sweeping the world

Chapter 749 No Surrender!

In fact, the sea battle between two fleets usually does not start and end in one day. It often takes several months or even years of preparation. Ten days to months or years.

The fleet led by Wang Kan and the fleet led by Javala Kangding and Hua Lun only took one day to decide the victory. It is an exception. One side came for the landing battle, and the other side led the remaining fleet to retreat when the situation was not good. Not really a decisive battle at sea.

This naval battle will continue, it depends on whether Jawala Kangding Warren is willing to accept the result of failure, and whether he will lead the fleet back.If he accepts defeat, he will inevitably retreat to the mainland, but he will be intercepted by the Han navy on the way. It is tantamount to a continuation of the previous naval battle, but with a different sea area.

After Wang Kan ordered the landing, because there were not many warships in the seaport on Gupta’s side, the Han navy did not encounter decent resistance when it approached the coast. The soldiers started to block.

Han Guo guessed that there were about [-] Gupta troops stationed at this port, but only Gupta himself knew how many there would be.

The Gupta side has only been operating this place for less than three months. They have opened up a beach extending about five miles, and initially built facilities similar to a ferry, but the surrounding water villages have not yet taken shape.

Looking at the land from the warships at sea, the land there is firing dense arrows at the landing ships. It is because there are not many large equipment such as bed crossbows. It is estimated that this is why they will wait for the soldiers of the Han landing force to disembark before launching a counterattack. ?

The Han army had no intention of destroying the ferry and the water village.These facilities can continue to be used after the occupation is completed, and this place can completely become a sub-base of the Pingman Captain's Department, so why destroy it.

"Hold your shield!"

"Queue, watch out for the queue!"

"After the cabin is opened, stay in formation and prepare for arrow defense!"

There are officers in the cabin constantly making various reminders. They are told that the enemy's arrows are very dense, so they must be prepared.

Of course, Wang Kan did not let ships carrying landing troops swarm up, but allocated troops for projection.

Farther from the land, the warships of the Han Dynasty stopped beside the water fortress. The decks on the left and right sides of the ship were opened, and the pedals were stretched out to lean against the water fortress. Teams of soldiers could disembark relatively safely.

Ships assigned to land on the shore, even people in the cabin can hear dense "bang bang" sounds, and the sailors' shouts to put out the fire can be heard in their ears, and they can know the enemy's arrows without looking at them. What a frenzied shot.

Ah San was very good at playing bow and archery during the period of the Guishuang Empire. They also had special bow and arrow elite troops, but they generally used longbows.

Ah San's long bow is usually more than 1.8 meters long, and the largest bow is close to two meters. When a person holds the bow in the firing position, the bow usually reaches the calf.The appearance of this kind of bow is very similar to that of He bow, but Ah San's bamboo long bow will have some knots, and it is called Zha Gong.It is made of palm, bamboo, wood or horn to make a bow.The bowstring is made of vine fiber, bamboo fiber and sheep intestine.Arrows include bamboo arrows, wooden arrows, and iron arrows.Arrows are made of iron, bone, and wood, and have the functions of piercing, cutting, and striking.The style of the bow is derived from the design of the Maurya Dynasty at that time.

There was no change in bow-tying until the Kushan Empire, and even during the Gupta Dynasty, there was no change. Even during the Gupta Dynasty, most of the structures were made of bamboo, and arrows were mostly made of bamboo. Only sharpshooters could match them. Some wooden arrows, nobles use a small amount of iron arrows.

There was a sound of "嘿嘿——咔咚咚", which was the sound of the gears of the cabin door turning, light appeared in the dim cabin, and the sound of sea water hitting the shore also appeared.

Lu Chao looked out from the gap in the shield wall, and there were many arrows floating in the sea water, and more arrows fell on the sea water.His vision extended to the farther surroundings, and what he saw was that another friendly ship had also opened the ship's wall, and there were comrades in line standing still with shields, waiting for orders.

There was a series of "boom-crack" sounds. It was the sound of the ship's plank being pushed off the ship. It was probably because the ship plank was finished and officers were constantly shouting "get off the ship".

Lu Chao was standing in the front row. When he heard the roar, he subconsciously raised his feet and stepped on the plank of the ship. He obviously felt his feet sinking a bit. This was an inevitable force reaction after the plank was weighed.Before he got out of the cabin, he had already raised his shield to the northeast. From the continuous stress on the shield, he knew it was the result of the arrow hitting him. He lowered his body as much as possible according to the training, so that the tower shield could cover his body more. Body.

The walls of the ships on the coast were opened one after another, and the Han army with shields poured out continuously. They stepped off the ship and did not step on the land for the first time, but entered the half-waist-deep sea water. in.

Every Han army that disembarked, they immediately marched towards the land, braving arrows like raindrops in the process of advancing, and the too dense arrows caused the Han army to inevitably suffer casualties.

Lu Chao saw a colleague five steps away on the right seemed to be out of balance by Hai Yang. The shield in his hand was tilted away due to a disorderly pace of the colleague, and an arrow hit him in the next instant. His shoulders, he grunted in pain and fell into the sea.

The person who shot the arrow was Huang Chi, who was from Bohai County and had been in the army for two years.He joined the army late, and was added to the standing army as a county soldier. It has to be said that he really didn't participate in any great wars.

Huang Chi thought he was very unlucky. It wasn't that he lost his balance because of being photographed by Haiyang. It was because he stepped on something and slipped. The moment the shield was tilted, he knew it was going to be bad. It was because he subconsciously became short, or else he was hit by an arrow. The site should be the lungs.After being shot by the arrow, his body softened, and his whole body jumped into the sea water. Since the shield was heavy enough to directly touch the bottom of the sea, if it weren't for the sea water above his head, he should have been shot like a hedgehog.

No matter what kind of water it is, as long as it is thick enough, it can form a barrier. In the modern era, it can still hinder bullets. No matter what kind of bullet it is, it can only lose its kinetic energy after advancing less than one meter in the water. In that case, how far can a bow and arrow without much kinetic energy be propelled through the water?
Huang Chi, who was shot in the shoulder, would like to thank Han for his generosity to the standing army. Needless to say, the absolutely elite soldiers, even ordinary soldiers who don't have leather armor?The leather armor on his body is thickened at every vital point. Although the shoulder area is not deliberately thickened, it has a certain protective force. Although the leather is penetrated, it acts as a resistance. deep.

Lu Chao didn't pay attention to Huang Chi deliberately, but because he was destined to only look to the left and right with the shield on his back, and there is usually a habit of turning the head to the right, and his habit is to turn the head to the right.

Anyone who has waded halfway through the water must know that it is difficult to run forward quickly even if there is no weight on the body, and the speed of swimming is not as fast as leaping directly. When Lu Chao walked forward with difficulty, he saw the Huang Chi stood up from the water, but at the next moment, an arrow suddenly appeared on Huang Chi's neck and fell directly into the sea.

Death on the battlefield is a very common thing. Lu Chao couldn't feel too much sentimentality at all. He didn't stop walking forward, but his eyes subconsciously looked at the place where Huang Chi fell, until he saw two people wearing vines. It was the fellow robe with the red cross tied on his arm that went to pick Huang Chi up from the sea before diverting his gaze.

Battlefield ambulance soldiers are a standard feature for the current Han army. Their role on the battlefield is to deal with minor injuries nearby, but they cannot handle serious injuries on the spot.In this landing battle, the ambulance soldiers were specially equipped with rattan armor, which the military specially purchased from Indochina.

Two rescuers in rattan armor picked Huang Chi out of the water, checked the wound according to their own experience, and one of them picked up a pair of pliers from his waist and cut off the arrow shaft directly, and quickly pulled out the arrow branch.Another ambulanceman quickly picked up the gauze and began to bandage it.

"Check the mouth and find that you can't breathe and deal with it immediately."

"The trachea is not injured, it only needs to be bandaged, and there is no need to insert a trachea into the lungs."

Huang Chi's eyes could not be fully opened, and he could vaguely see the ambulance soldiers who were busy by squinting, and he knew what happened to him. Hearing the ambulance soldier's diagnosis, the fear in his heart disappeared, but his inner annoyance emerged: [Why didn't I stand up with the shield on first? 】

It must be said that Huang Chi was both unlucky and lucky. The unlucky thing was that he was shot twice in a row just after getting off the boat. Fortunately, there were experienced rescuers in the army.

In fact, when the ambulance soldiers were treating them, they did not miss arrows, but rattan armor has a great defense against arrows. Even if they are hit by rockets, it is just a matter of soaking their bodies in seawater. Wearing rattan armor always feels like you are being swayed by the buoyancy of the sea water.

Not everyone is as lucky as Huang Chi, at least Huang Chi was able to be rescued after being hit by an arrow. The sea water in the beach area began to turn red, and the floating corpses proved that war has always been full of cruelty.

After wading for about [-] meters, Lu Chao finally stepped on the sandy land with his legs. Before he arrived, his comrades who had landed first were organizing a shield formation, and they just came to supplement them as a small team.

"Listen up, all gentlemen, before the battle, regardless of the organizational system, listen to the order of a certain!"

"only!"

"Enter!"

"promise!"

Lu Chao then yelled rhythmically, and every time he yelled, he took a step forward holding the shield.He is breathing together with the surrounding comrades, and he is also living and dying together, in order to advance to a sufficient position. When the time comes, it is up to the officer whether to split the shield formation and rush in, or to organize more shield walls on the spot. .

The person in charge of defense on the Gupta side is Pikar Malik. After being captured, he was the first group of Kshatriyas to be redeemed. He was able to join the war again thanks to the influence of his family. Difference.

No, although Picard Malik joined the war again, he was assigned to this port because of his dishonorable experience, and he was still unable to serve as the supreme commander. Kshatriya temperance.

To be reasonable, the Vikas family really can't compare with the Malik family. It is the kind that can't compare in terms of wealth or manpower. Will not accept being commanded by Samir Vikas.

Picard Malik already knew something was wrong when he saw his own fleet's defeat. The last time they conducted a landing battle, the troops that went ashore after the fleet's defeat were all wiped out.

Although they were on the defensive side this time, they were not at home, but at a base far overseas, and besides getting reinforcements at sea, it was full of land in wild areas.

"Our arrows are almost exhausted." Although Samir Vikas became Pikar Malik's immediate boss, he really didn't dare to show off too much to Pikar Malik. Things that are determined by the glory and strength of the ancestors.He frowned and said, "Even if there are still arrows, our archers will soon be unable to lift their arms."

That's perfectly normal. Humans are not machines, and they can't do endless archery. No matter how strong their physical strength and endurance are, they still have to consider the limits of their muscles and ligaments. Generally, they can continuously perform archery movements. Twenty times is considered very good.

"What do you want to say?" Picard Malik actually didn't respect Samir Vikas from the bottom of his heart, he looked at the frowning Samir Vikas and said, "Don't try to surrender. "

Samir Vikas' face stiffened for a moment, but he didn't refute.

It's not that only those with strong families can surrender. The last time Ah San admitted defeat and surrendered, it was because they didn't think it was a war of annihilation. Local conflicts and other surrenders are nothing in Ah San's mind. The war of destroying the country has its own moral standards. Even if you want to surrender, you should fight until the moment when the water is exhausted.

"We've only been operating here for less than three months, and we can't stop the Han army from landing." Samir Vikas took advantage of his altitude to have a panoramic view of the battle on the beach, and turned to look to the east. Forest, said: "It is not wise to stick to it, maybe we can retreat to the forest and continue to fight against the Han army?"

Gupta sent more than 7000 land solid defense troops here. Before the naval battle broke out in the morning, Jawala Kangding. There are less than [-] people left to defend.

Picard Malik looked at the densely packed Han ships on the sea, and saw more and more Han troops landing, and couldn't help thinking deeply...

(End of this chapter)