Chapter 1365
Cavalry confrontation
Chapter 1365 Cavalry confrontation
In the past few years, the Haihan Army has carried out a lot of amphibious landing operations, and has a mature implementation plan for how to quickly build ports and camps on the coast.The terrain of Lushunkou fully complies with the Haihan military’s long-standing requirements for the site selection of the military port, with narrow and easy-to-control entrance and exit channels and a relatively wide and calm harbor. The surrounding area is rich in forest resources, and the timber needed for construction can be easily obtained.
There were originally some port facilities left over from the Ming dynasty in Lushunkou Harbor. However, the tonnage of the warships of the Haihan Navy is generally large, and the required port facilities also have certain technical standards. These exist as auxiliary facilities of the Daming Navy. The piers and trestles in the sea seem to be a bit difficult, and they must first be rebuilt and expanded to meet the needs of the navy.
As for the coastal artillery fortifications that are indispensable in other military ports, several senior officials believe that the local area is not in a hurry to build such massive fortifications, because Haihan is already the most powerful maritime armed force in the entire Yellow and Bohai Sea region. However, all forces including Hou Jin and Ming Dynasty basically did not have enough strength to threaten Hai Han.In the past year, Hou Jin has suffered from the Haihan Navy many times, and now he is afraid of avoiding it, and has already withdrawn all the armed ships on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula. The battleground where Haihan competed against each other.
For the time being, there is no need to repair the fort, and it will be replaced by the watchtower post on the Tiger Tail Peninsula.The navy plans to build a four-story wooden tower on the highest hill on the peninsula. When the weather is fine, it can have a panoramic view of the sea outside the harbor. Coupled with the effectiveness of the telescope, the area with a radius of about [-] nautical miles can be included. Within the monitoring range of the outpost.If there are really daring Houjin armed ships trying to break into this sea area, then the existence of the watchtower can also provide timely warning for the garrison in the harbor.
The only unit that was not included in the construction project during this period was probably the cavalry battalion led by Harugong.It's not that Harukon wanted any special treatment, but that the cavalry battalion was responsible for the mission of the outer border during this period, and kept monitoring the movement in the north at the traffic pass thirty miles north of Lushun Castle day and night.In case the later Jin army launched a large-scale counterattack during this period, the cavalry battalion had to send the news back to Fort Lushun as soon as possible so that the rear could organize the battle in time.
However, the reaction of the Houjin army was obviously not as intense as Haihan expected, or the opponent's preparation speed was far behind Haihan. It was not until five days later that the cavalry battalion finally discovered that the sporadic Houjin cavalry began to move in this area. But both sides kept their distance carefully, and there was no direct conflict.
Haru Gong thinks this is a kind of temptation of Hou Jin, in order to know how big the area Hai Han controls in the Lushun area.But these post-golden cavalry were very careful in their actions, deliberately avoiding Haihan's edge, and it was not easy to capture or kill him.Moreover, Haru Gong didn't dare to let his subordinate cavalry perform combat missions in unfamiliar areas easily. No one knew how many ambushes and traps Hou Jin and these hunter-born cavalry would set up in the nearby forests.With the preciousness of the Haihan cavalry, it is very unwise to fight with the opponent in a complicated geographical environment. Harukon naturally would not make such a low-level mistake.
After a few days of testing, the cavalry of both sides finally began to have substantial contact.
Wang Jinmin's current military position in the cavalry battalion is the same as fellow countryman Sun Zhen's military position in the special warfare battalion, and he also holds the position of platoon leader.However, compared to Sun Zhen's numerous military exploits, Wang Jinmin's combat experience is much more ordinary.Most of the tasks performed by the cavalry battalion are auxiliary in nature, such as reconnaissance, harassment, messaging, driving away, etc., and there are very few combat tasks in the true sense.Although there will still be merits accumulated after completing these missions, but compared with the actual feats of killing the enemy of the Special War Battalion, the record of the Cavalry Battalion is indeed not enough.
As a soldier, Wang Jinmin would naturally not be reconciled to this situation, but such things as combat missions are not something he can have if he wants to, and he still has to obey the overall situation.The headquarters is extremely cautious about the use of cavalry. This is also an objective status quo determined by the general environment, and it cannot be changed by him alone.However, in his heart, he is still eager to prove his worth by fighting, especially fighting against cavalry from other armed forces is an obsession in Wang Jinmin's heart.
The attendance rate of the cavalry battalion was quite high during its stationing in Dengzhou, Shandong, especially the battle across Dengzhou to raid the Ming army horse farm a few days ago, which earned unanimous praise for the cavalry.In the first battle after coming to Lushunkou this time, the cavalry battalion harvested more than 200 horses. The two battles in these two places combined, the cavalry battalion has already caught four to five hundred horses, and among these horses Most of the money will be allocated to the cavalry battalion, which can be regarded as a considerable amount of income.
The high proportion of cavalry in the Houjin army made Wang Jinmin's desire to fight even stronger. In addition to defeating the opponent to prove his own strength, capturing the horses of the Houjin cavalry also became one of the targets of the battle.Although these horses may not be better than Haihan's own war horse bloodlines, they have an incomparable advantage, that is, their adaptability to the environment in the Northeast.
Most of Haihan's war horses are bred in southern regions such as Hainan Island and Taiwan Island, and their environmental adaptability to high-latitude regions is definitely not as good as these native horse breeds.For the cavalry battalion, if it can be equipped with a certain proportion of local horses, it will definitely play a role in the execution of combat missions.After Harugong returned from the meeting with Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom, he also made a request to Wang Jinmin and other officers in this regard at the combat meeting, that is, while killing the enemy, he should try his best to capture the opponent's horses. The enemy army also strengthens its own strength at the same time.
After Wang Jinmin led a team of cavalry to hunt and hide with the Houjin cavalry for several days in the forest more than ten miles north of Lushun Fort, an encounter without warning finally occurred one morning.
For tasks like this that require multiple days of stationing in the wild, the control of water sources is very important. The team of cavalry led by Wang Jinmin moved around a wild spring.While ensuring the drinking water supply of his team, he also guarded this place to attack the post-golden cavalry who came here to drink water.
Of course, Wang Jinmin knew very well that the Houjin cavalry were more familiar with the environment here than his own, so he also carefully deployed his team about a hundred meters away from the spring. Taking advantage of the enemy's environment, seize the opportunity of the enemy drinking horses to attack, on the other hand, leave enough space for your own team to avoid the opponent's counter-encirclement tactics.
Naturally, there is not only such a water source in this area of tens of miles, and no one can guarantee that the Golden Cavalry will definitely appear here, so this kind of squatting has a taste of waiting for a rabbit most of the time, and you must have excellent patience. Row.
And when the Haihan cavalry changed their guard in the early morning of this day, more than ten golden cavalry appeared without warning near the spring not far away.The sentry found the trace of the enemy at the first time, and immediately notified the companions lurking in the forest with the sound of birds.
After receiving the report, Wang Jinmin hurried to the front line to observe, and found that the enemy army had begun to drink horses near the spring, and poured water into the cowhide water bags by the way.It seems that he didn't notice the presence of the Haihan army nearby.
"Get on your horses and get ready to fight!" Wang Jinmin didn't want to miss this opportunity, and after confirming the strength of the opponent, he immediately issued a combat order.
The cavalry, who had just woken up from their sleep, hurriedly packed their luggage, put on their weapons and equipment and mounted their horses to prepare for battle.Although this kind of field battle came very suddenly, fortunately they have been on high alert these past few days, ready to fight with the Houjin army at any time, all the firearms have been loaded with ammunition, and they can be fired after picking up the insurance .However, the night watch cavalry just took off the saddle and bridle of their mounts after changing their guards, so it would take some time to put them back on again.
Wang Jinmin was worried that the opponent would leave after drinking the horse in two or three, so Dang even led a group of troops who were ready to go to attack first.Although the military strength is almost the same as that of the opponent, Wang Jinmin believes that he has obvious advantages in weapons and equipment, so he is also full of confidence in this kind of confrontation.
The reaction of the Houjin cavalry was faster than Wang Jinmin expected. When the Haihan cavalry just emerged from the forest, the Houjin cavalry who was in charge of watching the wind by the spring gave a whistle. They got up and mounted their horses, each drew their weapons, and quickly entered the fighting state.
Seeing the other party's reaction, Wang Jinmin secretly raised his vigilance. Although these post-golden soldiers did not seem to have uniform military uniforms and standard weapons, their fighting skills honed in long-term field activities were no worse than any cavalry .Seeing the bows and arrows in the hands of the Houjin cavalry, Wang Jinmin remembered the casualties that occurred in the confrontation between the special warfare battalion and the Houjin cavalry a few days ago. Almost all of them were thanks to their bows and arrows. Easily enter the killing radius of the opponent's long-range weapons.
"Stop the horse and raise the gun!" Wang Jinmin estimated the distance to the enemy, and then immediately issued a new combat order.If you charge forward, you may be within the range of the opponent's bow and arrow. Even if Hou Jinbing's shooting at this distance will not be accurate, Wang Jinmin does not intend to take risks in this kind of battle.The casualties of the infantrymen of the special warfare battalion being attacked by bows and arrows were also caused by projectiles. Wang Jinmin didn't want his team to gamble on luck.
The power of Haihan's rifle had obviously penetrated into the hearts of the Houjin army. Seeing Haihan stop their horses and raise their guns, the Houjin cavalry immediately turned around, as if they were about to retreat without a fight.But Wang Jinmin would not let them go away so easily, and immediately gave the order to fire.
After a burst of random gunfire, the rear golden cavalry who had already started to evacuate fell down three or four people.The other riders who ran out for a while came back, trying to take away the injured comrades who were shot and fell to the ground, but this seemingly heroic behavior only called for another round of shooting, and the number of fallen people increased. double.
At this time, another team of Haihan cavalry who put on saddles and bridles on their horses finally rushed to the battlefield, and under Wang Jinmin's command, they outflanked the opponent from the flank.Seeing that the situation was not good, the few remaining lucky ones who had not been shot had no choice but to abandon their companions and flee to a distant place.
Wang Jinmin did not give the order to pursue, but asked his men to clean up the battlefield first and count the results of the battle.Two days ago, a similar situation happened at another water source. The chasing cavalry platoon collided with Hou Jinyi's entire cavalry. As a result, three soldiers died unfortunately.Fortunately, the main force of the Haihan cavalry arrived later, forced the enemy back and snatched back the soldiers' bodies and weapons, preventing them from falling into the enemy's hands.
After that, Harugong specially emphasized that the poor should not chase after him, and try to control the battle situation within the area he can control.Although Wang Jinmin was eager to fight, he also understood the necessity of dealing with the Houjin army cautiously, so he did not rush forward again.
This time, a total of eight people were killed and injured, and four horses were captured. The harvest is not bad.Wang Jinmin asked the soldiers who knew Manchu to ask for a statement immediately, hoping to learn more about the deployment of the enemy cavalry, but the wounded were extremely stubborn and refused to reveal any information.Wang Jinmin didn't have the patience to grind slowly with these barbarians who didn't understand the language, and Dang even asked his subordinates to execute the prisoners.
Wang Jinmin himself was born in Shandong. A few years ago, a large number of Liaodong Han people fled to Shandong. He also knew the man-made disasters caused by the Houjin in the Liaodong area. He also knew that these Houjin soldiers regarded Han people as livestock. Serving as a slave will kill wantonly.And this time when Haihan marched into Liaodong, the higher-ups also gave the grass-roots commanders of the front-line combat troops great authority, allowing them to have the power to decide the life and death of the prisoners by themselves.
In other words, the high-level Haihan military did not intend to receive a large number of Houjin prisoners of war, especially those with injuries. Although this intention was not clearly expressed, as a junior officer, Wang Jinmin clearly understood Spirit.Especially after he saw the way the special warfare battalion executed the prisoners of war a few days ago, he completely dispelled all his scruples—the commander of the special warfare battalion, Gao Qiaonan, personally shot and executed the Hou Jin army who served as the commander of Zhongzuo City Jiala Erzhen Mutbu, this attitude can already explain everything.
Wang Jinmin didn't know why the top military leaders had such hatred for Hou Jin, even surpassing the hostile attitude towards the Netherlands, Spain and other Western countries, but he knew very well that his attitude towards this was 100% support.The blood of the Han people had been on the hands of these post-Jin soldiers, so Wang Jinmin did not have any psychological burden for executing the wounded prisoners of war.If doing so can avenge the death of fellow Han Chinese, then he doesn't mind being an executioner.
(End of this chapter)
In the past few years, the Haihan Army has carried out a lot of amphibious landing operations, and has a mature implementation plan for how to quickly build ports and camps on the coast.The terrain of Lushunkou fully complies with the Haihan military’s long-standing requirements for the site selection of the military port, with narrow and easy-to-control entrance and exit channels and a relatively wide and calm harbor. The surrounding area is rich in forest resources, and the timber needed for construction can be easily obtained.
There were originally some port facilities left over from the Ming dynasty in Lushunkou Harbor. However, the tonnage of the warships of the Haihan Navy is generally large, and the required port facilities also have certain technical standards. These exist as auxiliary facilities of the Daming Navy. The piers and trestles in the sea seem to be a bit difficult, and they must first be rebuilt and expanded to meet the needs of the navy.
As for the coastal artillery fortifications that are indispensable in other military ports, several senior officials believe that the local area is not in a hurry to build such massive fortifications, because Haihan is already the most powerful maritime armed force in the entire Yellow and Bohai Sea region. However, all forces including Hou Jin and Ming Dynasty basically did not have enough strength to threaten Hai Han.In the past year, Hou Jin has suffered from the Haihan Navy many times, and now he is afraid of avoiding it, and has already withdrawn all the armed ships on the east coast of the Liaodong Peninsula. The battleground where Haihan competed against each other.
For the time being, there is no need to repair the fort, and it will be replaced by the watchtower post on the Tiger Tail Peninsula.The navy plans to build a four-story wooden tower on the highest hill on the peninsula. When the weather is fine, it can have a panoramic view of the sea outside the harbor. Coupled with the effectiveness of the telescope, the area with a radius of about [-] nautical miles can be included. Within the monitoring range of the outpost.If there are really daring Houjin armed ships trying to break into this sea area, then the existence of the watchtower can also provide timely warning for the garrison in the harbor.
The only unit that was not included in the construction project during this period was probably the cavalry battalion led by Harugong.It's not that Harukon wanted any special treatment, but that the cavalry battalion was responsible for the mission of the outer border during this period, and kept monitoring the movement in the north at the traffic pass thirty miles north of Lushun Castle day and night.In case the later Jin army launched a large-scale counterattack during this period, the cavalry battalion had to send the news back to Fort Lushun as soon as possible so that the rear could organize the battle in time.
However, the reaction of the Houjin army was obviously not as intense as Haihan expected, or the opponent's preparation speed was far behind Haihan. It was not until five days later that the cavalry battalion finally discovered that the sporadic Houjin cavalry began to move in this area. But both sides kept their distance carefully, and there was no direct conflict.
Haru Gong thinks this is a kind of temptation of Hou Jin, in order to know how big the area Hai Han controls in the Lushun area.But these post-golden cavalry were very careful in their actions, deliberately avoiding Haihan's edge, and it was not easy to capture or kill him.Moreover, Haru Gong didn't dare to let his subordinate cavalry perform combat missions in unfamiliar areas easily. No one knew how many ambushes and traps Hou Jin and these hunter-born cavalry would set up in the nearby forests.With the preciousness of the Haihan cavalry, it is very unwise to fight with the opponent in a complicated geographical environment. Harukon naturally would not make such a low-level mistake.
After a few days of testing, the cavalry of both sides finally began to have substantial contact.
Wang Jinmin's current military position in the cavalry battalion is the same as fellow countryman Sun Zhen's military position in the special warfare battalion, and he also holds the position of platoon leader.However, compared to Sun Zhen's numerous military exploits, Wang Jinmin's combat experience is much more ordinary.Most of the tasks performed by the cavalry battalion are auxiliary in nature, such as reconnaissance, harassment, messaging, driving away, etc., and there are very few combat tasks in the true sense.Although there will still be merits accumulated after completing these missions, but compared with the actual feats of killing the enemy of the Special War Battalion, the record of the Cavalry Battalion is indeed not enough.
As a soldier, Wang Jinmin would naturally not be reconciled to this situation, but such things as combat missions are not something he can have if he wants to, and he still has to obey the overall situation.The headquarters is extremely cautious about the use of cavalry. This is also an objective status quo determined by the general environment, and it cannot be changed by him alone.However, in his heart, he is still eager to prove his worth by fighting, especially fighting against cavalry from other armed forces is an obsession in Wang Jinmin's heart.
The attendance rate of the cavalry battalion was quite high during its stationing in Dengzhou, Shandong, especially the battle across Dengzhou to raid the Ming army horse farm a few days ago, which earned unanimous praise for the cavalry.In the first battle after coming to Lushunkou this time, the cavalry battalion harvested more than 200 horses. The two battles in these two places combined, the cavalry battalion has already caught four to five hundred horses, and among these horses Most of the money will be allocated to the cavalry battalion, which can be regarded as a considerable amount of income.
The high proportion of cavalry in the Houjin army made Wang Jinmin's desire to fight even stronger. In addition to defeating the opponent to prove his own strength, capturing the horses of the Houjin cavalry also became one of the targets of the battle.Although these horses may not be better than Haihan's own war horse bloodlines, they have an incomparable advantage, that is, their adaptability to the environment in the Northeast.
Most of Haihan's war horses are bred in southern regions such as Hainan Island and Taiwan Island, and their environmental adaptability to high-latitude regions is definitely not as good as these native horse breeds.For the cavalry battalion, if it can be equipped with a certain proportion of local horses, it will definitely play a role in the execution of combat missions.After Harugong returned from the meeting with Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom, he also made a request to Wang Jinmin and other officers in this regard at the combat meeting, that is, while killing the enemy, he should try his best to capture the opponent's horses. The enemy army also strengthens its own strength at the same time.
After Wang Jinmin led a team of cavalry to hunt and hide with the Houjin cavalry for several days in the forest more than ten miles north of Lushun Fort, an encounter without warning finally occurred one morning.
For tasks like this that require multiple days of stationing in the wild, the control of water sources is very important. The team of cavalry led by Wang Jinmin moved around a wild spring.While ensuring the drinking water supply of his team, he also guarded this place to attack the post-golden cavalry who came here to drink water.
Of course, Wang Jinmin knew very well that the Houjin cavalry were more familiar with the environment here than his own, so he also carefully deployed his team about a hundred meters away from the spring. Taking advantage of the enemy's environment, seize the opportunity of the enemy drinking horses to attack, on the other hand, leave enough space for your own team to avoid the opponent's counter-encirclement tactics.
Naturally, there is not only such a water source in this area of tens of miles, and no one can guarantee that the Golden Cavalry will definitely appear here, so this kind of squatting has a taste of waiting for a rabbit most of the time, and you must have excellent patience. Row.
And when the Haihan cavalry changed their guard in the early morning of this day, more than ten golden cavalry appeared without warning near the spring not far away.The sentry found the trace of the enemy at the first time, and immediately notified the companions lurking in the forest with the sound of birds.
After receiving the report, Wang Jinmin hurried to the front line to observe, and found that the enemy army had begun to drink horses near the spring, and poured water into the cowhide water bags by the way.It seems that he didn't notice the presence of the Haihan army nearby.
"Get on your horses and get ready to fight!" Wang Jinmin didn't want to miss this opportunity, and after confirming the strength of the opponent, he immediately issued a combat order.
The cavalry, who had just woken up from their sleep, hurriedly packed their luggage, put on their weapons and equipment and mounted their horses to prepare for battle.Although this kind of field battle came very suddenly, fortunately they have been on high alert these past few days, ready to fight with the Houjin army at any time, all the firearms have been loaded with ammunition, and they can be fired after picking up the insurance .However, the night watch cavalry just took off the saddle and bridle of their mounts after changing their guards, so it would take some time to put them back on again.
Wang Jinmin was worried that the opponent would leave after drinking the horse in two or three, so Dang even led a group of troops who were ready to go to attack first.Although the military strength is almost the same as that of the opponent, Wang Jinmin believes that he has obvious advantages in weapons and equipment, so he is also full of confidence in this kind of confrontation.
The reaction of the Houjin cavalry was faster than Wang Jinmin expected. When the Haihan cavalry just emerged from the forest, the Houjin cavalry who was in charge of watching the wind by the spring gave a whistle. They got up and mounted their horses, each drew their weapons, and quickly entered the fighting state.
Seeing the other party's reaction, Wang Jinmin secretly raised his vigilance. Although these post-golden soldiers did not seem to have uniform military uniforms and standard weapons, their fighting skills honed in long-term field activities were no worse than any cavalry .Seeing the bows and arrows in the hands of the Houjin cavalry, Wang Jinmin remembered the casualties that occurred in the confrontation between the special warfare battalion and the Houjin cavalry a few days ago. Almost all of them were thanks to their bows and arrows. Easily enter the killing radius of the opponent's long-range weapons.
"Stop the horse and raise the gun!" Wang Jinmin estimated the distance to the enemy, and then immediately issued a new combat order.If you charge forward, you may be within the range of the opponent's bow and arrow. Even if Hou Jinbing's shooting at this distance will not be accurate, Wang Jinmin does not intend to take risks in this kind of battle.The casualties of the infantrymen of the special warfare battalion being attacked by bows and arrows were also caused by projectiles. Wang Jinmin didn't want his team to gamble on luck.
The power of Haihan's rifle had obviously penetrated into the hearts of the Houjin army. Seeing Haihan stop their horses and raise their guns, the Houjin cavalry immediately turned around, as if they were about to retreat without a fight.But Wang Jinmin would not let them go away so easily, and immediately gave the order to fire.
After a burst of random gunfire, the rear golden cavalry who had already started to evacuate fell down three or four people.The other riders who ran out for a while came back, trying to take away the injured comrades who were shot and fell to the ground, but this seemingly heroic behavior only called for another round of shooting, and the number of fallen people increased. double.
At this time, another team of Haihan cavalry who put on saddles and bridles on their horses finally rushed to the battlefield, and under Wang Jinmin's command, they outflanked the opponent from the flank.Seeing that the situation was not good, the few remaining lucky ones who had not been shot had no choice but to abandon their companions and flee to a distant place.
Wang Jinmin did not give the order to pursue, but asked his men to clean up the battlefield first and count the results of the battle.Two days ago, a similar situation happened at another water source. The chasing cavalry platoon collided with Hou Jinyi's entire cavalry. As a result, three soldiers died unfortunately.Fortunately, the main force of the Haihan cavalry arrived later, forced the enemy back and snatched back the soldiers' bodies and weapons, preventing them from falling into the enemy's hands.
After that, Harugong specially emphasized that the poor should not chase after him, and try to control the battle situation within the area he can control.Although Wang Jinmin was eager to fight, he also understood the necessity of dealing with the Houjin army cautiously, so he did not rush forward again.
This time, a total of eight people were killed and injured, and four horses were captured. The harvest is not bad.Wang Jinmin asked the soldiers who knew Manchu to ask for a statement immediately, hoping to learn more about the deployment of the enemy cavalry, but the wounded were extremely stubborn and refused to reveal any information.Wang Jinmin didn't have the patience to grind slowly with these barbarians who didn't understand the language, and Dang even asked his subordinates to execute the prisoners.
Wang Jinmin himself was born in Shandong. A few years ago, a large number of Liaodong Han people fled to Shandong. He also knew the man-made disasters caused by the Houjin in the Liaodong area. He also knew that these Houjin soldiers regarded Han people as livestock. Serving as a slave will kill wantonly.And this time when Haihan marched into Liaodong, the higher-ups also gave the grass-roots commanders of the front-line combat troops great authority, allowing them to have the power to decide the life and death of the prisoners by themselves.
In other words, the high-level Haihan military did not intend to receive a large number of Houjin prisoners of war, especially those with injuries. Although this intention was not clearly expressed, as a junior officer, Wang Jinmin clearly understood Spirit.Especially after he saw the way the special warfare battalion executed the prisoners of war a few days ago, he completely dispelled all his scruples—the commander of the special warfare battalion, Gao Qiaonan, personally shot and executed the Hou Jin army who served as the commander of Zhongzuo City Jiala Erzhen Mutbu, this attitude can already explain everything.
Wang Jinmin didn't know why the top military leaders had such hatred for Hou Jin, even surpassing the hostile attitude towards the Netherlands, Spain and other Western countries, but he knew very well that his attitude towards this was 100% support.The blood of the Han people had been on the hands of these post-Jin soldiers, so Wang Jinmin did not have any psychological burden for executing the wounded prisoners of war.If doing so can avenge the death of fellow Han Chinese, then he doesn't mind being an executioner.
(End of this chapter)