Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 1155
[Chapter 1155 Fire Coverage]
the mist of the morning.
In the Long Beach trench fortification, which is more than thirty miles long and ten miles wide, Sam’s soldiers gathered together in twos and threes to have breakfast.
They carried musket-loading rifles on their backs and were ready to fight, even while eating.
Since their ancestors came here from Britain, drove out the Indians, and built one city after another, this place belongs to them.
No one will reflect that this fertile continent should belong to the Indians.
For hundreds of years, the Western Turks have rampaged through the world, unrivaled.
The long-term sense of superiority makes them think that the people of the West are all ants, just like human beings drive out wild animals and occupy their land without guilt.
It was this kind of reason that made them choose war.
They won’t give up what they got. If the other party wants it, then come and get it in person.
It’s just that despite their high fighting spirit, they still inevitably feel a little uneasy.
They finally realized how the indigenous countries felt when facing them.
The sun rose from the sea level, and the sea fog gradually dispersed.
At this moment, the sentry in charge of observation found huge black shadows in the residual fog.
As the distance approached, the outline of the battleship became clearer.
The frightened sentinel blew his whistle immediately, and then the whistle sounded one after another throughout the trench fortifications.
The officers came out of their tents and hurriedly observed with their binoculars.
Sam’s soldiers immediately returned to their combat positions.
The quiet atmosphere instantly became tense.
“They’re coming.” Bolton smoked a cigar and exhaled a long stream of blue smoke.
He thought that Da Song’s army would focus on attacking Long Beach.
That’s why he’s here.
The number of warships on the sea also proves this point.
“Dasong people, you will regret your decision. If you are an enemy of the entire Western Earth, you will be torn to pieces. Your failure will start today!” Bolton said bitterly.
He had sworn in front of Sullivan that he would fight the Dasong people to the end.
As the sun rose higher and higher, the warships on the sea surface became clearer.
At this moment, part of Dasong’s warships had been laid out in a straight line, aiming sideways at Long Beach.
Qin Shan and Zhou Yi stood on the deck of the flagship.
While Bolton was watching them, they were watching each other.
This time, the Battle of Long Beach will be commanded by Qin Shan himself, and the remaining two battles will be commanded by Pan Chang and Indian general Omaha respectively.
“Let them tremble in front of the Great Song army!” Qin Shan said lightly.
This battle is of great significance to Dasong.
It can be said that this is Da Song’s official counterattack to the Western world after expelling the Westerners from the Eastern region.
Next, Da Song will continue to launch counterattacks in Middle Earth and the Black State Continent.
After all, after this change of weapons, the entire Dasong army believed that they had distanced themselves from the Western natives in terms of weapons.
This time, the weapons and ammunition transported from Da Song are very abundant.
Now that they have an advantage in firearms, they must give full play to their advantages.
The saturated bombardment of Long Beach is naturally the best way to show its advantages.
Zhou Yi nodded and gave the order for shelling.
Not long after, the sail warship and the iron-clad warship roared, and shells with fuses flew out one after another and landed on the fortifications of the Sam people.
Moreover, the naval gun has a large caliber, and the shells are naturally large and heavy, and they are full of power.
Especially sailing warships, they are like artillery positions moving on the sea.
Now, the battle against the Western Turk warships at sea is basically replaced by ironclad ships.
The role of sail warships is more towards the bombardment of the coast.
“Boom boom boom…” In
an instant, clouds of flames and smoke rose from the trenches in Long Beach.
Under the tremendous power of the shells, the soil on the trench was raised dozens of high.
Some Sam country soldiers were at the center of the explosion. They were blown away by the shock wave, their limbs were torn apart, and turned into stumps and rain of blood.
“Ah…”
“Ah…”
“…”
Under the bombardment, the soldiers of the Sam Kingdom in the trenches kept screaming.
Compared with the soldiers who were directly killed by the bombing, the wounded soldiers were more frightened and desperate.
They clutched their bloody legs, screaming and moaning from their broken arms.
The other soldiers trembled with fear as they witnessed the horror of their companions.
Some of them were older veterans who had experienced the Revolutionary War.
On the battlefield they are more calm than recruits.
But after the shelling, their calmness disappeared immediately.
“Damn it, what kind of opponent are we facing.” An old soldier wiped the dust off his body.
Back then, when they fought wars, they still relied on line formations, and they only fought solid bullets.
In the past two years, in order to deal with Da Song, skirmishers and explosive bombs have appeared in the army.
They thought that the equipment level of Da Song’s army would not be much different from theirs.
But it was obvious that Da Song’s blooming bullets were much more powerful than theirs.
And not a little bit more.
The most important thing is that the artillery shells of Da Song’s army exploded as soon as they hit the ground, without giving them any time to react.
This is something that their flower bombs simply cannot do.
Bolton and other military officers of the country of Sam also noticed this.
Their faces were all gray.
Not long ago, the Dasong army was still using wooden wedge leads.
But now, they seem to have a new gadget, the shell can explode when it touches the ground.
“These damn bastards!” Bolton cursed in despair.
In order to prevent the Dasong army from landing, they can only arrange fortifications along the coast.
However, the deployment of fortifications along the coast must withstand the shelling of the opponent’s warships.
The saddest thing is that they can only get bombed because they don’t have any ships to stop the opposing navy.
“Boom boom boom…” The
bombardment continued, and every hit seemed to explode in the heart of the officer of the country of Sam.
For the next three days, the shelling continued, day and night.
The trench work at Sam Country Beach looks like a field overturned by cattle.
Under the continuous shelling, more than 120,000 Sam soldiers were killed or injured.
At one point Bolton wanted to have the soldiers withdraw from the front of the trench.
But every time he was about to do this, Da Song’s army would send out small boats, ready to land soldiers.
Therefore, instead of withdrawing his soldiers, he had to strengthen the defense of the front line.
Otherwise, once the Da Song army goes ashore, the consequences will be even more serious.
Of course, he knew very well that this was a trick deliberately played by Da Song’s army.
But this trick is a real conspiracy, he has to guard against it.
Only in this way, they can only bear huge casualties.
In the past few days, the morale of Sam’s soldiers has plummeted, and deserters even appeared.
On the fourth day, warships at sea bombarded the coast again.
But unlike in the past, this time the densely packed troop transport boats were heading towards the coast.
On the small boat, the Dasong soldiers put their guns on the side of the boat and aimed at the shore.
There is a Chinese machine gun on the bow.
The artillery fire this time is no longer a simple bombing, but to cover their landing.
After three days of shelling, Qin Shan believed that the time had come to launch a general offensive.
(end of this chapter)
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