Chapter 286
Chapter 286.
“Boom!”
Millstone-sized rocks fell from the sky, fortunately not hitting anyone, but the loud clanging sound of the rocks coming into contact with the wall still made people fearful.
If such a large stone were to hit a person, wouldn’t he be turned into a lump of flesh in an instant?
The defenders of Biduo Fort were shocked, and they all cowered behind the battlements, not daring to show their heads.
Outside the wall, Jaaius was very satisfied with the test firing of the stone thrower and laughed out loud.
With a slight twist of his head, he praised, “Captain Doug, the technology you brought is really good! I’ve been struggling against the rebels’ thunder hammers, and now that I’ve created such a sharp weapon, it’s no match for them.”
The cloaked mercenary captain on the side smiled faintly, “Your honor is too kind. However, I would like to see what kind of divine weapon the [Thunder Hammer] you speak of is, and I’m still looking forward to them hitting a few rounds.”
Jaaius raised his whip and pointed towards Bidor Castle, “Here! The wall that black is, but well …… hum, looks like away from the Gleeman, the rest of this gang of fools can not play, wasted such a good weapon.”
Before the attack, he shot the scouts will Biduo Fort carefully reconnaissance, the wall did not put up the flag of the Gleiman family or the Garnard family, the flag of the other families in the coalition army is a complete set. It seems that these two boys are indeed tripped up by the matter in the territory, father’s strategy really works.
The mercenary captain Doug looked along Jaice’s pointing finger, even though he had excellent eyesight, he could only vaguely make out a rough picture from this distance.
He requested, “Lord Viscount, when the battle is over, this [Thunder Hammer]……”
Jia Ace smiled, “Don’t worry, as long as you fight well, naturally you won’t get half of it.”
“Thank you, Lord! Hehehe, we in the mercenary business like to collect novelty weapons to study, one more understanding is one more protection.”
“Hmph, when we beat this castle, not to mention the Thunder Hammer, I’ll wait to give you more things ……”
……
While Jaaius and the mercenary captain were talking high and mighty, the lords of the allied forces were hiding in one of the strongest towers and throwing a tantrum.
“Waste! Foolishness! So quickly overwhelmed!”
“You guys didn’t know anything once the instructor left?”
The instructor Paul had sent to teach artillery had only slightly mentioned not to let the gunpowder get damp, which was supposed to be common knowledge in the Arda army, so they hadn’t paid much attention to that.
Unexpectedly, the gunners selected by the coalition army were completely immersed in the great power of the artillery, and the instructor’s words “not to let the gunpowder get wet” went in the left ear and then came out of the right ear.
Before the Kents arrived, the artillery instructors withdrew to Alda with the transportation company responsible for moving the supplies, Paul did not want his precious artillerymen to stay in such a dangerous place where they could not be supported by their own troops.
The new rookie artillerymen of the coalition army took it upon themselves to take all the gunpowder for firing out of the storehouse and pile it up under the city wall, where the enemy might come at any time, and it would be convenient to put it nearer to take it out.
Unfortunately, shortly before the arrival of Kent’s army, a heavy rain fell over Biddle Castle.
While the Kentish army was placing the catapults, the Union lords had the good sense to order their artillery to get a head start on the catapults and blast them to pieces before they were ready.
Then the four guns that should have had outstanding performance were …… dumbfounded in plain sight!
The crowd then remembered that gunpowder can t be dipped in water!
Losing the power of the artillery, the allied forces could only watch with bated breath as the Kent army’s stone throwers got ready and threw millstone-sized stones over their heads again and again.
“Ah! Ahh! What have you done?”
Viscount Johnston pulled out his sword and waved it around in the air! It looked like he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone! A few officers managing the artillery trembled and knelt on the ground.
But the Viscount restrained himself, these officers and soldiers who had learned how to manipulate artillery were very precious, and were the people who were close to each family.
Earl Parker’s face was grim as he shouted angrily, “Why don’t you take the gunpowder and dry it out while the sun is out now.” Earl Malcolm also waved his fist ferociously, “Any more mistakes and watch out for your heads.”
Several artillery officers immediately scurried away with their heads in their hands.
The lords looked at each other speechless, Derek leisurely said, “We can only hold out for a while, luckily we still have a dozen boxes of grenades.”
……
Just as the battle rekindled in Bido Fort, the [Operation Overlord] of Arda’s army also began.
On the river north of Fishtail Town, four sailing warships were lined up, their blackened gun ports eyeing the town intently.
Although it was called a town, it could actually be considered a small town in terms of size, the northern wall was built along the river, and there was a water gate constructed on top connecting the outer river with the artificial waterway inside the town.
Schroeder stood on the deck of the flagship, calmly holding up his binoculars and gazing into the town, and he was surrounded by Jarman and Tirbitz.
The two fleet commanders were in a bit of a hurry, with Tirbitz muttering “why aren’t they back yet” and Jarman checking his pocket watch from time to time.
While they were waiting, the water gate on the wall opened, and a small city rowed out of it, heading straight for the flagship.
After the small boat had affixed itself to the period, an officer climbed up on deck to Schroeder.
“Unfortunately, Viscount Solo Carter did not accept our persuasion to surrender! Here is the letter he wrote back.”
Schroeder turned out the envelope and opened it, read the reply carefully, and then passed it on to both Tirbitz and Jarman.
Tirbitz read it and was furious, and inside the letter, although the wording was relatively euphemistic, it scolded Paul Gleiman without a dirty word for even joining the [unjust] side [betraying] the new duke.
“Lord Schroeder, start the attack, Claude and Baron Andrew, they have already finished landing over at the west gate, just waiting for your order.”
Schroeder pulled out his pocket watch to take a look and nodded.
“Begin the action!”
With his order, the four battleships immediately clamored.
After just less than a minute, a loud roar resounded from the south-facing side of each battleship.
In an instant, Fishtail Town was baptized by dozens of shells.
Some of the shells knocked down the walls, stirring up masonry and stones in all directions, and the authorized soldiers on the walls suffered.
Some shells crossed the wall and hit the residential houses in the town, and the red-hot shells ignited a huge fire when they touched the flammable materials.
“It’s the Thunder Hammer! It’s the legendary Thunder Hammer!”
“Hurry! Quickly counterattack with the crossbow!”
The defenders on the wall were either cowering behind the palisade wall in fear or scurrying around like headless flies.
The soldier in charge of operating the crossbow boldly stayed by the side of the crossbow and turned the twisting winch with all his strength so that he could shoot farther.
The officer in charge yelled, “Fire!”
The torsion spring drove the crossbow arm to drive the bowstring, sending four thick crossbow arrows hurtling out towards the Arda fleet ……
(End of chapter)