Chapter 193 Right Hook

While Luo Li led the left army to take action in Jinzhou, the docks in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Weihaiwei also began to be busy after April 13.

A large number of large and medium-sized troops gathered in these three places began to act under orders, carrying all kinds of equipment and materials, and appearing on the docks everywhere.

A group of soldiers boarded the sea boats through the trestles one by one. All kinds of materials were loaded into the sea ship, and even the mules and horses were also loaded into the specially modified sea ships.

The first batch of Dazhong army to cross the sea will be used as the right hook of the battle of Liaodong, slamming the eastern part of Liaodong, so that Jiannu can't take care of each other.

Such a large-scale cross-sea operation is an unprecedented adventure for the large and medium-sized army that has only carried out a few small-scale landing operations. Compared with ordinary land warfare, cross-sea operations need better coordination, and a little carelessness will lead to chaos.

For this reason, Xiao Tianjian thought about it over and over again, and finally asked Li Xin to personally command the sea crossing operation in Dengzhou, and transferred a large number of experienced staff members from the staff headquarters of the Ministry of War to help him command the right army's crossing the operation.

Before that, Li Xin summoned the main deputy generals and staff officers of the right army in Dengzhou, discussed the pre-war plan for several days, and carried out the operation and several acts on the map. With several islands in the Changshan Islands as the exercise site, the right army participated in the war, with the cooperation of the Northern Marine Division, Two landing exercises were conducted at the end of March and the beginning of April.

In this way, a more effective combat plan was formed. After April 13, all departments were ready for departure, and the marine division carried out the final inspection and renovation of the ships participating in the battle, meeting the departure requirements before the battle.

On the fifth day after Luo Li began to lead the fight in Jinzhou on April 13, that is, on April 18, Li Xin also launched an action after personally presiding over the sacrificial flag and sacrificing the sea god in Dengzhou.

The whole first wave of loading began in the morning until dark. The first wave of 10,000 Chinese troops and the required materials were all loaded. With the order, the sound of a cannon sounded at the docks of Denglai and Weihaiwei.

The sailors fired salutes, and the land masters who saw them off on the dock also fired a salute. All kinds of sea ships raised naval flags one after another, and slowly raised their sails and anchored. Under the drag of the sampan, they slowly left the trestle, and then adjusted the rudder and sailed out of the harbor.

Because of the prohibition of the sea in the Ming Dynasty and the geographical reasons, the seaport in the north is far less than that in the south, and the facilities are not as perfect as the coasts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. Originally, the best starting point for such an action can be selected as a port, but due to the limitations of conditions, after inspecting the ports along the Bohai Sea, the military can only Finally, the departure place was selected in three places, but the plan of the staff headquarters of the Ministry of War was more detailed. After the departure of the ships in the three places, they had to meet in the sea of Zhangzi Island first, and then sail to Pi Island together.

In this way, although it will be delayed for two days at sea, it can achieve the unity of action. Therefore, as long as there is no storm at sea, there will be no major problems in this operation.

When the sea masters from all over the country set out, the local people went to the port to see them off. A fleet of this size had never been seen in the north for a hundred years. There were more than a hundred ships gathered in each port of departure. At the time of departure, the masts were like a forest, and the sails covered the sky and the sun. It attracted the cheers of the people.

For more than ten years, the people in the north have really suffered from the scourge of Jiannu. Now that the Dazhong Dynasty has been established, the North has finally begun to gradually stabilize. The people all hope that the Dazhong Dynasty can completely solve the scourge of Jiannu. This time, especially the people in Shandong, in order to support the Dazhong army to cross the sea and attack Liaodong, except In addition to joining the army enthusiastically, the local people also contributed to help the Dazhong army deliver all kinds of materials and greatly supported the Dazhong army to cross the sea.

Now that the huge navy boat fleet of the Dazhong Army left, many people cried and knelt on the ground to pray for the generals of the Dazhong Army to win.

Li Xin originally wanted to follow the first fleet and go to Pi Island to direct the operation in person. However, under the persuasion of the generals, considering that more soldiers and horses would be mobilized to cross the sea in the future, Li Xin had to hand over this honor to Diao Zhenglai for responsibility, and at the same time let Xiao Rufeng, the commander of the Northern Marine Division, be supplemented to coordinate. The combat operation between the marine division and the land division.

God finally made a good job. After entering April, the wind on the sea gradually began to blow the southeast wind, which was very conducive to the action of the marine boat. After the departure, the three large-scale fleets sailed to the east of Liaodong by the wind and waves, and there were no big wind and waves on the way. Finally, six days later, the three ships The team began to converge in the sea of Zhangzi Island.

After two days of confluence, the land and sea division fleet first swept the sea area of Zangzi Island and landed on Zangzi Island. After a short rest on Zangzi Island for a day, it immediately continued to drive north.

Although Jiannu has also had a little sailor's strength through the capture of Ming military boats over the years, Jiannu has never paid attention to the sailors. At best, he has made some ships patrol the seaside and checked the merchant ships sailing to Liaodong, and basically did not build any new ships.

Over the years, with the decay of old ships, many ships can no longer be used, so they can't cause any trouble to the large and medium-sized naval fleet at sea, and they don't even have the ability to find the large and medium-sized fleet.

After more than ten days of sailing, the first batch of soldiers and horses of the right army crossed the sea finally appeared on the sea outside Pi Island.

The enslave soldiers guarding Pi Island suddenly saw a large number of sails on the sea around them, and then countless boats began to converge towards Pi Island. They were so shocked that the enslave soldiers on the island jumped and quickly prepared to set up cannons to resist.

Unfortunately, their resistance really made the Dazhong army feel ridiculous. There were only a dozen cannons in the Qing army on Pi Island, of which only four Hongyi cannons were still placed far away from the coast, which could not stop the landing of the Dazhong army at all.

Two newly built Western-style sailboats and several reinforced sand boats at Dengzhou Shipyard acted as artillery ships at this time, directly within 100 meters of the sea, and shelled the Jiannu army who tried to resist on the island.

All kinds of artillery on dozens of ships were fired at the same time. Suddenly, the earth and rocks on the shore flew randomly. The soldiers who had just been summoned were just beaten in an instant and fled to the center of the island with their tails.

Then the sand boats full of Dazhong military generals or lucky boats immediately began to dock, and the Dazhong military generals staggered to the beach, and quickly formed a formation and began to advance towards the island.

Although the voyage of more than ten days is a kind of suffering for the land division personnel. After many people boarded the ship and went to sea, they began to get sea sickness. They vomited a lot on the way. Even the first batch of commander-in-chief, Dai Zheng Diao, also fainted on the ship because they couldn't find the north. It was time to land. Diao Zheng could not effectively stand on the commander's ship to command the battle at all, so he could only temporarily hand over the command to the Northern Fleet and order Xiao Rufeng temporarily.

When many of the land division soldiers arrived at Pi Island, they were completely dizzy and had no combat effectiveness, so they could only let some soldiers who were not so seasick to land as vanguards.

But even so, with the absolute superior force and superior firepower, the attack of the Dazhong Army on Pi Island was still carried out very smoothly. Under the cover of the naval guns, the two battalions of the Marine Corps will take the lead in landing. After opening up a landing site, a large number of people and horses began to disembark and start to move towards the island. Extend the battle.

The whole landfall on Pi Island lasted for less than a day, and the whole Pi Island was completely controlled. Under the fierce artillery attack of the Dazhong army, all of them were wiped out in half a day. In addition to leaving a few prisoners for interrogation, Diao Zheng ordered the remaining hundreds of prisoners. All of them were killed at the seaside, and the bodies were directly thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

As Xiao Tianjian originally envisioned, the whole attention of the Jiannu Army was focused on the Jinzhou area, and basically did not think much about the coastal defense of the Liaodong area.

Therefore, the first batch of large and medium-sized troops crossing the sea can easily control Pi Island. Although the area of Pi Island is not large, it is particularly important for the large and medium-sized army to take this place first.

After all, this time, the right army of the large and medium-sized army mainly relies on crossing the sea to fight. It takes about ten days to arrive. In these ten days, especially the generals of the army division, there will be serious seasickness. It is obviously too difficult for them to land directly.

Therefore, the Dazhong army needs to obtain a forward base. First, let the expeditionary generals and soldiers rest for a while. After restoring their physical fitness, they can continue to land and fight across the sea. Otherwise, it is impossible for soldiers and horses who can't even take a stable road to win the battle.

The capture of Pi Island made the right army a good start, and then a large number of people and horses were unloaded from the ship in Pi Island, and all kinds of materials with the ship were immediately unloaded to the island. After the unloaded fleet, two-thirds of the ships immediately began to return under the leadership of Xiao Rufeng and returned to the place of departure to load the next batch of operations. Personnel.

And Diao Zheng stayed on Pi Island to direct the next action.

In just a few days, the first batch of soldiers and horses of the right army, with the cooperation of the navy, swept the islands outside Xuanzhou and successively captured Xumi Island and Yuncong Island near Pi Island.

After three days of rest, the soldiers of the Lu Division recovered from seasickness and became lively again.

Diao Zheng also regained his general's demeanor. After sweeping the island, he finally led his army to cross the sea by boat again in early May and rushed straight to Tieshan and Xuanzhou.

At this time, the Jiannu army in Tieshan and Xuanzhou had received the news that the Dazhong army had crossed the sea in large numbers, but they did not prepare in advance and could not fight against the Dazhong army at all. As a result, when the Xuanzhou Shoujun came turbulently, he actually fled with his own soldiers and fled.

Although the Tieshan garrison led his troops to resist to a certain extent, their resistance was quickly disintegrated under the gunfire of a large number of large and medium-sized troops. The whole Tieshan City only persisted for a day, and then announced that it was conquered by the large and medium-sized army. More than 1,200 people of the Jiannu army were killed without being captured, while the large and medium-sized army only It only paid the price of less than 20 casualties.

After Diao Zheng led his troops to capture Tieshan and Xuanzhou, Diao Zheng left the two naval land battalions in Pidao and Tieshan as defenders, and was responsible for guarding Pidao and Tieshan. It will be their logistics supply base for a long time to come, and he immediately led the remaining 7,000 soldiers from Tieshan and attacked. Zhenjiang Fort in the southwest of the Yalu River Espin.