Iron Powder and Spellcasters

   Chapter 101 Triangle Fort

   It was a moonless night, and it was just another ordinary night in the siege for the Union soldier Zekerras-Delbrook who was on the night watch at Triangle Fort.

  Cekras-Delbrooke was the youngest son in the family. His father couldn't love this little son, so he begged the priest to give the little son the name of a saint as a Christian name.

   However, this name is too long and eloquent, and there are not many people who can call Lisuo. Because his face was full of freckles, other federation leaders simply called him "Pocky".

   As the son of a homesteader, Mazi chose to be a soldier for a very simple reason - his father had very little land, but his father had many children.

  Mazi has four older brothers and three older sisters, and his parents only passed away two children. This is extraordinary luck and extraordinary misfortune.

  So until Mazi was sixteen years old, his eldest sister Zoya was still unable to marry.

   Zoya is not only a good worker at work, but also has a beautiful life and a gentle personality. There are almost too many young men who were chased away by her father with a stick.

  However, several marriages discussed for her ended up blowing up, because Mazi and Zoya's father had no money to buy a dowry for their daughter.

  Mazi's father only had more than ten acres of fields, and they were not connected at the corners.

   For this reason, Mazi's parents wake up early every day, and go to work as handymen to make money to support the family when they are not available. Even with such hard work, he barely raised his eight children, and his father really had no energy to save his daughter a dowry.

  The eldest sister Zoya has become an old girl and always secretly wipes her tears in the yard; her parents frown, sigh and complain to each other all day long.

   All of these things were seen by Claas Delbrooke.

   So, two weeks before the age of sixteen, Cecilias-Delbrook gave her sister the dowry and left her hometown with the union's recruiter, becoming a "pocket".

Although the direct purpose of enrolling in the army was to buy a dowry for his sister, it was also because Mazi didn’t want to spend his entire life digging food in the soil like his father, and his father’s land was not enough for Mazi and his brothers, and Mazi also wanted to see outsiders. world.

   But right now, on the triangular fort outside the tower city wall, under the siege of Veneta's army, Mazi is now very homesick.

   "What are your parents doing now? Should they be sleeping?" As Mazi tried not to fall asleep, he thought drowsily, "I don't know who Zoya married, but the eldest brother is about to marry a wife..."

  Mazi was trying to recall the house and road of her hometown when she heard a few "咻" and "咻" in front of her. He woke up suddenly, but before he could react, three stubby crossbow bolts had already flown to his side.

  The two crossbow arrows hit Mazi's breastplate and made two "ding" and "ding" sounds. The arrows penetrated the breastplate but failed to penetrate completely.

   The third crossbow arrow hit the face of Asako, penetrated the eyes and bones, and the arrow stayed in the soft brain, causing fatal injuries.

  Mazi fell softly to the ground, his consciousness quickly annihilated, and his memory disappeared along with everything in his memory.

   "Good shot!" Field, who was lurking not far in front of the Triangle Fort, punched his knee excitedly, but before he could order the attack, the night was pierced by shrill whistles and alarm bells.

   Another dark whistle on the Triangle Fort first heard a strange noise, and then saw Mazi's whole body standing upright and fell backwards, and immediately sounded the alarm.

   "[Furious swear words]!" Seeing that his success was almost complete, Field scolded him fiercely, and said angrily: "I didn't expect to attack anyway! Blow the whistle! Attack!"

In the   Triangle Fort, the Union soldiers woke up from their sleep, and in the darkness, they groped for their weapons in a panic, and immediately ran towards the fort after getting the weapons.

  The defenders in the tower city also heard the alarm bell, the braziers on the city wall were lit one by one, and the defenders who were resting in various parts of the city ran to the city wall one after another.

  As the low-intensity siege continued for a long time, the defenders in the city had more or less slack and contempt for the Venetas outside the city.

   The panic and fear when they were initially surrounded by the army gradually dissipated, and many Union soldiers began to think, "What? Veneta is just like that, except for building walls, they are building walls."

  The Veneta people outside the city built the corridor to about 200 meters away from the city wall and stopped building it forward, but began to extend parallel to the city wall, as if they just wanted to build a closer siege wall.

   Some Tanirian veterans who have been in the army for many years pretended to be esoteric and said to the new recruits: "Vinetas are so hard at building the wall, which is a good thing for us as soldiers."

   The recruit asked stupidly: "What's so good?"

  The old soldier will answer proudly, "The harder they build the wall, the less they want to attack, but they just want to trap us to death. In this situation, when the food runs out, they have to surrender if they don't want to surrender. Isn't it a good thing to not have to fight?"

   However, the defenders of the Federation, who thought they were safe, did not expect that the Veneta would suddenly attack tonight, and once they made a move, they would be like thunder.

   In the dark night in front of the city wall, first a sharp whistle sounded, and then hundreds of whistles blew at the same time.

   After hearing the whistle representing the attack, the Veneta officers in the corridors and fortresses blew their whistle and ordered torches to be lit.

  In an instant, hundreds of torches were lit in front of the city wall, as if thousands of troops were moving in the dark night. Along with the shaking of the torches, the screams of the Veneta soldiers one after another beat the spirit of the defenders like waves.

  The panicked defenders hurriedly loaded their muskets and cannons, wound their crossbows, and searched for arrows without thinking.

The officers of the    Federation also ignored the order to save the gunpowder, and desperately urged the gunner to fire once the reload was complete.

   For a while, they didn't know how many bullets the defenders shot at the torches and figures in the distance. They just kept repeating the process of loading and shooting.

  Fear is contagious, and the Veneta's thunderous momentum made the defenders fall into fear, and only firing at the enemy could give them a little sense of security.

Under the cover of shouting, firelight and gunfire, a large number of Veneta soldiers are pouring out in the corridor facing the city gate and the triangular fort. These soldiers do not shout or fire torches, and carry them in groups of three. The ladder, led by officers without night blindness, quickly rushed to the Triangle Fort.

Lieutenant Colonel    Field and several other crossbowmen who had quietly approached the Triangle Fort were waiting for them.

The defenders on the   Triangle Fort immediately noticed the abnormality. The brazier beside them made them unable to see the open space in front of them, but the footsteps in front were clearly audible, getting closer and closer.

  Although the momentum in the east-west direction is huge, it can be seen clearly from the angle of the triangular fort: the torches are not used close to the city wall, but are only repeatedly moving left and right.

Captain Sanogella, who was in charge of defending the Triangle Fort, realized that the east and west sides were just feinting, and he desperately shouted to warn the city wall, but the defenders on the city wall had fallen into a frenzy, even if a few people noticed him, it was useless .

  Sanogela had no choice but to send someone to run back to the city from the drawbridge between the Triangle Fort and the city wall to ask for help.

   However, it was too late, and a large number of Veneta rushed out of the misty night, which made Sanogella take a deep breath.

   The defenders fired bullets and killed the Veneta in the front row, but each time they fell, more people rushed out of the night.

  The temporary triangular fort built in front of the city gate, like the city wall, lacks the protection of trenches. At the same time, in order to resist the attack of artillery, the main material is soil, and the height is only about five meters.

The    triangular structure makes it have no dead ends of firepower, and the rear city wall can provide full coverage of firepower support. The low and thick main structure can not only absorb the force of the shells, but also enable the city wall behind the triangular fort to shoot beyond.

   This is a new age fortress, and Antonio will break it tonight with old age tactics.

  Because there was no trench for protection, the Veneta soldiers carrying the ladder rushed to the root of the triangular fortress wall, put on the ladder and began to climb.

  Veneta's aura of giving up his life made Sanogella feel terrified. He shouted loudly and directed the defenders to counterattack.

The defenders of the   Triangular Fort dropped their muskets and threw boulders at the Veneta. The Veneta who were hit were all killed on the spot.

  The asphalt was splashed under the wall before it could boil. The Veneta, who had been poured over their heads by the scorching asphalt, let out a wailing like a ghost, and then a few more torches fell from the city wall, turning them into burning men.

   Four-pounder and eight-pounder guns loaded with a dozen walnut-sized iron bullets fired at the Veneta, each of which could set off a storm of flesh and blood.

   Cannons and arquebuses roared incessantly, horrific screams of dying people, smoke billowing, fires blazing, as if the whole world was about to be destroyed.

   But even if the defenders resisted stubbornly, they still could not stop the momentum of the Veneta attack.

  Tonight, Antonio and Layton used two battalions to attack the waist of the Triangle Fort at the same time.

  The two battalions in charge of the main attack are elites selected from the two legions. The colonel battalion commander is now standing under the fort wall, and each centurion is the first to climb up with his saber.

   After paying a lot of casualties, a small number of Veneta soldiers soon climbed up the Triangle Fort and began to fight hand-to-hand with the defenders of the Triangle Fort.

Lieutenant Colonel   field saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart. Tonight, was he able to grab the main attacking task, and the task given to him was to direct the Musketeers to cover the main attacking brigade.

   However, the speed of sending troops in the tunnel was limited, and the two musketeers of the centurion fell behind, and the musketeers did not arrive until the Veneta soldiers in front had already climbed to the triangular fort.

   "[Expletive]! What are you doing! It's so slow! [Expletive]!" Field glared at the musketeer's centurion.

   The two musketeers, Lieutenant Ryman and Captain Philip, did not dare to defend themselves, nor did they bother to defend themselves.

  The two centurions commanded their musketeer centurions to quickly spread out in front of the Triangle Fort and began to suppress the defenders on the Triangle Fort with arquebuses.

The    long-range weapons suppressed the defenders on the wall immediately. A dozen or so Tanirian soldiers who leaned out of the wall, threw stones and poured asphalt and oil, were shot to death and fell from the wall screaming.

   The remaining Tanirian soldiers were too frightened to come forward and could only reach out from behind the parapet. As soon as the momentum of the defenders of the Triangle Fort was released, the killing efficiency also began to decline, and the pressure of the climbing Veneta soldiers plummeted.

   However, the Union defenders on the city wall finally came to their senses. William Kidd, who received the request from the defenders of the Triangle Fort, sent a large number of signal troops to the city wall to convey orders.

  The defenders at various places on the city wall were ordered to immediately rush to the city gate to support the Triangle Fort.

  The cannons on the two Half Moon Forts also adjusted their firing angles and began to fire at the Veneta people under the triangular fort wall.

  The design of the fortress in the new era finally revealed its fangs. The shape of the triangular fort made the projectiles shot from the city walls on both sides of the rear have no cover and no dead ends, and each shell was a terrifying side-fire fire.

  A cannonball fired from Half Moon Fort on the east side killed all the Veneta soldiers in a straight line, and finally bounced on the hard volcanic rock and smashed two ladders, sinking into the wall of the Triangle Fort.

When Lieutenant Colonel   field saw this, he sent two teams of musketeers to suppress the enemy shooters on the back wall of the Triangle Fort. However, he understood that the musketeers who suppressed the enemy had little effect, and the enemy's real killer was the side-firing artillery mounted on Half Moon Fort.

  Field roared loudly in his heart: "Fire the cannon! Fire the cannon!"

  The **** of artillery heard his call, "dong", "dong", "dong", "dong", the dull roar of artillery resounded throughout the battlefield.

   But this time, it wasn't the cannons on the city walls that were roaring.

  Several stone bullets flew out from behind the newly built fortress by the Veneta people, most of the shells were skewed, and only one shell hit the target, hitting the eastern half-moon fort heavily.

  The stone bomb collided with the wall, the rubble collapsed, and the smoke and dust were everywhere. All the gunners in Taniglia on the Banyue Fort were killed and injured by the gravel, and the main shooter's chest was sunk by the gravel, and he was exhausted on the spot.

   The artillery on the east side of Half Moon Fort suddenly misfired.

"Cannon? Where did the cannon come from?" At the head of the city, William Kidd grabbed the officer beside him with a grim face, and roared and asked, "When did the Veneta bring the cannon up? See the Veneta? Why didn't you tell me when you set up the cannon? [Pirate swearing] I killed you!"

   said he reached out his hand and drew the knife.

"Sir... No... I didn't see it..." The officer who was caught by William Kidd was so frightened that he was about to cry. He trembled and replied, "We didn't see anything... No one saw it at all. The Veneta carry the cannons."

   "Ah!!" The furious William Kidd slashed at the parapet, sending sparks everywhere.

About 200 meters away from the city wall, behind the walls of the Vinet tower parallel to the city wall - these walls are built by corridors and extend horizontally after 200 meters from the city wall - Lieutenant Colonel of Engineers, no, now Lieutenant Colonel Vauban of Artillery Observing where the shells landed, he ordered: "The No. 1 and No. 2 artillery groups, adjust at the right moment. The third and fourth artillery groups, reset."

   Beside him, the gunners were busy reloading the four short, stubby cannons.

There was a wall between the    artillery and the Tacheng defenders, and the defenders on the city wall could not see the movements of the Veneta gunners behind the wall at all.

   These four artillery pieces are Vauban's secret weapons, secret weapons that will not be discovered even if they are deployed under the eyes of the defenders. They are not ordinary barrel artillery, but - mortars, mortars dismantled from warships.

   Ordinary artillery needs gun emplacements and firing ports.

  The artillery on the city wall is condescending. Once the defenders discover that the Veneta people are deploying artillery, the Veneta people's artillery positions will be bombarded immediately.

   And the high-throw projectile of the mortar is curved fire rather than direct fire, so it can be deployed behind the wall and kill the enemy on the wall through the wall.

  Although the accuracy rate is a little lower, it is the only way to be surprised. Moreover, the Guzhi Road connecting Tacheng and Chisulfur Port has not been fully repaired, and the heavy artillery cannot be delivered. The Veneta people can only temporarily move a few light mortars for emergency.

  When the four mortars commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Vauban suppressed the artillery of Half Moon Fort on the east side, at the exit of another tunnel, Winters, who was on standby with his horse, finally waited to attack.

   There are very few people around Winters. Including Winters, there are only sixteen riders in this team.

   And it was Winters' old acquaintance, Major Moritz, who was in charge of leading this squad of cavalry.

   That's right, these sixteen riders are all caster officers. And except for Major Moritz, all were lieutenants.

Major    Moritz changed his usual lazy appearance, looked at the lieutenant casters, and ordered sharply: "Don't stop, don't linger, go in and out quickly, and withdraw immediately after completing the task!"

   "Yes!" The fifteen caster lieutenants answered in unison.

  Moritz glanced at Winters, nodded, and shouted, "Get on the horse!"

   Sixteen riders galloped out from the east side of the battlefield, and Winters did not care to cherish the horses, he desperately urged the horses, and approached the direction of the Triangle Fort at full speed.

   Moritz yelled, "Throw!"

   The fifteen lieutenant casters took off the smoke bombs hanging on their chests, used the fire technique to stimulate them, and threw them towards the triangle fort and the city wall with all their strength.

  Individually skilled casters also used arrows to throw smoke bombs farther.

The    "Inspired Portable Activated Alchemy Substance Smoke Generator" exploded in the air, and the thick smoke blocked the sight of the defenders on the eastern city wall, preventing them from seeing the Veneta soldiers who were climbing the Triangle Fort behind the smoke.

  After the smoke operation on the east side was completed, the casters turned to the west side and threw all the remaining smoke bombs.

   Winters had never used spellcasting materials so lavishly in his life, and the two legions handed half of the smoke bombs in their armouries into their hands. For this small triangular fort, Antonio and Layton are determined to win.

The   smoke wall completely blocked the view of the Tanilians on the city wall. There was no wind tonight, and the smoke wall lingered for a long time.

  William Kidd yelled angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

  Although the guns on Half Moon Fort have been calibrated for firing angles, they have lost sight alignment correction, and the accuracy of these guns is still greatly weakened.

   Not to mention the musketeers on the walls, who can only shoot blindly into the smoke now.

   After completing the task, the caster rider quickly retreated to the sortie position.

   In front of the Triangle Fort, Lieutenant Colonel Field, who was commanding the Musket Team, saw what he was praying for—a Veneta flag was planted on the Triangle Fort.

  "Urrahhhh!!!" Field yelled frantically.

  The musketeers who realized what happened also shouted excitedly: "Urrahhhh!!!"

   "Hahaha! Attacked in!" Layton, who was watching the battle from behind, laughed wildly and punched the chest wall: "Good job!"

   "According to the original plan, the engineer battalion and the reserve are now set off." Antonio calmly gave orders to the other officers.

  There were more and more Veneta soldiers on the triangular fort. The Tanirians killed one and climbed up to two. The defenders had already started to retreat uncontrollably, and it was useless no matter how Sanogella stopped them.

  When the terrifying battle cry resounded through the Triangle Fort, the morale of the Tanirians completely collapsed, and they began to flee into the city along the drawbridge between the Triangle Fort and the city wall.

  The armored elite of the Federation sent to support the Triangle Fort was blocked by the fleeing soldiers at the bridge and could not advance.

   During the pre-war briefing, Layton and some senior officers believed that if the enemy did not cut down the drawbridge, they would directly attack the city wall through the drawbridge and destroy the city in one fell swoop.

However, Lieutenant Juan, who climbed up the Triangle Fort, suddenly realized that because the speed of the Veneta people's projection of troops could never catch up with the Tanilians, not only could they not be able to use this suspension bridge, but the enemy could send reinforcements continuously through this suspension bridge. Push the Veneta off the Triangle Fort.

   The Second Lieutenant Juan, who was shocked by the incident, shouted to his centenary: "Suspension bridge! Suspension bridge! Cut down the suspension bridge!"

   The Centurion of Juan, who was chasing the rout soldiers, heard the order and began to attack the drawbridge.

William Kidd, who rushed to the front of the city, was furious when he saw the deserters on the bridge running into the city, the reinforcements went to the Triangle Fort, and the two sides were squeezed and unable to move. He cursed: "Trash! Give me all the deserters. Push it down! Go to the Triangle Fort!"

After    received the order, the Union soldiers in armor began to push the fleeing Triangle Fort defenders down the bridge.

On the    bridge, Sanogella, the commander of the Triangle Fort, who was crowded by the crowd, shouted angrily: "Why? Why?!"

   No one paid any attention to him. One after another, the defenders of the Triangle Fort were pushed off the bridge and fell to the ground screaming. Some people did not fall to their death on the spot, and continued to let out horrific wailing sounds.

   Lieutenant Juan had already rushed to the edge of the suspension bridge, raised his saber and began to chop the cables of the suspension bridge.

   Several soldiers also rushed over to help.

   Finally, the suspension bridge was cut down.

   lost the fixation at one end, and the deserters, reinforcements, and Sanogella all fell from the bridge to the ground.

  After taking heavy casualties, the Triangle Fort is now Veneta's...for now.

   Six thousand words. I wrote half of it yesterday and half of it today. Some of them are too kaleidoscopic and my hair is bald.

   In fact, this battle to seize the Triangle Fort also has a prototype. Some readers may have seen that the prototype is actually the battle for the Triangle Fort in the Fort Saint-Amour during the Siege of Malta. "The cannons and arquebuses roared incessantly, the dying people let out horrific screams, the smoke billowed, the flames blazed, as if the whole world was about to be destroyed." These are the exact words to describe the battle. Of course, because the geographical environment is different, so the process is not the same.

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