Chapter 2190: Tough Battle

The navy of Cao’s House are very smart people. Naturally, they would not do such stupid things. Even if they are 10 meters away from you, your threat to us will be a little bigger. We can’t do such a thing I won’t do it, that’s why we will start attacking you when our artillery is at the maximum range. In fact, if we completely follow the range, it may be farther, but because it is so far, it is basically It is too difficult for the gunners of Cao's Commercial Company to lose the observation target. I don't know about things tens of kilometers away. If it is on the earth, this matter may not exist. The problem is, after all, there are many observation tools on the earth, but everything on this planet depends on your own eyes. If your eyes can't work, then this job may not be suitable for you That's right, the first round of shelling was just for measurement. The navy of the Western Empire is crying and running back at this time. They don't care what the above means. They have seen too many such things In the past, the people of Cao's House of Merchant were like this. After their side wolves are cured, the next round of shells will hit our own heads. This kind of thing is also very scary to us. , They don’t want to feed themselves fish. You must know that they also have some beliefs. Many people have also said that if they die and cannot rest in the ground, they will become pigs and dogs in their next life. How can a person want to be something like that, but you should know all this when you enter the water, run now? It may be a bit late, they will not let you go.

"Adjust the shooting angle, raise it two degrees, and adjust the brightness." Such a voice came from the observation position, and the gunners below were quickly correcting their own shooting elements. This angle is for the entire battleship. As I said, there are still some small things about my artillery position. It's up to these people to figure it out by themselves, but fortunately, if there are four people in a race, there can still be one person who calculates this thing specially, and they quickly calculate their own shooting elements. Because shooting at sea is different from shooting on land, the enemy will definitely move when shooting on land, but there is one thing that is different from here, that is, you can't move, but it's not like that at sea It's over, all things need to be calculated, just like now, not only have to adjust the shooting elements told to oneself above, but also need to consider the speed of the ship, although when attacking The speed of the fleet will be slower. But more or less will have some influence, but this is nothing to skilled gunners, because they are very good at calculating this matter, and many people also understand the matter in front of them very well. to say. They will do well in the immediate matter. The next round will be the end of the Western Empire Navy. The Navy of the Western Empire has no intention of fighting at this time. The admiral of the Navy saw these guys on the shore all busy. If he wanted to run back, his face would die of shame. Damn, how did he promise Prince Ding. Said that the navy must be fine this time, I really didn't expect that these bastards would not give themselves face so much one by one, and they would run back before they started fighting.

In fact, the construction of the navy is definitely not that simple. Warships are just one aspect, and the quality of the sailors is also very important, if there is no navy of Cao's firm. If the navies of these four empires were to be ranked in a ranking, the people of the Eastern Empire would definitely be at the top.

Because those sailors were all dawdling at sea in the past, but they just took merchant ships in the past, and they should be people from the Southern Empire next. Although the sea transportation in the Southern Empire is not very developed, the inland waterway transportation is pretty good. People who eat on the water will have some places in common. This is not so difficult for them. The biggest difficulty is the people from the Western Empire and the Northern Empire. People from these two empires really don’t know what to say about them. People from these two empires have never walked on the sea. Not many, the water is an unfamiliar place for them, and it is normal for their navy to have such a performance. Because the army has its own history, they are more or less They will all have a sense of honor, even if they know about the matter of sending them to death, they will go up there. After all, this matter is related to their own honor, and it may also be related to their family's honor, but the navy is not like that at all. It’s the same thing. People in the navy can be said to be everywhere. In the past, they were just ordinary people. They didn’t have any naval aristocrats at all, and they didn’t care about the so-called honor. Their salary of two taels of silver is enough to eat and drink for themselves, and they can't even manage their own family members, so why are they working so hard.

The name Admiral of the Navy is not bad, but this admiral is not even as good as the commander-in-chief of a province. Why? Isn't it because you are all sailors? Sailors have spent a lot of money. Look at your fleet, they are all well-prepared, but you can fight for the empire's face. Who knows that you don't have such ability at all, you people didn't get anything in the end, and in the end they drove you back, even if you all died a batch, at least you can let us You have seen that the people in your navy are bloody, right? But what have you done, this fucking army has never lost face like that, this face was given by others, and you made it yourself, if you want others to respect you, you have to see what you did first It’s all about something. When you were on the sea, you probably ran away because you were not very familiar with the sea, but here is in the inland river. These people basically belong to the people around the capital. You even own your own home. It's irrelevant, what can I expect you to do in the future, when Prince Ding was discussing with the master of military intelligence, the admiral of the Navy didn't even have a place to sit, in fact, if it wasn't for the sake of looking good, Prince Ding didn't even want to let this guy pass by It is indeed very uncomfortable for the soldiers to have such a thing, but if the navy is missing in the current military situation, it is really impossible to do things. It was for this reason that the admiral of the navy was not valued by people, and Prince Ding must have looked even more ugly now, and the admiral of the navy was pissed off by these guys. In fact, he didn't even think about it. If he was on the boat, he might run back. He was also afraid.

No matter what the people in the navy think, one thing is certain, that is, it is impossible for them to run now. The second batch of shells has already come, and the first one to come is the one who ran at the front. For the three ships on the Western Empire Navy's side, the twelve artillery shells were the main hits, and four of the twelve artillery shells finally hit them. The first shot hit the bow of a Western Empire Navy warship, and it was pierced directly from above. This shell went straight down and smashed two decks, and finally exploded near the waterline. , good fellow's words from a distance. It can be seen that there seems to be too much gas in the ship, and it immediately became fat. The final result is that wood chips are flying everywhere. At the end of the ship, there was nothing left. The second shell fired What arrived was the mast of a ship. I don't know how the cannon was fired, but it broke the mast with one shot. The mast fell down directly, because the ships on both sides were too close, and the mast also smashed a nearby ship. It seems that there are other special gains, and the person who fired the gun probably didn't expect it It will be the current result. In their opinion, it will be fine if they can destroy a ship. The third and fourth rounds hit a ship, and all of them exploded on the deck. The superstructure was basically gone. The people on this ship can only survive for three points at most. One, it still depends on your own luck. When the explosion happened just now, all the dozen or so people on board could be seen flying into the sky from here. If you are lucky, you may be able to survive if you fall into the water, but if you fall on the deck, you will definitely be thrown. dead.

The navy of Cao's House has seen the world. The second round of bombardment killed a total of 54 of their warships, severely damaged 12 ships, and slightly injured 18 ships. Originally, this was considered a victory, but in the eyes of these people , such a victory is insignificant at all, and there is no meaning to celebrate at all. These guys continue to lower their heads and do their own things, and they want to finish this base. Generally speaking, there are no shells at sea to adjust the coordinates , because it was in the river, so it became three shells, and now they don't have time to care whether they hit someone or not, what they have to do now is to quickly shoot the remaining two shells Hit it out, since it was able to hit the enemy at this position just now, it is estimated that there is no problem now, even if it hits those severely damaged ships, it is very good. After all, if they are all dragged back, they may After a period of maintenance, it may get better. It is absolutely impossible to let such a thing happen. As much as the vitality of the Western Empire can be killed now, they must be killed. This is also a pressure on the Western Empire, otherwise , they will never feel the pressure in the future, maybe the war will really continue, the people of Cao's House absolutely don't want such a thing to happen, what they hope is a quick solution, after all, there are too many things now Yes, the officers and soldiers of the navy also knew what their boss was thinking, and quickly adjusted their gun positions, and continued to attack. If one day when they first arrived, they would still need to worry about the giant crossbows and magic of the Western Empire Cannon, but basically there is no need to worry about these things today. In fact, none of these things are here.

"Hey, these damned bastards, I really didn't expect these people in the navy to be so useless. When I go back, I must report to the Holy Majesty. The navy can't do this in the future. It costs half the treasury. There is nothing left, is there just a little bit of wood left?" Prince Ding was very sad to see the navy's fiasco. The economy of the Western Empire has not been very good, and the military expenditure of the navy is hundreds of billions. In order to get the money out, His Majesty the Emperor was quite depressed and worried. He even auctioned off a few of his favorite gadgets, and only then did he get out the navy's military expenses. I really didn't expect that a face-to-face meeting means that hundreds of warships are gone. If calculated according to the price, this is more than one billion yuan, and the training of the people above is also a waste of a lot of money. Now if you know that they have the current ability, what a fart to train them, just let these bastards die, wasting so much food in the empire. In the end, the navy of Cao’s House was never hit at all. Let’s not talk about the gap with others, just say that everyone feels ashamed of your way of doing things. Although many people in this tent are from the army, they used to At that time, they were all in charge of the navy, and now they don’t talk anymore. Back then, they came up with the idea of ​​vigorously building the navy, not for anything else, but for themselves to get a little more money in the process. No such good words. It is estimated that none of them will do it. You must know that the construction of the navy is a huge benefit. As long as you are not a fool, you can get a lot of benefits. Everyone understands this very well. of.

"My lord. Now is not the time to talk about this matter. Even if those people in the navy are useless, don't they let the navy of the Cao's firm allocate a lot of troops now? What we need to do now is land. Things, you see, the more than 20,000 people in Cao's House have advanced about 4,000 meters, and they don't seem to have any intention of stopping. We should have a way, if what If there is no solution, our last days will be sad. They continue to advance to a distance of 1,500 meters. I guess their artillery can pose a threat to our city walls, although our speed of repairing the city walls is very fast. But for our sacred city, this is still a stain, it is better not to have this thing, or if His Majesty smells it, we will not be able to explain it." A general next to him hurried Said. Prince Ding took a look at this guy. At the beginning, this guy was clamoring to form a navy. This kid has a shipyard at home. With his ability, he has indeed taken over a lot of jobs. Eat less profit, saw that I was going to investigate this matter, and hurriedly said another thing that made me anxious, hoping to divert my attention, this kid can be said to have done a very good job Yes, if someone else said it, I might enter the palace immediately, but what this kid said is serious. The relationship between those people in the navy and these businessmen is certainly very annoying, but it is not the case now. It's time to pursue this matter. Didn't you see that the enemy is about to come up? Solving this is the most important thing.

Seeing Prince Ding looking at him was not very good. This guy immediately understood what was going on. Prince Ding must have thought that he had eaten a lot in the middle. In fact, they all understood that the navy must be To be established, besides, even if you don’t take this money yourself, others will definitely take it. The biggest money for this navy from its establishment to now is not in your own hands, but in the hands of the emperor and his father-in-law. In the country, Mr. Guozhang owns the largest shipyards in the empire. Everyone knows that the industry in the Western Empire has started very well. In the past, it could only manufacture some things for inland waterway transportation. Such a big ship is simply impossible. Only a few big nobles kept some of these things in their homes, but it is absolutely impossible for these people to take out the technology, so the empire can only go to them honestly. Just go and buy finished products. Frankly speaking, I made a lot of money, but we didn’t eat alone at the beginning. Didn’t your prince also accept my 5 million taels of silver? Thinking of this guy I don’t have that fear in my heart. Anyway, this matter is not my fault. If the empire is not satisfied with this matter, then I will check it out. I believe everyone will understand what is going on in the end. At that time, everyone stopped talking about this matter, and everyone is not a fool. Prince Ding seemed to have thought of this issue, and he did not continue to talk about this issue. In fact, he is the prince of an empire, and Belonging to the kind of prince with power, no one dares to keep his share. It must be reserved for this guy, and no one will foolishly eat his.

"Order the army to prepare for the next attack. This time we also changed our strategy and stopped attacking. As long as we hold this line for me, let them all listen to me. No one is allowed to take a step back. As long as If someone dares to back off. Kill them all, and drag everyone in the family to the slave camp. As long as they are killed by the empire, the empire will control everything for you. Up to your eighty-year-old mother , down to your five-year-old child, and let the archers be ready. Our bows and arrows are not as fast as theirs, but we have a lot of people. I don’t believe that their people are all made of stone. Even bows and arrows No one is afraid, there will be no such people at all, even if it is impossible for them, as long as their casualties increase, they will not attack again, they are different from us, Mu Lun Although the idiot of the general did a huge and stupid thing, we basically understand that the people in the Cao's House can't afford such a big loss. As long as there is such a big loss, they will definitely not If they die in battle, they will choose to submit, and this is what our empire wants." Prince Ding said with a sneer, and he didn't know whether this sneer was directed at the people from Cao's House or the general who spoke just now. Anyway, everyone felt the coldness on the prince's body. It’s just that they didn’t have any intention of talking. Now it’s different from before. The tactical purpose of the Western Empire can be said to be changing frequently. Just like now, it’s changed again. At the beginning, it wasn’t Let them log in directly. But it quickly turned into killing them, but now it has become unable to let them cross this line. I really don't know what the next one will be.

The soldiers below heard that there was no need to charge. It can be said that they were all very happy. The current situation was a dead end for them. Their people are charging, and the people of Cao's Commercial Bank are also charging. Both sides are attacking. At this time, the people of Cao's Commercial Bank will take advantage of it, because their weapons are much better than ours. , but it’s different now, the defense we need is enough, just defend on the line drawn by Prince Ding, anyway, we have enough people, as long as the people above die, we just go up there, in There are still a large number of archers from the Western Empire behind the position. All they have to do is to throw bows and arrows, plus a large number of war crossbows and catapults. Big one, it might be a very slow thing before the battle transition, but today the cavalry of the Western Empire heard that they don't have to ride fast horses to die, one by one ran back quickly, and they didn't all It's a fool, they all understand such things, running back quickly is what they have to do, if they continue to rush up, they may not even have the chance to come back, they remember everything just now very well Clearly, just look at those people in front of you and you will know what's going on. Those people's bodies are not very complete. If you want to connect them all, it is estimated that even the most patient people in the world can't do it. They saw the army of Cao's house advancing, and thought that the order would definitely let them continue to die. Didn't expect them to retreat, don't run quickly, wait to die? Will not.

The hoplites went up once in the previous charge, and their ending was very tragic. During the attacks of the serial crossbows and artillery of the Cao's House, they were a group of live targets, which can be said to be 300,000 The hoplites didn't help at all, but let the recruits of Cao's House practice their skills hard. In the end, these guys left very depressed one by one, but they were all very happy. Those who are clear about this matter, finally they all understand that sometimes things can’t be over if they think about it, and they don’t have the courage to think about it, mainly because they don’t have the brain. Now they are pulled up again, and many people I kind of want to be deserters. Their speed is very slow. Under the attack of Cao's house, the speed is even slower. This kind of thing makes them feel very uncomfortable. They don't want to be soldiers on the battlefield. It's cumbersome. They all want to show their usefulness, but they can't die. In fact, they are very embarrassed in their hearts. They are all uncomfortable in their hearts. Now they finally have this opportunity. , in fact, the biggest role of the heavy infantry is not to defend the position, they have to attack with the opponent's heavy infantry, but obviously they have no chance for such a thing, and now the main consideration for them to defend is also It's just that their "skin" is thicker. If it wasn't for this reason, they probably wouldn't use them. After they knew their responsibilities, they would go up. Anyway, in the army, they can't be the same as before. If you don't do it, the cavalry should take a rest for a while. After all, people are already exhausted and have suffered so many deaths and injuries.

The army of Cao's House of Merchant also changed their style of play. Li Cong had already seen the changes in the Western Empire first. If he followed the original method, his army would probably suffer heavy casualties. Even if the attack speed of your own army is relatively slow, there will be a certain amount of close combat at this speed. If the enemy is there and does not move at all, what should you do? Did you just fight them? Although the people from Cao's House have already issued hand crossbows, they are still not very good at things like melee combat. They can only stay away from such things. Now they are fighting one by one. This is not very serious. They saw reinforcements coming from behind them. This is the mortar unit. Li Cong concentrated about 400 mortars. Although there have been changes in one way or another, they will still be the same as before in the end. They all understand very well that the fierce battle in the future will definitely be inevitable, and they will all be injured. It has been a long time since the start of the attack, but their deaths are not even 10%. The next thing is definitely not something that can be changed now. Many people have seen the darkness in front of them. Isn’t that Something else, that was the hoplites of the Western Empire, chain crossbows could pierce their armor. You can kill them all, but there are also a large number of archers behind them. Those people don't just stand there and watch the scenery. , The attack power of Cao's House is very strong, but their defense power is not so good. Their military uniforms cannot withstand the attack of the enemy's bow and arrow, especially at high altitude.

Li Cong also knew that now is the beginning of the war. At this time, both sides will have large-scale casualties, especially the people of Cao's House of Commerce, who did not have such casualties before. Li Cong immediately asked the troops of the four regiments behind to go up. He knew that the four regiments in front could not persist for too long. Give the people of the Western Empire a lot of confidence. I don't want to see such a thing. I have worked hard to achieve this moment. I absolutely cannot let the people of the Western Empire win so easily. He absolutely can't do such a thing. The mortars have been transported up in the shortest time. They will definitely cause huge casualties to the archers of the Western Empire, but he also knows that the old guy Prince Ding It will definitely not let the archers of the Western Empire collapse. They will definitely have a large number of reserve soldiers. This is also the most depressing thing for the people in Cao's House. It's not their opponents, the main reason is that this place is too far away from the base camp of Cao's House, and those ammunition and other things can be carried on their own, but these people can't carry them on their own, and One problem is that it is also a problem to transport them back after being injured. They are already far away from the beachhead. At this time, Li Cong's choice is definitely not to retreat. He is letting his own people go up. It seems that he has to accept this. Well, there must have been tens of thousands of casualties today, but there must be results. This defense line of the Western Empire must be killed, and there will be more powerful attacks in the future, and it cannot be stopped.

The airship in the sky has already flown over, and they have also received orders to bomb with all their strength. In fact, it is still very difficult for the airship to resupply at this time. The bombs Li Cong put on the airship for them are basically It's all gone, and the beachhead is too small, and it's impossible to let the huge airship land, so they can only go to the ship to resupply, and each ship will resupply a little, and then fly over. This is also the reason why Li Cong wants to expand his land area, that is, to let these dozens of huge airships carry bombs to the past, which will be a huge trouble for the people of the Western Empire, not like it is now, just Wandering in the sky, they can't do much. People in the Western Empire are already used to airships flying over their heads, but nothing comes down, because there is nothing on it, and they want to keep throwing bomb? It's better to go home and dream, there won't be such a good thing, and you all understand it. Although it is said that expanding the beachhead may not necessarily win the war, Li Cong himself must know that the expansion of the beachhead will allow the airship to obtain large-scale supplies, which is very important for the capital of the entire Western Empire. It's a huge pressure. This kind of thing must be done by himself. Li Cong has already boarded the lookout point. He saw that the army of Cao's House of Commerce has already begun to attack the defensive positions of the Western Empire at this moment, and the densely packed bows and arrows in the sky have already come. Well, the infantry who passed behind all passed with huge shields. They all stared at the shields hoping to protect these bows and arrows, but they are not omnipotent. The team is moving, and they will have air strikes. There are dead people.

At this time, the Western Empire finally found a sense of combat. The people in Cao's House are also made of flesh, not of iron. I saw that their bows and arrows have achieved good results. Because of the relatively high terrain on their side, they will be very advantageous in the next attack. Just like now, their first attack of 50,000 archers brought 2,000 casualties to the people of Cao's House. This is because of the shields. If there were no shields, it is estimated that at least several Tens of thousands of casualties, but the people of Cao's House will definitely not just let you beat us like that, we all have our own methods. The mortars of Cao's House were firing vigorously. If the barrels were red, they would be thrown aside. Four hundred mortars made orange mushrooms bloom one after another on the opposite position. 50,000 archers After killing more than 8,500 people in Cao's House, all of them were defeated. Cao's House could also take this opportunity to advance about 150 meters, but at this time. Another phalanx of archers came running, and they quickly repeated everything just now. They didn't even look at the corpses under their feet, because they all knew very well that after a while they would be basically the same as the people below. same. They don't have any fear, and they all look the same as before. They all know what their mission is, but they are already victorious. Look at everything they have now and you will understand. It was exchanged for 50,000 people. The 8,500 people in Cao’s House have never seen such a ratio before. In fact, things like artillery are based on people’s fear. If they run around, they will naturally lose any fighting power. But now those people don't run away very much, this matter is not very good, they are all waiting in place, if they die, they will die, at least their family members are fine, but if they run away Now, the family members may be imprisoned. They can understand such things. Seeing these soldiers of the Western Empire who are not afraid of death, Li Cong also feels that things in the future may not be so easy to do. These guys Each of them is not very simple, it seems that I will encounter a very tough battle.

The first wave of people who participated in the attack had already lost more than 50% of their losses. None of these people understood why the people of the Western Empire suddenly became so powerful? If they were bombed by such artillery in the past, they probably would have gone somewhere long ago, but now they don't even have the intention of leaving, and they are still being themselves in place. As for the matter, the heavy infantry in front were all as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. They knew that today they were proud and elated, and they finally saw bows and arrows like rain. People also fell down in pieces. What the prince said was indeed correct. Some things should be fought in this way. Aren’t you people in Cao’s business firm awesome? Why is it not of much use at this time? Don't they end like this one by one? In the past, they all knew that the war was to go up to die by themselves, and no one would do such a war, but today is different, the enemy has casualties, and there is not much difference between them and themselves , at most it was seven times. In the past, it was more than ten times, at least it was ten times, and sometimes it might be more than twenty-five times. I understand, but sometimes they don't understand very well. Their eyes are full of fighting spirit when they see all this. After all, they are soldiers, so how can they be bloodless? When they see that they are about to win, they all It is such a vision, and each of them is like a beast.

It's bad, it's not good, Li Cong said in his heart, the last thing he wants to see is this kind of thing, the army of the Western Empire has become more and more willing to fight, if it continues, he may lose It is impossible to get anything if it is serious, but if I withdraw my troops at this time, I may fail to harvest, and the soldiers will not have such a strong fighting spirit in the future. At this time, Li Cong needs to do something, although he said this There will be a lot of casualties in the fortified battle, but this result can make the hearts of the large troops feel like a backbone. Such things make them all feel that their army is very powerful, although the Cao family used to The army of the firm is already very powerful, but they have never fought such a battle. At this time, Li Cong thought of standing on the highest point and said loudly, "Soldiers, the enemy in front of you is about to stop you! , Do they have such abilities? Whether it is the Eastern Empire, the Southern Empire, or the Western Empire in front of us, I can tell you that none of you are our opponents. The army of our Cao Family Firm was born to write history. It’s time for us to change history. I order that all the 11th and 12th divisions will be pressed. Our army is an army of steel. We must let everyone in the Western Empire see clearly that we are not only powerful when we face the weak, but when we face the strong. Zeqiang, this is the army of our Cao's House." Li Cong's voice quickly spread throughout the battlefield, and the people in front became more motivated to fight when they heard it, and the soldiers behind couldn't wait to rush up.