After receiving a sudden blow, the Turkish squadron immediately lost the courage to continue moving forward, turned around and began to stay away from the Tripoli Fort. During this process, two more ships were hit by the fort, but the losses caused by solid shells were not that great.

This tentative attack ended. After the Turkish attack ended, the Barbary pirates became active again. Two ships left the port and began to throw things like big barrels into the sea outside the port.

"Pirates are bridging! Sir, should we stop them?" Major Kohler said quickly.

"What have we promised? The agreed deadline will not reach tomorrow?" asked Admiral Treville.

"Yes, Your Excellency, but this is they're actively threatening us to sail freely," Major Kohler replied.

"Ah, so we are fighting back in self-defense?"

"Yes, Lord General. I'm very sure."

"Okay! Since they took the initiative to threaten us, we should fight back without hesitation and never give the enemy a chance to fire a second shot..."

So several warships in the French fleet equipped with new artillery, the battleships "Engbelado", "Caesar", the armored cruiser "Free Trade" and "Common Market" lined up, and the turrets on the warships began to rotate, and the barrels pointed at the target.

"Each ship is aimed at the target and fire freely." Admiral Treville issued an order, so the four latest warships opened fire one after another. At this time, the distance between the French warships and the Barbary pirates' mine-burning ships was still quite far, about 15 kilometers.

If it were in the past, even on land, it would be difficult to hit a shell of such a distance, let alone at sea? However, the effect of this round of shooting was greatly beyond everyone's expectations. Although the first round of volleys failed to hit even a shell, judging from the landing point of the shell, the nearest landing point and the pirates' ships were only a few dozen meters away.

Based on the landing point observed by the observation post, the French fleet quickly made adjustments and fired another round of volleys. This round of volleys still failed to hit, but the result of the shooting made Admiral Treville very happy. Because the observation post clearly saw that this round of volleys formed a cross-fire.

The so-called cross-fire refers to the fact that although the shells fired by the warships failed to hit the enemy ship directly, their landing point range surrounded the enemy ship. In a more vivid way, there are shells falling from front, back and left and right of the enemy ship. This also means that the various data of the shelling side are very correct. At this time, it is completely a matter of chance. As long as you fight a few more rounds, you will definitely get a hit.

This round of cross-fire also scared the Barbary pirates. They never expected that at such a long distance, the French shells could still be so accurate. The water columns caused by the shells just now splashed onto the deck.

"Hurry, throw all the mines down!" Captain Ali shouted.

Several black men dragged a small cart with a mine and went to the stern. They pushed the cart onto a slide at the stern. A black crew member took out a knife and prepared to cut off the rope on the mine. Such a small cart would be separated from the thunder body of the mine, and the mine could work normally and effectively. But at this moment, a shell fell on the shell of the boat, and the splashed sea water fell on the deck, controlling the black man who was controlling the slid under the feet of the cart. So the mine, which had not yet been cut off, slid down from the slide with the cart.

"Damn it, you stupid! You wasted a precious mine. Do you know how expensive this thing is?" Captain Ali rushed over with a whip, preparing to teach these stupid black men a lesson. But at this time his ship shook violently, and a loud bang came into his ear. His ship was hit by a shell.

"Hurry, retreat quickly!" Captain Ali didn't care about whipping the black people. There were still a few mines on his ship that he had not had time to drop. If these things were hit by shells, they would be really...

The brig made a clumsy turn and was about to return to the port, but the French shells fell like raindrops.

"The true god is the greatest, Maimati is the messenger of the true god..." Ali, while operating the steering wheel himself, kept making irregular turns to avoid shelling, and quickly prayed to the true god.

It seems that the true God has guaranteed his blessing, so since then, the French bombardment was always a little different from his ship. Several times the shells fell not far from the ship, and the splashed sea water even poured him one end, but it did not hit his ship.

"True God, please land your thunder on those rebels!" Seeing that the French had already opened fire, the pirate ship could always avoid shells like a god's help, Tayippasha couldn't help but pray to the True God so devoutly.

At this time, Captain Ali's brig was approaching the port. The French did not seem to chase after him anymore, and they had to sink it. They fired the last volley at a long distance, and then the brig was right in front of Tayippasha, and it blew into pieces with a rumbling sound. Obviously, a shell hit the ship and detonated the mine.

"The true god is the greatest! The true god is the greatest!" Tayippasha cheered, and the Turkish soldiers around him also cheered. If Joseph saw this scene, he would definitely feel familiar. The only difference is that there are two missing things. One is the ak-47, the other is the Toyota pickup.

The war of the day ended here. The French did not take any more actions. After losing a warship, the Turks did not intend to continue to attack on the ground. In addition, it was not too early, and the sun gradually sinks below the sea level. So the combat operation of the day seemed to have ended like this.

In fact, the military operation of this day was not over. That night, several small boats were rowed out of the Turkish fleet. These small boats were loaded with the bravest warriors. They were ordered to go ashore first, mingle into the port, and wait for the army to land as internal forces.

And on the same night, the Barbary Pirates also organized a night attack team, which was composed of a sloop crane filled with explosives, intending to launch an attack on the Turkish fleet. As for why they did not attack the French fleet, the reason was very simple, because the French ships moved too fast and they had no chance to lean on them.

However, the situation that night was not very suitable for launching such an attack, because the night was very beautiful and the visibility was quite good at sea, so the night attack fleet was discovered before it got close. Then the Turks fired the sloops back.

Of course, neither the Turks nor the French tried to pursue these pirates. Because everyone knows that these pirates are very bad, their ships are shallow in water and cannot hit the anchor thunder hidden in the sea, but if you chase them stupidly, you might have a rumbling sound...

Of course, that night, the Barbary Pirates came out to bury the mines again. However, the French didn't care much, because as far as they know, the number of mines sold to Barbary Pirates was very limited, and they were definitely much less than the Turkish ships. So, what else can I worry about? Besides, anchor thunder, especially anchor thunder in this era, actually has many restrictions, and it is not really impossible to deal with them.

The next morning, when the sun dyed the sea red again, the French ultimatum to the Barbary Pirates expired. Now, the war can officially begin.

According to the plan reached by the two sides at the combat meeting last night, today the French Navy will first launch fire strikes on the Tripoli's fortress, while the Turkish fleet first needs to wait patiently until the high tide at noon. According to the French, the British mines rely on a fixed-length anchor chain to control its depth in the water. The length of this anchor chain is fixed, so when the tide is high, these mines will appear too deep to not touch the bottom of the ship. Therefore, it is relatively safe to rush up at this time.

Of course, this is just a French conjecture. No one can tell what the actual situation is, right? However, Tayip Pasha still believes that the French need merits. As for how many people die, this is not a big problem.

By around 8 o'clock in the morning, the visibility at sea was already quite good. Four new French warships lined up in a column and launched shelling the Tripoli Fort from about four kilometers away from the Tripoli Fort.

In this era, except for the French, no warship could shell the targets on the shore at such a long distance. Even in France, because the artillery stability system is not mature, this distance is almost a distance that they can guarantee a little bit of shelling accuracy.

However, this time, the French Navy still came up with something good, that is, the high-explosive bomb. Although the efficiency of the fuse of this shell has been a problem until now, even less than 60%, and it is not produced by energy and can only be produced in laboratories, compared with the previous solid shells, this shell has made revolutionary progress in its power. The entire French fleet carried about eighty of these shells, and the French used this new shell in this shelling.

At that time, because there had never been a high-explosion bomb before, most of the cannons on the turrets were placed in the open air, and at most they were supported by a few pieces of cloth as a sunshade.

If we do not consider the threat of high-explosive bombs falling from the sky, there is nothing wrong with this design of adding a sunshade on the cannon. Especially in this era, it is almost impossible for the navy's cannon to accurately hit another cannon. Naturally, there is no need to add a thick concrete cover to the cannon that can withstand the hit of the high-legged cabinet like the later turrets. In the era without high-explosive bombs, adding such a cover to the cannon is a waste of money.

However, in the era of high-explosion bombs, such open-air turrets that could be clearly seen by warships at sea were no longer safe. The French fired twenty shells at the turrets in a row in the first round of shelling. Apart from the ones that were crooked and not bombed, seven shells still exploded on the turret.

The 150mm caliber cannon has amazing power. When it explodes (if it can explode), it can generate thousands of shrapnel, which can still easily tear open the human body after flying forty or fifty meters. Therefore, these shells swept away all the soldiers on the turret, including Commander Barbary who is commanding the battle, and no one survived under such shelling.

On the other hand, the air waves caused by the high-explosion bomb even overturned the cannons on the turret to the ground. It can be said that after such a round of artillery bombs, the Tripoli turret had completely lost its threat in a short period of time.

After this round of artillery, the French fleet stopped firing. After all, the cost of high explosive bombs is too high, and the price is too expensive at least, it is much more expensive than that of Turkish soldiers. If you can save, you will have to save.

After the French bombardment was completed, the tide gradually rose, and the Turkish warships began to ride the tide and approach the port. As expected by the French, the British anchor thunder did not have the function of automatically adjusting the depth. At the high tide, because the depth was too deep, no one sounded.

With the mines not ringing and the fort was suppressed, the Turkish fleet quickly approached the port and put down the sampan. Some Turkish soldiers boarded the boat with various weapons and rowed towards the port pier with their oars.

The Barbary pirates are not vegetarians. Although the French shelling caused them heavy losses before, and the mines bought from the British at high prices are not as useful today as yesterday, their resistance is still very firm.

In addition to buying some mines from the British, the Barbary Pirates also bought a lot of cheap iron cannons. The performance of these cannons was not very good, so they were not qualified to be put on the turret. (The turret can't be put down on the turrets anymore) So the Barbary Pirates placed these things directly on the docks and hid them in the dilapidated houses. When the Turks were approaching with small boats, they used these old cannons and shotguns to give them to the Turks. Mobile phone::

The continuous shooting of more than 30 old iron cannons beat the Turkish soldiers who were still nowhere to escape on the boat to a bloody river. The Turkish warships caught up and used artillery to support their soldiers in combat. The Barbarian pirates also used iron cannons to replace solid shells and bombarded the Turkish warships.

If the shells shot from such old iron cannons were hit by the new French warship, they could only hear a sound. However, the effect of attacking the Turks, which was full of historical heavyness, was very obvious. In less than an hour of battle, two Turkish warships were sunk, and six or seven warships were damaged to varying degrees.

Some Turkish soldiers came ashore by chance, but they immediately fell into the shooting of pirates hiding in houses everywhere, holding various guns, with heavy casualties.
Chapter completed!