"Boom-boom-"

On the afternoon of January 26, two large armored cruisers, four light cruisers, and six destroyers of the Third Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Silver Wolf Empire were using naval guns to carry out heavy shelling on a beach west of Xiangshi Island.

Xiangshi City is located on the east side of Xiangshi Island, almost 60 kilometers from this beach.

Li Shengjun, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade, in order to prevent the landing of the Silver Wolf Empire, arranged 1 infantry battalion on this beach.

Li Shengjun was not surprised to learn that the army of the Silver Wolf Empire had chosen to land on the beach west of Xiangshi Island.

Li Shengjun said to the deputy commander Wen Ximing: "Order the 3rd Infantry Battalion to abandon the fortifications near the beach and retreat to the second line of defense.

In addition, let the 5th Infantry Battalion, the 6th Infantry Battalion, and the Artillery Battalion immediately rush over to reinforce the 3rd Infantry Battalion, and the landing force of the Silver Wolf Empire must be blocked in the second line of defense. ”

Wen Ximing is a collateral descendant of the original Ganyang Wen family, and the Ganyang Wen family is the family of Zhou Rui's mother Wen Yu.

Because the descendants of the Wen family died in battle with the destruction of the Wen family's fleet, the Wen family's power in Ganyang City was taken over by Zhou Rui's father.

Many collateral children of the Wen family joined the Zhou family.

Wen Ximing frowned and said, "Regiment Commander, do you want the 3rd Infantry Battalion to top the fortifications near the beach?"

At the very least, it can give the enemy a certain amount of damage when they rush to land on the beach. ”

Li Shengjun shook his head, "The other side has the fire support of warships, and we only built some rudimentary fortifications on that beach because of time.

It's too much for us to stick to the beach, so let's let them in and fight them in a positional battle! ”

"The troops that the enemy landed should be the Third Marine Division of the Silver Wolf Empire's Navy, I heard that this is one of the ace troops of the Silver Wolf Empire, I'm worried that if you really let them in, the troops below will not be able to hold on.

After all, the proportion of recruits in our regiment is too high. ”

"The trump card is also played!

Now our group has no way to retreat, don't say any trump card, it's a heavenly card, we have to resist it!

By the way, how many additional constructions are there? ”

In order to make up for the lack of troops, Li Shengjun began to recruit young and strong men among the civilians of Xiangshi Island to form a supplementary battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade after consulting Zhou Rui.

"According to your requirements, the 18 veterans of the baggage battalion plus 360 young and strong men have formed 20 supplementary battalions, but due to the lack of weapons, they can only be equipped with cold weapons and grenades."

"The supplementary battalions continue to be formed, the more the better, and the six supplementary battalions will be transferred first to strengthen the second line of defense.

With the urine nature of those wolf people, if Xiangshi Island is captured, the people on the island will basically not have a way to live, and it is best for us to arm the men, women and children on the island.

If you don't have enough weapons, you can only survive if you work hard with a kitchen knife or a hoe! ”

"Alas—many people still have illusions about the Silver Wolf Empire, thinking that the Silver Wolf Empire has captured Xiangshi Island, and they can still live as usual.

We mobilized like that, but as a result, there were still 20,000 or 30,000 people who were unwilling to evacuate Xiangshi City.

Now the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy is shelling Xiangshi City, and I don't know how many people have died under the fire. ”

Li Shengjun said in a cold voice: "This is a blood debt owed by the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy to our Zhou family, and the blood debt must be repaid with blood after all!" ”

The 3rd Marine Division of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy has a total of 3 Marine Brigades, namely the 31st Marine Brigade, the 32nd Marine Brigade and the 33rd Marine Brigade.

In this attack on Xiangshi Island, the 3rd Marine Division did not all sorts out, and the division commander Rofer only brought 1 regiment of the 32nd Marine Brigade and the 33rd Marine Brigade, as well as 1 heavy artillery battalion subordinate to the division headquarters, with a total strength of more than 8,500 people.

Since the 3rd Infantry Battalion, which was stationed in the beach defense line, chose to retreat on its own initiative, the troops of the 3rd Marine Division easily occupied the beach.

By the evening of the 26th, more than 8,500 officers and men of the 3rd Marine Division, as well as their weapons and equipment, had been transported ashore.

Nichka, commander of the 32nd Marine Brigade, reported to the division commander Rofer: "According to the feedback from the reconnaissance team dispatched, the human army has built a fortification about 12 kilometers from the beach here.

According to the surrounding terrain, if we want to attack Xiangshi City, we must take this line of defense of the human army. ”

The division commander Rofer looked at the military map, and then said: "Nichka, send 1 infantry regiment to take down this line of defense of the human army overnight.

I hope that tomorrow morning, the large army will be able to march towards Xiangshi City.

If necessary, the heavy artillery battalion could be transferred up. ”

The divisional heavy artillery battalion of the 3rd Marine Division of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy is equipped with 16 120 mm large-caliber howitzers with a maximum range of up to 7,500 meters.

Nichka said with a smile: "Division commander, a group of weak chicken-like human troops, there is no need to use heavy artillery battalions, with the 70mm infantry guns equipped with each infantry regiment, it is enough to deal with it."

I will personally supervise the battle, and before dawn, I will definitely take this line of defense. ”

The 32nd Marine Brigade consists of three infantry regiments and one brigade-affiliated reconnaissance battalion, each of which has an artillery battalion equipped with 16 70mm infantry guns.

Xie Dong was sitting in the anti-artillery hole, writing a letter to his mother by the faint light of a kerosene lamp.

"Mother's Majesty:

During the day today, the army of the Silver Wolf Empire has landed on the beach west of Xiangshi Island, and the army where Er is located is currently at the forefront and will be ready to fight at any time.

When he was a child, his mother told his son many heroic stories, and he also fantasized that he could become a great hero to save the country and save the people, and now he has encountered such an opportunity.

Behind his son, there are hundreds of thousands of people on Xiangshi Island, and he will not take a step back in this battle, even if the blood-stained territory is not complaining.

If your child dies in battle, I hope that your mother will not be sad and take care of her health.

Loyalty and filial piety can't be both, the son can only do filial piety for his mother in the next life!

Son, Xie Dong, Tian Yuan, January 26, 1537. ”

After Xie Dong finished writing, he folded the letter, put it in the pocket of his military uniform in his leather armor, and then said to several soldiers around him: "If I am going to die in battle, which of you is still alive, you must help me send this letter to the Xie family in Ganyang City!" ”

A soldier then said: "Company commander, I can't write, can you help me write a letter, in case I am glorious, I can also give a letter to my father." ”

After Xie Dong graduated from the first crash course of the Zhou family's army academy, he was directly appointed as a company commander of the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the 22nd Independent Brigade because of the great expansion of the Zhou family's army troops.

Xie Dong nodded, "Okay, if any of you want to write a letter to your family, I will write it for you one by one."

Liu Erga, help you write first, what you want to write, you can say! ”

"Thank you, company commander, you help me tell my father that I am going to fight with the wolf clan this time, and I will not embarrass the old Liu family.

If I die this time, let my father not forget to get the pension, there are 2,000 silver coins! ”

"Anything else?"

"Company commander, you tell my six younger brothers that when they grow up, if they become soldiers, they must be soldiers of the Zhou family in Ganyang.

Zhou Jiajun's military salary is high, the benefits are good, and the pension is also more! ”

Xie Dong couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "Your kid is really losing money, his life is gone, and his mother is still worried about the pension." ”

"Company commander, our poor people's lives are not worth anything."

Saying that, Liu Erga patted the leather armor made of low-level fierce beast skin on his body, "I actually want to take off this leather armor."

If I can die in battle, my family can get a pension of 2,000 silver coins at once, not only can the debts owed by my mother when she was sick be paid off, but the remaining money is enough to buy dozens of acres of good land. ”

Xie Dong slapped Liu Erga directly on the back of the head, "You kid must give Lao Tzu a good life, and when this battle is over, if Lao Tzu is still alive, I will give you 2,000 silver coins for nothing, so that you can pay off your debts and buy land!" ”

As soon as Xie Dong's words fell, there was a continuous sound of shell explosions outside the anti-artillery hole.