"Boom-boom-" Dense shells continued to fall on the beach north of Pusha Island.

A number of battleships and large armored cruisers of the 2nd, 3rd, and 9th formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet have been shelling this beach north of Pusha Island for three hours.

Since the three batteries on the highest peak of Pusha Island are located in the southwest, the firing range of the sea surface north of Pusha Island can only reach about 10,000 meters, and the effective firing range may not even be 5,000 meters.

This allowed the large armored cruisers of the three formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet to get closer to the northern beach and shell the beach with their main guns.

Under the cover of several full-main gun battleships and large armored cruisers of the three formations of the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, more than 9,000 officers and men of three infantry regiments and one guard battalion of the 71st Brigade of the Seventh Division of the Zhenwei Army rowed wooden rowboats for more than two hours to finally arrive at the shore of the northern beach of Pusha Island.

However, what the officers and soldiers of the 71st Brigade did not expect was that as soon as some wooden rowboats arrived on the shore, they encountered a stormy attack by the Silver Wolf Emperor's ** team.

It turns out that on the northern beach of Pusha Island, there are many semi-embedded bunkers, which are equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and artillery, and even some anti-aircraft machine guns specially designed to deal with flying beasts.

These bunkers made of reinforced concrete, unless they are directly hit by large-caliber shells, it is difficult to cause damage to the officers and soldiers of the Silver Wolf Empire inside.

Some bunkers are thick enough because of the reinforced concrete, even if they are hit by large-caliber shells, they will not be penetrated, but it is difficult for the officers and soldiers of the Silver Wolf Empire inside to survive, and they will basically be shocked to death.

In the face of the attack of many firepower points on the beach, the beach and the sea water on the beach side were soon covered with the corpses of Zhenwei officers and soldiers.

"Tuanza, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, and you can't rush up at all!" Wang Siyu, the commander of the first battalion of the 712 regiment, shouted to the regiment commander Liu Erga.

Liu Erga gritted his teeth and said, "If you can't rush, you have to rush!"

Now we're stuck on the beach, and if we can't get those bunkers down in front of us, we'll all have to die here. ”

As soon as Liu Erga's words fell, a second lieutenant officer handed Liu Erga a telegram.

Liu Erga took the telegram and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed.

After more than a year of study, Liu Erga can already read the newspaper by himself, and he is no longer the illiterate big-headed soldier.

"The brigade commander sent a telegram that Deputy Brigade Commander Song had just sacrificed his life for the country."

Song Wanhe, deputy commander of the 71st Brigade, was a bold man who loved soldiers like a son, and was very much loved by the officers and men of the 71st Brigade.

When Wang Siyu, the commander of the first battalion, heard that the deputy brigade commander Song Wanhe was dead, he couldn't help but take off the fur hat made of fierce beast skin on his head and slammed it on the beach, "Damn! Not alive anymore! Brothers, rush with Lao Tzu!

Avenge Deputy Brigade Commander Song! ”

The officers and men of the 71st Brigade were not desperate, and many officers took the lead in launching a decisive charge.

However, in the face of the fortifications formed by bunkers and the constant shelling of the shore defense guns on the highest peak of Pusha Island, the landing force of the 71st Brigade was always suppressed on the beach on the shore.

Even after storming for a long time, he didn't conquer a bunker where the Silver Wolf Emperor's ** team was stationed, but he suffered very heavy losses.

Wen Ximing, commander of the 7th Infantry Division of the Zhenwei Army, found that the enemy's firepower on the beach north of Pusha Island was unusually strong, and the previous three-hour naval shelling did not seem to have played a role at all.

Wen Ximing immediately discussed with Liu Mo, the commander of the Second Division of the Zhenwei Army, and decided to immediately order the 72nd Brigade of the second wave to land and withdraw the transport ships.

At this time, the landing force of the 72 Brigade, already rowing wooden rowboats, was approaching the northern beach of Pusha Island.

Liu Mo, commander of the second division of the Zhenwei Army, was appointed by Zhou Rui as the temporary commander of the five infantry divisions of the Zhenwei Army, responsible for commanding the battle to seize Pusha Island.

In addition, Liu Mo and Wen Ximing also sent a telegram to the 71st Brigade that had landed, ordering the 71st Brigade to also retreat from the beach.

On January 27, Fo Xiao, Liu Erga, who returned to the transport ship, said to Xie Dong with a gloomy face: "Brigade seat, our 712 regiment sacrificed 2 battalion commanders, 2 deputy battalion commanders, 5 company commanders, 4 deputy company commanders, 12 platoon commanders, and 13 deputy platoon commanders, and the total number of dead and missing is 1,285 people. ”

The corners of Xie Dong's mouth twitched, he was really distressed!

In addition to the heavy artillery regiment and baggage battalion that remained, the more than 9,000 people of the 71st Brigade who participated in the landing, and only more than 4,500 people who were able to withdraw to the various transport ships in the end, cannot be called more than half of the casualties, but can be directly called more than half of the casualties.

The most important thing is that the 71st Brigade has made such a great sacrifice, but it has not been able to seize a foothold on the northern beach of Pusha Island, and thousands of officers and soldiers have died in vain.

Zhou Rui, who was in Ganyang City, soon received the news of the failure of the first landing operation.

Zhou Rui handed the telegram to Zhou Xiaorong, who had just returned to Ganyang City, and said with a sigh: "Second uncle, it seems that we are thinking too simple about seizing Pusha Island.

The Silver Wolf Empire has occupied Pusha Island for many years, and has built a large number of permanent fortifications on Pusha Island, and it is not easy for us to gnaw on the hard bone of Pusha Island! ”

After Zhou Xiaorong took the telegram and read it, his brows couldn't help frowning, "The casualties are too big."

The landing force of the 71st Brigade landed on the island for less than 2 hours, and lost more than 4,800 people, including the deputy commander of the 71st Brigade.

Judging from last night's situation, even if those five infantry divisions were filled in, they might not be able to capture Pusha Island. ”

Zhou Rui took out a cigarette from the cigarette case at this time and lit it himself, "Pusha Island must be taken down, no matter how much it costs!"

If we can take Pusha Island, the Silver Wolf Empire will lose its logistics base on the western coast of our Han and Tang Empires, and we can also deter the Eighth Fleet of the Golden Lion Empire Navy and the Fifth and Sixth Fleets of the Red Tiger Empire Navy. ”

Zhou Xiaorong saw Zhou Rui lighting another cigarette, and couldn't help but persuade: "Dashuai, it's better to smoke less, smoking too much is not good for your health." ”

Zhou Rui said with a wry smile: "It's really too much pressure recently, after all, war with the Silver Wolf Empire has been declared." ”

"Don't worry, the Silver Wolf Empire has suffered a lot of losses in the war with the Flying Leopard Empire.

Even if the Silver Wolf Empire wants to go all out to wage war with our Three Towns Jiedu Mansion, with the Three Towns Army and the Southwest Coastal Defense Fleet, we will also have the strength to deal with the Silver Wolf Empire.

As for how to fight on Pusha Island, let Song Limin and Liu Mo study it! ”

Zhou Rui nodded, "Then send a telegram to Song Limin and Liu Mo and ask them what their opinions are?"

If with the strength of the 5 infantry divisions of the Zhenwei Army, it is still not sure to take Pusha Island, you can transfer a few more infantry divisions from the Jinnan Army. ”