In the early morning of February 27, Prato, deputy commander of the Fourteenth Army of the Royal Army of the Silver Wolf Empire, walked to the side of Commander Bullitt, "The First Infantry Brigade of the First Division has all boarded the rowboats.

The navy is also ready, should the landing start now? ”

Commander Bullitt put down the binoculars in his hand and said with some regret: "Looking at the situation in Xiangshi Harbor, the human army should have given up blocking us in the port and retreated to the hinterland of Xiangshi Island.

In this way, our 14th Army will not be able to use the navy's large-caliber naval guns to inflict heavy damage on the human army on Xiangshi Island. ”

Deputy Commander Prato said nonchalantly: "Without the fire support of the navy's large-caliber naval guns, the impact on our 14th Army will not be too great."

In the past, without the fire support of the navy's large-caliber naval guns, our 14th Army still won victory after victory! ”

Bullitt couldn't help but smile and said, "Prato, I just like the way you look confident!"

Order the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division to start the landing, and after successfully landing at the port, let the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division immediately send a reconnaissance force to find the specific location of the human army on Xiangshi Island. ”

After Bullitt's order was issued, more than 400 wooden rowing boats, carrying more than 5,000 officers and soldiers of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 1st Division of the 14th Group Army of the Silver Wolf Empire, under the cover of many warships, boarded the Xiangshi Port Wharf, which had been turned into ruins.

At this time, in order to cover the landing of the Fourteenth Group Army, dozens of small and medium-sized warships of the Silver Wolf Empire Navy approached the sea area less than 3,000 meters away from Xiangshi Port.

Once a human army appeared on the dock of Xiangshi Port, these dozens of small and medium-sized warships would immediately use naval guns to cover the entire dock of Xiangshi Port.

However, the three brigades of the Zhou Jiajun had already taken the initiative to abandon Xiangshi Port and Xiangshi City.

Even the naval guns of the six warships stranded in the shoals of the harbor were blown up with explosives by the three brigades of the Zhou Jiajun when they withdrew.

Therefore, the more than 5,000 officers and men of the wolf clan who landed did not encounter any resistance, and they successfully completed the beach-rushing landing.

Dozens of small and medium-sized warships also did not have a chance to plow the wharf of Xiangshi Port again with artillery fire.

The docks of Xiangshi Harbor, as well as Xiangshi City, had been bombed by the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Empire's Navy last time.

After the shelling of 12 battleships with full main guns and 13 all-steel battleships of the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Force, the docks of Xiangshi City and Xiangshi Port at this time can basically be called ruins.

Commander Bullitt saw that a brigade of troops had successfully landed at the pier of Xiangshi Harbor, so he said to Deputy Commander Prato: "I think we can let the large transport ships get closer to Xiangshi Harbor to speed up the landing of troops." ”

As soon as Bullitt's words fell, a continuous explosion suddenly sounded on the dock of Xiangshi Port, and the more than 5,000 wolf clan officers and soldiers who had landed were suddenly shrouded in the smoke of the explosion.

Bullitt's face immediately turned very ugly, "These abominable humans!

Pass my military order, the humans on Xiangshi Island, not a single one will be left, I don't need to be captured! ”

It turned out that this series of explosions at the wharf of Xiangshi Port was Zhou Jiajun from Xiangshi Island, who detonated the explosives buried in the wharf.

The Fourteenth Army of the Silver Wolf Empire, before seeing a single enemy, suffered more than 1,500 casualties, almost reimbursing the strength of an infantry regiment.

However, the episode of this explosion did not delay the next landing plan of the 14th Army.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the 27th, the commander of the 14th Army, Bullitt, also landed on Xiangshi Island, and by this time the 14th Army had completed the landing of nearly 40,000 people.

"Commander, about 13 kilometers away from Xiangshi Harbor, we have discovered a position built by the human army." Igna, commander of the 1st Division, who landed on the island first, reported to Bullitt.

Bullitt said coldly: "Since the human army has been discovered, why didn't your first division organize an attack?"

Could it be that the explosion in the morning blew up the courage of your 1st Division? ”

Igna secretly complained in his heart: You are the commander, without your order, how can our first division dare to attack without authorization?

However, Igna knew that Commander Bullitt was in a very bad mood because of the morning's incident, so he didn't dare to argue with Bullitt, so he immediately nodded and said, "I will immediately organize troops and launch an attack on the position of the human army!" ”

The divisional heavy artillery battalion of the 1st Division of the 14th Army was armed with 24 130-mm howitzers.

Each of the three infantry brigades also had an artillery battalion equipped with 24 70mm infantry guns, but the 1st Infantry Brigade damaged eight 70mm infantry guns in an explosion at the pier.

The troops of the 1st Division of the 14th Group Army concentrated 24 130-mm howitzers and 64 70-mm infantry guns and carried out an artillery bombardment of the five-kilometer-long Zhou Army's defensive line for about 15 minutes.

Immediately, more than 1,000 wolf officers and soldiers divided into three groups, chose three positions on the five-kilometer-long defensive line, and launched a charge against these three positions in a skirmish line.

The Fourteenth Army is worthy of being one of the elite of the Royal Army of the Silver Wolf Empire, and almost one-fifth of the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Wolf Clan who attacked were holding steel shields.

In other words, among the more than 1,000 wolf clan officers and soldiers, one-fifth of the wolf clan people have reached the level of beast clan warriors.

Moreover, although these wolf clan officers and soldiers launched an attack in a skirmish line, in the process of advancing, they alternately covered each other, and their tactical coordination was quite skillful.

In addition, the stormtrooping formation of these wolf clan officers and soldiers is also very hierarchical, and can form a wave-like squad and platoon-level attack.

The position where Liu Erga is located is one of the positions that the officers and soldiers of the wolf clan choose to attack.

Liu Erga personally controlled a -34 general-purpose machine gun, looked at the werewolves who were gradually approaching, and couldn't help shouting: "Brothers, they all carry a head on two shoulders, and the wolf people are not more than us.

After listening to my orders for a while, they all aimed to fight! ”

Then Liu Erga turned his head and whispered to Song Heiwa, the leader of the guard platoon next to him: "Heiwa, you take two guard squads to guard the trench at the rear.

If one of us escapes in a row, you don't have to show me anything! ”

Song Heiwa, who originally served as a guard for Xie Dong, also rose to serve as the platoon commander of the battalion's guard platoon after Xie Dong was promoted to battalion commander.

In order to strengthen the strength of the first company's position, Xie Dong asked Song Heiwa to come over with two squads of the guard platoon to support.

Song Heiwa nodded, "Brother Erga, be careful yourself, I will take two guard squads for you as a reserve." ”

When the officers and soldiers of the wolf clan were about 200 meters away from the front trench, Liu Erga shouted: "Fight-"

Immediately after that, the stormy bullets knocked down a large number of wolf clan officers and soldiers who rushed to the front.

Even the steel shields held by the wolf officers and soldiers could not withstand the armor-piercing bullets fired by the -34 general-purpose machine gun or the ZB-26 light machine gun.

Igna, the commander of the 1st Division, saw through the telescope the firepower displayed by the opponent's position, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly.

Then Igna turned his head to the deputy division commander Clarano and said: "Order the heavy artillery battalion and the artillery battalion of 3 brigades to immediately suppress the enemy positions and provide cover for the charging infantry."

This human army has very high firepower, and the artillery must be allowed to get rid of those machine guns. ”

The deputy division commander Krano asked: "Division commander, do you need to apply to the commander for fire support from the heavy artillery regiment?" ”

The 14th Army of the Silver Wolf Empire had 2 heavy artillery regiments under the command of the command, each of which was armed with 24 160-mm howitzers and 48 130-mm howitzers.

Igna shook his head and said, "No, the commander is not pleasing to anyone now because of the morning's incident, so let's not feel uncomfortable."

Relying on the heavy artillery battalions of our 1st Division and the artillery battalions of 3 brigades should be enough to suppress the firepower of this human army. ”

As if like a slap in the face, shortly after the 24 130-mm howitzers and 64 70-mm infantry guns of the 1st Division launched another shelling, they were immediately subjected to covered shelling by hundreds of 75-mm field guns from 3 brigades of the Zhou Army.

Before Zhou Rui left Xiangshi Island, he deliberately left some more weapons and ammunition for the three brigades stationed on Xiangshi Island.

The nine artillery battalions belonging to the three brigades of the Zhou Army are now equipped with French 1897 Type 75 field guns, and the number has doubled to 60.

The Zhou Jiajun only used 300 75mm field guns from 5 artillery battalions, which almost brought a devastating blow to the artillery unit of the 1st Division of the 14th Group Army of the Silver Wolf Empire.

After losing a sufficient number of artillery cover, the first division of the 14th Army of the Silver Wolf Empire had to hastily end the first round of attacks.

Commander Bullitt learned that the artillery units of the 1st Division had suffered heavy losses and immediately ordered the 1st Division to suspend the offensive and build trenches on the spot to prevent a counterattack by the human army.

Deputy Commander Prato said to Bullitt in a deep voice: "Commander, it seems that the human army stationed on Xiangshi Island is indeed very strong in combat.

And they have a lot of artillery and machine guns, and we want to annihilate this human army and completely occupy Xiangshi Island, and we will have to pay a big price if we don't get it right. ”

Bullitt looked at the military map on the wooden table, frowned and asked, "Can you adopt a roundabout tactic?" ”

Prato shook his head, "The position chosen by the enemy is cleverly positioned, and we simply cannot send troops to attack on the flank. ”

Bullitt pondered for a moment and said, "Then contact the navy and escort the Fourth Division to land on the west side of Xiangshi Island."

In addition, the 2nd Heavy Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 4th Division, and the 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment was assigned to the 1st Division. ”

"What does the commander mean, is he preparing to flank the human army on Xiangshi Island from the east and west?"

Blitt nodded, "In the face of a difficult enemy, we should still give enough respect.

Next, our 14th Army must exert all its strength to wipe out this difficult enemy cleanly and completely! ”