Gao Jiu sat on the landing craft, and the gentle sea breeze of the Mediterranean blew on the quiet sea.

The moon in the sky is very round and big, like a huge pale yellow dish hanging in the sky.

The tide was a bit strong today and it was a bit bumpy while sitting on the landing craft.

Gao Jiu just grabbed the handle of the landing craft and tried to keep his balance. He didn't want to be like the unlucky recruit who fell on the landing craft and hit his head with blood.

This is the latest type of landing craft of the Marine Corps, which can be put directly into the sea from the landing ship.

Each landing craft can carry an entire platoon of troops at one time.

In this way, the establishment will not be scattered.

The waves crashed outside the landing craft, and the soldiers inside vomited one after another.

"Boom!" A cannonball hit the sea water, and the explosion of the cannonball stirred up a water column more than ten meters high.

Inside the landing craft with the open roof, it immediately seemed like it was raining.

The seawater flowed down Gao Jiu's helmet and wet the clothes on his body. The camouflage uniform wetted by the seawater clung to his body, making it uncomfortable.

But compared to the upcoming battle, this is nothing.

The sound of exploding artillery shells became increasingly dense, and the sound was probably a howitzer. This thing could hit far, but it was very unsuitable for dealing with landing craft bumping on the sea.

Only those extremely unlucky guys will be hit by howitzers.

But after a while, the distance got closer, and the cannon from the opposite side came over, but it was time to look at the character.

I hope I won't be hit by a cannon. This door made of thin iron sheets can stop bullets.

Cannon!

More than 70 millimeters, a single shot can penetrate the landing craft.

Thinking of this, Gao Jiu glanced helplessly at his platoon.

Dark face, big eyes, straight nose.

Carrying their special weapon on their waist, the Gurkha scimitar.

Ming Dynasty has always liked to use Gurkhas as cannon fodder. Unfortunately! He is the leader of these cannon fodder!

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and everyone's bodies were bumped up by the landing craft.

The iron door in front has a crescent-shaped gap!

Oh my God! The Gurkhas' prayers worked. What an explosion of character.

That gap could only have been made by a cannon shell. The shell neither exploded nor fell into the landing craft, but flew to an unknown location.

An explosion of character, an explosion of character.

Gao Jiu felt that he should also pray to the gods and Buddhas in the sky.

Three nautical miles away from the coast, a fleet of ten destroyers has been lined up.

The 155mm gun on the bow of the ship was pointed at the coast of Targnano.

Behind the destroyer, five arsenal ships were arranged two at the front and three at the back.

A full ten nautical miles away from the coast is the essence of the Ming Navy.

Ming Dynasty's three existing aircraft carriers are fully mobilized, with two heavy cruisers escorting each side of the aircraft carrier.

Behind the aircraft carrier, there are three Shanzi-class battleships pressing the formation.

At this time, Li Xiu and Chen Laohu were standing on the bridge of the Changbai Mountain. They were looking at the Tavignano coast in the distance with a special high-power telescope.

On the sea, a landing craft was hit and caught fire.

The soldiers inside howled this, and rolled into the sea from both sides.

The heavy equipment quickly plunged them into the seabed without even a bubble emerging.

But the rest of the landing craft still stubbornly moved towards the coast at full speed.

The speed was so fast that it almost flew.

"How far are they from the coast?" Li Xiu asked without looking back.

"One point five nautical miles!"

The staff officer quickly stood at attention and answered.

"What should be exposed has been exposed, and cannon fodder must be used sparingly.

Let’s get started!”

Li Xiu said softly.

"Plan No. 1 will be implemented in one minute." Chen Laohu issued the combat order on the radio.

Immediately, the whistle on the Changbai Mountain sounded.

The sound of the whistle was like the deep roar of a dragon.

Soon, the sirens of the warships on the sea began to sound. The sound was overwhelming, like the roar of a dragon.

A red flare flew straight into the air and exploded.

All the Ming warships opened fire in unison, and the fiery red shells left countless bullet marks in the sky.

The arsenal ship was filled with smoke, and countless rockets trailed long tail flames across the sky towards the coast where gunfire was loud.

A moment ago, Gao Jiu could still hear the sound of machine gun bullets hitting the front armor plate of the landing craft.

The next second, the sound of a sky-shattering explosion came across the sea.

Everyone covered their ears, and some were so frightened that they yelled.

No one heard his roar, even though he was close at hand.

It was a full nautical mile away from the coast, but everyone felt the searing waves of the shell explosion.

Along the coast of Tavignano, countless puffs of gunpowder smoke rose in an instant.

The huge explosive power of the heavy rockets directly plowed through the French army's position.

Not to mention the cannon, even if God comes, it will be broken into pieces by the scattered shrapnel.

The French Foreign Legion defending the coast had been fighting vigorously just now, but now they had no chance of escaping.

When a heavy rocket falls on the ground, it can create a large crater up to three meters deep.

This is because the lethality is greatly reduced in the special landform of sand.

If coastal defenses are dug too deep, the problem of water seepage is very annoying.

If it is dug too shallow, it will be no different from nothing under the cannonballs of the Ming Navy.

Especially the 480mm cannons on the Ming army's battleships, each shot was like a volcano erupting.

All the fortifications on the ground are finished!

Gao Jiu saw that the 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the landing craft stopped firing after a few shots.

He dared to climb to the gap and look out, but he felt it was unnecessary.

There was thick smoke everywhere on the shore, including the shoals.

Entire palm trees were burning, and the thick smoke even obscured the moonlight, making the vision extremely dim.

In the distance, there were still explosions one after another.

Looking back, I could see the battleship clearly in the moonlight.

The muzzles of all the battleships were smoking, and the arsenal ship was emitting thick smoke as it turned on the sea and pointed the other side of its hull towards the coast.

After a while, the rockets on the other side of the ship will be launched.

Looking at the arsenal ship billowing with smoke, Gao Jiu sympathized with those people.

No wonder people on the arsenal ship have to wear pig-mouth gas masks when fighting.

The landing craft quickly got into the thick smoke, and then hit the beach heavily.

The valve on the armored protective door rotated rapidly, and the door hit the beach heavily.

The Gurkhas held their rifles with bayonets in hand and howled out of the landing craft.

Then, he coughed loudly.

There was thick smoke everywhere and the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke everywhere.

Gao Jiu was so smoked that he burst into tears. He highly suspected that those bastards in the Navy were using smoke bombs.

What he is most worried about now is not that he will be choked to death, but that the navy does not know the situation on the beach. If there is another shelling, everything will be over.

He reached into his backpack and pulled out a flare gun. He found a green-tipped flare and fired it into the sky.

After taking three shots in a row, Gao Jiu finally felt relieved.

The smoke was so thick that he was really worried that the navy animals wouldn't be able to see it.
To be continued...