"Our blasters and artillery successfully opened a few meters of gap, and could barely organize infantry to break into the fortress." Zheng Zhibao and other naval officers used a telescope to observe the blasting situation in front of the trench. Dust fell in the telescope, revealing a few meters wide gap.

"It's not the time yet. The terrifying thing about the bastion is its crossfire. If our soldiers break into the fortress along a few meters of gap, they will definitely be attacked by the crossfire of the bastion. It's best to open the 30-meter gap, and our infantry can drive straight in." Sun Chuanting said.

"Do you want to use the picric acid explosives and detonators in our Iron Armored Ship ammunition depot? That thing rarely comes in handy." Zheng Zhibao asked.

"The picric acid explosive is very powerful and is one of our trump cards. If it is not very necessary, it is better not to take it out?" Sun Chuanting asked inconscience.

At present, European countries, including Britain, which is engaged in trade, do not know that the Jiuzhou Army has other explosives besides black gunpowder. It is hard to say that the impact is rashly used the more terrifying picric acid explosive.

"Let's control the amount of picric acid explosives used. If the power is too high, we claim to have used a large amount of black gunpowder. Anyway, they don't know what explosives we are using." Zheng Zhibao encouraged him.

"What you said makes sense." Sun Chuanting was not a pedantic person. He was also trained by the Army Military Academy. After thinking that he could cover up the fact that he used picric acid explosives, he decisively agreed.

The detonation power is far beyond that of black gunpowder, which is a very dangerous thing. Even the best explosive hands must estimate the amount of explosives and the range of the explosion impact to avoid losing your life.

In order to prepare for the forced blasting of picric acid explosives, the trench ahead used black gunpowder to blast the blasting work temporarily, and only the cannons and muskets were still cleaning the firepower on the bastion.

Without the blasting sound of black gunpowder, the entire battlefield seemed much quieter.

"Are they planning to organize infantry to attack? The explosion of the gap is only four meters long, and I am afraid that it will not be able to accommodate a large number of soldiers breaking into the fortress." Sir Greenville used the telescope given to him by the Kyushu Army to check the gap in the prism, and estimated the width of the gap based on the size of the reference object.

"If the soldiers are elite enough and the defenders are in a sluggish fighting spirit, they can forcibly conquer the fortress at the expense of a team of soldiers." Sir Pennington said.

"When the Ottoman Empire attacked our island of Malta 60 years ago, our Knights of Malta blocked them with a bastion for several months. However, if the Chinese attacked our island of Malta, I doubt whether we could defend it for three months." said Castella, the leader of the Knights of Malta.

Their group of people watching the battle saw the energy displayed by the Eastern Army, but they had their own thoughts.

They had realized that the reason why the Fourth Fleet and the Far West Expeditionary Force were so stubbornly trying to capture the fortresses of Algiers and Pernion was definitely not just trying to rescue Li Jinde.

If they were just to rescue Li Jinde, they would have several chances to negotiate with the pirates.

The suspension of blasting work is just the tranquility before the storm comes.

The pirates are raising 500,000 taels of compensation, intending to exchange the money for the withdrawal of the tripartite coalition.

They had not realized that as they were planning another peace talk, the more powerful explosives were transported to the front line through trenches and tunnels, and the blaster was making nervous preparations.

"The blasting is about to begin. Everyone in the two trenches and tunnels in front are lying inside the trenches and blocking their ears!!" The low-level officer supervising the battle on the front line cat-shaped his body in the tunnel to inform his soldiers.

The soldiers on the front line seemed to realize what was going to happen, and they leaned their muskets against the trench and stopped suppressing the firepower on the bastion.

"Everyone, we will use a large amount of black powder to blast the gap on a larger scale later. Don't be scared." Sun Xu came here in person to greet the British officers who were temporary ally and the people of the Knights of the Malta to avoid being frightened.

“What happened…”

Rumble!!!

Suddenly the earth seemed to explode! With the sound of a rumbling explosion, the pillar of fire rose to the ground, and the flames engulfed the surrounding castle walls!

Before the Count Stratant could finish his words, he felt his body shaking, his ears roaring, and a bastion in the distance was engulfed by the sea of ​​fire!

So terrible!!

Almost all the friendly forces observing the battlefield were frightened by the loud noise. They looked at the explosion site in unison. The bastion, which was originally shaken by shells and black gunpowder, collapsed again due to the explosion!

The picric acid explosives brought more than just a fire. The energy generated by the explosion destroyed a large ridge, and the stone bricks and soil collapsed, revealing a gap of more than 30 meters!

"How much black gunpowder they used..." Castella couldn't stop talking because she was too shocked, and a fire reflected in his eyes.

This blast ignited an ammunition depot!

"The gunpowder of the Easterners is so fierce! But I have been paying attention to them transporting gunpowder in front. When will they transport such a large amount of black gunpowder in front..." The Dutch merchant Reit muttered himself, as if he realized something, but he did not tell others.

"This kind of explosion is simply a work of art, the art of war!" Sir Greenville witnessed the gorgeous and cruel moment when the phlegm explosive exploded just now, and there was a strange sense of beauty.

"After the fire subsided, the gunners covered the infantry and launched an assault." Sun Chuanting was in the second parallel trench, his hat and military uniform were covered with dust sweeping from explosives when the explosion.

Beside him is the main force of this assault fortress, with 300 raid troops and 200 reserve troops.

They rarely had the chance to go to the battlefield in the East, but not long after they arrived here, the Far West Expeditionary Army began to fight in the West. This arduous battle was a training for them with real guns and ammunition.

However, they still overestimated the pirate's abilities.

While the commando team organized by Sun Chuanting was waiting for the fire generated by the explosion to subside, the pirates walking on thin ice could no longer bear it under the explosion under the picy acid explosives and the bombardment. They raised the white flag on the bastion.

"Have the pirates surrendered?" Almost everyone's first reaction was when they saw this flag.

There was a gap of thirty meters in the fortress, and there were only more than 1,000 pirates in the fortress, and they were unable to defend anyway.

The fortress is on the verge of being conquered, and surrendering at this time is equivalent to being slaughtered by the three coalition forces.
Chapter completed!