Chapter 274. Bombarded city walls

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"The artillery is ready. 【】”

Wilmot got the news of the herald, and his slightly narrowed eyes already exuded a dangerous gaze. As Minister of War, the eight 24-pounder light cannons on eight light galley warships represented his authority.

The armies of rivers and lakes are also under the jurisdiction of the army, and he is equally familiar with the battle of such narrow terrain, not to mention that the initiators of the battle of the swamp are themselves, and the pleasure of having everything under control has also filled his chest with confidence.

But Wilmot did not take matters into his own hands, and in such an important siege battle, he still maintained humility, bowed slightly to Levi, and asked, "Your Majesty, we are ready to listen to your orders at any time." ”

"Tell all the ships to press forward!"

Nodding slightly, Levi also waved his hand forward slowly, and the twenty light Canadian warships had also formed a pattern with eight warships loaded with 24-pounder light cannons in front and the other twelve warships behind.

The long wooden oars shook the water with the vigorous swaying of the oarsmen, and the force generated also caused the shuttle warship under them to swim forward, and twenty light gales began to move forward, along the rivers and lakes in the swampy terrain, and began to sail slowly towards the fortress of the island in the middle of the lake.

They didn't hide their figures, because there was no need to disguise themselves in the swamp, but they were just facing them in the open, and they could show some of their might.

What's more, the current Li Wei naval army has been out of the original fragile time, let alone attacking a crudely built stone fortress, even if it is attacking the outer harbor of Gray Mist City, they can have the strength to fight, and even before the reinforcements from the inner city arrive, it is quite easy to capture the walls of the outer harbor area!

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And in the distance, at the top of the sentry tower more than ten meters high, two Ketufu River thieves were curled up on it, as if they had drunk some wine, and the drunken ones were also talking some amorous words.

It had been a long time since they had tasted ale, and one of them had managed to steal a bottle from the kitchen, and had a few sips with his friends at the top of the watchtower, though the rancid smell from the swamp between their noses still made them helpless, but it was also a little more pleasant.

The feeling of alcohol is really great, these two guys are very satisfied, leaning on the railing of the sentry tower more than ten meters high, turning their heads slightly to glance at the huge drop under them, they can't help but tremble slightly in their hearts.

The fear of heights comes from the depths of the human soul, not to mention that they have never lived in such a high place, you must know that in the few days when they just came to the top of this watchtower, the two of them were almost unable to move, but they stiffened their bodies and were so frightened that they did not dare to move, and even went down to take over with ropes before falling to the wall next to them.

Even now, when they walked on the road just after finishing their duty, their legs would feel weak, after all, they were from a pirate warship, and they had no experience in looking out on the mast of a naval warship more than ten meters high.

But one of the guys, as if he had discovered something, pursed his lips, savoring the faint sweetness of the ale, and also turned his head to look into the distance, and glanced at it casually.

"Hey, isn't that a lot of ships?"

He drunkenly pointed to the place he saw, many black spots were moving in the lake, which made his alcohol-blinded head a little confused, and he could only ask his friend next to him, "Look at it, isn't it?" ”

"Seems to be, right?" The other guy also nodded drunkenly, although he didn't drink much, but tasting the hard-won ale at such a high place really made him feel drunk.

But he turned his head to look at the direction that his friend pointed over, his brows couldn't help frowning tightly, he suddenly noticed that something was wrong, subconsciously reached out and rubbed the corners of his eyes, but the whole person's face stiffened suddenly, and he asked with some difficulty: "We, recently, have you done anything?" ”

"Did you drink too much? Of course not, didn't Lord Marsh Baron keep ordering us to be in the fortress? ”

The water thief also laughed, as if mocking his friend's timidity, but his whole body seemed to come back to his senses, and he turned his head to look at the appearance of the twenty black dots, and his eyes widened.

The two glanced at each other, and the original drunken appearance faded in an instant, because they both understood what those black spots were, especially with the gaze of their eyes and the indentation of the distance between the two sides, the obvious appearance of the warship had also sounded the alarm in their hearts.

No one would disobey the Marsh Baron's orders, not to mention that almost all of their light warships had been thrown to the banks of the Yuqiao River, and except for a few heavy warships that were barely supporting themselves on the Ketuf River, the number of ships they now had was not well replenished.

There is only one answer, this is the enemy's warship!

The two of them were terrified, because the direction in which the enemy was coming was precisely the direction of the Yuqiao River, which was the place where their main force had been destroyed, and it was also one of the main reasons why they were so down!

Therefore, without the slightest hesitation, the two of them reached out and grabbed the edge of the wooden watchtower directly, closed their eyes and stretched out their necks, and shouted frantically and loudly: "Enemy attack!" Enemy attack! Enemy attack! An enemy is coming! ”

In the fortress of the island in the middle of the lake below, many water thieves were still lazily busy with their own affairs, these voices were a little blurred, and they subconsciously raised their heads and looked at the two companions on the top with a suspicious almost crazy roar, and one by one they reacted instantly, and stood up directly with their wide-backed short knives.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

But before they could stand still, there was already some kind of screaming sound in their ears, as if the air was being torn apart by something, or a demon from hell was screaming in their ears.

However, their surprise and bewilderment did not last long, and as they followed the screaming sound towards the eastern wall, an indescribable majesty trembled in their hearts, for in their eyes, the stone wall, which had been built with stones, was as if it had been hammered by a giant, and suddenly protruded inwardly, and a large number of broken stones fell down!

At the same time, the heavy roar completely appeared in their ears, making this group of stunned Ketufu River thieves completely hug their heads and lie on the ground with a frightened sound!

This feeling made them extremely frightened, and they didn't even know what was going on, they only felt what seemed to be the wrath of the gods, and the thunder that came down hit the city wall that should have been strong, and the wall that was more than three meters thick collapsed and protruded!

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"Boom Boom-"

The huge roar continued, and the heavy solid iron ball hit the city wall formed by the accumulation of stones, and the stone that was originally due to the large gap encountered the instantaneous force, not only collapsed a large amount of rubble, but also sunk into the surrounding stone city wall towards the inside.

The heavy solid iron ball had only now run out of strength, and it fell down on the wall that had been smashed into the depression, and it clattered heavily into the muddy ground below, and also startled many swamp crocodiles who were still lying around.

Not far away, eight light Galie warships had also slowly drifted towards the rear, and even if they were at anchor, the recoil after firing the guns was not something that this kind of light warship could compete.

The slight shaking of the hull also lowered the accuracy of the guns a lot, at least the faces of the artillerymen on the ship were not very good-looking, because they were aiming at an area, but now the eight solid iron balls were scattered quite large, and they could hardly form an effective fire strike against the enemy in land warfare.

This is also one of the disadvantages of the guns after they are loaded on the ship, and it is also the reason why gun windows are opened on the side to compensate for the hit rate with numbers.

But looking at the sunken city wall, and the frightened appearance of the thieves of the Ketuf River above, Levi expressed his satisfaction, turned his head slightly to Wilmot next to him, and nodded lightly: "Go on, if I can, I would prefer to smash their city wall." ”

"Of course, it's very simple."

Wilmot also nodded slightly, siege warfare is always a contest between spear and shield, and now since their spears are stronger than the shields of the water thieves, then the group of Ketufu River water thieves hiding in the fortress of the island in the middle of the lake must thoroughly taste what it is like to be bombarded!

At the forefront, the eight light Canalists that had been re-anchored had also stabilized their hulls, and the eight 24-pounder light cannons had been reloaded from the specially opened gun emplacements at the bow.

The solid cannonballs were ready, the gunpowder packs were ready, the arquebuses were ready, and the artillerymen with the red-hot iron tongs had already followed the voice of the heralds and directly put the hot and red-hot iron tongs on the fire rope, and sparks began to spark.

Then, in the black barrel, a dull sound appeared, and with that bright fire, it burst out with a great force that seemed to come from the rules, and blasted out the cannonballs made of heavy solid iron balls.

The scream continued, but at the top of the city wall, the Ketufu River thieves who had quickly assembled, all of them still had a frightened face, and at this time there was already more despair and disbelief, because in their barely visible sight, eight black iron balls were smashing towards the city wall under them!

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