.The small boats were washed up on the beach by waves. The Marines came out one by one and began to try to gather on the beach. At this time, the Portuguese soldiers who could not hold back finally opened fire on the first line of defense. A musket sounded, and the thick smoke rose from the sand base. The French army on the beach had sporadic casualties. They also realized that it was impossible to assemble slowly. The commander shouted in the purest French with the commander's sword: "Go forward."

The infantry dispersed their formation and began to rush towards the hinterland of the island. Then the sound of artillery on the high ground not far away roared. The deafening sound of artillery indeed strengthened the Portuguese army a lot of momentum, and exploded in the formation of the Marine Corps, increasing a lot of casualties.

The hidden traps in the beach also played a lot of roles. It can be said that the first wave of Marines landed on the battlefield was the most difficult. The offensive was hindered, and many people could only crawl on the beach to try to counter the Portuguese army behind the sandy roof in the distance. However, it was obvious that the Portuguese army under the protection of the sandy roof had a great advantage. The French army without any shelter seemed to be targets. In less than half an hour of battle, more than 700 people were lost, and many of them were injured. Finally, they rushed back to the sea like ducks.

The Marines came on a boat and left in a hurry. In fact, it was not because they were not brave. It had nothing to do with their military qualities. It was just that the Portuguese army had made sufficient preparations in defense. This time the landing operation was more of a tentative attack. It was difficult to chew the bones at first sight, so the Marines naturally fled the battlefield.

Bobby breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately transferred the Portuguese army that had just participated in the battle back to a sand barrier defense line behind to rest, and transferred the troops behind to the front line to ensure that the soldiers were physically strong. The alliance fleet arrived fiercely, so naturally he was unwilling to return empty-handed. The offensive of the anti-Dutch alliance will inevitably be even more powerful.

Sure enough, after experiencing the first failure, the Anti-Dutch Alliance released more landing boats. Hundreds of landing boats were scattered on the sea, like stars in the sky, and they could not count them. The boat didn't need to paddle at all. Each boat carried five or six Marine soldiers and various equipment, and washed up on the beach with only the waves. Then another sharp offensive. This time the Marines' charge was different from the previous time. Everyone touched the beach.

Then they ran wildly towards the Portuguese defense line, without raising their guns to counterattack. The Portuguese behind the Shali continued to load and shoot, and the artillery on the high ground rumbled. However, there were too many army troops, killing a group of people. Another group of people rushed up. They were determined to take down this line of defense. In a moment, thousands of soldiers were lost, but the rest were getting closer and closer. On the left wing, even sporadic French troops rushed past Shali and fought with the Portuguese behind Shali.

Seeing that the first line of defense of the sandy lane was lost, Bobby felt that it was completely within his expectations. He quickly ordered the reserve team to come for reinforcement. The Portuguese army had three lines of defense, each line equipped with 500 people. In addition, two lines of defense were also set up in the direction of the two wings. In addition, there were 2,500 people equipped with the sandy lane, and more than 1,300 artillery soldiers were eliminated, and in Bobby's hands, there were 2,500 reserve teams for reinforcement of various lines of defense at any time.

The emergence of the reserve team really made the Portuguese army feel enormous. On the dangerous and unpredictable battlefield, what the soldiers need most is hope. As long as they see hope to repel the enemy, they will inevitably make the final effort for victory.

The momentum of the landing team was slightly frustrated. Coupled with the firepower support of the Portuguese army, they had suffered serious casualties in order to break through the barrier of the Portuguese army, and now the resistance is getting bigger and bigger. Finally, the morale has been exiled for a thousand miles. If it continues, it will only increase casualties. The bodies on the ground can only be left to retreat in a hurry.

After this battle, the landing team naturally suffered great casualties, but the casualties of the Grape Army were not low. It was enough to kill 200 people in battle, which was indeed a heavy blow for the Portuguese army, which was originally a small number. Bobby was so distressed that he was half dead, but the Portuguese army was happy and defeated the strong with the weak and killed so many enemies. In their eyes, it was naturally a great victory.

The huge fleet anchored overseas had tried several more landing battles, but in the end they returned in a frustration. After all, the first two battles had already made the soldiers frightened, and the morale of the attack became weaker and weaker. During the last landing battle, some soldiers did not obey the orders and fled back to the beach halfway through. This made the fleet commander Saint Rigg so angry that he wanted to vomit blood. He soon realized that it was impossible to attack Pies Island, unless he was willing to pay a greater price and lost the cover of artillery fire. The landing troops were completely exposed to the enemy's gun, and the effect of the attack could only be disappointing.

Of course, several deputy commanders were unwilling to suffer any more losses, especially French deputy commanders. You should know that more than 70% of the Marines in the entire fleet were allocated by the French Army, and more than 3,000 soldiers were lost in a few battles. At least two thousand of them were French. He was unwilling to watch his compatriots be human targets, so the first to propose a plan to stop the landing of the beach was the deputy commander of the fleet.

Viscount Preville, one of the senior officers of the French Army, was ordered to lead an army of more than 30,000 people south to Italy to form a joint fleet. On the surface, the British seemed to have become the commander-in-chief of the fleet, but the French army accounted for almost half of the combined fleet of 70,000 people. Therefore, Viscount Preville became the first deputy commander without permission. In addition, in the fleet, his reputation does not need to be low in Commander-in-Chief Rigg.

Rigberg agreed to Preville's proposal. In fact, he had to agree. As soon as he went to war, he was seriously injured. If the combat policy was not changed, many people would probably be dissatisfied. After all, this fleet was not just the British.

After the formation was discussed, many small and medium-sized warships began to swim towards the shipwreck area and began to clear the channel. To take down Pies Island, the coalition forces must have the support of artillery fire. The only way is to clear the channel so that the fleet can rely on the coast. Then bomb the island. The waters away from the beach are full of wreckage of Portuguese shipwrecks. Clean up Yong. It is so easy that there is no way for the coalition forces to not seek help from the coalition forces. They have to bear the casualties of the Gong, so they can only take it slowly and salvage the shipwreck first.

Projects like this naturally take a lot of time without a professional salvage boat. If there is no professional salvage boat, you won’t be able to clean the sea channel. Therefore, Gou Jun on the shore breathed a sigh of relief, and the coalition forces on the ship were happy. After all, fighting will kill people. Clearing these obstacles first and then slamming the beaches on the island is naturally better than risking their lives to attack.

Rostov was on the sea, and the sea was connected to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. At this time, Tsarist Russia had not yet seized the Black Sea estuary. Therefore, in addition to land, the most important thing in foreign trade was Rostov, a maritime trade city. Its maritime trade throughput accounted for at least 50% of the total trade in Russia. At that time, Tsarist Russia had already realized the importance of the ocean, so. At that time, several generations of Tsars went to the Soviet Union to build the most powerful navy. In order to compete for the sea estuary, occupy and control the Black Sea Strait, it had a fierce competition with the Ostra Empire and the Western powers at that time.

However, at this time, the only Russian sea trade city was Rostov, which was originally inconspicuous. It can be imagined how far Rostov prospered in this era. Rostov was more famous. It was not that Rostov was the main church of the Orthodox Church in the entire Slavic region several centuries ago. After the Byzantine Orthodox Church was exiled, he began to look for a new site to build a new church. The Grand Duke of Moscow strongly invited them to build a building in Moscow, but for the Orthodox Church, the secular power of Moscow was too strong. When the Orthodox Church moved there, it would probably become a vassal of secular rights sooner or later, so he did not hesitate.

The veto of Moscow city, and finally found the small principality of Rostov. With the support of the Grand Duke Rostov at that time, it built a large-scale construction and established the Orthodox cathedral. However, with the invasion of the Mongols, the cathedral was destroyed. Over time, the Principality of Moscow became the world-renowned Russian Empire. It also annexed Rostov and moved the Orthodox bishop to Moscow. This city, once famous for its theocracy, gradually declined. However, in order to show his importance to Rostov, the later tsar established the Rostov Krem Palace next to the original cathedral, which meant that the secular world and theocracy were closely linked.

Due to Rostov's importance, although Russia had invested in the war against the Ottomans, the troops were already quite tight, but in this city, a pound of small shooting troops was still stationed. In addition, there were also local security forces with more than 3,000 people. Their defense was strictly prohibited, which was definitely not inferior to Moscow.

Rostov's city was originally very small, but due to the rise of commerce, the city's buildings were simply not as large as the population. Therefore, except for a small part of the city walls in the central city, Rostov's other areas that spread outward were mostly composed of scattered house structures. The Tsar once wanted to build a city wall on the periphery, but due to the initiation of the Ottoman War, this idea has been kept in the wastebasket and failed to be implemented.

Today is the famous "Narration Festival of the Lord" in memory of the birth of Jesus Christ. Orthodox festivals are a day to commemorate the most meaningful events of the Orthodox Church or the most respected religious figures of the Orthodox Church. Some festivals originate from ancient polytheistic religious rituals, often related to the alternation of the four seasons and the peasant solar term, but are remodeled and supplemented by the spirit of Christ. There are many festivals in Orthodox Church. The number of festivals is farther than the number of days throughout the year. Therefore, there are actually one or several religious festivals almost every day. So Russians do not care about this.

There are many festivals. However, the Lord’s Day is different. This is almost the largest festival of Orthodox Church. Although the Lord’s Day is in the cold winter, Russians near Rostov are coming from all over the place. The city is also decorated with lights and bells. The bells in the cathedral echo, which looks particularly solemn. Prayer is about to begin. Devout believers flock to the cathedral, or wander outside the cathedral to pray silently towards the top of the sacred church tower. The vendors along the street are gone, but the low prayer keeps echoing in the streets and alleys.

Tatta,

Tatta"

In the distance, a torrent gathered, as if dark clouds were pressing against the top. On the snowy field, the horse's hooves were covered in snow and turned into mud. In the cold wind, the neighing sound of the war horses seemed extremely desolate. The warrior's straw raincoat and straw hat were covered in snow. The hands in the leather gloves on their hands seemed to be stiff, with only the eyes exposed by the cotton helmet, but they were still flashing with light.

"This is Rostov. When someone looked out from afar, he shouted excitedly.

Long live the thug, everyone was inspiration. After a long journey, the cold wind did not stop them. The extreme temperature of the north did not stop their pace. Now, after going through a lot of hardships, they finally arrived at their destination. All their efforts were not in vain. The plan was that there was no need for an attacking formation. His orders were short and extremely targeted.

"The killing commander yelled.

"The cavalry that killed the seas was scattered on the snowfield, like a monster that devoured everything, whistling towards Rostov like lightning. His blood was boiling, and his body was no longer so cold. Many people took off their leather gloves and pulled out the cyclist hanging on their waists without a trace of hesitation.
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