Chapter 340 Capture Dangan Island

In the early morning of May 28, the 2nd, 4th, and 5th companies of the Haihan Militia regiment boarded three "Exploration-class" warships in full force at the Wanshan Port Pier. Hundreds of temporary residents on the island watched them off.

Then, the fleet slowly sailed out of the harbor, skirted the headland to the south, then turned east, heading towards the Dangan Islands, which were more than thirty nautical miles away.

This battle is different in nature from the previous battles that the Haihan Militia participated in. The previous battles were all due to direct or indirect conflicts of interest between the opponents and the crossing group. The situation forced the Executive Committee and the military to

had to make the choice of using force to solve the problem. In fact, the pirate gangs on Dangan Islands have not posed a substantial threat to the crossing group so far. It is not even sure whether they have such an intention. The military and law enforcement

The committee decided to take the initiative to send troops to eliminate this "potential" threat.

This combat operation can be said to mean that the Chuanchuan Group's foreign military expansion policy has begun to change from a cautious and passive response to a proactive attitude, and the scope of attack targets has also expanded from "direct threats" to "potential threats." Of course it can

Only a few military officers with hundreds of years of experience are aware of this change. As for the grassroots militiamen and even naturalized civilian officers like Gao Qiaonan and Yu Tiezhu, they are still unable to do so in the short term.

Understand what this change in attitude means. For them, every battle means the accumulation of military merit and the opportunity for promotion. Therefore, although they have just retired from the battlefield in Panyu County and have not rested for a few days, the grassroots personnel still have the desire to fight.

Complete.

Three and a half hours later, the fleet arrived in the waters of Dangan Islands, and small fishing boats began to be observed near the coast. However, after the people on these boats discovered this strange fleet coming from the west, they immediately

He chose to row a boat and escape to the shore. However, Wang Tom was not afraid of exposing his whereabouts in advance. This plan set the battle time during the day, and he did not plan to hide his traces and conduct a sneak attack. Instead, he was prepared to rely on the powerful force in an upright manner.

Use force to capture the Dangan Island bandits' den head-on. Even if these pirates discovered the Haihan militia's attack much earlier, at most they would only have a little more chance of escaping, which would not affect the overall situation.

According to the information obtained after interrogating the prisoners, the bandit den on Dangan Island is located in the small bay of Dangantou on the east end of the island. When the fleet sailed along the island coast, they discovered that this so-called bay was actually just a small bay.

The harbor conditions of this concave V-shaped island shore are not even comparable to those of Wanshan Port.

At this time, there was chaos on the harbor pier, and many people could be seen running non-stop. Many people were hurriedly unmooring and raising the sail on the deck, apparently planning to take the ship out to fight the incoming uninvited guests.

However, it was too difficult to complete this idea. The three Haihan warships filed into the harbor and pointed their sides at several ships docked at the dock. While the people on the shore were still confused by this move

, and saw the gun windows on the side of the ship opened one by one, revealing the black muzzles.

"Aim at the outermost Guangzhou ship, fire, three rounds of rapid fire!" Wang Tom gave simultaneous firing orders to the artillerymen on the three warships through the walkie-talkie.

Although the No. 2 ship and the No. 3 ship each had only two broadside guns, the three ships' combined nine guns firing one after another was still very shocking. Although these broadside guns were only 6-pound small guns, they were very powerful.

It should not be underestimated. The warship was less than a hundred meters away from the target. The shells almost penetrated the hull of the ship that had just left the dock pier at maximum speed. In an instant, many holes appeared in the hull of the ship.

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For Chinese sailboats that have begun to use watertight cabins in this era, although the penetration effect of this solid cannonball looks dazzling, it does not have that great impact on the overall performance of the ship. After the wood chips fly across the hull, the hull will not immediately

Disintegrated or sank into the water. However, this group of pirates obviously had not withstood this kind of combat-intensity bombardment. As soon as the first round of naval guns was fired, sailors on the deck of the ship were already jumping into the water to escape.

After the second round of naval gun salvos, the corrected trajectory of the shells dropped, and five or six large holes were drilled up and down the waterline of the hull. The impact was more obvious now, and the hull began to tilt to the left.

It lost its forward momentum. As soon as the ship stopped, it blocked the exit route of several ships behind it, so there was chaos on the dock. Some people wanted to get on the ship and escape, while some crew members wanted to abandon the ship and escape to the island camp.

They hid inside, but no one organized a counterattack against the large ships still floating on the sea. Of course, this was most likely because they simply could not come up with any effective counterattack means.

After the third round of salvos, the target ship began to capsize due to too much water entering the cabin. The sailors on the ship finally gave up their struggle and jumped into the sea and swam to the shore. As for the following ships, they had not sailed yet.

The ships leaving the dock gave up their desperate attempts. The sailors abandoned the ship and landed, trying to rely on the forts on the shore to resist.

"Slowly go around to the shore and pay attention to the fire cover!" Wang Tom was very satisfied with the results of the first phase of the operation. The pirate ship capsized in the center of the harbor just blocked the main navigation route in and out of the dock. Now the pirates wanted to

There is probably no hope of escaping by boat. The Haihan Militia, which has the advantage of mobility, can slowly use its firepower advantage to launch long-range attacks on the pirates who are still resisting on the shore.

The pirates' camp was built near the shore, with an area of ​​only a dozen acres. The perimeter was surrounded by a wall made of granite taken from the island. However, perhaps due to the limited labor force on the island, this wall

The highest point is only five or six feet, and it can barely cover the people behind the wall. If the pirates expected that this wall could block the attack of the Haihan militia, they would be totally wrong.

The warship slowly sailed into the port and did not bombard the other ships docked by the pier. Although these ships were a little worn out, they were towed back for repairs and could be used as fishing boats or short-distance offshore transportation vehicles.

Not a big problem.

At this time, the pirates who had regained consciousness on the shore finally began to organize sporadic counterattacks, trying to use bows and arrows to confront the militia at long distances. Wang Tom was not worried about how lethal the bamboo arrows used by these pirates could be, but

After seeing the pirates starting to shoot arrows that ignited the arrows, Wang Tom's face finally changed color, and he directed the musketeers to aim at the few archers on the shore and began to name them.

No matter in terms of range, accuracy or firepower density, the militia groups are far stronger than their opponents. Therefore, the few archers who dared to stand on the pier for sporadic resistance soon became living targets. After a few rounds of firing, there was no one left.

Able to stand up. The officers did not put too much enthusiasm into this lackluster battle process, because the subsequent battle after the landing was the highlight of this battle.

Regarding the tactical arrangements for amphibious operations, if the Haihan Militia ranks second, then it will be difficult to find another army in the world that can be called the first in this period. As an army that regards sea control as the main means of expanding its power in the future

The Party has always attached great importance to the training of amphibious operations. Landing and anti-landing tactics are almost compulsory courses for every militia soldier after joining the army. The tactics of long-range fire cover and beachhead construction are strictly trained in accordance with the standards of later generations.

The results of this kind of training have been verified during the Battle of Annan. At that time, the armed forces plus the civilians with logistical equipment numbered nearly 3,000 people. But now, the battle of this kind of company-level unit is obviously child's play.

After the three warships arrived at the trestle, they directly used the 12-pound long-barreled naval guns on the second deck of the bow to bombard the pirate stronghold on the shore. Although the number of cannons was reduced to three, they were more powerful than the previous 6-pounders.

The cannon was bigger. The ten-pound cast-iron cannon flew through the air after being ejected from the chamber, and hit the stone wall heavily. The first shot almost destroyed a section of the wall.

Under this terrifying power, no one dared to lean out from behind the wall to fight back. The infantry quickly landed on the dock trestle through the movable ramp on the side of the ship, and then surrounded the pirate fort on the shore in platoon units.

past.

"Try to catch as many people alive as possible, don't kill innocent people indiscriminately!" Wang Tom gave a concise and concise order to the military academy trainees, and at the same time, he distributed a batch of prepared special firearms to them one by one.

This new gun is a modified model designed by the military industry department based on the existing flintlock gun according to Qian Tiandun's previous opinions. The main feature of this gun is that the length of the barrel and gun body is shortened, and the length of the gun body is shortened.

The caliber is larger, and a new type of paper-cased fixed-loading ammunition is used. Simply put, this is a weapon similar to the short-barreled shotgun of later generations. This kind of gun intentionally makes the gun body short, which is very suitable for hunting in the jungle or

It is used in places such as street fighting and other places where it is inconvenient to use the Type 27 flintlock gun. Since the range is also shortened a lot, the effective killing distance is less than fifty meters. In order to make up for this shortcoming, the design unit increased the caliber by increasing the caliber.

In terms of lethality within the effective range, the paper-cased fixed-loading ammunition is also filled with small shotshells instead of the single lead bullets used in flintlock guns.

At a distance of ten to thirty meters, this kind of gun has a huge killing area, and it basically does not require particularly precise aiming to hit the opponent. If the opponent's formation happens to be very dense, it will be a lot of fun.

, dozens of iron bullets will turn into a barrage the moment they come out of the barrel. Such a shotshell is enough to kill a group of people at close range. And a gunman who is skilled in tactical movements uses fixed-loaded paper shells.

It can even fire five times within minutes, and its firing frequency has proven the usability of this gun in actual combat.

The purpose of developing this "Type 28 shotgun" by the military industry department is to provide special weapons for the Black Tugang Mountain Special Operations Force led by Qian Tiandun. However, before that, it would be an excellent choice to use it on the battlefield.

This time, Wang Tom brought more than 40 trial products, but they were of no use in Lijiazhuang. The bandits were all knocked down by artillery fire before they could even reach the range of the shotgun. But today

Coming to attack the pirate den on Dangan Island, Wang Tom thought it would be a good opportunity to try out this gun. The trainees had already learned how to use this new rifle in Victory Port, so it was considered a good idea to give it to them to try out on the actual battlefield.

A fitting choice.

Although Takahashi Nan didn't quite understand Wang Tom's order, he curled his lips and said nothing in the end. He saluted Wang Tom with a military salute and disembarked with his musket. Of course, in addition to the gun, he also did not forget to give him a military salute.

The treasured katana is slung on his back.

Zheng Ting was not to be outdone and hurriedly followed him. If he still lost to this Japanese dwarf today, then the position of the Annan soldiers in the Victory Port Military Academy would be greatly reduced in the future. Nowadays, there are more and more training students in the Victory Port Military Academy.

There are not only students from Annan, but also trainees from the mainland. The Lijia Militia is no longer the only one. Zheng Ting knows that several students from Fujian who arrived at Victory Port before this departure are said to be affiliated with the Ming Dynasty military.

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Zheng Ting didn't know how the Haihan people got involved with the Ming Dynasty's military. After all, it was too sensitive to inquire about this fact from his perspective. But after the number of foreign trainees in the military academy increased,

Zheng Ting also faintly felt the pressure of competition. Here he not only represented himself, but in a sense he already symbolized his country.

After the fifth round of bow gun bombardment, a section of the wall finally collapsed, revealing a gap two feet wide. Wang Tom, who was observing the battle on the ship, immediately ordered the bombardment to stop. The defense line had been torn open by gunfire.

The infantry will do the rest.

Gao Qiaonan took the lead and rushed to the gap in the wall, and fired a shot at the crowd who were trying to repair the wall. His shot was only three to five meters away from the target, and it directly knocked down a group of people. Zheng

Ting followed closely and fired a shot, and then the group of pirates surrounding the gap immediately turned around and dispersed. No one looked at the pile of wounds lying on the ground. The two of them just let go.

The gun, it seems, actually took down this gap.

The ensuing battle was somewhat orderly. The infantry team swarmed in from the gap. After arranging the team in a leisurely manner, they launched a very smooth three-stage attack on the last group of pirates who tried to resist. They were knocked down.

After this group of people, the entire war situation was basically stable. Seeing that the resistance was fruitless, the pirates already knelt down and chose to surrender. The infantry entered the fortress in an orderly manner and began to count the prisoners and supplies.

"This is too fast!" The only person who was dissatisfied with the result was probably Takahashi Nan, who wanted to make some achievements. Since Wang Tom had explicitly banned indiscriminate killing before this, Takahashi Nan's sword even

The battle was over before it was stained with blood. If we hadn't fired a shot and knocked down a few pirates when we captured the gap, we would have gained nothing today.

Zheng Ting breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. If he really wanted to engage in hand-to-hand combat, he would not be afraid. However, he knew that his ability to fight alone was indeed not as good as Gao Qiaonan. If they were separated and fought, he would inevitably be beaten again.

This dwarf stole the spotlight.

The soldiers of the militia only suffered five minor injuries during the attack, which finally calmed down the officers who were a little worried beforehand. If there were many casualties when dealing with an opponent of this level, then they would only

I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the Executive Committee and the Military Commission. After all, when formulating the battle plan, they jointly promised to "take Dangan Island with zero casualties."

The process of counting the pirates took a long time - because some of the missing persons took advantage of the chaos to escape to other places on the island, or they sank into the harbor with the unlucky ship during the first round of attacks.

.Another part of the pirates who were killed during the battle also need to be checked again.

It seems that this group of pirates is unlucky. In the interception two days ago, the first and second masters of this group of pirates were killed by the guns of the Haihan militia. There was only one person left on the island who usually didn't care.

The third boss was responsible for the incident. The third boss was very drunk the night before. As a result, it was not until the Haihan militia began to land that he was awakened from his sleep by the sound of cannons coming from the seaside. The pirate gang, which lacked a command, made almost no action

If there was any decent resistance, the Haihan militia with strong ships and artillery broke into the stronghold. The third master became a prisoner of the Haihan people in a daze. At this time, he didn't even understand what happened.

What's up.

Wang Tom ordered the nearly three hundred captured prisoners to be gathered together, and then shouted to them with a tin microphone: "We are the Haihan Militia from Victory Port on Qiongzhou Island. From now on, all of you who are over fourteen years old

Everyone has become a prisoner under the name of the Haihan Executive Committee. If you want to regain your freedom, you must first complete at least one year of hard labor!"

Tom Wang looked around at the trembling captives kneeling on the ground and continued: "Any resistance in words or actions will be treated as rebellion! If you want to live well until the day you regain your freedom, then

Be careful with your words and deeds from now on, and don’t make any mistakes! Don’t let the supervisor who supervises you get caught on anything! If anyone has doubts about this, then I welcome him to try what I just said to see if it works!

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Compared to Xu Xinsu and Zheng Yiguan, a wealthy pirate leader, the pirates on Dangan Island had a pitiful family background, with more than 5,000 kilograms of grain, more than 3,000 taels of silver of various colors, and a pile of rusty

Swords, guns, and more than a dozen pieces of jewelry with rough craftsmanship were basically all that the militiamen gained after ransacking the house. According to the account of the unlucky third master, the assets on the island were originally more than this. However, a few days ago, the first master and

The second master went to Guangzhou to purchase goods and took away several thousand taels of silver. Of course, the goods exchanged for that batch of silver and the ship that transported the goods have become the spoils of war for the Haihan people.

However, a piece of information revealed by the third master inadvertently attracted Tom Wang's attention.
Chapter completed!