There is only one gate and two small gates in Okron Fortress.

The four-meter-wide gate is facing the east, which is the direction of the pier. A step road connects the gate and the pier on the west bank of the Tennessee River.

The other two small gates are less than two meters wide. One of the small gates is located to the southwest of the fortress, facing the swamp. The other small gate is directly north, facing the wide Ohio River.

The entire Auklon Fortress is not only garrisoned by the French army, but also hundreds of French colonists live here. Among these colonists, except for a few large aristocrats and wealthy agents, the rest are mostly farmers.

These farmers have opened up a large amount of farmland outside the swamp and along the banks of the Ohio River and the Tennessee River, relying on growing food and tobacco for their livelihoods. Of course, there are also some that engage in breeding. Chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, and horses are all livestock raised by these farmers.

It is precisely because of the existence of these farmers that this fortress has opened two small gates. These two small gates are usually used by these farmers to enter and exit the fortress.

Shi Xiong led a group of musketeers along the step road to the front and back of the fortress gate and discovered that this heavy gate had become riddled with holes, and many places had been burned through by the fire.

The originally sturdy door crashed down with just a light push, and then fell to pieces under the influence of its own gravity.

After crossing the doorway, Shi Xiong and the others entered hell.

At this time, the Oclon Fortress has completely turned into a hell. The raging fire before has been almost extinguished, which of course is because there is nothing to burn in the fortress. The thick smoke that accompanied the fire basically disappeared, and only a few places were still emitting thick smoke.

The city lord's mansion that was the most conspicuous in the original fortress has become riddled with holes just like that door. The gate of the original imposing City Lord's Mansion has completely collapsed. Dozens of corpses that were about to burn into black coal are piled up at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and beside these corpses, there are two bullet craters.

It is estimated that these people wanted to enter the city lord's mansion to avoid the cannonballs that fell from the sky. As a result, two cannonballs exploded beside them, so that these people were killed in one pot.

The dense wooden houses that Stone Bear saw when he entered the fortress last time had already turned into piles of black ashes. Only the occasional curls of green smoke seemed to tell their previous identities.

The interior of the fortress, which was originally packed with Dangdang, had now become empty like a wilderness. Except for the city lord's mansion that was bombed and collapsed, all the other buildings disappeared.

There were bullet craters everywhere, and all kinds of strange bodies burned everywhere. In addition to the dozens of corpses seen at the gate of the city lord's mansion, there were similar situations in front of the two small gates.

It is estimated that the colonists living in the fortress wanted to run out of the fortress through the small door before the explosion. As a result, they incorrectly estimated the rate of fire of the 55 mortar. As a result, they were dropped from the sky before the small door could be opened. The mortar shells were alive and dead.

It is definitely not an exaggeration to describe the entire fortress as hell, and even the air is filled with a smell of roasted meat...

Shi Xiong was not surprised by such a situation.

The kill radius of the 55 mortar is as high as twelve meters, which means that if a shell falls in an open place, all people within the radius of twelve meters will die!

In other words, the damage area of ​​a 55 mortar shell is about 450 square meters!

The area inside the entire fortress is only 8,000 square meters, and a full fifty 55 mortar shells exploded here, which is equivalent to covering the inside of the fortress almost three times!

If the inside of the fortress is built with masonry structure, it is better to say that solid masonry can well withstand the damage caused by fragments. But here are mostly wooden houses and tents. This fragile building material is not much stronger than a piece of paper in the face of the power of a cannonball explosion.

Coupled with the fire caused by wooden planks and tents, the number of people burned to death alone is not a small number!

Of course, more of this fortress is the stumps and broken arms that can be seen everywhere. Just five volleys of ten mortars have dismembered at least half of the people in this fortress. Under such bombing intensity, it is normal for people to be torn into pieces by the huge explosive force, and those who are burned to death are considered dead, at least they can keep a whole body.

"Boss, I found a cellar over there with alive people!" A soldier hurriedly ran over to report a piece of news.

Shi Xiong followed the soldier to a place located at the root of the east wall of the City Lord's Mansion. It was no different from other places, and it had been burned to ashes. But under a thick cracked stone slab on the ground, Shi Xiong heard a cry for help.

The stone slab was soon dragged away by the soldiers, and a dark hole was exposed. Shi Xiong glanced in, and immediately became happy.

It turned out that there was a four to five meters deep cellar below, and there were five people trembling inside, one of whom was a fellow Shi Xiong had known before.

What is this guy's name? Well, it seems to be called Oreno, but he got a big mouth by himself...

Shi Xiong looked at the big fat man who was trembling in the cellar, and flashed in his mind the spokespersons of the great nobles he met when he came to the fortress of Okron that year. This guy named Oreno was one of them.

But this guy is obviously a very savvy guy, hiding in the cellar with his family when the explosion just started.

Not to mention, his choice made him lucky to survive. If he tried to escape Okron Fortress like everyone else, he would have been bombed or burned to death long ago.

It may be that Shi Xiong's physique is so amazing ~lightnovelpub.net~ that Mr. Oreno also showed a pleasing look after a moment of stun. Obviously, he recognized Shi Xiong.

However, since it has been decided not to keep alive, this Mr. Oreno and his family naturally cannot stay.

Shi Xiong ignored that guy's flattering smile, but waved at a soldier beside him, and then untied an earthen grenade from the soldier's waist.

After igniting the fuse of the grenade with the firefold, after waiting for about two or three seconds, Shi Xiong threw the grenade into the cellar, and then walked away calmly.

A few seconds later, accompanied by a dull explosion, a flame came out from the mouth of the cellar along with thick smoke. There was no sound in the cellar.

"Clean up this fortress carefully, I don't need the living Vasichu!" Stone Bear gathered the more than 200 soldiers of the Burst Bear Brigade who had entered the fortress and said loudly, "Also, take a look at this. The extent of the damage to the walls of this fortress depends on whether this fortress needs to stay.

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