Chapter 1366
Before Winter
Chapter 1366 Before Winter
After the news of Wang Jinmin's execution of several Houjin prisoners of war after the battle was reported to Haru Gong, it did not cause any waves. Haru Gong just followed the normal process and recorded these lives on the battlefield to kill the enemy. Army record.On the issue of dealing with the Houjin prisoners of war, Harukon also agreed with Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun, and believed that there was no need to waste resources treating Houjin wounded and sick prisoners.
Even if the hands and feet are intact and have normal working ability, Haihan does not intend to transport them back to the south for resettlement, but to Shandong for digestion. There is a large labor shortage in the Fushan Copper Mine. The barbarian happened to be sent to work as a coolie miner.Moreover, if they try to escape from the mine in their capacity, they will only end up in a more miserable end when they reach the area controlled by Da Ming. Whether it is official or private, Da Ming has long hated the Houjin people to the bone. If they are caught, it will definitely be inevitable. Only after being tortured are they executed.
Hou Jin reacted quickly after suffering this loss, and quickly adjusted the scale of operations of the field troops, reducing the establishment of ten-man teams like accidents, and merging them into larger teams to avoid Haihan cavalry had no advantage at all.The Hou Jin army is not afraid of sacrificing some manpower, but this kind of sacrifice cannot be paid without return, at least a certain exchange ratio must be reached to be decent.They also knew very well that Haihan's cavalry was not strong, and if one was lost, one would be lost, and it was impossible to quickly replenish troops to the front line of combat like Houjin. This was probably the only advantage Houjin could take advantage of at present.
Naturally, Harugong noticed the changes in the rear Jin army's formation.The enemy's reaction was basically within his expectations, because the Hou Jin army had no other advantages except for its superiority in strength and its relative familiarity with the geographical environment. This species was gradually eroded and wiped out by Haihan cavalry in field encounters.
Of course, Harugong wouldn't be so big as to let the team take risks. Since the opponent started to concentrate their forces, then Haihan only had to follow the example of the gourd and adopt the same strategy to deal with it.Therefore, although the Haihan Cavalry's field operations are still based on platoons, the support distance between platoons has been shortened a lot. Once a situation arises, the options for fighting will be more flexible. They can gather together, It is also possible to intercept and outflank separately to maximize the advantages of Haihan cavalry in terms of equipment and tactics.
Ten days have passed since the Battle of Lushun Fort. During these ten days, the cavalry of both sides have been fighting in the forest north of Lushunkou, but Haihan's battle loss ratio has always maintained a great advantage, and there is no Let the Houjin army's plan to fight with their lives come true.However, at the same time, Houjin also relied on its superiority in strength to gradually reduce the range of activities of the Haihan cavalry to the south, and successfully advanced the front to less than ten miles away from Lushun Fort.
Obviously, the Hou Jin did not intend to completely give up the counterattack on the Lushunkou area before the arrival of winter. They still hoped to make a difference. Even if they could not completely drive the Haihan people out of the Liaodong Peninsula, at least they had to save some face in terms of record.In other words, it is not too ugly to lose.
Of course, the Haihan army has not been idle these days, and ten days is enough for the repair project of Fort Lushun to be completed in sevens and eighties.After all, there are thousands of strong laborers here, and the progress of construction is indeed much faster than ordinary civil engineering.The damaged parts of the city walls and city gates have basically been repaired, and some movable roadblocks have been set up inside and outside the two city gates in the north and south, which can be quickly deployed in place during wartime.
The artillery company that accompanied the team also entered Lushun Fort, and mounted several small-caliber field guns on the crenels of the city wall.Although these artillery are not very powerful, they were enough to deter the relatively primitive Houjin army in the battles in the Liaodong area.In the past two years, some of the Ming army troops equipped with firearms who defected from Shandong and Changshan Islands to Liaodong were incorporated into the Han Eight Banners and sent to fight in the direction of Shanhaiguan, while the troops stationed in the Liaodong Peninsula did not have such advanced equipment. The Han army is naturally more difficult.
With the combat power of the special warfare battalion, and with sufficient ammunition and food, it is necessary to rely on a masonry fortress like Lushun Fort for defense. Even if the Jin army invests ten times its strength, it may not be able to break through this fortress.Afterwards, the total strength of the Jin army stationed in the area south of Jinzhou did not exceed [-], and it was impossible for all of them to gather together for a desperate attack. It is almost impossible to snatch it back before winter.
As for the few miles from Lushun Fort to the seaside, the Haihan army has also seized the time to clear the road, and cut down the shrubs and bushes along the way, so as to prevent the Jin soldiers from entering this area to carry out sneak attacks .
The navy has not been idle these days, and it is their task to build a dock camp in the bay.Although the military port camp built in a short period of time is hardly as strong as Lushun Fort, the navy also has its own methods. In addition to digging trenches, setting up barbed wire and other traditional defense methods, the navy also specially deployed several artillery pieces in the camp—— Spare naval guns unloaded from warships.
Although these artillery are not as good as the army's field artillery in terms of performance, but because of the caliber of the artillery, their power at close range is much greater than that of the army's artillery.Coupled with the grape shells specially used to clean the deck, it is like chopping melons and vegetables to clean up the enemy troops charging in groups.Similar battles have often occurred in the past battle records of the Haihan army. Therefore, senior military officials are more at ease with the camp in Linhai, which uses wooden walls as the main means of defense. The army is definitely happy to see it happen.
However, after completing the preliminary construction of the port, the navy only had less than two days of rest time, because their task assignment was different from that of the special warfare battalion. The shoreline goes northward, and indiscriminately strikes all sea targets near the coastline.
Although Hou Jin had already withdrawn limited armed ships into the Bohai Bay, the frequency of Haihan's strikes on this sea area was actually not high, and this section of the coastline was far from the level where "a piece of sail cannot enter the sea". There are still many ships passing through this sea area, including fishing boats, civilian ships, and merchant ships.
The Zhifu Island base in Dengzhou, which used to be Haihan, is a little far away from here, and there is no way to come over for patrols every three days, and the pressure that can be exerted on Houjin is also relatively limited.But now Haihan has established a stronghold and port at Lushunkou. With this ice-free port, it is natural to plan to station a fleet here to strengthen control of the coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula.
Today, Jin still controls most of the land area of the Liaodong Peninsula, and Haihan's troops are only enough to occupy a corner of the southern tip.The geographical environment on land is relatively complicated. Even elite troops like special warfare battalions and cavalry battalions dare not attack too far at will, but there will be no such scruples at sea.Hou Jin basically had no power to fight back in this sea area, and the patrol of the Haihan fleet was not much different from his own back garden in the South China Sea.
After this period of time, Jin took advantage of his strength and pushed the front line back to the Lushunkou area. The navy's attack could also relieve some pressure on the army.About ninety miles northeast of Lushunkou is the narrowest Jinzhou Isthmus at the junction of the Jinzhou Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula.The land here is less than ten miles wide, with Dalian Bay to the east and Bohai Bay to the west. Once this place is controlled, it will be equivalent to isolating the Jinzhou Peninsula, including Lushunkou, from the mainland.And the land channel that is only a few miles wide makes this kind of warfare theoretically possible.
Although the chance of such a situation happening is not high, it also depends on who the perpetrator is. If it is operated by Hai Han, then the chance of this happening will at least be several times higher.And the commanders just wanted to create a tense situation for Houjin to land on the Jinzhou Isthmus through the patrol of the fleet, so as to relieve the pressure on the southern land.
Tom Wang looked at Lushunkou Harbor, which had been left behind, on the deck, and thought that he had become familiar with this sea area this year, and he had to find a suitable time to go to Bohai Sea for a stroll.
In fact, he did not need to personally command this kind of feint mission, but seeing that the special warfare battalion and the cavalry battalion have made military exploits in recent days, and the navy seems to have done nothing during this mission other than serving as a transportation team and a construction team. Contribution, he still felt a little itchy.Tom Wang didn't intend to return empty-handed. Since Hou Jin put pressure on the south on land, the navy could seize this opportunity and go north to make trouble for Hou Jin.Although it was a feint attack, Tom Wang knew that there would probably be some armed conflict during this trip, so it was better to go out and watch it himself for safety.
Starting from Lushunkou, it traveled all the way along the coastline to Dalian Bay. The voyage was less than [-] nautical miles. It took the Haihan fleet half a day to sail into the waters of Dalian Bay.Unsurprisingly, the fleet found a small number of cargo ships delivering supplies for the Hou Jin army here, and Tom Wang also dealt with it very resolutely, ordering to sink all the ships found.
Wang Tom didn't care about the ownership of these ships, the cargo on board, and their next destination. These ships docked on the coast of Dalian Bay, which already explained their position.The goal Tom Wang wanted to achieve was to make Hou Jin dare not let his own ships enter the range of activities of the Haihan Fleet. Resolute and ruthless attack methods were particularly necessary in this process.Some innocent people may suffer in this process, but in the context of war, it is impossible to take into account so many factors.
The two "Expedition-class" battleships quickly approached the coast, and the soldiers on the deck could clearly see that the sailors on the cargo ships were unhooking and raising their sails in a panic, trying to drive the ships away from this place.But the navy commander's order had been issued, how could the sailors let them go, the sound of booming guns sounded from the side, and several shells smashed into the hull of the rear gold cargo ship at a very high speed.
With the firepower of the Haihan battleship, it can be said that it is effortless to destroy this kind of civilian ship that has no means of counterattack.When the sailors on the ship realized that they could no longer leave the place by boat, they jumped into the water and fled to the shore to save their lives.The navy received the order to destroy the ships, but instead of chasing and killing the escaped sailors, they continued to concentrate their firepower to blast the waterlines of these cargo ships out of big holes, allowing seawater to pour into them.
The entire bombardment process lasted for about an incense stick of work and then came to an end. Several post-gold cargo ships slowly began to tilt and capsize after entering the water. Even though the sinking process was very slow, judging from Tom Wang’s experience, this A few ships must not be saved again.
The sound of rumbling guns was heard far away on the flat coast. Wang Tom believed that this warning signal was enough to make the nearby Houjin garrison aware of the arrival of the Haihan fleet.He ordered the fleet to be divided into two groups to search the coastline in Dalian Bay, not to let even a post-gold ship be spared.
The search was not in vain. The navy found several more fishing boats near the coast and disposed of them all.However, compared to the scale of the Haihan fleet's battle, this kind of action is really a bit like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.But Wang Tom didn't care about this, he wanted to use this to show Haihan's attitude, even if it was a waste of some combat resources.
After clearing the coastline, Wang Tom let the two troop carriers approach the predetermined location under the cover of the battleship to land.The location Wang Tom chose was actually several miles away from Houjin’s defenders stationed on the Jinzhou Isthmus. He didn’t expect the landing troops to destroy the nearby Houjin army, but hoped to use this to put pressure on Houjin so that It played a deterrent role in the post-golden cavalry who went south along the land passage to Lushunkou.
Wang Tom's strategy is very simple, but it is also very effective, because this is the place where the enemy must be rescued. The post-Jin Army also knows the strategic significance of the Jinzhou Isthmus and understands Haihan's ability to transport troops by sea. About 2000 troops were stationed on the Jinzhou Isthmus.But when the Haihan Fleet actually appeared here, the Hou Jin Army inevitably felt tremendous pressure. After all, they had no way to resist a powerful armed force from the sea, and could only watch the Haihan Fleet cruising in the harbor. After some time, I chose a relatively safe place to log in.
The timing of the landing of the Haihan army at this place was very uncomfortable for Hou Jin.At present, there are about 3000 Houjin troops heading south to Lushunkou, but all their supplies have to be transported through the Jinzhou Isthmus.If this main supply artery is choked by the Haihan people, then there is no need to continue this battle.Winter is approaching, and the Houjin troops who have lost their supplies can last at most five to seven days on the front line.Therefore, the Houjin commander who is stationed here must make a choice, either to drive away the landing Haihan army, or to notify the frontline combat troops to withdraw as soon as possible, so as not to be cut off.
(End of this chapter)
After the news of Wang Jinmin's execution of several Houjin prisoners of war after the battle was reported to Haru Gong, it did not cause any waves. Haru Gong just followed the normal process and recorded these lives on the battlefield to kill the enemy. Army record.On the issue of dealing with the Houjin prisoners of war, Harukon also agreed with Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun, and believed that there was no need to waste resources treating Houjin wounded and sick prisoners.
Even if the hands and feet are intact and have normal working ability, Haihan does not intend to transport them back to the south for resettlement, but to Shandong for digestion. There is a large labor shortage in the Fushan Copper Mine. The barbarian happened to be sent to work as a coolie miner.Moreover, if they try to escape from the mine in their capacity, they will only end up in a more miserable end when they reach the area controlled by Da Ming. Whether it is official or private, Da Ming has long hated the Houjin people to the bone. If they are caught, it will definitely be inevitable. Only after being tortured are they executed.
Hou Jin reacted quickly after suffering this loss, and quickly adjusted the scale of operations of the field troops, reducing the establishment of ten-man teams like accidents, and merging them into larger teams to avoid Haihan cavalry had no advantage at all.The Hou Jin army is not afraid of sacrificing some manpower, but this kind of sacrifice cannot be paid without return, at least a certain exchange ratio must be reached to be decent.They also knew very well that Haihan's cavalry was not strong, and if one was lost, one would be lost, and it was impossible to quickly replenish troops to the front line of combat like Houjin. This was probably the only advantage Houjin could take advantage of at present.
Naturally, Harugong noticed the changes in the rear Jin army's formation.The enemy's reaction was basically within his expectations, because the Hou Jin army had no other advantages except for its superiority in strength and its relative familiarity with the geographical environment. This species was gradually eroded and wiped out by Haihan cavalry in field encounters.
Of course, Harugong wouldn't be so big as to let the team take risks. Since the opponent started to concentrate their forces, then Haihan only had to follow the example of the gourd and adopt the same strategy to deal with it.Therefore, although the Haihan Cavalry's field operations are still based on platoons, the support distance between platoons has been shortened a lot. Once a situation arises, the options for fighting will be more flexible. They can gather together, It is also possible to intercept and outflank separately to maximize the advantages of Haihan cavalry in terms of equipment and tactics.
Ten days have passed since the Battle of Lushun Fort. During these ten days, the cavalry of both sides have been fighting in the forest north of Lushunkou, but Haihan's battle loss ratio has always maintained a great advantage, and there is no Let the Houjin army's plan to fight with their lives come true.However, at the same time, Houjin also relied on its superiority in strength to gradually reduce the range of activities of the Haihan cavalry to the south, and successfully advanced the front to less than ten miles away from Lushun Fort.
Obviously, the Hou Jin did not intend to completely give up the counterattack on the Lushunkou area before the arrival of winter. They still hoped to make a difference. Even if they could not completely drive the Haihan people out of the Liaodong Peninsula, at least they had to save some face in terms of record.In other words, it is not too ugly to lose.
Of course, the Haihan army has not been idle these days, and ten days is enough for the repair project of Fort Lushun to be completed in sevens and eighties.After all, there are thousands of strong laborers here, and the progress of construction is indeed much faster than ordinary civil engineering.The damaged parts of the city walls and city gates have basically been repaired, and some movable roadblocks have been set up inside and outside the two city gates in the north and south, which can be quickly deployed in place during wartime.
The artillery company that accompanied the team also entered Lushun Fort, and mounted several small-caliber field guns on the crenels of the city wall.Although these artillery are not very powerful, they were enough to deter the relatively primitive Houjin army in the battles in the Liaodong area.In the past two years, some of the Ming army troops equipped with firearms who defected from Shandong and Changshan Islands to Liaodong were incorporated into the Han Eight Banners and sent to fight in the direction of Shanhaiguan, while the troops stationed in the Liaodong Peninsula did not have such advanced equipment. The Han army is naturally more difficult.
With the combat power of the special warfare battalion, and with sufficient ammunition and food, it is necessary to rely on a masonry fortress like Lushun Fort for defense. Even if the Jin army invests ten times its strength, it may not be able to break through this fortress.Afterwards, the total strength of the Jin army stationed in the area south of Jinzhou did not exceed [-], and it was impossible for all of them to gather together for a desperate attack. It is almost impossible to snatch it back before winter.
As for the few miles from Lushun Fort to the seaside, the Haihan army has also seized the time to clear the road, and cut down the shrubs and bushes along the way, so as to prevent the Jin soldiers from entering this area to carry out sneak attacks .
The navy has not been idle these days, and it is their task to build a dock camp in the bay.Although the military port camp built in a short period of time is hardly as strong as Lushun Fort, the navy also has its own methods. In addition to digging trenches, setting up barbed wire and other traditional defense methods, the navy also specially deployed several artillery pieces in the camp—— Spare naval guns unloaded from warships.
Although these artillery are not as good as the army's field artillery in terms of performance, but because of the caliber of the artillery, their power at close range is much greater than that of the army's artillery.Coupled with the grape shells specially used to clean the deck, it is like chopping melons and vegetables to clean up the enemy troops charging in groups.Similar battles have often occurred in the past battle records of the Haihan army. Therefore, senior military officials are more at ease with the camp in Linhai, which uses wooden walls as the main means of defense. The army is definitely happy to see it happen.
However, after completing the preliminary construction of the port, the navy only had less than two days of rest time, because their task assignment was different from that of the special warfare battalion. The shoreline goes northward, and indiscriminately strikes all sea targets near the coastline.
Although Hou Jin had already withdrawn limited armed ships into the Bohai Bay, the frequency of Haihan's strikes on this sea area was actually not high, and this section of the coastline was far from the level where "a piece of sail cannot enter the sea". There are still many ships passing through this sea area, including fishing boats, civilian ships, and merchant ships.
The Zhifu Island base in Dengzhou, which used to be Haihan, is a little far away from here, and there is no way to come over for patrols every three days, and the pressure that can be exerted on Houjin is also relatively limited.But now Haihan has established a stronghold and port at Lushunkou. With this ice-free port, it is natural to plan to station a fleet here to strengthen control of the coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula.
Today, Jin still controls most of the land area of the Liaodong Peninsula, and Haihan's troops are only enough to occupy a corner of the southern tip.The geographical environment on land is relatively complicated. Even elite troops like special warfare battalions and cavalry battalions dare not attack too far at will, but there will be no such scruples at sea.Hou Jin basically had no power to fight back in this sea area, and the patrol of the Haihan fleet was not much different from his own back garden in the South China Sea.
After this period of time, Jin took advantage of his strength and pushed the front line back to the Lushunkou area. The navy's attack could also relieve some pressure on the army.About ninety miles northeast of Lushunkou is the narrowest Jinzhou Isthmus at the junction of the Jinzhou Peninsula and the Liaodong Peninsula.The land here is less than ten miles wide, with Dalian Bay to the east and Bohai Bay to the west. Once this place is controlled, it will be equivalent to isolating the Jinzhou Peninsula, including Lushunkou, from the mainland.And the land channel that is only a few miles wide makes this kind of warfare theoretically possible.
Although the chance of such a situation happening is not high, it also depends on who the perpetrator is. If it is operated by Hai Han, then the chance of this happening will at least be several times higher.And the commanders just wanted to create a tense situation for Houjin to land on the Jinzhou Isthmus through the patrol of the fleet, so as to relieve the pressure on the southern land.
Tom Wang looked at Lushunkou Harbor, which had been left behind, on the deck, and thought that he had become familiar with this sea area this year, and he had to find a suitable time to go to Bohai Sea for a stroll.
In fact, he did not need to personally command this kind of feint mission, but seeing that the special warfare battalion and the cavalry battalion have made military exploits in recent days, and the navy seems to have done nothing during this mission other than serving as a transportation team and a construction team. Contribution, he still felt a little itchy.Tom Wang didn't intend to return empty-handed. Since Hou Jin put pressure on the south on land, the navy could seize this opportunity and go north to make trouble for Hou Jin.Although it was a feint attack, Tom Wang knew that there would probably be some armed conflict during this trip, so it was better to go out and watch it himself for safety.
Starting from Lushunkou, it traveled all the way along the coastline to Dalian Bay. The voyage was less than [-] nautical miles. It took the Haihan fleet half a day to sail into the waters of Dalian Bay.Unsurprisingly, the fleet found a small number of cargo ships delivering supplies for the Hou Jin army here, and Tom Wang also dealt with it very resolutely, ordering to sink all the ships found.
Wang Tom didn't care about the ownership of these ships, the cargo on board, and their next destination. These ships docked on the coast of Dalian Bay, which already explained their position.The goal Tom Wang wanted to achieve was to make Hou Jin dare not let his own ships enter the range of activities of the Haihan Fleet. Resolute and ruthless attack methods were particularly necessary in this process.Some innocent people may suffer in this process, but in the context of war, it is impossible to take into account so many factors.
The two "Expedition-class" battleships quickly approached the coast, and the soldiers on the deck could clearly see that the sailors on the cargo ships were unhooking and raising their sails in a panic, trying to drive the ships away from this place.But the navy commander's order had been issued, how could the sailors let them go, the sound of booming guns sounded from the side, and several shells smashed into the hull of the rear gold cargo ship at a very high speed.
With the firepower of the Haihan battleship, it can be said that it is effortless to destroy this kind of civilian ship that has no means of counterattack.When the sailors on the ship realized that they could no longer leave the place by boat, they jumped into the water and fled to the shore to save their lives.The navy received the order to destroy the ships, but instead of chasing and killing the escaped sailors, they continued to concentrate their firepower to blast the waterlines of these cargo ships out of big holes, allowing seawater to pour into them.
The entire bombardment process lasted for about an incense stick of work and then came to an end. Several post-gold cargo ships slowly began to tilt and capsize after entering the water. Even though the sinking process was very slow, judging from Tom Wang’s experience, this A few ships must not be saved again.
The sound of rumbling guns was heard far away on the flat coast. Wang Tom believed that this warning signal was enough to make the nearby Houjin garrison aware of the arrival of the Haihan fleet.He ordered the fleet to be divided into two groups to search the coastline in Dalian Bay, not to let even a post-gold ship be spared.
The search was not in vain. The navy found several more fishing boats near the coast and disposed of them all.However, compared to the scale of the Haihan fleet's battle, this kind of action is really a bit like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.But Wang Tom didn't care about this, he wanted to use this to show Haihan's attitude, even if it was a waste of some combat resources.
After clearing the coastline, Wang Tom let the two troop carriers approach the predetermined location under the cover of the battleship to land.The location Wang Tom chose was actually several miles away from Houjin’s defenders stationed on the Jinzhou Isthmus. He didn’t expect the landing troops to destroy the nearby Houjin army, but hoped to use this to put pressure on Houjin so that It played a deterrent role in the post-golden cavalry who went south along the land passage to Lushunkou.
Wang Tom's strategy is very simple, but it is also very effective, because this is the place where the enemy must be rescued. The post-Jin Army also knows the strategic significance of the Jinzhou Isthmus and understands Haihan's ability to transport troops by sea. About 2000 troops were stationed on the Jinzhou Isthmus.But when the Haihan Fleet actually appeared here, the Hou Jin Army inevitably felt tremendous pressure. After all, they had no way to resist a powerful armed force from the sea, and could only watch the Haihan Fleet cruising in the harbor. After some time, I chose a relatively safe place to log in.
The timing of the landing of the Haihan army at this place was very uncomfortable for Hou Jin.At present, there are about 3000 Houjin troops heading south to Lushunkou, but all their supplies have to be transported through the Jinzhou Isthmus.If this main supply artery is choked by the Haihan people, then there is no need to continue this battle.Winter is approaching, and the Houjin troops who have lost their supplies can last at most five to seven days on the front line.Therefore, the Houjin commander who is stationed here must make a choice, either to drive away the landing Haihan army, or to notify the frontline combat troops to withdraw as soon as possible, so as not to be cut off.
(End of this chapter)