Chapter 102: Receiving Nanri Island (Part II)
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The gunfire continued to ring, and the pirates standing at the head of the city also fell in large numbers, and within two minutes, no pirates dared to rise again, and they all lay on the city wall. A few of the pirates who had fled had seen the soldiers on the ship shoot, but most of them thought they had been hit by shotshots. And now, look around yourself, dead and wounded, and screaming. Where have the pirates seen such a battle, they were already a little frightened, they no longer dare to move, hiding in the corner of the wall and letting a few masters urge, dead or alive.
Just as the soldiers of the first battalion in the back were shooting, the soldiers in front had already come to the collapsed gap under the assault of the anti-shield soldiers. There were nearly three hundred pirates gathered here, and they only heard the bursts of gunfire and howls, but they didn't know what was going on. Although there were 300 pirates gathered here, the gap was only about 10 meters long, and only about 60 people armed with shotguns and bows and arrows stayed at the front.
The gap was smashed by artillery shells, and basically formed a slope of 60 degrees on both sides, only about two meters high, which the soldiers could climb with a few shocks. Although the pirates raised the gap a little more, it formed a simple stone wall. But after all, it's not the original wall, and it's not solid. When the Marines were still sixty paces or about forty or fifty meters away from the city wall, the pirates hid behind the stone wall and fired their arrows. However, most of them hit the big shield in front, and only a few sporadic arrows flew over the top of the big shield, hitting a few unlucky people in the back, but they didn't hit the vital point.
In this way, the soldiers opened fire on the pirates with bullets and arrows, and slowly advanced to the gap. In the process, the pirates were not having a good time, the number of pirates who could shoot at the gap was too small, and on the side of the Marine Army, thousands of soldiers shot at this place, and the pirates who showed their heads were basically shot in the head and fell. At such a close distance, the Mini bullet hit the pirate's head into a bloody hole, and the brains flowed out with the blood, which made the pirates behind him greatly frightened.
After the death of a group of pirates, no pirates dared to raise their bodies above the stone wall anymore, but hid behind the stone wall and shot arrows with their bows outward, as for the accuracy, only God knows.
"Rush!" The general gave the order, and the soldiers in the front row, led by the officer, quickly rushed up the gravel slope. The simple stone wall made of stone was crushed by the warriors, and the warriors who came up from behind raised their muskets and fired at the pirates in front of them.
"The dog officers and soldiers are here, kill!"
"Kill!"
Seeing the warriors rushing up, the pirates guarding the area also shouted and rushed forward. But a steady stream of warriors rushed into the gap, aiming their muskets, already loaded with ammunition, at the pirates in front of them, and all they received was the sound of gunfire.
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
After firing a shot, the soldier quickly put his musket on his back, drew his waist knife and rushed to the left and right. The warriors continued to rush inside, and as soon as they stepped through the gap, they raised their guns and fired bullets from their guns. The pirates in front of the gap were the most unlucky, the soldiers rushed to the left and right after firing their guns just to give the soldiers behind them a chance to shoot, and the pirates in front of them happened to become targets, falling one by one. Three hundred pirates were left in their early hundreds, and now they were surrounded by warriors!
"It's down! Master Jun, I've surrendered! One of the pirates was the first to see the form, dropped his long sword, and fell to his knees and raised his hands in surrender. When the warriors saw that he had descended, they saw the other swords and took no care of him. When the other pirates saw this, they also dropped their weapons and knelt down in the same way.
"Leave two squads behind and look them off! The others followed me up to the wall. ”
The pirates were left unarmed and were gathered in a corner to be guarded by two squads. The other warriors quickly rushed to the city wall with their commander, and after a while, all the gunfire inside and outside stopped, and the pirates on the city wall, who had long been frightened, saw that the official army had broken through to the city and had occupied the city wall, and immediately threw down their weapons and surrendered on their knees. The entire siege of the city, from the beginning of the attack of the soldiers to the surrender of the pirates, did not exceed a quarter of an hour. During this period, there were no casualties except for a few soldiers who were shot and wounded during the attack on the breach and those who were killed in hand-to-hand combat with the pirates after entering the gap.
"Shizi, you can enter the city! The pirate village has been taken! "The Marines took the city walls and raised the banner of the navy. The soldier waved the banner three times in succession on the top of the city, and then planted it on the city wall. Wang Zhenbang and the others all saw this scene from the telescope, and they all smiled at the same time.
"Good! Well done! Let's get off the boat! ”
In fact, the Nanri Island Wharf can also be built into a good port, but unfortunately the pirates do not know how to operate at all, and they have not built a decent port, and this wharf can only berth the No. 2 Fu ship with a displacement of 800 tons, no matter how big it is, there is no way. The pirate ships that had escaped were now anchored here, and when the Marines landed, Wang Zhenbang also sent naval soldiers down to receive them. Although most of them are small ships, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat, not to mention that there are more than a dozen large armed merchant ships!
Geng Jingzhong and his party did not land from the beach like the previous Marine soldiers, but came to the pier in a small boat and landed here. After a day of sailing, plus half a day of fighting, he finally landed on the target island at this moment, not only Geng Jingzhong, but also the other soldiers were full of pride.
Geng Jingzhong had never seen what the city walls looked like after the war. Although there was a little bit of information in Geng Jingzhong's memory before, it was very vague. In my previous life, I had only seen similar footage on TV. Now I am standing in front of a small city wall, but this city wall is riddled with holes and dilapidation from shelling. I used to think that those on TV were just artistic exaggerations made for filming. However, at this moment, Geng Jingzhong's mind was completely changed.
War is brutal. It was a small campaign to clear the pirates, and the attack was only on the walls of a small city similar to the county seat. If it is a big city like Fuzhou, Nanjing, and Beijing, I am afraid that many people will be killed and injured. The land siege did not have as many artillery to assist the attack as now, and the city walls would not collapse in advance, so we still need to think carefully about what to do when the time comes. Just at this moment, Geng Jingzhong turned dozens of thoughts in his head.
"Shizi, Shizi?" Wang Zhenbang saw that his son suddenly stopped, but stood here and was stunned, and couldn't help shouting.
"Ahh Yes? Oh, I think things, wandering. Let's go inside! ”
When I walked into the village, I found the corpses lying on the ground, and these were the corpses of the pirates. The bodies of several Marine soldiers who died in the battle had been carried aside by the soldiers and placed neatly together. They have also been stamped with a special tiger flag, which is a deserved honor.
Geng Jingzhong saw the one in a row and stopped again. Instead of continuing to climb the tower, he led everyone straight to the remains of the warriors. All the soldiers who saw this scene were in a very heavy mood.
"The brethren are all good! You fought bravely, and I saw it in my eyes. The unfortunate death of these brothers in battle just proves their bravery! They are real martyrs, salute the martyrs! ”
The surrounding soldiers straightened up and saluted solemnly to several martyrs who died in battle!