Although the allied forces attacking on land were about twice as strong, they were not particularly strong in combat, perhaps because they lacked the preparation of the Spaniards. At this time, the British Isles had just bid farewell to the Longbow Age for decades, perhaps because they had more high-quality sources of nitrate, and they attached more importance to the power of the arquebus to a certain extent, so they did not prepare too many steel shields and full-body armor. Of course, there are many imitations in gunpowder weapons tactics.

However, these firearms tactics were not suitable for dealing with the elite of the landed volunteer troops. By land, the coalition forces lacked reliable protective preparations, and the thousands of medium- and heavy guns deployed ashore and ready to fire could kill and injure thousands of coalition forces who seemed to be fully prepared with each round of fire.

Under the heavy fire, the coalition forces, which suffered tens of thousands of casualties in a short period of time, had to stop when they approached a distance of about a mile from the ranks, and made it difficult to launch an effective attack by using the terrain and features to cover them with all their might.

The attacking coalition forces on the ground tried to launch several blasting attacks that used a lot of gunpowder, and they seemed to have formed a lot of momentum and projectiles were thrown to a distance of a mile, but this type of attack did not pose much threat to the troops who had come ashore by projectile against the defensive targets that had been prepared a mile away during the day.

But the heavy artillery fire on the sea was quite different. By the time the naval guns began to attack with shotguns of the right weight, almost every round of fire could inflict hundreds of casualties on the team, even if the team had begun to form the most basic foxholes and shallow trenches in a lying or crouching position. In this case, the team had to spread the formation more out of the way, but even so, the 30,000 or 40,000 landing troops that came ashore near dusk suffered more than 10,000 casualties under the bombardment of the coalition fleet. Even the main forces of the land coalition forces a mile away felt the threat of casualties, and at least nearly 1,000 people were accidentally injured by shotguns from sea fire.

The shotgun strikes in the distance, like a black mist, finally began to convince the coalition forces in charge of the land command that few troops could still have decent combat effectiveness with such fire support. Thus, preparations for the offensive began again.

However, the heavy and medium artillery group, which had already been loaded with ammunition at a distance of about half a mile, once again opened heavy fire, completely crushing the desire of the coalition forces to attack on land for a decisive battle, at least in the eyes of the people: it was unwise to fight a decisive battle with a landing place with such firepower during the day, and at least at night there might be a slight possibility of victory.

However, at this time, the rumbling explosions and the scenes of confrontation from the sea boosted the morale of the landing force and deterred the coalition forces still surrounding the landing site to the greatest extent.

In the end, the main forces of the coalition forces on the ground did not choose to retreat. Because in the eyes of the British, the greatest advantage of those landing enemies is that the long-range artillery fire is more intense, and in close combat: even the most elite team, as long as it is infantry, may not have an overwhelming advantage in this era of heavy arquebuses. From the point of view of maintaining morale and controlling the forces, after the coalition ships at sea were gradually driven out, the main coalition forces on the ground still intended to launch an effective defensive operation, and after gaining the most basic confidence, they would retreat northward.

Because many ships had to maintain the task of clearing the sea, the new round of landings was only as many as 20,000 troops, and the density of heavy artillery was no longer as large as before. Horses were often unable to effectively engage in actual combat due to seasickness, but the addition of 20,000 reinforcements still allowed the entire team to completely restore the ability and morale of the attack, and when night fell, they immediately launched a fierce attack on the trenches and earthen wall positions that the coalition forces had just built on the periphery.

At this time, many European exiled troops who had fought with strong enemies in the east had begun to break and flee, but the "fatal beat" of the troops in England and other places, which were isolated overseas, still had a crucial impact on the "fatal beat" in terms of information and experience. In the nightly encounters, elite archers once again showed the strength they had shown in Eastern Europe and beyond.

In fact, many of the British troops who participated in the war were equipped with full-body armor and even corresponding visor, but after the "heavy armor war" for decades, the truly decent first-class plate armor and even knight's plate armor were no longer popular. With the exception of the wealthy Spaniards, many British armies were equipped with no more than iron armor of the standard of second- and third-class munitions. The British believed that such plate armor might be effective against the threat of elite archers. But I didn't expect that compared with the British in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, even compared with the fourteenth century when the longbowmen were still at their peak, the East Asian continent in the selection of soldiers, the potential for material investment, and the advantages of compound longbows compared with single bows also brought the advantage of elite archers in the real sense. The iron armor that was far inferior to the Spaniards did not play much role in the face of the direct attack of the powerful bow with one stone.

Coupled with the skillful night melee ability under the cover of the coordinated black powder grenades, the landing force achieved a devastating victory despite the fact that the landing force had invested only about 60% of the British army's strength in the first round of the attack.

The whole night of fighting gradually ended near noon, except for about 20,000 British cavalry and even the strength of horses, tens of thousands of infantry, artillery, and baggage soldiers gradually remained on the beach.

At this time, after truly repelling the blockade and threat of the coalition sea forces, a new group of about 30,000 troops landed on the coast, and at least more than 10,000 or so cavalry also gradually recovered because of the horses, so that they had the ability to attack during the day.

At this time, almost all of the 70,000 or 80,000 field forces, including the Volunteer Left Army and the Volunteer Right Army, and even the main force of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Armies of the Revolutionary Army, crossed the Pas-de-Calais without danger. Xiao Xuan didn't hesitate much at this time, and after the team started a preliminary rest, when the sky was not completely bright, he commanded the team to divide the division into multiple routes to launch a comprehensive attack on the remnants of the enemy in southern England.

More and more remnants of the enemy also gathered in the direction of London at this time to prepare for the final decisive battle, because the change of sea control made many people understand that the initiative was no longer on their side, and concentrating on the wealth in the big city to fight for conditional peace and truce may be the only way out and hope at this time.

(End of chapter)