A loud roar sounded next to U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Amor. Amor followed the sound and his eyes widened suddenly because he saw a figure rushing over quickly.
"Snapped,."
With a muffled sound, the soldier threw Amor to the ground.
At the same time, three meters in front of the fortifications, a cannonball hit the ground.
"boom,."
In an instant, countless pieces of soil splashed in the air, and then splashed down.
Amor raised his head, pushed away the soldiers pressing him, stood up, pointed at the warships on the sea, and said loudly: "Aim at the warships on the sea and fire. This time, we fought with Li Zhen and won." In this battle, everyone will be rewarded, and they can even find beautiful women on the island as women. Anyone who wants to win, who wants to be promoted and make a fortune, will open fire on me."
"Boom, boom,,."
Continuous artillery fire sounded, and Amor's army began to launch a counterattack.
The cannonballs flew out one after another and flew towards the sea. The two sides engaged in a firefight. The soldiers operating the battleship under Li Zhen were well prepared, so they did not panic and safely avoided the cannonballs. At the same time, the soldiers loading the cannonballs on the ship The soldiers aimed at the US artillery position on the port and fired hard attacks.
"Rumble,,."
The sound of explosion was deafening.
At this moment, the port was already a sea of fire.
Amor stood in the trench, already feeling the ground shaking, feeling that his eardrums were being irritated, and it was very uncomfortable. Especially when Amor saw that the firepower of his artillery was gradually suppressed, he felt even more sad. The situation became tense, because the two sides were attacking each other with artillery fire. Whoever had slightly lower artillery power would be completely suppressed.
Gradually, I didn't even have the strength to fight back.
"Lieutenant Colonel, it's no longer possible. The position is under bombardment. We can't retaliate with artillery." The person in charge of the artillery ran to Amor with a worried look on his face. Under the continuous splash of sand and sand, the face of the person reporting the report It was full of gravel, dirty, and very embarrassed.
A'mor took advantage of Lian and said in a deep voice: "Withstand it, you must resist it."
At this moment, Amor still didn't want to retreat.
Because once he leads his soldiers to retreat, it means that Li Zhen's army will land ashore, and then it will fall into the previous situation of fighting with Qi Zhenhai's army, and it will evolve into a land battle.
This time, Amor did not want Li Zhen's troops to land and wanted to defend the port.
"boom,."
A cannonball flew over and landed at the position of the cannon, causing the cannon to fly out. At the same time, the cannonball next to it also exploded, making a rumbling sound, and the soldiers controlling the cannon and the soldiers loading the cannonball were all Blast to death.
When Amor saw this, his heart ached.
However, this kind of thing did not end. The cannons flying from the sea seemed to have eyes, targeting the firing position on the shore to attack, blowing up the US military forts one after another, so that Amor's artillery was almost blown up. They were all paralyzed and failed to pose any threat to Li Zhen's battleships.
"Lieutenant Colonel, the position is lost and the artillery is completely useless. Do you still want to hold on?" A soldier ran over and asked eagerly.
Amor took a deep breath and said: "Stay steady, hold on, you must bear it."
At this moment, the only thing Amor could do was to persist.
"call out,."
While he was talking, a cannonball flew over again. This cannonball no longer flew towards the position where the fort was located, but fell towards the trench where the army soldiers were hiding.
"Get down quickly."
At this time, Amor could not remain calm. He roared and quickly squatted in the trench, lowering his head and holding his head, as if he was a war criminal about to surrender. The surrounding soldiers also saw the artillery shells flying from the sky. They hid in the trenches one after another.
"boom,."
The shell hit the ground and exploded violently.
Amor squatted down in time, and the surrounding soldiers were prepared early, so there were no casualties among the soldiers. However, the expression on Amor's face was not relaxed at all, and was extremely serious.
The situation is very unfavorable.
The warships on the sea continued to move forward through the waves, gradually approaching the port of Penghu Island. Li Zhen stood on the deck and observed the situation of the US military at the port through the telescope. He saw that the other party's artillery fire was like a mute and could not fire, and his face was filled with emotion. With a joyful expression, the only thing that could threaten the battleships was the U.S. military's artillery fire, which silenced the U.S. military. This was the greatest success.
"Send an order to target the U.S. military's trench bombing, blow them up, and force all U.S. troops to retreat."
Li Zhen gave a loud order and adjusted the focus of the gunfire.
Previously, the focus of all artillery bombardments was the US artillery positions, which were to completely crush the opponent. With continuous attacks, Li Zhen had achieved his goal, but the soldiers in the US trenches still existed, so Li Zhen's army still had a long way to go ashore. When faced with huge obstacles, Li Zhen decisively adjusted the focus of artillery care.
Under intensive artillery fire, Amor was helpless.
This time, he completely miscalculated.
Amor's initial plan was to use his side's artillery attack to block all Li Zhen's warships at sea, and even to sink Li Zhen's warships. However, after the firepower exchange between the two sides, Amor did not expect that his subordinates would The artillery lost a little advantage and was destroyed by Li Zhen's artillery.
In fact, Amor has another plan.
Even if Li Zhen's army lands at the port, Amor can still set up defenses at the port and use fortifications to block Li Zhen's army from advancing. Under the intensive attack of artillery fire from warships, Amor has no chance to take a breath. , unable to fight back, the soldiers under his command were also attacked by artillery fire and suffered numerous casualties, resulting in huge losses.
Two plans failed, and Amor could no longer persist.
"Retreat, retreat immediately."
Amor gave the order and sadly led the soldiers out of the trenches and retreated towards the fortifications behind. The port was the first line of defense deployed by Amor, but there was a second line of defense behind Amor, so he quickly retreated. Withdrew and prepared to block Li Zhen's army on the second line of defense.
"Your Majesty, the US troops have withdrawn."
Zuo Zongtang also looked happy when he saw the US troops retreating. Zeng Guofan stroked his beard under his chin and nodded slightly. Although Zeng Guofan still looked calm, his eyes showed excitement. This was Zeng Guofan's first time with him. The confrontation between foreigners was also Zeng Guofan's first time fighting on the sea on a battleship, and he had a different feeling in his heart.
One warship after another moved forward, entered the port and docked. Li Zhen ordered some soldiers to stand guard on the ship to prevent Amor from leading the soldiers to kill a carbine, and then let the soldiers disembark one by one. At the same time, he disembarked from the warship. The soldiers were immediately on alert, and so on, all the soldiers disembarked quickly and orderly.
In every battalion, the soldiers who were responsible for carrying machine guns were very high-spirited and became a beautiful sight in the army. Everyone knew how powerful the machine gun was, and they were all envious, wishing they could carry the machine gun themselves.
ps: Second update, call it a day, I still have to stay up late to do work stuff, there are only two updates, try my best to update three times tomorrow, although the updates are not strong, Xiaodong is still persisting and working hard.