Chapter 19 Repel the attack
Although Rivette Atwick saw the tragic situation of his subordinates, the battle situation in Weihai City that was about to break the city made him feel a little unwilling.
As long as the city of Weihai is broken at a huge cost at this time, the last bit of territory of the Ice and Snow Kingdom on the continent will be lost. By then, no matter how many reinforcements come, it will be meaningless.
But it would not be a solution if he persisted like this. When Rivet Atwick saw the northern army that had already retreated voluntarily, he was a little powerless.
Suddenly! Rivet Atwick discovered that the frontal battlefield of Weihai City was not attacked by Xia State at all. A flash of inspiration, and he knew that it was precisely because of perspective that the attack of Xia State's warships had a blind spot.
"Send an order to let the two troops retreated from the north and south attack from the front, and you must break through the enemy city!" Rivet Atwick's order gave the army of the Beihan Kingdom a goal.
Although there is a distance outside the city within the range of Xia's artillery attack, as long as you rush through this distance, you can enter the city of Weihai and you will never be attacked by Xia's warships again.
Moreover, the range of Xia's artillery is also limited. Not to mention the longest range, even the first-class naval gun on the Apocalypse super battleship has an effective range of only about 1,000 meters. You should know that this is an overweight cannon with a caliber of 180 mm!
Including the side length of Weihai City and the distance between the warships from the sea, the artillery that attacked the Beihan Army formation had reached the farthest effective range of the naval gun, so this allowed Rivette Atwick to find the fighter plane.
After Li Bao learned that the army of Beihan Kingdom had not been repelled, he was also a little surprised by the enemy's fighting will. This was the first time he saw such resilience in the army outside the Xia Kingdom.
Benedict Keo has been confident in the defense of Weihai City since the Xia Kingdom fired the warship, but now he sees that the army of Beihan Kingdom resolutely withstood the artillery bombardment of Xia Kingdom warships and forcibly launched an attack on Weihai City, which made him feel worried again.
When Changsun Sheng saw Benedict Keo who looked worried but did not dare to speak rashly, he stepped forward and comforted him: "Your Excellency, don't worry, since my Daxia army has come here, we will not ignore the dangers of Weihai City."
"That's good! That's good!" Benedict Keoqiang, who received some comfort, smiled and said, "I'm going to the country."
As Changsun Sheng said, how could Li Bao ignore the enemy's attack? If the enemy is allowed to break through Weihai City, wouldn't this beating Xia Kingdom in the face?
After seeing the failure of the plan to repel the enemy with a single ship cannon, Li Bao immediately ordered: "Order: The Marine Brigade immediately let a battalion land and support friendly troops to defend the city."
"Yes! The last one will obey the order." Xiang Chen, who received the order, immediately sent a battalion of the Marine Brigade to the ashore to support the defenders of Weihai City.
Xiang Chen, the brigade commander of the Marine Brigade, whose rank is the title of Major General - General Zhenwei, sent a battalion, like the army's infantry battalion, with a force of 1,500 people.
Although the infantry battalion does not have the support of artillery and cavalry and fights in concert, the flintlock rifle it has is enough to defend the city and repel the enemy's attacks, and there is also powerful support for warship artillery at sea.
In less than half an hour, all the officers and soldiers of the Marine Brigade and a battalion had landed. After assembling in the port, they immediately headed towards the city wall to the west.
The army in Weihai City knew that the Xia Kingdom fleet at the sea was their support, so there was no obstruction or hostility.
The officers and soldiers of a battalion of the Xia Kingdom Marine Corps came to the top of Weihai City without any obstacles. After seeing that many places had been occupied by the enemy and continued to expand, they immediately joined the battle.
The soldiers of the Ice and Snow Kingdom on the top of Weihai City were entangled with the troops of the Beihan Kingdom at this time, which made it difficult for the Xia army to join the battle to use the flintlock rifle volley tactics.
But if we leave it alone and cannot eliminate the enemy in time, it may also put the Xia army in danger. Therefore, at this time, the officers at all levels of Xia did not hesitate at all, and issued orders to shoot at the chaos of the city entangled.
As for the trivial matter of accidentally injuring a friendly army, you don’t have to worry about it. As long as the crisis in Weihai City is reversed, people in the Ice and Snow Kingdom dare not say anything.
Besides, it is inevitable that you will accidentally injure a friendly army on the battlefield. Anyway, as long as you accidentally injure the army of Xia Kingdom is not...
With the participation of the Xia Kingdom's Marine Brigade and the shooting of rows of gunfires, only the Xia Kingdom's army and some soldiers from the Ice and Snow Kingdom who hid in time were soon left on the city wall, and all the troops of the Beihan Kingdom were wiped out completely.
After letting the almost lost troops of the Ice and Snow Kingdom leave the city wall, the officers and soldiers of the Xia Kingdom who were fully exerted attacked the enemy outside the city.
It was still difficult for a battalion of Xia soldiers to defend the entire walls of Weihai City, so after Li Bao received the battle report from the front line, he ordered the rest of the Marines to land.
The remaining four infantry battalions of the Marine Brigade were docked first to support the city walls. The remaining two cavalry battalions, one artillery battalion, and one Houbao battalion and the brigade headquarters of the Marine Brigade were the last docking.
As reinforcements continued to climb the city walls, the crisis in Weihai City disappeared. The army of Beihan Kingdom was not strong enough to break through the city defended by the 15,000 people in the Xia Kingdom.
When Rivet Atwick, outside the city, saw the defensive power suddenly soaring at the top of the city, he guessed that the Xia army was participating in the war, and he also knew that there was no hope for breaking Weihai City before the Xia army was unstable.
After seeing the powerful combat power of the Xia army, Rivet Atwick had to issue an order to withdraw his troops.
With the withdrawal of the Beihan Kingdom, the offensive and defensive battle of Weihai City came to an end - the danger of Weihai City was also lifted.
"General, are you pursuing the enemy?" Xiang Chen asked Li Bao who was walking up to the city wall to check.
Li Bao looked down at the corpse at his feet, then at the countless corpses inside and outside the city wall, shook his head, and replied: "No, our army first arrived here, it's better to set up camp first."
Xiang Chen thought about it and felt that Li Bao was right. Anyway, they were indispensable to supporting the Ice and Snow Kingdom this time, and there was no need to worry about this. Moreover, the Marine Brigade had been sailing at sea for several days and had just arrived at the dock and had to rest for a while.
Next, without Li Bao's instructions, Xiang Chen arranged for the Navy Marine Brigade to establish a temporary camp in an open area south of Weihai City.
When building the camp, Benedict Keo was about to ask someone to help, but how could outsiders come to help with such a thing? Otherwise, Li Bao, Xiang Chen and the others would have just rested in Weihai City.
Chapter completed!