The end of the military era

The navy is also ready, should we start landing now? "

Commander Bullitt put down the binoculars in his hand, and said with some regret: "Looking at the situation in Xiangshi Port, the human army should have given up on blocking us at the port and retreated to the hinterland of Xiangshi Island.

In this way, our No.14 Army will not be able to use the navy's large-caliber naval guns to severely damage the human army on Xiangshi Island. "

Deputy Commander Prato said indifferently: "The lack of fire support from the Navy's large-caliber naval guns will not have a great impact on our No.14 Army.

In the past, without the fire support of the navy's large-caliber naval guns, our No.14 Army still won one victory after another! "

Bullitt couldn't help smiling and said, "Prato, I just like your confident look!

Order the [-]st Infantry Brigade of the [-]st Division to start landing. After successfully landing at the port, let the [-]st Infantry Brigade of the [-]st Division immediately send out reconnaissance troops to find the specific location of the human army on Xiangshi Island. "

After Bullitt's order was issued, more than 14 wooden rowboats, carrying more than 5000 officers and soldiers from the First Infantry Brigade of the First Division of the No.[-] Army of the Silver Wolf Empire, boarded under the cover of several warships. On the Hongshi Harbor Wharf that has been turned into ruins.

At this time, in order to cover the No.14 Army's landing, dozens of small and medium-sized warships of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy approached the waters less than 3000 meters away from Xiangshi Port.

Once a human army appears at the pier of Xiangshi Port, these dozens of small and medium-sized warships will immediately use naval guns to cover the entire pier of Xiangshi Port.

However, the three brigades of Zhou's army had already voluntarily abandoned Xiangshi Hong Kong and Xiangshi City.

Even the naval guns on the six warships stranded in the port shoal were blown up by explosives when the three brigades of Zhou's army withdrew.

Therefore, the more than 5000 wolf officers and soldiers who landed were not blocked in any way, and they successfully completed the landing on the beach.

Dozens of small and medium-sized warships had no chance to plow the wharf of Xiangshi Harbor with artillery fire.

The wharf of Xiangshi Port, as well as Xiangshi City, had been bombed by the Third Fleet of the Silver Wolf Imperial Navy last time.

After being bombarded by 12 all-main gun battleships and 13 all-steel battleships of the Silver Wolf Empire Expeditionary Force, the wharfs of Xiangshi City and Xiangshi Port can basically be called ruins.

Commander Bullitt saw that a brigade of troops had successfully landed at the wharf of Xiangshi Port, so he said to Deputy Commander Prato: "I think we can let all the large transport ships move closer to Xiangshi Port and speed up. Troop landing speed."

As soon as Bullitt finished speaking, there was a sudden continuous sound of explosions on the wharf of Xiangshi Port, and the more than 5000 wolf officers and soldiers who had already landed were immediately shrouded in thick smoke from the explosion.

Bullitt's face immediately became very ugly, "These hateful humans!

Pass on my military order, no human beings on Xiangshi Island will be left, I don't need prisoners! "

It turned out that the series of explosions at the Xiangshi Port Wharf was caused by Zhou Jiajun from Xiangshi Island detonating the explosives embedded in the wharf.

As a result, the No.14 Army of the Silver Wolf Empire suffered more than 1500 casualties before seeing a single enemy, which almost wiped out the strength of an infantry regiment.

However, the episode of the explosion did not delay the No.14 Army's next landing plan.

到了27日的下午2点，No.14集团军的司令官布利特也登上了香石岛，这时候No.14集团军已经有近4万人完成了登岛。

"Commander, about 13 kilometers away from Xiangshi Port, we found a position built by the human army." Igna, the commander of the first division who landed on the island first, reported to Bullitt.

Bullitt said coldly: "Since the human army has been discovered, why didn't your first division organize an attack?

Could it be that the explosion in the morning took away the courage of your first division? "

Igna secretly complained in his heart: You are the commander, without your order, how could our first division dare to attack without authorization?

But Igna knew that Commander Bullitt was in a very bad mood because of what happened in the morning, so he didn't dare to argue with Bullitt, and immediately nodded and said, "I'll immediately organize troops to attack the human army's position!"

The heavy artillery battalion of the No.14 Group Army's First Division is equipped with 24 130mm howitzers.

The three infantry brigades under its jurisdiction also each have an artillery battalion equipped with 3 24mm infantry guns. However, the first infantry brigade damaged eight 70mm infantry guns in the explosion at the dock.

Before the troops of the No.14 Group Army's First Division launched an assault on Zhou's army's position on the eastern front, the first division concentrated 24 130mm howitzers and 64 70mm infantry guns to attack the five-kilometer-long Zhou's army's line of defense. The shelling took about 15 minutes.

Immediately, more than a thousand wolf officers and soldiers divided into three groups, chose three positions on the five-kilometer-long defense line, and launched a charge against these three positions with skirmish lines.

The No.14 Army is worthy of being one of the elite of the Royal Army of the Silver Wolf Empire. Almost one-fifth of the more than 1000 wolf officers and soldiers who attacked were holding steel shields.

In other words, among the more than 1000 wolf officers and soldiers, one-fifth of the wolf tribe members have reached the level of orc warriors.

Moreover, although these wolf officers and soldiers launched an attack with a skirmish line, they alternately covered each other as they advanced, and their tactical coordination was quite skillful.

In addition, the assault formation of these wolf officers and soldiers is also very hierarchical, and can form a wave-like squad-level attack.

The position where Liu Erga was located was one of the positions chosen by the wolf clan officers and soldiers to attack.

Liu Erga personally controlled an MG34 general-purpose machine gun. Seeing the wolf men gradually approaching, he couldn't help shouting: "Brothers, we all carry one head on two shoulders, and the wolf men don't have one more head than us.

Listen to my order for a while, and all aim to fight! "

Then Liu Erga turned his head and said to Song Heiwa, the leader of the guard platoon next to him, in a low voice: "Hei Wa, you and two guard squads are guarding the last trench.

If some of us run away one after another, you don't have to show me any favors! "

Song Heiwa, who originally served as a security guard for Xie Dong, also became the platoon leader of the battalion's security platoon after Xie Dong was promoted to battalion commander.

In order to strengthen the strength of the first company, Xie Dong asked Song Heiwa to bring two squads of the guard platoon to support.

Song Heiwa nodded, "Brother Erga, be careful yourself, I will take two guards as your reserve team."

When the officers and soldiers of the wolf clan were about 200 meters away from the front trenches, Liu Erga yelled: "Fight!"

Immediately afterwards, the bullets like a storm knocked down a large area of ​​the wolf officers and soldiers who rushed to the front.

Even the steel plate shields held by the wolf officers and soldiers are not enough to withstand the armor-piercing bullets fired by the MG34 general-purpose machine gun or the ZB26 light machine gun.

Igna, the commander of the first division, frowned slightly when he saw the firepower displayed by the opponent's position through the binoculars.

Then Igna turned his head and said to the deputy division commander Crano: "Order the heavy artillery battalion and the artillery battalion of the three brigades to immediately suppress the enemy's position and provide cover for the charging infantry.

The firepower of this human army is very strong, and the artillery must be used to deal with those machine guns. "

The deputy division commander Crano asked: "Master, do you need to apply to the commander for fire support from the heavy artillery regiment?"

银狼帝国No.14集团军有2个隶属于司令部指挥的重炮团，每个重炮团都配备有24门160毫米榴弹炮和48门130毫米榴弹炮。

Igna shook his head and said: "No need for now, the commander is not pleasing to everyone because of what happened in the morning, so let's not make yourself uncomfortable.

Relying on the heavy artillery battalion of our first division and the artillery battalion of the 3 brigades should be enough to suppress the firepower of this human army. "

仿佛像打脸一样，当第一师的24门130毫米榴弹炮和64门70毫米步兵炮又一次展开炮击之后不久，立即遭受了周家军3个旅数百门75毫米野战炮的覆盖式炮击。

Before Zhou Rui left Xiangshi Island, he specially left some extra weapons and ammunition for the three brigades stationed on Xiangshi Island.

Now the nine artillery battalions belonging to the three brigades of the Zhou family army have doubled the number of French 9-type 1897 field guns to 75.

Zhou's army only used 5 300mm field guns from five artillery battalions, which almost dealt a devastating blow to the artillery unit of the First Division of the No.75 Army of the Silver Wolf Empire.

After losing a sufficient number of artillery cover, the first division of the No.14 Army of the Silver Wolf Empire had to hastily end the first round of attack.