sweeping the world

Chapter 1062
Mirpur is not a big city for Sassan, and it is not a strategic location because it is located on the coast. It has never had any major wars since it was founded, and it is usually only when other areas fall. Head to change the flag and become one of the many cities under the territory of the next ruling family.

Mirpur, which has not experienced war for seven years in 220, is facing the first challenge after the city is built today, and it still comes from the sea.

The lord of the city, Bushah Berdin, stood on the top of the city, looked at the densely packed ships on the sea in the distance, and then looked at the city that was completely chaotic after a round of shelling, and wanted to ask Ang Tian to ask the Han people not to fight elsewhere What does Mirpur, a city with no strategic value at all, do.

Mirpur has a population of about [-]. After the chaos broke out, people could be seen running around everywhere. Many people actually followed others when they saw them running around without a clear destination at all.

"Is the Han army going to land?" Bushah Bodin thought he was still a very brave person. He knew that he might be hit by the shells from the Han army's gunboat when he went up to the city wall, so he went up to the top of the city: "Our side Without a port, the Han army can only use small boats to land."

The gunboats of the Han army shot randomly in that round just now, and the purpose of course was to make Mirpur mess up.While shelling, the landing troops began their own beach preparations.

There were only a dozen war boats that washed up the beach first. They were responsible for exploring the depth of the beach and setting up an outpost for the friendly forces that were about to land behind.

Huan Wen, who was on the flagship of the Linzi, used a telescope to watch the situation on land. He could see a large group of people pouring out of the city gate, and the city gate was closed after a short while.

Wang Meng just caught up with the troops two days ago. He knew that when the fleet was about to attack Mirpur, the battle plan had already been implemented. Otherwise, Huan Wen would not have suggested attacking Mirpur. Even if he wanted to attack, he would sail 130 nautical miles north Left and right, a coastal city called Ji Ni has a higher attack value than Mirpur.

"Fire another round of naval artillery." Of course, Huan Wen was not speaking to Wang Meng, but to the fleet's lieutenant Yuan Qiao: "Let the artillery fire as much as possible at the city gate."

Yuan Qiao had been Huan Wen's long history for a long time, but this time the commander of the army was Wang Meng, and he was arranged to become the deputy general of the expedition fleet.

The gunner of the Linzi used a microphone to give orders, while the other gunboats relied on semaphores.

About 5 minutes later, the nine gunboats sounded again. Amidst the roaring sound after another, smoke suddenly appeared everywhere in Mirpur in the distance, especially in the direction of the city gate, which was soon shrouded in thick smoke.

The smoke comes from the gunpowder of the shells, and more is the dust and smoke that is smashed down with great force.

Bronze cannons are almost inaccurate. Whether they can hit the target depends on luck. When there is a special target, it relies on investing more bronze cannons and using enough dense bullet points to hit blind cats and dead mice.

For Bushah Bordin, what happened in front of him was simply a nightmare. He curled up behind the city wall, feeling the constant tremor of the city wall under his feet. Scared blank.

"The bullet points are very dense." Yuan Qiao watched the smoky area, glanced at the warships cruising nearby and waiting to form a charge formation, and said, "There are about [-] enemy troops appearing on the city wall, and it is impossible to confirm this one." How many defenders are there in the city?"

"In Sasanian cities, the defenders generally exceed a thousand." Wang Meng didn't want to be a transparent person: "The fleet first invaded the two satraps and landed in Luke before. Given the importance that the Persians attach to the big man, the city lord of Mirpur will definitely Desperately expand the army, and then the defenses of the surrounding villages are concentrated in the city, and the defenders should not be less than [-]."

Huan Wen was still willing to believe Wang Meng's judgment.

In the place that was being constantly bombarded, it was hard to tell how the city gate was shrouded in thick smoke for a while. After a whine that seemed to be like toothache, there was a loud collapse sound.

The area that was originally shrouded in thick smoke was suspected to be the collapse of the city wall, and denser thick smoke enveloped a larger area, and there were bursts of screams and howls in areas that were not thick smoke.

Lu Bing, who was paddling vigorously, paused for a moment, then rowed harder and shouted: "The city wall has collapsed!"

A warship can accommodate up to fifteen people, and usually carries thirteen crew members, which happens to be a full crew.

Lu Bing was the captain of this warship, and he was ordered to survey the beach, and he decided to act freely after surveying the beach according to his own judgment.

The soldiers on the same war boat immediately understood when they heard Lu Bing's roar. Everyone's eyes widened and their expressions became full of expectation.

They are out-and-out pioneers. As pioneers, they have credit even if they don't meet the enemy, and the greatest credit for pioneers is to be the first to ascend.

The battleship bottomed out 120 meters away from the shoreline. Lu Bing looked down and frowned immediately.

The inclination of some seabeds is so strange that people step on it only to the calf, but they are located in the sea water.

What they encountered was the worst situation in the landing battle. It is temporarily impossible to confirm that the entire beach is in the same situation. If this is the case, it will cause great difficulties for landing.

The surrounding warships touched the bottom on the same line and stopped one after another. The soldiers on the warships jumped into the knee-deep sea, and their feet stepped on soft mud.

"Flag language." Lu Bing's face was very bad: "Need to build a ferry of at least 100 meters, and inform the follow-up troops to carry wooden boards."

There is no such thing as abandoning the landing if the situation is bad. As the army is performing missions, let alone encountering an environment that is not suitable for landing, even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, it must be overcome.

Not all beaches will be sand, more beaches will be dirt.

Lu Bing and the others had to stop after advancing for more than ten meters. Every time they took a step, they struggled with the mud under their feet. For some reason, they walked a certain distance and entered an area of ​​unknown depth. One soldier fell into it directly. Flooded by the sea, it was the Paoze behind him who had sharp eyesight and quick hands to pull it up again.

You don't have to go to the sea, it's just a small pool. If you get stuck in the mud, it's not that easy to move.

If there is mud under your feet and the water level is high enough, once your head sinks under the water, you will not be able to swim even if you want to. The harder you struggle, the worse the sinking will be, and the air in your lungs will be quickly consumed due to movement. Then drown.

"Back!" Lu Bing's face was more than bad: "Back to the battleship!"

No wonder there was no Persian army blocking the beach, and no wonder there was no port on Mirpur, not even a small fishing village by the sea. So the beach was not suitable for activities at all?

Huan Wen on the Linzi soon got the report, and he was stunned for a second or two and immediately realized: "Only when the tide is high is it suitable for landing?"

When the tide rises, the water level of the sea will rise, and the height of the load on the water will naturally rise accordingly.

Looking at the coast of Mirpur, the water level was low before, but a large area was covered with sea water. If you are far away, you can't see the water level clearly. Pioneers went to explore to confirm the inclination of the seabed.

Huan Wen was not familiar with this sea area, and it was the first time he encountered this kind of seabed beach, he hesitated for less than two seconds, and ordered: "Build a ferry!"

"..." Wang Meng actually wanted to suggest giving up the landing, but Huan Wen made the decision first.

Since it is a fleet and it is always ready for invasion, the necessary preparations must be made, such as a large number of planks and necessary wooden stakes.

When encountering a new situation, the fleet commander will just speak, and the executors below will be busy for a while.

There was such a scene on the sea, the group of warships that were cruising and forming a formation stopped to paddle, and there were some unexplained looking at the ships that were lowering the warships again.

On the warship with its sides splayed out, the sailors were busy moving in numerous planks and wooden piles. The soldiers belonging to the engineering corps put their things away and started paddling toward the beach in groups of four.

When the battleship hit bottom, the two of them started to set up stakes in a group.

The specifications of the wooden stakes are not consistent, the longest is more than three meters, and the shortest is only one meter.

An engineer lifts up the wooden stake and inserts it downward. You can feel that the bottom of the wooden stake seems to be caught by something, and there is even a downward suction. If you don’t hold the wooden stake firmly, the downward force will The suction force of the suction will cause the stake to fall out.

Lu Bing stood on the war boat and watched the engineering soldiers busy. They worked in groups of two to set up stakes. If a three-meter-long wooden stake was inserted, it would sink at least 1.8 meters. The depth of the depression in each place was different. It was too high. Wooden piles that are too tall need to be sawed off, and wooden piles that are too short need to be nailed to make up for the height.

While erecting the piles, the engineering soldiers will drop planks to the sea, and the planks thrown into the sea will sink, giving the project name a stable focus.

After the wooden piles are set up, it is necessary to nail a fixed frame between the wooden piles so that they can be fixed with force, and finally the wooden boards are nailed on them.

"Brother." Lu Bing asked a chief engineer, "Can you give me some planks?"

Chen Hao nodded and pointed to the battle boat next to him: "You want to go ashore first?"

Lu Bing just saw that the engineer could walk around safely without leaving the wooden boards. He thought that if the wooden boards were laid all the way to the land, even if the wooden boards were under the water, it would still make a way for the feet not to sink. The channel of the ferry is above the water.

The rest of the people who also received the landing order began to imitate Lu Bing's actions.

The smoke at the city gate of Mirpur has dissipated. It can be seen that the section of the city wall on this side has collapsed. A gap of more than 20 meter.

The city lord, Bushah Berdin, was at the section of the collapsed city wall just now. If he hadn't been killed by the shells, he must have been buried after the collapse.Looking at the appearance of this area, and then thinking that it has been more than ten minutes since the collapse, there is no need to save it, it is absolutely dead.

After the smoke dissipated, people in the city began to rush out from the gap, pushing and trampling. If you can't see the body, it is obvious that someone is buried underneath.

After the walls and towers collapsed in Mirpur, the relevant personnel did not go to rescue the mayor who might still be alive. They all thought of leaving the city as soon as possible.

The high-ranking officials started to run away, followed by the middle-level officials. After the grass-roots officials found out that both the high-level officials and the middle-level officials started to flee, they must have joined the escape, and then the city basically lost control.

Once all the officials start running away, no matter how stupid they are, they will know that the city will be doomed, and it is basically doomed that there will be a big wave of escapes.

"More than a hundred people in the lead have already started to land on their own." Wang Meng looked at Huan Wen who was full of determination, and asked, "Do you want the follow-up troops to follow?"

Wang Meng was talking about Lu Bing and others. This group of people built a passage for wading and landing. Although there will be some twists and turns in the process, it is definitely much faster than building a ferry.

"..." Huan Wen knew that Wang Meng went to Luck Sea before coming to meet him, and also knew that Wang Meng had a special understanding of Liu Ming's situation, so he was not happy about it: "Yes!"

Huan Wen has no opinion on Wang Meng himself, but he thinks that Wang Meng has no experience in participating in large corps operations. He dare not express his rejection of the Central Committee (the Son of Heaven) who arranged Wang Meng to serve as the commander of the expeditionary fleet, but he has no other opinions. Fake.

It took about half an hour for Lu Bing and others, who kept laying planks and approaching the beach, to set foot on relatively thick land.

After they landed, they did not rush to the city of Mirpur immediately, but explored the beach and reported the situation of the beach to the rear with semaphore.

The seabed is all mud, and the beachhead is also all mud. If there is anything else, it is just some rotten wood and dead grass, and there is no sand or stone in sight.

After confirming that there are still landing troops behind, they began to advance towards the city and went to a place with a wide view. It seemed that there were figures running away in the wilderness.

"There is no resistance." Lu Bing looked at the team leader Zhou Zhuang with a shy face and encouraged: "It seems there is no counterattack, let's attack the city?"

Zhou Zhuang was not Lu Bing's direct superior, but according to the battlefield rules of the Han army, a local area was either a person with a high official rank or a person with a high title, and they generally became the battlefield commanders.

Under the leadership of Zhou Zhuang, hundreds of people approached the city slowly. When they reached the periphery, they encountered the fleeing crowd and did not chase them. When they approached the edge of the city, they soon found a gap in the city wall, and saw their aliens as if they were running away. Kneeling and surrendering hesitantly, part of it is to continue to escape, and more is to kneel on the ground.

They were divided into two teams, one to enter and the other to be outside in case of accidents.

Lu Bing was assigned to the team that entered the city. They entered the city and went up the city wall, choosing to erect the Han flag on the wall that had not collapsed beside the gap.

At the moment when the Han flag fluttered over the city, the Han army on the sea cheered, no matter if they were Persians or not, as long as they were not Han people in the city, they would kneel down!

(End of this chapter)