Chapter 210: Artillery Burns the Camp

The Jin army is under the village according to the river, the camp stretches for more than three or four miles, the west is the camp of the Jin army, with the original Duliu Dongzhai as the core, there are two thousand people of the Jin army stationed, the east is the Han people who are plundered by the Jin army, there are about 10,000 people who follow the action of the Chinese army, they have no camp tents, they are scattered on the empty river beach, and there are several hundred people of the Jin army to guard.

Cheng Xishou organized the fleet into three teams on the left, the center and the right, with four ships as a team, and a building ship in the middle as the command ship. At this moment, the camp of the Jin army in the west was taken as the target of the bombardment, and the Jin army was fired layer by layer from the outside to the inside, driving the Jin army to the south so that the marines could land.

"Order the artillery fire to extend the fire and expel the Jurchens in the camp from the camp!" Cheng Xishou looked at the Jurchen soldiers who were running around to avoid the artillery attack, and said in a deep voice. The herald quickly informed the signalmen in the battle of the war, and under the command of the lights, the ships immediately adjusted the angle of their guns and opened fire again.

'Boom' Cheng Xishou felt a shock under his feet, he knew that this was the mortar cannon in the bow of the ship shooting, this cannon was huge, the range could reach more than 400 paces, and then the string cannon also fired, in order to prevent the recoil from damaging the hull, each cannon was fired at an interval of about ten breaths, and the ship was like a swing with the firing shudder, as if it would be shaken apart at any time.

"It's spectacular!" Although the fleet has been in army for several years, more than a dozen warships fired together, and Cheng Xishou also saw it for the first time, he was deeply shocked by this thing invented by the prince, and the artillery fire came, and the tents of the Jin army were blown to pieces one by one, igniting a fire. The enemy soldiers died under artillery fire in large numbers, and he felt extremely happy to see the panicked enemy with nowhere to hide.

"Order the middle lane detachment to change to solid bullets and carry out sabotage shots at the wall!" Seeing that the soldiers of the Jin army fled from the river bank under the blow of artillery fire and fled to the depths, Cheng Xishou ordered again, and the scouts saw that the Jin army drove one hundred and ten silver carts into the stockade. If you want to grab money, you have to go into the village.

"Damn, how did you fight, you are not allowed to shoot at the stockade, and the silver will be blown away, and the prince will not pull out your skin, and I will also throw you into the sea to feed the fish!" Watching a cannonball fall over the wall and into the village, Cheng Xi scolded.

"The big shopkeeper, will the next half of the sentence be passed on?" The herald asked cautiously.

"Deliver the order without changing a word!" Cheng Xishou shouted loudly, "Remember, you are not allowed to call me the big shopkeeper in the future." If you want to call it Dutong, don't fucking be like a water bandit, we are the Great Song Water Army! ”

"Obey the order, not a word!" The herald replied immediately.

"He Wei, get ready to board the ship. After the artillery fire extended again, we grabbed the beach, and our goal was to pay compensation. Not murder. After occupying the stockade and establishing a blocking line, immediately send a signal that I will order someone to rush to transport! Cheng Xishou said to He Wei, the commander of the 1st Marine Brigade beside him.

"Don't worry, there are probably not a few alive in the stockade, and I was scared to death!" He Wei said with a smile.

"Don't, there may still be envoys and hostages of our Great Song Dynasty in the stockade, and I blocked the area around the stockade with artillery fire. They should still be inside, the prince has ordered us to try to rescue King Su and the concubine, they are the prince's brothers and brothers-in-law, not to be lost! ”

"What about the envoy?" He Wei asked.

"Hmph. Traitor, let him fend for himself! Cheng Xishou said with a sneer.

"Tao Qian, after your second brigade lands, cover the captured people to board the ship!"

"Dutong, so many people are afraid that our ship will not be able to carry it!" Tao Qian said worriedly.

"Save as much as you can!" Cheng Xishou's face darkened, he knew very well the fate of these people after they were taken captive to the north, that is, to become slaves of the Jurchens, and their status was not as good as the livestock in the Jurchen family.

"Dutong, since the day I entered Beifu, the prince taught us to join the army to protect the country and defend the people, we can't see death without help, there are still two big ships at the mouth of the Jiehe, only fifty miles away, I want to let those who are weak get on the boat first, I will lead the troops to escort the young and strong to the mouth of the Jiehe River to board the boat!" Tao Qian said expectantly.

"Okay, I'll send a detachment on the left to escort you along the river to the mouth of the river, remember to move quickly, and you must arrive before dawn!" Cheng Xishou thought for a while and said.

"The first battalion followed me to attack the stockade, the second battalion developed to the west, and the third battalion organized defense to the east to protect the security of the landing ground and assist in the transfer of goods!" He Wei said to the three commanders, and after saying that, He Wei got off the boat and boarded the dinghy to prepare to seize the beach...

Each large ship is equipped with five small boats, each of which can carry up to twenty people at a time, and three thousand people need to go back and forth at least three times before the transfer can be completed. At this time, the Jin troops on the shore began to retreat, because the water on the shore was shallow, and the big ships could not dock, and the marines could only be reloaded ashore by small boats.

The bottom of the boat touched the river beach, here is still twenty steps away from the shore, but the boat has run aground, the soldiers did not hesitate to jump the boat and wade ashore, although it is already spring but the water is still not hot, but at this time who cares about this, the unloaded dinghy quickly left, rowing towards the mother ship.

He Wei followed the first echelon ashore and immediately established a blocking line on the beachhead to protect the landing field, and then led the troops to search in depth and advance, in fact, for him, this is also the first real landing operation, although in the past he has also cleared the small island where the bandits are entrenched, and fought those feudal tribes who do not open their eyes to prevent them from landing on the island to do business, but that kind of battle dispatch is even a large-scale operation, more often it is guarding the base and endless training.

This time, they dispatched a full brigade and a half, and they faced the 20,000 Jin army, which was accustomed to fighting, which made He Wei nervous and excited. The flat and fluffy river beach was a mess at the moment, the corpses were pillowing up, the burning tent illuminated the beach like torches, and the guns on the ship were still firing, constantly exploding in front of him, and his vision was obscured by the smoke of gunpowder.

The main target of this attack is the Duliu village in front of which is only a hundred steps away from the river bank, in fact, it is more appropriate to call it a courtyard, about 50 steps in length and width, a large courtyard in a square square, the wall is made of rammed earth, there is a zhang five high, a wall facing the river has been smashed, the shadow can be seen that there are several rows of earthen houses inside, and there are many vehicles parked on the martial arts field in front of the courtyard.

"Spread out, approach covertly, and cover each other!" The first team that opened the way issued an order, attacking buildings is the most troublesome job, especially at night, it is difficult to find the enemy hiding in the shadows, but they have been trained to capture ships, and this is relatively spacious compared to the small cabin.

The three guys who opened the road alternately covered and approached the stockade in turns, and Han Lin led the covering detachment to follow up, "Crossbowman, lie down!" "When the vanguard was thirty paces in front of the wall, a row of archers suddenly stood up behind the collapsed wall, and the soldiers who opened the way hurriedly warned them.

Strict training and baptism of actual combat have long made the soldiers form a conditioned reflex to the password, and before the warning sound, they have already crawled on the ground, and they feel that the arrows are flying overhead with a whistling sound, and they will become hedgehogs if they move a little slowly.

"Shoot!" Dodging the sudden rain of arrows, Han Lin waved his mobile gun and Lianzhu gun and fired together, and put them down without waiting for the sneak attack Jin Jun to shoot the second round, and the rest of the people hurriedly hid behind the wall and did not dare to move again, to say that the musket is better than the bow and crossbow, the musket can be shot on the ground, and the bow and arrow you have to stand up, at least half squatting to shoot, but standing up under the musket shooting is no different from looking for death.

"Attack!" The enemy was suppressed by the fire and could not move behind the wall, Han Lin shouted and led the army to attack the wall, and the Jin army hiding behind the wall got up and drew their knives to prepare to meet the enemy, but the oncoming first burst of crackling sound, the dead were alive, and the dead ran to the stockade.

Although the stockade is simple, it is more comfortable than the tent, Zong Han set this place as the headquarters, and the guards stationed here are also his guards and pro-army, the combat effectiveness is naturally not weak, of course, it is also more tenacious, and it is responsible for guarding and guarding Zong Han and the huge wealth, so the battle is not surrendered, and the battle is more tragic, with the increase in the number of soldiers landed by the Marine Brigade, the Jurchens gradually lost their support!

However, in order to facilitate defense, this kind of stockade used as an early warning post often only opens one door, and it has no back door. The trapped beasts were still fighting, and the Jurchens who were cornered could only turn around and rush up to hand-to-hand combat, but there were opponents of the Marine Brigade soldiers with muskets, and there were as many flattened as there were, and they could not rush forward at all, so they could only get into the house and try to fight the enemy hand-to-hand.

For this kind of battle, the soldiers of the Marine Corps can only search house by house and fight with the enemy, but they are also the most adept, they are in groups, half of them are armed with firearms to engage the enemy first, and they shoot at the windows and doors, and then the other half of them carry knives into the house to clean up the remnants of the enemy, and the knives they are equipped with are also different from the straight knives of the loyal soldiers, which are shorter than them to fight in a narrow space...

The 2nd Battalion of the 1st Marine Brigade was responsible for the task of establishing a blocking line in the western part of the stockade, and after the bombardment of artillery fire, the enemy was already in a disorganized position and could not organize a counterattack, and the attack began very smoothly, but in order to ensure the safety of the sailors carrying the reparations, the blocking line must be established outside the range of the enemy's bow and arrow, and to resist the impact of the enemy's cavalry, it also needs a large depth, so the blocking line basically coincides with the outer edge of the Jin Army camp.

At this moment, the camp of the Jin army has long been ravaged by artillery fire, a miserable appearance after Mars hit the earth, when the second battalion attacked a camp, but found that there were many enemy troops gathered there, they were braving sporadic artillery fire to carry some boxes on horseback, and did not retreat with the army to the range of artillery fire, seeing the appearance of enemy troops, they did not flee, but launched an attack on them.

"Aha, this is another bunch of guys who want money and don't want to die! The commander of the second battalion, Dong Qi, said with a smile... (To be continued......)