Chapter 1063: 1064 landing battle
Chapter 1063 1064 Landing Battle
"Boom!" On the beach, the Tang Empire's naval guns began to lay smoke bombs. For a moment, the air was filled with a choking smell, and the entire beach was shrouded in white smoke.
The goblin soldiers stationed in the trenches could not see anything. They could not see the situation on the sea, and they could not see whether anyone had landed ashore.
There was only the sound of constant explosions in my ears, and from time to time I could hear the roar of fighter jet engines. It was different from what they had expected: they seemed unable to take advantage of the Tang Empire troops to open fire and massacre them when they came ashore.
They couldn't see anyone at all, and they didn't know where to aim, so they could only wait stupidly, waiting for the enemy to rush to a distance they could see before firing.
Seeing the white mist filling the beach beneath their feet, the Mirage pilots became even more anxious: they were unable to prevent the opponent's fleet from launching a landing force, and even they no longer had the ability to protect themselves.
The Zero Fighters could only flee for their lives while being chased by the Pirate Fighters, while the Dragon-Slaying Bombers had already hastily dropped their bombs and returned, escaping.
"The other side used a lot of smoke bombs! We can't see clearly what's going on below us!" The Goblin Flight Captain of the Mirage Country reported over the radio while escaping in his own plane: "They don't know where the plane came from! There's nothing we can do about it. Attack their fleet!"
“Can you confirm the origin of the enemy aircraft? Can you confirm it?” In the headset, a question came from the ground control tower.
"I..." The Goblin flight captain who replied in the cockpit full of windows was only halfway through his words when a pirate fighter jet jumped in front of him from the flank, and the dense cannon shells directly shattered the Zero fighter jet. The cabin also shattered the goblin pilot inside into pieces.
The Zero fighter itself is notoriously weak in protection. The Corsair fighter jet modified by the Tang Empire used four 20 mm caliber cannons.
The power of this thing is quite terrifying. Whether it is attacking bombers like the Tulong or fighter jets like the Zero, two hits from the shells are enough to disintegrate them.
On the beach, amid the smoke, a landing craft rushed onto the beach. The hatch directly in front of it suddenly opened, and Marines holding weapons rushed out.
Although the cold sea water suddenly soaked their shoes, being able to go ashore in such good condition was much better than they expected.
These Marines, loaded with equipment, clumsily stepped on the sand, but not a single bullet came from the smoke in front of them.
"The first batch of Marines have come ashore! The shelling stops! The shelling stops!" On the radio, the commander in charge of coordination reminded the fleet again and again, so that the fleet's artillery began to extend deep into the enemy.
"There is no enemy attack! The troops are deploying!" On the landing craft that had started to reverse and prepare to return, the captain also grabbed the walkie-talkie and reported the situation loudly.
The soldiers on the second landing craft also dispersed, and everyone was running further away. At this time, the Mirage defenders finally spotted the figure and started shooting wildly.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" The sounds of machine guns and rifles merged together. The Datang Empire Marines who were just at the forefront of the advance were shot and fell, and the surrounding soldiers were also shot. Fall down.
"The enemy is firing! Directly ahead! Directly ahead!" He raised his weapon and pulled the trigger at the place where the fire was shining. The Marine Corps commander shouted loudly while firing back: "Fire! Fire! Suppress the enemy. Firepower!”
“Move! Move! Don’t stay where you are! Run!” Some officers waved their arms amid the enemy’s hail of bullets, encouraging their soldiers to find bunkers as quickly as possible: “Find bunkers! Pay attention to concealment!”
"Cover! Cover! Fire! Fire!" The captain on the landing craft shrank his head when he saw the tracer bullets coming, and shouted to the machine gunner next to him.
The machine gunner behind the shield immediately aimed in the direction of the bullet and pulled the trigger. The heavy machine gun spit out tongues of flame, and a series of tracer bullets rushed into the smoke.
Smoke grenades not only block the enemy's line of sight, but also block one's own line of sight: in this case, it is almost impossible to accurately suppress shooting.
To put it bluntly, this kind of covering fire is just to embolden one's own soldiers. As for what's the use... is there any use?
"Dang!" Just as the heavy machine gun on the landing craft kept roaring, a tracer bullet hit the shield, making everyone shrink their necks in fright.
"Damn it! Reverse! Get back to the sea!" The captain looked at the steaming crater on the shield and ordered loudly with lingering fear.
As he shouted, a huge black shadow passed by the landing craft. It was a 77 amphibious armored transport vehicle. Its tracks stirred in the seawater and mud, and its huge body swayed as it rushed onto the coast where gunshots were everywhere.
"Follow the armored vehicle! Use it as a cover!" The surrounding Marines seemed to have seen the savior, and quickly gathered around, following behind the armored vehicle, moving forward little by little. "Thud, tug, tug!" The heavy machine gun on the roof of the 77 armored vehicle with a shield also fired non-stop, covering the surrounding Marines as they moved forward.
With the cover of this thing, the soldiers were finally no longer running naked under the enemy's fire. They quickly continued to move forward, getting closer to the enemy's main line of defense.
However, just when the Tang Empire's landing force was overwhelming, a soldier was suddenly blown away by an explosion while running, and the remaining people had to stop immediately.
"Landmine! This is a minefield! Damn it!" A soldier knelt down on one knee and saw an exposed mine. He loudly reminded his companions to be careful: "There are mines on the beach!"
While he was shouting, another soldier stepped on a landmine and was blown away by the explosion. When he fell, only half of his body was left.
“Watch your step!” the Marine officer reminded his soldiers, but before he could finish his words, a passing bullet took away his head.
"Forward! Forward! Can't stop! Keep moving forward!" Seeing the heavy casualties of the troops, the Marine Corps officer commanding on the scene could not care less. He gave loud orders and led the troops to start to move forward.
From time to time, someone stepped on a mine and was blown away, but more soldiers rushed behind a rock and found a place to stay.
On the battlefield, smoke was still everywhere. A Type 77 amphibious armored vehicle had its tracks broken by a mine and could only stay in place to serve as a bunker.
The soldiers in the car had dismounted and dispersed, and more soldiers had piled up on the beach. At this time, Mirage's howitzer shells began to fall. After all, the opponent had precise coordinates, and the landing point of the shells was quite tricky.
Because the landing troops are too dense, any artillery landing point chosen by the opponent can cause a large number of casualties to the Tang Empire's landing troops.
For a time, the beach was covered with blood, and the corpses of soldiers from the Tang Empire were everywhere. The soldiers who came ashore later could even use the corpses as bunkers. Many corpses that died in the sea were pushed ashore by the sea water, and they were piled up in a scary straight line.
“RPG!” finally approached the enemy’s position, and the Marines of the Tang Empire also launched a counterattack. They found a good angle and fired a rocket at a bunker with a vague muzzle flashing.
“Boom!” The rocket hit the bunker, but it seemed to have no effect. The commander retracted his head and shouted to the shooter who was loading the second rocket: "One more! Kill those sons of bitches!"
"Yes! Sir!" The shooter who had loaded the rocket leaned out and fired a second rocket at the machine gun bunker. Watching the rocket flying towards the target with a long tail of smoke, there was an explosion immediately after.
"Group 2! Cover me! Group 3! Prepare explosives for blasting! Advance alternately! Up!" Seeing that the vague machine gun bunker in the distance seemed to be motionless, the Marine officer leading the team waved his palm forward. He took the lead and rushed out.
They bypassed the reef and started strafing at the trenches where Mirage soldiers were stationed on the side of the reef. Three groups of soldiers pushed the detonators directly into the barbed wire fence, and then everyone retreated behind the rocks.
The earth-shaking explosion came a few seconds later, and everyone's ears were buzzing. Shaking off the gravel from the helmet on his head, the Marine officer rushed into the smoke that had not completely dissipated with an assault rifle.
His soldiers followed him, stepping on the shallow pits blasted by the detonators, crossing the broken barbed wire, and rushed into the goblin trenches that were full of casualties.
“Tu tu tu tu tu!” Without any shouting or scolding, the Tang army picked up their weapons and started firing mercilessly.
Some soldiers took out grenades and opened the safety cover and threw them out, setting off explosions in the distance; others charged forward along the trenches and kept firing at the goblins in the trenches.
They changed magazines skillfully, and some simply pulled out the pistols from their waists and continued to fire. The goblins in the trenches fell on their backs. With only Cyric Type 1 rifles in their hands, they had no power to fight back.
At this time, the situation on the beach also changed dramatically, and the slower 63 amphibious tank appeared. They have larger-caliber artillery and can suppress some enemy positions at very close ranges.
More and more soldiers of the Tang Empire rushed into the trenches of the Mirage Army, and the firepower of the Mirage Army, which relied on strong defenses to resist, became increasingly weaker.
"Hello? Hello!" In an underground bunker, the Mirage officer responsible for commanding the Mirage Coast Defense Force grabbed the phone receiver and begged Mirage Wu Zhong helplessly: "If reinforcements don't come, we won't be able to withstand it! Hello? General? Hey! Reinforcement!"
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Two updates today and more updates tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)