in the fire support that followed. So in the end, the two sides agreed, and France sent marines to land with the Turks, but in the follow-up operations, both sides could fight independently. That is, each grabs its own to avoid contradictions or even conflicts between the two sides for some reason.

So a group of Turks and French began to land near the port.

These actions could not be concealed by the Barbary pirates, but they could not have so many men to prevent the Turks from landing for the time being. They can only continue to stay in the city.

Tunisia is one of the few places in North Africa that has a climate that is very suitable for the growth of olives, so it has been an important olive oil producing area since the Carthaginian period, especially in the suburbs of the city, where there are large olive plantations. There are tens of thousands of olive trees there, especially in recent decades, when the pirate business has become less and less prosperous, and the cultivation of olive has become an important source of finance for Ahdi Pasha in Tunisia. And he himself, as well as his officials and generals, also had many plantations on the outskirts of the city.

After discovering the landing of the Turkish and French troops, Ahdi Pasha initially feared that the enemy forces would cooperate with the enemy forces at sea and launch a fierce attack on the city. So he hurriedly mobilized his army and went up to the city wall to prepare for defense.

"Hussein, do you think we can hold off the enemy?" Ahdi Pasha asked Commander Hussein, who was standing beside him.

"Pasha, they landed from those positions, they can't carry cannons, and without cannons, it is difficult for them to pose a threat to the city walls, and with the protection of the city walls, plus we have new rifled rifles in our hands, we can hold the city."

This answer reassured Ahdi Pasha a lot, and he patted Hussein on the shoulder and said, "My brother, I will entrust the matter of defending the city wall to you. ”

Hussein immediately knelt down on one knee and said to Ahdi Pasha: "I will protect this wall with my life, and I will never let the enemy cross our wall." ”

However, the Turks did not attack the walls, only a group of Turkish cavalry of a hundred men came near the walls and stopped outside the range of the cannons on the walls, as if to monitor the army in the city. Then there was no movement for a long time. It was not until the evening of the same day, when the sun was about to set, that the cavalry turned around and left.

During this time, Hussein wanted to send an army to take the initiative to drive out the cavalry, but Ahdi Pasha feared that there was a conspiracy by the French, so he firmly rejected Hussein's suggestion to take the initiative.

In this whole day, the Turks brought more than three thousand people ashore. As for the French, about a company also went up. However, when they landed on land, they did not immediately rush towards their target, but under the guidance of French instructors, they built camps and fortifications on the spot in case of a possible attack by the pirates. However, the pirates did not fight back that night. In addition, during this day, the Turkish cavalry had already made a preliminary reconnaissance of the vicinity, and found more than thirty plantations in the vicinity. So the French and the Turks came together to discuss how to distribute these targets.

After rejecting suggestions such as using rock-paper-scissors, or other means of gambling to distribute the goals (mainly the French felt that the Turks were gamblers, and the gambling was not good, and they liked to play tricks. The Turks had a similar opinion on this issue, and they had a similar view of the French), and they finally chose to use the method of drawing lots to distribute the goals. Because it's a bit fairer.

Just after dawn the next day, the Turks' cavalry returned to where they had been yesterday and continued to monitor the movements of the defenders in the city. The rest of the troops pounced on their targets.

Captain Philip is a company commander in the Marine Corps, and in last night's lot, he caught a manor called Mahdi. Of course, they only learned about the name later, and at this point, they only called it Manor Five according to the map notation.

Early this morning, Captain Philip led his company to Manor Five.

According to the intelligence provided by the Turkish cavalry last night, the scale of Manor No. 5 is not small, there is a high wall outside the manor, and the guardian force should be good. But this also shows that there should be a lot of good things in this manor. Thinking about the good things in this, including Captain Philip, even the morale of the soldiers is high.

Although these seizures cannot belong to them. The French army is a disciplined army, and even if it is a robbery, there are rules. All seizures must first be handed over to the state, and then the state will distribute them uniformly. Otherwise, maybe one day, the enemy army will be defeated and retreated, the French army will pursue, and then the enemy army will throw all kinds of valuable things all over the ground, and then the French soldiers will go to grab things, and then the enemy will counterattack, and the French army will fight the gg thing.

Therefore, everything that has been looted needs to be registered in theory and then handed over to the state. Of course, it is not in vain, the state will award them military merit medals and provide them with a lot of help after demobilization and retirement.

After an hour or so of marching, Philip and his company came to the vicinity of Manor Five.

"This is Manor Five? It's a miniature version of the Bastille! It's just that the windows are a little bit more and bigger. After seeing the walls of Manor Five, Philip exclaimed.

This is a fairly normal thing in North Africa. The security situation in North Africa is not comparable to that of France. Even during the kingdom, before the Revolution, there were no large-scale bandit gangs capable of raiding homes and houses in France. But here in North Africa, horse bandits or something, everywhere.

Back then, the European continent was once full of castles of nobles. That's because at that time, the European continent was also in chaos, and the nobles and lords were robbing each other and having fun. So at that time, the nobles and lords had to live in castles that were convenient for defense.

Castles are a kind of building, in terms of livability, basically a mess. In order to meet the needs of defense, the castle could not have too many windows that were too large, so both the lighting and ventilation were poor. Living in it is naturally very uncomfortable.

Therefore, once the social order in Europe began to improve, the aristocracy abandoned the castle and moved into comfortable but defenseless estates. Looking at the manor now, Philip concludes that "their social formation was in the early stages of the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance." It was only at this time that this kind of architecture appeared on the European continent that took into account the defense, but the accommodation conditions were somewhat improved. ”

The manor, like the Bastille, is surrounded by tall walls that stand upright. This kind of wall, because after being shelled, can easily collapse in pieces, so it has become obsolete a hundred or two hundred years ago, and no one's fortress will have such a towering vertical wall anymore, but it is surprisingly easy to use in North Africa to guard against those horse bandits. Because those horse bandits, the most important thing is to be able to come and go like the wind. So they simply can't equip them with artillery. And if there were no cannons, the towering vertical would have become a huge plus.

Philip did not attack immediately, but only asked some of the soldiers to block the gate of the manor first, monitor the movement inside, and let a Turk go and call out to the people inside, asking them to stop resisting immediately and submit to the king's master. And the Turk also assured the people inside that their legitimate personal and property rights would be protected. Of course, what is legal and what is not depends on the specific situation.

Obviously, the people in the manor did not believe the Turk's words, or rather, they had identified the big hole in the Turk's words. So, they answered in a very direct way: Bang!

The shot did not hit the Turk, and he rolled on the spot and hid behind a large tree. In fact, he had already simulated this action in his mind many times when he was shouting.

The Turk escaped smoothly under the cover of a large tree. As soon as he saw Philip, he complained in French, which he was not very proficient in, "I already knew that those fellows here were determined to be rebellious." There is no need to ask at all. If they weren't rebellious, why didn't they open the door themselves to welcome the king? ”

"It's our rule, and this kind of ritual is indispensable." Philip explained.

After all, the French are civilized people and have to abide by the rules of civilization. Even if these rules may seem silly, they are very useful politically.

"We're going to give them a chance. We are civilized people and do not kill innocents indiscriminately. But now, the matter is clear, the owner of this manor is undoubtedly rebellious. Now that they've fired their first shot, it's our turn. With that, Captain Philip began to assign combat missions to his soldiers.

Like the horse bandits common in North Africa, the French did not have artillery and did not seem to have a good solution to the wall. In the case of a counterfire, the defender hides behind a window, exposing only one head, and it is quite difficult to hit such a target. And the attacking French, although they can also use the terrain to cover it, but they are still incomparable with that side. So if you shoot at each other, the French will definitely suffer very much.

However, now that such a vertical wall is to be demolished, the only way to do it is artillery. For example, explosives packs are a relatively inexpensive and easy way to use.

It's just that someone has to brave enemy fire to send explosives packs under the walls. It's dangerous, and there may be casualties. However, the French ** team also has a complete set of modes that use various fire support to send explosives packets. This model has been practiced many times in the exercise, but it is the first time that it has actually been used.