It was not just the Shuhai that was surrounded. All eight warships that landed encountered a similar situation. Apart from the different number of soil bags, there was no other difference.
The situation is already very obvious. The entrance to the cave is less than thirty meters away from the battleship. For the servants, it can be crossed in a few steps. The noble army wants to attack at close range!
However, such a distance is very unfavorable for the defenders to exert their firepower advantage. Air support is out of the question, and the mortars on the ship's spine are also difficult to use.
The earth bag arched higher and higher, and soon the huge insect head was exposed. However, this time the giant insect did not rush out at all, but quickly retracted underground, leaving only holes with different diameters on the ground.
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Several thoughts flashed through Ye Han's mind, and he shouted almost instinctively: "Grenade——"
After receiving the order, the paratroopers on each ship instinctively took off their grenades and threw them into the four open holes. Because they were in such a hurry and the distance was far, not many grenades were thrown into the holes, and most of them landed near the holes.
Immediately there were explosions inside and outside the cave, and the actions of the paratroopers attracted the servants. They took out large grenades specially designed for the servants and threw them down from the battleship like rain.
Ye Han was so angry that he jumped to his feet. The ammunition reserve was limited, but the servants dared to waste it like this, and they didn't look at the right place before throwing it down!
The paratroopers who also saw this scene immediately stopped shooting. Someone yelled on the public channel: "Explosive pack--" The clever paratroopers immediately ran to move the explosives.
As if they knew what the defenders were thinking, the paratroopers carrying the explosive packs here had just ran away. As if they had received some signal, the noble troops in the caves suddenly jumped out with raindrops of grenades, and they came out from all the caves at the same time.
Rushing, only a few of them happened to have entered the hole where the grenades were, and there was no movement.
The first batch of noble troops who rushed out were immediately hit by grenades. No one could escape the fate of death. However, they blocked the sky full of shrapnel for the subsequent noble troops. The second batch of noble troops successfully rushed to the ground before being hit by grenades.
Blast down.
As if inspired by this scene, the third group of noble soldiers who rushed to the ground simply lifted the bodies of their companions and blocked them in front of them, and rushed upward with human shields.
The situation changed rapidly. Some of the defenders immediately picked up their rifles and opened fire. The dense bullets fell from the sky, sweeping down the charging enemy troops from above. The rest continued to throw grenades, using two types of firepower to mow down the noble troops rushing to the ground.
The noble army did not show weakness. The fourth batch of noble troops simply did not come out yet. While the defenders were still cleaning up the remaining noble troops on the ground, they hid in the cave and opened fire on the defenders.
Lines of silken light suddenly appeared, knocking down the defenders from bottom to top.
The enemy's position was too low and too close. Whether throwing a grenade or firing a gun, the upper body had to be stretched out a little to see the target. For this, the defenders paid a bloody price. The defenders suffered casualties under this wave of counterattacks by the noble army.
The quantity exceeds four digits.
However, the servants who had suffered a huge loss did not care about the casualties and immediately pulled away their wounded companions and continued to fire. As a result, they were attacked by the noble army again and suffered a large number of casualties.
The sudden huge casualties shocked Ye Han. Fortunately, the casualties of the paratroopers were very small, but when he thought about it carefully, he was scared for a while.
The noble army's counterattack came suddenly, and the paratroopers on the ship's spine were also unprepared. However, the advantage of the paratroopers was that they were in a relatively high position and were much smaller than the servants. They were much more difficult to hit than the servants.
Therefore, the vast majority of the noble troops aimed at the servants who were easier to hit, and very few noble troops targeted the paratroopers. This resulted in heavy casualties for the servants, but not many casualties for the paratroopers.
However, if the situation continues like this, it won't take long for the limited army of servants to suffer all their casualties. By then, only seven battalions of paratroopers will not be able to defend this place.
Thinking of this, Ye Han quickly ordered: "Attention, all units, it is forbidden to shoot downwards from now on. All servants will withdraw to the second line of defense. The artillery will fight independently and provide fire support!"
The first layer of defense is on the surface of the battleship, and defending this line of defense must be exposed to the enemy's sight.
The second line of defense is located inside the warship, making full use of the passages and cabins inside the warship. The distance from the first line of defense is between ten and thirty meters, which can effectively block enemies who breach the first line of defense.
The servants who received the order quickly retreated and dispersed into the second line of defense at an extremely fast speed, without even bringing back the bodies of their companions.
Having said that, the servant army is not a human army and has no habit of collecting corpses at all.
Not only did the servants retreat, but the paratroopers on the ship's spine also retreated a certain distance and re-positioned defenses near the gun carriage.
The fierce resistance just now ended in a hurry, and the noble army gathered underground poured out of the ground like a fountain, leaping high one by one and climbing onto the battleship.
However, there are only so many entrances to the interior of the battleship. Many of the shooting ports have been closed due to the retreat of the servants. Many noble soldiers could not find a way to enter the battleship after rushing to the battleship. They could only attack the holes deliberately left by the servants.
Channel gathering.
The noble army who was the first to get into the battleship was immediately attacked head-on by the defenders, but the noble army behind still ignored it and continued to rush into the battleship over the bodies of their companions.
The defenders hiding behind the bunkers took full advantage and fired at the enemies calmly, knocking down the enemies who rushed in one by one. After a while, the deliberately left passages were filled with the corpses of the noble soldiers.
The massive casualties quickly taught the military nobles how to behave. They no longer rushed into the battleship with all their might, but hid outside the entrance to avoid showing up. They only put their arms in and opened fire, beating them with mercerized light.
Although the noble soldiers who did this could not see the target and their arms were always hit by the servants, the flying silk rays did cause casualties to the servants.
On one side, they couldn't rush into the battleship, and on the other side, they kept rushing out of the cave. A large number of noble troops soon gathered under the battleship.
Ye Han, who had already suppressed his anger, decisively ordered the artillery to open fire.
The paratroopers who were operating the artillery had long since held back their anger. After receiving the order, they fired without hesitation, raining down steel balls representing death on the swarming noble troops.
The advantages of mortars are infinitely magnified at this time. You can shoot in mortar mode at close range, and in howitzer mode at long distances. Both your own ship and friendly ships are within the range of the shells, and no matter how you fight, you can always find a suitable method.
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However, artillery bombardment is not a panacea, and artillery shells cannot destroy all enemies. In addition, the noble army is constantly coming out of the hole. The limited artillery shells can only be used at critical moments, rather than firing at will anytime and anywhere.
As time passed, the noble army also figured out the rules of artillery bombardment. They no longer dared to rush to the ground in groups. Instead, they slowed down the front speed and used methods to reduce the density of personnel to resist the artillery bombardment.
