Zanpt Warren was more or less hesitant to get the order from the rear to land. Although his leading fleet did not sink many ships, it was more or less reduced. At the beginning, the bed crossbow coverage of the Han army was fairly accurate. A considerable number of warships were damaged. The most important thing was that the formation was full of combat ships and did not carry landing soldiers.
"Log in." Zanpt Warren had no choice without disobeying the military order: "let the warships whose hull damage was the most serious rush to the beach."
The place chosen by the captain of pingman school is a natural harbor, but it should be said that the deep-water area directly close to the coastline is not large, and most parts of the Shuizhai still have beaches.
Shuizhai was originally built with a ferry extending out of the coast, but wasn't it burned clean by the fire? Zanpt Warren will hesitate to land, that is, he knows that all the things that should be burned in the Shuizhai have been burned. On the other hand, he can guess that the Han Army did it deliberately, and he can firmly believe that the Han army was hit by the raid. Burning the ferry is to cause landing problems for the Gupta fleet!
The Han Army on the land along the coastline began to launch all kinds of long-range attack weapons. For a while, the sky staged a "meteor shower" again. It was covered by arrow arrays every few breaths. Under the large-area coverage of rockets, not only zanpute Warren's warship formation was full of burning arrows, and the sea was full of arrows.
In that kind of rocket like rain environment, more than 20 Gupta warships rushed to the beach at a decisive speed. The bottom of the ship touched the seabed. First, there was a sound, followed by a series of sour friction. Before long, rope sleeves were dropped on these warships, and the soldiers of the Gupta Dynasty slid down with rope sleeves from both sides of the ship, Inevitably, some soldiers repeatedly screamed or groaned when they were shot by arrows.
More Gupta warships in the rear are lowering boats. Each one is carrying soldiers. Then they shout trumpets and paddle to the shore. They also let the soldiers with shields organize a shield wall in front to prevent arrows, but in fact, the shield wall can protect the people in front, and the people behind should ask for their own blessings.
On the top of the mountain, Huan Wen always looked expressionless. The order he just gave was not to let the Gupta Dynasty land too easily. The major casualties that should be given should still be done. Otherwise, it would not only appear that the Han army was incompetent, but also make the enemy notice the clue of the trap.
Speaking of arranging the arrow array, the Central Plains Dynasty, a civilization that relied on infantry as the main force most of the time, relied on the sharpness of bows and crossbows against nomads. After a long confrontation with nomads, the use of the arrow array has long been engraved in the bones of the civilized army. Everything is very particular about when to launch, which direction to cover, and how long to cover it.
Nearly 80000 troops are stationed in this base of the pingman Colonel's department. In addition to the war soldiers of the two standing armies, there are 40000 servants from the Japanese countries, and the rest belong to the permanent personnel of the pingman Colonel's department.
The standing army of the state of Han has only 15000 people, and the establishment has a very detailed allocation. For example, there are three divisions. Among the five songs of each division, there will be at least one bow and crossbow song, and the rest will be the melee arms. The melee arms distinguish many kinds of infantry. In addition to the cavalry army, the infantry army will be equipped with a scout team in each song, and the Scout team must have a standard number of horses.
The two standing armies in the southern expeditionary army sequence are infantry armies. It takes more than 500 transport ships to transport their people and ancillary materials to the pingman colonel. If the transport ships needed by the cavalry army are at least seven times more, after all, the cavalry army has a large number of war horses in addition to people and equipment.
The bow and crossbow troops of the two standing armies, together with the bow and crossbow soldiers of the pingman Colonel's headquarters, are inseparable from the bow and arrow soldiers of the Japanese servants. They rarely know what the plan is. They are all trying hard to wipe out the enemy on the beach in the future. Under their relentless efforts, the firing frequency increased somewhat. The arrow coverage for the beach was fast and urgent, so that no incoming enemy was allowed to approach the land stronghold.
"Completely suppressed!"
Zanpt Warren has eyes to see. His soldiers can't say they are not brave, but flesh and blood can't avoid being hit by arrows in the face of dense arrow array. He also observed that the arrow array of the Han army was very fastidious. In addition to the direct shooting, there were also shots falling from the top of the head, which made people care about the front but not the top of the head. Naturally, there were heavy casualties.
Fortunately for the Gupta Dynasty, the bed crossbows of the Han Army may have been destroyed in the water stronghold. At least there is no bed crossbow on the shore, so that the warships can be close to the coastline. The troops who rush to the beach by boat look very miserable, but at least they will not be directly sunk by a bed crossbow.
"Stop dropping warriors." Zanpt Warren's heart was dripping blood. They were not the army. All the sailors sent up to be shot were sailors serving in warships. The loss was really worthless. He roared, "ask the rear to evacuate!"
There are dead people on the battlefield all the time. Not only the beach troops are dead, but also the warships are covered with arrows again and again. Zanpt Warren brought all his family's troops. If he could rush up, it would be worth how many deaths and injuries, followed by catrook Karp will certainly give compensation, but if he can't make it, he will take no credit for increasing casualties. He will be compensated, but it's not the same level as the compensation after meritorious service.
"Let them withdraw." Katluk Karp soon agreed to zanpt Warren's request. He was in a position where he could see the war and know zanpt Warren is really working hard, not cheating is enough. He waved his big hand: "order aptra to join the battle!"
Aptra is inclined to women in the naming of a San, but catrook The aptra in Kapp's mouth is actually a strong black man, the captain of his family, and his right-hand assistant on this expedition.
Aptra's ancestors came from Africa. They were captured by the Romans and sold to a San through trade. From his grandfather to his father's generation, they became slave warriors of the KAP family.
Because he was a slave, aptera had only a first name and no last name. Not only would he be a slave, but if there was no change, his children and grandchildren would be slaves.
There are many kinds of slaves in a San. In fact, slaves have a higher social status than Dalits. For example, aptra, a slave who can become the captain of the Brahman family guard, has higher power than shatili to some extent, but his status level must not be compared with shatili. Their power comes not only from their own excellence, but also from the trust and appreciation of their masters.
A formation composed of civilian ships began to rush forward under the leadership of aptra. Like them, they braved dense arrows to reach the beach respectively. Rope sleeves would be thrown off each ship for people to get off. The difference was that these ships would also lift down wooden boards and touch the ground. Some soldiers who thought they were good soldiers simply jumped off the ship.
Under the cover of the arrow array, the Gupta landing troops near the beach are not much better than the previous colleagues. People who fell by the arrow can be seen everywhere, so that more bodies are added to the beach. The bright red blood left by the bodies gathers and flows to the sea, which dyed the sea water at the beach red.
"Organize shield wall cover!" Aptra was wearing a lock armour, holding a shield in one hand and a big machete in the other. His face was full of ferocious roars: "don't run around, get off the ship under the cover of the shield wall!"
A San's level of civilization is not bad. In addition, the Gupta Dynasty has many civilizations because of the prosperity of maritime trade. There are too many choices of styles on armor. Plate armor and lock armor are commonly used on metal armor, but most a San prefer lock armor.
The inclined wooden board on the ship is straight to the ground. Of course, this is to prepare for landing in advance, so that Gupta's landing forces can organize the shield wall to descend from the warship to the land.
Perhaps the shield wall tactics of the landing forces of the Gupta Dynasty came into effect, or the arrow replenishment speed of the Han army could not keep up with the consumption, the coverage speed of the arrow array decreased, and the density was not as high as at the beginning. When aptra stepped on the land with his feet, the landing forces of Gupta had pushed slowly under the cover of the shield wall.
Huan Wen on the top of the mountain put down his telescope and charged the herald next to him: "order his servants to attack from the army."
The Han Army had mature means of long-distance communication, which could be flag language communication, or ordered by relying on the rhythm of war drums or horns. Huan Wen's orders were soon executed.
Before the Japanese servants joined the army, the bow and crossbow troops organizing the arrow array naturally had to move out of the way, resulting in the reduction of the strength of the arrow array coverage.
The servants from the Japanese islands are not qualified to wear the robes of the Han army. They will have their own color robes because of the different nobles. Some of their armor comes from the Three Kingdoms of the peninsula, some are carried from their hometown. It seems that they are also diverse, and the number of bamboo armor is the largest.
By the way, at present, the Japanese islands have not obtained smelting technology from the Central Plains, and Japanese knives have not actually appeared. Like all civilizations, they mainly use war swords or weapons such as war knives, spears and spears.
"Long live the son of heaven!"
"Long live China!"
The battle cry of thousands of people, the "son of heaven" is not anyone on the Japanese islands, but Liu Yan who has not yet ascended the throne; The "heavenly Dynasty" they shouted was naturally the Han state as the suzerain state.
In other words, there is no emperor in the Japanese islands. At present, Daiwa is a country of the island countries, and there is only one king in the Japanese islands, and the rest are chiefs. The king was a Japanese king who was canonized by Cao Wei.
How Dahe on the Japanese islands became a nation is after Dahe successively defeated and annexed other countries. At the beginning, Dahe was a nation granted the title of "Japanese" by the Central Plains Dynasty. It was not renamed Japan until the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but it was not recognized by Yang Sui and Li Tang (Wuzhou). It was not recognized until the two Song dynasties.
The war number of slave Congjun was not required by the Han Army, but was seriously discussed and studied by various countries after the destruction of the three countries on the peninsula. Since then, it has been used as the war number of the Japanese island countries. Even in the event of civil war, the belligerents, both the enemy and ourselves, shouted so.
Thousands of Japanese people could shout neatly at the beginning. There must be chaos behind them. They rushed out over the stronghold.
Aptra was glad to see that the Han Army (slave Army) was going to attack and fight back. He held up his machete and shouted something. The Gupta archers began to shoot arrows.
The servant Congjun saw that the troops of the Gupta dynasty did not stop charging. Those with shields in their hands raised up, and the Japanese with armor protected the vital points and continued to charge.
The archers of the Gupta Dynasty basically use long bows, and the long bows are mainly bamboo bows. Because the bowstring loses tension in the water, the range of the launched arrows is far less than normal. Only a few fall on the servants in the charge, and most of them fall to the ground before they fly far.
Fu Congjun saw that only a few arrows launched by Gupta archers fell, most of them fell to the ground early. In an instant, there was a cry of "long live the son of heaven", and the morale improved a little.
"Kill three more, just three more!!!" Dog Lang, of course, is a Japanese. He is a servant of Kyushu state. He rushes into the army and Chants: "as long as I kill three more, I can become a Chinese!"
In the Han Dynasty, there are five heads to be turned over for accepting excellent Japanese people into Chinese nationality. If only one is needed for a Class A (officer), the Japanese who worship the kingdom of heaven are still very keen to become a "Chinese".
The Gupta landing forces found that their own long-range attack was weak, and they urgently wanted to gain a foothold in the beachhead position. They launched a counter charge under the personal leadership of aptra.
On the beach, the soldiers of two different camps soon collided with each other and fought hand to hand. Further back, the warships and boats of the Gupta Dynasty continued to send troops.
On the top of the mountain, Huan Wen saw that most of the fleet of the Gupta Dynasty were close to the coastline, raised his telescope and looked into the distance, saying, "it is agreed that the sky is full of smoke and fire, and they should be out immediately. Should they be here soon?"
Si Hongzhuang nodded silently. He also has a telescope to observe from a long distance. He has been watching the fierce battle between his seven warships and more than 50 Gupta ships. Only one of them is still flying his flag. In addition, the surviving damaged ships are combined with a group of unknown (Persian Sassanian) ships.
It took nearly three hours from the start of the war to the landing of the Gupta Dynasty. The Han Army fleet dominated by Li Mai and supplemented by Fu Wei was hidden around the islands (Andaman Islands). When they found that the military port had started the war, they immediately pulled out their anchors, but it took about four hours to reach the battlefield.
If the Gupta Dynasty doesn't land, Huanwen will be a little difficult. The problem is that once the Gupta Dynasty lands, once there are people on the land, Gupta won't be so decisive if he wants to retreat. Gupta's fleet enters the water stronghold independently, giving the Han Navy the opportunity to block and destroy.
"After this battle, the big man can stand firm here." Huan Wen didn't want this. His face was no longer expressionless, but ferocious: "the name of the great man has not been rumored outside the territory for a long time. So he used these enemy flags to make a positive momentum!"