Chapter 306 The Golden State Landing Battle Begins!
When the ship the two Wang brothers were on arrived in Tianjin, they saw nearly a hundred ships sailing out of the port.
"How come so many ships sailed out at once?" Wang Huashen stood on the deck and asked other people in the same boat with some confusion.
Naturally, the people on the ship didn't know what happened at the port. It wasn't until the ship docked that they heard the news from the people at the port that the imperial court had sent troops to recover Jinzhou!
At the end of June, the Jinzhou Campaign officially started. In addition to the thirty or so large and small warships gathered by the Navy, more than sixty sea-going ships were also hired from the port.
Nearly a hundred ships and five thousand soldiers were the entire main force in the Battle of Jinzhou. Two thousand of them were navy and one brigade of army.
Ren Shuangyou sat on the flagship and couldn't help but feel a little excited when he saw the size of such a huge fleet. In terms of formation alone, the navy's battle was indeed much larger than the army's battle formation, and it was more exciting.
In this battle, Ren Shuangyou was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. In order to choose a suitable commander, Zhu Youjian put a lot of effort into it. The navy was newly established and had not experienced any battles. The generals were all freshmen and novices. They must not be allowed to come.
On the army side, there are many generals, but they may not be suitable to command such a coordinated sea and land operation. After many choices, Zhu Youjian finally felt that Ren Shuangyou might be the most suitable.
Because he is the only senior officer in the entire army who has fought a long-distance assault. The Battle of Jinzhou looks like a naval battle, but in fact it is more like a long-distance assault. The core element of the entire battle is after the beach landing.
Quickly capture Jinzhou City! As for the naval battle, there is no decent opponent at all. What kind of naval battle should we fight? The Manchu and Qing Dynasties had a small navy on the coast of Jinzhou, but the navy was simply unsightly. It was a sampan navy, and
It cannot pose a big threat.
Two days later, the fleet arrived in the Jinzhou waters! Ren Shuangyou used a monocular on the deck to look at Jinzhou City on the coast. What he saw showed that the Qing army was already prepared and they were concentrating their manpower to rush to the coast.
Come. The Manchu navy in Jinzhou also sent more than thirty small sampans out to sea to fight.
"Let the navy clean up the Qing ships or push them into the harbor first. We will discuss the next battle plan based on the situation." After observing the enemy's situation for a while, Ren Shuangyou issued the first tactical order.
"Commander, my subordinates suggest that we use the cannons on our ships to bombard the Qing troops on the shore first to see if they have heavy artillery." Fang Ruocheng was the captain of Ren Shuangyou's flagship. He saw that Ren Shuangyou just asked the navy to attack the sampans.
I felt that some of the great talents were put to short use. It would be better to use artillery on the opposite bank to test the Qing army's true and false situation.
"We don't have many warships. Can we complete two combat missions at the same time?"
"It's no problem. All the warships of our army are serious warships. There is no problem in dealing with the small sampans of the pirates."
"Since Captain Fang thinks it's okay, let's fight first and then talk about it."
After getting Ren Shuangyou's permission, Fang Ruocheng quickly ordered the soldiers to issue flag orders to the warships, ordering them to approach the port to engage the enemy and wait for opportunities to bombard the enemy's coastal defense forces.
The naval battle soon broke out. Ren Shuangyou thought that the protagonist of the battlefield was the naval gun, but as he continued to fire, he found that he was wrong. The ship bombarded for a while, but the whole formation was large, with thirty or forty small sampans of the Qing army.
Only two ships were overturned. Dozens of heavy cannons were beaten in a long time? These cannons are too useless, aren't they?
Just when he was disappointed with the naval guns, the war changed again. After the two sides got closer, the Qing army finally suffered a heavy blow. It was not the cannons that hit the Qing army hard but the muskets and grenades on the ship. The soldiers on the ship were
The approaching small sampan was beaten indiscriminately, and the Qing troops on board had no power to fight back, and they all became targets.
After the chaotic battle, the Qing army's small sampan boat ran quickly to the port! The navy warship followed closely behind. When it was still two or three miles away from the coast, the cannons on the ship began to fire hard at the shore. Until then
, the role of the artillery was revealed. The Qing army's coastal defense troops were so bombarded that they could not stand their ground and retreated two or three miles before stopping.
Is this how naval battles are fought? Are naval guns used to deal with armies on the coast? Ren Shuangyou came to a strange conclusion after experiencing the first naval battle in his life.
If it is a battle between large fleets, naval artillery is of course the most important fire support point. Artillery can be used to suppress enemy ships and make it difficult for them to approach. However, in this kind of naval battle in which the big fights the small, it is definitely not possible to rely solely on cannon. With the performance and performance of artillery in this era,
How could the pitiful hit rate completely block the impact of the enemy's small ships? The Ming Navy's several naval battles in Nanyang were won by small battles and big battles. In fact, in naval battles in this era, even if it was a duel between large ships, it would be difficult to pick up the ship.
War is still a very important method of warfare.
At this time, the Qing army's fort in the port began to fight back. However, they obviously did not deploy heavy artillery in the port. The range of the few guns in the port was worrying, and they were not enough to board the navy's ships.
"Send the order, the boat responsible for beach landing is ready, and it will dock in half an hour to land on the beach." After witnessing the naval battle for a while, Ren Shuangyou became a little impatient. When will such a fight end? Just look at the size of the battle!
"Commander, is it too hasty to rush to the beach at this time? The main force of the pirates is not far from the shore, and they may kill them at any time." Fang Ruocheng felt that Ren Shuangyou's style of play was a bit too rough. How could this be a naval battle? How could anyone have experienced such contact?
The landing operation will begin soon!
"The naval guns can't reach the captors at this time. Continuing to fight will only waste ammunition. It's better to fight on land to have a good fight."
"The pirates have cavalry, and our army can land easily. I'm afraid there are too few soldiers to hold the position."
"It doesn't matter! My soldiers can stand their ground!"
"In what direction did you land?"
"Land on the tidal flat three or four miles south of the port."
Seeing that Ren Shuangyou was determined to fight, Fang Ruocheng had no choice but to obey orders and let the flag soldiers issue the order to seize the beach and land.
After receiving the military order, the landing troops prepared in advance entered the boat and rowed to the designated location.
When the Qing troops on the shore saw the Ming troops preparing to land, they did not rush to take action, but quietly waited for them to dock.
Since there was no port, the boat would definitely not be able to reach the shore. After the landing boat ran aground and could no longer move forward, the landing troops had to launch into the water and wade forward.
It was at this time that the Qing army began to move. More than a thousand Qing troops came galloping on horseback, and the bloody battle began instantly!
Because it is a beach, neither side can exert its maximum combat power. It is difficult for the Qing army to fully utilize its cavalry advantage. The situation on the Ming army's side is not good either. In the mud, their movements are also limited, which is worse than that of the cavalry.
The Qing army on the horse was a head shorter, and the fight was very difficult.
Ren Shuangyou observed the situation on the flagship for a while. He found that he had underestimated the enemy and lacked understanding of the terrain, which made the landing operation not achieve the expected results. The regiment sent to the landing was a carefully selected soldier.
Many of them were people he brought over from the assault brigade. He didn't expect that such elite people would go there immediately, but they would be caught in a bitter battle.
"Send another regiment to press on the position. The beachhead must be controlled as soon as possible." Ren Shuangyou, who was furious, decided to use more troops to control the situation at hand.