The fierce artillery fire destroyed everything, causing the Mirage's troops to completely collapse. After three rounds of shelling, the battlefield became strangely quiet.
The commander of the 1st Battalion ordered a small number of troops to go out for reconnaissance, but they found nothing but corpses.
Dozens of Mirage prisoners were still kneeling on the beach, and subsequent landing troops continued to come ashore. Everything seemed to be back on track.
This mirage force that happened to appear near the landing point did not drive the Datang Group's landing force into the sea, it just delayed the process to some extent.
Soon, the commander of the 1st Regiment, as the supreme commander of the army, landed on the beach of Dongwan Island, accompanied by more than 100 other soldiers of the 1st Regiment.
With the arrival of the 1st Regiment Commander, the landing troops finally returned to their proper order, and the battle plan to expand the landing site finally began.
The 1st Battalion was assembled and began to search and advance in the direction where Mirage Takemoto's troops were defeated, and to expand the landing site southward.
The troops of the 3rd Battalion took over part of the original security troops of the 1st Battalion and were stationed in the north. They took over the ruins of the village and began to search and advance northward.
The unlucky 2nd Battalion continued to be unlucky. Due to lack of weapons, they were left on the beach as a reserve team to help the logistics force unload the materials and personnel transported by sea.
When the commander of the 2nd Battalion came ashore, his intestines were bruised. He was still thinking about destroying the enemy and making great achievements. As a result, his battalion became a logistics brigade and almost became a joke to the entire army.
Since the establishment of the Datang Group's security force, the first battalion-level unit to be defeated frontally... the 2nd Battalion was completely famous.
Although all three battalions are not fully organized, the basic combat effectiveness of the 1st and 3rd battalions has been restored, so the safety of both wings of the landing site is guaranteed.
Therefore, the commander of the 1st regiment focused his main energy on welcoming the subsequent landing troops. Because the connection between the coast and the fleet was established, the subsequent work went smoothly.
Dozens of landing boats finally brought more weapons and equipment to the shore in the chaos. Using such small boats, which have been used since the Middle Ages, to transport modern weapons and equipment, it has to be said that the landing of the Datang Group was also
Full of time-travel feelings.
At this time, the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion, the most fully organized, was almost full, and the 1st Company of the 3rd Battalion was almost full. The two companies moved forward along the road that could not be called a road from the south to the north, gradually expanding the landing site.
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There were no large forces of Mirage near them, so their advance was very easy.
In the afternoon, the follow-up troops of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company caught up with the troops who were setting up the defense line, allowing the 1st Battalion to maintain the basic strength of the two companies.
Because it carried a heavy machine gun, a car and a telegraph machine, the 1st Battalion established contact with the regiment headquarters, occupied the nearby high ground, and launched its own defense line.
The 3rd Battalion heading north also established defensive positions at the same time. At this time, the entire landing site was almost 10 kilometers deep and was no longer so vulnerable.
The engineers propped up several tents at the intersection of the beach and the shrubbery, and the headquarters of the 1st Regiment was temporarily set up in these tents.
The map was spread out in confusion on the ground, and there were also some captured documents and maps sent back by the troops scattered beside it.
Standing among these messy things, Captain 1 held his chin and looked down at the undetailed map of Dongwan Island, and finally determined the general direction of his location.
They landed from the south of Dongwan Island to the west, that is to say, they landed here from the sea outside Fengshun City.
The landing site was not far from Fengshun City, and this was also a temporary landing site they chose to make it easier to expand their results.
"According to the battle plan, our next step is to go south and capture Fengshun City..." The staff officer pointed to a mark on the map with a tree stick and said to the 1st regimental commander with his bare feet.
His shoes are still wet and are being left outside the tent to bask in the sun. Captain 1 is not doing well either. He is also barefoot and his shoes are soaked and left outside. In fact, the person who landed at this moment
All the troops were walking with wet shoes.
"How far are we from Fengshun City now?" Captain 1 asked, staring at the southernmost target of Dongwan Island.
"That's not clear. According to the map, it's probably between 60 kilometers and 140 kilometers..." The staff member regretfully gave a very vague figure.
"Can't you be more specific?" Leader 1 asked somewhat depressedly.
"We don't have an accurate map...it's hard to estimate." The staff officer shook his head helplessly.
When they came, they couldn't find any qualified maps, so they had to use ancient maps to make up the numbers. In fact, there are very few maps in the world that can meet the requirements of the Datang Group, so the Datang Group generally only uses its own maps.
Even Dorne, Sussus, and many armies, including Lions, are using Datang Group surveying maps that blur the accuracy.
Unfortunately, so far, Datang Group has only surveyed and mapped some areas, and these areas do not include the Zheng Kingdom and the Mirage Kingdom.
"It's difficult to draw up a battle plan. If it's 60 kilometers, I can have the 1st Battalion surprise Fengshun City now, and launch a general attack early tomorrow morning! But if it's more than 100 kilometers, I have to prepare it for two days, or
Three days of preparation for battle...the difference is huge." Commander 1 complained.
"I haven't found a local guide yet..." the staff officer explained in an extremely depressed tone: "The Mirage Kingdom's own maps are also inaccurate and basically unusable..."
He knew that the captured maps were actually relatively accurate military maps of the Mirage Kingdom, but these maps still did not meet the Datang Group's military map standards.
The documents discarded by the Mirage Kingdom actually have no practical significance. In an era when communication is inconvenient, it is indeed unlikely that a legion commander will obtain any vital information.
"Not a single guide was found?" The group leader raised his head and looked at the 2nd Battalion Commander who was standing aside, looking slightly embarrassed.
The 2nd Battalion Commander shook his head and replied: "We haven't found any locals yet. The villages have been destroyed by the war. We don't know where the locals have gone."
"I understand. You continue to let your people search... try to find the locals as soon as possible. With them acting as guides, the situation will be much better." The leader of the 1st regiment said while continuing to look down at the map.
The 2nd battalion commander really wanted to complain, make some excuses, and remind the regimental commander that his battalion was also capable of fighting.
But when the words came to his lips, he finally gave up. Those words of explanation, after a meaningful sigh, were reduced to a simple word: "Yes!"
