The defense of Cape had gradually become more and more rigorous, especially as the infrastructure was largely completed, so the Spanish sailors began to regain their usual vigilance, each armed with a flintlock pistol to form a patrol and start patrolling at various points. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Among them, the hill fort at the mouth of the Yuqiao River is also directly garrisoned by a hundred Spanish sailors, and the fortifications that have been temporarily built on the hill with logs are not as simple as before, but directly use logs as bones, and build a soft wall formed by sand sacks around it, and at the same time build a roof cover on the top of the head, and also lay a layer of sandbags as a buffer.

This fully considers the warships used by the water thieves of the Naktuf River in the Yuqiao River, after all, when they were in the outer harbor of the Gray Fog City, the ballistas installed on the warships of the group of water thieves should not be underestimated, and the stone bullets that are larger than their fists are fired, and after the ballistas are fired, the power is enough to smash adults to death.

The soft sand bag can effectively absorb the power of the stone projectile, and the sand contained in it can easily absorb the powerful kinetic energy given by the ballista, and the soft wall composed of this sand bag can be effectively defended even if it is an artillery, even if it is still collapsed by the artillery, but it will not be broken and splashed like a wall made of stone, and it can cause secondary damage after being easily shattered.

These Spanish sailors were originally professional soldiers from the modern era of the earth, even if they were naval sailors, they still had sufficient tactical experience, whether it was training in the barracks or combat events, they were more than a little stronger than the peasant soldiers of the Middle Ages!

The troops from the Spanish Empire, an old European power, are no match for other backward forces, even if they draw a militia at random, because they are already at the forefront of the times, are in the great wave of the times, are almost the darlings of the world, and have come into contact with the real roads of the world, so they are strong and invincible troops.

In particular, the Spanish Empire, which has a tradition of conquest and colonization, often stimulates the multiplication of their combat power to backward countries, and even after entering modern times, Spain, which controls the Mediterranean, is still the hegemonic opponent of the Ottoman Empire and many countries in North Africa.

What's more, in this backward world, they are still in the early and middle middle of the Middle Ages, and they are still obsessed with heavy armor warriors and heavy armor knights as the main force on the battlefield, but for the line infantry who have popularized flintlock pistols and can even confront cavalry head-on, even if they encounter a heavy cavalry regiment, the two sides are fighting head-on, with the support of artillery, who wins and who loses.

But everyone also had the impression that there was a kind of contempt and disdain for the group of water thieves on the Ketuf River from the bottom of their hearts, especially after the ambush had wiped out the fleet of the water thieves with zero casualties, Levi's sailors became more and more confident.

They can cultivate the morale of their own troops in one battle after another, and the successive defeats of the enemy can also give them the honor on the battlefield, and they can exert shocking combat effectiveness against their own defeated generals, because the enemy they are facing is indeed a rabble, a group of Ketuf River thieves who only know how to rush up in chaos and do not pay attention to any formation.

Everyone was waiting silently, the flint, gunpowder, and lead bullet on their bodies were all ready, and even when they were about to go to bed at night, they were carefully and meticulously wiping the muskets and adjusting the accuracy of the muskets.

"Cheer up, don't feel like you haven't woken up!"

Wilmot stood in the middle of the hill fort with his hands behind his back, looking at the Yuqiao River in front of him with a calm face, as the Minister of War, he now also has the heavy responsibility of guarding the most critical point at present, even at night he sleeps in this fort, instead of going back to the second floor of the sheriff's mansion like other cabinet ministers, and sleeping in their own room on a soft big bed.

This is his position, and it is also his most important post, if this hill fort misses, then for Cape Town, which has lost the protection of the city wall, it may completely lose the most critical defense.

Therefore, Wilmot could not leave here, and he was not willing to live up to Levi's expectations of him, frowning and reminding the guards of the sailors around him, and also arranged for the rest of the people to hurry up to the back of the hill to rest, they adopted a five-shift rotation system, hundreds of people were divided into five squads, so that the others could rest well and deal with possible enemies at any time.

"Captain, take it easy, maybe it's not that bad."

Behind the four bronze falcon cannons, these artillerymen were also carefully wiping the cannon body and gun carriage with rags, turning their heads to each other to see the seriousness on Wilmot's face, they couldn't help but shrug their shoulders, and opened their mouths to persuade: "That damn group of water thieves didn't appear so easily. ”

"Maybe by the time you say that again, the water thieves will already appear."

In this regard, Wilmot couldn't help but let out a cold snort, reached out and took out the binoculars on his waist, directly pulled away and looked at the upper reaches of the Yuqiao River in the distance, vigilantly swept the river surface that seemed to have not changed much, and his heart was a little relaxed at all times, and he exhaled and said: "The number of those water thieves is a lot, if they really rush over, the task of our battery is to let those damn guys stay as much as possible." ”

"Maybe fifty or sixty of their warships will appear in unison!"

Listening to the words of his captain, this group of artillerymen who were obviously familiar with each other were not as in awe as those sailors, and they also smiled when they looked at Wilmot, and quipped: "But with our four guns, even if the whole army on the opposite side is dispatched, it is estimated that we will have to jump into the river to feed the fish!" ”

Their words also caused the surrounding sailors to laugh, they are carefree sailors on the sea, and the requirements for discipline are not as strict as those of the army, so it is common to joke with each other, if it is a pirate ship that pays more attention to discipline, it doesn't matter much if they gamble and fight with each other, as long as they can obey the captain's wishes.

Of course, this would never happen among Levi's sailors, and even the most unscrupulous Barbary pirates were forced by Levi to abandon many bad habits, and now in addition to liking a few words, it is more of their deadly knife skills when facing the enemy.

However, the current Barbary pirates are also mostly in the position of overseers, and they have been divided into three teams, the most of which are responsible for guarding the more than 200 pirate captives, a few are responsible for the elven captives in the basement, and the rest are acting as patrols, patrolling back and forth with their scimitars in the sheriff's residence, local fishing grounds, traditional houses and temporary fortresses, and at the same time dispersing those wild beasts that inadvertently run over.

With the increasing number of Spanish sailors and the use of a large number of flintlock muskets, the Barbary pirates may have had to take a back seat as a melee class, especially with the acquisition of the slotted bayonet technology, and the sailors already possessed ample melee combat ability.

Even if he has not been trained in bayonet fighting, a weapon that is directly inserted into a flintlock pistol, like a short spear, is enough to make the enemy who has been timid in his heart despair after two volleys of guns.

Except for those real elites, who were able to take two volleys and face their comrades falling one by one, and could continue to charge forward, the morale of the other troops was estimated to have collapsed. This has long been experienced in the European battlefields of modern times, especially the war between Napoleon and the Ottomans, where tens of thousands of Napoleons directly made hundreds of thousands of Ottoman troops jump into the sea in despair, and they did not even dare to continue to face the combination of flintlock muskets and artillery, and finally became the sick man of West Asia who was slaughtered by others.

"Wait, damn it!"

But just overhead, on the watchtower that was deliberately raised by more than three meters with logs, a Spanish sailor who was also holding a telescope suddenly stopped laughing, his whole face stiffened, and his eyes looked at the river in front of him through the telescope, full of disbelief.

Slowly clenched his teeth, his whole eyes widened directly, his breathing slowly shortened a little, and the hand holding the telescope turned slightly white from the huge force. He also did not hesitate at all, and roared loudly down directly from this watchtower, completely disrupting the rest of the entire sailors below: "Enemy attack! The group of thieves from the Ketuv River have come to attack!! ”

In his telescope, in the upper reaches of the originally calm Yuqiao River, close to the hilly, light water thief warships were slowly flowing downstream, as if they controlled their speed, but one after another, almost as coherent as a long snake, there was no end!

It was really an enemy attack, it was really the Ketuv River thieves, everyone was waiting for this moment in their hearts, but the moment they appeared, everyone's eyes were already widened, and the whole heart was beating like a big drum, which represented the war, and they were in the real sense of the war, and the group of Ketuv River thieves, head-on war!

"Tell Your Majesty that the war has begun!"

Wilmotra opened the binoculars and looked at the river in front of him, the number of warships almost exceeded thirty, which made his heart become solemn, turning his head slightly, he looked at the sailors who had quickly stepped into their positions, and the whole person was also extremely calm, and at the same time ordered the sailors around him to say in a deep voice: "Send a signal, the highest level." ”

ps: Brothers, this is the fourth watch, I can see my sincerity recently, I don't say it, I hope you will support me a lot, the plot has also entered an important link in my outline, don't worry about whether it will be written in the later stage, after all, I am, cough cough, people who have written so many books, the ability to control the plot is still okay, so I hope you will support more, and if you have any questions, you can also raise them in the book review area, and I will occasionally look at the book review area and adopt everyone's opinions.

(To be continued.) )