Chapter 1293
From Sea to Land
Chapter 1293 From Sea to Land
After two rounds of bombardment by the United Fleet, the various coastal fortifications built on the shore have been completely destroyed. At this time, several troop carriers that were originally on standby on the far sea finally came up. Under the cover of many warships Arrived near the coast.
The troop carrier used by the military in the exercise this time is different from the ship that Liu Shang and others took. The ship also has a steam-powered propulsion device, and the speed of approaching the coast is naturally much faster than that of ordinary sailboats.
"This is the latest type 34 landing troop carrier. Its short-range speed during wartime can be more than double that of the ship under our feet. Each ship can carry more than [-] soldiers, and they can land quickly through the movable springboard at the bow. In addition, there are hoisting equipment on the ship, which can quickly unload heavy weapons such as artillery to the shore." The accompanying officer introduced the performance characteristics of this troop carrier to everyone in a timely manner.
During the conversation, several troop carriers had already arrived at the coast. After lowering the springboard at the bow, the soldiers on board quickly boarded the land. After a brief assembly, they built a beachhead on the spot to prevent the enemy from counterattacking.The warships parked a little further away still continued to fire artillery shells at the fortress area on the shore at a stable frequency, but in order to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces, the angle of shelling was obviously adjusted to avoid the area where friendly forces were landing.
Haihan's amphibious landing operation plan depends to a large extent on the advanced performance of weapons and equipment, relying on the superiority of firepower to suppress the enemy's coastal defense forces before landing, and clear a relatively safe landing field for their own landing forces.This style of play is basically to eat the enemy hard, and it seems that it is difficult to find an opponent who can counter Haihan in the Far East in this era.
But for Haihan's followers and competitors, this style of play is difficult to imitate. After all, the weaponry and training level are too far behind Haihan's army. Not an anti-dog.When the Haihan army used artillery fire to cover the army ashore, they did not allow other allied warships to participate. After all, to use relatively high-end tactics such as sea-land coordination and infantry coordination on the battlefield, only their own troops who have undergone strict training Talent is reliable.
Of course, Liu Shang had never seen such a tactic before, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he was. If the Haihan army used this tactic to attack the coastal areas of Daming, it would be invincible.Even if he now knows the combat methods of the Haihan army, Liu Shang can't think of any way to stop his landing. What can the Ming army do?Just rely on the flesh and blood to block the enemy's shells?
Although the Haihan army currently uses force to occupy some islands along the coast of Daming, and I have not heard of their blatant invasions such as landing in a certain place to attack a city, but in Liu Shang's view, this is no longer a question of Haihan's ability. The problem of attacking Daming is to see if they want to do it.Although Ming Dynasty claims to have a million troops, it may not be able to stop Haihan's invasion from the sea.
While Liu Shang was thinking east and west, the army had basically completed the task of seizing the landing point and setting up a beachhead.Several six-pound field guns were hoisted from the troop carrier to the shore, and the fire output they could provide was enough to allow the landing troops to resist possible counterattacks by the opponent.However, due to the limited number of troops invested in the exercise, there were no more armies to carry out subsequent landing operations. Therefore, the subject of amphibious landing is actually considered as the end of the exercise.
After the accompanying officer announced the news, everyone was a little bit unsatisfied. After all, it was rare to have the opportunity to see the real war scene, but this rhythm seemed to have just begun to enter the main action, and then came to an abrupt end.It was as if a sumptuous banquet had been placed in front of them. Just as everyone was about to use their chopsticks after listening to the chef's introduction of the highlights of each dish, the host announced that the banquet would be withdrawn. The appetite was so uncomfortable.
Even a well-informed official like Yu Xiaobao was a little dissatisfied with this arrangement, and asked the officer: "It's only noon, so today's military exercise will not end here, right?"
The officer responded with a smile: "Director Yu also said that since it's already noon, everyone must have a meal and rest."
Yu Xiaobao was a little unhappy and said, "Is there a meal time during the war?"
The officer said with a serious face: "Of course there is no such thing on the battlefield, but this arrangement is not for the consideration of the soldiers participating in the exercise. I hope Director Yu can understand."
Yu Xiaobao suddenly realized that the suspension of the exercise at noon was not just to take care of the participating troops, but more because of the consideration of all the gods present.These invited audiences are basically of extraordinary status, and there are many dignitaries from various countries among them. They are not patriotic people like myself. It seems that they will be neglected if they are all hungry to watch the military exercise.It is also a smart arrangement to choose an intermission at an appropriate time.
Yu Xiaobao wanted to understand the reason, and immediately cupped his fists to the officer and said: "I made a slip of the tongue!"
The officer quickly responded: "Director Yu is being polite, and that's why I didn't explain clearly before. Then everyone, hurry up and have dinner first, and there are other arrangements in the afternoon."
Hearing the officer said that there were other arrangements, everyone finally recovered from their depressed mood, and hurriedly made dinner, lest they miss the content of the exercise in the afternoon.The conditions on this ship are limited, and there is nothing fancy about the dinner, but at the moment everyone's thoughts are not on eating at all, and it doesn't matter if they have a simple meal, as long as they can eat a mouthful of hot food to fill their stomachs.
After finishing their lunch, everyone went back to the deck and eagerly waited for the afternoon exercise to start quickly.However, there are no influential figures on this ship, so no matter how anxious they are, they can only obediently wait for the military's arrangements.
After waiting for a long time, a flag was finally sent from the military liaison ship. The ship they were on slowly approached Xieyang Island, and it seemed that they were about to land here.
Sure enough, the accompanying officer explained to everyone: "The military exercise in the afternoon will be held on the island, so please go ashore to watch."
Liu Shang naturally prefers to stay on land, the swaying on this boat is really uncomfortable, and the bottom of his feet is not secure.Seeing the boat getting closer and closer to the shore, a question suddenly popped up in Liu Shang's mind. Since the exercise in the afternoon was on the island, then there should be nothing to do with the navy, right?Since there is an arrangement for this change in the battlefield environment, it should be that the Haihan Army has something amazing to show.
The place where everyone landed on the island was the place where the Haihan Navy sent the army to land after the bombardment in the morning, but at this time the army had already left this place and went to the inland direction of the island.The beachhead temporarily built by the army was kept intact. Liu Shang went over to have a look, and listened to the officer's explanation by the way. In fact, the structure of the bunker was very simple. Breast walls were built in the ruins of the coastal defense fortress, and a few positions were left between them, and then the infantry fought with rifles behind the bunkers.
With the advantage of the range of Haihan weapons, this kind of beachhead can at least guarantee to repel the enemy's counterattack within a radius of [-] meters, but it is difficult for the enemy to shorten the engagement distance to within the range of their own long-range weapons.Coupled with the combination of light and heavy firepower, using such a position to deal with enemy forces several times larger than one's own will not cause major problems for at least a day and a half.
The artillery shells that the Haihan battleship poured down here during the morning bombardment can be seen everywhere on the ground. Liu Shang took a closer look. The largest one was the size of a human head, and the smallest was about the size of an adult's fist. As far as he could see, there were at least hundreds of shells. many.Most of these shells can be reused directly after recovery, and engineers will come to clean up here later, collecting and cleaning all the shells.
Liu Shang also paid special attention to the fortifications that Haihan built in advance here. Judging from the thickness of the retaining walls alone, Haihan has not adulterated this temporary facility, and the thinnest part is about four inches thick.Although the strength of this kind of fortification is definitely not comparable to that of the city wall, it is not bad as a coastal defense fortification.
As far as the Daming port that Liu Shang himself visited, there are not many places where such fortifications have been built. Although there are a small number of garrisons near most ports, or even naval camps, they are used for anti-landing operations. There are not many fortifications.If you encounter a similar raid, I am afraid that the end will only be worse than the fortifications here. The Haihan people's tactics of forcefully clearing the field by firepower, unless the city is repaired to the port coast and defended by relying on the fortified city, the defenders may be the only ones. There is a chance to prevent its landing.
Of course, it is impossible to build the city to the coastline, so such a way of resistance is naturally untenable.Looking at the shells all over the floor, Liu Shang sighed secretly in his heart. If the situation continues to develop like this, I am afraid that in a few years, Daming will really be cold.Think about the barbarians outside the northern pass who can only fight immediately, and the bandits in the Central Plains who are only good at burning, killing and looting. How can they compare with the Haihan people who can manage and fight, and can't find any weaknesses at all.Although Haihan seems to be treating Daming well now, Liu Shang feels that when the Haihan people are full-fledged, Daming will definitely become the target of their cannibalism, and they will never plunder some money and people and then stop.
"Mr. Liu hasn't seen such a big formation before, has he?"
Liu Shang was staring at the shells on the ground in a daze, when a voice behind him made his hair stand on end.He didn't need to look back to confirm that the evil star had appeared beside him again.
Liu Shang quickly calmed down, turned around and said: "I have never seen an army fighting before, and today I am honored to see the power of the Haihan fleet, and I am deeply shocked. Director Zhang laughed at his gaffe."
The uninvited guest who appeared suddenly was Zhang Qianzhi from the Security Department. Liu Shang thought that he would never see him again on this errand, but he didn't expect that this person would appear at this juncture, and immediately set his sights on him again.Liu Shang wondered in his heart, could it be that his horoscope was against him, and he would meet this evil star no matter where he went, or this guy was actually secretly monitoring his movements all the time?
Zhang Qianzhi smiled and said, "It's not surprising that you were a little shocked when you saw this scene for the first time. Let alone you, even a professional soldier may not be able to calmly accept the scene you saw today."
After Zhang Qianzhi finished speaking, he pointed to the back. Liu Shang turned his head and saw that several boats had already parked on the shore. Representatives from various parties who came to observe the military exercise had already descended to the shore one after another. The shells seem to be intended to see what their weight is.
It was only then that Liu Shang realized that Zhang Qianzhi must have watched the military exercise from another ship.In the current environment, with his status, it is natural to monitor senior military officers of other countries and perform intelligence and security tasks, instead of staying with the inspection team, a group of harmless people and animals.As for a small person like myself who came in as a temporary substitute, it was even more insignificant.
Liu Shang wanted to understand the key point, and then he relaxed.At this time, the accompanying officers were already calling for the crowd to assemble and prepare to move to the next destination on the island.Liu Shang greeted Zhang Qianzhi and quickly followed the inspection team.
The area of Xieyang Island is less than two square kilometers, and there is no depth to speak of. The team set off and walked for a while, and they saw the flag of the Haihan Army outside a mountain depression ahead.At this time, the accompanying officer announced to them the content of the afternoon military exercise, which was the display of army weapons.
Liu Shang thought that yes, if this link was not arranged, how would the Haihan people sell their weapons to these audiences?These Haihan people are businessmen at heart, and they will never let go of any opportunity to do business. To be honest, this may be one of their few flaws, right?
When I got a closer look, it turned out that this small mountain depression was originally a shooting range, and the target was placed at the innermost position of the depression. All the shooting positions were outside the depression, so there was no need to worry about stray bullets hurting innocent people.The telescope that was obtained on the ship had not been recovered, so Liu Shang subconsciously took it out to observe the target in the depths of the mountain depression.
These targets are different in distance, big and small, and it seems that they should have different shooting requirements.Some are only the size of a gong, supported by wooden sticks and inserted into the ground; some targets are tied to tree trunks, outlining the outline of the upper body of a human body; The shooting position is at least one mile away, and the target is marked with concentric circles.This distance is probably beyond the reach of rifles, and it is probably a target for artillery.
The setting of target positions outside the col is also very diverse, including those in trenches, behind parapets, and even shooting positions on sentry towers more than three feet high.The cannons on several gun positions are already in place, but the cannons are covered with tarpaulins, and their true colors cannot be seen for the time being.Liu Shang is not in a hurry at this time, anyway, he has already arrived here, as long as he waits, he will definitely see the weapons of the Haihan people on display.
(End of this chapter)
After two rounds of bombardment by the United Fleet, the various coastal fortifications built on the shore have been completely destroyed. At this time, several troop carriers that were originally on standby on the far sea finally came up. Under the cover of many warships Arrived near the coast.
The troop carrier used by the military in the exercise this time is different from the ship that Liu Shang and others took. The ship also has a steam-powered propulsion device, and the speed of approaching the coast is naturally much faster than that of ordinary sailboats.
"This is the latest type 34 landing troop carrier. Its short-range speed during wartime can be more than double that of the ship under our feet. Each ship can carry more than [-] soldiers, and they can land quickly through the movable springboard at the bow. In addition, there are hoisting equipment on the ship, which can quickly unload heavy weapons such as artillery to the shore." The accompanying officer introduced the performance characteristics of this troop carrier to everyone in a timely manner.
During the conversation, several troop carriers had already arrived at the coast. After lowering the springboard at the bow, the soldiers on board quickly boarded the land. After a brief assembly, they built a beachhead on the spot to prevent the enemy from counterattacking.The warships parked a little further away still continued to fire artillery shells at the fortress area on the shore at a stable frequency, but in order to avoid accidentally injuring friendly forces, the angle of shelling was obviously adjusted to avoid the area where friendly forces were landing.
Haihan's amphibious landing operation plan depends to a large extent on the advanced performance of weapons and equipment, relying on the superiority of firepower to suppress the enemy's coastal defense forces before landing, and clear a relatively safe landing field for their own landing forces.This style of play is basically to eat the enemy hard, and it seems that it is difficult to find an opponent who can counter Haihan in the Far East in this era.
But for Haihan's followers and competitors, this style of play is difficult to imitate. After all, the weaponry and training level are too far behind Haihan's army. Not an anti-dog.When the Haihan army used artillery fire to cover the army ashore, they did not allow other allied warships to participate. After all, to use relatively high-end tactics such as sea-land coordination and infantry coordination on the battlefield, only their own troops who have undergone strict training Talent is reliable.
Of course, Liu Shang had never seen such a tactic before, and the more he looked at it, the more frightened he was. If the Haihan army used this tactic to attack the coastal areas of Daming, it would be invincible.Even if he now knows the combat methods of the Haihan army, Liu Shang can't think of any way to stop his landing. What can the Ming army do?Just rely on the flesh and blood to block the enemy's shells?
Although the Haihan army currently uses force to occupy some islands along the coast of Daming, and I have not heard of their blatant invasions such as landing in a certain place to attack a city, but in Liu Shang's view, this is no longer a question of Haihan's ability. The problem of attacking Daming is to see if they want to do it.Although Ming Dynasty claims to have a million troops, it may not be able to stop Haihan's invasion from the sea.
While Liu Shang was thinking east and west, the army had basically completed the task of seizing the landing point and setting up a beachhead.Several six-pound field guns were hoisted from the troop carrier to the shore, and the fire output they could provide was enough to allow the landing troops to resist possible counterattacks by the opponent.However, due to the limited number of troops invested in the exercise, there were no more armies to carry out subsequent landing operations. Therefore, the subject of amphibious landing is actually considered as the end of the exercise.
After the accompanying officer announced the news, everyone was a little bit unsatisfied. After all, it was rare to have the opportunity to see the real war scene, but this rhythm seemed to have just begun to enter the main action, and then came to an abrupt end.It was as if a sumptuous banquet had been placed in front of them. Just as everyone was about to use their chopsticks after listening to the chef's introduction of the highlights of each dish, the host announced that the banquet would be withdrawn. The appetite was so uncomfortable.
Even a well-informed official like Yu Xiaobao was a little dissatisfied with this arrangement, and asked the officer: "It's only noon, so today's military exercise will not end here, right?"
The officer responded with a smile: "Director Yu also said that since it's already noon, everyone must have a meal and rest."
Yu Xiaobao was a little unhappy and said, "Is there a meal time during the war?"
The officer said with a serious face: "Of course there is no such thing on the battlefield, but this arrangement is not for the consideration of the soldiers participating in the exercise. I hope Director Yu can understand."
Yu Xiaobao suddenly realized that the suspension of the exercise at noon was not just to take care of the participating troops, but more because of the consideration of all the gods present.These invited audiences are basically of extraordinary status, and there are many dignitaries from various countries among them. They are not patriotic people like myself. It seems that they will be neglected if they are all hungry to watch the military exercise.It is also a smart arrangement to choose an intermission at an appropriate time.
Yu Xiaobao wanted to understand the reason, and immediately cupped his fists to the officer and said: "I made a slip of the tongue!"
The officer quickly responded: "Director Yu is being polite, and that's why I didn't explain clearly before. Then everyone, hurry up and have dinner first, and there are other arrangements in the afternoon."
Hearing the officer said that there were other arrangements, everyone finally recovered from their depressed mood, and hurriedly made dinner, lest they miss the content of the exercise in the afternoon.The conditions on this ship are limited, and there is nothing fancy about the dinner, but at the moment everyone's thoughts are not on eating at all, and it doesn't matter if they have a simple meal, as long as they can eat a mouthful of hot food to fill their stomachs.
After finishing their lunch, everyone went back to the deck and eagerly waited for the afternoon exercise to start quickly.However, there are no influential figures on this ship, so no matter how anxious they are, they can only obediently wait for the military's arrangements.
After waiting for a long time, a flag was finally sent from the military liaison ship. The ship they were on slowly approached Xieyang Island, and it seemed that they were about to land here.
Sure enough, the accompanying officer explained to everyone: "The military exercise in the afternoon will be held on the island, so please go ashore to watch."
Liu Shang naturally prefers to stay on land, the swaying on this boat is really uncomfortable, and the bottom of his feet is not secure.Seeing the boat getting closer and closer to the shore, a question suddenly popped up in Liu Shang's mind. Since the exercise in the afternoon was on the island, then there should be nothing to do with the navy, right?Since there is an arrangement for this change in the battlefield environment, it should be that the Haihan Army has something amazing to show.
The place where everyone landed on the island was the place where the Haihan Navy sent the army to land after the bombardment in the morning, but at this time the army had already left this place and went to the inland direction of the island.The beachhead temporarily built by the army was kept intact. Liu Shang went over to have a look, and listened to the officer's explanation by the way. In fact, the structure of the bunker was very simple. Breast walls were built in the ruins of the coastal defense fortress, and a few positions were left between them, and then the infantry fought with rifles behind the bunkers.
With the advantage of the range of Haihan weapons, this kind of beachhead can at least guarantee to repel the enemy's counterattack within a radius of [-] meters, but it is difficult for the enemy to shorten the engagement distance to within the range of their own long-range weapons.Coupled with the combination of light and heavy firepower, using such a position to deal with enemy forces several times larger than one's own will not cause major problems for at least a day and a half.
The artillery shells that the Haihan battleship poured down here during the morning bombardment can be seen everywhere on the ground. Liu Shang took a closer look. The largest one was the size of a human head, and the smallest was about the size of an adult's fist. As far as he could see, there were at least hundreds of shells. many.Most of these shells can be reused directly after recovery, and engineers will come to clean up here later, collecting and cleaning all the shells.
Liu Shang also paid special attention to the fortifications that Haihan built in advance here. Judging from the thickness of the retaining walls alone, Haihan has not adulterated this temporary facility, and the thinnest part is about four inches thick.Although the strength of this kind of fortification is definitely not comparable to that of the city wall, it is not bad as a coastal defense fortification.
As far as the Daming port that Liu Shang himself visited, there are not many places where such fortifications have been built. Although there are a small number of garrisons near most ports, or even naval camps, they are used for anti-landing operations. There are not many fortifications.If you encounter a similar raid, I am afraid that the end will only be worse than the fortifications here. The Haihan people's tactics of forcefully clearing the field by firepower, unless the city is repaired to the port coast and defended by relying on the fortified city, the defenders may be the only ones. There is a chance to prevent its landing.
Of course, it is impossible to build the city to the coastline, so such a way of resistance is naturally untenable.Looking at the shells all over the floor, Liu Shang sighed secretly in his heart. If the situation continues to develop like this, I am afraid that in a few years, Daming will really be cold.Think about the barbarians outside the northern pass who can only fight immediately, and the bandits in the Central Plains who are only good at burning, killing and looting. How can they compare with the Haihan people who can manage and fight, and can't find any weaknesses at all.Although Haihan seems to be treating Daming well now, Liu Shang feels that when the Haihan people are full-fledged, Daming will definitely become the target of their cannibalism, and they will never plunder some money and people and then stop.
"Mr. Liu hasn't seen such a big formation before, has he?"
Liu Shang was staring at the shells on the ground in a daze, when a voice behind him made his hair stand on end.He didn't need to look back to confirm that the evil star had appeared beside him again.
Liu Shang quickly calmed down, turned around and said: "I have never seen an army fighting before, and today I am honored to see the power of the Haihan fleet, and I am deeply shocked. Director Zhang laughed at his gaffe."
The uninvited guest who appeared suddenly was Zhang Qianzhi from the Security Department. Liu Shang thought that he would never see him again on this errand, but he didn't expect that this person would appear at this juncture, and immediately set his sights on him again.Liu Shang wondered in his heart, could it be that his horoscope was against him, and he would meet this evil star no matter where he went, or this guy was actually secretly monitoring his movements all the time?
Zhang Qianzhi smiled and said, "It's not surprising that you were a little shocked when you saw this scene for the first time. Let alone you, even a professional soldier may not be able to calmly accept the scene you saw today."
After Zhang Qianzhi finished speaking, he pointed to the back. Liu Shang turned his head and saw that several boats had already parked on the shore. Representatives from various parties who came to observe the military exercise had already descended to the shore one after another. The shells seem to be intended to see what their weight is.
It was only then that Liu Shang realized that Zhang Qianzhi must have watched the military exercise from another ship.In the current environment, with his status, it is natural to monitor senior military officers of other countries and perform intelligence and security tasks, instead of staying with the inspection team, a group of harmless people and animals.As for a small person like myself who came in as a temporary substitute, it was even more insignificant.
Liu Shang wanted to understand the key point, and then he relaxed.At this time, the accompanying officers were already calling for the crowd to assemble and prepare to move to the next destination on the island.Liu Shang greeted Zhang Qianzhi and quickly followed the inspection team.
The area of Xieyang Island is less than two square kilometers, and there is no depth to speak of. The team set off and walked for a while, and they saw the flag of the Haihan Army outside a mountain depression ahead.At this time, the accompanying officer announced to them the content of the afternoon military exercise, which was the display of army weapons.
Liu Shang thought that yes, if this link was not arranged, how would the Haihan people sell their weapons to these audiences?These Haihan people are businessmen at heart, and they will never let go of any opportunity to do business. To be honest, this may be one of their few flaws, right?
When I got a closer look, it turned out that this small mountain depression was originally a shooting range, and the target was placed at the innermost position of the depression. All the shooting positions were outside the depression, so there was no need to worry about stray bullets hurting innocent people.The telescope that was obtained on the ship had not been recovered, so Liu Shang subconsciously took it out to observe the target in the depths of the mountain depression.
These targets are different in distance, big and small, and it seems that they should have different shooting requirements.Some are only the size of a gong, supported by wooden sticks and inserted into the ground; some targets are tied to tree trunks, outlining the outline of the upper body of a human body; The shooting position is at least one mile away, and the target is marked with concentric circles.This distance is probably beyond the reach of rifles, and it is probably a target for artillery.
The setting of target positions outside the col is also very diverse, including those in trenches, behind parapets, and even shooting positions on sentry towers more than three feet high.The cannons on several gun positions are already in place, but the cannons are covered with tarpaulins, and their true colors cannot be seen for the time being.Liu Shang is not in a hurry at this time, anyway, he has already arrived here, as long as he waits, he will definitely see the weapons of the Haihan people on display.
(End of this chapter)