Chapter 20 Sunset Barbary (7) Algiers (Part 2)
The next morning, the sweeping war on the city where Truqin was familiar with the city began.
Half an hour later, a company soldier was carrying a ladder. Since the position and coordinates had been determined, the mortar could be fixed, so that the soldiers could be covered to siege the city.
At this moment, a large number of black-clad cavalry rushed over from both sides!
The black robe is all colored from head to toe, even her mouth is covered with her only two eyes, and the weapon in her hand is only a Uz steel knife!
They crossed the passage between the houses on the shore and the city walls, and rushed over with a overwhelming momentum!
"Rumbling..."
The momentum is so loud that the entire shore seems to be vibrating.
In order to defend well, the Truqins not only cleared out the dock position in the open space at the gate of the city, but also cleared out an open space about a hundred meters wide. However, these black-clothed surprise soldiers were obviously aimed at the soldiers who were sieging the city, and did not rush into the open space, nor did they intend to attack the position at all.
Soon the first cavalry will emerge from the passage!
"Boom..."
At this moment, a large piece of grenade suddenly threw out from the house!
The black-clad cavalry who rushed through the passage were also shot and killed by soldiers in the position!
"Boom..."
The mortars that covered the siege soldiers did not stop until the first soldier climbed the city wall!
Now, because the Truchens have such a sharp weapon as a mortar, they naturally will not let soldiers attack the city wall with rifles or cold weapons, but will have two rotating pistols for each person!
"Paipa..."
After a sound of pistols, the soldiers of this company quickly occupied a section of the city wall!
Then the subsequent soldiers came up with rifles and short-barrel cannons!
At this time, many black knights who had luckily avoided the grenades rushed into the open space near Truqin Camp, but at this time, the company's soldiers' battalion completely climbed to the top of the city!
They have firmly occupied a section of the city wall under the protection of pistols, grenades, and 30 kilograms of short-barrel cannons!
"Boom..."
The cannons on the camp at the end of the city sounded again. This time the cannons were loaded with shotguns. After a storm of iron bullets, there were not many black knights in the field. After a dense "slap" sound, the field returned to peace again!
However, the black knight seemed not afraid of death, and was still rushing here like a moth to pounce on the flames!
So, the Truchener's problem came again.
Since only one company of soldiers went up, they could not open the city gate in a short time and could barely defend the occupied wall. Also, they were hot weapons troops. Since they were suicide squads, they definitely didn't carry much ammunition. Whether they could finally defend this wall was still a problem.
In the telescope, a large number of Ottomans were rushing towards that section of the city wall with naked eyes!
Assal, the commander-in-chief, also looked solemn.
After a while, he decided to use his cavalry to block the passage before the black knights arrived again. The cavalry of the two companies sent out. They quickly blocked the passage, but the problem arose.
At this time, since only one company of soldiers was on the city wall, although they could cover this section of the wall, there were still a large number of enemies in other directions!
So, the enemies on the city wall can use a comb to shoot the Truchen cavalry under the city.
After a while, the cavalry on both sides retreated. Asar held up his telescope and saw that the cavalry of the two companies had almost lost half of them!
However, when the cavalry of these two companies retreated, no black knights rushed up.
Asar also understood that it was because the soldiers who were ambushing the house just now used grenades and rifles to hedge against the black knights who came over, leaving behind a large number of war horse corpses. In addition, the lost war horses on his side had blocked the passage that was only twenty meters wide.
Because the black knight's horses could not rise, they would not gather together to charge densely when they rushed over again, because the corpses of war horses in a row were not allowed to do so.
"Boom..."
At this time, the soldiers in the camp can move the mortars out of the camp and bombard the enemies in other places on the city wall. At the same time, a large number of soldiers climbed up along the ladders that were still leaning against the city wall.
Since the soldiers of this company occupying the city wall are based on the city gate tower, they can throw grenades from above to below to prevent the enemy from opening the city gate and rushing out to strike a new group of siege soldiers on their side.
Soon, another black knight emerged from both sides, but they were all sparse and disappeared quickly under the attack of the rifle.
As more and more soldiers climbed to the city wall, and more and more black knights war horses were corpses on the passages on both sides, the black knights were getting older and longer. In the end, it took half an hour before scattered black knights emerged!
At this time, two battalions of soldiers had already reached the city wall!
With two battalions of soldiers entering, they could almost control the section of the city wall against the coastline. As more and more ammunition was transported, the enemy could not do anything even if they wanted to open the city gate. Instead, they could only stay away from the city gate under the attack of short-barrel cannons on the city wall!
"Crouch!"
At noon, the city gate opened!
Asar personally rushed in with a regiment of cavalry!
A team of cavalry came towards me, all of them were white robes, and there was only a scimitar in their hands!
"Pan..."
As the white-robed cavalry's front horses fell down one after another, their speed quickly slowed down. Asar led the Truchen cavalry to advance while shooting. At this time, the pistol in their hands also turned into a rifle.
At 2:00 pm, the battle came to an abrupt end - for the outer city.
The only combat effectiveness in Algiers is three thousand Jenicer, three thousand Berber, Moor cavalry, and Jenicer is still in the city of Casba on the mountain. The Berber cavalry and Moor cavalry saw that they were defeated and became the nobles in the jurisdiction of Algiers Pasha, so they opened the back door and ran away.
The remaining militias composed of the residents of the city also put down their weapons and ran back home.
But the Knights of the Mujahideen, all wearing black robes, did not retreat!
"Boom..."
All Truqin warships began to sail to the shore, and then used side guns to bombard the houses on both sides and nearby passages!
"Pan..."
Two Tengis docked at the dock at the end of the house. Under the cover of artillery fire, the two regiments of cavalry came ashore and then killed them from the other end of the house!
An hour later, the two-mile passage was no longer covered with black knights, stuffed with horses and knights' bodies.
The news reached the ship.
"Your Highness, about half of the black knights have been wiped out, and half are still hidden in the fortresses on the shore. Each of the forts can only accommodate two or three hundred people, with a total of twenty fortresses, and there should be six or seven thousand people"
"What about the rest? Didn't the spy say there were 30,000 people?"
"Run"
"Aren't they jihadists? How could they escape in the last battle?"
"Although they are jihadists, they are also flesh and blood. In addition, their leader must have seen the order from Casba City and probably retreated to another place. Look..."
"It's still a question. The fortresses are all close to the shore. Blast me with armor-piercing grenades!"
“Yes!”
At dusk, all twenty fortresses on the shore collapsed. Since Truchen cavalry guarded both sides, the six or seven thousand black knights were obviously killed in battle.
At this time, Zahatai, Bayar and Asar had already entered the outer city with three brigades and blocked the only passage to the mountain city.
Standing in front of the passage, Zahatai watched with a telescope for a long time.
When he put down his telescope, he couldn't help but frown.
"Although the mountain is smooth, it becomes steep when approaching the city wall. Our army's ladder is not long enough, and the range of the mortar is not enough"
So I asked the spy beside me that since he had already taken down the outer city, he didn't have to hide it anymore.
"Do you know how thick the walls of the mountain city are?"
"I've been there once, it's not thick, about one meter, but they are all made of stones. If the naval gun is transported here, it can still be knocked down."
Zahatai shook his head, "Even if he is a confidant of Sudan, the war is over, he knows that the situation is over, so why do you have to bear it?"
"At this time, we should send people to contact us, either surrender or discuss the conditions for withdrawal."
....
In the mansion of the generals garrisoned outside the city, Zahatai summoned everyone to discuss.
Before everyone spoke, Zahatai asked the spy to speak first.
"Tell me, who is this Hassan Gazi?"
"Your Highness, it is said that he is from somewhere in Europe. He was recruited by Sultan at the age of six to train in Istanbul. He has participated in previous wars against the Russians. He is also the only local magistrate who is not a relative of the Sultan and is allowed to recruit Christian children for training in the name of Pasha."
"It is said that he was seriously injured in every war with the Russians, but he still insisted on regressing. He was captured by the Russians every time, and finally returned to Istanbul when the two sides exchanged captives"
"Because of this, he was deeply trusted by the Sudan and his official position became higher and higher. Finally, he was placed in Algiers. You should know that both Tunisia and Tripoli were actually served by rebels as Pasha, and only he was appointed seriously"
"What are his characteristics? He is not afraid of death except for fighting?"
"He is very religious and goes to Givan Castle almost every day to pray"
"Kifan Castle?"
"Yes, it is the holy land of Islam. In history, a dynasty named Rostum once established a dynasty there. The sect advocated simplicity and used the rules set by the prophets as the criterion and was deeply believed by Gazi"
"So, the Given Fortress was also destroyed by our army?"
"That's not, Given Fort Kivan is located near the castle on the shore, and our army's artillery cannot be fired."
Zahatai nodded. He did not believe in his heart that Gazi would fight for the Ottoman Sultan until the last moment. In the land of North Africa, I don’t know how many people established dynasties. They were all devout believers. At that time, the Caliphs of the Arab Empire and the Ottoman Sultan all claimed to be the only representative of Allah on earth.
Only naked interests are the reasons that drive them to find another way to establish a dynasty.
In addition to power and wealth, the interests here naturally also have sectarian differences.
But once a dynasty is established, its successors may not be entangled in doctrine anymore, and safeguarding their own interests becomes the only reason.
In theory, since the Truchens are very dominant in the entire Mediterranean, the glory of the Barbary Pirates will definitely be gone forever, and Tunisia next door and Tripoli are independent. What's the point of persisting here?
Suddenly I thought of the words of my father.
"Is it because of the wealth here? He must keep it?"
Chapter completed!