As mentioned earlier, Masuari's navy was all fishermen. Apart from being proficient in some maritime activities, these people had never experienced a war. Later, the Montaya coast became unrest, real and fake pirates ran rampant, and the livelihood of the fishermen became even worse.
It was difficult, and many people were forced to live a life of half pirates and half fishermen. Later, Masuari expanded the navy. The biggest pirate leader in Montaya gave an order, and all fishermen of appropriate age were conscripted into the army.
However, the navy is a technical branch after all, and ships and people alone are not enough. Although the Montaya Navy has also conducted several small-scale military exercises, the effects are completely worth mentioning. There are not enough drills to keep people and ships
It cannot be highly adapted and integrated with the weapons on it, and cannot form actual combat effectiveness at all.
Today, these fishermen in military uniforms were forced by their superiors to participate in this landing battle. When the landing troops were on the boat and their superiors with guns were monitoring their every move, they also drove the boat to Cabela's Port.
Courage. When all the landing troops came ashore, there was a mindless bombardment. The fishermen in military uniforms immediately understood their true identity.
However, for most of the sailors responsible for driving the ship, they understood it too late. The mortar shells that hit their heads made it impossible for them to correct this mistake. However, among so many ships of various colors, not all
People are so unlucky. Comparatively speaking, the protection of genuine landing craft is still much stronger than those of flat-bottomed boats, fishing boats, lifeboats and the like.
After a round of shelling, most of the ships were damaged, sunk, or flooded. However, there were a few landing craft that were fine. It was just that the sailors on the ship behaved differently, and some had already been injured during the shelling.
He suffered some injuries, was frightened by the harsh whistling of shells and explosions, and was at a loss. Only the pilot of this landing craft was in good condition. He launched the boat in time and was about to leave this land of right and wrong. It was just his good luck.
But it failed to bring him a clear decision
The landing craft dumped out of the beach where there was a pile of shipwrecks, turned its head beautifully and deftly, then turned on its full power and sailed boldly out of Cabela's Port - obviously, the boat operator was a good hand, and based on his skills and
With the shallow draft of the landing craft, this bay would not be able to hold him back at all.
The soldiers on the shore were extremely shameless about "abandoning" their comrades and escaping alone. They yelled and cursed as loudly as they could. They were all experienced veterans. Mangureji could tell that today's test was difficult.
They were also able to tell that no one dared to leave the shelter and go closer to the shore, because they knew that was the place closest to death.
The Northern Army is now hiding at the foot of two mountains below the mountain ridge. The possibility of these two positions being hit by mortars is relatively small, but it is only small. It does not mean that the Bushmen really cannot hit here.
But even so, most Northern Army soldiers are still unwilling to leave these two places where they have a greater chance of survival.
Mangureji sat steadily on the hillside, watching the landing craft slowly going away. He felt very complicated. He also hated the behavior of abandoning his companions to escape alone, but in his heart he still hoped that this landing craft would be able to escape.
A smooth escape because after all, it represents a possibility of survival, and it means that the Bushmen's artillery fire is not so powerful that even a ship can block it.
Mangureji has experienced too many battles on the battlefield, but he has never experienced such powerlessness and helplessness as today. He cannot think of any solutions or strategies, and can only continue to be completely controlled by this enemy.
tortured by the fact that he has
For Mangureji, this receding landing craft in the harbor is a life-saving straw. As long as it can sail out, it seems to represent a hope that is not completely dashed - the Bushmen have no control.
overall situation
The original plan of the Northern Army and Navy was: After the naval landing force occupied the beachhead position, it would tear apart the Bushmen's shore defense system while gradually wedged in, buying time for the Army's large forces to land. Since the Northern Army did not have enough navy and land forces,
team, so Masuari came up with such a plan, with the Marine Corps as the lead, launching two waves of landing offensive. When a large number of land forces that have not been trained at sea are successfully transported, they will replace the Marine Corps and implement a complete
Breaking into this way, the follow-up troops will have enough time to solve these problems. Of course, the premise is that the landing troops can withstand it.
But what about the current situation?
It seems that the goal of the first stage has been achieved. The two regiments have landed with more than 2,000 full troops and have torn apart the defense line of Cabela Port. They can just wait for the large forces behind to arrive. However, more than 2,000 troops have already landed.
More than a quarter of the people have been lost, and now all of them are within the range of the Bushmen's artillery fire. As long as the Bushmen are willing, it only takes more than ten minutes to attack them with heavy mortars.
These soldiers who have no place to hide are blown up into fish feed.
At the same time, although the channel of Cabela's Port has been widened, it will take nearly an hour for the subsequent large-scale naval landing force to bypass the still complicated channel of Cabela's Port and land at the port, not to mention the large number of people who will be carried later.
Because the warship has a deep draft, it also needs to deal with the threat of mines hidden in the waterway, and the time is even less guaranteed.
Even if the combat staff's order: "Construct field fortifications and dig trenches" has been conveyed, at the beginning of the war, the naval staff, who had calculated everything, never expected to be surrounded by the Bushmen as soon as they landed ashore.
Under such circumstances, who would carry those heavy and useless engineering equipment? Without equipment, how could these soldiers build fortifications in a short period of time that could avoid heavy mortar bombardment?
"Woo--" A sharp and terrifying mortar whistle sounded. The Northern Army soldiers on the sea side of the mountain ridge immediately fell down collectively and leaned on their tail fins to stabilize the firing direction. The mortar shells were slower, but the friction between them and the air caused them to emit
The ear-piercing whistling sound is even more frightening.
"Peng!" With a dull explosion, the mortar hit the side of the escaping landing craft, exploding into a bright white mess and shaking the landing craft violently. The sailors on the ship may have been injured.
I was frightened, or maybe I was stunned. Anyway, the landing craft that had been traveling in a straight line suddenly swerved and hit an island nearby.