Become a feudal king from today

"Get on board, get on board..."

While the sailing battleship was preparing to bombard Niutou Beach, groups of royal soldiers boarded the troop transport.

Sixty large troop transport ships will be the main force for this river crossing, capable of landing 30,000 soldiers at a time.

In addition, there are the boats that Chang Wei collected from Jiangbei.

These small boats will be helmed by militiamen who are familiar with the operation of the boats, and together with the troop transport ships, they will transport the soldiers to the other side of the river.

Together with the troop transport ship, it can deliver about 50,000 people at a time.

At this moment, Zhao Xu and Chang Wei were standing at Baima Ferry, observing Niutou Beach with binoculars.

During this period, hot-air balloon soldiers continued to travel between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to conduct reconnaissance on Niutou Beach.

Arrive at White Horse Ferry by steamer.

The powerful troops continued to reinforce Niutoutan.

It turns out that there are only 20,000 mercenaries stationed here.

Now there are about 130,000 troops of the powerful tribe here, entering the trench fortifications of Niutoutan.

Unlike the previous fort groups, the forts at Niutoutan were combined with trenches, and there was a deep trench in front of the fort.

Zhao Xu didn't know whether this was because the powerful people had absorbed the experience of Jinhe's failure, or whether the generals from the West had given them guidance.

However, this does make it more difficult for them to attack.

But fortunately, Niutoutan is built along the river, which gives the sail warship convenient conditions for tilting its firepower.

Before crossing the river, he wanted to blow up Niutou Beach to pieces.

"Start the attack!" Zhao Xu gave the order as all six sail warships arrived at the designated positions.

This time, the sailing warship did not go to the center of the river to fire again.

The width of the Jiujiang River in this section of Jinling ranges from two kilometers to ten kilometers.

The section from Baima Ferry to Niutoutan is the narrowest, which is two kilometers.

With the range of the rifled gun, it can completely cover the entire Niutou Beach.

Therefore, the sail warship only needs to shoot along the north bank of the river, without going to the center of the river, so that it will not be bombarded by the opponent's artillery.

Nowadays, the shells of rifled guns are all explosive shells, and the rain of bullets will make the enemy very happy.

During World War I and World War II, warships in rivers or seas often provided artillery support to the army.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei said yes and immediately conveyed the order.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Not long after, a huge roar sounded.

Ripples appeared on the river, and the sailing warship swayed slightly as cannonballs flew towards Niutou Beach.

At the same time, Luther had been observing the movements at White Horse Ferry since the morning.

Seeing Yanzhou soldiers boarding the troop carrier and the sailing warship moving, he became nervous and ordered all the soldiers to enter the trench fortifications and the artillery to enter the fort.

It is different from the scrawled forts used by the powerful clansmen.

All the forts in Niutoutan were built with blue bricks to form a gun house, with only one muzzle left to aim at the river.

But even so, he was not satisfied.

There is no cement in Dasong Jiangnan. If it had this thing, it would be possible to build a stronger gun house.

"Climb down!"

While he was observing, he suddenly saw fire coming from the sailing warship. He was startled and gave an order loudly.

Niutou Beach is about ten kilometers wide, and his order can only cover a small area in front of him.

But before the war, he had already placed mercenaries in every corner of the battlefield to lead the Dasong clan army in the battle.

He believed that his veterans knew how to avoid shelling.

However, even though he was fully prepared, he was still frightened next.

After the fire, dense shells flew straight towards Niutou Beach.

Because the tidal flats are all slopes, they are lower near the river surface and higher upwards.

The opponent's shell hit the slope hard.

But that's not what scares Luther.

What really frightened him was that the shells that landed on the beach exploded instantly.

Huge flames rose up on the tidal flat, rolling up the moist river mud all over the sky.

There were soldiers in the trenches who were lifted up by the huge force, flew into the sky and then fell down, with blood pouring down like rain.

Luther's eyes widened, he was startled for a moment, and his back was soaked with cold sweat.

"Bolt, you bastard, you really arranged a good job for me this time." Luther scolded.

Originally, he thought that King Yan's army was at most more powerful than the natives of Dongtu.

One step further, on the same level as the British Army.

But this shelling immediately made him understand that the Yan army had mastered firearms technology that even the British army had not mastered.

So far, the British fleet has only fired solid ammunition.

Explosive ammunition is only used in low-pressure howitzers, and it is even less likely to be used in high-pressure naval guns.

While cursing, he was even more shocked at how King Yan's army achieved this.

However, the situation on the battlefield took a turn for the worse. He had no time to think about this and immediately lay down in the trench to avoid the shelling to avoid being blown up into the sky.

At this moment, White Horse Ferry.

The lens of the telescope in Zhao Xu's hand reflected a large fireball.

Satisfied with the effect of the bombardment, he lowered his binoculars.

Xu Lie then moved a chair over, and Zhao Xu sat down and looked across the river.

This is pre-war artillery coverage and will last for a while.

Chang Wei still refused to put down the telescope and grinned, "Your Highness, these sailing battleships are simply too powerful. Six sailing battleships are equivalent to a gun group. This time they have more than enough to bear."

Zhao Xu smiled and nodded, this was his confidence.

This was also the reason why he had the confidence to lead Dasong, the lonely blue dragon, to deal with the wolves.

"Then let the shells fly for a while. Didn't Liang Kai find mercenaries from the West? This time, I will let him know that it's useless to invite anyone." Zhao Xu said coldly.

Chang Wei heard this and laughed twice, echoing: "Then blow them up hard."

After that, the two looked at Niutou Beach together.

"Boom boom boom..." The first round of shelling ended, paused for a while, and the second round of shelling continued.

Balls of flames burst out on Niutou Beach.

Their artillery fire covered the entire Niutou Beach fortifications.

In the explosion of the shells, the blue brick turrets built by the powerful family were constantly destroyed.

When Zhao Xu and Chang Wei looked at the opposite side.

Luther was miserable, and the trenches were full of groans of injured soldiers.

These shells were powerful. If one fell into the trench, the soldiers within a range of 20 meters would be either dead or injured.

In one round of shelling, they suffered at least nearly a thousand casualties.

"General Luther, I think we should not continue to guard Niutou Beach. We should retreat to the trench fortifications outside the city. The warships of King Yan are too terrible." Wang Xie came to Luther in armor and crouched.

As he spoke, his body was shaking slightly.

This time he was really scared. These shells exploded above his head, just like standing under a big tree in a thunderstorm.

"No, when they cross the river, it is the best time to attack." Luther frowned.

Although the war was in a disadvantageous situation, he was not ready to give up.

After a pause, he continued: "You also said that King Yan's artillery can also fire explosive shells. What's the point of retreating to the second trench fortification? I can only assist you. In the end, if you want to agree to King Yan, you can only rely on yourself. Without the will to die, you might as well surrender to King Yan."

Wang Xie was speechless by Luther's words.

He punched the mud wall of the trench hard and turned back.

Gritting his teeth, he thought to himself that he had to fight this time.

It also made King Yan realize that not all the people in their powerful family were cowards.