After the suspension bridge was cut off at the fixed end of the Triangle Fort, all the people on the bridge fell to the open space between the Triangle Fort and the city gate.

Fearing that the Venetta people were attacking, the defenders did not dare to open the city gate to save people.

This temporary Triangle Fort is actually a mound with no entrance and exit, only a suspension bridge between the city wall.

After destroying the suspension bridge, the Vineta people temporarily cut off the support of the defenders and turned around and began to strangle the remaining Union soldiers inside the Triangle Fort with all their might.

More than a dozen Union soldiers fled into the storage room deep in the Triangle Fort. The space was small, and the Venetta people couldn't do anything to them for a while.

Seeing that his soldiers were standing at the door, no one dared to go in, Juan couldn't help but feel angry and cursed: "Baoman! Why are you standing there? Take off your armor and give it to me!"

A soldier immediately took off his armor and everyone was in a hurry to tie the centurion.

Don Juan was covered with his original officer's armor, and he had two layers of breastplate inside and outside, which looked particularly bloated and clumsy.

He pulled out a short knife from his boots, said nothing extra, and kicked open the wooden door with a sudden kick.

The Tanirian inside the door was also shocked and subconsciously pressed the snake pole. "Boom" and "Boom" two consecutive "Boom", one was a gunshot, and the other was the sound of a lead bullet hitting Juan.

The lead bullet penetrated the outer breastplate, but it changed its flight trajectory, bounced off the inner breastplate and flew out from under the ribs.

Juan felt like he was hit by a sledgehammer, his internal organs surging and almost suffocating, but he still stabbed the enemy nearby with his willpower.

Seeing the centurion like this, the soldiers behind him rushed in, and the Tanirians were soon killed in close combat.

The defenders on the city wall also came to their senses. They clamped the heavy convex gun on the chest wall and began to fire at the enemies on the Triangle Fort.

The height of the city wall is three to four meters higher than that of the Triangle Fort. The Tanirians are condescending, and the storm-like lead bombs hit the Venettas on the Triangle Fort at all.

[The height of the Triangle Fort in front of the city gate is 5-6 meters, while the height of the Tacheng City wall is 8-9 meters depending on the terrain.]

But the next scene stunned the Union officers and soldiers on the city wall, and a group of strange soldiers rushed up from the front of the Triangle Fort.

They said they were soldiers because they were all wearing gray uniforms. They said they were strange because they were not weapons, but various tools.

The second batch of troops sent by Antonio and Leighton were engineer brigades under the two legions.

The engineers shouted trumpets and used shovels, picks and explosives to break the sharp corners of the Triangle Fort pointed directly at the Venetta position in the enemy's guns and bullets, turning the earth wall that was originally five or six meters high into a gentle slope.

Then the Venetta engineers sent buckets of mud and bundles of firewood to the Triangle Fort through a gentle slope, just like a city's lamp god brought in one night. The Venetta engineers used sacks, soil and firewood to build a temporary fortress on the Triangle Fort. Unlike the original structure, the new building faced the city wall.

The positions of the Venetta people on the Triangle Fort were quickly consolidated, and the long-range weapons of the defenders on the city walls could no longer hurt the Venetta soldiers in the Triangle Fort.

And all this was done at the gun of the Tanirians.

That night, the officers and soldiers of the Taniria Federation understood for the first time what military technology crushing was.

Military technology is not only better muskets and cannons, but also better concepts, training and skills.

The Tanirians can also muster up the courage to fight the Venettas to the end, but they will definitely not be able to complete the tactics of the Venetta army tonight - a resolute and rapid offensive and efficient civil engineering operations.

The siege lasted for nearly half a month, and William Kidd began to feel a trace of despair for the first time.

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The first day after the short and tragic battle for Triangle Fort.

The first time the Venetta Army began to carry out real mass artillery bombardment on Tacheng.

The heavy artillery has not yet been shipped, and light artillery under six pounds roaring on the front line are light artillery under six pounds. These artillery is difficult to cause substantial damage to the city walls, and the shells hit the hard exterior walls of granite only left white marks.

But the shelling continued since the early morning and has not stopped until now.

There are two reasons. First of all, although light artillery and mortar cannons are difficult to destroy the city wall, they are extremely effective in dealing with the chest wall above the city wall. The Venetta people focused on bombarding the two Half Moon Forts and the city gates, to knock off the chest walls so that the defenders could hide and avoid them on the city walls.

Secondly, we must put pressure on the Tacheng defenders, making them unable to launch a counterattack on Triangle Fort.

Because the location of the Triangle Fort is too critical and too close to the city wall. Until now, if the Venetta soldiers wanted to go to Triangle Fort, they had to pass through an empty area where Tani's guns could cover it.

The Engineering Brigade is working hard to extend the corridor to the Triangle Fort, but it is still a distance of 100 meters until now.

The Triangle Fort is only seven or eight meters away from the city wall. The Tani wanted to counterattack the Triangle Fort and could step over it with a long ladder.

The Venetta people wanted to support Triangle Fort, but they had to cross a "kill zone" - the officers' name for the open space covered by guns and cannons.

If Tani was determined to retake the Triangle Fort, the two squadrons of infantry inside would definitely not be able to defend it.

Therefore, the defenders on the city gate must be suppressed with artillery bombardment. The defenders dare not stand here, so that they cannot organize a counterattack.

At the same time, two brigades in Triangle Fort were crazily raising Triangle Fort, and continued to build a high wall on Triangle Fort with mud-filled sheepskin bags and sacks.

The logistics directors of the Great Vinetta Legion and the St. Mark's Legion were bleeding in their hearts. You should know that for some ordinary people who were not rich, sheepskin and linen were all things that could be worn as clothes, but now they are used to repair walls without hesitation.

Time is tight and the cost is no longer within the consideration of Antonio and Layton.

While working hard in front, Winters was hesitating whether to knock on the door in the field barracks where two legions were stationed.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "Pan!" The crisp and loud slap sounded, and even Winters outside the door could hear it clearly.

Major General Layton's roar came from the Legion Command in the center of the field barracks: "Bitch! Why cut off the suspension bridge?! Who gave you the courage to make a decision?!"

"Pan!" Then another louder slap was followed.

"Yes! Sir!" Lieutenant Don Juan, who was beaten to the point of being staggered, said in discontently, "At that time, a team of armored soldiers were about to pass the suspension bridge! If they were not destroyed in time..."

"Ba!" Before he finished speaking, Lieutenant Juan was slapped in the face again.

"Did I let you speak?? I allow you to speak!?" Layton became more and more angry: "What was the order I gave you before attacking?! Tell me! What was the order I gave you!?"

Don Juan tried to quickly stand up again and replied loudly: "Yes! Sir! The primary goal is to drive the enemy out of the Triangle Fort! Secondly, if conditions permit, control the suspension bridge, sweep the city walls and control the city gates!"

"Which order allows you to cut off the suspension bridge? Who allows you to order without authorization!" Leiden cursed: "[Veneta's scolding]! You have ruined a big deal!"

"But..." After being slapped three times, Juan was still dissatisfied.

"Okay! I'm asking you to come here to justify you!" Antonio interrupted Lieutenant Juan.

In Antonio's opinion, the young lieutenant in front of him was actually doing right. The battlefield situation changed rapidly, and the rear did not know the crisis on the front line. But Juan was Leighton's subordinate, and Antonio could not destroy Leighton's prestige in front of everyone.

He frowned and said to Juan: "No matter what you see, you are not qualified to make such a decision. Your captain is on the front line. It is his responsibility to judge whether the suspension bridge needs to be cut off, not yours! Do you understand? You like to defend yourself, right? Go back and submit a self-defense report... General Leighton and I will have a meeting later, get out!"

After hearing the words of the Serbiati Legion, Juan looked at Leighton again.

"Get out!" Leiden's chest was fluttering violently, and he impatiently spit out a word.

Lieutenant Juan's boots were closed together, he saluted, and turned around and left the Legion Commander's office.

But when he walked out of the command center, he happened to meet Winters who was waiting outside.

Looking at the swollen cheeks of senior Juan, Winters hurriedly saluted the senior. Don Juan just nodded, wiped the nosebleed with his sleeve indifferently, and left with his neck tilted.

When Winters sent the report from the Road Construction Headquarters to the Legion Commander's office, the two major generals were still talking about Juan's affairs.

"...This little beast, stubborn donkey, still doesn't accept it! It's just [swearing] that deserves a beating!" Leiden said hatefully.

"Come on. Didn't you have this kind of morality when you were twenty?" There were only two people in the office, and Antonio mercilessly revealed his classmates' true feelings.

Leiden snorted coldly and said nothing.

There was a knock outside the door, and Winters sent the report in.

The two senior executives of the Legion were very concerned about the progress of the Guzhidao and required to report the progress every day.

In the known world, there may be more brave troops than the standing army of the Republic, but there is absolutely no army that is better at civil engineering construction than the standing army of the Republic.

The road construction plan formulated by the main road construction department is very clever. It is not a complete new development, nor is it a straight line between Chisulphur Port and Tacheng on the map.

The hair of the engineers was becoming thinner, but the project plan was very good: the original rammed earth road on the island was used as much as possible, while avoiding hills and streams, minimizing the project volume.

The Guzhi Road, which is 33 kilometers long, has the base of large stones and clay at the bottom. The second layer is gravel and mortar, the third layer is sand, lime and clay, and the upper layer is paved with stones as hard pavement.

However, this road did not use better quality volcanic ash concrete, and there was no time to wait for the mortar to completely solidify before use.

The road ahead is still under construction, and the cannons are being transported behind. The road is built forward, and the cannons are moved forward a little.

According to the engineers, the lifespan of the road may be problematic, but they patted their chests and promised that it would be fine if they used it for three to five years.

When Lieutenant Colonel Vaubon and the Tacheng defenders met with moves and fought wits and courage, the progress of the road connecting the two places was growing rapidly.

But until the day of the raid on Triangle Fort, the front of the construction was still four kilometers away from the Venetta military camp. But the celestial phenomena did not wait for anyone. After the dimest days of the moonlight, I thought that it would be next month when this time was going to be.

So Antonio and Leighton made a quick decision and used livestock to transport light artillery to the front line for emergency response without waiting for the heavy artillery to arrive. Therefore, four mortars were achieved by suppressing the eastern Half Moon Fort - the western Half Moon Fort was arranged with four two-pound cannons, and the storming artillery on the city wall was not effective, but the rough mortars made their contributions.

Antonio looked through the report and didn't say a word about his nephew. Winters stood attentively and waited for his orders. There were only corps commanders and trainee warrant officers in the barracks, and no private identity.

However, Leiden, who was sitting aside, didn't know the kinship between the two. After staring at Winters for a few seconds, he suddenly stood up and walked to Winters and said, "Well? Are you not the warrant officer who broke the Red Sulphur Bay iron chain? Are you? I didn't admit it wrong? Is it you?"

Winters' face was a little hot, and he stood attentively and replied, "Report to General, it's me!"

"Boy, why did you go to build a road?" Leighton asked with a strange expression. He narrowed his eyes and thought for a while and said, "Wentes... Your name is Winters, right?"

This question made Winters unable to answer. He couldn't say that he didn't want to go to the front line, right? He had to answer: "Report to the general, because he received the transfer order!"

Leighton was obviously satisfied with the answer. He laughed and turned around and began to say to Antonio: "I say General Serbiati, you are too incompetent, you are wasted all the steel in your hands. You let him build roads such a great front-line officer?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! After criticizing the old classmate, Leighton looked at Winters again, patted Winters on the shoulder and said heroically: "Do you kid want me to lead troops? Let me tell you, after the battle with Tani, I don't know how long it will take for the next time. Now I don't want to make more contributions, and you will be a colonel in the future. You are still internship now, right? When you officially award the title, I will give you a centurion of the chief brigade! How about it? Are you coming? Your name is Winters... Uh, Winters Montagne... Montagne, right?"

Antonio, who was behind the desk, said without raising his head: "Welfareman Montagne, I feel honored. General Leighton remembered your name twice when he saw you. When he was in the military academy, he did not remember my full name for two months."

"Montane...Montane..." Leiden chewed on this surname, frowned and thought for a while, and said with a smile: "This surname is good, Montane is good! I also have a Montane in the same period, but he is a kiko... you, you are a buco? It doesn't matter... This means we are destined to be together! You kid, let me lead the troops!"

Winters recalled the swollen cheeks of senior Don Juan and thought to himself that I don’t want to slap every now and then. He played a text game: “Report to General! I will go wherever the order is told to me?”

"Okay! OK!" Leiden thought the little warrant officer in front of him agreed. He patted Winters on the shoulder twice and said happily: "Okay! Do it well under my hands! You can sit in my position one day in the future."

Although Layton was nearly 40 years old, he was still very strong, and his two slaps made Winters hurt.

Winters saluted, and Layton didn't say anything more.

After reading the report, Antonio wrote on paper the order to send to the road construction headquarters, sealed it with fire paint and handed it over to Winters.

"The road is almost repaired, and the remaining cannons can be deployed on the front line the day after tomorrow."

"Is that so? Okay!" Leiden was overjoyed when he heard the heavy artillery finally arrived.

Antonio looked out the window and sighed softly: "The order for slaughter has been issued, and the mastiffs of war will ravage the Tanirians, and we."
Chapter completed!