Zampt Warren was somewhat hesitant to get the order to land in the rear, although his leading fleet did not sink many ships, but there was more or less attrition, and then at the beginning, the bed crossbow coverage of the Han army was quite accurate, and a considerable number of warships were damaged, and the most important thing was that the formation was full of combat ships, and did not carry landing soldiers. \ "Let's land."
Zampt Warren had no choice on the premise of not disobeying the military order: "Let the ships with the most damaged hulls rush to the beach." ” The place chosen by the Pingman Captain is a natural harbor, but it must be said that the deep water area directly approaching the coastline is not large, and most places in the water village still have beaches.
The water village was originally a ferry port that extended to the coast, but was it not burned by the fire, and Zamp Warren hesitated to land, or he learned that everything that should be burned in the water village was burned down.
On the other hand, he could guess that the Han army was deliberately doing this, and he was also convinced that the Han army was touched by a surprise attack, and the burning of the ferry port would create a landing problem for the Gupta fleet The Han army on the coastline began to launch various long-range attack weapons, and for a while, the sky once again staged a "meteor shower", that is, every few breaths were covered by an arrow array, and under the large area of rockets, not only Zampt Warren's warship formation was full of burning arrows, but the sea was also full of arrows.
In that raining of rockets, twenty or so Gupta warships rushed to the beachhead at a decisive speed, and the bottom of the ships touched the seabed with a loud sound, followed by a series of tooth-sore grinding sounds, and it was not long before the ships were thrown off one by one, and the Gupta soldiers used the rope nooses to slide down from the sides of the ships, and some soldiers were repeatedly hit by arrows and screamed or muffled.
More Gupta warships in the rear are lowering small boats, each one is to carry soldiers, and then shouting the sound of trumpets and rowing oars to the shore to push hard, they will also let the soldiers with shields in front of the shield wall to prevent arrows, but in fact, the shield wall can also shelter the people in front, and the people behind should ask for more blessings.
On the top of the mountain, Huan Wen has always been expressionless, the order he just gave is not to let the Gupta Dynasty land too easily, and the major damage that should be given must be done, otherwise being landed too easily will not only show the incompetence of the Han army, but also make the enemy detect the clues of the trap.
Speaking of arranging the arrow array, the Central Plains Dynasty, a civilization that relies on infantry as the main force most of the time, relies on the sharpness of the bow and crossbow against the nomads, and the use of the arrow array has long been engraved into the bones of the civilized army after a long confrontation with the nomads.
Nearly 80,000 horses were stationed at this base of the Pingban Captain's Department, and in addition to the soldiers of the two standing armies, there were 40,000 servant troops from the Japanese countries, and the rest were the permanent personnel belonging to the Pingban Captain's Department.
The standing army of the Han State is only 15,000 people, and the establishment is very detailed, such as three divisions, each division will have at least one bow and crossbow in the five songs, and the rest is the melee arms, and the melee arms are divided into many kinds of infantry, except for 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 war horses.
The two standing armies in the Southern Expeditionary Force were both infantry corps, and it took more than 500 transport ships to transport them to the Pingman Colonel's headquarters with their men and auxiliary materials, and if the cavalry army needed at least seven times as many transport ships, after all, the cavalry army also had a large number of war horses in addition to men and equipment.
The archers and crossbowmen of the two standing armies, plus the crossbowmen of the Pingban Captain's Department itself, and the archers of the servant armies of the Japanese nations, rarely knew what the plans were above, and they were all full of strength to annihilate the invading enemy on the beachhead.
Under their ferocity, the frequency of firing increased somewhat, and the arrows aimed at the beachhead covered quickly and quickly, so that none of the invading enemies approached the land fortress.
"Completely suppressed" Zampt Warren has eyes to see, and his own soldiers can't be said to be brave, but flesh and blood are covered by dense arrows, and it really doesn't have the courage to avoid being shot by arrows.
He also observed that the Han army's arrow array was very particular, in addition to the direct flight of the fire, there were also projectiles falling from the top of the head, so that people could not take care of the front and not the top of the head, naturally there were heavy casualties.
Fortunately for the Gupta Dynasty, it may be that the bed crossbows of the Han army were all destroyed in the water wall, and at least the bed crossbows were not fired on the shore, so that the warships could be close enough to the coastline.
"Stop delegating warriors."
Zampt Warren's heart was dripping blood, they were not the army, and the people who were sent to be shot were all seamen who served on the warship, and the loss was really not worth it.
He yelled: "Request evacuation to the rear" There are people dying on the battlefield all the time, not only the beach-rushing troops are dying, but the warships are also killed and injured because they are repeatedly covered with arrows, Zampt Warren brought their family's troops, if they can rush up and have many casualties, it is worth it, and Katruk Karp will definitely compensate later, but if they can't rush to increase the casualties, they will have no credit at all, and they will be compensated, but the compensation after the meritorious service is not the same level.
"Let them get down."
Katruk Karp quickly agreed to Zampt Warren's request.
He was in the position just now and could see the battle situation, and it was enough to know that Zampt Warren was really working hard, not cheating.
He waved his hand: "Order Aptra to join the battle" Aputra is very inclined to women in the naming of Asan, but the Aputra in Katruk Karp's mouth is actually a strong black man, and he is also the captain of the guard of his family, and he is his right-hand man on this expedition.
Aptra's ancestors came from Africa, they were captured by the Romans and sold to Ah San through trade, from his grandfather who became a slave warrior of the Cap family to his father's generation who became the captain of the guard.
Because he is a slave, Aputra only has a first name and no surname, not only will he be a slave, but if there is no change, his children and grandchildren will be slaves.
There are many kinds of slaves, and in fact slaves have a higher social status than untouchables.
For example, a slave like Aptra, who can become the captain of a family guard, has some degree of power higher than Kshatriya, but the status level is definitely not comparable to Kshatriya.
In addition to their own excellence, their power is more trusted and appreciated by their masters.
A formation of civilian ships under the leadership of Aptra began to rush forward, and they all braved a dense network of arrows to reach the beachhead, and each ship would throw down its rope nooses for people to disembark, but these ships would also lift off the planks and touch the ground, and some soldiers who thought they were good would simply jump off the boat.
Under the cover of the arrow array, the Gupta landing force approaching the beachhead was not much better than its comrades a little earlier, and everywhere you could see people who had fallen to the ground, so that more corpses were added to the beachhead, and the red blood left by the corpses collected and flowed to the sea, staining the beachhead red.
"Organize the shield wall cover" Aptra was wearing chain mail, holding a shield in one hand and a large scimitar in the other, and his face was full of hideous yelling: "Don't run around, use the shield wall to cover the ship" Ah San's degree of civilization is really not bad, and then the Gupta Dynasty has many civilizations in contact with because of the prosperity of maritime trade, and there are too many choices for the styles on the armor, and the metal armor is more commonly used in plate mail and chain mail, but the vast majority of Ah San prefers chain mail The slanted planks of the ship reached straight to the ground, which was of course to prepare for the landing in advance, and also to allow Gupta to organize the shield wall from the warship to the land.
Maybe it was the Gupta Dynasty's landing force shield wall tactics that took effect, or it could be that the arrow replenishment speed on the Han side 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.
Huan Wen, who was on the top of the mountain, put down the binoculars in his hand and ordered the herald next to him: "Order the servant army to attack." ” The Han army had a well-established means of long-range communication, which could be to communicate in flag language or to rely on the rhythm of war drums or horns to give orders, and Huan Wen's orders were quickly carried out.
Before the servant army of the Japanese countries went into battle, the bow and crossbow troops that organized the arrow array naturally had to move out of the way, which caused the strength of the arrow array to be covered by the arrow array.
The servant army from the Japanese Islands, they are not qualified to wear the robes of the Han army, they will have their own colors of robes because of the different nobles they belong to, and some of the armor on their bodies come from the three countries of the peninsula, and some are carried from their hometowns, which looks like they are also varied, and the number of bamboo armor is the largest.
By the way, the current Wa Islands have not yet obtained smelting technology from the Central Plains, and the Wa sword has not actually appeared, and like other civilizations, it mainly uses war swords or weapons such as war swords, spears, and spears.
"Long live the Son of Heaven" "Long Live the Celestial Empire" Thousands of people shouted out the battle cry, that "Son of Heaven" is not anyone on the Wa Islands, it is Liu Yan who has not yet ascended the throne; The "Celestial Empire" they shouted about was naturally the Han State, which was the suzerain.
Having said that, there is no Emperor of Heaven in the Wa Islands now, and Yamato is currently a country as an archipelago nation, and there is only one Wa Archipelago who can be called a king, and the rest are chieftains.
That king was the Wa King who was canonized by Cao Wei.
How did Yamato become a nation on the Wajijima Islands was after the Yamato Kingdom defeated and annexed the rest of the countries one after another.
At the beginning, the nation of Yamato was a continuation of the Central Plains Dynasty's canonization of the country name "倭", and it was not until the Sui and Tang dynasties that it was renamed Japan, but it was not recognized by Yang Sui and Li Tang Wuzhou, and it was not until the two Song Dynasty that its country name was recognized.
The battle call of the servant army was not required by the Han army, but after the destruction of the three countries on the peninsula, it was solemnly discussed and studied by each country, and since then it has been used as the battle call of the countries of the Japanese archipelago, even if there is a civil war, the belligerents will shout like this regardless of whether they are friends or enemies.
Thousands of Japanese people could still shout neatly at first, but there must have been chaos behind, and they rushed out over the fortress.
Aptra was pleased to see that the Han servants were about to charge back, and he raised his scimitar and shouted something, and the Gupta archers began to shoot arrows.
Seeing that the Gupta army's arrows did not stop charging, the servants raised their shields in their hands, and the armored Japanese continued to charge with the protection of the vital points.
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The archers of the Gupta Dynasty basically used longbows, and the longbows were mainly bamboo bows, because the bowstring lost tension when it was drenched in water, and the range of the arrows fired was far less than normal.
The servants saw that only a few of the arrows fired by the Gupta archers fell, and most of them fell to the ground early, and in an instant, there was a shout of "Long live the Son of Heaven", and the morale instantly increased a little.
"Kill three more, just kill three more" Inurou, of course, is a Japanese man, a servant of the Kyushu State, and he recited the words while rushing: "As long as I kill three more, I can also become a member of the Celestial Empire" The Han Kingdom has a matter of accepting outstanding Japanese people into Han nationality, and a total of five heads must be handed over, and if only one is needed by a non-commissioned officer, the Japanese people who worship the Heavenly Dynasty are still very keen to become a "Shangguo person".
The Gupta landing force, finding itself weak in long-range attacks and desperate to gain a foothold on the beachhead, launched a counter-charge under the personal leadership of Aptra.
On the beachhead, soldiers from two different camps soon collided with each other and engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and further behind the row were a steady stream of Gupta warships and boats throwing troops.
On the top of the mountain, Huan Wen saw that most of the Gupta Dynasty's fleets were close to the coastline, raised his binoculars and looked into the distance, and said: "The agreement is that the sky is filled with smoke and fire, and they should be there soon."
Si Hongzhuang nodded silently.
He was also able to observe from a distance with a telescope, and what he had been watching was the fierce battle between his seven warships and Gupta or fifty or so, and only one of them was still flying his flag, and the other surviving wrecked ships were in the same place with a group of unknown Persian Sassanid ships.
From the beginning of the war to the Gupta Dynasty's landing, it took nearly three hours, Li Mai as the main and Fu Wei as the auxiliary, the Han fleet was hidden around the Andaman Islands, and they found that the military port had started the war and immediately pulled out the anchor and dispatched, but it took about four hours to reach the battlefield.
If the Gupta Dynasty does not land, Huan Wen is really a little difficult to do, the problem is that the Gupta Dynasty has landed, once there are people on land, Gupta will not be so decisive if he wants to retreat, and Gupta fleet has entered the range of the water village on its own, giving the Han Navy a chance to block and annihilate.
"After this battle, the Great Han can gain a foothold here."
Huan Wen didn't want that, his face was finally no longer expressionless, but replaced with a hideous look: "The name of the Great Han has not been rumored outside the territory for a long time."
With these enemy flags, in order to correct the momentum":