Chapter 672 Seven-day siege plan
In the land of Black Snake Bay, many towns were built based on the Temple of the Old God.
These temples are the ruins of the old Norn tribe, as well as the holy places of the snake people who migrated south. Since they are ready-made, the people of Black Snake Bay have the habit of building acropolis around the temples.
Those who live in the Acropolis are the so-called Black Snake Bay warriors and secret party wizards. Those who live outside the Acropolis are basically local uncivilized savage village tribes.
Among these uncivilized savage tribes, there are both the Norn tribe that has remained in the French state, and the French villages that have degenerated into tribes.
So many times, the temple in Black Snake Bay is the name of the settlement.
As an important transportation channel to Sora Fort, the Avis Temple's wall has been repaired many times. Its thickness can accommodate four people walking side by side. It is estimated to be about three meters thick.
The height of the city wall is about twelve meters, and it becomes thicker at the bottom.
However, the church army used catapults when they attacked the Temple of Avis, so the city wall has been slightly damaged.
Lulesi frowned: "Since the city wall was only slightly damaged, how was the temple taken down?"
"Well, the demon hunters raided the city gate at night, and we were unprepared." The secret party wizard who escaped from the Temple of Avis said awkwardly.
The terrain near the Temple of Avis is nothing to say. To the west is the Morne River, a tributary of the Ibe River, and to the east is a large impassable forest swamp.
More than a dozen barges docked at the port of the Morne River to the west, and at the confluence of the Ibe River and the Morne River, the church sank several ships and cage stones in advance to prevent Horn's fleet from entering.
In the village near the forest to the east, there are stationed the snake servant army they hired from the Green Dragon Forest Sea. There should be about 1,000 people.
The garrison stationed in the city, based on the number of smoke and tents, was about 3,000-5,000.
"It turns out that there are more than 2,000 Black Snake Bay warriors and their family members in the temple, right? Where are they?" Das, as the leader of the Guards Chapter, looked at the map on the table.
"Captured as slaves, some were transported to the rear through the port."
"Sora Fort was not destroyed, how did they get around to the Temple of Avis?" Das asked, staring at the map.
"They used boats to go up the river and bypass Sola Fort. After seizing the port, they transported grain, grass and supplies from the rear through the port." Pettier picked up a stone and placed it in the Temple of Avis. At the small port on the west side, "There should be hundreds of troops stationed here."
Das immediately cheered up: "Wouldn't it mean that as long as the port is occupied, the church defenders in the city will run out of food?"
The secret party who escaped from the Temple of Avis immediately coughed: "What, there are still grains and weapons in the Temple of Avis that had not been transported away before."
"The attack of the church army was so fast? Didn't they even have time to set fire to the food and grass?"
"There is time, but the city defender at that time felt that it was a pity to burn so much food and grass. If the city had not been destroyed, wouldn't it have been burned in vain?" The secret party lowered his head nervously, "So until the church army killed After we came in, we started to set fire to the food and grass, but only a small part of it was burned before it was put out.”
The officers in front of the long table looked at each other a few times, and they all saw confusion and surprise on their faces, but out of friendship they couldn't say it directly.
"If it's a cannon attack, how long will it take to break through the city wall?" Horn turned to Mormont and asked.
"Your Majesty, according to the calculation results, it will take about a thousand bombardments to penetrate the 3-meter-thick stone city wall." Mormont said while calculating on the spot, "If the bombardment lasts for 12 hours a day, the Griffin Cannon and the Sand Sculpture Cannon will Attacking the city at the same time will take about 8 days to break the city.”
The penetration in Mormont's mouth is clearly defined in the "Artillery Manual", which means "the siege artillery successfully opens a large enough gap in the target wall, allowing infantry or siege equipment to break through the wall defense and enter the interior of the castle." .”
Generally speaking, it requires a gap of 2-3 meters horizontally and running through the entire wall longitudinally.
"If you use the red dragon's breath, can this time be shortened?" Lulesi suggested.
Horn frowned: "Red Dragon's Breath is a weapon in the field. It is not cost-effective to use it in siege. If you have a choice, don't use Red Dragon's Breath. Does anyone have any other ideas?"
The officers were all lost in thought. Horn's eyes swept across the faces of the participants one by one, but he saw a wizard who had escaped from the Temple of Avis who seemed to be hesitant to speak. "What's your name? Do you have something to say?"
The secret party wizard stood up quickly: "My name is Orion, Your Excellency. I do know some information about the siege. I don't know if it will be useful..."
"It's okay. Things at the pre-war military meeting will not be left on the table. Even if you are wrong, it is my fault for accepting your opinion. You can feel free to say it."
"The walls of the Temple of Avis are not all made of sandstone. One section of it collapsed due to an earthquake. The rammed earth used during the reconstruction was wrapped with sandstone bricks." Orion, the secret party of Black Snake Bay, became energetic and said, "Rammed earth Well, it’s definitely not as strong as a sandstone wall.”
Rammed earth city walls are different from sandbags that block cannonballs. Although they are both essentially earth, the former is compacted earth, while the latter is relatively loose earth.
When the shell is impacted, the energy is concentrated at the impact point, and the rammed earth structure can easily cause cracks or local collapse.
"Which section is the rammed earth wall?" Mormont immediately became energetic.
"The wall on the east side of the Temple of Avis is about one-third of the way from the corner."
The regimental commanders and officers present stood up one after another and gathered around the map.
"If we want to attack the city from this section, in order to continue the bombardment, we must first occupy the water tanker on the east side of the temple." Horn pointed to the water tanker-shaped icon on the map. "In one day, it is possible to transform this place into a temporary Is the spring chamber hydraulic winding point? ”
Leonardo was full of confidence: "It's completely possible."
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The renovation of this water diversion truck should normally take three days of construction, and one day is unlikely.
Because the first is to build a temporary release dam to increase the water flow speed, and the second is to make a suitable gear set and reconstruct the mechanical design on site.
However, these two problems are not a problem for The Salvation Army.
The former point can be completely handled by these secret party wizards. Attacking the Temple of Avis cannot be done. Raising a low dam in the river can always be done, right?
As for temporarily making a suitable gear set, it was originally a big trouble, but for Novia who can manipulate the shape of metal, this is not a big problem.
The final reconstruction of the mechanical design, Leonardo doesn’t want to be too disrespectful, but he can design a perfectly suitable temporary winding device without using a big head or a small head.
After determining the main attack direction, the next step is to plan the city destruction around the main attack direction.
The first thing to deal with is the snake servant army stationed in the village on the east side. They can adapt to the forest and swamp environment. If they are not annihilated before the artillery launches, there is a high probability that they will be continuously harassed in the future.
At the same time, the two battle groups controlled important traffic positions and started construction in the direction of the water diversion truck.
The next day after the construction was completed, the Griffin cannon was transported to the appropriate location and the siege began.
As for the port on the west side of the river, cavalry was first sent to monitor it, and then the reinforcement ships were bombarded after the subsequent delivery of 6-pounder guns arrived.
"The garrison at the port is estimated to be only a few hundred people. Why don't we just occupy it?" A new commander of the God's Punishment Army couldn't help but raise his hand and asked.
"Because the siege must be defeated, the church and the secret party are mortal enemies. This is different from the noble war. If it is caught in a heavy siege, it is impossible for the knights in the city to surrender." Horn pointed his index finger at Sora Castle on the map, " Don’t waste time here, Sola Fort is our strategic focus.”
"This group of knights is lucky, and they saved their lives in vain." Knowing that this was inevitable, the commanders of the God's Punishment Army could only sigh.
But Horn couldn't help laughing and said: "I only said to leave a gap for them, who said to let them go?"
"Huh?"
(End of chapter)