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After receiving a sudden blow, the Turkish squadron immediately lost the courage to move on, turned its head and started to move away from the Tripoli fort. In the process, two more ships were hit by the turret, but the losses caused by the solid shells were not so great.

This tentative offense is over. After the Turks' offensive was over, the Barbary pirates became active again. They actually had two ships out of the port, and they began to throw big drums into the sea outside the port.

"The pirates are laying mine! Sir, shall we stop them?" Major Kohler said quickly.

"What have we promised? Is the agreed deadline until tomorrow?" Admiral Trewell asked.

"Yes, Your Excellency, but they are actively threatening us to sail freely." Major Kohler replied.

"Ah, so we are fighting back in self-defense?"

"Yes, Your Excellency General. I am very sure."

"Well! Since they actively threatened us, then we should counterattack without hesitation and never give the enemy a chance to fire a second shot..."

As a result, several warships in the French fleet equipped with new artillery, battleships "Inbrador", "Caesar", armored cruiser "Free Trade", "Common Market" lined up, and the turret on the warship They all started to turn, and the barrel pointed at the target.

"All ships aim at the target and fire freely." Admiral Trewell gave an order, so the four latest warships fired one after another. At this time, the distance between the French warships and the mine-laying ships of the Barbary pirates was still quite far, about 1.5 kilometers.

If it was before, even on land, shelling from such a distance would be difficult to hit. Let alone at sea? But the effect of this round of shooting was far beyond everyone's expectations. Although the first round of salvo failed to hit even one shell. However, judging from the point of impact of the shells, the nearest point of impact and the pirates’ ships are only tens of meters away.

Based on the landing spot observed by the observation post, the French fleet quickly made adjustments and fired another salvo. This round of volleys still failed to hit, but the results of the shooting made Admiral Treville very happy. Because the observation post clearly saw that a straddle shot was formed in this round of volley.

The so-called straddle fire refers to that although the salvo fired by the warships failed to directly hit the enemy ships, the range of their impact points surrounded the enemy ships. To be more visual, the enemy ship has shells falling on the front, rear, left and right. This also means that the various data of the bombarding party are correct. At this time, it is completely a matter of probability. As long as you play a few more rounds, you will definitely get Hit.

This round of straddling also frightened the Barbary pirates. They didn't expect that at such a long distance, the French cannonballs could hit so accurately, and the water jets from the cannonballs just splashed onto the deck.

"Quickly, throw those mines down!" Captain Ali shouted.

Several black people dragged a cart with a mine, and went to the stern side. They pushed the car up a slide at the stern. A black crew member took out a knife and prepared to cut the rope on the mine-so that the car, anchor chain, etc. could be separated from the mine body, and the mine could function normally and effectively. But at this moment, a shell fell on the shell of the ship, and the splashed sea water suddenly fell on the deck, and the foot of a black man who was controlling the trolley slipped down, so the mine that hadn't cut the rope took it with him. The car slid off the slide.

"Damn it, you idiot! You wasted a precious mine, do you know how expensive it is!" Captain Ali rushed over with his whip, ready to give these stupid black people a lesson. But at this time his ship shook suddenly, and at the same time a loud noise reached his ears—his ship was hit by a cannonball.

"Quick, retreat!" Captain Ali didn't care about whipping the black people. There were still a few mines on his boat that hadn't been dropped in time. If these things are hit by a cannonball, they are really...

The brig turned awkwardly, preparing to return to the port but at this time the French shells fell like rain.

"The true **** is the greatest, and Maimat is the messenger of the true god..." Ali operated the steering wheel personally and kept turning irregularly to avoid the shelling, and quickly prayed to the true god.

To say that the true **** seems to have blessed him, so after that, the French shelling was always a little bit different from his ship. Several times the cannonball fell not far from the ship, and the splashing water even poured him on one end, but it did not hit his ship.

"God, please land your thunder on those rebels!" Seeing that the French had already opened fire, but the pirate ship was always able to dodge the cannonballs with the help of gods, and Taipu Pasha couldn't help it. Pray so devoutly to the true god.

At this time, Captain Ali's brig was approaching the port. And the French didn't seem to catch up anymore, they must sink it. They fired one last salvo from a long distance, and then—then the brig was right in front of Tayip Pasha’s eyes, blasted to pieces with a bang—apparently a shell hit that one. Ship and detonated a mine.

"The true God is the greatest! The true God is the greatest!" Taipu Pasha cheered, and the Turkish soldiers around him also cheered. If Joseph saw this scene, he would feel familiar. The only difference is that two things are missing. One is the AK-47, and the other is a Toyota pickup.

This day’s fighting ended here. The French did not take any more actions, and the Turks, after losing a warship, did not intend to continue their aggressive offensive, plus the time was too early. , The sun gradually sank below the sea level. So this day's combat operations seemed to be over.

In fact, the military operations on this day did not end. That night, several small boats were drawn from the Turkish fleet. These small boats were loaded with the bravest warriors. They were ordered to go ashore first, enter the harbor, and serve as internal response while waiting for the army to land.

On the same night, the Barbary pirates also organized a night raid team consisting of sloops loaded with explosives and intended to attack the Turkish fleet. As for why they didn't attack the French fleet, the reason was simple, because the French ships moved so fast that they had no chance to get up.

However, the situation that night was not suitable for launching such an attack, because the night was very good and the visibility at sea was quite good, so the night attack fleet was discovered before it approached. Then the Turks drove these sloops back with a fire.

Of course, neither the Turks nor the French tried to pursue these pirates. Because everyone knows that these pirates are very bad, their ship has a shallow draft and can't hit the anchor mine hidden in the sea, but if you chase it stupidly, you might have a bang...

Of course, that night, the Barbary pirates came out to mine again. But the French don't care much, because as far as they know, the number of mines sold by the British to the Barbary pirates is very limited, definitely much less than the ships of the Turks-so, what else can you worry about? Besides, anchor mines, especially anchor mines of this era, actually have a lot of limitations, and it is not really impossible to deal with them.

Early the next morning, when the sun once again stained the sea, the French ultimatum to the Barbary pirates expired. Now, the war can officially start.

According to the plan reached by the two sides at the combat meeting last night, the French navy will first launch a fire attack on the fort in Tripoli today, while the Turkish fleet will first need to wait patiently until noon when the tide rises. According to the French, the British mine used a fixed-length anchor chain to control its depth in the water. The length of this anchor chain is fixed, so when the tide is high, these mines will appear too deep to touch the bottom of the ship. Therefore, it is relatively safe for the Turkish fleet to rush up at this time.

Of course, this is just the French conjecture. What is the actual situation, no one can tell if it is not? But Tayippasha still believes in the French very much-he needs merit, and as to how many people die, this is not a big problem.

By about eight o'clock in the morning, the visibility at sea was quite good. Four new French warships lined up in a column, and shelled the Tripoli fort from a distance of about four kilometers from the Tripoli fort.

In this era, apart from the French, no warship can shell targets on shore at such a distance. Even in France, because the artillery stabilization system is not mature, this distance is almost the distance where they can slightly guarantee the accuracy of bombardment.

But this time, the French Navy still came up with something good, that is, high-explosive bombs. Although the effectiveness of the fuze of this shell has been a problem until now, it is even less than 60%, and it is not energy-producing and can only be produced in the laboratory, but compared with the previous solid shells, this shell is more effective. There is a revolutionary progress in power. The entire French fleet carried about 80 such shells, and the French used this new type of shell in this shelling.

At the time, because there had never been a high-explosive bomb before. So at that time, most of the cannons on the turrets were placed in the open air, and at most, a few pieces of cloth were supported as awnings.

If you don't consider the threat of high-explosive bombs falling from the sky, in fact, this design of adding an awning on the cannon is not bad. Especially in this era, it is almost impossible for a navy cannon to accurately hit another cannon. Naturally, there is no need to add a thick concrete cover to the cannon like the fort of later generations, which can withstand the direct hit of the tall cabinet. In an era when there were no high-explosive bombs, adding this kind of cover to the fort would be a waste of money.

But in the era of high-explosive bombs, such an open-air fort that can be clearly seen by warships at sea is not safe. The French fired twenty rounds of shells into the turret in the first round of shelling. Except for the crooked ones and the ones that were not exploded, there were still seven shells that exploded on the fort.

The high-explosive shell of the 150mm caliber cannon is so powerful that when it explodes (if it can explode), it can produce thousands of shrapnel, which can still be easily torn apart after flying forty to fifty meters. human body. So these shells swept away all the soldiers on the turret, including the Barbary Commander who was in command of the battle. More than 100 people survived such shelling.

On the other hand, the blast of high-explosive bombs even knocked the cannons on the turret to the ground. It can be said that after such a round of shelling, the Tripoli fort has completely lost its threat in a short time.

After this round of shelling, the French fleet stopped firing. After all, the cost of high-explosive bombs was too high and the price was too expensive-at least more expensive than Turkish soldiers-if you can save, you must save.

After the French bombardment was completed, the tide gradually rose, and the Turks' warships began to ride the tide and approached the port. Sure enough, as the French expected, the British anchor mine did not have the function of automatically adjusting the depth. At high tide, because the depth was too deep, none of them sounded.

When the mine did not sound and the turret was suppressed, the Turk fleet quickly approached the port and lowered the sampan. Some Turkish soldiers boarded the boat with various weapons and paddled the oars towards the port pier. Crossed out.

The Barbary pirates are not vegetarian either. Although the French shelling caused them to suffer heavy losses, and the mines bought at high prices from the British are not as effective today as they were yesterday, their resistance is still very firm.

In addition to buying some mines from the British, the Barbary pirates also bought a lot of cheap iron cannons. The performance of these guns is not very good, so they are not qualified to be placed on the turret. (I can’t put it on the fort.) So the Barbary pirates put these things directly on the pier and hid them in the dilapidated houses. When the Turks approached in small boats, they used these old cannons. The shot gave the Turk a guy fiercely.

The continuous shooting of more than 30 old iron cannons ~lightnovelpub.net~ beat the Turkish soldiers who were still in the boat with nowhere to escape. Those Turkish warships rushed to support their soldiers with artillery. The Barbary pirates also replaced solid artillery shells with iron cannons and bombarded Turkish warships.

If the shells fired from such an old-fashioned iron cannon hit a new French warship, it would only be heard. But hitting the Turks' warships full of historical weight, the effect is very obvious. In less than an hour of fighting, two Turkish warships were sunk and six or seven warships were damaged to varying degrees.

Some Turkish soldiers were lucky enough to land ashore, but they immediately fell into the shooting of pirates who were hiding in houses and armed with various firearms, causing heavy casualties.

As time passed slowly, the tide began to drop, but the Turks still made little progress. Once the tide level drops to a certain level, those mines are useful again. In order to avoid the loss of warships due to mines, the Turks had to withdraw from the battle.

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