No matter how many shore defense guns were arranged in the Spanish batteries, it was impossible to have as many guns as dozens of battleships. After many open-air gun emplacements were swept away, the surviving guns in the fort were at most comparable to a Chinese capital ship, and the only thing it could compete with the Chen Han army and navy was the iron wall that had been tempered and tough.

Ye Tingyang's mind is very clear. Twenty minutes after the artillery battle began, Ye Tingyang listened carefully to the Spanish battery's return fire. The enemy's artillery fire always maintained a constant rhythm, and during the twenty-minute artillery battle, a Chinese battleship already a thousand meters away ate a few iron bullets, broke two holes in the side of the ship, and was overturned two cannons, and was forced to retreat.

The Spaniards' return fire could still maintain a constant rhythm and have a certain degree of accuracy, which showed that the indiscriminate bombardment of their fleet did not pose a real threat to the batteries at all.

"Order Luo Siju, it's time for their Marine Corps to play!"

The most effective way to capture the battery was not to annihilate it with shells from the sea, but to capture it with bayonets from land.

Chen Han's Marine Division is also a traditional unit with a 'long' history. From the year when the Chen Han Marine Division was established, the predecessor of the Marine Corps of the Marine Division was even there.

Although it has a long history compared to that of the Europeans, Chen Han's Marine Corps, with a total strength of more than 30,000 people, is the most elite and daring force in the entire Wehrmacht. They had no heavy artillery, at most they were covered by naval guns and single-barreled rockets, but they had to brave grenades, shotguns, platoons of guns and even rows of rockets to charge into battle, and use their lives and blood to stubbornly complete the mission, even the Europeans had to admit it.

More than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and in today's era, the marine units of the naval division have become an important tool for China's foreign expansion, whether it is in the South Seas or the Americas, there are marine units of the naval division, including India and Japan.

The Marine Regiment led by Luo Siju is one of the two main regiments under the American Fleet, and there is also a garrison regiment stationed in the port of Tokyo. The Marine Corps under the American Fleet is a brigade formation.

In the past, the Roth regiment has made many military exploits in the Americas, and has completed six beach-grabbing landing operations on the scale of the whole regiment, defeating and annihilating more than 10,000 Spanish colonial troops. Today's test is already commonplace for the Roth group.

"Report!"

The correspondent interrupted Biasel's thoughts as he focused on the battlefield. "The Chinese warships put down many small boats, suspected of organizing the landing of marines." A large number of Chinese Navy warships suddenly entered within a thousand meters of the battery from a thousand meters away, and kept approaching closer and closer. You must know that the previous battleship, which had entered a distance of a thousand meters, could quickly retreat after taking a few shots.

Villael didn't care about Chen Han's Marine Army, Panama was already like this bullshit, it was lucky to hold it, and it was normal to not be able to hold it. He is not Monclois, but he has no determination to fight to the death with the Chinese.

"Has our army achieved substantial results?"

This morning's sea breeze was unexpectedly light, and the smoke from the artillery did not dissipate for a long time. The sight of the Spanish batteries was filled with gunsmoke, and Villael still couldn't see the sea clearly.

"There are no tangible results." The correspondent replied immediately, without the slightest hesitation.

The previous artillery could hit a warship, and the current artillery can continue to hit the Chinese's warship, but the skin trauma makes the Chinese feel no pain.

Biael nodded, he knew very well the level of the gunners on the battery, if the Chinese battleship pulled to the sea, or hit a fixed target, then it could be about the same, the current distance is six or seven hundred meters, it is really normal to miss the shot.

But the proximity of the Chinese fleet undoubtedly stimulated the passion of the gun crews at the various gun positions, and made them open fire more quickly, so to speak, everyone was beaten with chicken blood, and it is no wonder that he listened to the sound of the guns at the gun positions as if they were a little faster than yesterday.

Villael nodded, and in the closed or semi-enclosed emplacements of the battery, each emplacement was about thirty rounds of storage shells. It is impossible for the gun positions to continue to fight like this forever. What kind of bullets are raining down, it will be good for a while and a half, and the Spaniards will not be able to play for a long time.

There is no way, the previous more than a year of fighting has cost the Spanish authorities in the Americas too much expense. The fall of half of Mexico also greatly reduced the strength, material, and military spending of the Spanish colonial army.

Seriously, as far as the artillery in the defensive batteries of Panama is concerned, except for yesterday, today it really can't be allowed to the gunners to fight indefinitely.

Yesterday was the first day, and the incessant firing of artillery showed their spirit of resistance and calmed their own hearts. There is no need for it today.

It also costs money to open fire.

Shells, gunpowder, and even more depreciation of cannons, it's all money.

As if to confirm Villael's point, half an hour later, Zhu Li felt that the density of the Spaniards' artillery fire was already decreasing.

The artillery fire of Chen Han's naval division now no longer fired at the batteries, and in order to cover the landing force ashore, the American fleet began to bombard the coastal areas of the Spanish batteries. There were also fortifications there, and there were also a certain number of Spanish colonial troops stationed there.

The boats carrying the rocket teams also broke through to a range of 500 meters and fired one rocket after another at the landing.

Every time a rocket lands, especially a heavy one, it triggers a feeling of shaking the ground.

The officers and men of the Marine Corps of the Marine Division would have advance ships to bombard the fortifications purchased on the shore.

A rocket group, a dinghy. The target is small, flexible, the enemy hits rockets to fight, it is too late to dodge, there is a possibility of surviving if the ship jumps, and it will be worth it, which is also the prelude to the landing of the Marine Corps.

For the soldiers of these rocket squads, the risk to them is not much in essence, and it is not uncomfortable. The Spanish soldiers in the bunkers on the land, the feeling of the earth trembling violently was really unpleasant, but it was particularly strong.

The explosion of the rockets and the wind lamps hanging in the underground anti-artillery holes were constantly shaking. The well-repaired walls were occasionally shaken down by small clods of earth. A considerable number of soldiers of the Spanish colonial army had not experienced the bombardment of such a battle. Because of the rapid loss of soldiers and the serious attrition of veterans, the Spaniards, in addition to successive failures, extracted a large number of veterans from the local defenders to replenish the newly reorganized army, and then filled in the cruel battlefield little by little. So much so that the Spanish colonial armies in many places were filled with new recruits, and the same is true here in Panama.

Yesterday, the strength of the Chinese fleet was already visible to the naked eye. Now that it is suppressed by such firepower, I feel the feeling of the mountain shaking and shaking, and everyone's faces are not good-looking.

A full quarter of an hour of rocket + artillery shelling. The sea was already full of sampan boats.

Each dinghy was to be fitted with a squad of soldiers, and Rosiju's early attack involved six or seven hundred men, plus rocket boats and firepower squads, the latter of which had an extra boat, and hundreds of small boats were piled up on the sea in front of the fort.

With the order to attack, accompanied by the cover of rockets + shells, all the soldiers of the Marine Regiment were desperately rowing the boats, and only the soldiers with strong marksmanship held their Minnie rifles to the Spaniards who came out on the shore, and called them one by one.

Leading the troops was Luo Siju himself. He knew exactly what kind of role he was playing, and why was the Marine Corps the most elite unit in the Wehrmacht. That's the task that the Marines often take on -- landing on the beach, which is the most dangerous.

As they approach their targets, as they jump from small boats and stagger through waist-high waters, enemy shotguns, enemy rockets will reap their lives like wheat harvests.

Luo Siju's regiment has fought not once or twice in the beach-grabbing landing operation, and Luo Siju is very aware of the danger of the vanguard, so he must personally lead the team and lead the troops in person, so that he can give his soldiers the strongest encouragement.

In China's army, officials are not afraid of death, and they can always inspire a group of people to fight bravely to kill the enemy.

And Luo Siju, who lost his father at the age of six and entered the boy camp with his younger brother at the age of eight, is the most afraid of death in that character.

Shotguns, grapeshits, and rockets were fired at the boats approaching the shore.

The projectiles scattered all over the sky like a big net are the big nets that cover the sky and the earth, as long as they are caught in its nets, they are seriously injured if they don't die.

The Spaniards had already stopped some of their artillery fire, and soon the intensity was renewed.

An entire battalion of attacking troops, full of men, was killed by a fifth before they could even completely walk through the waterfront area.

The landing battle was immediately halted. Zhu Li immediately called the warships and launched a fierce bombardment of the Spanish shore fire points exposed during the Marine Corps' attack.

Seeing the latest signal flag hung on the Li Guang, Luo Siju could only retreat. It was a tentative attack, but it came at a terrible cost.

Seriously, Rothju was not willing to attack Panamanian ports directly, and it would have been more appropriate for the troops to land at the northern end of Panama Bay and then land south and attack Panama City. It is a pity that the garrison army did follow such a strategy, but in order to firmly attract the attention of the Spaniards, then a certain sacrifice must be paid on the frontal battlefield.

……

In the Imperial Palace in Nanjing.

It was already dark, and Chen Ming had been sitting on the chair for more than two hours. Of course, he won't be immobile all the time, but his face is always calm, even if he stands up and walks around, there is a suffocating sense of pressure all over his body!

In fact, Chen Ming's demeanor has lasted for five whole days.

The Qianqing Palace, which had a relaxed atmosphere in the past, was gone, and everyone knew that the emperor was waiting for news from India, and the Marathas were very dissatisfied with the southward movement of Gurkha, Bhutan, and Ladakh. The British provoked and instigated it, and Chen Ming did not dare to guarantee that the Marathas would not seek trouble from the Gurkha and Ladakh.

Therefore, the entire Qianqing Palace fell silent. The guards, eunuchs, and palace maids who came and went all seemed to be afraid of alarming Chen Ming and provoking his infinite anger, their voices were lowered, and their steps became lighter!

It wasn't until a burst of high cheers suddenly sounded outside the Qianqing Palace that the entire Qianqing Palace, the entire Imperial Palace, returned to the earth in spring, and the ice and snow melted!

Everyone knows why Chen Ming became like this, and the cheers outside came from the secretariat, which undoubtedly means that Chen Han's victory in India, at least not a loss, so fundamentally dissolved the cold in everyone's hearts.

"Your Majesty, the Marathas retreated without a fight, and the British did not succeed." Liu Wu hurriedly came to report Chen Ming with the flying pigeon letter. The face is beaming, and the whole body is full of three points of refreshment.

Chen Mingyun's breath in his heart was easily released. After reading this secret report, the whole person was like eating the fruit of life, and the whole body, 84,000 pores were full of comfort and coolness.

The Gurkha opened the 'first order' and took the first step of expansion, and Chen Han's words will become more powerful in India in the future.