Chapter 82 The first battle of the magic machine
In the military port of Navy Town, an army was boarding the ship. Everyone in this army was carrying a musket, which was the Shenji Camp directly under Yang Song.
Shenji Camp was the first army to go to the battlefield, and their destination was a sea-side town in the country of Baxter.
The entire Shenji Camp had 1,500 people, just enough for one transportation of three supply ships, including ten days of less than munitions.
Their mission is to occupy this small sea town and build a front station for the upcoming army behind.
"Come on the ship quickly. This is the first battle of our Shenji Camp. We will definitely win. We cannot lose the face of the troops directly under the emperor." Yan Ren stood by the gangway and shouted to encourage morale to the soldiers boarding the ship.
After more than two years of training, although Yan Ren is very confident in the combat effectiveness of the Shenji Camp, this time it was the first battle of the Shenji Camp and the vanguard of this operation, so this puts him under great pressure.
Yan Ren asked loudly: "Tell me the commander, soldiers, what is the slogan of our Shenji Camp?"
"Loyalty to the emperor and serve the country, where the divine machine is, it is invincible!"
"Tell me the commander, soldiers, victory is ahead, do you want it?"
"Victory~!" "Victory~!" "Victory~!"
The soldiers stood upright, their chests were full of energy, and they roared in an orderly manner, telling Yan Ren and telling the rest of the people around them how much confidence they have!
"Honor is ahead, merit is ahead! Soldiers, set off~!" The Shenji Battalion was soon all boarded the ship, and Yan Ren was the last to board the supply ship.
The three supply ships raised their sails and sailed overseas, and they went to the north with the three destroyers and six frigates that had been waiting for.
The three destroyers and three supply ships belong to the exploration fleet, and the six frigates belong to the defensive fleet, so this is also the first joint operation of the two armies and multiple fleets by Xia State.
This is one of the important goals of this plundering operation - training troops!
The commander of this joint fleet is Zhao Tao, who was recently promoted, and the army does not have a unified field commander.
In the early stage of the army, Yang Song had two direct troops: the Shenji Camp and the Imperial Guard, which were directly under Yang Song's command.
But Yang Song would definitely not go directly to the battlefield, so the two absolute commanders decided on the front line.
Only after the two armies ended will the rest of the army take turns to the field.
After three days of sailing, the fleet successfully arrived overseas. Zhao Tao said to Yan Ren: "Commander Yan, according to regulations, our navy will attack the port next to cover your landing."
Zhao Hai greeted Yan Ren. They had no definite relationship between superiors and subordinates. Moreover, in terms of military rank, Zhao Hai had the rank of major general and Yan Ren had the rank of colonel. Yan Ren was one level lower than Zhao Hai.
However, because the Shenji Camp is Yang Song's direct army, Zhao Hai, the major general, didn't care about Yan Ren at all, so Zhao Hai greeted Yan Ren a lot and turned around and walked back to the command room at the stern of the ship.
After a while, the fleet arranged into battle lines, advanced outside the port, and launched shelling on the buildings behind the port. Sixty-two guns were involved in one round of attacks by three destroyers and six frigates.
At first, the residents in the port looked at the sudden huge fleet and gathered in curiosity at the port and pointed at the fleet on the sea, talking.
However, unexpectedly, the fleet on the sea changed and suddenly a fire broke out, followed by a shocking explosion sounding beside him.
Accompanied by the explosion and the various objects soaring, the residents of the harbor knew the fact that they were attacked, and immediately ran away in tears and shouted.
After the fleet carried out three rounds of artillery bombardment at the port, it moved the attack front line back to cover the supply ship's port arrival.
Because the supply ships need to dock, the warship avoided the dock when it first launched shelling, otherwise the supply ship would not be able to rely directly on it, and could only transport it by landing boats.
Therefore, the soldiers of Shenji Camp were able to get off the supply ship so directly and set foot on foreign lands.
The supply ship slowly approached the port, and while approaching, it fired fire at the gathering crowd. The ten five-level naval guns on the supply ship were not only used for self-defense, but also for attacks.
As soon as Yan Ren got off the ship, he shouted loudly: "Range, array, prepare for attack!"
In fact, Yan Ren's order was not needed at all. The first thing the soldiers of Shenji Camp did when they got off the ship was to line up in small teams, and the crowds scattered outside the port were a round of gun roulettes.
When the Shenji Camp completed the array at the port, the people around him were gone long ago, leaving only the wounded and wounded lying on the ground rolling and moaning.
Yan Ren looked at the Shenji Camp who had been waiting for the order after the array. Without any hesitation, he picked up the whistle and blew hard, and ordered loudly: "Attack~!"
At this time, the shelling at sea stopped unknowingly. Next, this small town in Linhai will be the stage for the performance of Shenji Camp - the record destined to be left - the record of the first battle of Shenji Camp!
This small town in the Baxter Kingdom has long been investigated clearly by Xia Kingdom. The town with more than 10,000 people cannot withstand the attack of the Shenji Camp.
Soon, the three musket brigades of Shenji Camp disappeared inside the town. The sound of muskets in the town made people know that the town is not as quiet as it appears.
In the port, Yan Ren directed the battalion of Shenji Battalion to deploy defenses and asked the artillery brigade to support the attacking soldiers in front.
The sailors of the supply ship have been busy unloading the supplies in the supply ship. After unloading the supplies, they will return to the Navy Town of Xia Kingdom under the escort of three frigates to carry out the second batch of soldiers.
It is expected that the next batch of reinforcements will arrive in six days, and the first batch of labor will be transported back by these supply ships.
The second batch of support troops was a regular battalion of the Imperial Guards. The task was to defend this harbor town and to build some simple fortifications from local materials to prevent the counterattack of the Baxter army.
The third batch was the heavy battalion of the Imperial Guard, and the fourth batch was the heavy cavalry battalion... until all the 7,800 soldiers of the Imperial Guard were transported here.
In less than two hours, the messenger came to report to Yan Renhui: "Report to the commander, the town has been attacked."
"Very good. Keep everyone in the open space outside the town and must complete the classification before dark." Yan Ren had known their mission long ago.
"Yes, commander." The messenger held his fist at Yan Ren, then turned over and passed the order.
Chapter completed!