Chapter 1439
Exhausted
Chapter 1439 Exhausted
Now that the gate of Jijiabao has been opened, Qian Tiandun will naturally not allow his opponent to easily block it again.He hoped that through such a move, it would form enough pressure on the Houjin Army, who had shrunk within the fortress line, to concentrate its forces in Jijiabao for defense.In this way, Haihan also has a greater chance of annihilating the opponent's main force in the following battles.
Breaking the fortress line has never been the ultimate goal of the Spring Offensive. Trying to eliminate as much of the living force of the Houjin Army as possible is what the military really wants to achieve.Qian Tiandun's idea was to attract the enemy to one place to annihilate as much as possible. Otherwise, with the maneuverability of the Haihan Army, if he wanted to hunt down the Houjin Army, which accounted for a considerable proportion of cavalry, he would probably have to follow him all the way. Even if you eat ashes, you may not be able to see the horse's buttocks.
A simple observation deck nearly eight meters high has been erected on Haihan's position.This kind of lookout is actually all prefabricated, which can be quickly assembled with tools on the battlefield.Its supporting structure is actually similar to the tower crane of later generations. After fixing the bottom, the upper part is built very quickly, and it also has a certain wind resistance after it is set up.
Standing on this observation deck, it was basically flush with the gatehouse of Jijiabao, and even higher than the city wall connecting the gatehouse, and I could clearly see the condition of the space behind the fortress line.
"There are a lot of cavalrymen, there must be thousands!" After Gao Qiaonan climbed down from the observation deck, he handed the binoculars to the adjutant, and immediately reported to Qian Tiandun what he had seen.Although the observation line will be partially blocked, Takahashi South still sees a part of the rear golden cavalry assembling on the rear plain.
Obviously, these rounds of sharp artillery bombardment have made the defenders panic a little bit. They don't know what kind of offensive Haihan will launch after the city gate is opened, but since the passage to break through the defense line has been forcibly opened, they also The only thing they can do is to gather the troops and prepare to resist the attack that Haihan is going to launch next.However, if the cavalry were to rush out from the narrow city gate under artillery fire, there would definitely be heavy casualties, so the Houjin Army did not rush to attack, but gathered troops behind the fortress and waited for the Haihan infantry to press on the offensive. plan again.
However, Qian Tiandun was not so impulsive. He could roughly think of the opponent's possible reactions before launching, and naturally he would not use precious infantry to do the life-threatening work of sieging the city.Now that the other party was nervous and began to gather forces, Qian Tiandun believed that his first goal had been achieved, and he did not need to rush to attack the fortress at this time.He just hoped that Hou Jin would panic in this situation. The more panicked the opponent, the easier it would be to reveal his flaws. As long as Haihan kept an eye on the opponent's movements, he would naturally be able to find a more suitable fighter.
Yanguli still hadn't figured out how the few seemingly inconspicuous artillery pieces that Haihan had set up outside the city had such great power.The other party has been aiming at the city gate hole, whether it is to let the cavalry rush out, or to block the city gate with building materials, it becomes difficult to achieve under the threat of artillery fire.Yanguli had to transfer his troops to gather near the city gate to prevent the Haihan army from attacking directly.But it's obviously not an option to keep it this way, and we can't just let this big gap stay here forever.
Since the Haihan Army deployed such a powerful weapon in this place, Yanguli naturally subconsciously thought that this was the main attack direction of Haihan.Yanguli has even begun to consider whether to transfer a part of the Houjin army that is spread out on this line of defense to Jijiabao.
But before he figured out the key point, news came from Sujiabao, another fortress near Bohai Bay on this line of defense. About 1000 Haihan Army advanced to a place only one mile away from Sujiabao. , and set up an artillery position, and launched a bombardment to Sujiabao.This process is almost exactly the same as what happened in Jijiabao, and it is obviously a battle plan that Haihan has planned long ago.
The countermeasures taken by Jialaerzhen'ertenyi, who was in command of the local battle, were basically the same as Yanguli's strategy. First, a team of cavalry was sent to try to stop Haihan's actions, but in the end, under the intensive firepower Failed to succeed, but lost nearly [-] cavalry.Etenyi was worried that the Haihan Army would launch a general attack targeting Sujiabao, so he hurriedly sent people to report to Yangguli, hoping to mobilize more troops to gather at Sujiazhuang.
The only good news was that when Etenyi sent someone to report the news, the gate of Sujiabao had not been destroyed by Haihan's bombardment.Of course, Etenyi didn't know that Haihan's four sharpest artillery pieces were all deployed on the Jijiabao side. Otherwise, even if two of them were placed on the west side, the gate of Sujiabao would probably have become scum. .
This itself is a strategy formulated by the Haihan military. It deliberately created a battlefield situation of one positive and one auxiliary, so that when the Houjin army assembled to Jijiabao, it also had to keep in mind the battlefield trends in the west, so as to increase the The level of psychological panic of the later Jin Jun.
Yanguli hadn't considered whether to send back the troops that had just been transferred from Sujiabao, and another alarm came from another.
On the coast of Dalian Bay about ten miles behind the fortress line of defense, Houjin Youshao discovered that the Haihan fleet was trying to land on the shore.A 50-man cavalry team tried to stop Haihan's actions, but they were persuaded by the artillery fire from the Haihan battleship before they were close to the engagement distance. After losing more than a dozen cavalry, they could only retreat as far as possible. He watched helplessly as the Haihan army paddled their small boats and landed on the shore.
"Quickly send two Niu Lu to reinforce!" Yanguli was very decisive, and immediately summoned his officers to give orders, and after thinking about it, he added: "Don't be in a hurry to charge, if there is no chance of melee combat, first Stare at them from a distance, don't let these Nanbans fire. They have few cavalry, so just deal with them slowly."
His subordinates left, but Yang Guli began to have a headache.If the opponent pointed at Jijiabao and attacked, he would be better at dealing with it, but now that there are more blooms, the troops under the command of Yanguli are a little tired.He did not think that the offensive launched by Haihan in the rear of Sujiabao and the north of the defense line was real, but a feint to distract his attention and the deployment of his troops.But the terrible thing about the Haihan Army is that even if it is a feint, if it is not handled carefully, it will also cause great trouble.For example, at the landing point in Dalian Bay, if the movements of the Haihan landing troops cannot be restrained, the feint attack may be converted into a real offensive at any time.
When the opponent launches a multi-point offensive tactic, it seems that the only solution that can deal with this situation is to divide the troops and plug the leaks, but Yanguli also knows that the division of troops is extremely dangerous at this time, and it is very likely that the troops are still moving back and forth on the way. At the time, Haihan had already broken through a weak link in his own defense line.
Yang Guli still decided to take a gamble. He believed that although Haihan's sea force was strong, if he wanted to go around the sea and land behind the defense line as the main direction of attack, he would have to go outside the two fortresses of Sujiabao and Jijiabao on land. Putting up a formation of at least 3000 people for a feint attack seems too redundant.If all these troops are transported from the sea to the north to land, it will be difficult to send them away even if nearly [-] troops have been assembled in the northern part of Jinzhou.
Although I don't know how many soldiers and horses Haihan entered into Liaodong this time, based on his past experience with the Haihan army, Yang Guli can judge that the opponent's army is taking the elite route, and he has to consider the issue of supply across the sea. The number of troops is unlikely to be in the tens of thousands.Therefore, he believed that all Haihan's actions around the sea were just feint attacks, and the real main attack direction was still on land. The thousands of troops and horses in the south of the defense line were the best proof.
Therefore, in the face of the news that the Haihan army had landed in the north, Yanguli insisted that it was just harassment. As long as the opponent did not land a large number of cavalry ashore, its range of activities could not be too far from the sea. It has been verified many times in more than a year, so the defense focus of his deployment is still the Haihan troops equipped with heavy artillery in the south.
"In the past year, we have landed on the Liaodong Peninsula no less than ten times. Most of the time, we left with a single shot, and rarely left the coast too far to avoid being surrounded by the enemy inland. But this time, It just so happens that there are some different arrangements, and if they don't respond, they will suffer."
While Yanguoli was figuring out countermeasures, Qian Tiandun was discussing the next action plan with Morgan.In fact, in Haihan's battle plan, only the Western Route Army, originally commanded by Morgan, acted as a feint.Although the West Route Army has also pressed up to the vicinity of the fortress line, its mission is not to break Sujiabao, but to ensure that the coastal highland supply point behind its position can continue to operate safely and efficiently to provide supplies for frontline soldiers.In the south of Dalian Bay in the east, although there was a camp built by the special operations battalion and the Phi Island Army before the war, but as the front moved northward, the camp was too far away from the battle zone, and there was no west road for supplies. Highlands are so convenient.
And from the sea to the north of the fortress line of defense to implement the landing, it is naturally the Marine Corps commanded by Wang Tom.Considering its lack of land mobility, Harrugon's cavalry battalion also joined the landing operation.In this way, although the scale of this landing force is not large, its combat effectiveness is first-class, not much inferior to the special operations battalion that undertakes the main frontal attack task, and even slightly better in terms of maneuverability.
This action plan is one of several sets of operational plans formulated by the Ministry of National Defense before the war, and the front-line command will select the most appropriate plan according to the changes in the battlefield situation and the reaction of the post-Golden Army.Since Houjin's army chose to hide in the fortress line and couldn't defend it, then the two armies of the west and middle roads attracted Houjin's attention from the front, while the marines and cavalry units went from the sea to the north to implement the landing. .
If Houjin mobilizes a large army to suppress, then the troops behind can be withdrawn from the sea, as long as they play the role of restraining the deployment of the opponent's troops, they are qualified to complete the task.If Hou Jin thought that this landing was just a feint and sent some troops over to drive them off, then Tom Wang and Harrugong would be sorry, and they would definitely have to bite hard.
In fact, it only took a few hours from the frontal battle to the landing of the navy in the north, and the Haihan Army can complete such a rapid troop mobilization in the face of battle, largely relying on the advanced command and communication system. And the perfect preparations before the war.
Marines and cavalry battalions entered the Houjin-controlled area from the sea, which meant that Haihan's operational supply line had to be extended about another two hours' voyage north.Although everyone knew that there was no armed force that could threaten the Haihan Fleet in the nearby waters, the change in the voyage made the original transportation and supply plan must be adjusted accordingly.After all, this trip is equivalent to walking on the sea for half a day. If the operation is still carried out according to the previous transportation arrangement, there will definitely be problems.
Since Hou Jin concentrated the main force of the Golden State garrison on the southern defense line, Tom Wang's troops encountered little trouble when they landed.Although a small group of rear golden cavalry tried to prevent the landing of the Haihan army, but after being bombarded by the heavy artillery of the battleship, they retreated to the distance knowingly and watched helplessly as the Haihan army rowed and landed on the shore, and quickly established. Beachhead.
Tom Wang didn't care about the defensive eyes of Jin Jun in the distance. At this distance, the opponent's bows and arrows could not be shot. There was no other way but to watch, so he reassured and boldly landed with the troops and planned to personally Command the Marine Corps for follow-up operations.
Soon the flat-bottomed landing ship loaded with cavalry also docked nearby. This transport ship specially used for landing on the beachfront imitated the appearance of the later landing craft. The front of the hull was flat and suitable for beach washing. The loading compartment was open. When the bow door is lowered, it becomes a springboard.Originally, these landing ships were specially used to carry marines, but this operation required the coordination of the cavalry battalion, and the landing of horses was relatively troublesome, so Tom Wang could only arrange the cavalry battalion to take this special landing ship, and Let your marines go ashore in a small boat.
This kind of landing ship with a displacement of up to [-] tons can carry about [-] to [-] war horses each, and the remaining space can also hold some combat equipment and supplies.After the marines completed the construction of the beachhead, the cavalry battalion took the landing craft to quickly disembark.The appearance of these cavalrymen obviously made the enemy in the distance be one of them, and immediately dispatched a few more cavalry to report the latest trend to Yanguli in the south.
The two Niu Lu soldiers and horses sent by Yanguli walked halfway and met the second group of riders who sent letters. Only then did they know that there were hundreds of cavalry in the opponent's landing force, but at this time it was impossible to go back and move reinforcements. Came with a scalp.When they got close to the landing site, they found that the situation was far more severe than expected.
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Now that the gate of Jijiabao has been opened, Qian Tiandun will naturally not allow his opponent to easily block it again.He hoped that through such a move, it would form enough pressure on the Houjin Army, who had shrunk within the fortress line, to concentrate its forces in Jijiabao for defense.In this way, Haihan also has a greater chance of annihilating the opponent's main force in the following battles.
Breaking the fortress line has never been the ultimate goal of the Spring Offensive. Trying to eliminate as much of the living force of the Houjin Army as possible is what the military really wants to achieve.Qian Tiandun's idea was to attract the enemy to one place to annihilate as much as possible. Otherwise, with the maneuverability of the Haihan Army, if he wanted to hunt down the Houjin Army, which accounted for a considerable proportion of cavalry, he would probably have to follow him all the way. Even if you eat ashes, you may not be able to see the horse's buttocks.
A simple observation deck nearly eight meters high has been erected on Haihan's position.This kind of lookout is actually all prefabricated, which can be quickly assembled with tools on the battlefield.Its supporting structure is actually similar to the tower crane of later generations. After fixing the bottom, the upper part is built very quickly, and it also has a certain wind resistance after it is set up.
Standing on this observation deck, it was basically flush with the gatehouse of Jijiabao, and even higher than the city wall connecting the gatehouse, and I could clearly see the condition of the space behind the fortress line.
"There are a lot of cavalrymen, there must be thousands!" After Gao Qiaonan climbed down from the observation deck, he handed the binoculars to the adjutant, and immediately reported to Qian Tiandun what he had seen.Although the observation line will be partially blocked, Takahashi South still sees a part of the rear golden cavalry assembling on the rear plain.
Obviously, these rounds of sharp artillery bombardment have made the defenders panic a little bit. They don't know what kind of offensive Haihan will launch after the city gate is opened, but since the passage to break through the defense line has been forcibly opened, they also The only thing they can do is to gather the troops and prepare to resist the attack that Haihan is going to launch next.However, if the cavalry were to rush out from the narrow city gate under artillery fire, there would definitely be heavy casualties, so the Houjin Army did not rush to attack, but gathered troops behind the fortress and waited for the Haihan infantry to press on the offensive. plan again.
However, Qian Tiandun was not so impulsive. He could roughly think of the opponent's possible reactions before launching, and naturally he would not use precious infantry to do the life-threatening work of sieging the city.Now that the other party was nervous and began to gather forces, Qian Tiandun believed that his first goal had been achieved, and he did not need to rush to attack the fortress at this time.He just hoped that Hou Jin would panic in this situation. The more panicked the opponent, the easier it would be to reveal his flaws. As long as Haihan kept an eye on the opponent's movements, he would naturally be able to find a more suitable fighter.
Yanguli still hadn't figured out how the few seemingly inconspicuous artillery pieces that Haihan had set up outside the city had such great power.The other party has been aiming at the city gate hole, whether it is to let the cavalry rush out, or to block the city gate with building materials, it becomes difficult to achieve under the threat of artillery fire.Yanguli had to transfer his troops to gather near the city gate to prevent the Haihan army from attacking directly.But it's obviously not an option to keep it this way, and we can't just let this big gap stay here forever.
Since the Haihan Army deployed such a powerful weapon in this place, Yanguli naturally subconsciously thought that this was the main attack direction of Haihan.Yanguli has even begun to consider whether to transfer a part of the Houjin army that is spread out on this line of defense to Jijiabao.
But before he figured out the key point, news came from Sujiabao, another fortress near Bohai Bay on this line of defense. About 1000 Haihan Army advanced to a place only one mile away from Sujiabao. , and set up an artillery position, and launched a bombardment to Sujiabao.This process is almost exactly the same as what happened in Jijiabao, and it is obviously a battle plan that Haihan has planned long ago.
The countermeasures taken by Jialaerzhen'ertenyi, who was in command of the local battle, were basically the same as Yanguli's strategy. First, a team of cavalry was sent to try to stop Haihan's actions, but in the end, under the intensive firepower Failed to succeed, but lost nearly [-] cavalry.Etenyi was worried that the Haihan Army would launch a general attack targeting Sujiabao, so he hurriedly sent people to report to Yangguli, hoping to mobilize more troops to gather at Sujiazhuang.
The only good news was that when Etenyi sent someone to report the news, the gate of Sujiabao had not been destroyed by Haihan's bombardment.Of course, Etenyi didn't know that Haihan's four sharpest artillery pieces were all deployed on the Jijiabao side. Otherwise, even if two of them were placed on the west side, the gate of Sujiabao would probably have become scum. .
This itself is a strategy formulated by the Haihan military. It deliberately created a battlefield situation of one positive and one auxiliary, so that when the Houjin army assembled to Jijiabao, it also had to keep in mind the battlefield trends in the west, so as to increase the The level of psychological panic of the later Jin Jun.
Yanguli hadn't considered whether to send back the troops that had just been transferred from Sujiabao, and another alarm came from another.
On the coast of Dalian Bay about ten miles behind the fortress line of defense, Houjin Youshao discovered that the Haihan fleet was trying to land on the shore.A 50-man cavalry team tried to stop Haihan's actions, but they were persuaded by the artillery fire from the Haihan battleship before they were close to the engagement distance. After losing more than a dozen cavalry, they could only retreat as far as possible. He watched helplessly as the Haihan army paddled their small boats and landed on the shore.
"Quickly send two Niu Lu to reinforce!" Yanguli was very decisive, and immediately summoned his officers to give orders, and after thinking about it, he added: "Don't be in a hurry to charge, if there is no chance of melee combat, first Stare at them from a distance, don't let these Nanbans fire. They have few cavalry, so just deal with them slowly."
His subordinates left, but Yang Guli began to have a headache.If the opponent pointed at Jijiabao and attacked, he would be better at dealing with it, but now that there are more blooms, the troops under the command of Yanguli are a little tired.He did not think that the offensive launched by Haihan in the rear of Sujiabao and the north of the defense line was real, but a feint to distract his attention and the deployment of his troops.But the terrible thing about the Haihan Army is that even if it is a feint, if it is not handled carefully, it will also cause great trouble.For example, at the landing point in Dalian Bay, if the movements of the Haihan landing troops cannot be restrained, the feint attack may be converted into a real offensive at any time.
When the opponent launches a multi-point offensive tactic, it seems that the only solution that can deal with this situation is to divide the troops and plug the leaks, but Yanguli also knows that the division of troops is extremely dangerous at this time, and it is very likely that the troops are still moving back and forth on the way. At the time, Haihan had already broken through a weak link in his own defense line.
Yang Guli still decided to take a gamble. He believed that although Haihan's sea force was strong, if he wanted to go around the sea and land behind the defense line as the main direction of attack, he would have to go outside the two fortresses of Sujiabao and Jijiabao on land. Putting up a formation of at least 3000 people for a feint attack seems too redundant.If all these troops are transported from the sea to the north to land, it will be difficult to send them away even if nearly [-] troops have been assembled in the northern part of Jinzhou.
Although I don't know how many soldiers and horses Haihan entered into Liaodong this time, based on his past experience with the Haihan army, Yang Guli can judge that the opponent's army is taking the elite route, and he has to consider the issue of supply across the sea. The number of troops is unlikely to be in the tens of thousands.Therefore, he believed that all Haihan's actions around the sea were just feint attacks, and the real main attack direction was still on land. The thousands of troops and horses in the south of the defense line were the best proof.
Therefore, in the face of the news that the Haihan army had landed in the north, Yanguli insisted that it was just harassment. As long as the opponent did not land a large number of cavalry ashore, its range of activities could not be too far from the sea. It has been verified many times in more than a year, so the defense focus of his deployment is still the Haihan troops equipped with heavy artillery in the south.
"In the past year, we have landed on the Liaodong Peninsula no less than ten times. Most of the time, we left with a single shot, and rarely left the coast too far to avoid being surrounded by the enemy inland. But this time, It just so happens that there are some different arrangements, and if they don't respond, they will suffer."
While Yanguoli was figuring out countermeasures, Qian Tiandun was discussing the next action plan with Morgan.In fact, in Haihan's battle plan, only the Western Route Army, originally commanded by Morgan, acted as a feint.Although the West Route Army has also pressed up to the vicinity of the fortress line, its mission is not to break Sujiabao, but to ensure that the coastal highland supply point behind its position can continue to operate safely and efficiently to provide supplies for frontline soldiers.In the south of Dalian Bay in the east, although there was a camp built by the special operations battalion and the Phi Island Army before the war, but as the front moved northward, the camp was too far away from the battle zone, and there was no west road for supplies. Highlands are so convenient.
And from the sea to the north of the fortress line of defense to implement the landing, it is naturally the Marine Corps commanded by Wang Tom.Considering its lack of land mobility, Harrugon's cavalry battalion also joined the landing operation.In this way, although the scale of this landing force is not large, its combat effectiveness is first-class, not much inferior to the special operations battalion that undertakes the main frontal attack task, and even slightly better in terms of maneuverability.
This action plan is one of several sets of operational plans formulated by the Ministry of National Defense before the war, and the front-line command will select the most appropriate plan according to the changes in the battlefield situation and the reaction of the post-Golden Army.Since Houjin's army chose to hide in the fortress line and couldn't defend it, then the two armies of the west and middle roads attracted Houjin's attention from the front, while the marines and cavalry units went from the sea to the north to implement the landing. .
If Houjin mobilizes a large army to suppress, then the troops behind can be withdrawn from the sea, as long as they play the role of restraining the deployment of the opponent's troops, they are qualified to complete the task.If Hou Jin thought that this landing was just a feint and sent some troops over to drive them off, then Tom Wang and Harrugong would be sorry, and they would definitely have to bite hard.
In fact, it only took a few hours from the frontal battle to the landing of the navy in the north, and the Haihan Army can complete such a rapid troop mobilization in the face of battle, largely relying on the advanced command and communication system. And the perfect preparations before the war.
Marines and cavalry battalions entered the Houjin-controlled area from the sea, which meant that Haihan's operational supply line had to be extended about another two hours' voyage north.Although everyone knew that there was no armed force that could threaten the Haihan Fleet in the nearby waters, the change in the voyage made the original transportation and supply plan must be adjusted accordingly.After all, this trip is equivalent to walking on the sea for half a day. If the operation is still carried out according to the previous transportation arrangement, there will definitely be problems.
Since Hou Jin concentrated the main force of the Golden State garrison on the southern defense line, Tom Wang's troops encountered little trouble when they landed.Although a small group of rear golden cavalry tried to prevent the landing of the Haihan army, but after being bombarded by the heavy artillery of the battleship, they retreated to the distance knowingly and watched helplessly as the Haihan army rowed and landed on the shore, and quickly established. Beachhead.
Tom Wang didn't care about the defensive eyes of Jin Jun in the distance. At this distance, the opponent's bows and arrows could not be shot. There was no other way but to watch, so he reassured and boldly landed with the troops and planned to personally Command the Marine Corps for follow-up operations.
Soon the flat-bottomed landing ship loaded with cavalry also docked nearby. This transport ship specially used for landing on the beachfront imitated the appearance of the later landing craft. The front of the hull was flat and suitable for beach washing. The loading compartment was open. When the bow door is lowered, it becomes a springboard.Originally, these landing ships were specially used to carry marines, but this operation required the coordination of the cavalry battalion, and the landing of horses was relatively troublesome, so Tom Wang could only arrange the cavalry battalion to take this special landing ship, and Let your marines go ashore in a small boat.
This kind of landing ship with a displacement of up to [-] tons can carry about [-] to [-] war horses each, and the remaining space can also hold some combat equipment and supplies.After the marines completed the construction of the beachhead, the cavalry battalion took the landing craft to quickly disembark.The appearance of these cavalrymen obviously made the enemy in the distance be one of them, and immediately dispatched a few more cavalry to report the latest trend to Yanguli in the south.
The two Niu Lu soldiers and horses sent by Yanguli walked halfway and met the second group of riders who sent letters. Only then did they know that there were hundreds of cavalry in the opponent's landing force, but at this time it was impossible to go back and move reinforcements. Came with a scalp.When they got close to the landing site, they found that the situation was far more severe than expected.
(End of this chapter)