Chapter 398: , The fire

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Before the tide subsided, the Turks retreated and their losses were quite serious. At least, the French have rarely seen people on their side lose so much in these years. But the Turkish commander Tayippasha didn't care much about it. Tayippasha fought in the Balkans with the Russians and the Austrians, and he has seen more dead Turks than this. In his view, today's loss is nothing but drizzle. Well, although the specific figures have not yet been counted, the rough figures have come out. Tayippasha lost less than a thousand people. You see, there are not even a thousand people here. What is this not drizzle?
Of course, Taipu Pasha still has some dissatisfaction with the French allies. He also saw the effect of the French’s high-explosive bombs on the warship. If in today’s attack, the French also used such shells to bombard the port of Tripoli, then the Turks could completely occupy an area and lean against Strength and firepower superiority, little by little expansion of the occupied area, and finally captured the entire Tripoli.
So after the offensive on this day, when the generals of the two armies came to the meeting room of the "Inbrador" again to discuss the follow-up combat plan, Tayip Pasha immediately proposed and asked the French to strengthen Fire support, using "the kind of bombs that can explode" to support the Turkish Army in combat.
But the French refused him without hesitation.
"Dear Pasha, please forgive me for having to refuse your request. We can support you with firepower, but the kind of high-explosive bombs that can explode can't work." Admiral Treville immediately refused, "This kind of shell production Difficulty, expensive, and limited production. We didn’t bring much. Today we have destroyed a half of our stock. There are still several cities behind us to attack, and we must keep these shells until that time. But if you agree, we can still provide you with the same effective fire support."
"My friend, what plan do you have, let's discuss it..."
The next day, the Turks and French once again made an offensive posture, waiting for the high tide outside the port of Tripoli. The Barbary pirates also made plans to fight the Turkish landing.
This time the French fleet is still staying as far away as yesterday. Obviously, the Turks are still responsible for things like direct landing operations that may suffer a lot of losses. Maybe the Turks will take a relatively stable After its foothold, French talents will join in.
The French army, especially the French army, has been so prestigious over the years, even the Barbary pirates have heard of it. When the Barbary pirates boarded Italy for robbery a few years ago, they had some small-scale battles with the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Even the army of the Kingdom of Sardinia is no longer what Barbary pirates can fight against. How strong should the French army be so far better than them?
Therefore, Yusuf Pasha believes that the Turks must not be allowed to easily land ashore, and they must not be allowed to control a stable site. Otherwise, when the French army comes ashore, the matter will be really difficult to handle. . But yesterday the French attack on the fort with high-explosive shells almost completely destroyed the fort. Most of the cannons on the turret were damaged, and more importantly, the artillery on the turret died. So now, no one is willing to go to the fort. So the defense of the fort has not been restored. However, considering the time limit of the tide, as long as the pirates can hold for two hours, the enemy will retreat. So Yusuf Pasha felt that he should be able to hold on for a while.
The tide gradually rose, and the Turks' warship approached along the tide.
There was no firepower on the fort, and the Turk’s warship approached the port smoothly. The pirates also came to the iron cannons arranged in the harbor and made preparations to resist landing. At this time, the French warships behind them also launched a bombardment formation, and then began to bombard the port.
Although the French did not use high-explosive shells in this bombardment, for this port, the power of the French-fired shells even surpassed high-explosive shells, because the French warships fired white phosphorus incendiary bombs this time. .
The output of white phosphorus is not high, but when it is used as an incendiary bomb, its fuze is relatively simple, basically the set of grenade bombs can be used. Just throw away the fire.
As one of the bases of the pirates, Tripoli’s buildings are quite chaotic. The distance between the buildings is very close. Although the buildings themselves are made of stones, adobe and piles of walls, the roofs are nothing but They are all wooden structures, and then piled with bark and weeds are the most suitable for setting fire. Now the pirates are concentrated here to resist, and it happened to burn them with a torch.
Last night, when Admiral Trevel asked his staff to tell Tayippasha how to use incendiary bombs to attack the enemy's plan, Tayyippasha agreed.
"This kind of rebellion should be burned like this, otherwise, how could they be willing to surrender to us?" Tayippasha said.
"Just doing this will cause a lot of damage to the port, and many people will die, many of them may be peaceful residents. This will cause great accidental injuries. Moreover, in the future, they will also be your subjects of Pasha. ." Admiral Treville said.
Tayippasha laughed and laughed: "Thank you for the general's kindness, but this port is a pirate port, where are so many peaceful residents? In this port, if it is a man, it is a male pirate; if it is a woman, it is a female pirate. ; If you are a child, you are a little pirate. These people have always been arrogant and tough, and they don’t obey Wang Hua. They only recognize force. If you don’t beat them hard, you treat them no matter how good you are, and they just think you are afraid If they want to rule them well, they have to kill them fiercely first, and they will be heartbroken one by one, and they will truly understand your tolerance and kindness to them.
Besides, there are still several cities behind us to take down. If you really fight slowly one by one, how long will it take and how many people will die? It's better to be here and let them die one at a time. In the future ports, we can just go over and set up the cannons and let them kneel down and surrender. "
Since people are going to be Pasha's people here in the future, they don't worry about killing too many people, so why should Admiral Trevel worry about him? Of course, this fire will cause considerable damage to the port. However, after France gains control of the port in the future, it will also undergo major reconstructions. These messy buildings were originally to be demolished.
The year before last, Bonaparte took power to widen and rebuild some streets in Paris. As a result, a lot of demolition expenses were paid. Of course, here, demolition is definitely cheaper than Paris, but France is a country under the rule of law, and it is a place where law is concerned. According to the "Civil Code", France protects sacred and inviolable private property. If the owners of these buildings are still alive, then France must first obtain their consent to demolish these buildings. After all, French people are reasonable and legal. Therefore, for the convenience of demolition in the future, it is better to turn these buildings into unowned ruins first. How can we French be reasonable?
Of course, this is just a bragging statement by the French. If they change to the British, they will definitely say: "The biggest characteristic of the French is that they are unreasonable. As long as they have the opportunity to be unreasonable, they will definitely be unreasonable. If they talk about reason once in a while, it must be because the situation is unfavorable and they have to reason."
In short, since the burning Tripoli has so many benefits, I am really sorry for not setting it on fire. So just when the pirates came to their gun positions and were preparing to fight the landing, the French warships began to shell.
Cannonballs spewed out of the French gun barrels, but did not fall on the front, but over the front to fly directly behind the pirates, and then exploded in the air, turning into hundreds of white smoke. The fire fell like a rain of fire.
These fires crackled and landed on the street, on the roof. In addition to the Shanghai wind blowing, almost in the blink of an eye, those roofs were lit by these fires.
If these pirates were a little more sensitive when the fire fell just now, they would immediately leave everything behind and run away, maybe they could still escape from the fire before the fire was completely burnt up. But when these pirates saw this weapon for the first time, how could they want to get the cruelty of it, and how could they immediately react correctly? Therefore, this time to escape was suddenly missed. In a blink of an eye, behind them, the fire blazed.
The roof of the wooden structure, plus the various flammable products on it, plus the strong sea breeze. The fire quickly got out of control. The red flame rose more than ten meters high, forming an airtight wall of fire, and it burned toward the place where the pirates had their feet.
The fire has not yet approached, but the heat from the flames has already made the pirates unbearable. They ran towards the bay and wanted to jump into the water to avoid the flames. But by this time the Turks' warship was approaching. The Turks did not have any kindness towards these pirates who had the same beliefs as them. Their warships used shotguns to fire violently at these pirates who fled into the sea. The sailors on the ship also stood with guns on the side of the ship and kept firing at the pirates who had jumped into the sea.
If it is just one shot and two shots, the pirates are not afraid. Take a deep breath, and then plunge into it. It’s hard to get any bullets into the water. But the problem is that people are not fish after all. It is impossible to really sink in the water and not come out. Once you come up to breathe, bullets will fly towards you. As long as you breathe slower and dive slower, you will die immediately.
The Turkish soldiers on those warships were very relaxed. They were leaning on the ship's side and shooting at the pirates on the sea. It was a bit like a game called mole-mouse in later generations. On the sea, heads popped up from time to time, and then they shot them over. Sometimes, those heads suddenly shrank, but they didn't hit them. Sometimes, the head was hit by several bullets at the same time, and it burst like a watermelon. The blood also immediately stained the surrounding sea water red.
At first there were human heads almost everywhere on the sea. But with continuous shooting, soon there were not many gophers on the sea to fight.
At this time, the fire also burned to the shore, and the fire became stronger. The flame rose to a height of tens of meters, because the hot air rose rapidly, and the surrounding cold air quickly flowed into the fire field with a large amount of oxygen. The wind assisted the fire, the intense heat and the surging whirlwind inhaled a large amount of burning debris and converged with the influx of flammable gas, igniting the rotating dragon. A terrifying spectacle even appeared on the fire field-the fire tornado.
This is a tornado made up of flames. It is a flaming red funnel that is constantly twisting, rising straight hundreds of meters high, throwing various burning things in all directions. At this time, the sea near the fire site began to boil, and even the Turks’ warships had to retreat, otherwise they might be involved in the fire.
But maybe it was because they were so happy to beat the moles just now, that they did not notice that the tide had receded a lot at this time.
In fact, it's not that no one noticed this. It's just that everyone who left did not expect that the fire would burn so badly. Everyone thought that the distance between their ship and the fire site should have been safe. But now, just the fire shining on their faces has already made them feel stinging. And the fire tornado, hundreds of meters high, threw a large amount of burning fire far away, and even one of it was thrown not far from the Turk's battleship.
The Turks’ warships are still sailing warships~EbookFREE.me~ Now some fire has fallen on their sails. Although the flames caused by these fires were quickly extinguished, their courage also forced them to constantly retreat. Until-"Boom!"
With a violent explosion, a Turkish warship began to sink quickly-as the tide receded and the water level dropped, the mines laid by the pirates finally began to work.
But even at the risk of thundering, the Turks' warships did not dare to stay as close as the sea of ​​fire. They continued to retreat, and after paying the price of two more ships hitting and sinking, they finally withdrew from the harbor.
The power of this blaze not only exceeded Taipu Pasha’s imagination, but also exceeded the expectations of Admiral Trevel. The entire Tripoli was swallowed by the fire.
"This is really...Even the London fire of the year, it shouldn't be more terrifying than this, right?" Admiral Treville couldn't help but said as he looked at the burning city.
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