A day later, all the cannons and heavy artillery equipped by Zhao Yun's Fourth Army were assembled on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and they raised their black muzzles and prepared to open fire.

At the same time, more than ten warships of the naval division were also assembled on the pier on the north shore, ready to go......

Of course, with such a big movement of the Tiger and Leopard Army on the north bank of the Yangtze River, it was impossible to hide the new imperial army on the south bank.

Besides, Zhao Yun didn't intend to hide anything from the new army of the imperial court.

Seeing that the Haw Par Army had put on an offensive posture, the imperial court on the south bank of the Yangtze River did not dare to slack off. Immediately order the troops to prepare for battle. A red-coated cannon that was hidden quickly revealed its hideous muzzle. One by one, the new army of the imperial court, under the leadership of their respective officers, quickly attacked their own defense areas.

Not only that, but the catapult built by the imperial court was quickly assembled by the official army.

Of course, in the ensuing battle, these catapults fired not stones, but canisters filled with oil.

Just when both sides are ready to fight and wait for the other to strike first.

Zhao Yun, who was observing the moves of the new imperial army on the south bank of the Yangtze River, directly put down the binoculars and ordered with a serious face......

"Chief of Staff...... It's time to get started......"

As soon as Zhao Yun's words were finished, the roar of three trumpets sounded behind him. Then, the piercing screaming sound of breaking the air reached everyone's ears.

Of course, it didn't take long for this scream to be replaced by three explosions.

With the sound of explosions, three signal flares that had flown to a height of fifty battles above everyone's heads directly exploded into the air with more than three brilliant fireworks, which was very rumor......

No doubt. These three flares with a screeching sound. It represented Zhao Yun's order to start attacking.

Artillery. Not long after the flare exploded, a series of deafening roars sounded in several artillery positions along the Yangtze River.

When Zhao Yun followed the sound and looked at these artillery positions, the thick white smoke from the shelling of more than a hundred heavy artillery pieces had completely enveloped the artillery positions.

At the same time, more than 100 flowering bombs, with a piercing scream of breaking through the air, flew over the Yangtze River and flew to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Soon. Clusters of orange-red fireballs rose into the air from the positions of the imperial court's new army on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Subsequently, the violent explosion of the flowering bomb reached the ears of the army commander Zhao Yun.

Although there is no way to see the specific damage that more than a hundred flowering shells can inflict on the new army of the imperial court. However, after each round of flowering bombs exploded, the corpses of the soldiers of the new army of the imperial court that rose into the air along with the fireballs were still clearly seen in Zhao Yun's eyes through the telescope......

From this alone, Zhao Yun can be sure that the more than 100 heavy artillery pieces under his command must have caused a lot of casualties to the new army of the imperial court on the south bank of the Yangtze River. Come to think of it. A hint of joy appeared directly on Zhao Yun's face.

Then. Without the slightest hesitation, he ordered his subordinates: "Heavy artillery troops, continue to carry out artillery strikes on the positions of the new imperial army on the south bank of the Yangtze River...... After ten rounds of flowering bombs, the troops crossing the river immediately set off......"

"Even if we can't cross the Yangtze River in one go, Ben Jiang will use a clever offensive today to fight all the defensive means of the new imperial army on the other side of the Yangtze River, so as to lay the foundation for our future general offensive......

Speaking of this, Zhao Yun suddenly remembered something, and quickly stopped the chief of staff who was about to leave, and continued: "Also,

Tell the commanders of more than a dozen divisions involved in the offensive that since our task is not to cross the Yangtze River. In the offensive, each division must control the casualties of the troops...... At the end of the day's fighting, if the losses of any unit exceed Ben's expectations, Ben will remove him......"

It didn't take long for all ten rounds of flowering shells to be fired.

At this moment, the south bank of the Yangtze River, which has been baptized by more than 1,000 flowering bombs, has fallen into a sea of fire.

At this time, the ten light warships of the naval division, which had already been ready to go, quickly left the dock and galloped towards the other side of the Yangtze River. At the same time, the two main guns in the bow of the warship were not idle, and they continued to shoot flowering shells forward.

Soon, more than a dozen warships rushed forward with hundreds of paces.

At this time, the new army of the imperial court, which had been passively beaten, finally moved.

The artillery positions of several hidden ones roared one after another.

With the sound of the roar, dozens of flowering shells with a screaming sound directly crossed the positions of the New Army, which had been completely submerged by artillery fire, and smashed into the river where more than a dozen warships were located.

The flowering bomb exploded when it fell into the water, and thick water columns quickly rose into the air, standing in the middle of more than a dozen warships on the river.

Fortunately for more than a dozen warships, none of the more than forty flowering shells in the first round really hit the warship.

However, even so, there were still three warships that leaked through the tank due to the close-range explosion of the flowering shell.

However, such a small problem does not affect the combat capability of the entire warship.

Between dozens of water columns that were in the air, more than a dozen warships continued to advance to the other side of the Yangtze River at their fastest speed.

However, the more than a dozen warships had just advanced less than twenty paces, and the screaming sound of a new round of flowering bombs crossing the sky had once again reached their ears.

More than a dozen huge warships didn't have time to react at all, and the flowering shells smashed into the water where they were, exploding one after another......

This time, more than a dozen warships were not so lucky.

Two warships were hit by flowering shells one after another, and two large holes were blown out of the thick deck. Of course, the Haw Par Army assembled on the deck also lost a platoon of troops in the explosion of two flowering shells......

Zhao Yun, who had been standing on the high ground on the shore to watch the battle, undoubtedly witnessed the whole process with his own eyes.

As soon as the two flowering bombs exploded on the deck of the warship, Zhao Yun's brows furrowed. Then, he shouted with a dissatisfied face: "What are the artillery doing, haven't you found the position of the official artillery yet...... Are they going to watch as the dozen or so warships we attacked were all destroyed by the red-coated cannons of the officers and soldiers......

Facing Zhao Yun, who might be angry at any time in front of him, the chief of staff hurriedly replied: "Commander, it's going to be soon...... The heavy artillery unit has drawn a regiment of heavy artillery to counterattack...... Wait a little longer, and the red-coated cannons of the officers and soldiers won't be able to call up......"

As soon as the chief of staff's words fell, a deafening roar once again rang out from the heavy artillery position, which had not been silent for a long time.

After dozens of flowering shells crossed the Yangtze River one after another and exploded, the officers and artillery fired a third round of flowering shells at the surface of the river. However, Zhao Yun can already clearly feel that the number of flowering bombs in this round has decreased a lot......" (to be continued......