Chapter 2843
Chapter 2843
Chapter 2843
The last inspection site of Bai Kesi and his party in the Jinzhou area was the most famous isthmus defense line in the area.It takes less than an hour to take a horse-drawn carriage from Jinzhou Daying to the Isthmus Defense Line.Moreover, in order to facilitate the transportation of combat materials, this section of the official road has been widened and the road surface has been hardened a few years ago. The road condition is very good, and it will not feel too bumpy on the carriage.
The narrowest part of the Jinzhou Isthmus is only about ten miles wide. It can be said to be a land moat at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. The fortifications built here are one of the most important military facilities in the entire Jinzhou area.
After the Haihan army seized this critical pass from the Manchus in 1636, it launched a military confrontation with the Qing army here for more than ten years.During this period, no less than a hundred battles broke out around the isthmus line of defense, and the resources invested by both sides were even more difficult to count.
However, due to the gap in military strength between the two sides, many counterattacks organized by the Manchu Qing failed to regain this important military location, while Haihan relied on this line of defense and firmly held the southernmost point of the Liaodong Peninsula with a small force. This small area effectively contained the momentum of the Manchu Qing army to attack Ming and North Korea.
For a long time in the past, the Jinzhou Isthmus was the northernmost point of the Haihan territory, and the battle line formed from this was the actual control border between Haihan and the Qing Dynasty.In the vast territory ruled by Haihan, this can be regarded as one of the areas with the highest density of wars.
It is precisely because of this that the Jinzhou Isthmus not only has important military value to the northern region, but is also an object of great concern to all strata of Haihan.Every major achievement of the Haihan army here will be reported in detail in the official newspaper.People of the generation like Bai Letong and Ning Zijing, in the textbooks they learned when they were young, there are related articles about the Haihan army fighting bravely in the Jinzhou Isthmus.It can be said that among the generation who grew up under the flag of Haihan Shuangse, there is almost no one who does not know the place of Jinzhou Isthmus.
So for these young people who came to the Jinzhou Isthmus for the first time, the significance of this trip is not only an investigation, but also a kind of pilgrimage.
However, Chen Pingliao, who acted as a guide, was obviously not among them. When he first started to remember, he had led down the Jinzhou Isthmus under the leadership of his father.After growing up, he followed Chen Yixin to patrol this place every year, and he was very familiar with the inside and outside of the isthmus defense line.In almost every position, he can introduce its origin and famous battle examples.
"After advancing from our army's front to the north, the combat tasks undertaken by the isthmus defense line have gradually decreased. In order to maintain smooth traffic between Jinzhou and the northern region, some of the fortifications on the main road have also been dismantled. However, more than [-]% of the area is still The wartime settings are retained, and some troops are still stationed here, but they are mainly performing training tasks such as soil engineering and defense.”
Chen Pingliao pointed to a nearby semi-underground fortification and said: "This tunnel may not look very eye-catching, but it is actually one of the main ammunition depots at the northern end of the Jinzhou Isthmus, and the space inside may be larger than you imagined. In wartime, the ammunition reserves here can provide five to seven days of combat needs for the defenders of fourteen batteries and an infantry battalion in the nearby area. Front-line ammunition depots of this size have a total of ten on the entire isthmus defense line .”
The Jinzhou side of the isthmus defense line is full of various logistics facilities, such as barracks, ammunition depots, field hospitals, canteens, warehouses, headquarters, etc. During wartime, there may be more personnel stationed in these facilities than there are soldiers fighting on the front line. Almost all of them are semi-permanent fortifications made of masonry. If necessary, they can be transformed into fortresses on the spot to form a group of fortifications for mutual protection.
And in front of these logistics facilities is the tall Isthmus Great Wall.Although the length of this fortification across the entire isthmus is only more than ten miles, its defensive power is far from comparable to that of the traditional Great Wall.To be precise, this is a permanent line of defense that connects dozens of fortresses, large and small, in series with city walls.
Under the leadership of Chen Pingliao, everyone walked up to the city wall of the isthmus defense line, and immediately noticed that the city wall did not extend in a straight line, but had several obvious protrusions. on the ground.It is not so much a line of defense, but more like multiple bastions connected together.
Outside these bastions, there are also defensive positions extending hundreds of feet outward, including traditional fortifications such as trenches, Juma, deer villages, and horse pits, as well as small bunkers, barbed wire, tunnels, etc. The unique defenses of Haihan facility.According to Chen Pingliao, landmines will be planted near these fortifications during wartime.
The defensive positions formed by these various fortifications can effectively prevent the enemy's large infantry and horses from directly attacking the isthmus defense line.The extended defensive positions are all within the coverage of the firepower of the city wall, forming a three-dimensional defense from top to bottom. Once the enemy's offensive is blocked in this area, the firepower of the city wall can attack the dense enemy army formation from a condescending height.
Bai Letong couldn't help sighing: "With so many methods, it must have been quite a headache when the Qing army attacked the defense line of the Isthmus!"
Chen Pingliao replied: "I only know that in every major battle, the Qing army will lose thousands of people. They have tried almost all combat methods, but they have never been able to break through our defense line."
Speaking of this topic, Chen Yixin also added: "The commander-in-chief of the Qing army changed seven or eight people back and forth, and tried all kinds of tricks, but the difference in strength between the two sides was on the table. If you can't beat it, you can't beat it."
Bai Letong said: "If that's the case, then why did the Qing army insist on attacking this place?"
Chen Yixin said: "The reason is very simple. When we occupy Jinzhou, it is equivalent to gaining a foothold in Liaodong. We can send troops to attack any coast of Liaodong at any time. If the Manchu Qing want to change this passive situation, they must take back Jinzhou , to drive us out of Liaodong. And they have no way to project their forces by sea, so they can only concentrate their firepower to attack the Jinzhou Isthmus road. This is our preset battlefield, waiting for the Qing army to take the initiative to attack gone."
The location of Jinzhou completely restrained the military deployment of the Manchu and Qing forces in the entire Liaodong Peninsula, while corresponding to it was the extremely small defense zone on the Haihan side.Either the Manchus fortified the thousands of miles of coastline, or they broke through Jinzhou and drove Haihan back to Shandong.In comparison, it is obvious that the latter option is more active and the benefits are more considerable.
It's just that Haihan is not Ming, and the combat power of Haihan army is far superior to that of Ming army. Relying on the Jinzhou Isthmus, the Qing army was forcibly blocked to the north, and it could not cross the thunder pool for more than ten years.
(End of this chapter)
The last inspection site of Bai Kesi and his party in the Jinzhou area was the most famous isthmus defense line in the area.It takes less than an hour to take a horse-drawn carriage from Jinzhou Daying to the Isthmus Defense Line.Moreover, in order to facilitate the transportation of combat materials, this section of the official road has been widened and the road surface has been hardened a few years ago. The road condition is very good, and it will not feel too bumpy on the carriage.
The narrowest part of the Jinzhou Isthmus is only about ten miles wide. It can be said to be a land moat at the southern tip of the Liaodong Peninsula. The fortifications built here are one of the most important military facilities in the entire Jinzhou area.
After the Haihan army seized this critical pass from the Manchus in 1636, it launched a military confrontation with the Qing army here for more than ten years.During this period, no less than a hundred battles broke out around the isthmus line of defense, and the resources invested by both sides were even more difficult to count.
However, due to the gap in military strength between the two sides, many counterattacks organized by the Manchu Qing failed to regain this important military location, while Haihan relied on this line of defense and firmly held the southernmost point of the Liaodong Peninsula with a small force. This small area effectively contained the momentum of the Manchu Qing army to attack Ming and North Korea.
For a long time in the past, the Jinzhou Isthmus was the northernmost point of the Haihan territory, and the battle line formed from this was the actual control border between Haihan and the Qing Dynasty.In the vast territory ruled by Haihan, this can be regarded as one of the areas with the highest density of wars.
It is precisely because of this that the Jinzhou Isthmus not only has important military value to the northern region, but is also an object of great concern to all strata of Haihan.Every major achievement of the Haihan army here will be reported in detail in the official newspaper.People of the generation like Bai Letong and Ning Zijing, in the textbooks they learned when they were young, there are related articles about the Haihan army fighting bravely in the Jinzhou Isthmus.It can be said that among the generation who grew up under the flag of Haihan Shuangse, there is almost no one who does not know the place of Jinzhou Isthmus.
So for these young people who came to the Jinzhou Isthmus for the first time, the significance of this trip is not only an investigation, but also a kind of pilgrimage.
However, Chen Pingliao, who acted as a guide, was obviously not among them. When he first started to remember, he had led down the Jinzhou Isthmus under the leadership of his father.After growing up, he followed Chen Yixin to patrol this place every year, and he was very familiar with the inside and outside of the isthmus defense line.In almost every position, he can introduce its origin and famous battle examples.
"After advancing from our army's front to the north, the combat tasks undertaken by the isthmus defense line have gradually decreased. In order to maintain smooth traffic between Jinzhou and the northern region, some of the fortifications on the main road have also been dismantled. However, more than [-]% of the area is still The wartime settings are retained, and some troops are still stationed here, but they are mainly performing training tasks such as soil engineering and defense.”
Chen Pingliao pointed to a nearby semi-underground fortification and said: "This tunnel may not look very eye-catching, but it is actually one of the main ammunition depots at the northern end of the Jinzhou Isthmus, and the space inside may be larger than you imagined. In wartime, the ammunition reserves here can provide five to seven days of combat needs for the defenders of fourteen batteries and an infantry battalion in the nearby area. Front-line ammunition depots of this size have a total of ten on the entire isthmus defense line .”
The Jinzhou side of the isthmus defense line is full of various logistics facilities, such as barracks, ammunition depots, field hospitals, canteens, warehouses, headquarters, etc. During wartime, there may be more personnel stationed in these facilities than there are soldiers fighting on the front line. Almost all of them are semi-permanent fortifications made of masonry. If necessary, they can be transformed into fortresses on the spot to form a group of fortifications for mutual protection.
And in front of these logistics facilities is the tall Isthmus Great Wall.Although the length of this fortification across the entire isthmus is only more than ten miles, its defensive power is far from comparable to that of the traditional Great Wall.To be precise, this is a permanent line of defense that connects dozens of fortresses, large and small, in series with city walls.
Under the leadership of Chen Pingliao, everyone walked up to the city wall of the isthmus defense line, and immediately noticed that the city wall did not extend in a straight line, but had several obvious protrusions. on the ground.It is not so much a line of defense, but more like multiple bastions connected together.
Outside these bastions, there are also defensive positions extending hundreds of feet outward, including traditional fortifications such as trenches, Juma, deer villages, and horse pits, as well as small bunkers, barbed wire, tunnels, etc. The unique defenses of Haihan facility.According to Chen Pingliao, landmines will be planted near these fortifications during wartime.
The defensive positions formed by these various fortifications can effectively prevent the enemy's large infantry and horses from directly attacking the isthmus defense line.The extended defensive positions are all within the coverage of the firepower of the city wall, forming a three-dimensional defense from top to bottom. Once the enemy's offensive is blocked in this area, the firepower of the city wall can attack the dense enemy army formation from a condescending height.
Bai Letong couldn't help sighing: "With so many methods, it must have been quite a headache when the Qing army attacked the defense line of the Isthmus!"
Chen Pingliao replied: "I only know that in every major battle, the Qing army will lose thousands of people. They have tried almost all combat methods, but they have never been able to break through our defense line."
Speaking of this topic, Chen Yixin also added: "The commander-in-chief of the Qing army changed seven or eight people back and forth, and tried all kinds of tricks, but the difference in strength between the two sides was on the table. If you can't beat it, you can't beat it."
Bai Letong said: "If that's the case, then why did the Qing army insist on attacking this place?"
Chen Yixin said: "The reason is very simple. When we occupy Jinzhou, it is equivalent to gaining a foothold in Liaodong. We can send troops to attack any coast of Liaodong at any time. If the Manchu Qing want to change this passive situation, they must take back Jinzhou , to drive us out of Liaodong. And they have no way to project their forces by sea, so they can only concentrate their firepower to attack the Jinzhou Isthmus road. This is our preset battlefield, waiting for the Qing army to take the initiative to attack gone."
The location of Jinzhou completely restrained the military deployment of the Manchu and Qing forces in the entire Liaodong Peninsula, while corresponding to it was the extremely small defense zone on the Haihan side.Either the Manchus fortified the thousands of miles of coastline, or they broke through Jinzhou and drove Haihan back to Shandong.In comparison, it is obvious that the latter option is more active and the benefits are more considerable.
It's just that Haihan is not Ming, and the combat power of Haihan army is far superior to that of Ming army. Relying on the Jinzhou Isthmus, the Qing army was forcibly blocked to the north, and it could not cross the thunder pool for more than ten years.
(End of this chapter)