Chapter Seventy-Four: Landing on the Beach
Back on Xiao Yao's side, the three warships sailed out of the mouth of the Yangtze River in one day, came to the sea that would become Pudong District in the future, and then went south along the coastline and went straight to Haiyan County.
"This is the sea! It's huge, how big is it! As soon as he came out of the mouth of the Yangtze River and saw the endless East China Sea, Huang Wenyuan, who saw the sea for the first time, couldn't help but sigh, and even Li Nong He Fu, who had always been serious, the veterans of the Fire Dragon Battalion kept looking around!
"It's about 40,000 miles wide!" Xiao Yao casually said the width of the Pacific Ocean.
"40,000 miles! What is on the other side of the sea? Is it the ends of the earth? Seeing that Xiao Yao could actually say the exact number, everyone continued to ask curiously.
"The ends of the earth are in the south, and across the East China Sea is a hegemonic 。。。。。 It should still be a wilderness there! Only the uncivilized savages! Xiao Yao just wanted to say that it was the United States, but suddenly remembered that the American continent had not yet been discovered.
"Really? Nonsense, Commander, how do you know? Huang Wenyuan, who was used to joking with his boss, was suspicious.
"I usually ask you to read some books, haven't you read the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Xiao Yao knew that the strange book of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, although the things mentioned on it were absurd and incomprehensible, but later generations found that in fact, some animals were real, but everyone had different literal descriptions and understandings.
"Isn't that a mythological novel, who would believe it? How can what is said above be true! Just like the nine-tailed fox spirit confuses people, how can there be a fox with nine tails in the world! Huang Wenyuan retorted.
"Does a nine-tailed fox have to have nine tails? Can't you have nine rings on one tail? Many animals have a pungent smell that can make you dizzy and even hallucinate, doesn't it make people feel like they are seducing you? So when you see something that can't be explained, you should immediately doubt that your knowledge is not enough, not that it is impossible! Xiao Yao Education said.
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On the third day, the infantry battalion led by Xiao Yao finally came to the offshore sea of Haiyan County, Xiao Yao picked up the binoculars and saw that in the bay that entered Haiyan County, there were already three big ships blocked there!
"Commander, the big ship in the opposite bay has sent a small boat to shout!" The sentry shouted.
"Salute first and then soldier? Go hear what they have to say! After speaking, Xiao Yao led everyone to the side of the ship, only to see the small boat shaking the wood pulp to stop in front of the gunboat, and there was a big man with a swarthy man standing on it, holding a big knife with round eyes and glaring.
"Where did you come from? I didn't know this was our Salt Gang's territory! Believe it or not, we will kill you officers and soldiers and never return! The big man shouted to Xiao Yao!
"The Salt Gang? Have you heard of it? Xiao Yao asked deliberately.
"Commander, the Salt Gang is the one who smuggles and sells salt, and it is very famous in Wuxing!" Zhang Dabao, who had been in the Eastern Route Army, had of course heard of the name of the Salt Gang.
"Smugglers? That's an illegal organization! He also said that he would kill us and there would be no return! Good! Just use them as opponents and organize this drill! Catch this guy! Pass my orders and get ready for battle! Li Nong, Dabao, let the artillery be in place immediately! He Fu, Wen Yuan, immediately returned to the troop carrier, led the first company, and prepared to land on the beach! Xiao Yao resolutely ordered.
The bell bells on the ship rang, and all the warriors entered the battle mode!
The big man saw that the bell suddenly rang on the big ship, and the crew were all shouting and running nervously, feeling that something was wrong, and wanted to turn around and leave, but he was suddenly covered by a big net cast on the big ship, and was dragged onto the big ship before he could react.
"Who are you! Dare to go against our salt gang! We have a few hundred more brothers on board! The smart ones let me go! Otherwise, my brother will kill you all!" The big man in the net struggled!
"Looks like he knows a lot of information! Tie him up and torture him! Attention units, march to the bay, and the gunboats enter the firing range and immediately open fire! The troop carrier moved on, ready for a landing operation! Xiao Yao gave the battle order.
The big boat at the entrance of the bay saw that Xiao Yao's three ships did not stop, and they also caught their own people, knowing that the comers were not good, they immediately prepared to fight, and they all picked up their weapons, drew bows and arrows!
Less than 100 meters away, already within the range of the artillery, Xiao Yao ordered the gunboats to stop, turn to the sideways, and turn one side of the ship against the enemy ship on the opposite side.
"Gunners prepare! Shoot at the cabin of their first ship and sink them! Put! Li Nong ordered.
Boom, boom, 6 sub-cannons concentrated on one side fired a salvo, and six shells hit the first ship with unmistakable accuracy, and the cabin was instantly knocked out of a big hole, roaring into the water, and slowly sinking!
Li Nong continued to give the order to shoot, and the advantage of the cannon was that the interval between the continuous firing was short, and in less than a minute, three rounds had been fired, and all the three large ships at the mouth of the bay were pierced and sunk, and the crew members on board were so frightened that they shouted and jumped into the sea and swam to the shore.
A troop transport smashed through the three large ships that had already sunk half and quickly rowed towards the shore, while the leader of the Salt Gang, who was guarding the shore, quickly organized those minions who had swam back to the shore, picked up bows and arrows, and prepared to resist the landing of the other party.
Coming to a place 10 meters from the sea, the troop carrier also stopped, ready to let the assault boat land, and the people on the shore kept shouting and daring, and kept shooting arrows at the troop carrier, popping, and the rain of arrows hit the troop carrier and the soldiers on board!
But the soldier in paper armor didn't care, even if the arrow hit him, he was still calmly putting down the small landing assault boat, and the first platoon led by Huang Wenyuan was ready to land!
He Fu on the troop carrier ordered: "The alphabet cannon shoots shotguns at the enemy on the coast to cover the landing of a platoon!" ”
Boom, boom, three sub-cannons fired a salvo of shotguns, and on the beach in front, a large piece fell in an instant, dead and wounded, and those who were scared stupid on the spot!
When Huang Wenyuan led the first platoon to successfully land on the beach, there was no one on the shore to resist, and this was a strange scene: the charging soldiers did not meet resistance and successfully landed unscathed, while several of the soldiers on the ship were shot by arrows, and there were sharp arrows stuck in the paper armor, but fortunately they only suffered some skin injuries.
But Huang Wenyuan didn't relax, because he knew that this was already a war, and there were already dead people, and Xiao Yao had given them an order, when the bell rang, everyone must be serious, and there must be no child's play!
So he immediately organized his team to form a battle formation, capture prisoners, clear obstacles on the beach, protect the landing of his teammates behind, and at the same time guard against the second wave of enemy attacks.
In less than 10 minutes, all three platoons of the 1st Company landed and successfully occupied the beach!
When Xiao Yao left the gunboat and boarded the bloodstained beach, the first company had already cleaned up the battlefield, the dead were piled aside, and the living were tied with their backhands and knelt aside.
The big man who shouted before was also taken to the beach, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that he was still alive half an hour ago, boasting that his accomplices who were going there to find happiness at night were all injured and dead, these are the heavenly soldiers and generals from there!
Xiao Yao came to the soldiers of the infantry battalion who had lined up and said: "Not bad! From the time I gave the combat order to the successful landing, it took us only 2 quarters of an hour, and this was the first time we practiced the beach-grabbing landing operation, and there was no confusion among everyone, and I am very satisfied! I hope everyone will guard against arrogance and rashness! Keep up the good work! The next thing we're going to do is Siege! ”