Chapter 1309 looting pirates
The pirate flag was pulled out, replaced by the yellow dragon flag with its teeth and claws standing on the fort. In addition, there was the Mi Army flag, and the octagonal cross flag was erected.
Hundreds of corpses fell on the fort, most of which were pirates.
After the joint fleet's beach rushing troops came to the fort, the pirates who were unwilling to fight disperse and fled back to the city.
"Their marksmanship is really accurate, and by comparison we don't have any marksmanship."
Castella wiped the blood of the pirates on her face and looked at the Chinese army that also landed on the beach.
Their Knights of Malta joined forces with the Eastern army for the first time. Castella experienced their terror in the joint battle with the Eastern soldiers who used breech rifles and were well-trained.
The soldiers of the East are not only good at finding cover, but their hit rate and loading speed are shocking. Castella thought in his mind that the pirates on average each other shot more than several times that of their Knights of Malta.
After capturing the southern fortress, shallow water ships traveled back and forth between the fleet and the coast, and transported subsequent soldiers to the shore.
A total of 1,200 soldiers boarded the fort. In addition to leaving 200 soldiers to defend the fort, the remaining 1,000 people rushed towards the town to cross the town and attacked the north from the land.
The pirates stationed in the North Fort saw that the South Fort was captured and the enemy was attacking the city. The beacon was everywhere, and they realized that they were defending the North Fort and became alone!
When a 1,000-man joint army appeared under the North Fort with muskets, the pirates defending the fort only symbolically shot the bullets in a row of muskets and surrendered.
The two turrets in the south and north fell, which meant that the harbor had become an unprepared area. Large ships of the joint fleet could sail into the harbor and seize hundreds of large and small pirate ships anchored in the harbor.
The two frigates were testing the water situation in front, and the artillery of the ironclad ship could now cover the coastal city.
The surprise attack team led by Sun Chuanting in the city successfully ambushed the returning squad. Hundreds of pirates fell under the muskets and bayonets of the surprise attack team, even greater than the pirates who were defending the turret.
Blood and corpses fell on the streets, with a pungent smell of blood. The undisciplined North African mercenaries were looting pirates everywhere, and those among them would be killed by counterattacking pirates. Algiers, the arrogant pirate port, was washed away by the attacking party, just like any other fallen city.
Only Sun Chuanting led 300 Chinese soldiers to continue to exterminate Pasha's guards. He didn't care at all about the life and death of the mercenaries recruited from Morocco. These mercenaries also had to pay a price of bleeding when plundering the pirates' property - they were killed by pirates who were also fierce and had weapons when they were washing the pirates.
The British militia and the Knights of the Malta who soon captured the north and south of the turrets also joined the plunder of the pirates in the city. In their opinion, this was a natural reward after struggling to capture the city, otherwise no one would be willing to risk the risk of sacrifice to attack a solid fortress.
Only the soldiers of the Fourth Fleet and the Far West Expeditionary Army were still unmoved. Although it was very tempting to participate in the looting, they did not have the orders of the commanders. They were scolded as war machines by military sticks and did not dare to rob them like other allies.
Seeing the situation worsening, Murat, Amur and a group of major pirate leaders had to hide in the Fortress of Pernion on the top of the mountain with their remaining soldiers. With the fortress to defend, the important streets in the city were occupied by the United Army, and were in chaos.
The tavern where pirates often gathered were washed away, wine and women were stolen, and wooden tables were overturned.
Sun Xu and Zheng Zhibao led their fleet to destroy the pirate ships in the port that were trying to resist, and then even the navy soldiers went ashore to control the entire city.
Sun Xu, Sun Chuanting and others did not curb the looting phenomenon in the city. Whether it was mercenaries or their allies, if they could not satisfy their desires, they would probably have some troubles.
The rioters washed the pirate city for a day, while Sun Chuanting and others led the soldiers to gradually restore order to the city.
After the mercenaries, the Knights of Malta, and the British militia were satisfied, the periphery of the city had been reduced to ruins. Some streets occupied by the Fourth Fleet and the Far West Expeditionary Force could be kept intact. Pirates from other places were robbed by the attackers, so many pirates broke into the streets occupied by the Fourth Fleet and the Far West Expeditionary Force for asylum.
The Fourth Fleet and the Far West Expeditionary Force are not good people. They collect protection fees on all pirates, and after they hand over the gold and silver on them, they can ensure their personal safety.
The entire city was left with the Pegnon Fortress on the top of the mountain and was not captured, and most of the wealth was transferred to the fortress by Pasha and the pirate leader in advance.
The treasure of the pirates in the Fortress of Penion is the target of Sun Chuanting and others this time. As for the plundering of the pirates at the bottom, they can only drink soup, and they can't talk about eating meat.
Some of the pirates at the bottom were even used to satisfy the desire of mercenaries, the Knights of Malta, and the British militia to loot.
"Their army is too serious, so serious that it is terrible." After Sir Pennington took the Royal Navy soldiers to the land of Algiers, his officers and soldiers set fire and robbed the city everywhere, and they did not look like the Royal Army.
Many of these soldiers did not train much, and were mostly militias in cities and rural areas. After defeating pirates, of course they had to vent their robbery. Such behavior also brought them income other than military pay.
But after witnessing the strictness of the Eastern army, admirals like Sir Pennington felt that the British soldiers could not continue like this.
The huge difference between mercenaries and standing troops made the senior British officers and nobles feel a lot, and they whispered in private.
In Constantinople, far away in the Eastern Mediterranean, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, the imperial emperor knew that the British and Chinese fleets blocked Algiers. After challenging his authority, he ordered the whole country to mobilize the navy to support Algiers.
Prime Minister Vizier judged that the Spanish Empire and the French Kingdom were at war. Even if the Ottoman Navy appeared in the Western Mediterranean, as long as they did not interfere in the war between the two countries, the two countries would not interfere in the war in Algiers.
So a huge force of galloping boats gathered in the Golden Horn Bay near Constantinople. The number of galloping boats gathered in the Golden Horn Bay alone was as many as 100. There were also ships from the Mesopotamia, North Africa and Egyptians who were also recruited. They would join the huge imperial galloping boat fleet in the middle to respond to the joint fleet's provocation against the empire!
Chapter completed!