The ferocious artillery fire wreaked havoc, causing the Shengwu Troops to completely collapse. After three rounds of bombardment, an eerie silence settled on the battlefield.
The commander of the 1st Battalion ordered a few troops to move out for reconnaissance, but except for corpses, they found nothing.
On the beach, dozens of Shengwu prisoners were still kneeling, and troops from the subsequent landings continued to come ashore, uninterrupted. Everything seemed to be returning to its original track.
This Shengwu military unit, which just happened to appear near the landing site, did not drive the Great Tang Group's landing troops back into the sea; they had only delayed the process somewhat.
Soon, the commander of the 1st Regiment, as the highest commander of the army landed on Dongwan Island's beach, accompanied by more than 100 soldiers from the 1st Regiment.
