In the history of human warfare, there have probably been several major changes, and each change has caused great changes, and according to these changes, it can be roughly divided into ancient armies, modern armies, and modern armies.

The obvious feature of the ancient army is cold weapons, but even in the era of cold weapons, there is also a huge change, that is, the emergence of horseshoe iron and saddle, so that cavalry has become the most impactful and mobile on the battlefield, and can dominate the victory or defeat of the battlefield.

In the era of cold weapons, except for the appearance of cavalry, other major changes are small changes, although there will be innovations, but they will not appear earth-shaking changes.

And the appearance of guns is definitely a major innovation after cavalry has become the main branch!

Artillery and muskets, swords, spears, armor, bows and arrows and other weapons of the Cold Weapon Era have been swept into the dustbin of history, and it is a special term that created the modern army.

Modern armies have dominated warfare for almost hundreds of years, during which various changes have been carried out, from arquebuses to flintlock pistols, to mini rifles, and then to rear-loading rifles, artillery is also becoming more and more advanced, front-loading has become rear-loading, artillery shells have also changed from solid bullets to wooden fuse grenades, metal fuse grenades, and even the navy has changed from wooden battleships to steel battleships.

But these above changes are still inseparable from the category of the modern army!

It was not until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that the emergence of machine guns, rapid-fire artillery, tanks, airplanes, radio communications, aircraft carriers, etc., led to another great change in the mode of warfare, and from then on entered the era of modern warfare.

And this mode of modern warfare that started before and after the First World War has continued to this day, although more advanced guns, artillery, tanks, aircraft, communication technology, and so on have appeared, but in essence, all of this has laid the foundation before and after the First World War, and it is nothing more than more advanced.

And now in the middle of the sixteenth century, it was a period of transition between the ancient army and the modern army, whether it was on the battlefields of the West or the East.

The Ming army in the Eastern War was also a force that made extensive use of firearms, and Fuso, on the other side of the sea, also introduced and used a large number of so-called iron cannons, well, in fact, arquebuses during this period.

In the West, arquebuses have also become the standard, but they are still in the transition period, because in contemporary Western warfare, the tactics represented by the Spanish phalanx are still popular, and spearmen are still indispensable.

In this context, countries and armies that fail to keep up with the development of the times will fall behind, and then be beaten to the ground!

Fortunately, the Tang Empire has a wise and great, greater than the sun of the ancient sage Li Xuan, under his leadership, the Tang Dynasty took the lead in pioneering the infantry tactics of combining arquebuses and spears, and vigorously developed artillery, which also led to the Tang Dynasty division in the unification of China The war finally defeated the Ming Dynasty through years of war.

During this period, the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming Dynasty and Zhang Yue, Wang Yiqi and other representatives of the ruling faction were not willing to fail, and they also humbly learned and imitated the Tang Dynasty to form a modern army, but unfortunately, they did not succeed in the blue, and finally failed in one battle after another, and finally led to the collapse of the entire empire.

In this series of unification wars, the Tang Dynasty did not stop their steps, they tasted the sweetness of new weapons and new tactics, and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to develop more advanced weapons, and study the tactics of matching new weapons, so flintlock pistols appeared, short-barreled heavy howitzers appeared, and now wooden fuse shells have also appeared, and even steam engines have appeared.

This series of investments has made the Tang Dynasty once again stand at the pinnacle of the war stage!

Li Xuan has every reason to believe that with flintlock pistols and howitzers, the Tang Army will not encounter any opponents on the ground, and at the same time, when the steam engine matures, the battleship equipped with the steam engine will not meet an opponent on the sea!

And these are the sources of his confidence to conquer the world!

Conquer the world with science and technology, and rule the world with population and culture, this is Li Xuan's firm concept!

Today, in Yakushima, the Datang Navy once again used weapons and tactics that have been ahead of the world for decades to beat the pirates on Yakushima!

Although these pirates and the warriors of the Hefu clan were also very brave, they dared to take the initiative to attack, but this kind of bravery became meaningless under the fierce shelling of the ship's guns.

When there is only courage and no advanced weapons, courage is useless, and when there are advanced weapons, but there is no courage and there is no use.

To win a war, both prowess and advanced weapons are indispensable.

It's a pity that today's Zhang Linong has no way to show his bravery, because the shelling of the naval guns is too fierce, and the bombardment of dozens of artillery pieces directly makes the pirates and warriors of more than 500 people completely collapse!

Can this not collapse, they have not rushed over, but they have been subjected to such a fierce shelling, and in the shelling, they directly killed and wounded hundreds of people.

Although they are brave, they can also continue to fight despite the casualties of more than half of them in some specific circumstances, and even the last soldier of the battle, but what makes them even more panicked is the powerlessness caused by the shooting of naval guns!

They hadn't expected this at all, they thought it was going to be a battle between infantry, so they just had to rush forward bravely and fight.

But the fleet of the Tang Navy did not give them this opportunity, killing and wounding hundreds of them on the way to charge, and it made them panic.

This battle can't be fought!

This was the idea of almost all pirates and samurai at that time!

So, they ran, at a faster speed than when they charged, so fast that the subsequent extended shelling of the naval guns could not catch up, and when the naval guns adjusted their angles and prepared for the second round of shelling, they ran all the way early.

The troops led by Zhang Linong, in this battle, did only two things: prepare for war, watch the show, and then, there was no more!

The landing force led by Zhang Linong did not fire even a single shot, and the enemy collapsed under the bombardment of naval artillery!

This made Zhang Linong feel happy and speechless!

Speechlessly, this battle came too fast, so fast that it had nothing to do with him, which means that there was no battle merit at all, and the battle merit was all taken away by those damn naval artillery and artillery.

Fortunately, his troops were able to land safely without firing a single shot, and looking at the miserable appearance of the other side being bombarded by naval artillery, it is estimated that when he leads his troops to completely occupy the port and control the entire Yakushima Island, he should not encounter much resistance, which is a great benefit to the battle after the landing.

At the same time, Rear Admiral Feng Qirong, commander of the Ryukyu Fleet, was also in a very good mood after seeing that the two frigates under his command had directly defeated the incoming pirates through heavy artillery bombardment, and that the landing force had not suffered any losses.

You must know that this landing operation was led by the navy alone, and there was not even a single army member among the personnel who came to Fuso.

Needless to say, the battleships and sailors in the fleet are naturally naval officers, and the marines who land on the battlefield are also naval officers, and when they come to fight from such a distance, even one of them will have to make his heart ache, because these are naval officers!

Immediately, he passed down the order to give credit to the two frigates participating in the shelling support mission, whether it was the captain or other officers, or ordinary sailors or gunners, all of them were credited, although this kind of credit is not big, but in today's era of peace, it is not easy to get this kind of credit, especially for those officers, with today's combat merits, it is of great benefit to subsequent promotions.

For example, the two captains can record such a paragraph on their resumes, on April 18, the eighth year of Xuanping, they led the ships to support the land and defeated 500 pirates!

After defeating the pirates' active counterattack, the atmosphere in the entire fleet was quite relaxed, with several warships still moored to the shore to provide fire support to the land at any time, while the marines continued to land in these small boats.

The whole landing time lasted for several hours, and in the process, not only did the 800 marines land, but also transported a lot of ammunition and brought shotguns.

As for the field guns, they were too heavy, even if they were five-pound field guns, it was impossible to transport them through those small boats, so they could only wait for the capture of the dock before they could plan.

Therefore, Zhang Linong also formulated the latest battle plan, he did not lead his troops to attack other places on land, nor did he pursue those pirates who fled, but marched east along the coastline, because there was a dock!

As long as the dock is captured, the field guns loaded on the transport ship can be unloaded, so that his marines will not need to be supported by naval guns at all times, and will have their own artillery power!

However, when they went to the dock next, they inevitably encountered a certain amount of resistance, and the pirates were obviously not willing to fail, gathering hundreds of people near the dock to try to resist stubbornly, and they also used the buildings on the dock very cleverly to avoid the fire of the ship's guns.

After several rounds of artillery bombardment, the fleet smashed all the buildings on the docks, but it did not cause any significant casualties to the pirates, and it was clear that they had learned too much to expose themselves to direct fire from the ship's guns.

But in this regard, Zhang Linong felt a little excited, because this was the time for his marines to exert their might, although the battle of attacking Yakushima was not big, and the credit was not much, but he couldn't let those battleships be fished away, and his marines had to share a little credit!

After communicating with the fleet in the language of the flag, he began to command the 800 marines to launch an attack on the docks!