In order to save leadership, all the candidates in this East India fleet did not produce army artillery. Because naval guns are used as support during landing operations, army artillery is expensive and inefficient.

However, when this kind of naval gun is difficult to support, some people will think of the goodness of army guns.

Commander Masa not only provided Jiang Hai with four 24-pound infantry cannons he prepared, but also equipped a team of well-trained gunners who graduated from the Royal Artillery Academy. This high-quality one-stop service also showed his determination to get Shao Feng Caibao.

This metallurgical technology is not very developed. Compared with iron cannons with sand holes, cannons cast with brass have a longer life, higher durability, and lighter weight. Therefore, copper is the first choice material for producing cannons.

However, due to production reasons, copper is generally given priority to the army that has stricter mobility and weight requirements to cast artillery. The navy, unless it is a flag warship that symbolizes the image of a country's navy, such as the Royal Navy Victory, the French Navy Oriental, and the Spanish Navy's Holy Trinity, it is so luxurious that it uses copper cannons. Other ordinary warships are cast iron cannons.

Now, the four 24-pound copper cannons in Jiang Hai's hand have an advantage in terms of caliber and performance compared to the cast iron cannons brought from the ship in the pirates' hands.

When they saw that the artillery of the siege troops began to be orderly, they arranged cannons according to the combat manual, and piled up solid shells as if they were ready to go, and the pirates guarding the city finally calmed down. They stopped drinking, some people hurried to the cannon position on the tower, and some people whistled to inform their superiors and prepared to fight.

Bang!

A muffled sound passed over the battlefield. It was the sound of cannons firing.

However, it was not the Jiang Hai troops who fired the first shot of the battle, but the pirates defending the city who took the lead in fighting back with their twelve-pound naval guns.

"Haha, these pirates without eggs, your cannons are smaller than the thing under your crotch!"

However, the pirates' artillery bombardment not only did not cause any casualties, but instead attracted a burst of ridicule.

The twelve-pound naval gun fired, the size of a grapefruit, fell weakly about two meters away in front of the neatly arranged guards. The only impact of this shell with white smoke was to smash a pit on the mud and plow out a small gully.

Major William, who showed no British gentlemanly demeanor, immediately laughed and scolded, and used this to increase the morale of his subordinates.

Whether it is the power of the artillery or the quality of the gunners, the pirates defending the city were completely crushed. Their only advantage was that they had a good geographical location.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Compared with the weak sound of the pirate artillery, the sound of the twenty-four-pound infantry cannon firing was like thunder. The soldiers who were close enough could not help but blocked their ears.

After spitting out the flames, before the white smoke at the muzzle had dissipated, Jiang Hai noticed that several marches on the city wall were hit by solid shells, and for a moment, bricks and stones were scattered and smoke and dust were splashing everywhere.

Although it did not cause direct damage, it was already very good to have such accuracy in the first shooting.

After the fire was opened, an artillery immediately cleaned the barrel with a stick plug and loaded the gunpowder and shells again. Then the gunner's commander corrected the angle and fired again through the first shelling result.

Because unlike the naval artillery, it pays more attention to loading speed because it uses the close-range side-side volley tactic, the army artillery has higher requirements for accuracy.

After the muzzle roared again, this time there was no protection from battlements, and a twelve-pound cannon on the tower was directly hit. A pirate who fired the cannon was directly hit by a twenty-four-pound cannon and broke into two pieces. The scattered flesh and organs directly dyed the tower dark red. The other pirates were so scared that they immediately threw down their tools and evacuated the tower.

In addition to casualties, the twelve-pound cannon mount was also directly broken, and the ground of the tower was crushed unevenly by heavy solid iron bullets, which was completely unusable until it was repaired for a long time.

After the first artillery tower was removed, the artillery continued to work hard and soon smashed the second and third artillery towers one by one. During this period, although the defensive artillery placed on the city tower occasionally counterattacked, the solid ammo they fired was not enough and its power was too small to pose a threat to the attacking party. In order to facilitate combat on a narrow ship, the pirates basically did not have long spears, and relying solely on the pistols in their hands, they could not pose a threat to the infantrymen of the attacking party with an array of outside ranges.

When all the artillery towers were bombed, Jiang Hai ordered the gun to turn to the city gate and began to break the door. The artillery is worthy of being the terminator of the Castle Age. The leverage catapults, crossbows, siege towers, siege ladders, siege hammers, etc. required for siege in the cold weapon era, and all kinds of siege equipment are not needed.

To break through a rocky city with strong defense, only artillery and the solid shells they fired with increasing kinetic energy.

With a torn sound, the thick gate of the stone castle was also blown open without any suspense under the scene of smoke and dust and wood chips splashing.

"Major William, you and your troops can advance." Jiang Hai said.

"Then, I will win the merits of the first battle, Captain Jianghai." Major William was not polite. He pulled out the exquisite and gorgeous sword at his waist and ordered: "For the honor of His Majesty the King, put on the bayonet and move forward!"

Major William was straightforward and gave the order to get a bayonet. It seemed that he was very despised by the pirates' combat power and was directly prepared to defeat his opponent with hand-to-hand combat.

The drummers of the Guards began to beat the snare drums around their waists. Listening to the rhythm, it should be the famous "Grenadier March".

The rice-shaped flag held by the flag bearer swept in the wind, and the shining sword pointed at the city gate. The guards walked in neat steps and followed the drum beats rhythmically.

The guards trampled on the ruins with brand-new long leather boots, and the sound of killing rushed into the castle with a shocking sound. However, Jiang Hai did not order his subordinates to follow up, but instead ordered the formation to be arranged in an orderly manner and remained motionless.

Soon, a burst of firing like fried beans sounded in the castle, followed by a string of shouts of killing that were densely packed.

A figure wearing a red military uniform soon appeared at the city gate, followed by the second and third ones.

The Guards actually retreated.

Jiang Hai was not surprised by this result. When he used artillery to break through the city gate, he found that all the pirates defending on the battlements were gone. They definitely wouldn't have escaped. The only explanation was that the leader of the defensive party was organizing troops to concentrate on the city gate and preparing to fight back.

The bayonets of this era are still very primitive, and they are directly stuffed into the barrel to install. The hoop-shaped bayonet has not been invented yet. Therefore, after being fitted with the bayonet, the smoothbore gun cannot be fired.

Major William was a lieutenant-level officer not long ago. Because of his parents' relationship with the Duke of Windsor, he was recently promoted to major. This second-generation official was quite brave in combat and had basic military qualities. However, he also had the shortcomings of young people being arrogant and blind and lacking experience, so he suffered a small loss at the hands of the pirates.

However, although they were ambushed, the Guards deserved to be the Guards. Their retreat was an orderly retreat, rather than a crushing defeat. After paying more than a dozen casualties, they all retreated from the castle.
Chapter completed!