Great Warlord: The Second Ancestor of the Empire

The Third Division is still stepping up construction of fortifications. They want to build as many anti-gun holes as possible before the combined fleet arrives.

Although the soldiers of the Third Division already know their mission, this does not mean that they are not afraid of death.

However, at this moment, a shrill alarm suddenly came from the other side of Jinghai City Wall.

Upon hearing the siren, Qian Hongtao immediately rushed out of his headquarters, raised his binoculars and looked toward the sea.

At this time, a large black smoke suddenly appeared on the distant sea. Qian Hongtao knew that it was the arrival of the joint fleet.

Qian Hongtao immediately came to the other side of the city wall, took out a whistle, and whistled at the soldiers below.

Upon hearing the whistle, the soldiers of the Third Division immediately put down their tools and hid in the fortifications.

This kind of fortifications are just fortifications at best, but they are actually just larger potholes at worst.

When the opponent's naval guns attacked, the soldiers of the Third Division would either hide behind some tall buildings, or hide directly in large pits, taking advantage of the fact that the pits were lower than the water level to avoid the shock waves and shrapnel of the naval guns.

If you want to cause damage to soldiers hiding in potholes, the impact point of the cannonball must either fall directly into the pothole, or it can only land ten meters near the pothole.

Seeing that the soldiers had already hid inside, Qian Hongtao also started to move with his headquarters.

Since he had long known that he needed to move, Qian Hongtao didn't prepare many things at the forward headquarters. He simply packed up and ran away with his headquarters.

When the combined fleet entered their firing range, they launched a bombardment directly at Jinghai City.

When the 230mm artillery shells hit the city, it was really an earth-shattering movement. Everything within three to forty meters of the impact point was turned into powder.

The soldiers of the Third Division could only hide in the pothole, cover their ears, open their mouths, and squat in the pothole, praying that the shells fired by the naval guns would not fall within fifteen meters of their own pothole.

This shelling lasted for a full hour, and the entire Jinghai City was reduced to ruins. The originally tall city walls were now turned into a pile of rubble.

The city wall that could block most of the enemy troops in ancient times and give people an infinite sense of security could not block modern heavy artillery at all.

After one or two shots, no matter how thick the city wall is, it can only be reduced to rubble.

At this time, several troop transport ships quickly approached the dock of Jinghai. About three battalions of coalition soldiers began to gather on the dock. Then they stepped on the unique drumbeat of John's country and headed towards the ruins of Jinghai City.

At this time, when the soldiers of the Third Division in the city felt that the shelling outside had stopped, they quickly got out of the hole. Quickly occupy a favorable position and prepare to counterattack.

When the first coalition soldier came into their sight, gunshots rang out one after another.

This surprised the coalition soldiers. They did not expect that after an hour of shelling, there would still be resistance in Jinghai City.

However, the combat quality of these coalition soldiers was quite high. When they were attacked, they immediately launched a counterattack.

Whether it is the Kingdom of John or the Kingdom of Gaul, their soldiers are better trained than those of the Third Division, and their marksmanship is more accurate. Even if the soldiers of the Third Division have bunkers, their casualties are comparable to those of the Allied Forces. one.

In fact, the soldiers of Daxia are still very brave. They are not afraid of sacrifice or the strength of the enemy. What they are afraid of is that they will be abandoned.

Once they know that they are not fighting alone and know why they are fighting this battle, they become the best soldiers.

Even if it was the devastating 230mm main ship gun bombardment just now, or the accurate marksmanship of the coalition forces now, they were able to fight to the death.

More importantly, their division commander Qian Hongtao was also in Jinghai City, commanding the army to resist.

Wherever there was a gap, he immediately sent his reserve team to rush forward. When the fighting reached its most intense, Qian Hongtao even personally led his men to the front line.

The battle started at five o'clock in the afternoon on the first day and lasted until the afternoon of the second day.

Qian Hongtao looked at the casualty list compiled from the front line and looked at the Third Division, which had lost more than half, and his heart was bleeding.

He brought out these soldiers one by one. He was heartbroken if he didn't lose any of them.

But now, not even a day has passed, and his team of [-] people only has [-] or [-] people left.

Fortunately, there was only one hour left before they could retreat.

"Adjutant!" Qian Hongtao shouted.

"Reporter, Adjutant Zhang has been killed in battle!" As soon as Qian Hongtao finished speaking, the guard on the side said to Qian Hongtao.

Hearing these words, Qian Hongtao was obviously stunned. Only then did he remember that his adjutant was killed by a naval gun of the combined fleet two hours ago, but he still said indifferently: "Go and send the order. All ministries prepare to retreat!”

"Yes!" The guard heard Qian Hongtao's words and immediately saluted him.

As Qian Hongtao issued this order, the exhausted soldiers of the Third Division began to retreat backwards under cover alternately.

But as soon as the stipulated time came, Qian Hongtao officially issued an order and began to retreat with the third division.

The bloody battle in Jinghai cost Qian Hongtao's team six-tenths. It can be said that they were beaten badly, with almost everyone injured. But these soldiers were different from when they retreated.

In the past retreats, their faces were full of grief and anger, and they were unwilling to give in, because the retreat at that time was a real retreat and a defeat.

The current retreat is glorious, because they have completed the set mission goals, and they all know that their current retreat is part of a high-level process, and they still have follow-up preparations.

The third division took the initiative to retreat, leaving Jinghai City in ruins. Gunfire continued throughout the night, and finally the attack stopped.

At this time, Major General Edward took out his pocket watch and looked at the time and found that it was already past four o'clock. Although it wasn't dark yet, there was only about an hour left until dark.

It is very unwise to choose to pursue the enemy now. Not to mention whether they can catch up to the third division if they form a team and pursue it now.

Even if you catch up, if you are unfamiliar with the place, you will easily fall into an ambush. At that time, Edward had no way to provide support. Besides, the coalition soldiers had been fighting for a whole day, and they were already a little tired.

Thinking of this, Edward waved his hand and asked the coalition soldiers to start gathering at the dock, preparing to march to the Imperial Capital early the next morning, preparing to capture the Imperial Capital of Great Xia within ten days and end this damn battle.