Chapter 201 Enemy Situation and Shelling
Not only in shallow water, but also on the beach, there are also roadblocks, trenches and fortifications everywhere, turning this beach, which was originally as beautiful as white silk, into a huge fortress full of spikes.
In addition to the most common dungeons, the largest roadblock, and the most cannon fodder cavemen, there are also dark elves holding poisoned crossbows, taurus warriors with a huge battle axe in their hands, and a disgusting appearance, like evil eyes made of flesh balls and tentacles.
Jiang Hai roughly estimated that there were about 1,500 cavemen. Although the number was large, the cavemen were poorly equipped and had only one spear that did not even have a metal spear head, and the morale and organizational level were low, so it did not pose a threat to Jiang Hai.
The dark elves are an absolute dominant race in the dungeon. Although the dark elves who defend the beach are only the lowest class in their social class, their combat power is far from comparable to those of the Shadow Witch, their cunning nature cannot be ignored by every commander.
As for the Taurus, this creature is fierce, brave in combat, and strong in close combat. At least the 200 human swordsmen that Jianghai now has are definitely not the opponent of the Taurus. Moreover, the Taurus has the characteristic of "high morale". No matter how heavy casualties they suffer, no matter what impact they suffer, their morale will always remain at +1, and they will always fight to the end. This kind of troops that will hurt the enemy by one thousand and damage themselves by eight hundred is also extremely troublesome.
Of course, the most difficult thing is the number of squintessential eyes as high as 300.
These evil creatures with disgusting appearance have the only huge eye on the sarcoma-like round head. This huge eye can emit light to kill enemies and is of great power. And unlike those ranged units that are helpless when forced into close combat, the squinting tentacles may release high-voltage electric shocks to attack any enemy close to it. It can be said to be a practical type of troops that can be used both far and near.
The only thing that is thankful is that there are no flying troops such as the harps or the scorpion tail lion in the enemy camp, otherwise the battle will be more difficult.
Harsh terrain conditions, strong fortifications, and strong defenders. If you want to capture this beach, the possibility of relying on the forces in Jianghai alone is extremely small. And even if you capture it, the losses will be extremely heavy.
Cao Qian stayed on his warship, looking at the beach with tight barriers and tight defenses. Not only did he not worry, he smiled excitedly.
"Haha, Jianghai, Jianghai, I want to see how you capture this beach? Maybe half an hour later, you will see your troops losing all their losses, and then you can only cry and go to Queen Catherine to admit defeat!"
Seeing Cao Qian's face twisted with a smile, Zhao Yusha whispered: "Is this too much? No matter what, I am a companion in the same camp."
As soon as she finished speaking, she found Cao Qian looking at her with a distorted face, and immediately did not dare to speak again.
"Shut up! You stinky bitch, except me. Without my permission in the future, no other men are allowed to take a look. Do you know?" Cao Qian scolded with bloody eyes, like a defeated rooster.
The black man Kapeng observed the two of them like watching a show, then walked over and patted Cao Qian on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Cao, men should be broad-minded. Why should they treat a woman so narrowly? There is a saying in your country that is called 'Don't hang on a tree'. With your strength, there will be many beauties thrown into their arms in the central city."
"You don't have to worry about my business." Cao Qian threw away the hand that put Kapeng on his shoulder.
Kapeng shrugged indifferently. There was only a fierce light flashing in his eyes.
The sun gradually rose and finally reached the agreed attack time.
When the blue griffin flag rose high on Queen Catherine's flagship, it means that the attack officially began.
The closest to the shore are ten battleships commanded by Earl Christine.
These warships were not loaded with soldiers, but used all the space to install catapults and crossbows, which were pure firepower support gunboats.
Since Jiang Hai volunteered to be the vanguard, Earl Christine was embarrassed to save his strength and took out all his assets. He naturally saw that the defenders had good strength and knew in his heart that if he didn't do his best, it would be difficult to win. At that time, his highest commander in the landing battle would be difficult to explain in front of Queen Catherine.
Bang bang bang
The huge scale pole catapult installed on the battleship finally opened fire and shot out hundreds of kilograms of stones. Although it was just a product of simple leverage principles and mechanical engineering, this scale pole catapult can be regarded as the most powerful siege equipment of this era.
Apart from some expensive magic, nothing is more suitable for a tough battle than a scale pole catapult.
In an instant, dozens of huge rocks roared and launched from ten warships, drew arcs in the blue sky, and then hit the beach with amazing power and sharp screams.
The power of these boulders is unquestionable, but unfortunately the accuracy of the original scale pole catapult is really poor.
About half of the boulders fell into the sea. Three-quarters of the boulders did not hit the dungeon soldiers or the fortifications built, but were deeply trapped in the soft sand.
The first round of attack was not effective, and Jianghai observed that only caused the army of the Dungeon Kingdom to lose dozens of soldiers. The only good news was that the huge rocks destroyed a large number of roadblocks and wooden stakes, clearing some obstacles for the next landing troops.
Jiang Hai missed those cute front-mounted cannons in the previous mission world at this time. Although they were just very backward artillery, they were much more reliable than these scale pole catapults today.
Earl Christine didn't know what Jiang Hai was thinking, so he ordered a second round of volleys without changing his face.
This time, a total of 60 heavy crossbows installed on the battleship were undertaken.
As a crossbow expert, this attack under the command of Earl Christine achieved good results. The crossbow arrows shot by the heavy crossbow were as thick as a child's arm, with extremely strong penetration, and flame magic was added to it.
When the crossbow arrow was still flying in mid-air, it immediately turned into an orange-red fire line emitting high temperatures, and then brought flames and destruction to the beach.
This time, the hit rate of the crossbow shooting actually reached more than 70%, far higher than the average.
Chapter completed!