I want to be emperor

Chapter 235 tacit understanding
Li Chengtong looked at this old subordinate who was older than himself, and the corners of his mouth curved into a smile: "Old Han, I believe in your skills. You should take it easy when you don't cross the river. You have learned most of this." Yue, I feel ashamed for you that you haven't learned how to swim yet!"

"Don't fall into the river later, with your water skills, you will definitely not survive if you fall!"

After hearing this, Han Ziping laughed: "Old Han, I've been a landlubber all my life, so it's nothing if I can't learn how to swim. Besides, I'm an army man, so I don't have to play across the river every day!"

"Hmph, as long as I let my old Han go ashore, I'll kill him without leaving any pieces!"

The deputy division commander, Brigadier General Cao Hongsheng, also smiled and said: "Of course, you are brave, old Han. Otherwise, you wouldn't let the first batch of troops cross the river."

"However, you must pay attention to safety when you turn around. After all, you are a vanguard officer, and thousands of people under your command are waiting for you to give orders. If anything happens to you, the army will be in chaos!"

Han Ziping said: "Deputy teacher, don't worry, I don't know who I am, Lao Han, and I must be resolutely obeying orders. This time I will definitely not rush to the forefront, and just be a turtle behind!"

Major General Li Chengtong said in a serious tone at this time: "Okay, no need to talk nonsense, I just want to say one thing, if you succeed in crossing the river this time, you will be the first creditor. I will ask His Majesty for your credit later."

"But if something goes wrong, cut off your own head and go to His Majesty!"

Han Ziping immediately said in a very serious tone: "Don't worry, there will be absolutely no mistakes!"

Han Ziping didn't say what would happen to him if he failed, because Han Ziping would never allow crossing the river to fail.

When Han Ziping took a group of his subordinates onto the boat and set off towards the other side of the river, more than a dozen ships from the Hanshui Fleet, who were one step ahead, were already approaching the scheduled landing site.

But four of the ships did not stop, but continued on, heading straight for the beach.

After a while, the four ships ran aground directly on the beach amidst the confusion and panic of a group of Ming soldiers on the shore.

The soldiers on the four stranded ships surged, and the soldiers began to control a large number of artillery on the deck and began to shell the hundreds of Ming soldiers gathered on the shore.

Amidst the sound of the rumbling guns, several Ming soldiers on the shore were hit by shells and fell down immediately.

"The security guards are coming, they have rushed ashore, run away!"

Some people turned around and ran while shouting, but there were also officers who shouted: "Hold on, hold on, the bandits haven't come up yet, it's just a few bandits' boats, hurry up, pull all our artillery!" come out."

Although the Hanshui Fleet used the method of stranded and approaching to shell the Ming army on the shore, the Ming army on the beach did not collapse immediately, but prepared to use their light artillery and muskets to fight back.

For a while, the Ming Army and the Hanshui Fleet on the beach fought very lively.

Not long after, a number of small boats of the commando crossing the river also approached the beach. The boats they took were smaller and had a shallower draft.

However, some gunners of the Ming army noticed the small boats of the rural protection army rushing to the forefront, and immediately fired at them with a ready-made assault artillery.

Because the distance was not far, two soldiers of the assault battalion who were still disembarking were injured immediately, but the others did not stop, but continued to wade forward.

Behind them, more and more ships full of commando soldiers successfully rushed to the beach, and more and more commando soldiers successfully landed.

Then they began to advance in line, and soon reached the Ming army on the beach.

A fierce hand-to-hand battle immediately broke out between the two sides!
At this time, the Ming army, who could barely keep fighting back just now, finally couldn't hold it anymore. After dozens of people were killed or injured in a short period of time, the remaining Ming army soldiers turned around and ran away in a swarm.

Han Ziping on the bow at the rear saw that the first batch of commando soldiers had seized the beachhead, and immediately said: "Sign the flag and let the other commando soldiers go ashore quickly, and the ships of the [-]st Infantry Regiment are ready to land."

"Don't give them any buffer time, just rush to expand the beachhead!"

"Pay attention to sending people to remove the light artillery and the two-and-a-half catty field artillery off the ship in time. After landing on the shore, you will have to rely on these artillery to provide fire support!"

Under the command of Han Ziping, other soldiers of the commando went ashore quickly. It didn't take long for more than 800 soldiers of the commando to go ashore.

Not only did they go ashore, but they also brought a batch of two-hundred-pound short robes with them, and behind them were several two-and-a-half-pound field guns that were being unloaded.

At this time, the beach was in chaos, with boats and people everywhere.

The soldiers were busy disembarking, and some soldiers helped to carry various combat equipment such as artillery and ammunition.

Compared with the chaos at the beachhead, the situation outside the beachhead seemed much calmer. The commando soldiers who went ashore in front had formed three small phalanxes of about [-] people each, expanding the location of the beachhead.

On the opposite side are hundreds of soldiers of the Ming army retreating, but there are still a large number of soldiers of the Ming army coming a few miles away.

Now, both sides are fighting for time!
The Township Protection Army had to transport the entire commando team of [-] soldiers ashore and fight in formation before a large number of Ming troops counterattacked.

When the commandos came ashore one after another, the gunners also pulled up the [-]-pound light artillery and the [-]-pound field artillery that had been removed from the ship with great difficulty and deployed them on the spot.

It is impossible for the rural protection army to fight without artillery.

Even if it was a battle across the river, even if the conditions were difficult, the Township Protection Army still overcame various difficulties, abruptly stuffing many artillery pieces into the first batch of landing troops.

The two-and-a-half-pound field guns are too heavy, and there is no pier or hoisting equipment at the landing site. In order to transport these two-and-a-half-pound field guns to the beach as soon as possible, the Township Protection Army specially designed and built a Artillery transport ship.

The ship's side at the bow position is detachable, and the waterline of the ship is very low, ensuring that it can be closer to the shore after washing the beach.

At the same time, it carried a large number of planks and gravel.

The soldiers of the Township Protection Army would fill the shoal at the bow of the ship with sand and gravel after the ships transporting the artillery rushed to the beach, and then spread thick planks to create a hard-surfaced road leading to the shore. , and then pulled two and a half catties of field guns and ammunition carts to disembark.

However, this method can only be used in an emergency. After all, it is too troublesome and relatively dangerous. This kind of temporary landing channel like a trestle bridge is still very reluctant. If the artillery passes through it, it will easily slip and fall into the river.

Although it can be salvaged later, it will also waste a lot of time.

Now time is the most scarce for the rural protection army.

Time passed bit by bit, and all the soldiers of the commando finally went ashore, and pulled on a batch of artillery that accompanied the ship.

Just as the soldiers of the commando had just landed and lined up, a Ming army rushed over.

There are about 500 people in this batch of Ming army, and they are the troops of a Ming army camp along the river on the right, and at the same time gathered the troops of the checkpoints along the way.

But after these Ming troops approached, they didn't dare to charge up directly.

Because right in front of them, the soldiers of the rural protection army of the [-] crossing the river commando, all in armor, had already lined up, and there were more than a dozen artillery pieces of various types.

From this look, he knew it was not easy to mess with. If he rushed up rashly, not to mention driving the bandit protection army back down the river, he would probably be swallowed by the bandit protection army on the opposite side.

These Ming soldiers were not fools, they insisted on going forward even though they knew they were going to fight them.

Ever since, these Ming soldiers simply stayed a few hundred meters away and began to build fortifications such as distance horses and obstacles.

Looking at it like this, it seems that they want to block the rural protection army at the beach.

Not only them, but also the Ming army with nearly a thousand people who rushed over from the left side made the same choice, joined this group of Ming army, and began to build fortifications.

On the opposite side, the Ming army with at least 500 people built fortifications, but the rural protection army seemed to have not seen them, allowing them to build a camp at a distance of nearly a thousand meters.

Brigadier General Han Ziping, who has already landed, said: "Now our landing force is still a little less. In order to prevent wave warfare, as long as they don't come, then let them be ignored. Build beachhead defenses and take the first step. Landing of the Corps and Engineer Battalion is the real business!"

Anyway, the opponent did not dare to approach, the nearest outpost of the Ming army was 800 meters away from the beachhead, and a large number of main forces of the Ming army actually built fortifications at a distance of about a kilometer.

At such a long distance, even if the Ming army had long-barreled Hongyi artillery, it was impossible for the rural protection army to cause too much damage to the subsequent work of crossing the river and building pontoon bridges.

Not to mention that the Ming army on the opposite side did not have these long-barreled artillery, only some tens of kilograms, hundreds of kilograms of attacking artillery, tiger squatting artillery and other traditional old-style artillery. Protect the countryside.

Since the other party couldn't come, Han Ziping didn't want to make troubles. He just asked the commando to build the fortifications and prepare for defensive operations.

As for cleaning up the more than 2000 Ming troops, it would not be too late to wait until the first infantry regiment, more artillery units, and a cavalry post landed.

Ever since, a very strange scene appeared on this beach.

The more than 2000 Ming troops who came in a hurry seemed to have not seen the rural protection army that was crossing the river and landing, and they built fortifications and camps a thousand meters away on their own.

On the other hand, the Township Protection Army didn't seem to see the Ming army 1000 meters away, but continued to land in silence.

The tacit understanding between the two sides is amazing!
Hour after hour passed like this.

And around [-] o'clock in the morning, some soldiers from the engineering battalion began to land one after another, and began to build temporary docks and pontoon bridges with a large number of tools they carried.

(End of this chapter)