After solving the man-eating trebuchet, the coalition forces on the river bank are still in danger.
Fortunately, the Karun River is only a few hundred meters wide, so a round trip by transport ship does not take very long.
Six galleys and thirty small boats transported a group of personnel and equipment to the other side of the river.
These small boats were all collected by the Persians after they arrived in the Mesopotamia. They are slightly larger fishing boats and are mainly responsible for transporting people and personal equipment.
The six oars are responsible for transporting heavy equipment such as Wugang vehicles and artillery.
In order to facilitate the transportation of Wugang vehicles, Su Chen had people dismantle all the artillery on the sailboat.
The coalition forces have four landing sites on the west bank of the Kulun River.
The second trip of the galley brought twenty-four Wugang carts at once, and divided them among the two in the most critical situation.
The Wugang chariot was quickly pushed to the front to resist the impact of the cannibal cavalry.
At this time, the role of the Persians became apparent. They were wearing heavy armor and holding spears five or six meters long.
Cooperating with the Wugang chariot, he withstood the impact of the food cavalry.
The pressure of the Marines was immediately reduced by half!
"Bring up the blunderbuss, use the crossbowmen to cover the Persians, and quickly assemble the trebuchet!"
Yuchi Baolin followed the second group of personnel and crossed the river to the west bank to take command personally!
Yuchi Baolin knew in his heart that the Persians had only temporarily blocked the cannibal cavalry, but they could not hold out for long.
The crossbowmen must be allowed to cover the Persians as much as possible. Without them to carry them in front, this battle will be difficult to fight.
At the same time, a defensive barrier must be established as soon as possible.
As long as the Persians can hold on until the next batch of Wugang carts arrives, that's basically all.
Fortunately, the few thousand elites selected by Rappasu from more than 30,000 Persians did not disappoint.
After the second batch of Wugang chariots arrived, the Wugang chariot formation in the front row was basically formed. There was no need for Persians to form a formation with spears to block the large cannibal cavalry.
At the same time, the muskets and trebuchets were also in place, and Yuchi Baolin immediately ordered the Persians to withdraw.
So the battle returned to the familiar pattern of the Tang Army, with Wugang chariots blocking the front, bowl-mouth blunderbuss, trebuchets, and crossbows firing wildly behind!
The muskets on the frigate no longer bombarded the enemy from a distance, but were reloaded with shotgun shells to protect the two wings of the coalition forces on the shore, so that the cannibals could not attack from both sides in a roundabout way.
After several trips back and forth, the galley finally delivered enough weapons vehicles and various heavy equipment to the coalition forces on the shore.
In Datang on the west bank of the Karen River, the Persian coalition forces slowly stabilized their position.
However, the crisis has not been resolved. Now it is still being pinned down by the giant eater on the river bank to defend passively. It will definitely not be able to hold on for a long time.
But there are more than 20,000 Persians on the other side of the river,
Seeing that the other side was in a stalemate, Rappasu asked the Persians to start crossing the river from another place.
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Compared with the hard battle on the river bank, the landing on the seaside was much smoother.
The naval gun has a range of more than a thousand meters and can attack hundreds or even hundreds of meters away from the beach.
More than a dozen main gunboats fired nearly 200 shells in one salvo, and the weight of the projectiles was three times that of a bowl-mouth gun.
It can provide fire support for beach landing troops very well.
Under the fire suppression of naval guns, it was basically difficult for the Big Eater to get closer than 300 meters to the shore.
The transport ship lowered its own traffic boat to be used as a landing craft, and the main gunboats and frigate escape boats were lowered to be used as landing craft.
Nearly a hundred landing craft rushed to the shore in dense numbers.
When the Big Eater saw so many small boats rushing to the shore, he suddenly became anxious and rushed to the beach regardless of the cost, trying to prevent the coalition forces from landing.
However, under the bombardment of nearly two white naval guns, only a few of the giant cannibals could rush to the beach.
And when the Big Eaters rushed to the shore through the dense artillery fire, they were greeted by a dense rain of arrows. At this time, nearly two thousand coalition troops had formed a military formation on the shore and were waiting for them.
With spears and giant shields in front, and crossbowmen at the back, the coalition forces formed a classic field infantry formation on the beach.
After paying heavy casualties, the Big Eater rushed in front of the coalition forces. The gunpowder bombs he threw could indeed cause considerable damage to the coalition forces.
However, they cannot break through the coalition's military formation in a short period of time.
The dense rain of arrows from the rear of the coalition forces caused terrible damage to the cannibals!
Within a hundred meters, the heavy armor of the big man-eater looked like paper in front of the divine arm crossbow.
However, when the giant cannibal's crossbow hits the armor of the coalition forces, it basically bounces away, making it difficult to cause any damage.
In order to support the Persians, Su Chen also spent a lot of money and directly gave 2,000 pairs of aluminum alloy armors spared by the Tang army to the Persians.
While the Tang Dynasty and Persian allied forces continued to flood onto the beach in landing craft, more than 30 Persian merchant ships were mixed in with the landing craft.
These commercial ships washed up directly on the beach and ran aground on the beach. Then the Marines led the camels and got off the pedals.
Well, Tang Jun transported the camels directly to the beach.
These merchant ships were all contributed by the Persians. A total of thirty-seven of them were collected from most of the northern shore of the Persian Gulf, and the rest were taken away by the Great Eater in advance.
In order to be able to transport a few more animals, Su Chen had the merchant ship dismantled until it was just an empty shell.
I worked most of the night last night to transport a thousand camels from the east bank of the Karun River.
"Hey, we are still short of ships. If there are hundreds of ships, we can just pull thousands of camels and horses. After landing, they will charge and scatter the big cannibals!"
“And you don’t have to worry about not having to hold up your baggage every time you land!”
Cheng Chubi stood next to Su Chen, holding up his telescope and watching the fierce battle on the beach, and sighed.
Su Chen shook his head: "What you are thinking is that using ships on a large scale to transport large livestock over long distances is simply impossible at this stage."
"This time, only a short-distance transportation of a few kilometers can fit so many animals into each ship. If it is a long-distance transportation, it would be great if one ship can transport ten large animals!"
Without two hundred large ships of over 3,000 tons, Su Chen would never consider transporting large livestock over long distances.
"Commander! Fireworks!"
The lookout soldier on the mast suddenly pointed into the distance and shouted loudly.
Su Chen raised the telescope and looked to the west. Sure enough, there were fireworks blooming in the sky.
At the same time, the lookout soldier on the mast also confirmed his position again: "Commander, this is our frigate!"
Su Chen nodded: "As expected, the cannibal fleet cannot stay in Hormuz!"
Cheng Chubi smiled: "The handsome man knows things like a god!"
"The big cannibals want to take advantage of the critical moment when our troops are landing on the beach to harass us?
What a beautiful thought!"
Su Chen shook his head. What a miracle. The Persians had been secretly exploring Hormuz for a long time.
Information came from the Persians that the number of ships in the Strait of Hormuz was greatly reduced. Su Chen quickly guessed the cannibal plan.
Along the south coast of the Persian Gulf, around to the west bank of the Karon River, and taking advantage of the Tang army to land from the coast, conduct a sneak attack from the sea?
