Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

In June, after two months of intensive preparation, Paul Graman officially issued a combat order to the army to recapture Fulan Port.

At this time, the Alda Guard had two fully staffed reorganized battalions, with a total of more than 1,100 officers and soldiers. With the unremitting efforts of Herman and others, in addition to traditional cold weapons such as swords and spears, they were also equipped with 20 matchlock guns and 2 4-pound cannons.

Outside Fulan Port, the Earl raised a monocular telescope and observed the pirates' fortifications from a distance. This telescope was made by an optician he invited from other places and was quickly equipped to the army. The officers praised this weapon that could observe the enemy from a distance. Of course, the optician was "retained" by him with a high salary.

At this time, Fulan Port had its walls reinforced by pirates. It is called a city wall, but in fact, compared with a big city like Jingyao, it is just a low earthen wall. However, there are many defensive weapons on it. From a distance, you can see a big pot on the wall cooking something, either boiling hot oil or smelly feces. The pirates have discovered the gathering of troops outside the city and started a fire in advance.

Not far from the city wall, a trench more than one person deep was dug. Between the trench and the city wall, there were dense iron caltrops, ground spikes and other insidious things.

Schroeder put down the telescope and suggested: "Attack the gate directly. We have artillery. The wooden gate can be blown open with a few shots. Then use muskets and artillery as cover, fill the trench in front of the gate, and then you can rush in."

Paul nodded and agreed to the plan.

In the afternoon, two cannons aimed at the gate of Fulan Port from a distance, and the battle began.

"Load... aim..." With the command of the gunner, the gunners operated the artillery in an orderly manner. They have been training for nearly two months for this actual combat, and every step seems to have become instinctive.

"Fire!" The gunner shouted, and the gunner in charge of firing ignited the gunpowder in the firing port.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a huge roar, the 4-pound solid iron bullet rushed out of the barrel at a speed of 416 meters per second with huge kinetic energy, and hit the wall of Fulan Port almost instantly.

The pirates on the wall only saw a burst of white smoke coming out of the two strange things in the distance, and suddenly felt the wall shaking after two loud noises. Although it did not hit the gate, its power still shocked the pirates, and a terrified shout rang out on the wall.

"Crossbow, a crossbow with a simpler structure but greater power." The pirate leader Shark quickly judged so, and he quickly ordered his men not to gather together to avoid being killed by the shells.

"Reset... adjust the shooting angle!"

The gunners slightly adjusted the angle and quickly fired the second round.

The second round of artillery fire still did not focus on the gate, but broke a wall, and the shells penetrated the parapet and directly blasted an unlucky pirate off the wall, killing him instantly. The fragments of the wall also seriously injured his companions not far away on both sides.

The painful wails sounded on the city wall, and Shark immediately ordered people to take the two people down to avoid affecting morale.

However, the morale at this time had almost fallen. After seeing the power of the "Crossbow", all the pirates shrank their heads and trembled.

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Accompanied by a huge sound of breaking, the fifth round of artillery fire finally hit the gate. The wooden gate was smashed to pieces. The pirates ambushed on both sides of the city gate were frightened. The rumbling sound of the cannon was no different from the thunder of the gods in the hearts of the pirates.

"Musketeers, move forward!"

The musketeers of the Alda army began to slowly advance towards the city wall under the cover of the shieldmen.

"Archers, get ready. The enemy is going to attack the city. Let the brothers at the city gate keep a close eye."

Seeing the musketeers advancing, Shark gave orders continuously. He knew that the other side was going to start attacking the city.

Pirates equipped with bows and arrows half exposed their bodies from the wall, looking for targets close to the trench.

But the "siege soldiers" they thought stopped more than 100 meters away from the city wall. At this distance, their inferior bows and arrows could not cause any effective damage, not to mention that the opponent was protected by shields.

A sound like frying beans sounded, and 20 matchlock guns fired at the same time. Immediately, 4 pirates were hit, covering their wounds and collapsing on the wall and screaming.

"Lie down! Lie down!" "It's the legendary black magic!" There was a loud shouting on the wall.

It was the legendary evil weapon that could hit so far. Shark was secretly shocked. Why was the enemy's long-range attack not over yet? He thought the opponent would fill the trench and attack the city next.

It was indeed the case. Taking advantage of the opportunity when the pirates on the wall lay down to avoid the muskets, the soldiers carrying bags of soil quickly ran to the trench near the front of the gate and started throwing them in.

It would be too late if he didn't stop it. Shark didn't care and shouted, "Archers, attack!"

However, no one listened to him. All the people holding bows and arrows hid behind the parapet and refused to get up.

Shark was furious: "Are you all deaf?"

One of his men said with a sad face: "Boss, surrender! We can't win."

Shark sneered twice: "Humph! Finally someone said it."

Then he opened his bloodshot eyes and shouted to his men: "Glayman's father is in our hands. Do you think you will have a good end after surrendering? Do you know what the consequences are for people like us who hurt nobles?" The voice was indescribably crazy.

Horrible scenes emerged in the minds of the pirates.

In this harsh era, when civilians hurt nobles, the outcome was entirely up to the nobles’ words. Although some nobles pardoned criminals and were praised as good things, most of them were severely punished. Cutting off hands and feet was considered a light punishment, and being directly executed was very common. What was even more terrifying was being tortured to death or even living a life worse than death. There was once a lord who dealt with the person who assassinated him in this way: inserting a sharpened piece of wood into the back door of the punished person, standing on the ground and letting it slowly fall, and finally the punished person died wailing in endless pain.

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This is how civilians are treated, let alone these pirates who have already had blood on their hands. Everyone shuddered involuntarily.

“Fight with the noble kid!”

Under the oppression of fear, the pirates were aroused and shouted to fight Paul Graman to the end.

But being pressed against the city wall and beaten was not a solution. Anyway, the trench was about to be filled up, and the enemy was about to rush in. Shark ordered his minions to get down the wall and fight the enemy.

Just as the pirates were noisily moving under the wall, Shark called a confidant and whispered a few words to him.

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Accompanied by the terrifying roar of artillery, a cannonball drilled into the city gate hole, immediately opening up a bloody passage in front. The pirates gathered at the city gate ignored their companions who were lying on the ground and groaning, and scattered to both sides of the city gate in panic.

The Alda army started the assault at the right time. Four infantry companies stepped on sandbags and crossed the trench one by one. After breaking into the city, they quickly deployed and used their spears to fight the pirates hiding on both sides of the city gate. For a while, the streets near the city gate were filled with killing sounds.

The musketeers followed closely behind and rushed into the city. They took advantage of the enemy being blocked by the musketeers and stood in the safe rear to fire freely. At such a close distance, they could almost shoot wherever they pointed. With bursts of smoke and the sound of "bang bang", the lives of pirates were constantly harvested by bullets.

"Surrender your weapons and you won't be killed! Surrender your weapons and you won't be killed!"

A cavalryman rushed into the city and conveyed the latest instructions of the count to the pirates who had been divided and surrounded into several pieces.

"We surrender!"

When they heard that they could avoid death, some of the pirates who were full of blood just now immediately threw away their weapons and knelt on the ground to surrender. There was a leader, and the pirates next to him followed suit, fearing that they would fall behind others. No matter whether he would settle accounts later, let's take a gamble first.

In a few minutes, all the pirates in the city gate area surrendered.