On the undulating sea surface, the crowded Navy Marine Corps soldiers of the Great Tang Empire Navy, already drenched by the splashed sea, swayed along with the warship beneath their feet.
"The coastline is right ahead!" The driver operating the infantry landing craft loudly reminded the marines squeezing aboard his vessel.
"Who the hell invented this crappy boat with the hatch opening right at the front, so we get shredded by machine guns the moment we land?" A soldier holding his assault rifle complained quietly amidst the crowd.
After so many training sessions, they no longer vomited on the ship. Their faces were still pale, but at least they weren't throwing up their lunch onto their comrades' backpacks anymore.
"Shut up, this design lets us rush onto the beach the moment we land." An old soldier at the front rebuked, while the approaching waves shattered at the front of the landing craft, dousing the camouflaged steel helmets with salty water as if it were a light rain.
