Li Chengqian smiled and said, "I've been out for half a year, and I'm thousands of miles away from home. Teacher, why don't you forget to take charge of the prison?"
Seeing that everyone else had telescopes, Elsa jumped up and down and asked Hashem next to her:
"Did it hit?
Did you hit it?"
With that said, he went straight to grab the telescope from Hashem's hand.
Su Chen ignored their siblings and continued to watch the battle.
Seeing that the enemy's artillery range was far inferior to his own, Master Sun Ren felt relieved.
Eight gunboats were ordered to come forward and line up in a row, and began to bombard the shore forts.
Although the accuracy of the front-loading cannon is poor, the rate of fire is also very slow.
But the fixed turret won't run away, so just bombard it slowly.
Even with a 1% hit rate, an average salvo can destroy a fort.
So the Tang army started unhurried and continuous bombardment from a distance, while Da Shiren was completely in a passive position of being beaten.
Seeing that their artillery could not hit the Tang army's warships, the Da Shi people no longer wanted to stay there to be beaten in vain, so they abandoned their forts and fled.
Division Sun Ren began to command the Marines to board galleys and frigates to land on a beach not far away.
There were many men and horses on the shore of the Big Eater, and they rushed to the beach where the Tang army ships were approaching, trying to prevent the Tang army from landing.
However, under the suppression of the artillery fire of the Tang Army's fleet, the Great Eaters did not dare to get too close to the seaside.
The galley dived, rushed to the shore, and fired a salvo of cannons and cannons, clearing the beach.
Marines rushed to the beach in landing craft,
The entire login process was very smooth.
After seeing that the Tang army had successfully landed on the beach, Da Shiren did not intercept them, but began to retreat.
"Why do I feel that the Big Eaters are out of shape this time? According to their past style, they should risk their lives to rush to the beach and fight with the Marines."
Xue Rengui was a little puzzled.
Su Chen also thought that there would be a fierce battle for the beachhead, but in the end, the cannibals retreated directly.
Staring at the retreating Big Eater: "The retreat was in an orderly manner. The Big Eater must have planned to abandon this port a long time ago. Those who stayed behind probably just wanted to test their artillery."
Liu Rengui: "We didn't see the cannibal cavalry on the shore. It's probably because they didn't intend to fight us head-on here."
Su Chen thought for a while: "Whatever the reason is, we can just take the port. After the arrangements are made, we can go ashore to see the man-eating artillery."
Liu Rengui arranged for ships to patrol nearby, and Sun Renshi sent several marines to search the shore carefully to make sure there was no cannibal ambush.
Su Chen landed ashore and went with everyone to take a look at the fort left by the Big Eater.
"The appearance is similar to our artillery, but the quality of the cast iron is far inferior!"
"And it's a little thinner than ours. Aren't they afraid of exploding?"
Liu Rengui took an iron rod and carefully struck the cannon left by the cannibal.
"It was probably exploded, so the Big Eater reduced the charge. Since the range is so short, it's probably due to insufficient charge."
After Su Chen finished speaking, Liu Jingren was eager to try:
"Let's try it and see the specific effects?"
Everyone looked at Liu Jingren and agreed in unison: "Okay, you come and try!"
Liu Jingren glanced at his unscrupulous colleagues and superiors speechlessly, then ran back to get ready.
Have someone carry two bundles of leads,
After loading the ammunition for the cannon, Liu Jingren dragged the lead wire dozens of meters long and ran behind the bunker piled with sandbags to light it.
After the long fuse burned out, the gunpowder in the barrel was ignited.
Then,
boom!
The artillery exploded as expected!
"I only loaded 80% of the maximum charge of our artillery, and it exploded?"
"It seems that the cannon-making skills that the Great Eater secretly learned are still far behind."
Su Chen said: "With the help of a few blueprints stolen by traitors, we were able to achieve this result in just a few months. It is very good."
Li Chengqian said: "It's good to know that the cannon can't work. I don't want to see the two armies using cannons to bombard each other!"
Su Chenxin said that just because the Cannibal's cannon-casting technology is not good for now, it doesn't mean it won't be good in the future, and it doesn't mean everyone won't be good.
After knowing the power of our army's artillery, everyone will definitely study it with all their strength in the future. We will definitely see the scene of artillery bombardment, and it is estimated that it will not take long.
Liu Rengui frowned and said: "Actually, the cannibals should not use such artillery to attack our warships. They should arrange the artillery backward to block the beach, or our army must pass through the road section..."
Xue Rengui looked at Liu Rengui: "Lord Commander, can you please stop giving advice to the cannibal?
If they really do that, we will kill many people!"
Liu Rengui: “I’m planning for a rainy day!”
Su Chen sighed and said: "Liu Rengui is right! Da Shiren is very smart. He must be unfamiliar with the performance of artillery this time. He will definitely change his tactics next time."
"Everyone, go back and think carefully about how to deal with it. Next time, maybe the cannons will be pushed onto the battlefield to bombard us."
Everyone suddenly became a little depressed. The trebuchets used by the Great Eaters could cause a lot of casualties to the Tang army. Although their artillery had a shorter range, it was still very terrifying if used properly.
Li Chengqian smiled and said: "You need to think about the method slowly, don't rush it! "
"Judging from the cannibals' decisive decision to abandon this seaport, they should be waiting for us to go to Hormuz to fight them."
"According to the teacher's arrangement, we don't have to worry about this. Let's rest in this harbor for a while."
Su Chen nodded: "The attack on Hormuz must be postponed for at least a month. Let's first find out the situation on both sides of the Gulf."
"As long as the big cannibal doesn't take the initiative to provoke, there will probably be no war in the next period of time."
"Besides, the Chinese New Year is the day after tomorrow, so let's take a rest!"
Everyone also lamented that it has been nearly half a year since they set off from Yangzhou, and they have basically been floating on the sea.
And looking at the posture, there is no need to think about returning to China in the short term.
After capturing the port of Jask, the fleet has a place to supply supplies, so it is no longer afraid of the cannibal's machinations.
Just be careful to prevent the giant eater from suddenly jumping out and attacking.
But to be honest, Su Chen wished that the Big Eater would jump out and attack, so that the Big Eater's power could be weakened earlier. Under the current situation, whether the Big Eater took the initiative to attack from sea or on land, it was impossible for the Big Eater to gain any advantage.
Rappasu and a dozen Persians landed from Jask, and then divided into more than a dozen small teams, heading inland and disappearing into the Maklan coastal mountains. They were accompanied by more than a hundred elite land warriors in disguise.
team members.
This operation was initiated by Rappasu. He said that he could return to his hometown in Persia and help Su Chen get some useful information.
Su Chen was quite surprised by Lapu Pasu's behavior: These Persians are usually very serious about being translators.
