Chapter 1556 Landing
In the Smith Republic, during the period of conflict over the second batch of goods sent by the Great Zhou, the Great Zhou fleet led by Bai Tu had once again arrived at the North Sea of the Barton Empire.
Due to the slow speed of the large number of troop transport ships, this voyage took more time than usual.
Bai Tu intended to train Lin Youshu under relatively safe conditions, so in the next naval battle, he handed over the command directly to Lin Youshu, and he himself was ready to land with the subsequent landing troops.
Before their main fleet arrived at the North Sea of Patton, the pterosaur riders responsible for the reconnaissance mission had already returned with intelligence.
Before the battle started, they had already confirmed that there were currently twenty speed ships stationed in the North Sea area.
Apparently, during the time they were stationed on the volcanic island, the Barton Empire was also not idle.
The disappearance of two main fleets caused an uproar within the Patton Empire.
While the situation was turbulent, they were also seizing the time to build ships and increase garrison forces.
However, considering the time, no matter how hard we work, it is not realistic to produce 20 speedboats in a short period of time, unless...
"Is it converted from a fishing boat?"
The only possibility is to modify it into a civilian fishing boat.
The Patton Empire is an archipelago country on the sea. While its fishing industry is well developed, there are naturally many fishing boats in the country.
As long as we requisition fishing boats of suitable size and meeting the requirements for transformation, it would not be a big problem to assemble twenty warships in a short period of time.
"Lieutenant, as I said before, you can bomb the defense facilities on the opposite coast. The two ironclad ships are also at your disposal, but you are prohibited from using air forces to directly bomb the opposite warships. The next battle will be entirely under your command."
Their Great Zhou's main fleet had thirty clipper ships alone, as well as two steam ironclad ships. Judging from the fleet's comprehensive combat power, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they crushed the enemy.
If Lin Youshu is allowed to resort to bombing, then fighting this battle will be like playing a game. What experience can he gain? "Guarantee to complete the mission!"
Lin Youshu, who had already known the situation, was not panicked at all. He took over the command from Bai Tu and gave orders in an orderly manner.
As Bai Tu's adjutant, Lin Youshu's abilities are quite outstanding.
The naval battles he had participated in in the past might not have been large-scale, but as an adjutant, commanding a formation and cooperating with Bai Tu, they had a perfect understanding.
At this moment, he just fights however he should.
To be honest, the gap in strength is there. At this stage, the Great Zhou Navy can just fight the Patton Navy casually.
The twenty Patton clippers on the opposite side were almost vulnerable in front of their Great Zhou fleet.
While Lin Youshu was commanding the fleet and gradually defeating Patton's fleet, the pterosaur riders had also completed the bombing of the North Sea port, destroying the opponent's port defense facilities' attack capabilities.
Soon, the Great Zhou troop transport ship officially sailed into the North Sea of Patton.
The marines of the Great Zhou fleet completed the landing first.
The previous bombing had easily destroyed Patton's defenses in the port, making the Marine Corps' landing operation go extremely smoothly.
But Patton's side obviously had no intention of giving up resistance, and the soldiers had already gathered outside the port area.
Now, as they saw the Great Zhou's Marines landing, they immediately let go and advanced in formation.
Faced with this situation, the Marines led by Bai Tu were not panicked at all.
When they landed, they had already formed their battle formation and their muskets were loaded and lit.
Now, seeing Patton's garrison advancing, Bai Tu gave the order without saying anything...
"Fire!"
In an instant, the musketeers lined up in a row opened fire in unison.
With the sound of gunshots, the Patton soldiers in the front fell to the ground immediately.
After finishing firing, the musketeers in the front row quickly retreated to the back row and switched positions with the musketeers who were originally in the back row.
The whole process was efficient and fast, and the second round of shooting by the musketeers had already begun! Facing the advancing Patton troops, Bai Tu directly commanded the musketeers to cut into formations on the spot, one row after another, and began to rotate the output.
Where had the soldiers of the Patton Empire faced such a battle before? The effect was completely different from simply shooting the enemy with a bow and crossbow.
The 'bang bang' sound of gunfire frightened people, and every time gunfire was heard, someone was shot and killed.
This made Patton's soldiers directly connect the sound of gunfire with death.
In the end, it became that when a gunshot sounded, someone would die! Invisibly, the sound of the gunshot was closely connected with death, and the invisible sense of oppression continued to disintegrate the fighting spirit of Patton's soldiers.
"Where are the crossbowmen? Crossbowmen, come here quickly!!"
Anyone with eyesight can see that the troop transport ships of the Great Zhou have not yet docked.
As the defending side, if they don't fight now and wait for the opponent's troop transport ship to dock and the large force to complete the landing, the situation will only get worse.
In this situation, Patton's Army directly chose to counter long-range attacks with long-range attacks.
The Patton crossbowmen who received the order advanced forward with their individual crossbows in hand, while there were also bed crossbows behind them.
But at this moment, a barrel-shaped object suddenly fell from the sky and entered their sight.
There was no time to think, only a loud bang was heard, and the blast, accompanied by surging flames, instantly engulfed all the Patton crossbowmen in the range!
At the same time, pterosaur riders flew quickly over the port, and a wave of bombing directly disintegrated the rear troops of Patton's army.
Bai Tu had no intention of launching an all-round bombing directly against Patton's army.
Pterosaurs' physical strength is limited, and their barrels of explosives are also limited, so good steel should be used where it counts!
When the rear rank of Patton's army was bombed, what else could the enemy do to fight him? At this stage, on the land battlefield, the musketeer troops were combined with the air force to bomb the rear rank of the enemy. This combination was definitely close to the answer to the version.
The troop transport ship carrying the main force has not yet docked, and Bai Tu has already firmly occupied the North Sea Port with just the marines under his command.
Unable to bear the pressure, Patton's army quickly retreated to the island. Seeing this, Bai Tu had no intention of launching a pursuit immediately.
At this stage, Musketeers are better at fighting in open terrain, but they are not good at pursuit.
Forcing yourself to take actions that you are not good at will make you more likely to be passive.
Instead of that, we might as well hurry up and completely occupy the port area!
(End of this chapter)
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