sweeping the world

Chapter 1059 We are invincible!

On the surface of the sea, various types of ships have put down their sails, and every ship is a busy scene.

There is no natural deep-water port on the edge of this coastline. The Persians did not build an artificial port. The warship carrying the landing force could not get too close to the coastline. It stopped about 200 meters outside the coast and then lowered the boat.

The current situation is that the ships carrying the landing troops are closest to the coastline, and the gunboats are also in a state of waiting for orders.

By the time the expeditionary fleet arrived, it had already been discovered on land.

After the small fishing village on the coast saw such a huge fleet coming from the sea, the villagers immediately fell into flight.

"They are mobilizing." Huan Wen was able to use a telescope to take a closer look at the situation on the land: "The Persians are still moving pretty fast."

The expeditionary fleet had already sent ships over to observe this area of ​​the sea before, and it was clear that the Persians dispatched troops temporarily, and they knew how long it took the Persians to build an observation post.

The Cape is just on the border of the Sassanid Kingdom. How could the expeditionary fleet have made such a big commotion in Liangsatrapu without attracting attention?
Sassan had long known about the Han Empire's expeditionary fleet, but she couldn't confirm where the Han Empire's expeditionary fleet was attacking.

Under the premise that they cannot be confirmed, it is impossible for Sassan to set up positions on all of their long coastlines. They can only station heavy troops in important coastal cities, and station some guard troops in other less important places.

Luke is on the edge of the Cape of Two Satrapu, and there is no big city within a hundred miles.It's just that because the fleet of the Han Empire landed on the opposite cape, Sassan made an emergency mobilization. They dispatched necessary troops from nearby cities to garrison.

About two days ago, the first troops arrived from a city called Mule. They did not choose to build a camp on the coast, but chose to station within [-] miles inland very carefully.

Sassan attached great importance to the intelligence collection of the Han Empire, and probably confirmed the furthest range of the gunboats of the Han Empire.They knew that the maximum firing range of the gunboats of the Han Empire was [-] Han Li. Originally, they could set up camps at about [-] Han Li from the coastline, but in order to leave the necessary safety zone, they pulled back another [-] Han Li.

Knowing that the expeditionary fleet of the Han Empire had landed and invaded Liangsatrap, Sasanian Southern Governor Larry Harila made new arrangements while being nervous.

Monitoring the movement of the expeditionary fleet of the Han Empire is something that Larry Harila must pay attention to. They cannot observe the Han army too closely, but it is not difficult to set up observation posts along their own coastline.

Every observation post set up by the Persians has the ability to signal the alarm. They found that when the fleet of the Han Empire was approaching their own borders, the first to light up the smoke and sound the alarm was on the border of the two satraps. Then, one observation station after another lit up the beacon smoke one after another.

Seen from the sea, one after another smoke column rises to the sky every 300 meters or so, the scene is quite spectacular.

The Persians discovered that the fleet of the Han Empire stopped in the sea outside Luke, and they began to mobilize their troops very nervously. If they can fully grasp the movements of the Persians, they will find that there are messengers galloping everywhere within a hundred miles. They rushed to the various military camps, and then one after another Sassanid army began to gather at the fastest speed, and it didn't take long before they pulled out of the camp and marched in the direction of Luke in unison.

"Hurry up!"

Liu Ming stepped on the wooden board, and the urging voices of more than one officer rang in his ears.

They set off from the cape and arrived at a place called Luke in less than half a day.

People without binoculars to observe the land can only see some moving figures on the land from a distance. It seems that the number is not too many, and it is impossible to determine whether they are armed personnel.

The first batch of Han soldiers had already boarded the warships, and they were adjusting the formation of each warship on the periphery.

A picture soon appeared on the surface of the sea, one warship followed by another, forming an elongated formation, and they formed a long swirl-like strip while continuously paddling.

Liu Ming is not the first to see such a picture, and every time he sees it, he will be deeply shocked by it.

How should the navy invade a country from the sea, what should be the landing method of the landing force, the Han Empire did not actually have much experience before invading the Gupta Empire.

During the invasion of the Gupta Empire, the confrontation at sea was not fierce, and the landing battle was actually not that tragic. However, the navy of the Han Empire still learned some useful experience and slowly planned out the drills.

It seems that they are constantly following a warship in a circle. They use this kind of action to form a formation while moving, and gradually they will face the coastline and become a charge formation.

The sound of war drums was sounded, and the first warship charged towards the land under the oars of the crew, followed by the entire warship forming a triangular formation.

"Everyone go back to the cabin!" Xin Ling stood at the hatch and shouted loudly: "It's our turn to land for the next batch!"

The warship under their feet did not re-raise the sails, but the sailors on the ship rowed the oars, and the ship was moving towards the coastline.

There are human figures everywhere in the cabin, and soldiers who are constantly checking themselves can be seen in the dim light.

After Liu Ming found his location, he also carried out the final inspection before the battle. He mainly checked the box containing gunpowder and bullets to see if the oil bag wrapped outside was fixed. At the same time, he would repeatedly check whether the firearm was wrapped properly.

There is no plastic now, so naturally there is no plastic bag to wrap it, so it can only be wrapped with oiled paper layer by layer, but it is only to prevent it from being splashed by water. Once it is completely soaked in water, it will still be soaked.

The first troops to land were soldiers with cold weapons, and the front of the assault formation was a very traditional sword and shield soldier. When they arrived within about 100 meters of the coastline, there was a burst of gunfire behind them.

Of course, it was the naval gun that fired, the main gun was not used, and the secondary gun on the side of the ship was shelling rhythmically.

The target of the bombardment was about [-] Persian soldiers who prevented their own troops from landing. Judging from the arms, the number of archers was the largest. Some Persian archers were already shooting arrows at the warships of the Han army.

The first projectile exploded above the head of the Persian archer. I don't know how many shrapnel were shot out with the explosion, instantly sweeping down a group of Persian soldiers.

The coastline was quickly bombarded with smoke, and it was impossible to judge how many Persian soldiers who blocked the landing were still alive.

However, even if there were still Persian soldiers alive, they probably didn't have the thought to stop the Han army's beach landing. They should turn around and run away?

Only two gunboats carried out secondary artillery shelling, and they stopped after the landing force approached 70 meters from the beach.

The bottom of the first warboat touched the shoal, and the Han soldiers on it were jolted with the sudden stop of the warboat. After stabilizing their bodies, they jumped to both sides and fell to the point where they could wet their calves. on the beach.

A large group of Han soldiers rushed to the beach. When they reached the beach, the smoke had not completely cleared. Five people formed a charging formation and slowly moved forward.

On the beach after the bombardment, Persian soldiers who were injured and survived were howling and moaning miserably.The Persian soldiers who were not dead or injured were terrified. Some of the Persian soldiers who were more or less rational ran inland, while others were running around.

Wang Ji was surrounded by smoke, and in addition to the beating of the waves, there were miserable howls and terrified roars in his ears.There are four other Pao Ze beside him, they are forming a semicircle formation and slowly advancing inland.

A vague but fast-paced figure appeared in Wang Ji's field of vision, and he could still hear the howling of the running figure like a wild animal.

There was a sound of a shield hitting a human body, followed by a sound of a blade piercing into flesh, which brought a rapid muffled cry and the sound of a dying person dying.

Wang Ji trampled on the corpses of the enemies killed by Paoze without any psychological burden. He walked five steps forward and was considered to be out of the smoke area. Out of the arrows, occasionally running Persian soldiers were hit by the arrows and fell to the ground.

Luke is naturally the name of the local people, and the Han people have not yet named this place.

There is not much difference between the environment in Luke and Liangsatrapu. It looks like a large area is earthy red, and there are no patches of green shade.

The first batch of [-] Han soldiers successfully landed. They were divided into two groups. One group formed a semicircle on the edge of the beach and the other group continued to march inland.

Huan Wen, who was on the flagship, didn't have much feeling for the successful landing of the troops. He would only pay attention if he failed to land successfully.

"The enemy troops just now must have gathered from nearby checkpoints, right?" Huan Wen was still observing the surroundings. Due to the flat terrain and the lack of jungle, the binoculars could observe the end of the horizon: "The surrounding enemy troops There are a lot of them, it seems that they have already estimated our landing?"

Yuan Qiao was writing and drawing on a map. Looking at the map, it wasn't Luke?
"The landing here is just a feint, mainly to attract them to concentrate their troops in this direction." Yuan Qiao drew a straight line on the map with a charcoal pencil, and the arrow stopped at a coastline called Mirpur by the Persians Cheng Cheng: "Are you sure you want to keep His Highness Ming here?"

"Is there any problem?" Huan Wen said with a faint smile on his face: "Sassan will soon find out that our real target is Mirpur, and they will not desperately attack Luke's troops. The accident is only related to luck. Besides, not all the fleets are dispatched, and they really can't stand it and can retreat to the sea."

Yuan Qiao was just talking, since Huan Wen didn't even cover up his dislike of Liu Ming, he wouldn't have any extra suggestions.

In fact, Yuan Qiao could understand why Huan Wen made it so obvious to avoid suspicion. The Han Empire resumed the classical enfeoffment. They were not only ministers but also emperors. They really were not ministers without any personal weapons.

The children of the royal family will act as kings. The kings of the Han Empire will still be kings with real power outside the mainland. As courtiers, they don’t want to guess too much why the emperor would do this, but they have to think about the prince who will have real power. Too much involvement, what will the next generation of emperors think of themselves.

Liu Ming was among the second batch of troops who landed. They went ashore very easily, and then left the beach under the order of the superior.

"Only our team?" Liu Ming observed that there were nearly 2000 soldiers who landed, but there was only one team of firearms soldiers: "The fleet has no signs of sending troops to land. It is not possible that we are the only ones left behind." here?"

Xin Ling happened to hear Liu Ming asking his own soldiers a question, and said in a muffled voice, "Obviously we are a decoy force, and there will be no more troops landing."

"..." Liu Ming's expression was dull for a while, and then he nodded: "That is, we need to withstand the attack of the Persians until the main force completes its task."

The Han army that had already landed, the soldiers on the periphery cleared the Persians in the area, the scouts were dispersed, and the remaining soldiers were looking for something that could be used to start building a line of defense.

There will still be landing troops later, but they will only deliver the necessary supplies to the land, and people will not stay.

Above the sea, the gunboat started its own actions again.

This time, all the gunboats opened fire on the land, and the targets of their bombardment were the Persian troops that appeared in groups within range.

The farther away the place is, the lower the hit rate of the gunboat is, especially the hit rate of the large-caliber main gun is really not very good, but as long as it hits, it can definitely wipe out a large number of Persian soldiers.

The Persian army who suffered a critical attack fell into a dazed look in an instant. It would be better if they were all infantry, and the army with animal power would run wildly and trample on the livestock.

The landing troops watched such a scene. The Persian army approaching in the distance was still a little aggressive, especially the cavalry approaching very fast, but they became a piece of loose sand under the shelling, and fled towards the way they came at a faster speed.

"It's not just about army battles..." Xin Ling raised her head proudly: "No matter what kind of battlefield a big man faces, he is invincible!"

It should be said that there are enough bronze guns of various calibers, enough gunpowder and projectiles, no matter what kind of battlefield it is on, the Han army will be invincible.

The real situation is that if you fight with the Han army, unless you have the mentality of treating yourself as a dead person, you will not be afraid of the coverage of artillery fire in a long-range charge, dare to face dense bullets at close range, and rush to the point where you can fight hand-to-hand with the Han army Otherwise, the battle is usually over before it even begins.

"Leave two gunboats." Huan Wen sneered a few times when he saw the Persian army that had just appeared and retreated, restrained his contemptuous attitude, and said solemnly: "The rest set sail again!"

Yuan Qiao felt slightly speechless, he finally knew that Huan Wen would at least dare not let Liu Ming have an accident.

(End of this chapter)