Chapter 2941
Chapter 2941
Chapter 2941
If the level of the main combat force of the Haihan Army is to be used as a measure, the performance of the company Zheng Agui and others belonged to during the landing process can only be regarded as a passing level at best.
In the case of basically no resistance, the landing process still seemed stumbling, the formation of the troops ashore was scattered, and many soldiers did not take the initiative to enter the combat position at the first time.Some squads even had to regroup after landing, and the officers gave more detailed combat instructions, and the soldiers clarified their missions.
Since this temporarily recruited merchant ship did not have a springboard that could directly board the beachhead, the unloading time of heavy equipment and combat supplies also greatly exceeded expectations.So much so that the artillery positions on the beachhead have been built, but the field artillery is still laboriously hoisted and unloaded.
The deduction before the action seems to be in order, but when it comes to action, problems in various aspects are constantly exposed.Bangui Battalion itself is limited in strength, coupled with lack of actual combat experience, and no time for targeted training before the operation, these chaos will inevitably occur.
Fortunately, the Spaniards' armed forces in Masbate Town were not strong. They basically encountered no decent resistance during the landing period, and they were able to establish a beachhead relatively calmly, transfer combat supplies, and organize the next wave of operations as a whole team.
Half an hour after initiating the landing, the company that landed in the northern part of the peninsula finally began to advance towards the town of Masbate in the south.At this time, their progress was nearly an hour behind the landing force in the southern part of the peninsula. Although the progress of the southern landing force is still unclear, such a time difference will obviously affect the effectiveness of the north-south attack plan.
Zheng Agui had to check his equipment every once in a while, so as to focus himself.So far, he and his men have not fired a single shot, which seems to be completely different from the engagement situation expected before the operation.But no one dared to be insensitive to the temporary tranquility in front of them.
According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau before the operation, the Spaniards here are not unarmed and good citizens. They hold a large number of private weapons in their hands and have a certain will to resist. They cannot be expected to surrender voluntarily when they see the Haihan Army.
Zheng Agui finally received an action order, and his platoon was responsible for searching the fishing village near the landing point, eliminating possible threats, and ensuring that the company could safely pass through this area.
The so-called fishing village is actually nothing more than a dozen families of fishermen living near the coast.When he landed earlier, Zheng Agui had already seen the fishermen who were tidying up their nets throwing down their tools and running home to hide in a hurry, but now what they need to do is to drive these fishermen out of their homes and gather them together for custody to prevent them Potential for trouble.
After approaching the fishing village, let the Spanish translator speak with a tin horn, ordering the fishermen in the house to come out and surrender.However, such shouting did not seem to have any effect. The fishing village was silent and no one responded.
Zheng Agui led his subordinates to approach one of the houses. After forming a siege, Zheng Agui took the lead and kicked open the door.
A man in the room held a harpoon in both hands, roaring and rushed towards Zheng Agui at the door. Seeing this, Zheng Agui quickly stepped back two steps to let the man rush out of him, then raised his rifle and gave it to him With a gun butt in the back, he fell to the ground.
Qiu Yong next to him saw the right moment, stepped forward and kicked the harpoon off the man's hand, and then several people held down his hands and feet, took out the prepared shackles and shackled him backwards.
Zheng Agui saw that this person was under control, so he led a team into the house to search to make sure nothing was missed.There was a fishy smell in the room, except for a broken bed, there were only some jars and fishing nets, no other people were found, and there was no valuable property.
At this moment, there was a gunshot outside the house. Zheng Agui hurried back out of the house, only to find that it was not his subordinates who fired the shots, but another team that was searching a nearby house.
This shot brought down a fisherman who was also holding a harpoon, and it seemed that he was planning to imitate his neighbor's death charge.But this guy was obviously out of luck, what he met was not Zheng Agui, but someone who was going to send him on the road as soon as he met.
According to the requirements of this operation, soldiers can open fire when encountering any resistance behavior that poses a security threat, so there is nothing to say about this. I can only blame him for being too impulsive and wanting to fight against the Haihan army on his own.
Seeing this, the Spanish translator picked up the tin horn again and loudly urged the fishermen to give up resistance and come out and surrender immediately, otherwise they would all be shot.
Although Zheng Agui doesn't like this method, he also knows the truth of the speed of soldiers. If he wants to clean up the fishing village as soon as possible, creating fear and disintegrating the will of the fishermen to fight may be the most reasonable strategy at the moment.
The opening fire this time should have played a deterrent effect. Sure enough, some fishermen opened the door and walked out timidly to surrender.This scene reminded Zheng Agui that he had seen several small fishing boats on the sea when he came here. Maybe most of the men in this fishing village went out to sea to fish.
These fishermen who surrendered were not all Spaniards, and some of them were obviously local aborigines.But for the Haihan army, this is not the time to identify them and lock up all the adult prisoners in shackles.The captives will be dealt with after the capture of Masbate Town.
It took about a stick of incense to clean up the entire fishing village, and more than 40 prisoners were captured.During the process, only one fisherman died because he tried to resist, but no one was lost on Haihan's side, so it can be said that it went quite smoothly.
According to the previous operation process, after capturing these captives, the next step is to destroy their residences.These huts made of wooden boards can be destroyed at one point, and it only takes one fire to destroy an entire fishing village.
However, this operation is no longer as simple as destroying settlements, but to achieve long-term occupation. It is not necessary for all these residents to move out, and they need to keep their residences temporarily.
While they were busy gathering the captives together, there was a rumble of cannon from far to the south.
Zheng Agui's face changed slightly, which is not a good signal.If it is our own side that fires, it means that the troops in the south have encountered relatively strong resistance and have to use artillery to open the way.And it would be even worse if the opponent fired the artillery. Although the Haihan army was powerful, the infantry had to back down when encountering the artillery.If it hits head-on, I'm afraid there will inevitably be casualties.
"Speed up and advance south!" The company commander was also anxious when he heard the sound of the guns, and hurriedly ordered to urge.
The south side has already been fighting loudly, and the area around the coast has just been cleaned up here, and it will take a while longer, maybe the troops from the south have already rushed into the town to end the battle, and my company can only clean up the battlefield. But it would be too embarrassing.
(End of this chapter)
If the level of the main combat force of the Haihan Army is to be used as a measure, the performance of the company Zheng Agui and others belonged to during the landing process can only be regarded as a passing level at best.
In the case of basically no resistance, the landing process still seemed stumbling, the formation of the troops ashore was scattered, and many soldiers did not take the initiative to enter the combat position at the first time.Some squads even had to regroup after landing, and the officers gave more detailed combat instructions, and the soldiers clarified their missions.
Since this temporarily recruited merchant ship did not have a springboard that could directly board the beachhead, the unloading time of heavy equipment and combat supplies also greatly exceeded expectations.So much so that the artillery positions on the beachhead have been built, but the field artillery is still laboriously hoisted and unloaded.
The deduction before the action seems to be in order, but when it comes to action, problems in various aspects are constantly exposed.Bangui Battalion itself is limited in strength, coupled with lack of actual combat experience, and no time for targeted training before the operation, these chaos will inevitably occur.
Fortunately, the Spaniards' armed forces in Masbate Town were not strong. They basically encountered no decent resistance during the landing period, and they were able to establish a beachhead relatively calmly, transfer combat supplies, and organize the next wave of operations as a whole team.
Half an hour after initiating the landing, the company that landed in the northern part of the peninsula finally began to advance towards the town of Masbate in the south.At this time, their progress was nearly an hour behind the landing force in the southern part of the peninsula. Although the progress of the southern landing force is still unclear, such a time difference will obviously affect the effectiveness of the north-south attack plan.
Zheng Agui had to check his equipment every once in a while, so as to focus himself.So far, he and his men have not fired a single shot, which seems to be completely different from the engagement situation expected before the operation.But no one dared to be insensitive to the temporary tranquility in front of them.
According to the information provided by the Military Intelligence Bureau before the operation, the Spaniards here are not unarmed and good citizens. They hold a large number of private weapons in their hands and have a certain will to resist. They cannot be expected to surrender voluntarily when they see the Haihan Army.
Zheng Agui finally received an action order, and his platoon was responsible for searching the fishing village near the landing point, eliminating possible threats, and ensuring that the company could safely pass through this area.
The so-called fishing village is actually nothing more than a dozen families of fishermen living near the coast.When he landed earlier, Zheng Agui had already seen the fishermen who were tidying up their nets throwing down their tools and running home to hide in a hurry, but now what they need to do is to drive these fishermen out of their homes and gather them together for custody to prevent them Potential for trouble.
After approaching the fishing village, let the Spanish translator speak with a tin horn, ordering the fishermen in the house to come out and surrender.However, such shouting did not seem to have any effect. The fishing village was silent and no one responded.
Zheng Agui led his subordinates to approach one of the houses. After forming a siege, Zheng Agui took the lead and kicked open the door.
A man in the room held a harpoon in both hands, roaring and rushed towards Zheng Agui at the door. Seeing this, Zheng Agui quickly stepped back two steps to let the man rush out of him, then raised his rifle and gave it to him With a gun butt in the back, he fell to the ground.
Qiu Yong next to him saw the right moment, stepped forward and kicked the harpoon off the man's hand, and then several people held down his hands and feet, took out the prepared shackles and shackled him backwards.
Zheng Agui saw that this person was under control, so he led a team into the house to search to make sure nothing was missed.There was a fishy smell in the room, except for a broken bed, there were only some jars and fishing nets, no other people were found, and there was no valuable property.
At this moment, there was a gunshot outside the house. Zheng Agui hurried back out of the house, only to find that it was not his subordinates who fired the shots, but another team that was searching a nearby house.
This shot brought down a fisherman who was also holding a harpoon, and it seemed that he was planning to imitate his neighbor's death charge.But this guy was obviously out of luck, what he met was not Zheng Agui, but someone who was going to send him on the road as soon as he met.
According to the requirements of this operation, soldiers can open fire when encountering any resistance behavior that poses a security threat, so there is nothing to say about this. I can only blame him for being too impulsive and wanting to fight against the Haihan army on his own.
Seeing this, the Spanish translator picked up the tin horn again and loudly urged the fishermen to give up resistance and come out and surrender immediately, otherwise they would all be shot.
Although Zheng Agui doesn't like this method, he also knows the truth of the speed of soldiers. If he wants to clean up the fishing village as soon as possible, creating fear and disintegrating the will of the fishermen to fight may be the most reasonable strategy at the moment.
The opening fire this time should have played a deterrent effect. Sure enough, some fishermen opened the door and walked out timidly to surrender.This scene reminded Zheng Agui that he had seen several small fishing boats on the sea when he came here. Maybe most of the men in this fishing village went out to sea to fish.
These fishermen who surrendered were not all Spaniards, and some of them were obviously local aborigines.But for the Haihan army, this is not the time to identify them and lock up all the adult prisoners in shackles.The captives will be dealt with after the capture of Masbate Town.
It took about a stick of incense to clean up the entire fishing village, and more than 40 prisoners were captured.During the process, only one fisherman died because he tried to resist, but no one was lost on Haihan's side, so it can be said that it went quite smoothly.
According to the previous operation process, after capturing these captives, the next step is to destroy their residences.These huts made of wooden boards can be destroyed at one point, and it only takes one fire to destroy an entire fishing village.
However, this operation is no longer as simple as destroying settlements, but to achieve long-term occupation. It is not necessary for all these residents to move out, and they need to keep their residences temporarily.
While they were busy gathering the captives together, there was a rumble of cannon from far to the south.
Zheng Agui's face changed slightly, which is not a good signal.If it is our own side that fires, it means that the troops in the south have encountered relatively strong resistance and have to use artillery to open the way.And it would be even worse if the opponent fired the artillery. Although the Haihan army was powerful, the infantry had to back down when encountering the artillery.If it hits head-on, I'm afraid there will inevitably be casualties.
"Speed up and advance south!" The company commander was also anxious when he heard the sound of the guns, and hurriedly ordered to urge.
The south side has already been fighting loudly, and the area around the coast has just been cleaned up here, and it will take a while longer, maybe the troops from the south have already rushed into the town to end the battle, and my company can only clean up the battlefield. But it would be too embarrassing.
(End of this chapter)