The day when the Joint Fleet and the Raiders agreed to launch a general attack finally arrived.

The sky was a little gloomy, and the waves and breeze were larger than usual. About 40 ships formed a formation on the coast of Algiers. No ships had captured pirate ships in the nearby waters. Almost the entire Western Mediterranean knew that Algiers were blocked by a powerful fleet, and most of the pirates who were not trapped in the port of Algiers were tactfully avoiding this dangerous port.

The shallow water ships loaded with soldiers who were rushing to land on the beach came to the front of the fleet and were divided into scattered formations.

Behind the shallow water gunboats and galleys were large Garen ships and ironclad ships that were enough to fight against the storm on the Atlantic Ocean, rows of artillery aimed at the coastal defense turrets.

Battleships and frigates will provide long-range fire support for the beach landing forces, while shallow water gunboats fired guns on the cannons closer to the coast to suppress the cannons on the cannons.

On the shallow water warship of the Knights of the Malta, the commander of the Grand Regiment, Castella, personally put on half of the knight's armor and helmet, holding a musket.

There were dozens of similar knights around him. Although they were from ancient knights in the Middle Ages, they had to be widely equipped with muskets and artillery to adapt to the era when cold weapons were fully transformed into firearms.

"The Ottoman Empire repeatedly invaded our world. To eliminate the pirates in Algiers was to slap the Ottoman emperors hard and weaken their influence in the Mediterranean! Furthermore, the abominable pirates here attacked many merchant ships of our Knights, and God asked us to punish them!" Castella motivated many members of the Knights.

Perhaps these fanatical believers are not as good as the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Fleet in training and equipment, but they are indeed very pious, or fanatical, and may have the highest will to fight!

A member of the Knights held an octagonal cross flag, and he looked up and saw the roaring flag and the eagles hovering in the air...

On the ironclad ship, Zheng Zhibao looked at the southern fortress in Algiers with a single-barrel telescope. He could see that there were many hollow cannons on the fortress, with different calibers.

There were many pirate flags erected on the southern fortress, as well as the battle flags of the Ottoman Empire they were loyal to.

"The weather conditions do not seem to be very good. The waves are bigger than usual, which may have a certain impact on landing on the beach." Zheng Zhibao said.

"As long as it doesn't rain, it's good. There is also a surprise attack team that can launch an attack at the agreed time." Sun Xu also closed his eyes and used a telescope to observe the pirates surging on the fort.

The pirates in Algiers had realized that the general attack of the joint fleet was about to begin, and more pirates were organized to the port for defense.

If it weren't for the existence of the surprise attack team, the two armies would have another dignified battle for the turret.

At least the pirates thought so. Muratpasha spent a lot of his property to recruit pirates and let them all be deployed in the port, intending to engage in a fierce defense battle.

Instead of paying 1 million taels of silver to get humiliation, he would rather hire 10,000 pirates to defend Algiers with a commission of 100 taels. If he wins this battle, he will be rewarded by the Ottoman emperor and become the hero of the empire.

"The Knights of Malta are all here, and we, Tunisia, don't even dare to send reinforcements!"

Muratpasha personally brought the guards to the front line to supervise the war. When he saw the dense ships opposite, he couldn't help but blame his pirate accomplices who were active in the Western Mediterranean as he did.

The Ottoman Empire appointed several Pashas in the local area to conquer the Western Mediterranean to encroach on the territory of European countries. Now Algiers has been blocked for more than a month, and other Pashas should have been informed.

However, the joint fleet received assistance from the Knights of Malta, and as defenders, they could not see their own reinforcements.

"Probably, Pasha from Tunisia and Tripoli are waiting for the imperial instructions. Their fleet came here alone and was only sent to death. It was probably waiting for the arrival of the navy from Constantinople before joining them." Amur said.

Murat gritted his teeth and said to many pirates: "Before they have captured our Algiers, they dared to ask for compensation of 1 million taels of silver. If they are captured, all our property in Algiers will be plundered by them! In order to defend Algiers and our property, everyone must fight hard! As long as everyone wins a pagan's head, they can receive 50 Spanish silver dollars from me!"

"50 Spanish silver dollars!" The pirates at the bottom became restless.

For the pirates at the bottom who are licking blood on the knife, 50 Spanish silver dollars is a huge fortune!

Because Murat spared no effort to promise a bounty, many pirates who were temporarily pulled to defend the port were greatly motivated!

Both sides were tense, and all the ships of the joint fleet were looking in the direction where the ironclad ship was located. Once the flagpole of the ironclad ship raised a flag symbolizing the attack, the fleet would launch a general attack.

On the deck of the King of the Sea, Sir Pennington said to Earl of Stratford: "The troops that have landed on the beach this time include the Chinese, the Britons, and the Knights of Malta. You can see the gap between them through this battle, and it depends on who is more brave. I hope that the soldiers we recruited will not lose our face in Britain."

Count Straffor replied: "I hope that His Highness, the prince in the surprise attack team, will not have any trouble."

As the agreed time got closer, the soldiers who were responsible for landing on the joint fleet were making final preparations, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Stacks of waves hit the coast, the waves were getting higher and higher, and many beaches were flooded by white waves.

"There is no news for the surprise attack team. You can't miss the opportunity of high tide. Let's start the main attack." Sun Xu looked at the telescope at the Algiers city. There was no change there, and the pirates in the port were not panicked.

The surprise attack that lasts hundreds of miles long is very likely to be lost and delay time. Now the joint fleet is confident of capturing the artillery, and even if the surprise attack team does not rely on the surprise attack team to attack the enemy's back, they can win.

On the flagpole of the ironclad ship, the flag of the attack rose halfway.

At the suffocating moment, black smoke rose from the west of Algiers, and all the pirates and officers and soldiers of the United Fleet looked in the direction of the rolling black smoke.

"It's really a critical moment. It seems that the surprise attack team was in place on time and launched an attack on Algiers. It's time for us to get on!" Sun Xu and others did not hesitate, and the flag bearer suddenly raised the attacking flag to the top.

More than a dozen ships carrying soldiers were loading sails, and some sailors paddling on the sailboats struggled to quickly launch a strong attack on the turret!
Chapter completed!