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Chapter 649: The Battle of Taiwan Island (1)

The muffled sound of collapse sounded back and forth, and stone projectiles weighing dozens of catties were launched from the trebuchet on the ship, and the huge recoil force made the entire hull sink downward, and a large wave of water poured out to both sides, making the entire hull float and shake up and down. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info stone bullets flying in the sky, as if in the next stone rain, the scene is extremely spectacular. But when it fell, the defenders who were bombarded with stone bullets definitely didn't think so, and when they saw the stone bullets attacking from the sky, some were just desperate.

The rumbling loud sound is continuous, the walls of the ground are broken down one by one, and the watchtowers are smashed to pieces, and the screams one after another are audible.

On the Izumo of 5,000 materials, Zheng Zhiyuan smiled and said to a graceful woman beside him: "General Zhong, this island is called Taiwan Island, and it is the largest island we have encountered all the way west, with a radius of thousands of miles. It's about 2,000 nautical miles from our Lianshan Island forward base, and taking him down will make it a very good stopover for us. ”

Zhong Jing's face was a little pale, his hands were tightly grasping the side of the ship, looking at the island in the distance, "General Zheng, it seems that the low resistance is very fierce!" Encountering such a violent and devastating blow, the enemy on the island suffered heavy casualties, and it was rare that it did not collapse! ”

Along the way, they have encountered many islands where pirates are entrenched, but as long as they start fighting, it won't take an hour for the pirates to basically collapse, and this island has suffered such a long period of saturation blows, and it is still stiff, Zhong Jing can't help but be a little surprised.

Zheng Zhiyuan nodded, "This place is too far away from our base, and our reconnaissance coverage has not reached this place, we only know that this island is called Taiwan Island, and we don't know anything else." However, General Zhong doesn't have to worry, their strength is not strong, and the group of pirates that they encountered at sea yesterday probably belong to them, and they are not for us to be annihilated in one go. It takes a day or two to lay down this island. ”

Zhong Jing nodded, "Their equipment is not good, basically there are no long-range strike weapons, the coastal defense line can't last long, I'm just worried that if the leader here is not so stupid and leads the main force to retreat into the mountains, then we will be in trouble." Zhong Jing raised his hand and pointed to the faint outline of the mountain in the distance.

Zheng Zhiyuan felt the same way, "I can only fight fast, and after I get ashore, I will intercept and annihilate their main force." The two were discussing, and Zheng Zhiqiang walked over, "Big brother, after the last round of blows, we are going to rush to attack." ”

In front of the large ship of the naval division, a large number of beach-grabbing boats had already gathered, and rows of soldiers had jumped onto the boats and were ready to set off. And a big man at the front was Tang Hu.

"Hmm!" Zheng Zhiyuan nodded, "Fast, fierce, ruthless!" If you want to beat the opponent all at once, if you let the opponent breathe and the terrain is unfavorable, it will increase the loss. ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I'll take care of it. Besides, General Tiger volunteered to give us the vanguard, with General Tiger here, what defense can't be broken! Zheng Zhiqiang looked at Zhong Jing and said with a smile.

Zhong Jing smiled silently.

Zheng Zhiyuan shouted in a low voice: "What are you messing about, General Tiger's military rank is much higher than yours, you actually let General Tiger go to the vanguard!" ”

Before Tang Hu left, he was named General Fuyuan by Li Qingjia, and Zheng Zhiyuan in front of him was only at the same level as him, and Zheng Zhiqiang was only General Zhenyuan, which was two levels lower than Tang Hu.

Zheng Zhiqiang spread his hands and shrugged, "Big brother, I can't help it, I won't let General Tiger go, General Tiger stared, and his fist was clenched." I can't stand the strength of his fists. ”

Zheng Zhiyuan glanced at Zhong Jing, a little helpless, after Tang Hu arrived at the water division, he was appointed as the deputy general of the Western Expedition Water Division, and Zheng Zhiyuan was his deputy, but you don't need to discuss any military strategy with him for this deputy general, if you look for it, you will find it in vain, he doesn't care about how to fight at all, but only cares about whether he has to fight, as long as there is a fight, he will definitely rush to the first.

Li Qing strictly ordered that senior generals should not fight on the front line, but this order did not seem to have any effect on Tang Hu, and he was in a hurry, this guy was indeed glaring at him, his fists were pinched, and he came up to beat people if he didn't agree with him, Zheng Zhiyuan couldn't punish Tang Hu with this military discipline, he was not Li Qing, and he could say that he would fight Jiang Kui and others.

"Then you equip General Tiger with the most elite soldiers, you must ensure General Tiger's safety, if General Tiger loses a hair, I will cut you!" Zheng Zhiyuan said helplessly.

"I naturally know this, the dozens of soldiers on General Tiger's boat are veterans of a hundred battles in the Marine Corps, and I have arranged five captains among them. Hey, hey, big brother, that's what I said to these captains, General Tiger lost a hair, and I cut them! ”

Zhong Jing laughed out loud on the side, "Two generals Zheng, Zhong Jing is here to thank you for Huzi, Huzi is also a veteran general who has been in a hundred battles, and he is extremely experienced on the battlefield, how many big scenes have come, and I am afraid of this drizzle!" ”

"That's, that's!" General Zheng nodded again and again, but he didn't think so, on the battlefield, any accident could happen, and he really wanted to break Tang Hu, but he was afraid that the marshal would not be able to spare himself if he was the first to come.

The trebuchets on the ship, the Eight Bull Crossbows are still firing, but they have been sparse a lot, dozens of small boats transporting the Marine Corps landing operations are sliding forward like arrows, each ship carrying about thirty soldiers, and the landing combat force delivered by the first wave is about 1,000 people, and Tang Hu is the leader of this first wave.

However, Zheng Zhiqiang also knew that it might be too much to expect Tang Hu to keep a clear head to command the battle after taking over the battle, so in the first wave, there was another senior officer, Captain Zhenwu, who was the real commander of this team. Dozens of boats lined up, and the oars in the hands of the soldiers flew like windmills, desperately rowing the boats forward, and this section of the road was the most dangerous.

One hundred meters, fifty meters, getting closer and closer to the coastline, the soldiers invariably raised the shields in their hands, and dozens of shields were spliced together, like a turtle shell. This is the difference between Dingzhou weapons and other forces, even if it is a single weapon such as a shield, when fighting, it can also be temporarily spliced together by using the fasteners inside to form a large shield, such a large shield can not only resist the bow and arrow when leaving a gap, but also can resist the blow of some long-range weapons, such as a ballista and the like hitting it, it will not cause much serious damage to the soldiers, to be simply a small shield, hit by a ballista, that is, the shield can hold, The arms of the soldiers below will definitely not be able to stand the fractures.

Tang Hu, who was standing upright on the boat, was forced to squat down by the soldiers around him, covered in the turtle shell, and saw that Tang Hu was about to have a seizure, a captain Ying Yang smiled and said: "Tiger Lord, this is the combat regulations of the Dingzhou Army, if you don't squat down, the protection of our boat will not be the best, the Tiger Lord's martial arts are naturally not afraid, but the brothers are not as good as the Tiger Lord, if they haven't gone ashore and shoot over, then how suffocating, please take care of the brothers!" ”

Tang Hu stayed quietly at this time.

Sure enough, at a distance of fifty meters from the coastline, a sudden burst of stone rain broke out on the defensive line that had been being beaten just now, which was a stone bullet weighing about a pound fired by a ballista or scorpion cannon.

The bottom of the boat shook, apparently touching the bottom of the sea, showing that it could no longer row forward, and in an instant, dozens of turtle shells on the boat dispersed with a bang, and the soldiers on the ship broke out with an earth-shattering shout!

"Dingzhou Army, Wansheng!"

Jumping from the boat into knee-deep water, holding a shield in one hand and a knife and gun in the other, desperately running to the shore, more than ten meters away from the shore, is the line of life and death, as long as your feet are on the ground, there are too many tactics to choose from.

In the distance, the large ships moored on the sea have completely stopped firing, and the distance between the enemy and us is too close, and it is very likely that the friendly troops will be injured by mistake. And the second wave of soldiers ready to land was already ready to go, packed in a neat line by the gangway, just waiting for the ships to return, and the second wave of attacks could be launched.

Tang Hu was the first to jump into the water, and unlike the other soldiers, he didn't have a shield at all, he carried a knife in each hand, and ran forward. Zheng Zhiqiang's soldiers who ordered to protect Tang Hu were startled and rushed up after him, but Tang Hu was tall and long-legged, his steps were extremely big, and Tang Hu's martial arts were really not comparable to them.

Tang Hu lowered his head and rushed forward, the armor on his body was a batch of completely hand-polished armor specially made in Dingzhou, not only lightweight, but also more solid, the patterns carved on it were not used for decoration, but really had the defensive power to offset the arrows, knives and guns after stabbing the body, this kind of armor, in Dingzhou only dozens of people embraced, from the first moment of jumping into the water, Tang Hu estimated the strength of the opponent's bow and arrow, above this distance, it is impossible to threaten themselves, but I am afraid that even if they stand in front of them, they will go all out with an arrow, and can't completely break through the armor on his body.

Tang Hu didn't know how to command operations, but he was able to save his life and survive on countless battlefields, which was not caused by luck, but because of his rich experience.

What is a war, fighting a war is to overthrow the other party as much as possible, and let yourself survive, a battle is fought, the enemy is dead, and you are still alive, then the battle is won, this is Tang Hu's most simple combat theory. Tang Hu's theory is not necessarily completely correct in terms of strategy, but in terms of local tactics, it is a classic saying.

Tang Hu, who was rushing with his head down, completely ignored the clanging sound coming from his body, and he didn't know how many arrows were shot at his body, and they were blocked by the solid armor. Instead, a group of soldiers behind him who had been ordered to protect him were frightened and rushed forward one by one.

On the sea, from time to time there are soldiers who are hit by ballistas and fall, after the defense line, like rain of arrows shoot to the sea, although there is an iron shield to protect themselves, but as long as one is not careful, they will be hit by arrows, from Tang Hu stepping off the boat, to he stepping on the shore, the sea has been dyed with a layer of red.

"Wow, shit, your Grandpa Tang is here!" Tang Tiger Monster screamed, brandished his twin knives, and rushed forward.