Chapter 1112 Harassment Operation

Among the combat personnel of the Navy, there are also some special combat units specially trained in amphibious operations, which is the Marine Corps conceived by Tom Wang. He has always wanted to form an infantry unit specially used to perform amphibious assault operations, but

Due to the troop establishment and military investment, its scale is also very limited. It cannot have comprehensive arms such as infantry, artillery, reconnaissance, engineering, and communications like Qian Tiandun's special operations battalion. At most, it can only perform some tasks.

Offshore reconnaissance missions or cooperation with the army. However, because this operation is mainly for maritime reconnaissance, the fleet is not equipped with a dedicated army unit to accompany the expedition. Therefore, if it is really necessary to conduct a landing operation, Wang Tom will probably only have two troops on hand.

A company of infantry is available, and the heavy weapons only include a few field three-pound guns, so the firepower output is relatively limited.

Although Wang Tom was confident, he did not want his soldiers to take unnecessary risks. At the moment, he could not help but hesitate whether to give up when the situation was good or continue to pursue the victory, so he ordered the fleet to cruise around the harbor first to complete part of the task of surveying the terrain.

Besides, you might as well take this time to sort out your thoughts and weigh what should be done. Anyway, the opponent has no warships available in this area, and it will definitely not be possible to mobilize warship reinforcements from elsewhere.

There is no need to worry about what tricks they can play now.

Even if the Hou Jin army can transfer a batch of warships from elsewhere as quickly as possible, it will be difficult to retain the Haihan fleet. However, before leaving here, Wang Tom still hopes to learn as much detail as possible about Hou Jin's local fleet.

garrison situation. If you want to obtain this information, you don't necessarily have to launch a real attack on Zhongzuo City. Four enemy ships were destroyed in the previous battle, and there will be more or less some prisoners. These people will be interrogated later.

, I believe it will definitely yield a lot of valuable information.

Wang Tom quickly straightened out his thoughts and ordered the fleet to be stationed at Lushunkou today. However, he did not choose the coast near Zhongzuosuo City as a anchorage, but chose the coast of Laohwei Peninsula in the south, which is close to Zhongzuosuo City.

The cities are opposite each other across a bay. If the Hou Jin army wanted to detour from the land to launch a sneak attack, then they would have to detour about twenty miles, during which they would have to cross a river and climb mountains to reach the Laohuwei Peninsula.

Wang Tom left a few ships to patrol outside the waterways in and out of the harbor, just in case the Jin army did have warships coming from other places later, and they could also block it a little so that the Haihan navy anchored in the harbor had time to enter a fighting position.

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The logistics supply ship "Yugong No. 4" sent the first batch of 47 prisoners of war to the temporary camp in Laohwei in the afternoon. According to preliminary understanding, these people were all officers and soldiers of the former Dengzhou Navy, and the responsible

The Houjin officer who was supervising the battle on the ship either died in the battle or jumped into the water to escape. So far, no one has been captured alive.

This result made Wang Tom a little disappointed. These surrendered troops who were subject to Houjin's monitoring and movement restrictions obviously did not have much authority, and the military information they knew was probably very limited. He went to see these prisoners in person, and they were all

They looked disgraced, and there didn't seem to be any senior officers in armor among them.

However, some sharp-eyed people realized that Wang Tom, who was cheering for him, had an extraordinary identity, and immediately shouted loudly in the queue of prisoners of war: "The villain has a military intelligence report!"

Wang Tom nodded, and immediately some of his men brought this man to him. Before the soldiers could kick his knees, the man knelt on the ground and said, "Sir, this little man knows the military situation of the golden thief, please."

Sir, give me a chance to live!"

Wang Tom asked: "Who are you?"

The man quickly responded: "The villain is Pan Yan, the commander-in-chief of the Dengzhou Navy. Last year, he was kidnapped by the Confucian rebels and came to Liaodong. He only wanted to return to the country as soon as possible. The previous battle with the Wang Division was also a forced action. In fact,

It was not my intention, I hope you will forgive me!"

"Take him back to the headquarters for questioning!" Wang Tom gave the order concisely and concisely. Since this guy is a low-level officer, he may know more information than ordinary soldiers, but we can listen to what news he can have. As for

He didn't intend to explain too much to the prisoner about his identity. It might be easier for him to reveal the truth if he mistakenly thought he was a Ming army general.

Although the clothes and equipment of the Haihan Army are very different from those of the Ming Army, the standards are unified. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that this is a regular army rather than a civilian armed force. Now that they have the ability to send troops to the Liaodong Sea to perform combat missions, in addition to

Who else could there be in the Ming Dynasty? Although Wang Tom's appearance was very different from that of ordinary Ming army generals who wore full armor, in Pan Yan's eyes, it was impossible to think of any other identity he could have.

The temporary headquarters is a large tent set up on the coast of Laohwei Peninsula. There are dozens of tents being set up next to it for the soldiers who are coming ashore. The few Marine infantry in the fleet have been sent out to station at the nearby high ground.

On the ground, they mapped the terrain and acted as a guard. Currently, the ones staying in this camp are Wang Tom’s guard platoon and dozens of sailors who are setting up tents. Most of the people on the battleship have to stay on the ship in case of unexpected situations.

You can quickly enter combat mode. After all, this place is still in enemy territory, so even if you have the upper hand, you can't relax too much.

"Since you are also a soldier, then tell me what information you think is valuable! Whether you can make up for it depends on your performance!" Wang Tom said as he motioned to his subordinates to give Pan Yan a folded ponytail and let him sit on it.

Let’s talk about it below.

"Yes, yes, I understand, sir, thank you for the seat!" Pan Yan agreed tremblingly, and then began to tell the intelligence information he knew.

As Wang Tom saw, the small city on the north bank of Lushunkou, which originally belonged to the Liaodong Dusi Jinzhou Wei Zhongzuo Qianhu Station, was taken over by the Hou Jin Army last year, and it was here at the beginning of the year

Two armies, land and water, were deployed. Among them, the navy was mainly composed of those who were kidnapped and defected to Liaodong last year. Pan Yan was also one of them. However, because his family was not in Dengzhou, he went to Liaodong alone without any burdens or worries.

, he only worked for Hou Jin simply to survive.

These surrendered soldiers from the Ming Dynasty did not suffer any abuse, but their freedom of movement was extremely strictly controlled. They were usually confined to the military camp and were not allowed to go out for activities at will, let alone sail a boat to the sea. Before the emergency military situation occurred today

, this group of people has not been on a ship for about a month. If they are not required to go to sea to fight, then there will basically be a routine patrol mission at sea every thirty or forty days, and there will definitely be a follow-up on the ship.

Jin's supervising team accompanied them. This arrangement was of course not to reduce their burden, but because the Jin people simply could not trust these surrendered troops and were afraid that they would flee back to Shandong regardless of whether they would sail out to sea.

This unscientific training arrangement coupled with intentional dismantling and separate deployment made it impossible for the former Ming Dynasty navy who defected to Liaodong to maintain a high combat effectiveness. The hasty response just now has fully exposed their current strength. Photo

Pan Yan said that the naval force was divided into three or four parts and deployed in several ports on the Liaodong Peninsula, while the main force was kept near the Acropolis of Jinzhou, which would later become the waters of Dalian Bay. This news

Wang Tom also breathed a sigh of relief. The straight-line distance from Lushunkou to Jinzhou Guard was more than a hundred miles. Even if the local Jinzhou Guards wanted to ask for reinforcements from the Jinzhou Guards, the reinforcements would definitely not be able to arrive in a short time.

Before the state guard could react, the fleet he led should have already left here.

Almost all of the Ming Dynasty surrender troops deployed here at Lushunkou fought in the previous sea battles. They were exhausted in one battle. This result will probably make the Hou Jin army in the city of Zhongzuo very panic. After all, there are hundreds of miles around.

There is only such a stronghold where troops are stationed in the country. Now the opponent has killed about one-third of the local troops before they even get ashore. Anyone who faces such a situation will be a little frightened.

"Your battalion of naval forces only has four Fu boats, Haicang boats, and Cangshan boats. There are 510 people in the battalion, so there should be about 300 people in total. So, the people stationed in the city of Zhongzuo are

There are only six or seven hundred people in the Hou Jin Army?" When Wang Tom heard this, he noticed this detail keenly. The four warships defeated by the Haihan Navy should have a rated capacity of about three hundred people. Pan Yan mentioned that in

The proportion of the local garrison is one-third, from which we can quickly deduce the remaining local Houjin military strength.

When Pan Yan heard that Wang Tom was so familiar with the navy's establishment, he was more sure that the other party should be a general of the Ming Army. He quickly responded: "Your Excellency, you are very knowledgeable. There are two golden men stationed in the city of Zhongzuo.

According to records, there were about 600 soldiers, plus their family members and Han people, there should be about 2,000 people. Now that the navy was defeated, the gold thieves in the city must have driven everyone into the city to defend the city.

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The Niu Lu of the Later Jin Dynasty was a grassroots organization with three hundred men as a unit. It integrated military and political affairs, serving the people in peacetime and soldiers in wartime. Each Niu Lu was divided into four dadans, and each dadan was divided into two by Zhang Jing and Bo Shiku.

Two officials, Wu and Wu, were jointly managed. And the three hundred Ding were not generalized. They were divided into three types according to their status: Aha, Pijia and Qiding. Aha was a slave, mostly Han and Korean, and Pijia was a slave who had surrendered to

The Jurchens are foreigners, and their status is slightly higher than the lower-class Aha. As for the Qiding, they are Jurchens with pure blood, and their status is relatively higher.

In Wang Tom's eyes, this small amount of troops is not a big threat. No wonder the opponent does not dare to deploy a defense line on the coast outside the city. Pulling out such a small number of people will not have much of a deterrent effect other than exposing one's own strength.

.However, he did not forget the cavalry ambushing in the woods outside the city, and continued to ask Pan Yan: "How many cavalry do these two Niu Lu have?"

This time, Pan Yan was stumped. He shook his head in fear and said: "I really don't know the detailed number of the Golden Thieves' cavalry, but there is a horse farm in the north of the city. I heard from the local Han people who raise horses that there are at least three to four hundred horses."

Wang Tom thought that if he could find a way to get these horses back to Zhifu Island, Harugong would probably wake up laughing even if he fell asleep. However, this horse farm is located in the north of the city, and if he wants to take advantage of the horses, he must first get rid of this horse farm.

Taking Zuosuo City is not an easy operation. Judging from the number of horses, this place has the strength to pull out at least one or two hundred cavalry, which should not be underestimated. You must know that the cavalry battalion under Harugong can really go into battle.

There were only more than two hundred elite cavalry fighting there. Of course, the Haihan cavalry relying on advanced weapons must far surpass the Houjin cavalry in terms of individual combat effectiveness.

There is no cavalry in the troops led by Wang Tom. Even if the cavalry deployed here by Hou Jin is not large, it is still a big threat. Wang Tom does not dare to send infantry to land at will. Wang Tom thought for a while and continued to ask:

"Then do you know what other post-Jin army strongholds are on the coast near here?"

Pan Yan responded: "According to what I heard, the Golden Thieves did not build their own strongholds in Jinzhou Guard. They all used the acropolis and forts left over from the Ming Dynasty. However, I was not from Liaodong, and I am not very familiar with this place. If so,

Your Excellency, if you catch the gold thieves prisoner, you might be able to ask for details. With your fleet, you can go anywhere on the Liaodong Sea, so there is another way. If you can contact the Ming army stationed on Pi Island, you can definitely find it.

Ways to fight against gold thieves.”

"Pi Island? There are Ming troops there?" Wang Tom had heard of Pi Island, but after going north this time, he did not receive any information related to the local area.

Pi Island is located in the bay east of the mouth of the Yalu River, just at the intersection of the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula. Although this island is not large in area, its location is very important. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was an important military force for the Ming army to contain the Hou Jin Dynasty in the Northeast.

stronghold.

At the end of 1622, the Ming general Mao Wenlong led his army to Pi Island. The following year, the imperial court established Dongjiang Town here, with jurisdiction over Shenmi Island, Guanglu Island, Zhangzi Island, Shicheng Island, Ludao and other areas to the east of Lushunkou centered on Pi.

Islands controlled by the Ming Dynasty. "History of the Ming Dynasty: Biography of Mao Wenlong" records that the imperial court treated Mao Wenlong as "the governor of the left, hung the general's seal, granted Shang Fangjian, and set up troops to control Pi Island like the mainland." After the fall of Liaodong during the Tianqi Period, the North Korean envoys could not return from the island.

Envoys who traveled to the Ming Dynasty by land and took the sea route basically passed through Pi Island. After the Han people from Liaodong fled to North Korea, many people also flocked to Pi Island, a place that was still nominally part of the Ming Dynasty, to take refuge. However, because of the active cultivation of cultivated land on the island,

The country had limited resources and could not afford the food supply, so it had to rely on Denglai, Tianjin and North Korea to provide food support.

In 1629, Mao Wenlong was executed by Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Jiliao, and was replaced by deputy commander Chen Jisheng. The next year, Liu Xingzhi launched a mutiny to kill Chen Jisheng, and secretly formed an alliance with Emperor Taiji of the Later Jin Dynasty. But this guy failed to achieve great success. A year later, Pidao once again

A mutiny broke out, and Liu Xingzhi died in the rebellion. Later, the governor Huang Long went to Pidao to take over, but the mutiny did not stop there, and the third mutiny occurred in the same year.

After that, Huanglong moved to Lushun and cooperated with Shandong to attack Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng and others who launched a mutiny in Dengzhou. However, in 1633, Kong Youde led the Jin army to attack Lushun, and Huanglong was defeated and committed suicide. Shandong had no time to take care of itself, and this Pi Island became

A forgotten place.
Chapter completed!