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It was not just the Shuhai that was surrounded. All eight warships that landed encountered similar situations. There was no other difference except the number of earth mounds.

The situation was already very obvious. The hole was less than 30 meters away from the warship. For the servants, they could cross it in a few steps. The noble army wanted to attack at close range!

However, such a distance was not conducive to the defenders to exert their firepower advantage. Air support was out of the question, and the mortar on the ridge of the ship was also difficult to play a role.

The earth mound arched higher and higher, and soon a huge insect head was exposed. However, this time the giant insect did not rush out at all, but quickly retracted underground, leaving only pits of different diameters on the ground.

Several thoughts flashed through Ye Han's mind in an instant, and he almost instinctively shouted: "Grenade--"

The paratroopers on each ship received the order and instinctively took off the grenades and threw them into the wide-open cave. Because they were too hasty and the distance was far, not many grenades were thrown into the cave, and most of them fell near the cave.

Then there were explosions inside and outside the cave. The actions of the paratroopers led the servant army. They took out the large grenades designed specifically for the servant army and threw them down from the warship like rain.

Ye Han was so angry that he jumped up and down. The ammunition reserves were limited, and the servant army dared to waste it and didn't look at the place before throwing it down!

The paratroopers who saw this scene stopped throwing immediately. I don't know who shouted in the public channel: "Explosive packs--" The clever paratroopers immediately ran to move the explosives.

As if knowing the thoughts of the defenders, the paratroopers who were moving the explosive packs just ran away, and the noble army in the cave suddenly jumped out with grenades like raindrops, and rushed out from all the caves at the same time. Only a few caves that happened to be in the grenades did not move.

The first batch of noble soldiers who rushed out were immediately hit head-on by grenades. None of them could escape the fate of death, but they blocked the shrapnel in the sky for the subsequent noble soldiers. The second batch of noble soldiers rushed to the ground smoothly before being blown down by grenades.

As if inspired by this scene, the third batch of noble soldiers rushing to the ground simply lifted up the bodies of their companions to block in front of them, and rushed up with meat shields.

The situation changed rapidly. Some of the defenders immediately picked up rifles and fired. Dense bullets fell from the sky, sweeping down the charging enemy from a high position, and the rest continued to throw grenades. The two firepowers worked together to sweep down the noble soldiers rushing to the ground.

The noble army was not to be outdone. The fourth batch of noble soldiers simply did not come out first. While the defenders were still cleaning up the remaining noble soldiers on the ground, they hid in the cave and fired at the defenders.

A series of silk lights suddenly appeared, knocking down the defenders from bottom to top.

The enemy's position was too low and too close. Whether throwing grenades or shooting, they had to lean out a little to see the target. The defenders paid a bloody price for this. The number of casualties in this wave of counterattacks by the noble army exceeded four digits.

However, the servant army, which had suffered a great loss, did not care about the casualties. They immediately pulled away their wounded companions and continued to fire. As a result, they were attacked by the noble army again, and suffered a large number of casualties.

The sudden huge casualties scared Ye Han. Fortunately, the casualties of the paratroopers were very small, but thinking about it carefully, he was scared for a while.

The counterattack of the noble army came suddenly, and the paratroopers on the ridge of the ship were also unprepared. However, the advantage of the paratroopers was that they were in a relatively high position and were much smaller than the servant army, so it was much more difficult to hit them than the servant army.

Therefore, most of the noble army aimed at the servant army, which was easier to hit, and there were very few noble army soldiers who stared at the paratroopers. This caused the servant army to suffer heavy casualties, but the paratroopers did not suffer many casualties.

But if it continues to develop like this, it will not take long for the limited servant army to be killed and wounded. By then, only seven battalions of paratroopers will not be able to defend this place.

Thinking of this, Ye Han quickly ordered: "Attention, all units, from now on, it is forbidden to shoot downwards. All servants retreat to the second line of defense. The artillery will fight on their own and provide fire support!"

The first line of defense is on the surface of the warship. Defending this line of defense will inevitably expose the enemy's sight.

The second line of defense is located inside the warship.

Making full use of the passages and cabins inside the warship, the distance from the first line of defense is between ten and thirty meters, which can effectively block the enemy who breaks through the first line of defense.

The servants who received the order quickly retreated and dispersed into the second line of defense at a very fast speed, without even bringing back the bodies of their companions.

In other words, the servants are not human armies, and they have no habit of collecting corpses at all.

Not only did the servants retreat, but the paratroopers on the ridge of the ship also retreated a distance and re-deployed defenses near the artillery vehicle.

The fierce blocking just ended hastily, and the nobles gathered underground gushed out of the ground like a fountain, jumping high and climbing onto the warship one by one.

However, there were only so many entrances to the interior of the warship. Many firing ports had been closed due to the retreat of the servants. After many noble soldiers rushed onto the warship, they could not find a way to enter the warship, so they could only gather in the passages deliberately left by the servants.

The noble soldiers who entered the warship first were immediately hit head-on by the defenders, but the noble soldiers behind them still ignored it and continued to rush into the warship on the bodies of their companions.

The defenders hiding behind the bunkers took advantage and fired at the enemy calmly, knocking down the enemies who rushed in one by one. After a while, the passages deliberately left were filled with the bodies of the noble soldiers.

The huge number of casualties soon made the noble soldiers learn their lesson. They no longer rushed into the warship desperately, but hid outside the entrance without showing their heads, only put their arms in to fire, and shot randomly with silk light.

Although the nobles who did this could not see the target and their arms were always hit by the servants, the flying silk light did cause casualties to the servants.

On one hand, they could not rush into the warship, and on the other hand, they kept rushing out of the cave. A large number of nobles soon gathered under the warship.

Ye Han, who was already full of anger, decisively ordered the artillery to open fire.

The paratroopers who were manning the guns had also been full of anger for a long time. After receiving the order, they fired without hesitation, and sprinkled the steel balls representing death on the swarming nobles.

The advantages of the mortar-howitzer were infinitely magnified at this time. The mortar mode could be used for close range shooting, and the howitzer mode could be used for long range shooting. Whether it was the own ship or the friendly ship, it was within the range of the shells, and no matter how to fight, there was always a suitable method.

However, artillery fire was not omnipotent, and shells could not destroy all enemies. In addition, the nobles kept coming out of the caves, and the limited shells could only be used at critical moments, rather than firing at will anytime and anywhere.

Over time, the noble army also summed up the rules of artillery bombardment. They no longer dared to rush to the ground in groups. Instead, they slowed down the speed of the assault and used the method of reducing the density of personnel to resist the artillery bombardment.