Chapter 1741: Snatch the Door
The iron gate at the exit of the sewer of Calais City was not just a large iron lock, but several. It took more than two hours for the four team members to corrode and put them in the package.
Then, they took out the lime powder from the oil paper bag and sprinkled it on the ground to neutralize the strong acid residue on the ground, so as not to get stuck on the skin of the British army entering and leaving, causing huge damage. The acid and alkali neutralize, and release a lot of heat. The four of them quickly avoided it and only started to deal with the iron gate when the heat passed.
The iron gate is inserted from top to bottom from the stone mount, which is very solid. Moreover, the lock is on this side of the city. It is extremely difficult to open the sewer iron gate from the outside. You must know that the steel bars of the iron gate are as thick as an iron rod. Even if you smash it with a large iron hammer, it will not be able to hit it.
Before pulling out the iron door upwards, the four of them took out two bottles first. The bottle contained linseed oil. After opening the bottle mouth, they poured the linseed oil directly into the gap between the iron door and the stone wall. The reason for this is to reduce the friction between the iron door and the stone wall. Because, if the friction is too high, the sound will be too loud when the iron door is pulled out, which will easily alarm the French defenders. Pouring oil into the gap between the iron door and the stone wall can reduce the friction and minimize the sound when the iron door is pulled out...
Sure enough, after pouring two bottles of oil, the sound of pulling up the iron gate became very small. Under the cover of the rain, the patrol soldiers on the top of the city and the French soldiers nearby who were responsible for supervising the iron gate of the sewer were not noticed.
After pulling out the iron gate, Balk, the leader of the four, leaned down and entered the sewer culvert despite the smell. Then, he took out a pipe from the package...
Unplug one end of the tube, the discoverer turned out to be a fuse head...
They had prepared the fuse long ago, but in order to prevent rain, they put it in a pipe. The pipe had a hole so that there was air inside the pipe so that the fuse would not be extinguished. However, after closing the pipe, there was no fire outside.
Then, he took out a candle from the oil paper bag...
Gunpowder stood on the head of the candle. When the fuse touched, the gunpowder suddenly started to burn and lit the candle...
Then, under the cover of a small umbrella, Balk held an umbrella at the exit outside the sewer culvert wall and kept shaking left and right outside with candles...
And 300 meters away from the outlet of the sewer culvert, a group of British soldiers wearing rubber raincoats produced by the North Sea Kingdom were quietly lying there.
"Harrison, have you seen the fire?" Hughes, who was almost dozing, immediately felt energetic when he saw the candlelight swaying from side to side.
The deputy captain named Harrison next to him was napping, but after hearing the captain's words, he looked carefully and found that there was indeed a fire shaking 300 meters away. So he said excitedly:
"Yes, it's the fire that is swaying left and right. This is the code of action! Give the order, captain!"
"Okay, everyone has it, the whole team set out! Be careful, don't make a sound!" Captain Hughes ordered, pressing his voice.
Then, the 200 British suicide squad, wearing raincoats, carrying small round shields, and sailor scimitars hanging around their waists, tiptoed towards the sewer culvert.
Fortunately, the French did not find them. After they arrived, Balk threw away the candles, took out the night pearl, and squatted in the culvert to illuminate the British army.
Then, the British soldiers lined up in long snakes and climbed into the culvert with their hands and feet.
After entering the city, they all squatted down quietly against the corner of the wall, fearing that they would be discovered by the French patrol soldiers on the wall.
After Hughes and everyone came in, he planned to take people to open the north gate, but was grabbed by Bark:
"Your Excellency, don't go to the North Gate! Go to the West Gate!" Balk is a Friesian, so there is no problem communicating with the British.
"Why?" Hughes was puzzled.
"There are a lot of things piled up in the gate of the North Gate City. You can't open the door even if you go. You need to move the miscellaneous items first!" Barke explained.
"What? There are still debris in the gate hole of the big iron gate? As for? Are the same for other gates?" Hughes was shocked. If there are debris such as bricks and stones in the gate hole, it would be over. Because it will take a lot of time to move those debris away.
Balk shook his head and said:
"At present, there are only debris accumulated in the city gate tunnel in the North Gate, and there are no city gate tunnels in other city gates. The French are the most cautious about the North Gate, so debris accumulated. The South Gate and the West Gate need to welcome reinforcements, and generally there will be no debris accumulated."
"But, our army's original main attack direction was North Gate!" Hughes said depressedly.
"Then let's wait a while and go to Ximen. First, send someone who runs fast to the near North Gate to notify the elite troops to Ximen. Wait a minute, I'll take you to capture Ximen!"
"Okay, that's it!" After saying that, Hughes sent a fast-running guy named Bolt to climb out of the city from the sewer culvert and went to the north gate to inform the assault troops.
The assault troops had a total of about 3,000 people. Their mission was to cooperate with the suicide squad to capture one of the city gates, and then guard the city gates and wait for the large army to enter the city. Among them, 2,000 people were elite veterans of the Beihai Kingdom...
Hughes and his men squatted under the city wall and waited for more than an hour in the rain. It was around 3 a.m. that Bolt came back to report that the commando had already been in place...
Then, Hughes and his group of 200 suicide squadrons led by Barke and the four of them to touch the west gate along the wall...
As Ximen got closer, the members of the British suicide squad showed joy. They took out their small round shields and drew out the sailor's scimitar...
However, just as we approached Ximen, an accident happened...
On the city wall, a team of French patrol soldiers were patrolling. But a French soldier named Domene suddenly became anxious, so he approached the inside of the city wall, untied his belt, and peed down...
It happened that his urine line fell directly on the head of the British suicide squad that was walking underground...
"Fa—..." Before this guy could tell "K", Domene, a French soldier who was squinting on the top of the city, felt something was wrong. He asked vigilantly:
"who?"
Then, he poked his head out and looked down...
When Hughes saw that it was not good, he immediately led the team to speed up to the city gate. Domen also saw a series of figures flashing below the wall, and then suddenly shouted:
"Someone attacked Ximen! Someone attacked Ximen! Get up and protect Ximen!"
Then, the French soldiers living in a large yard near Ximen were awakened...
"What's going on?"
"What's wrong?"
A bunch of French soldiers were awakened, and they were dressed in panic, and raised their weapons to think of Ximen.
When the 50 French soldiers living in the courtyard very close to the West Gate came to the gate of Ximen City, they happened to meet Hughes and his party...
Hughes made a quick decision and shouted:
"Team 2 goes to open the city gate, and the first team of warriors will follow me to meet the enemy!"
After saying that, Hughes led a team of 100 suicide squadrons, holding a small round shield in his left hand and a sailor scimitar in his right hand, and facing 50 French soldiers...
Chapter completed!