Chapter 394. The madness of the Barbary pirates
The walls are broken!
This sentence appeared in Levi's mind, and his whole person seemed to have lost his bones, pulled out the command sword at his waist, and looked at the eager soldiers next to him, and the corners of his mouth were a little more smiling. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Slowly took two steps forward, he looked at the position of his city wall where the dust was rising, the whole person closed his eyes and took a deep breath, the rich smell of gunsmoke, blood and dust did not smell good, but he was a little intoxicated by it, and when he opened his eyes, the command sword had already been raised.
Behind them, the Barbary pirates had all drawn their scimitars, the cold glow reflected the light of the sun, looking at the command sword raised by Levi, with a bloodthirsty hideous grin on their faces, they were ready to charge.
The privates armed with flintlock pistols were all ready, and the slender and sharp bayonets were now stuck above the muzzle, as long as Levi's command sword was swung down, then they would follow the Barbary pirates to continue to charge, using their bayonets and lead bullets to let the troops inside, who were still in the Middle Ages, know what cruelty was.
They are all ready, this is a terrible siege battle to come, the fall of the city wall does not mean that they have taken the city, in fact the real battle is next.
Levi also understood, so when he looked at the dusty city wall, his eyes were still solemn, countless corpses would be stacked on the ruins of the city wall, whether it was the enemy or his own soldiers, they would use the most primitive battle to prove who could win in the end.
"Let's get started."
But Levi was by no means timid, the command sword in his hand slowly leaned forward, and then swung forward, and the voice had already reached the ears of the soldiers around him: "Attack!" ā
"Attack!" The captains of the three Barbary pirates were also repeating Levi's voice, these bloodthirsty pirates who had already been prepared for a long time, rushed forward with the scimitars in their hands, the distance of three hundred meters did not take half a minute for them, and in order to conserve their strength, their speed was just a trot.
Two groups of soldiers followed closely behind, about thirty meters apart, and they had to wait for the three groups of 360 Barbary pirates to carve out the battlefield behind the walls before they could unleash their most powerful flintlock pistols to inflict instant damage on the enemy.
Wilmot also followed these two groups of troops, his face was solemn, he was the commander of the first wave of attacks, in order to command the troops to fight more flexibly, even if they couldn't capture the enemy's city walls, they could make the troops withdraw in time, after all, their first wave of attacks was actually a temptation!
Test out the enemy's firepower points, the number of garrisons, and the distribution of troops, so that the large troops behind can know what to do, and after the next real rush, they can quickly take out the enemy's troops!
Three teams of Barbary pirates and two teams of Spanish privates were already a hundred meters away from the city wall, and there were no enemies on the collapsed city gate and the walls on both sides, as if all had evacuated the city walls, but everyone did not dare to take it lightly, because although the towers on both sides of the city wall had been bombarded with potholes, they were still threatening.
"Boom Boom T
A gust of wind whistled overhead, and the furious cast-iron cannonballs easily shattered the top of the tower, splashing pieces of fine stones, and at the same time, there were also screams from people, obviously there were still garrison infantry in those towers!
This shelling was like the prelude to a counterattack on the city walls, and hundreds of elite guards in the inner city who had not yet retreated, raising their crossbows and war bows, began to shoot frantically at the Barbary pirates and Spanish soldiers who were a hundred meters away.
The sound of "whoosh" is endless, and the powerful crossbow arrows and sharp feathered arrows are already quite skilled in these elite hands, and the accuracy is even better than the privates' flintlock pistols!
"Damn, spread out, evade!"
Wilmot's face was solemn, and he turned his head and shouted at the pirates in front of him and the soldiers around him, but even so, the Barbary pirates at the front fell more than thirty people in an instant, after all, hundreds of feather arrows and crossbow arrows, even if these pirates tried their best to resist, they were still lethal.
Even these pirates in leather armor had seven or eight crossbow arrows and feather arrows stuck in them, and blood was flowing from the corners of their mouths, and they were still charging forward with scimitars, for them, this was the ferocity of death and death in the way of the charge!
"Boom Boom T
Their fears did not last long, however, as the 12-pounder infantry cannon behind them resumed a salvo, still aimed at the towers and the nearby walls that had not yet collapsed, and as the heavy cast-iron shells whizzed by, the cracks began to spread, and the frequency of the crossbowmen and archers suddenly decreased.
The bombardment represents not high lethality, but also psychological pressure that ordinary people cannot bear, even these elites, after experiencing two shellings, are already a little panicked in their hearts.
"Boom Boom T
The roar of the artillery continued, but this time it was not the work of the 12-pounder infantry gun, but the 24-pounder howitzer unleashed its power, and the shells whizzed past the city walls, bursting heavily above the city walls, and a large number of fine projectiles and iron filings flew down like a metal rain.
There were even five flowering bullets that directly crossed the collapsed city wall, bursting behind the city wall at a height of four or five meters, and the metal rain poured down, but it just hit the elite guards of the inner city who had been trying to resist the siege at the front line.
"Ahh No! No! Help me! ā
More than 40 casualties were killed and wounded in an instant, and there were even more minor injuries, and everyone looked in horror at the comrades who were still standing together, holding halberds and preparing to fight, but now they were corpses and fell to the ground.
And the people who survived were all wounded, blood dripping on their faces or bodies, and the feeling of pain made them howl and even want to retreat towards the rear. They originally thought that the ruins of the city wall could prevent too much artillery bombardment, but the howitzer with the ability to warp fire didn't care about obstacles at all!
"Kill! Kill! Kill! But just when the elite guards of the inner city were a little chaotic inside, the Barbary pirates and privates who greeted the rain of arrows finally came to the top of the ruins.
Especially those red-eyed Barbary pirates, as if they had completely lost their minds, howled and rushed down frantically, a fighting temperament surged in their bodies, even if the archers and crossbowmen inside the city walls began to shoot, and the pirates at the front had more than a dozen feather arrows and crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies, and they did not stop charging again!