Chapter 329: Five Billion Heroes Cross the River
After the first batch of Chu army pioneers landed on the north shore, the battleship cannons began to extend their firing, using rounds of barrage to open up a beachhead for the Chu army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
A few Song troops who were still a little bold wanted to launch a counterattack, but they hit their heads on the barrage and broke their blood. It can only be carried by a large army that retreats in panic, farther and farther from the shore.
Generalissimo Liu Bufang, together with Sima Ji Khanting of the Ministry of War, took the chief of staff Cheng Feng, and several famous generals of the Song State to climb the city tower and look at the direction of the Huanglong River.
Even after dozens of miles, the explosion of the battleship's shells was deafening, the walls trembled, and the dust and rubble fell. Regarding the power of the battleship guns, Liu Bufang and others were also secretly frightened.
"The scientific and technological weapons are really sharp, no wonder the sky fell apart back then. As the generalissimo of the Song Kingdom, Liu Bufang naturally knows the history of the fierce collision between the scientific and technological civilization and the Xianwu civilization in the ancient Qingyun Continent:
"It's just that the State of Chu is so unscrupulous, aren't you worried about the backlash of the three major sects?"
Chief of staff Cheng Feng looked elegant, stroked three locks of long hair and said: "I heard that the three major sects have started to cut off Gu Wen, the great inventor of scientific and technological civilization. It's a pity that it was blocked by the half-step Heavenly Immortal Meng Yuanshan. ā
"However, although these naval guns are sharp, they can only be regarded as products of the era of primary scientific and technological civilization. As long as the high-level heroes are not in the core of the explosion, they can basically save their lives. And its power is limited by the stock of ammunition. ā
"Although the cannonball is powerful, its volume is far larger than that of talismans and magic weapons. Although the 200 battleships were huge, it was the limit to be able to store 10,000 shells. ā
Sima Ji Khanting of the Ministry of War said: "If you blindly wait, you will only miss the opportunity." Although the fire of the naval guns was fierce, the interval between the attacks was close to a minute. Our troops should take advantage of the gap in the shelling and boldly launch a counterattack. ā
"The beachhead is limited in size. As long as our army breaks through the barrage and becomes entangled with the Chu army, artillery will have little effect. ā
The general Han Yujue didn't agree very much: "Why bother, the brothers are charging under artillery fire, even if they barely break through, they will lose five or six stops in ten stops, how much combat power can be left? Moreover, the backup was cut off by the barrage of the Chu army, and only a lone army remained." Even if they can win, the casualties will be too great.
"The Chu army only relied on dozens of flat-bottomed boats to transport troops, and it was remarkable that it could transport two or three hundred thousand people at a time. Even if the naval artillery bombarded for an hour, only a few million people landed on the north shore. How can you block the full force of our army. ā
Liu Bufang was a little suspicious: "The State of Chu has been planning for so long, it is impossible to defeat our country just by relying on the trick of entering the river by sea boat, right?"
"Although the power of these warships is amazing, the number of these warships is only about two hundred, which is nothing compared to our fleet of 10,000 or 100,000 ships. ā
"What's more, no matter how big this troop transport ship is, it can carry thousands of people, and with this capacity, it will take about half a year to send all the Chu troops across the north shore. ā
"The marshal of the Northern Expeditionary Army of Chu State is a famous general Bai Luo, with the name of 'White Fox', which shows his cunning. I suspect that this is just a suspicious soldier. ā
Cheng Feng applauded and praised: "Liu Shuai is really wise. The vanguard of the Chu State is indeed like a suspicious soldier. You see, as soon as they came ashore, they followed the barrage and pushed up a cloud of dust, making it impossible to see the reality behind it. ā
It can be seen that its troops must be insufficient, so the department is suspicious. I heard that the Chu army attacked South Vietnam, and used something similar to magic fire spider silk to build several bridges. I guess they'll do it again. ā
"Please Liu Shuai quickly order all the people from all walks of life upstream and downstream to quickly inspect whether there is a silk bridge being built. ā
Dozens of heralds scattered and galloped away.
Liu Bufang said calmly: "My Huanglonghe defense line relies on natural hazards, relying on fortresses, and the soldiers are good enough to eat. You just need to play steadily and steadily, and victory can be expected.
"Pass the order, once the Chu army runs out of ammunition, launch a counterattack and wipe out this small group of suspicious soldiers. ā
Sure enough, in less than an hour, the battleship's extended attack finally stopped, leaving a crater in the air. However, the vanguard army of Chu State, as a suspicious soldier, is still moving forward.
Gradually, the smoke began to fade. Liu Bufang and the others gasped. I saw that on the riverbank, which was hundreds of miles long and more than ten miles wide, there were densely packed with soldiers of the Chu State in black armor and black armor, and the number was by no means millions or millions.
"What's going on? How can there be so many landing troops of the Chu army?" Cheng Feng lost his elegant demeanor and exclaimed in surprise:
"Liu Shuai, there must be something strange about this matter. ā
Liu Bufang rolled his eyes: "Everyone knows that something is wrong." Those flat-bottomed boats that docked still had a steady stream of Chu troops popping up. It's like a bottomless pit, I don't know how many soldiers and horses are hidden, so strange. ā
"No, we can't let the Chu army increase our troops, we must immediately counterattack and drive them down the river. Otherwise, if they gain a firm foothold, the battle behind will be difficult. ā
Liu Bufang hurriedly ordered the troops to counterattack.
The Song soldiers, who were frightened by the shelling, had no choice but to charge the Chu army, which was waiting for the battle. A large-scale frontal war finally broke out between the two armies.
Using the troop carriers containing two short-distance teleportation arrays as an intermediary springboard, the Northern Expeditionary Army of Chu built fifty teleportation bridges across the Huanglong River.
Through the teleportation bridge, the Chu army on the south bank could reach the north bank in less than half a minute. In a short time, on the beachhead on the north bank, the Chu army has exceeded 100 million people. And in increments of hundreds of millions per hour.
In this "small" landing position, the number of the Chu army had even formed a local advantage.
The Song army shouted and rushed over, and suffered a powerful blow in front of the Chu army's formation, like waves crashing against a black reef.
"Kill!" a Song army spearman snatched and stabbed the Chu State sword and shield soldiers on the opposite side, but was blocked by the sword soldiers holding shields.
Pushed by the friendly forces behind, the Song spearmen couldn't stop and rushed forward, and the whole person was attached to the shield of the sword and shield soldier, and then was split in half by a long knife handed over by the side.
The murderous long knife soldiers of the Chu State shouted and fought fiercely, the war knives flew over, and two more people were cut over, but they were overturned by two spears through the chest.
Before the two Song spearmen could retract their spears, one was cut off by the sword and shield soldiers, and fell to the ground screaming, while the other was hit by a flying hammer thrown by the rear team of the Chu army, and his brain burst to death.
The sword and shield soldiers of the Chu State did not live for a long time, and were nailed to the ground by the Song spearmen who were killed in the back row. Before he died, he threw out his war knife, but he skewered the spearman who killed him and his companions behind him into a sugar gourd.
The two armies fought fiercely, and the scene was extremely spectacular. There were bloody stumps everywhere, and the dead and wounded were everywhere.
In the battle on the plains, the combat effectiveness of the Chu army was obviously higher than that of the Song army, and the battle loss ratio of the Chu and Song armies was basically maintained at about one to three.
As the war dragged on, the untrained Song army, despite its well-equipped, quickly faded and began to lose its physical strength. With the continuous replenishment of a steady stream of support, the advantages of the Northern Expeditionary Army of Chu State became more obvious.
Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Liu Bufang was also a little helpless. The reason why he was reluctant to march into Ganshan was because the Song troops lacked talent in attacking.
Originally, he was going to rely on the river bank and give full play to the strengths of the Song soldiers. However, it was bombarded by the Chu army and crossed the river with a teleportation array, and soon occupied a large area of beachhead and became anti-guest-oriented.
At this moment, Liu Bufang received another bad news: the second and third battleships of the same size appeared in the lower reaches of the Huanglong River, using the same tactics to open up the second and third battlefields.
Although the local Song troops fought back desperately, they were still firmly established by hundreds of millions of Chu troops. The follow-up troops of the Chu State are still coming across the river without stopping.
Liu Bufang sighed and ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and the whole army retreated and entered the various battle forts, which were the second line of defense of the Song army. Between Yinchuan and other large cities, hundreds of large war forts were built.
These forts were unusually strong, densely packed with all kinds of defensive equipment, and the basements contained ordnance and food that could be used by hundreds of thousands of troops for a year.
The city and the fortress form a chain that is not completely closed. A small number of troops, after being baptized by the fort bow and crossbow seals, can barely pass into the rear of the defensive chain.
However, there were already five billion Song State reserve troops here, ready to give a head-on attack to the incoming enemy.
These unclosed gaps formed pocket arrays one by one, waiting for the Chu army to step into the trap.
This is the strongest line of defense that Liu Bufang is proud of. He will inflict heavy losses on the Northern Expeditionary Army of Chu on this defensive line.
The Northern Expeditionary Army of Chu, which had gained a firm foothold, did not attack rashly. The forward troops began to be stationed in place, building camps and relatively simple fortifications. Follow-up troops continued to cross the river via the teleportation array bridge.
In less than ten days, the five billion Chu Northern Expeditionary Army crossed the Huanglong River and prepared to face the real Yinchuan Iron Wall.
The Great War is on the verge of breaking out. (To be continued.) )