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Although the mines didn't work, the pirates' own practice of setting fire still played a considerable role. So now the French have made it clear that incendiary bombs are not expected. Now they can only use solid shells to support the Turkish landing operations.

So the Turks can only attack by themselves. So the Turks went up A with confidence, and they quickly retreated in a salvo of pirate fire and rifle. Then Tayippasha came to the French warship again, seeking tactical guidance.

"It is difficult to break through the enemy's defense from the front, and land directly in the port. We can choose to land in other relatively flat places first, and build a temporary dock, and then send personnel and weapons up to fight over the land. "Admiral Treville said.

"This kind of people can go up, but the cannon can't get on the shore. Without a cannon, even if there are many people on it, it's useless." Tayippasha said.

"The most important thing for those who go up is not to destroy the enemy's defenses from the land. It is to attack the enemy's unprotected high-value targets." Admiral Treville said, "The power of pirates is limited. They concentrate their power. Guarding the direction of the port, it may not be possible for the remaining people to stand on the wall. But is there anything really valuable in Tunisia?

Pasha, you see, they set fire to the entire port area, and even many houses in the wealthy area over there had no roof. This is obviously for fire prevention. But what about the people who originally lived in these places, will they still live in houses without roofs? Especially those rich people who will continue to live in houses without roofs? "

"General, what do you mean? Many of their rich people and valuables have been transferred to the manor outside the city? We only need to attack those manor to greatly shake their defense?"

"Yes, noble Pasha. But the enemy has been prepared for a long time, and their manor may not be easy to fight without cannons. So our French Marines are also willing to help you in such operations." Admiral Treville replied.

Tayippasha understands that the French behaved so positively for no other reason, but that they hope to get a share of the robbery. Last time in Tripoli, these "benefits" almost all fell into the hands of the Turks, and it is said that this has caused dissatisfaction among many French soldiers. In the attack just now, the French artillery support was always slow and inaccurate, and even hit the Turks. The level was so bad that they were close to the Turks. No one knows if there are any problems caused by uneven distribution of spoils.

In short, the French requested this time that everyone should do the robbery together.

Taipu Pasha wanted to reject the French, but he worried that the French would continue to be in a bad shape in the subsequent fire support. So in the end, the two sides reached an agreement that France sent the Marine Corps and the Turks to land together, but in the follow-up operations, both sides could fight independently. That is to say, each is fighting against each other to avoid conflicts or even conflicts between the two sides for some reasons.

So a group of Turks and French began to land on the beach near the port.

These actions cannot be concealed from the Barbary pirates, but they cannot use so many people to prevent these Turks from landing. Can only continue to guard in the city.

Tunisia is a rare place in North Africa. The climate here is very suitable for the growth of olives, so from the time of Carthage, it has been an important olive oil producing area, especially in the suburbs of the city, there are large tracts of olive plantations. There are tens of thousands of olive trees there, especially after the pirate business has become less and less successful in recent decades, the cultivation of olive oil has become an important financial source for Ahdi Pasha in Tunisia. And he himself, as well as his officials and generals also have many plantations in the suburbs.

After discovering that the Turkish army and the French army had landed, Ahdi Pasha was worried at first that these enemy forces would cooperate with the enemy forces at sea and launch a fierce attack on the city. So quickly mobilized the army and went up the city wall to prepare for defense.

"Hussein, do you think we can block the enemy?" Ahdi Pasha asked the Commander Hussein who was standing beside him.

"Pasha, they landed from those positions and could not carry cannons. Without the cannons, they would not be able to pose a threat to the city wall. With the protection of the city wall and the new rifled rifle in our hands, we can defend the city.

This answer made Ahdi Pasha relieved a lot. He patted Hussein on the shoulder and said: "My brother, I will leave it to you for the defense of the city wall."

Hussein immediately knelt down on one knee and said to Ahdi Pasha: "I will use my life to protect this wall, and I will never let the enemy cross our wall."

However, the Turks did not attack the city wall. Only a group of hundreds of Turkish cavalry came near the wall and stopped outside the range of the cannon on the wall, seeming to be monitoring the army in the city. Then there was no movement for a long time. It was not until that evening, when the sun was about to set, that the cavalry turned around and left.

During this period of time, Hussein wanted to send an army to take the initiative to expel the cavalry, but Ahdi Pasha was worried that there was a French conspiracy, so he resolutely rejected Hussein's proposal to take the initiative.

During this whole day, the Turks sent more than 3,000 people ashore. As for the French, about one company went up. However, after they landed on land, these people did not immediately rush towards their target. Instead, under the guidance of the French instructors, they built camps and fortifications on the spot to prevent possible attacks by the pirates. But this night the pirates did not launch a counterattack. In addition, the Turkish cavalry has also conducted preliminary reconnaissance in the vicinity on this day, and found more than 30 plantations nearby. So the French and Turks met together to discuss how to distribute these targets.

After vetoing suggestions such as using rock-paper-scissors, or other gambling methods to allocate targets (mainly French people think that Turks are gamblers, and the gambling is not good, they like to make money. Turks are on this issue. , Have a similar view of the French), everyone finally chose to use the lottery method to allocate goals. Because this method is relatively fairer.

The next day had just been lighted, the Turk’s cavalry team returned to the place where they stayed yesterday and continued to monitor the movement of the defenders in the city. The other troops rushed towards their own targets.

Captain Philip is the commander of the Marine Corps. During the lottery last night, he caught a manor called Mehdi. Of course, they only knew the name later. At this time, they just called it Manor No. 5 according to the label on the map.

Early this morning, Captain Philip took his company to Manor Five.

According to the information provided by the Turkish cavalry last night, Manor No. 5 is not small in size, and there is a high wall outside the manor. The guarding force should be good. But this also shows that there should be many good things in this manor. Thinking about the good things in it, including Captain Philip, the entire company's soldiers are morale high.

Although these seizures cannot be theirs. The French army is a disciplined army, even if it is robbery, there are rules. All seizures must be handed over to the state first, and then distributed by the state. Or maybe one day, the enemy will retreat and the French will pursue them. Then the enemy will throw all kinds of valuables all over the ground. Then the French soldiers will grab the things, and then the enemy will counterattack. The army hit the GG thing.

Therefore, in theory, all the looted things need to be registered and handed over to the country. Of course, things are not and will not be done in vain. The state will issue military medals to them and provide them with a lot of help after demobilization and retirement.

After an hour or so of marching, Philip and his company came near Manor 5.

"This is Manor No. 5? This is exactly a reduced version of the Bastille! Just a little more windows, a little bigger." After seeing the walls of Manor No. 5, Philip expressed such emotion.

This is actually quite normal in North Africa. The security situation in North Africa is not comparable to France. Even in the kingdom period, before the revolution, there was no large-scale bandit group capable of robbing houses in France. But here in North Africa, horse bandits and so on are everywhere.

I think back then, the European continent was once full of noble castles. That's because at that time, the European continent was also in chaos, and the noble lords robbed each other and other things. So at that time, noble lords lived in castles that were easy to defend.

In terms of livability, a building like a castle is basically a mess. In order to meet the defensive needs, the castle cannot have too many windows too large, so both the lighting and ventilation are very poor. Living in it is naturally very uncomfortable.

Therefore, once the social order in Europe began to improve, the nobles abandoned their castles one after another and moved into comfortable but defensive manors. And now looking at this manor, Philipp came to the conclusion that “their social form is in the early stage of the transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Only at this time, this kind of balanced defense has appeared on the European continent, but the accommodation conditions There are certain improved buildings."

Like the Bastille, this manor is surrounded by towering walls. This kind of wall, because it is easy to collapse in pieces after being bombarded, it has become obsolete one or two hundred years ago. Today, no one’s fortress will have such a towering vertical wall anymore, but Used in North Africa to guard against those horse bandits, it's surprisingly useful. Because of those horse bandits, the most important thing is to be able to come and go like the wind. So they can't equip cannons at all. And if there is no cannon, the towering vertical becomes a huge advantage.

Philip did not attack immediately. He just asked some soldiers to block the gate of the manor first and monitor the movement inside, while asking a Turk to shout to the people there, asking them to stop resisting immediately and submit to the royal division. And the Turk also assured the people inside that their legal personal and property rights will be protected. Of course, what is legal and illegal depends on the specific circumstances.

Obviously, the people in the manor did not believe the Turk's words, or that they had identified the big hole in the Turk's words. Therefore, they responded in a very direct way: Bang!

The shot failed to hit the Turk, he rolled on the spot and hid behind a big tree. In fact, he had already simulated this action in his mind many times when he was shouting.

The Turk leaned on the cover of the big tree and escaped smoothly. As soon as he saw Philip, he complained in his unskilled French: "I already knew that those guys here are determined to be rebellious. There is no need to ask at all. If they are not rebellious, why? Don't you open the door yourself to welcome Master Wang?"

"This is our rule, this kind of ceremony is indispensable." Philip explained.

After all, the French are civilized people and must abide by the rules of civilization. Even though these laws seem a little silly, they are very useful politically.

"We want to give them a chance. We are civilized people and don't want to kill innocent people. But now ~lightnovelpub.net~ things are very clear. The owner of this manor is undoubtedly rebellious. Now they have opened the first With one shot, it's our turn now." Captain Philip said so, and began to assign combat missions to his soldiers.

Like the horse bandits who are very common in the North, the French do not have cannons, and it seems that there is no good way to deal with this wall. In the case of a cross-fire, the defender hides behind the window with only one head exposed. It is quite difficult to hit such a target. As for the attacking French, although they can also use terrain to cover them, they are still incomparable. Therefore, the French must be very disadvantaged when it comes to shooting.

But now to demolish such a vertical high wall, there is no longer only artillery. For example, dynamite bag is a relatively cheap and easy to use method.

It's just that someone braves the enemy's shot and sends the explosive package under the wall. This is dangerous, and there may be casualties. However, the French army also has a whole set of modes that use various firepower to support explosives. This model has been practiced many times in the exercise, but it was the first time it was actually used.

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