When it was time for Shen Shi, Zhang Han's fleet gathered up all the pirates who were floating on the sea. Most of the pirates were transferred to the small boats, dragged behind the big ones. On the big ship, some soldiers were sent to monitor the sailors and follow the fleet to Zhoushan Island.

Zhang Han had already sent a pigeon letter to the Lu Shi in Ningbo, and they agreed to meet in Zhoushan and go together tomorrow to attack the pirates' lair. And this night, Zhang Han also asked his subordinates to investigate these pirate sailors to see if these sailors had murderous deeds. Because he felt that these sailors were not bad, and if they were not guilty of much responsibility and could obey orders, it would be best to use them to replenish the strength of the sailors. Although the number of sailors has reached more than 20,000 at this time, there is a shortage of sailors who can operate large ships, and they still need to be retrained.

Originally, he wanted to persuade these captured pirates to go to the island to persuade them to surrender, but in the end he gave up this idea. After all, this landing on the island also means training troops, and they will explore experience in attacking Liaodong from the sea in the future, so they will try it no matter whether the battle is difficult or not.

However, their idea of training troops was basically not realized, because all the capable people on the island had been wiped out or captured by them in the daytime naval battles, and all that was left on the island were some old and weak women and children, and there was no combat effectiveness at all.

At noon the next day, Zhang Han led the fleet to cover the landing force and arrived in the waters of Dongji Island. The land division on the fishing boat waited in the distance, and the battleship cruised along the island for a while, and found the water village on the island. Then there are long-range strikes, using the ship's cannons and stone throwers to fire projectiles and bombs at the water wall.

In the rumbling sound of artillery and explosions, part of the water village was destroyed, but there was no return fire, and no people in the water village rushed to escape. So after just three or four rounds of shelling, Zhang Han stopped the bombardment and let the land division start to go ashore.

The fishing boats carrying the landing division began to rush towards the beach, and the boats were instructed to rush directly onto the beach. Although the owners of the ships were unwilling to damage their ships, there was no choice but to do what the soldiers wanted. As for the compensation that the officers told them, it could only be used as a psychological placebo for them at this time. In their minds, the army is just bandits in official uniforms, and the ships are recruited by the government, and they can only consider themselves unlucky.

Zhang Han commanded the fleet, including the transport fleet, to patrol less than 200 paces from the beach, while bombarding the beach area with naval guns and trebuchets that were scheduled to land. Even though there seemed to be no enemy near the beach, they continued to fire shells and bombs as they cruised back and forth.

The projectile flew over the sand, into the bushes and hills farther away. The cannonball knocked the bushes and continued to fly, bouncing until the speed was exhausted. Occasionally, one or two would injure the peeping people hiding in the bushes, causing a scream, and then scaring the peeping people on the hills into fling. And the bombs that exploded around the beach also made the fleeing people feel uneasy.

Seeing that the fishing boat was less than 100 steps away from the beach, Zhang Han ordered the fleet to stop bombarding, so as not to accidentally injure his own people. He asked Luo Miaohyun, who was standing beside him, "Master Luo, how is it?" ”

Although Luo Miaohyun was shocked in his heart, his face was not obvious, even if his complexion changed, it would be hidden by his dark clothes. He said with some disdain: "Does the general want to let me see how much ammunition the officers and soldiers have wasted?" As I have already said, the island is full of old and weak women and children, and there is no resistance. As long as someone sends a message, the people of the island will greet the king of Liang on the beach. ”

Zhang Han didn't care about Luo Miaohyun's attitude, and continued to ask: "If you want to block the landing of the officers and soldiers on the beach, what will happen?" Now we don't see a defense on the back knoll, otherwise we can get closer and continue to strike at the enemy's defensive positions. ”

Luo Miaohyun didn't know what to say at this time. He knew that not to mention their two swords, even if they were serious soldiers, under such a blow, it would be difficult to guarantee that they would not collapse. After the land division successfully landed, with the invincible force of the Great Beam, any island lair would not be a safe place.

Zhang Han looked at Luo Miaoyun, who was speechless, and said proudly: "As long as there is water, my girder can be hit from anywhere." The enemies of my Great Liang no longer have any safe place to hide. ”

Luo Miaohyun still didn't say anything, he just looked at the hundreds of fishing boats and quickly rushed onto the beach. But after looking at it for a while, he was a little strange, only a few soldiers came down from the fishing boats that had washed up on the beach, and they didn't know what was wrong.

Zhang Han also found the problem and immediately observed it with a telescope. It didn't matter what he looked at, he almost blew him up. Most of the soldiers on the fishing boat were seasick, and except for a few who did not go ashore on alert for seasickness, many of them lay on the side of the boat and vomited.

"Signal!" He immediately ordered: "The battleship leans forward and covers the land division." The transport ship put down the boat, transported a hundred sailors up, and did a good job of guarding and covering the land division! ”

After that, he scolded in a low voice: "What stupid! It's going to be seasick! ”

"Hahaha!" Luo Miaohyun suddenly burst out laughing uncontrollably, and laughed for a while before he said with difficulty: "Oh my God, Da Liang used these landlubbers to hit the island?" Fortunately, the island is full of old and weak women and children, otherwise, these people are afraid that they will all have to see the Dragon King. ”

Zhang Han was angry with a black face, he forgot that before going to sea, he should let these land divisions train to sail at sea, at least so that the soldiers would not get seasick.

He also instructed his deputy: "Remember, the troops who land on the island to fight must be trained in advance to overcome the symptoms of seasickness. ”

"Do you want me to go to the island and let the people on the island come out and help your soldiers?" Luo Miao asked happily, not at all worried that the officials and soldiers would lose tolerance for him. Although he didn't know whether the official army would recruit him, he also knew that his life should not be in danger before he was sent to Shandong. And he also knows that if he cowers and bows his head, he will be looked down upon by others, so it is better to be free and arbitrary.

Zhang Han had already collected his emotions at this time, and said disdainfully: "Don't say it's a group of rabble, even if it's a few hundred elite soldiers, don't think about doing anything." ”

By this time, the battleship had approached the island for nearly a hundred paces, and the artillery and trebuchet were ready. And his sailors have also gone ashore and began to organize a guard on the shore. And the soldiers of the land division are also beginning to slowly slow down, and at least a few tiger squat cannons have been set up on the beach. Some of the soldiers also went with muskets and other weapons to organize a guard with the sailors, and with the support of his fleet, the enemy could not help them.