Anti-Qing: Starting from the Jintian Uprising

Chapter 330: Red River Mouth Beach Attack and Defense

Soon, the situation on the battlefield changed again.

The Tang army fleet was divided into two routes.

A part of the fleet remained at the mouth of the Red River, confronting the Vietnamese Red River artillery while preventing the Vietnamese navy from sailing out of the Red River.

The other part was looking for a landing point north of the Red River Fort to prepare for a beach landing by their own marines.

Soon, the Tang army fleet found a suitable landing point on the coast near the mouth of the Red River.

A Tang army soldier rowed a small boat and rushed towards the coastline.

While the Tang army was preparing to land on the beach, Vietnamese soldiers gathered on the shore, ready to block the Tang army's landing.

However, just as they finished gathering, the sound of rumbling artillery fire was heard on the sea.

The Tang army fleet's naval guns aimed at the Vietnamese troops assembled on the beach and began to deliver fire.

After two rounds of artillery fire, the Vietnamese troops gathered on the beach were directly dispersed.

The golden beach was littered with broken limbs and arms, leaving behind many blood-red mottled marks.

The scene before my eyes was truly shocking!

Under the cover of their own naval guns, the vanguard of the Tang army quickly completed the landing and built a simple beachhead position on the beach, ready to meet the counterattack of the Vietnamese army and cover the landing of their own large forces.

Several rotary machine guns were transported to the shore, with their black muzzles aimed inland.

"quick!"

"Move quickly!"

"Set up the machine gun and put on the ammunition belt. Quick! Quick! Quick!"

Jin Yong commanded his men to set up the machine gun on the prepared position, and the ammunition belt was stuck on the feed port.

Jin Yong tried to turn the muzzle of the machine gun to make sure that firing back and forth would not be a problem.

Just as they were getting ready, they saw a large crowd of people appearing from inland.

A Vietnamese soldier howled and rushed towards the beach.

"Kill!"

"Kill the northern bandits!"

"Drive out the northern bandits and protect Dai Viet!"

"..."

The first to roar were still the Tang army's naval guns.

Amid the booming sound of artillery fire, shell after shell was fired deep into the beach.

There was a loud explosion!
However, the Vietnamese troops on the beach also began to fight back.

They deployed several artillery pieces inland and began firing at the beachhead positions built by the Tang army's vanguard.

boom! Boom boom!

Several shells broke through the air, whistling towards us.

The shells landed on the beach, and the terrifying kinetic energy caused the sand to splash everywhere.

The shells continued to roll forward, as if to flatten everything in their way.

The shell flew past Jin Yong, and he didn't even have time to react before a soldier next to him was hit by the shell and his body exploded like a rag bag.

The hot blood spilled all over him!
Jin Yong's scalp suddenly felt numb and he couldn't help but want to curse.

"grass!"

"These Vietnamese monkeys are pretty damn accurate!"

Under the cover of artillery fire, Vietnamese soldiers rushed towards the beach.

boom! Boom boom!

The Tang army's naval guns began to fire back.

The muzzle of the gun was raised and the roar was loud.

The shells broke through the air and shot inland towards the place where the smoke had just risen.

Boom! Boom!
A series of explosions sounded, and balls of fire burst out near the impact points.

Several Vietnamese gunners had their bodies torn apart by the explosion, and the bursting flames ignited the gunpowder barrels, causing a chain reaction.

Amid the rumbling explosion, a thousand-pound cannon was blown directly into the sky, spun several times in the sky, and then fell to the ground with a loud bang.

"How can this be!"

"How can the Tang Army's artillery fire so far?!"

The Vietnamese artillery commander looked at the scene in shock, his body shaking slightly unconsciously.

He couldn't understand how the Tang army's artillery could fire so far and so accurately? !

You know, they are now two or three thousand meters away from the Tang army fleet on the sea.

According to the Vietnamese army's idea, in this battle, they should use artillery to leisurely bombard the Tang army on the beach, covering their own infantry to drive the landing Tang army into the sea.

However, the Tang army's naval guns could not reach them, and they could only stare blankly.

Because, from their artillery positions to the Tang army on the beach, there was only a beach in between, which was at most a thousand meters away.

However, the Tang army's warships were separated from their gun positions by a beach and a sea, a total of two or three thousand meters.

Logically speaking, they should be absolutely safe by placing the gun positions at such a long distance from the coast, and the Tang army's naval guns on the sea should not be able to hit them.

Who could have thought that the Tang army's artillery range was so much longer than theirs?

You should know that the artillery used by the Vietnamese army now is not Vietnam’s own homemade artillery, but foreign artillery purchased from the West.

Many of the gunners were hired Western gunners.

But even so, the artillery they used was still defeated by the Tang army in terms of range and accuracy.

This was difficult for the Vietnamese artillery commander to accept.

But before the Vietnamese artillery commander could react, the Tang army's second round of artillery fire began.

Boom! Boom!
The air was filled with smoke, and several more shells whizzed towards the Vietnamese artillery positions inland.

The shells landed and explosions rang out.

The flames and shock waves seemed to destroy everything.

The Tang army's breech-loading rifled cannon not only had a greater range and lethality than traditional muzzle-loading cannons.

Thanks to its breech-loading method, the firing rate is several times that of traditional muzzle-loading artillery.

Without waiting for the Vietnamese artillery to retaliate, the Tang army fired several rounds of volleys in succession, knocking out most of the Vietnamese artillery positions deployed inland. The remaining artillery positions did not even have the courage to aim at the Tang army landing troops on the beach, let alone fire back at the Tang army.

He just dragged the fire that had just been fired and turned around and ran away with swift movements.

They were afraid that if they ran too slowly, the shells would hit them on their heads.

At the same time, the Tang army on the beach also engaged in a firefight with the counterattacking Vietnamese army.

Seeing the Vietnamese army getting closer and closer, Jin Yong gritted his teeth and began to turn the handle of the miniature machine gun.

"Fuck you Vietnamese monkeys, come on, come on, I'm going to kill you!"

"Give me back my brother's life!"

Da-da! Da-da-da! Da-da-da-da!
The sound of popping beans was as dense as popping beans.

Metal bullet shells kept popping out, making crisp clanging sounds when they fell to the ground.

The bullets formed a barrage and rushed forward.

In an instant, the charging Vietnamese troops fell down like wheat blown by the wind.

The Vietnamese soldiers in the front row were covered in blood and were beaten into sieves in the blink of an eye.

On the entire beachhead, the only sounds were the screams of the Vietnamese soldiers who were shot and the clatter of machine gun fire.

When the Vietnamese soldiers who were originally rushing forward howling saw this scene, they seemed to have a basin of cold water poured on their heads and calmed down instantly.

I don't know who took the lead, but these Vietnamese soldiers threw away their weapons and armor and turned around and ran away.

"Help!"

"Run away!"

"Devils, those Tang people are all devils..."

However, how could the Tang army let them escape so easily?

The sound of machine gun fire continued.

As bullets flew everywhere, the fleeing Vietnamese soldiers were constantly shot in the back and were thrown forward by the kinetic energy of the bullets.

In the blink of an eye, only piles of corpses remained on the beach.

The blood gathered together, flowed towards the low-lying areas, and finally merged into the sea.

The blue sea was dyed with strands of crimson!

The air was filled with the pungent smell of blood and the lingering smell of gunpowder.

Jin Yong stopped turning the handle and gasped heavily.

"Damn it!"

"Fuck him!"

While cursing, Jin Yong took off half of his intestines from his helmet.

But he did not throw it directly on the ground. Instead, he placed it carefully on a broken body with only half of its body left.

He looks a little sad!

Because, this corpse was his subordinate when he was alive and had a good relationship with him.

Now, he went to the battlefield for the first time and was hit by a shell, leaving no trace of his body.

Jin Yong's heart was filled with an unconcealable sadness.

"Hey!"

"Brother, take your time on the road to the underworld. I will chop off a few more heads of Vietnamese barbarians to commemorate your soul."

"I will definitely not let you walk alone on the road to the underworld!"

……

The smoke on the beach dissipated temporarily, and the Tang Army's marines successfully completed their landing and began to reorganize their forces on the beach.

We will launch an attack on the Red River Fort at any time!
When the Vietnamese navy that had previously fled into the Red River saw this scene, they began to become nervous.

"It's over! It's over!"

"The Tang army is heading for the artillery position!"

"If the Red River Fort is lost, the Tang army will probably follow the Red River and march to Hanoi!"

Suji paced on the deck of his ship, his face full of anxiety.

"What should I do?"

"What should I do?"

Seeing this, McKinley, the French consultant standing by, made a suggestion.

"General, the only choice facing our army now is to take the initiative to attack and confront the Tang army fleet when the Tang army attacks the Red River Fort."

"In a naval battle, our army is no match for the Tang army fleet, but if we can have the cover of artillery batteries, we may still be able to fight."

Su Ji's face showed obvious confusion when he heard this.

After a long hesitation, he finally spoke.

"Given the current situation, this is the only way."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and spoke to the soldiers around him.

"Immediately send someone to Hanoi to report the emergency. Tell them that the Red River Fort is in urgent need of help. We are afraid that our navy will not be able to stop the Tang army from advancing westward along the river."

"Looking at Hanoi, be prepared to meet the enemy in advance!"

Su Ji had a bad feeling in his heart, and he was afraid that he could not stop the Tang army.

Therefore, we arranged people to report the emergency to Hanoi in advance so that Hanoi could make preparations early.

So as to avoid being caught off guard by the Tang army!
……

Chen Yucheng put down the telescope in his hand and turned to Zhang Guoliang who was standing beside him and said.

"Commander Zhang did a good job."

"Since our Marine Corps has landed, let's prepare to launch an offensive against the Red River Fort."

"Take down Hanoi as soon as possible so that we can report the victory to the court, right?"

Upon hearing this, all the generals of the Tang army clasped their fists in agreement.

There was obvious fanaticism on everyone's face, enthusiasm for military merit and for building great achievements.

Before the war to conquer Vietnam began, Li Yi painted a rosy picture for the generals.

Those who have made meritorious contributions in the conquest of Yue can be rewarded with land and manors on the spot!
(End of this chapter)