Chapter 281: Punishment from the Heavenly Gods
In the early morning of this day, the sky was cloudless and there was not a single breeze.
The sun had not fully risen at this time, and the air was somewhat cool.
The 200 warriors who crossed the river selected by Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin were warming up by the riverside, all of them shirtless and wearing only military shorts...... They were uniformly tied around their waists with gun straps with revolvers.
Their muscles were rolling, and they were all strong swimmers.
They were smiling and doing all kinds of joint movements, thinking about each other and laughing and playing.
To be honest, Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin had an urge to take off his military uniform and join them...... But he's the supreme commander here, so he can't be impulsive.
He looked back at the artillerymen and rocketeers in the barracks, who were nervously and quickly arranging their positions...... Attacking the opponent from a distance, this trick seems to be used to the end in the Tianzhu area.
However, they were stunned by the enemy generals on the shore...... Are all the guys on Marbury's team?
Just swim over like that?!
Even if you swim directly over like this, you don't choose the night, but you can still choose to be in the middle of the day, right in front of us?!
When we're puppets?!
The group of forty military elites had now gathered all the troops they could muster, and they were constantly arguing in the process.
It was only now, when they found that the northbound Marbury ** team had approached the south bank of the Tianzhu River, that they finally united and prepared to defeat the invading enemy with the help of the Tianzhu River.
They had already collected all the ships on the other side and the timber that could be used to build rafts for dozens of miles around to the north shore...... If you want to cross the river, you can swim here!!
However, they really saw each other swimming naked in broad daylight!!
Some of the generals in the group of forty military elites laughed, some shook their heads frequently, and some commanded soldiers with bows, arrows and spears to go up to the boats, and asked them to row over and shoot them and stab them after they got into the water!
But even if they swim ashore, will they be worth our army of 100,000?
The whole army lined up on the north shore was a little slack...... The rumored army that can shoot huge arrows with tails and spew rage, and can bring a loud noise of death, is this what it looks like?!
Of course, some of the deserters did run back to Delhi and also reported the reasons for their defeat...... Of course, this also attracted the attention of the Sultan's nobles, otherwise their group of forty military elites would not be so entangled, and if it was an ordinary army, they would have met the enemy long ago...... There is no final decision to rely on the Tianzhu River to fight!
Now it seems that they may have overestimated their opponents!
After the 200 river crossers finished moving, they all went to the shallow water and began to wipe their bodies with the river water, so that their bodies would slowly adapt and prevent sudden cramps when swimming.
The people on the north shore could not hold their breath, and their soldiers jumped into the boats and began to paddle slowly towards the south shore.
The two hundred warriors who crossed the river smiled softly, and they might be able to grab the boat nearby...... You don't have to swim to the other side.
The enemy wants to kill them in the center of the river, but they want to take the opponent's boat down in the middle of the river!
The two hundred warriors who crossed the river were not in a hurry to start the operation, they had to obey the command......
Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin held up his binoculars and saw that the small boats were far away from the north shore, and the men and horses on the other side were concentrating directly opposite him...... They have a lot of troops, including infantry, cavalry, and war elephants...... Their uniforms have never been uniform, but the weapons in their hands look quite standard, unlike their own side, and the rebels with wooden sticks.
Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin said lightly: "Let's launch...... Five minutes later, the river crossing began. ”
They had tried to find timber to tie up the raft, but they couldn't find it...... After thousands of years of development on both sides of the Tianzhu River, there are no large forests for a long time, and some small forests have long been cut down by opponents.
There are no villagers in the surrounding villages for a long time, and their houses are either stone houses or dry loess bases.
Some of the wealthier-looking homes have had the wood removed from their roofs.
Well, the opponent made perfect preparations in advance by virtue of the home advantage.
But will this stump the Imperial Army?
How dare you put so many boats on the other side...... Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin's staff immediately devised the simplest tactical arrangement: on the one hand, they would launch a non-stop artillery and rocket attack on the north bank, and on the other hand, they would directly send people to swim across the north bank and seize the small boats...... Then they borrowed timber from the other side to build a large raft and find a way to cross the four-wheeled carriage.
Crossing the river at night is not suitable for the whole Imperial Army.
Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin immediately approved this style of play, and they selected warriors to cross the river overnight.
Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin still regretted it a little, if only he brought the Marine Corps, then there would be no need to pick at all.
However, even the Imperial Army did not have much to do...... I also picked out some of the Marbury ** team, and in the middle of the night, let them secretly go upstream ten kilometers away, so that after seeing the Imperial Army launch rockets, they would cross the river directly!
When Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin ordered rockets and mortars to be fired, all the officers raised their binoculars to carefully observe the bombing effect.
The officers in Marbury's team were all using monoculars, and their hands were shaking with excitement!
It was a long-range strike on a huge scale, and Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin said before issuing the order:
"In order to achieve the best bombing effect, even if we run out of stock!"
The best bombing effect is to make the opponent completely scared, and everyone obediently runs away, even the next time they meet...... Even when you hear the news that they are coming, you have to run away!
Their heavy four-horse carriages were capable of carrying enough military supplies...... The topography of the Central Plains also provided a great aid to their movements.
By this time, they no longer distinguish between high-explosive bombs, incendiary bombs and smoke bombs, as long as they can hit out, there is an explosion sound, and they can cause damage to the other party, they will resolutely hit it!
For a while, mortar shells and rockets were intertwined in the air, and the huge net of death was hit towards the north shore!!
It's hard to see this scene anymore.
The warriors of the South Bank are boiling, this is our strength!
The rebels who followed them all had their mouths wide open, and their eyes widened...... They knew that this army was powerful, but they didn't know how powerful it could be......
Lord Shiva, is it your punishment for them?!
My Tianzhu Shenhe, did you bring the magic weapon of the gods?!
Windless weather is the favorite weather for gunners, regardless of the impact point, as long as the direction and distance are considered, this is the most popular way to play...... Not a single shell or rocket hit the water, they all exploded in the crowd of enemies, in the herd of elephants, in the herd of cavalry!
They did stand too densely...... Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xuanbin and other officers were also very puzzled, could they have suffered so many big losses, but they would never have learned a lesson?!
Some of the officers slowly lowered their binoculars, and the tragic situation was really indescribable...... The lethality of the era of hot weapons is far less than that of the era of cold weapons......
The boats that had almost reached the center of the Tianzhu River were not harmed, but the soldiers on it were all stunned when they saw this scene, wondering whether to continue rowing towards those who were swimming towards them, or to quickly paddle along the river?!
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