C2755 beachhead slaughter (1/2)
Since ancient times, it had always been a difficult task for the army to land on a beach. It was never a simple task for the army to land on a boat, as it was completely different from the common people disembarking or disembarking from a ship.
In this era, cruise ships that crossed the ocean could transport thousands of passengers at a time, and it took them two or three hours to queue up to arrive at their destination.
Ordinary people would only be carrying one or two parcels when they disembarked the ship. It was quite strenuous, not to mention the landing of the thirty-thousand-strong army!
This was not French territory, this was the coast of Prussia. God knows when the enemy's main force would appear, so there must be a rule for the army to land here!
First, the light infantry landed and swept the beach, they had to carefully search the darkness for any ambush from the Spic Island, as well as any danger to their surroundings.
When everything was confirmed to be safe, the main force would land, and since these troops weren't going ashore, there wouldn't be any mission left. They had to temporarily set up a defensive position, in case the enemy attacked.
The defensive position was slowly taking shape. At this time, they still had to unload all kinds of heavy weapons, ammunition, and military supplies … Army combat was not something that could be done with a gun.
The majority of the troops had to be supported by artillery fire, and these nocturnal cannons were shipped down from the transport ship, along with the Arms and ammunition and the food and medicine, they needed to be delivered to the shore bit by bit.
After three hours, the entire French Expeditionary Force was only halfway ashore, and only a third of the heavy weapons and supplies were removed!
At this rate, the French would have to make it at least until dawn!
The Zhiyuan Warship's attack took advantage of this critical moment at the most chaotic moment in your Landing forces to start attacking!
Explosions rang out unceasingly, and the flames and shock waves engulfed the entire beach. The French ammunition was ignited by the fire, triggering a martyr's explosion, and some of the heavy field gun were blown up to the sky.
The French Army on the shore wailed like ghosts and wolves. Facing the bombardment of the ships' large caliber and weapons, these French Army had no way to fight back!
Just then, Zuo Manduo had him move slowly northwards along the coastline. The spinning propeller had already hit the mud on the shore and the sailors in the submersible vehicle could even hear the sound of steel plates from the bottom of the ship rubbing against the shore.
It was fortunate that this beach had many beaches, sand and fewer reefs. Otherwise, if they ran towards the Zhiyuan Warship, they would not even be able to walk a hundred meters before they reached the reef.
Even so, the creepy sound of the bottom of the ship scraping against the shore still frightened the crew. The heavy propellers struck the mud and the broken stones, causing a violent friction. The muffled sound of the impact was even more terrifying than the sound of a cannon.
The Zhiyuan Warship had already gone mad from the attack, and all the soldiers had entered a berserk state. They ignored everything and slanted their weapons towards the shore, because they knew that this was the last song of the Zhiyuan Warship, and his life was already coming to an end.
Xiang Ying no longer had any need to command the battle, he stood silently on the armoured command tower at the mainmast, staring at the massacre with tears in his eyes.
”I did it! I did it! This massacre must be remembered by Europeans for at least a hundred years! ”
”At least let them know that we Chinese are not easy to bully! This is a world that fears might but not Wade. If the Chinese do not reveal their fangs, then there will be no true peace! ”
”Hahaha …” Napoleon III, haven't you always wanted to exterminate my Chinese clan? Now let's see who exactly it is that killed who! ”
Hot tears rolled down his cheeks. Xiang Ying caressed the Zhiyuan Warship's armor as if he was touching his lover's skin. He knew that today would be the day he would part with her forever.