The landing force is fragile and chaotic. It is not easy to deliver soldiers to the beach in an organized manner.
The rising and falling tide of the sea water can easily affect the speed of the landing craft, and the Datang Group forcibly launched this military operation without even investigating the local hydrological conditions.
Frankly speaking, this was a military adventure, and it would not be a surprise if it failed. The battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment was almost crying because of the troops who had already landed.
At least half of the landing troops of the 2nd Battalion did not carry their own weapons, a few had pistols, and some carried multi-purpose daggers.
They had no helmets or backpacks. They were just people ashore, without any fighting ability at all.
The only thing these soldiers can do now is to stay on the beach and help pull the subsequent troops and equipment from the sea to the shore with bare feet.
The situation of the 3rd Battalion is slightly better, but due to the distance, there are only a few people ashore, only a few dozen.
Therefore, until 2 hours after the landing started, the 1st Battalion was still the main force ashore, and the number of landing personnel only increased to about 400.
Finally, with great difficulty, a transport ship loaded with artillery shells arrived at the beach, and the soldiers worked hard to get the cannon shells onto the beach.
In order to facilitate transportation, these artillery shells are packaged in sets of two, using a hollow design with a large space, and are also coated with rubber seals on the outside.
This allows soldiers to use buoyancy to carry these boxes ashore, which is a small detail that was considered in advance.
It's a pity that this design is only used on artillery shells, because it is easier to produce the packaging boxes for the artillery shells and only needs slight adjustments.
At this moment, the general situation of the landing force is as follows: more than 100 soldiers are crowding on the beach, desperately trying to get the equipment from the sea to the shore.
In addition, there are more than 100 people who are looking for their own structures, organizing their equipment and pouring gravel from their shoes.
Therefore, after all calculations, the 1st Battalion Commander had less than one company of combat troops, and the soldiers in this company came from the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions respectively...
The entire unit only had one functional machine gun, and it had just been carried to a small high ground on the edge of the beach, and a simple defensive position was set up under the cover of bushes.
On both sides of this position, there are temporary cover positions set up by a dozen soldiers. This is the only defensive deployment of the entire landing force now.
"Let the troops of the 1st company find a way to establish positions on the flanks! Set up defenses along the road just now..." Because there is no intelligence support from the reconnaissance force, the 1st Battalion Commander does not know the direction in which the enemy may attack, so he can only
Deploy the few troops you have in a dispersed manner.
"Yes!" The squad leader who came back with the 1st Battalion Commander and discovered the ruins immediately went to convey the order.
"If possible, send someone to control the ruins of the village and check..." Before the squad leader could walk away, the 1st Battalion Commander added another order.
"Yes!" The squad leader nodded again, holding his weapon and striding towards the distant troops.
Ten minutes later, more than fifty soldiers left the beach and moved toward the road and village ruins.
Looking at the gradually improving defense line, the 1st Battalion Commander was somewhat relieved. As more and more troops came ashore, the combat power available to him became stronger and stronger.
This was a good start. The enemy did not appear at the most chaotic time when the troops had just landed, which at least allowed them to gain a firm foothold on the beach.
Even the 1st Battalion Commander now began to imagine that the enemy had not discovered this landing force at all, and the counterattack would probably come in a few days.
By that time, his troops had been assembled, rested, and regained their combat effectiveness. If this was the case, he would still have the confidence to fight even if he faced an opponent ten times stronger.
Just when the 1st Battalion Commander imagined that everything was going well, something bad happened suddenly.
On the other side of the landing site, a group of short soldiers suddenly burst out of the bushes, shouting crazily, raising their guns and shooting.
The security force soldiers of the Datang Group who were sitting on the beach and pouring sand out of their boots were startled by this sudden change. Some people did not even have time to put on their shoes before they turned over and lay down next to their boots.
The soldiers gathered in this direction happened to be soldiers from the 2nd Battalion who did not have many weapons and equipment. Only a few soldiers pulled out the revolvers on their waists and fired back.
The two sides suddenly started fighting. The goblin dwarfs, armed with flintlock rifles that had long been behind the times, tried to rely on fierce charges to drive the enemies still crowded on the beach into the sea.
If the flintlock guns are not fired in formation, the hit rate is pitifully low. Therefore, the first round of shooting by these goblins did not actually cause a large number of casualties to the soldiers of the Datang Group.
There was only one soldier from the Datang Group who tried to use the toilet at the edge of the landing site. Because he was too close to the enemy, he was hit by a bullet and fell in a pool of blood.
Then, this group of goblin soldiers from the Mirage Kingdom were taught how to behave by the Datang Group's S2 revolver and S3 semi-automatic pistol.
The dense sound of gunfire echoed on the beach, accompanied by the sound of the waves, allowing the goblin soldiers who tried to rush over to fight hand-to-hand to understand what despair meant. The other party was obviously confused, because this was completely different from what they had imagined.
However, the brave Mirage soldiers still rushed out of the bushes in a steady stream, desperately trying to approach the scattered landing site of the Datang Group's landing soldiers.
It seems that the other party thinks that as long as they get entangled together, they can completely annihilate the enemies on the beach with hand-to-hand combat.
"Retreat! Retreat!" An officer of the 2nd Battalion, who had used up all the bullets in his pistol, waved his hand to signal his troops to retreat, while regretting why he didn't bring his Thompson submachine gun.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The unlucky 2nd Battalion who left all their weapons on the ship regretted the same thing while retreating.
If they have weapons, even if they only have K3 rifles, they can let the other party know what strong firepower means... But now, they don't even have helmets...
Just when the goblins were about to rush into the landing site and approach the defeated officers and soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, the sound of heavenly sounds began.
The only Maxim machine gun flanking the landing site began to roar, and the continuous gunfire suddenly stunned the densely packed goblin troops.
In just one breath, seven or eight people fell down as the goblins attacked the side of the army on the beach. Before the remaining people could figure out where the enemy was, another four or five fell down.
"Thud, tug, tug!" As if they would never tire, the Maxim machine guns continued to fire, and the goblin soldiers who had no idea what was going on fell to the ground one after another.
The goblin soldiers, who finally found their target by the muzzle flash, began to change direction again and rushed towards the exposed machine gun position. As a result, they regretted their charge.
The firepower here was more than twice that of the seemingly outnumbered 2nd Battalion's defeated troops. A Maxim heavy machine gun was firing continuously, and the firepower of the two Thompson submachine guns on the flanks was absolutely terrifying.
Hundreds of goblin soldiers had already fallen in the middle of the charge before they even got close to the machine gun position. The remaining goblin soldiers turned around and ran away, trying their best to get back into the bushes behind them.
On the beach, a small number of soldiers from the 3rd Battalion landed to reinforce the 2nd Battalion. They were all armed. In such an open terrain, facing a group of goblin soldiers who had already fired all the bullets in the flintlock barrels, the 3rd Battalion The firepower instantly overwhelmed the opponent.
"Thud, tug, tug!" The machine guns on the flanks were still roaring, and countless goblin soldiers fell on the beach.
The battle lasted for more than ten minutes, with at least 200 goblin corpses spread out near the beach. Then, seemingly realizing that they could not win, these goblins began to retreat desperately.
The goblins who had no time to retreat surrendered with their hands and knees raised high, and some were mowed down by bullets before they could surrender. The gunfire gradually stopped. The sea breeze blew away the smell of sulfur that filled the beach, and the white smoke emitted by the flintlock guns also followed the wind. Floating far away.
The 2nd Battalion still hasn't figured out how the goblins who overwhelmed them got close, but now they completely regret not bringing weapons ashore.
When the commander of the 1st Battalion rushed over to check the situation, the battle was over. The 3rd Battalion took over the 2nd Battalion's defense line, and several soldiers were counting the bodies on the ground.
In the battle just now, two soldiers of the 2nd Battalion were killed. One was accidentally attacked while going to the toilet, and the other was unlucky enough to be hit in the chest by a bullet from a flintlock rifle that was almost impossible to hit.
If this was a failure, the price would be too small. But if this was a victory, the 1st Battalion Commander felt like he was holding back a sigh of relief.
He stepped on the gravel step by step and walked up to the prisoners who were under guard. Looking down at these short guys who were only about 1.5 meters tall, he felt extremely irritated.
Although the dwarves are only about 1.5 meters tall, and most are only 1.4 meters tall, the dwarves are obviously much stronger than the goblins in front of them.
At this time, these pointy-eared, short, thin, green-skinned, ugly goblins seemed to have finally figured out one thing - these landing enemies did not seem to be Zheng's army...
"How did you discover us and deploy here in advance?" The 1st Battalion Commander frowned and asked the question that interested him the most.
A goblin wearing an officer's uniform stared at the 1st Battalion Commander. Instead of answering the question, he shouted and asked: "Who are you and why do you want to enter the territory of my mirage country?"
"The territory of the Mirage Kingdom? Isn't this the Dongwan Island of the Zheng Kingdom?" The 1st Battalion Commander sneered, and then repeated his question: "How did you discover us and deploy here in advance?"
