Iron Powder and Spellcaster

The entire raid went surprisingly smoothly, and the officer's cavalry easily captured the fort gate without any casualties.

In fact, the cavalry in the second half of the charge sequence almost just ran along, giving Winters the illusion that this was a farce.

Field led two subordinates into the fort from another direction. In order to prevent the open flame from igniting the gunpowder, the three caster officers took turns maintaining the light spell.

Field walked at the front, carefully inspecting each warehouse. Every time, he would open a small crack in the door to see if there was any fire in the room. But the lieutenant colonel did not find the powder magazine, only the empty warehouse and the frightened rats.

Winters was actually dubious about the lieutenant colonel's theory that "the gunpowder magazine must be the farthest away from the cannon." He checked a row of warehouses and didn't see even a shadow, so he became a little slack.

But Field still did not relax his vigilance and carefully opened the second to last door. The wooden door creaked open a small crack, and the lieutenant colonel suddenly froze on the spot.

He turned around and nodded slightly to Moritz. The major, who was maintaining the light spell, understood and stopped casting the spell. He took out a handful of silver coins from his pocket and shook it at the lieutenant colonel.

Field nodded again, stood in front of the door, took a deep breath, and kicked the wooden door open. Then he immediately hid next to him and used the amplification technique to let out a loud shout.

This loud shout blessed by magical power was not as deafening as Moritz's thunderous sound technique, but it still startled Winters, and obviously everyone in the room was also startled.

Elite musketeers can suppress their instinctive fear, and even if the enemy rushes in front of them, they can wait for the commander's order to fire without blinking.

But the people inside obviously don't have this ability.

Gunfire rang out, and two lead bullets flew out of the door and smashed into pieces on the stone wall of the fort.

When Major Moritz saw that the people inside had opened fire, he ducked to the door, and three silver coins flew out of his hand, using the simple but deadly flying arrow technique.

There were several sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground inside the door.

"Didn't you say you want to capture them alive? Can't you hit the shoulder or something like that?" Field complained to the major and took out a copper rod to activate the light spell.

Moritz shrugged and said nothing.

The cold weapons and armor in the room reflect the green light emitted by the light spell. This should be the armory of the Duckbill Cannon Fort. Winters saw two corpses leaning on two matchlock guns. Behind the corpses were wooden barrels neatly stacked together, and cannonballs stacked layer by layer on the shelves.

"The management level of the navy is really poor." The lieutenant colonel did not forget to comment at this time: "The weapons depot and the gunpowder depot are together, aren't we waiting for an accident?"

Winters is now used to Lieutenant Colonel Field's character of criticizing everything he sees. In fact, the Lieutenant Colonel has no ill intentions, he is just a big mouth. It would be better to ignore him at this time, so he and Moritz pretended to be deaf-mute.

The lieutenant colonel was also used to this kind of cold violence. He smacked his lips in boredom, squatted on the ground and began to examine the body.

"Do you see anything?" Moritz rarely spoke.

"Not wearing uniform, dirty fingernails, rotten teeth - but these are very common characteristics, you can't tell who he is." Lieutenant Colonel Field answered casually, and his attention was suddenly attracted by the weapons carried by the deceased. : "But this knife... isn't it a cutlass?"

The lieutenant colonel took out the scimitar from the deceased and waved it twice: "This is the scimitar used by sailors... Ha, it's interesting. Come on, let's see if anyone is caught alive over there."

The attackers were no match for the officers in hand-to-hand combat, and even their numbers were at a disadvantage. The officers quickly cleared the entire fort at the cost of four minor injuries. The number of people injured in hand-to-hand combat was not as many as those who fell from riding horses at night.

The few remaining enemies who were still alive were dragged to the open space in the center of the fort like chickens, kneeling tremblingly. The school officers sat on the edge and bragged, the lieutenants were responsible for the dirty work, and one body after another was dragged out of the fort.

"Before that bastard could react, I went up and chopped off half of his shoulder with one knife. The knife even broke the blade..." Colonel Kara was obviously very satisfied with the raid and was laughing and boasting with several of his peers. of bravery.

What will the warriors do after winning the battle? Will brag. This is common to all human beings. This is undoubtedly a beautiful victory, and as the commander, Colonel Kara is also qualified to brag about himself.

Seeing his subordinates approaching him, Colonel Kara put away his smile, raised his head at his subordinates, and asked, "Have you finished counting?"

The young officer nodded: "We counted forty-seven corpses, but some of them are the defenders here, so we can't tell them apart..."

"Don't worry about it so much." Colonel Kara interrupted: "Let the navy people identify it themselves, we..."

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a loud sound like a hammer hitting a boulder.

Accompanied by the whistling sound of cannonballs and the heavy muffled sound of high-speed flying iron projectiles hitting the stone wall, the outer wall of the duck-billed fort was hit with rubble flying.

Some pieces of gravel even flew into the open space in the center of the fort, and several shells flew over the heads of the officers.

Judging from the sound, at least a dozen artillery pieces were firing at the duck-billed battery.

"Who is firing at us?" Colonel Kara asked angrily.

"There is a warship in Haidong Bay that is firing at us." An officer covered his hat and ran over to report: "It should be a navy ship. They may not know that we have recaptured the Duckbill Fort. Do you want to report it? "

"What a bullshit report!" Colonel Kara glared at the other party: "Let him attack, what the hell does it have to do with us if the Navy's ship bombards the Navy's fort? We just wait on the reverse slope until it can hit us?"

He ordered loudly: "Listen, no one is allowed to approach the gun position. If you are accidentally injured, you can go to the Navy and ask for medical expenses. Our mission has been completed. I order, everyone! Guard the door! Wait for reinforcements to arrive. "

Another artillery colonel pulled Colonel Kara aside and asked in a low voice: "The fighting is still going on at the dock. Isn't it good for us to watch the fire from the other side?"

"Brother, there are more than a hundred of us who are officers. Who can I command?" Colonel Kara said helplessly: "You are also a colonel, and I am also a colonel. I can't command without General Zio's command." Are you? The admiral’s order was to retake the fort, and we have completed it. The admiral used us as the main soldiers, and we are lucky that no one died. There is no need to fold our juniors in for the sake of the navy, right? "

"I understand what you mean. It's certainly not worth sacrificing your life for the navy, but you can support them in a safe way." The artillery colonel explained: "I took a look at the gun position of the Duckbill Fort, and actually adjusted the angle. There are some heavy artillery that should be able to cover the pier. The admiral ordered us to recapture the fort, but the fort must also be functional after it is recaptured. Otherwise, why would we waste so much effort? Just for these broken stones?"

Colonel Kara couldn't persuade the other party, and he couldn't move the other party with his orders, so he had no choice but to nod. The two of them are both colonels, so it is a great respect for the artillery colonel to come to Kara for discussion. But he was still uneasy and warned: "The navy ships are still attacking us, but we must be careful."

"Do not worry."

After the order of the night shift was arranged, Colonel Kara and two other school officers brought the prisoners into the kitchen for interrogation. The scene was probably not going to be pretty. The artillery colonel took some officers from the artillery department to play with the cannons. There are still a few lieutenants standing on the night guard, and the rest have rested.

The warships floating in Haidong Bay continued to fire several rounds of salvos at the Duckbill Fort. After that, they came to their senses. The duckbill fort that was originally firing against them suddenly misfired. It was probably because of some accident. Firing at the duckbill battery was also stopped.

Of course, it may also be because they lost the guidance of the firelight when the duckbill fort fired, and the moonlight was dim and they couldn't see where the duckbill fort was.

The duckbill fort suddenly returned to peace. Winters went to settle down Qiang Luck first. Qiang Luck's recent love of fighting with other stallions was not something he made up casually. The geldings of other officers were no match for the young horses. They were so frightened by the forceful luck that they tried desperately to stay away from the violent young horse, and several of their reins were broken.

Qiang Yun has a bit in his mouth, so he can't bite the opponent, and he is too anxious.

Winters had no choice but to smash a stake in the corner of the clearing, and tied Qiang Yun alone away from other horses.

"You brat, you are really careless!" Winters patted Qiang Yun's forehead. This Lucian horse was not ashamed at all for causing its owner to be scolded by several school officials. It looked at Winters with its big eyes blinking, and its pink tongue stretched out long, asking for sweets. eat.

Winters was angry and laughing, and grabbed a few candy bars and fed them to Qiang Yun: "Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat."

Originally, Winters wanted to unharness the force to make it comfortable, but he noticed that none of the other officers had unharnessed the horses. Apparently, everyone was preparing for an emergency. So Winters just took off Qiang Luck's bit and got him some hay and water.

"Montagne!" someone called Winters, it was Andre. He stood cheerfully by the door waving to Winters.

"Keep your voice down." Winters walked over: "What are you so happy about?"

"Don't ask, just follow me." Andre replied mysteriously.

He led the way, and Winters followed behind, after turning a few corners. Andre bowed and made a welcoming gesture: "Please allow me to present to you the treasure of the navy!"

After saying that, he lifted up a wooden board on the ground, revealing a basement.

The lights in the basement were bright, laughter and laughter could be heard, and a dozen people were crowded into the small space. Winters saw many familiar faces, all of whom seemed to be warrant officers at the same time.

"Have you found the wine cellar?" Winters understood what was going on and asked Andre with a smile.

Andre said proudly: "Of course, my nose is sharper than a dog's. I found it by following the smell. Alas, it's a pity that the 'priest' is not here, otherwise I will drink him down tonight."

‘The Priest’ was Andre’s new nickname for Bud. Bud did not participate in this operation tonight because he did not have a war horse. Even if he received the news, he would not be able to arrive at the East Camp in time to gather.

"You guys go ahead and play, I have to stand guard at night." Winters made an excuse and walked away. In fact, he didn't know how to drink and didn't like this carnival atmosphere.

Tonight's raid was like a farce for Winters. He was inexplicably called to gather at the East Camp and set out in confusion to deal with a group of enemies who didn't know where they came from. He did nothing during the entire battle. He really wasn't in the mood to celebrate.

Winters walked to the top of the fort. The heavy artillery was arranged in the strong fortress, and the small-caliber artillery was arranged in the open air.

He sat on the low wall. The sea surface under the moonlight showed a deep black color, and a lone warship was drifting on the sea. That warship was the one that fired at the duckbill battery just now, but I don't know why she didn't go to support the battle on the dock.

The dock is now ablaze. As the home port of the Veneta Navy, Haidong Port is not only a supply port, but also the location of the Veneta Naval Shipyard.

The buildings in the port had been engulfed in flames. In the light of the fire, Winters only saw one ship docked in the berth, and it was burning. The attackers were setting fire to the laid keels and warships being repaired in the dockyard.

Gunshots came from the dock, and Winters watched as the Navy sailors gathered several times to retake the dock, only to be broken up by several rounds of volleys, and then retreated.

There was blood flowing in the dock, and in the duckbill fort six hundred meters away, the warrant officers were having a drunken revelry, and most of the officers had already found a place with a ceiling to rest. The battle was over, and the entire fort was in an eerie silence and tranquility.

Andre also came to the top of the fort with two bottles of wine, and said nonchalantly to Winters: "It's not interesting for me to be there alone, so come here to stay with you."

He uncorked the bottle between his teeth and handed the bottle to Winters. He bit open another bottle and took a sip: "The wine in the officer's wine cellar doesn't feel special."

Winters took the bottle but didn't drink it. He pointed to the dock and said, "It's a terrible fight over there. If we go to support them and attack them from both front and back, do you think we can win?"

Andre looked at the situation at the dock carefully and said with a sneer: "If these attackers are at the level of the people in the artillery fort, we don't need navy people. A hundred or so of us can defeat them with a single charge." They. But we have been studying in the military academy for so many years, if we die like this, would you be willing?"

Winters was speechless, and Andre sincerely and cruelly expressed everyone's selfishness - it was not worth it.

A stray bullet, a flying arrow, or a spear can easily take away a person's life. It’s not that everyone is afraid of death. People who are afraid of death will not gather at Dongdaying tonight. It's okay to lead the soldiers to die on the way to charge. But dying like an ordinary soldier is not worth it.

"Don't think about it. The two of us are just two warrant officers, the most worthless officers. We will do whatever the superiors ask us to do. We don't have to think about it so much." Andre came up with his tool man theory again, and he excitedly joined in Next to Winters, he poked Winters' waist and asked in a nervous tone: "How many of you are there tonight?"

"How many?" Winters didn't understand what Andre was talking about.

"Oh, don't you understand?" Andre made a cutting gesture with his arm: "How many of these?"

Understanding what the lunatic in front of him was asking, Winters said helplessly: "None."

Andre laughed and raised three fingers: "I have three tonight. We each have five points now, which is a tie... But to be honest, the quality of my five points is higher. The priests have zero points, haha. Ha ha."

Warrant Officer Montagne sighed: "Brother, no matter what you said, you won."

Andre replied, but Winters only saw the movement of his lips, and the roar of heavy artillery drowned Andre's words.

The duck-billed battery's thirty-two-pounder cannon unleashed its fury on the invaders for the first time tonight.

I went out during the day yesterday and was very tired. When I came back at night, I finished writing and went to bed immediately. I forgot to thank the book friends who voted for recommendation. I'm sorry.

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