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"fire!"

boom!

The deafening roar sounded again on the walls of Port Bell. The entire length of the wall seemed to tremble due to the recoil of the artillery fire, but Richard was not worried about the collapse of the wall because he had people strengthened the wall before the siege. .

call out--

The solid iron ball was shot out of the barrel and flew at high speed in the air, with the whistling sound of tearing the air, and then slammed into the crowd heavily, smashing any coalition soldiers blocking the flight path of the iron ball to pieces.

Although the coalition soldiers were upset by the new weapons equipped by Richard's army, the two kings still forced them to attack. After the artillery blasted, the archers and crossbowmen on the wall also started shooting. The arrow rain caused coalition soldiers to fall down like wheat after autumn, and their bodies quickly covered the flat ground leading to the wall of Port Bell.

However, most of them are innocent refugees who have been coerced.

Covered by the firepower of the defenders, the expelled refugees outside the city were crying loudly. Unarmed, they could not resist the soldiers behind them, but were forced to advance against the rain of arrows, and then fell under the attack of the forces they defected.

Seeing all this, Richard felt a little unbearable, but he quickly put away his kindness. He knew that if he didn't act decisively, once he failed in the siege, the game of life would almost come to an end.

Under the siege of the coalition forces, Richard’s stronghold on the mainland will gradually fall, especially the eastern cities of the Kingdom of Lavana, which have become enclaves. After losing contact with Richard, he can only fight alone, and finally fall. Under the powerful offensive of the coalition forces-Richard did not think that only with some spear militias, Governor Maximilian would be able to block Bandak and Jutian's offensive.

Therefore, in order to avoid that situation, Richard must win this siege.

"Archer! Volley!"

On the city wall, the officers’ roars almost resounded across the sky. As soon as their voices fell, the defending archers unconsciously let go of their thumbs that hooked their bowstrings. The bowstrings that had lost their restraints sent their deadly arrows to the sky and drew them in mid-air. After crossing an arc, it accurately fell into the crowd, piercing the throat of a coalition soldier who was running and shouting.

Against the intensive rain of arrows from the defenders, the coalition soldiers finally rushed to the bottom of the city wall after paying huge casualties. They erected a ladder on the surface of the city wall, and then these soldiers used the most primitive "ant attachment". Tactics to attack the city-the so-called ant attachment is to climb a ladder like a dense ant to climb the city wall.

"Hand artillery lined up!"

Seeing the coalition soldiers starting to climb the city wall, Richard shouted loudly. As soon as his voice fell, a group of soldiers armed with simple firearms rushed to him, raising their hand cannons, waiting for the enemy to rise. shooting.

"ignition!"

噈——

The arquebus inserted in the tail of the hand cannon began to ignite, and the line of fire slowly approached the barrel of the hand cannon. A ladder above the city wall.

"Prepare!"

The leading officer shouted loudly, slowly raising the saber in his hand, and the soldiers under his command stood firm, their eyes fixed on the front, and the noise of the battlefield could not affect them at all.

finally! Under the gaze of everyone, a number of coalition soldiers emerged from the ladder in front of the hand artillery. They climbed up the wall without resistance. Before they had time to shout excitedly, they found rows of arms standing on the wall. A soldier with a strange long pipe, and at the end of that strange long pipe, a burnt rope is emitting a faint white smoke!

"shooting!"

The officer shouted loudly, and the sword in his hand slashed forward to the void. As soon as his voice fell, a series of bean-like noises echoed across the entire section of the city wall. The white smoke caused by the firearms enveloped them and slowly dispersed. open.

The enemy who climbed the city wall in front of them had already been pierced with a few **** holes, and slowly fell down with an expression of disbelief. Under the close salvo, even the accuracy of the early firearms was low. The outrageous, will hit the enemy!

"Load the ammunition, and the crossbowman will continue shooting!"

...

When the setting sun gradually subsided, the coalition soldiers dropped their corpses all over the floor amid the low sound of horns, and receded like a tide.

One day's battle left the soldiers on both sides exhausted, and the arrows consumed could not be counted. The amount of gunpowder consumed by the firearms troops who were sent to the battlefield for the first time was also huge. Fortunately, the firearms produced by the system will automatically recover the consumed gunpowder and projectiles in the early morning of the day, without burdening Richard's logistics.

Otherwise, the gunpowder and projectiles that need to be supplemented are enough to make Richard a headache. After all, he does not have enough ability to provide a large amount of gunpowder and projectiles.

The casualties on the first day were quickly reported to Richard. With solid walls and a systematic army whose average level of combat quality is higher than that of coalition soldiers, the defenders still have relatively few defenders. The casualties of coalition forces attacking with dense arrows and shelling by the defenders far exceeded those of the defenders.

In the battle on this day, Richard lost more than two hundred soldiers, not counting the wounded. The casualties of the coalition forces are conservatively estimated to be above six to seven hundred, which is almost a one-to-three exchange ratio—that is, On average, to kill one soldier of Richard's Army, the coalition would have to pay the price of three soldiers.

In addition, what made Richard even more stunned was that the unlucky ones among the casualties were due to the explosion of the firearms. The quality of the early firearms was really not flattering. The hand artillery who performed well in the war continued. The shot passed through the range of the barrel of the hand cannon, and as a result, the bombing occurred. Soldiers who were bombed were injured in some cases, and died on the spot in severe cases.

But fortunately, the siege artillery he valued more did not happen, otherwise Richard would really feel distressed.

Looking at the casualty report handed in by Lieutenant General Condra, Richard suddenly remembered something~lightnovelpub.net~ asked casually: "How about the casualties of the refugees who were coerced by the enemy?"

"Uh..." Condra obviously didn't expect Richard to ask this suddenly. He was taken aback for a moment, but quickly reacted and said: "According to the soldiers' preliminary statistics, there are at least five refugees who died in the siege. Six hundred people."

"Huh?" Richard was taken aback, and then said: "It means that our crossbowmen and artillery shot and killed at least five or six hundred refugees and an unknown number of enemies?"

"I'm afraid this is the case." Condra said: "It is impossible for refugees to join in the battle that takes place on the wall."

"..." Richard was silent. He did not expect that five or six hundred innocent refugees would lose their lives because of one of his orders.

"Your Majesty, in fact, I have always had a plan." Looking at the silent Richard, Condra said suddenly.

"what?"

"Now that the enemy's main force is besieged outside the city of Belle Port, the city of Lavana should be weakly defensive. Perhaps we can send a navy to raided Lavana along the Fabrizi River to destroy the enemy's supplies."