Chapter 183: Coastal Battle
Just when the Beichen Army's naval division troops were engaged in a fierce battle with the Combined Navy, the war in the north of Donglin City in Beichen Kingdom officially broke out.
The first batch of 1.5 million landing troops of the Coalition Army, transported by countless troop carriers, also came to the northern coast of Donglin City in Beichen Kingdom. Thousands of warships sailed toward the coast, their masts and sails obscuring the sky.
The Beichen army standing on the ground was fucking dumbfounded, this scene was indeed very spectacular. There are more than 6,000 troop carriers, although they are not as large as warships. However, I don't know how many of them are more than the warships.
In particular, the black, densely packed sails are even more dazzling.
In the face of so many enemies, Hao Zhao, the guard general who was newly appointed by Xiao Chen, could only sigh secretly in his heart. Fortunately, there is enough labor on my side, and yesterday, the defense line of the coast was just completed.
With a total length of fifty miles, it covers all the best landing sites in the north of Donglin City. As for other places, it is not suitable for more than 3,000 soldiers to land at all, which can be regarded as a lucky fortune in Beichen Kingdom.
Fifty miles, all of them were built with low stone walls up to five meters high. There are countless soldiers on it, and the female walls are all over the place, and there are many flags. Behind the low wall, there are nearly a thousand arrow towers, and on each arrow tower there are one or two bed crossbows in addition to the necessary archers. Behind it is a huge platform, all of which are catapults.
More than 800 catapults are arranged at the intersection of several defense lines, and they can fully support all sections of the defense line at any time. In front of the catapult was also a hut in half, which was built to prevent the catapult from being attacked by the enemy.
With the catapult, Hao Zhao had the confidence to resist more than a million enemy troops in his heart. Without catapults, bed crossbows are of little use at all. After all, no matter how powerful the bed crossbow is, it is impossible to sink the enemy's ship in one go.
Catapults are different, a hundred-pound boulder, it takes twenty to reach the sky, and it can completely sink a ship. If you're lucky, a few stone bullets might take out a ship.
It's just that what is depressing is that the king of his own family seems to have pulled all the oil to the side of the water master. On his side, there is not a drop of fire oil.
In fact, if there was fire oil, Hao Zhao was even confident that he would leave one million of the 1.5 million troops who had rushed forward. It's not that he is so resourceful, but that the oil is too domineering.
He doesn't care what you are, as long as you can burn, it will burn it.
Jiangdong Zhou Yu of his own era, that was one of the characters he admired the most. Although it is said that under Zhuge Liang's hands, Zhou Yu also suffered a big loss. However, several times in the entire Three Kingdoms, there are a few people who have clashed with Zhuge Liang who have not suffered a big loss. Of course, I am one of those who has not suffered.
Therefore, a little flaw can't stop the dazzling essence.
Zhou Yu burned Cao Mengde's army of 800,000 with one fire, that's not a joke! And Zhou Yu was able to achieve such a big victory, which was not something that Zhuge Liang could accomplish by jumping twice at all. Zhou Yu relied on fire oil, which ignited the entire river, otherwise Cao Wei would have dominated the world a long time ago.
Without the oil oil, Hao Zhao was not too disappointed. You can't annihilate the enemy in large numbers, just take yourself and honestly defend the coastline!
1.5 million enemy troops, still trying to take the coast where they are stationed? I don't know if it's the enemy's commander's brain, or if I haven't heard of my name!
I guess I haven't heard of my own name, so let them see it today, the gods will be nothing!
Edward looked at the defense line that had been built in front of him, and cursed in his heart. As for who to scold, the group of people around knows it. It's not because of that famous admiral Alzik, if it weren't for the fact that Alzik has been waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops to launch an attack. It is simply impossible for the landing force on their own side to face the enemy's current complete defensive line.
If the attack had been carried out a few days in advance, the enemy might not have built a defensive line yet. At that time, if you want to attack the capital of Beichen Kingdom, it is no different from tourism. Of course, everyone is not worried now, after all, there are 1.5 million troops on their side.
In the afternoon, another 1.5 million troops will arrive. Wait until tomorrow there will be another million troops, and if Edward is still worried that he won't be able to get in, he will simply wipe his neck and forget it, saving himself so much trouble.
No one said anything, and the democratically elected commander Edward directly ordered to prepare for the attack. If you want to talk about the British, I have to say that they are still very united. Although John Bull is a very arrogant guy, they are still fair when it comes to facing enemies.
Edward was an aristocratic class, a century-old admiral and a retired rear admiral himself. Everyone, whether strong or weak, has always chosen to let Edward only land on the army. Because Edward majored in landing warfare at the military academy, he still has a hand in landing warfare.
Edward's troop carriers were converted, and due to the sheer number of ships, it was enough to accommodate all the soldiers, and there was even some extra space. Edward didn't waste any of these open spaces, whether it was catapults or bed crossbows, and installed quite a few on every troop carrier.
As a result, almost all the heavy weapons of several countries were pulled out, and they also formed the current troop carrier group with attack capabilities.
When all the troop carriers were within attack, Edward gave the order to attack. On the more than 6,000 troop carriers, boulders and crossbow arrows flew out all of a sudden. The entire sky instantly turned into a stage of boulders and crossbow arrows, all of which were fierce and powerful!
Hao Zhao just smiled after the United Navy landing force was all in the attack range. He then ordered all the defenders who remained on the walls to go down the walls. Find a safe place to hide and wait for military orders.
And the arrow towers and catapults, which were located a hundred meters behind the low wall, also let out a roar of counterattack. Not to be outdone, the same boulders and crossbow arrows flew towards the head of the Combine's landing force.
The results speak for themselves.
The joint landing ships only had to attack that low wall, but now there were no troops on it. The low wall itself is made of huge stones hewn out of the sea, and it goes without saying how hard it is. As a result, this attack of the Combine forces did not yield the slightest result. If the dozen or so female walls that were smashed are also counted, there are still some results.
The Beichen Army is different, it has a longer range than the catapults and bed crossbows of the Combined Army, plus the enemy is in a dense formation. If the wave goes down, more than 50 troop carriers will be smashed directly.
When the unfortunate troop carrier was slowly sinking, the surviving soldiers on it climbed towards the troop carrier beside them in horror. Fortunately, everyone has a bit of public morality, and the troop carrier next to it also knows how to save their brothers, so the casualties of the soldiers are not very large.
The first round immediately made Edward eat a deflated, and his huge casualties were really nothing compared to the dozen or so female walls that fell from the Beichen Army!
Seeing such a harvest, Edward was also annoyed. Originally, I was going to stand on the surface of the sea and clear the defense line on the shore. Who knew that the shore fire of the Beichen Army was so fierce that it smashed its fifty troop carriers in one go.
"Pass the order, the whole army will land!"
At the sound of an order, all the troop carriers stopped attacking. The troop carrier at the front began to run towards the low wall built by the Beichen Army.
The Beichen Army doesn't care about this, such a good opportunity, those catapults and bed crossbows will not give up. Huge boulders and sharp crossbow arrows still smashed towards the head of the joint landing force.
For the scoundrels of the Beichen Army, the joint military had no temper at all, and could only helplessly endure the enemy's attack. Then run forward desperately, as long as you get on land, you don't have to suffer these big guys anymore.
After the Beichen Army's catapult fired five rounds again, the first batch of troop carriers of the Combined Army had already docked. Then, a group of soldiers jumped directly from the side of the ship into the knee-high water.
Then, the sky went straight to black. When I looked up, all the Combine troops who had just launched were completely dumbfounded. After that, they screamed and found a safe place to hide.
Before they could completely dodge, the object in the sky fell instantly.
Arrow feathers whizzed into the water, or into the bodies of the Combine soldiers. It was the archers in the Beichen Army, after seeing that the enemy began to land, a salvo of arrows.
A full 200,000 arrows were sprinkled on the more than 100 troop carriers that had just docked in an instant. Suddenly, the entire sea was covered with a rain of arrows.
The sails of the troop carriers have all become funnels, and the once flat deck is now full of upside-down arrow feathers. In the shallow water, there are countless arrows and corpses that have been shot into a hornet's nest.
In just a minute, the sea was directly stained red with blood.
The red water follows the waves and heads towards the deep sea.
This scene was naturally seen clearly by Edward in the back. Not only Edward, but the rest of the people also saw it clearly. After that, everyone was stunned.
200,000 arrows fell in unison, and Edward couldn't estimate how many arrows there were, only that the sky was completely darkened at that time.
The lethality of the rain of arrows is very high, especially when the enemy is in a dense formation. In addition, the naval non-commissioned officers do not wear hard armor, and some do not even wear leather armor, so that the lethality of the arrow feathers is even greater.
"What about the archers, the archers will suppress the enemy for me!"
Edward flicked the sword in his hand and shouted at him.
The battle is not over yet, the real battle has just begun, with Edward's words