Chapter 36 Cannonball Horror

How long the coastal coastline is, how long is the wall facing the sea in the west. From this, we can also know how big and magnificent the Red Earth City, the largest city in the west of Yanlong.

With the foot strength of Su Yongbai Lu Tianma, it is not very difficult to turn the coastline and enter from the south or north gates in half a day, but it is a little difficult to sit on the war horse with ordinary cavalry.

So after Captain Smith's fleet chased along the coastline, the old captain finally saw something and decisively raised the flag and ordered three of the ships to return.

It is undoubtedly difficult to chase the war horses on land with ships on the sea, but what if it is to wait for the rabbit?

The old captain narrowed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled. He ordered, "The three main ships returned to the west gate of Yanlong Hongtu City, close to the beach. Jack and Osslang covered, the Tiedani docked and prepared to land, and moved seven guns ready to go ashore."

The coastal patrol of the Yan Dragon Cavalry always has to go back from the west gate. There are also gates near the south and north, but the distance is too far, and there are also patrol cavalry over there, so there is no need to spend more than half a day. Since these cavalry are patrolling the coast of the West Gate, they have to rush back to eat at noon and always have to return the same way.

And if the fleet is on the sea, even if it catches up with the dragon cavalry, the range of the artillery is still difficult and far, and it cannot cause harm to the other side. As long as the dragon cavalry on horseback quickly turn back, they can still enter the city in time to avoid gunfire.

In this case, why don't you wait for the rabbit? Several small ships pretended to pursue, while the cannons on the main ship stayed here and landed forcibly, in order to make use of one blow to completely annihilate this group of rampant dragon cavalry.

Therefore, Colonel Smith clenched the broken pipe in his hand at this moment, with a fiery glow in his eyes, but a smile appeared on his face.

With the support of two giant ships, the huge Titani slowly approached the red land of Yanlong, while the small suspension ladder had begun to be thrown out, and the crew carrying a single-bended musket on their shoulders had begun to prepare for landing.

Looking at the Yanlong garrison on the wall, the Yanlong defenders on the wall were obviously panicked, and some people on the city reported to the cavalry on both sides. Captain Smith smiled triumphantly and waved his hand fiercely: "The landing speed is accelerated. Move the main gun down first."

The order came out, and the bearded sailors also blushed with excitement, rushed to the cabin one by one, and quickly opened the mobile deck. After waiting for so many days, they finally landed on the land of Yanlong for the first time and tried to start the war on this ancient land. These foreign devils were naturally excited.

With the support of dozens of cannons staring at the two giant ships next to them, the Yanlong soldiers could not obstruct the other party's forced landing too much. Those small warships began to forcibly approach the coast and prepared to bombard those cavalry who had gone far away, intending to make some painless interceptions for the other party's return, so as to facilitate the smooth progress of the landing operation there.

Su Yong saw that the cavalry had left a long distance from the crossbar that marked the edge of the trap, so he waved his hand to slow down the cavalry, so that the small warships near the shore of the other side could slowly approach.

When the small warships saw that the other party seemed to have received the message sent from the wall, they had the idea of turning back and were very anxious. Many gunners knew that the other party was not in range, so they fired a few shells urgently, intending to use the bluffing momentum to prevent the other party from returning immediately.

Fortunately, it is quite far from the trap at this moment. Su Yong watched those round shells fall on the physical gravel ground near the shore, blowing up a large group of flying sand, and couldn't help smiling slightly.

As long as the trap is not exposed.

"Remove back immediately." He waved his hand and shouted loudly, pretending to be shocked.

On the other side, Xiao Changfeng also performed the same performance as him.

Two thousand dragon cavalry, just for a moment of showing off their power, they have rushed back from both sides in panic. In the sand that was blown up and down by bombs, they were firmly on the horse's back, cling to the bottom of the wall and fled back in a hurry, shouting from time to time.

In the eyes of those red sailors, this scene is naturally extremely pleasant.

"Stop them." The captains of several small warships laughed and shouted in the same voice.

So more shells roared on the beach and land, and the black smoke shocked the horses to keep moaning and dodging.

"Separate everyone and divide into teams. Don't concentrate together and divide them back." Su Yong shouted that the white deer and Tianma rose up, and the front hooves soared into the air. He was also frightened by the bomb.

But he still stood in the front of the team, calmly commanding loudly, assigning every man and horse, inspiring everyone's fighting spirit.

With the current power of these artillery, it will not cause too much harm to the cavalry at this distance, but if the personnel are too concentrated, the probability of being hit by the other party's shrapnel flying around will be much higher.

So after a moment of panic, the 2,000 cavalry reintegrated into many teams and began to take risks to rush through the road blocked by gunfire and rush to the gate.

Of course, this scene looks extremely dangerous on this side of the sea, but in fact, it is not the case if you stand on the clay city.

Because first of all, the artillery of this era is still a single-shot. Every time a cannon is fired, it takes some time to fill the next cannonball, and there is a time difference in the middle. In addition, the range of the shells is relatively limited. Most of the shells fall on the sand near the sea, which is still a little far from the position of everyone.

Of course, the most important thing is that after these round bombs fly out, they do not explode immediately. Many of them still roll on the sand and explode after a long time. Even if there are soldiers near here, this time is enough for him to run away, at most slightly injured.

At both ends of the look, there began to be a small inflammatory dragon cavalry force to rush back. The door of the Red Earth City has also been opened. Smith roared on the other side angrily, "It's not enough. Keep pushing forward and speed up."

It's not easy to push heavy artillery on the sand, but if you put it on the sand to fire, it's not much different from the ships near the shore, and you still can't hit the gate. And the cannons on the ground, supported by the giant ship guns near the shore, he didn't believe that the Yanlong people dared to grab it desperately.

So these cannons landed at this moment have not adjusted the proofreading angle at all, but are still pushing forward hard in the gasp of a group of Popeye.

Even if I can't leave all these cavalry, I will be the first to break your gate and start a big invasion. Smith stared at the broken pipe in his hand and snorted.

The Hongfan people's large-scale invasion plan is indeed not yet, and they have been increasing their troops one after another. If it hadn't been for the long arrows given to the other party that destroyed the beloved pipe of Captain Smith, the war would not have broken out early.

There are not many small warships chasing on both sides. Seeing that the first group of cavalry broke through the fire blockade line, they did not bother to adjust the angle to bombard the ground. After all, they knew that the main artillery on the landing there was about to be ready and were waiting for these cavalry to throw themselves into the net.

What they have to do is to try to block the remaining large teams and give the cannons there more time to advance, so as to achieve greater harm to the other party.

And in their unremitting efforts, the gunners finally found a sense of direction, and the aim of hitting the cavalry brigade seemed to be a little higher. And countless round shells hit the shore, and some of them hit farther because of their light weight or other relationships, causing some real damage to the cavalry.

Looking at the other party's reaction so quickly and accurately, Su Yong was also a little anxious at this moment. After all, these subordinates are from others. Even if Hong Yuanba doesn't say anything, he is always ashamed of everyone.

Just as he shouted loudly and ordered everyone to try their best to control the horses along the city wall, a fast-coming dark round shell suddenly fell beside him, with a trace of shocking white smoke.

Bailu Tianma seemed to know the power of this thing. The two rapid bounces jumped more than ten meters in an instant.

And Su Yong saw that there were many soldiers next to the shell, and couldn't help shouting from the sky. People had turned into a phantom and rushed to the shell.