In the middle of the night, around three o'clock in the morning, when the Xiang Army on the river bank had all fallen asleep, the Flame Dragon quietly approached their destination, River Heart Island!
Just like last time, Lin Yu also transferred 200 soldiers to land.
Although they were fewer in number than the Xiang army on the island, their weapons were better.
The weapons these soldiers were equipped with were not the Mauser 1888 rifles rewarded by the system. Instead, they were equipped with the Mauser 98 rifles and a batch of MP40 submachine guns.
In terms of firepower, even if there were ten times more enemies, they would not be able to beat them. Moreover, when the battle really broke out, Flame Dragon would provide fire support from the side, so this mission was not difficult.
The real difficulty of this mission was that they had to move the prisoners of war away from the island. This required time, and once the battle started, the Xiang Army on both sides of the river would be alerted.
At that time, the Xiang army would definitely fire at them and send naval warships to surround them!
Whether or not they could successfully escape from the siege of the Xiang army was the most difficult part of this mission.
Two hundred soldiers quietly boarded small boats and approached River Heart Island. They chose a place where they had scouted during the day and where there were no Xiang troops to quietly land.
Once you're on land, move north immediately to avoid places that might be bombarded later.
They knew better than anyone else how powerful Flame Dragon's main cannon was, so they had to stay far away from the area covered by the cannon fire to avoid accidental injuries.
At a quarter past three in the morning, the cannons on the Flame Dragon warship began to roar!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two turrets at the bow of the ship were aimed at the east side of the Xiang army camp, and the two turrets at the stern were aimed at the west side of the Xiang army camp. They fired at the Xiang army camp on River Heart Island.
One after another, the cannons smashed into the camp of the Xiang Army on the island.
The air waves created by the shells scattered everything in the camp. Where the shells landed, huge craters that were five to six meters deep were blasted into the ground.
Countless shrapnel flew in all directions along with the explosion of the shells, easily tearing apart the tents of the military camp and harvesting the lives of the soldiers who were still sleeping.
The vast majority of the Xiang Army soldiers had not even woken up from their sleep before they died under the artillery fire.
The loud sound of the explosion and the sky-piercing flames lit up both sides of the river bank and instantly alarmed the Xiang Army on both sides of the river.
"What's going on? Where's the cannon?"
Zeng Guofan was awakened from his sleep. He walked out of the military camp before he had even put on his clothes.
"Great, Great Marshal, it's, it's River Heart Island!”
The soldier pointed at River Heart Island in the distance in horror. Zeng Guofan turned his head and was immediately stunned by the scene in front of him!
What a terrifying scene!
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"Good fight! Beautifully done!"
On Flame Dragon, Lin Yu shouted excitedly when he saw that the Xiang Army camp had turned into a sea of fire under the bombardment of artillery fire.
"Next, we'll see how the marines perform!”
On River Heart Island, the moment Flame Dragon's bombardment ended, the 200 marines lying in ambush immediately rushed out with their guns.
Da da!
Intense gunshots came from the north. After being bombarded, the Xiang soldiers who were lucky enough to escape had not had time to rejoice that they had managed to save their lives. As a result, they ran into the guns of the Marine Corps.
The last thing they saw in their lives was a group of soldiers wearing strange military uniforms and holding strange weapons.
Then, they fell to the ground and turned into corpses!
After wiping out the remaining Xiang soldiers on the island, the marines immediately headed to the prisoner of war camp, intending to release the prisoners.
On the shore, after the initial shock, Zeng Guofan and the generals of the Xiang Army also reacted.
"The enemy is here to save the captured prisoners!”
"Quick, mobilize the artillery team immediately and bombard the enemy ship in the middle of the river!”
"So what if I'm useless today? I must kill it here!”
After seeing the terrifying firepower of the Flame Dragon, Zeng Guofan, like many other generals of the Xiang Army, broke out in a cold sweat!
They all had the same thought in their hearts-they must kill it here and not leave it behind. Otherwise, it would definitely become a huge problem in their hearts in the future!
However, their thoughts were quite good. Whether they could realize it or not was not something they could decide!
"Hehe, do you want to resist?"
Lin Yu sneered when he saw the reaction of the Xiang Army on the shore through the binoculars.
Although he only had one Starship, there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the shore.
The difference in strength between the two sides was extremely great. However, with the most powerful and best defensive super battleship in the world, Lin Yu had enough confidence to have the last laugh in this battle!
"Pass on my order. The cannons on the bow and left side of the ship aim at the enemies on the south bank, and the cannons on the stern and right side aim at the enemies on the north bank!”
"Don't be stingy with your cannonballs.”
Didn't they want to have a cannon battle?
Come on!
Who was afraid of who!
On Flame Dragon, including the main cannon, there were thirty-six large-caliber cannons with a caliber of more than 100 millimeters!
Whether it was the strength of his firepower or the speed of his shooting, he was not afraid at all!
Originally, he was worried that he would run out of ammunition and not have any supplies. Now that he had the system store and the reward of one million taels of silver during the first mission, he was no longer worried about this problem!
This was because he could buy ammunition from the system at any time and replenish it on the spot. As long as he had money on hand, he could have as many ammunition as he wanted!
Upon receiving the captain's order, the large-caliber main cannon and sub-cannons on the Flame Dragon opened fire, pouring their shells at the Xiang Army that was gathering on both sides of the river!
Flame Dragon's main cannon was a 381mm dual cannon. Its maximum firing speed was three shots per minute, and it could fire one round every 20 seconds.
The ship's 12 150mm primary and secondary cannons had a maximum firing rate of 8 rounds per minute, while the 16 105mm secondary cannons had a firing rate of 12 rounds per minute.
In just one minute, they had fired more than 300 rounds!
An average of five rounds per second!
Such a dense bombardment had caused the Xiang Army on both the north and south banks to be blasted silly!
They had fought all their lives, but they had never seen such a fierce bombardment.
Didn't the enemy only have one warship?
How could they have such powerful firepower that dozens or even hundreds of warships could not have?
And why did their shells explode?
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