Traveling through the late Ming Dynasty: I have a super system

Chapter 108: The Battle of Liaohe: Bombardment Opens the Way

Lin Yuhao's side won an overwhelming victory at sea and wiped out the main force of the Jiannu Navy.

Afterwards, Lin Yuhao and Shen Shouchong led the fleet to move on.Their goal is to go around the coastal areas of the Bangzi Kingdom and eliminate the remnants of the Jiannu navy.

Then, destroy all the shipyards built by the Jiannu Navy by shelling.

Either don't do it, or fix it all at once.Give the Jiannu navy a clean-up, and completely destroy all seaports that allow the Jiannu navy to stop and rest.

Lin Yuhao was busy cleaning up the remnants of the Jiannu navy, but he was on the front line of the Liaohe River.

A total of 12 new troops from the Ming Dynasty came to station troops on the west bank of the Liao River.Face off across the river with the main force of slavery on the east bank.

On July 11, the 31th year of Tianqi, the news that the main force of the Jiannu navy was wiped out.When the news reached the front line of Liaohe, Ma Shilong, the chief soldier of Jiliao, was rewarded.

The whole person was very excited, and praised again and again: "Master Lin fought beautifully in this battle, and eliminated the main force of the Jiannu navy. This is a great achievement. Your Majesty must immediately ask for credit for Master Lin."

And Gao Qiqian, the eunuch who supervised the army on the front line of Liaohe, also got the news from his young eunuch.

After listening to the little eunuch's report, this pickled eunuch.

He also happily patted the table and said: "Great, this Master Lin really did not disappoint our family."

"It's really a big victory at sea, and it's not in vain that our family worked so hard to get an errand from the godfather to oversee Liaodong."

At this time, he dived high and excitedly paced back and forth in his tent.

After walking back and forth seven or eight times, he immediately told the little eunuch who was waiting beside him: "Hurry up, write a letter of victory to our family. Send someone back to the capital. This good news must be reported to Godfather."

The little eunuch on the side got Gao Qiqian's order, nodded and bowed immediately and said: "Yes, godfather. I will do it now."

After Ma Shilong finished writing the victory report, he also immediately ordered to the guards: "Go, beat the drums for this general and gather the generals. Master Lin's work is done, and now it's our turn."

As the sound of war drums resounded throughout the barracks, generals of the new army's various departments with military ranks of commanders and above came to the camp of the Chinese army to gather.

The current Liaohe front line can be described as a collection of stars.

Except for the British official Zhang Weixian who was a hand-off shopkeeper in Shanhaiguan, the main generals of other ministries came to the front line of Liaohe.

Famous generals of the older generation include: Yang Zhaoji, Man Gui, Hu Dawei, Mengruhu, Zhao Lengjiao, Cao Wenzhao, He Kegang, and younger generals include: Zhang Zhiji, Cao Bianjiao, Huang Degong, Sun Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji, Yang Yufan, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting.

This time Zhang Weixian led the [-] new Jingying army to Liaodong, and brought three generals who could fight in the new Jingying army: Sun Yingyuan, Zhou Yuji and Yang Yufan.

Although he himself did not come to the battlefield in person, his son Zhang Zhiji was on the front line of the Liaohe River.

Looking at the assembled generals, Ma Shilong said with a straight face: "Everyone, you must have heard about it."

"Master Lin won a big victory at sea. It's a good start for our Liaodong war. Now, it's time for us to send troops to attack."

The many generals standing below all looked happy at this moment.

After all, I have been on the front line of Liaohe for so long, and I have never been able to get a chance to fight a battle.

Well now, here's your chance.

Huang Degongli spoke first, "Master Chief Soldier, you can just say it. How will this battle be fought? Brothers will listen to you."

As soon as Huang Degong said this, everyone in the military tent nodded excitedly and said in agreement: "Yes, Zongbing Ma, you can give the order!"

Ma Shilong stood on the general platform, thought for a while, and said, "I think it's better to start shelling first. Completely suppress the Jiannu on the opposite side, and then the army crosses the river."

Before Ma Shilong finished speaking, a discordant voice sounded from outside the military tent: "Let's see, this is not an appropriate move."

"We have already won the naval battle, so we should write a letter to Jiannu to force them to withdraw instead of us sending troops to attack."

The person who said this was Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the supervising army.

Just now, he had already learned about Ma Shilong's gathering of generals by beating drums.

But in his view, the war at sea had already been won.There is no need to continue to fight with Jiannu, after all, the leader and commander on the opposite side is Huang Taiji.

This is a tricky enemy in case you lose.

His Majesty invested a lot of manpower and material resources to train the new army, let alone here in Liaodong, I am afraid that his own life will not be saved when the time comes.

In view of this, Gao Qiqian brought a few of his young eunuchs to the camp of the Chinese army.Open your mouth to stop Ma Shilong from sending troops to attack the main force of slavery on the other side of the river.

Many generals who were still discussing matters at this time were immediately unhappy when they heard this.

The morale of our army is high, and we will not attack Jiannu at this time.Still thinking about writing a letter to intimidate the other party to withdraw troops, isn't this nonsense!

Lu Xiangsheng was straight-hearted, and immediately said: "Oh, Eunuch Gao. What you said seems inappropriate. When the two armies are fighting. Our morale is high, why can't we take the initiative to attack the enemy?"

When Gao Qiqian heard this, he also said in his extremely ugly male duck voice: "Master Lu, the main army of slavery on the opposite side is 17 people."

"As for us, it's only 12. If we don't have an advantage in our troops, if we take the initiative to attack. Once the battle is unfavorable, we will lose our troops and lose our generals."

"Which of you can take responsibility? Who of you can go and explain to His Majesty? Our family is here to supervise the army, which is of great importance. Therefore, I don't agree with you sending troops on your own initiative."

After Gao Qiqian finished the threatening words, all the generals in the Chinese army's tent were also pale with anger.

Listen, listen to all, is this speaking human language?

Haven't played yet?I began to consider the possibility of defeat.If this word gets out, it will definitely shake the morale of the soldiers.

At this time, Man Gui was already trembling with anger.

He cursed angrily from the bottom of his heart: You dirty eunuch, you were really right by the fourth brother.A typical capitulation faction is aimed at this speech that shakes the morale of the army.

I am full of gui, and I will not be wronged if I kill you with a knife.

Thinking of this, Man Gui pulled out the sword hanging from his waist without hesitation.Before everyone could react, Gao Qiqian, the eunuch of the supervising army, was stabbed to death with a sword.

All this happened so suddenly that everyone was stunned for a moment before reacting.

Ma Shilong looked at the ground, and he had already dived high with more air and less air.Knowing that he couldn't be saved, he had no choice but to look at Man Gui and say, "Brother! You are impulsive. After all, he is the eunuch sent by the Holy One to supervise the army."

"Just stabbing people to death with a sword like this, in case the higher-ups blame you. If you can't afford it and don't say it, those censors will also play impeachment."

"The one who asks the Holy Majesty to treat you, be dismissed from office."

This side Ma Shilong just finished speaking, that side.Lu Xiangsheng killed the two little eunuchs who followed Gao Qiqian one by one, they were insiders.As the saying goes, only the dead can keep secrets.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Ma Shilong was immediately overwhelmed.

"I said, two adults, what are you going to do? After one Gao Qiqian died, the matter is no longer easy to settle. It's good now, and two more died. This makes me, how can I explain to the superiors!"

Hearing Ma Shilong's words, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head indifferently and said, "Mr. Ma, the matter can still be resolved!"

"I heard that this old miscellaneous hair, as soon as he arrived in Liaodong, several wealthy businessmen in Shanhaiguan gave him a lot of money. As long as we find this money, we can say that this money was bought by Jian Nu as an internal servant. Bloody money."

"By that time, won't this matter be easy to explain?"

All the people present are smart people, so they naturally know how to deal with this matter.Then this old miscellaneous hair can be said to have a bad reputation after death.

What's more, they are the upstarts of the imperial court.It is time to make contributions and prove yourself on the battlefield.

That was dealt with at this point, plus they won the battle.Then, conferring officials and titles is not an easy thing to do.

So, Gao Qiqian and the death of those two little eunuchs.It's just a small episode, and it's over.

Next, we still need to focus on how to defeat the main force of the opposing army.

This time the Ming army stationed troops on the west bank of the Liaohe River, and the new Jingying army still brought in thirty M-1938 120mm caliber howitzers.

The new army in Liaodong brought in 120 eighteen-pound rifled guns and 180 twelve-pound rifled guns.

These rifled artillery have been researched on the feasibility of casting in the Ordnance Supervision Institute in Beijing since the ninth year of Tianqi.

By the tenth year of the Apocalypse, ten six-pound rifled guns had been mass-produced and subjected to extensive shooting tests.

After passing all the tests, mass production of rifled guns began.Among them, Liaodong has a lot of equipment, because this is an important military base of Ming Dynasty.

Today, Liaodong is equipped with 420 six-pound rifled guns, 340 twelve-pound rifled guns, and 260 eighteen-pound rifled guns.

Coupled with the sixty M-1938 120mm caliber howitzers provided by Lin Yuhao, today's Liaodong New Army.In terms of artillery strength, it absolutely crushed Jiannu on the other side of the Liaohe River.

Use your own strengths to attack the enemy's shortcomings.

This is the attack plan that Ma Shilong and others finally settled on after discussing for half an hour.

On August 11th, the [-]th year of the Apocalypse, the Ming army prepared carefully for many days.Set up all the large-caliber artillery on the west bank of the Liaohe River.

The day-long bombardment of the main force of the slave establishment on the east bank of the Liao River began.

All the rifled guns began shelling the camp of the main army of Jiannu on the east bank of the Liao River at a rate of fire of every 3 minutes.

The M-1938 howitzer fires at a rate of four rounds per minute.Carry out fire coverage strikes on all observed Jiannu artillery positions.

There is only one purpose for this shelling, before the real attack is launched.

First weaken the vitality of the slave army and destroy their artillery positions.

During the confrontation, the Ming army based on the intelligence collected by various observation stations.Generally speaking, they learned about the situation of the main force of slavery on the opposite side, and the final battle plan was also formulated based on this information.

The main force of the slave establishment still retains [-] cavalry troops equipped with cold weapons.

Then there are 12 infantry units equipped with muskets, and the remaining more than 1 people are all specialized artillery units.

This time, Jiannu brought in forty new-style Hongyi cannons and a hundred Hongyi cannons imitated by themselves.

In order to bring these artillery to the battlefield, Huang Taiji directly mobilized more than 1 people.

In addition to the dedicated artillerymen, the rest are auxiliary soldiers who help pull the artillery maneuvers and help transport the shells.

These people are the second or third generation of coated slaves.He no longer considered himself a member of the Ming Dynasty, and only recognized these slaves as his masters.

Therefore, the Jiannu army stationed troops on the east bank of the Liaohe River.These coated minions are also the most proactive.Helped transport food, shells, and even many able-bodied people.He also took the initiative to help push and pull the artillery, pushing these artillery from the city seven or eight hundred miles away to the east bank of the Liao River.

However, the artillery strength of the Ming army has already surpassed Jiannu by dozens of streets.As far as the cannons used by the Jiannu equipment are concerned, they are completely regarded as scrap metal by the Ming army.

Since the bombardment started at the third quarter of the hour, it has not stopped.

At Sishi, because the water level of the Liaohe River rose.

Fang Zhenghua led twenty gunboats, and gradually approached the battlefield from the wide area in the lower reaches of the Liaohe River.

Through the two six-pound rifled guns equipped on the gunboat, the destructive shelling of the river beach defenses built by Jiannu was carried out.

After being bombarded, Jiannu also wanted to fight back.

It's a pity that their artillery positions were in short order.Destroyed successively, all artillery was blown up.Gunners and shells also suffered heavy losses.

At this moment, Huang Taiji was trembling with anger.

The news of the failure of the naval battle has not yet come.But looking at today, the Ming army suddenly launched a fierce shelling.

Huang Taiji knew that he had made a sea battle plan.It must have been a complete failure, although he was very reluctant to accept this result.

As the former commander of the army, Dorgon is currently supervising all the soldiers of the Eight Banners of the Bangzi and the Eight Banners of the Han Army to enter the fortifications that have already been set up.

Prepare for the landing attack launched by the Ming army at any time.

It took Bangzi Baqi [-] days to build these fortifications.It was gradually built, and it was less than [-] steps away from the river beach.Although it is not very useful, it can be regarded as a kind of psychological self-comfort.

However, as Fang Zhenghua led the gunboat to join the battle.

These river beach fortifications are like tofu.Destroyed one by one, the Bangzi Eight Banners Army and the Han Army Eight Banners hiding inside.

He didn't even have time to escape, and was directly buried alive in the fortification.

The shelling continued until the second quarter of the unitary hour before it stopped.

After statistics, Ma Shilong, the chief soldier of Jiliao, learned.

In today's shelling, a total of 340 rounds of shells of various calibers were consumed.

All observable targets were destroyed, and the objectives of the first phase of the combat plan were achieved.

The combat plan formulated this time is divided into two stages.

The first stage is to destroy all the artillery equipped with Jiannu and the fortifications built through today's shelling.

The second stage is: all obstacles to crossing the river and landing operations have been removed, then the Ming army can prepare to cross the river.

Launch the final attack on the main force of slavery.

There is only one combat goal at this stage: drive the Jiannu out of the Liaodong area, and completely compress their range of activities in the Liaobei area.

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