In late August 1792, Wu Siyu, who arrived at Anping Port for inspection, accompanied by Kong Shaoan, inspected the material and personnel preparations, and immediately issued an order on behalf of the Northern Navy Staff that the landing in Shandong would begin on September 1.
The commander-in-chief of this landing operation is Kong Shaoan, and the deputy commanders-in-chief are Lu Shoushan and Li Bi; one is in charge of military affairs and the other is in charge of government affairs. Needless to say, Lu Shoushan is a loyal supporter of Zhao Xin. Li Bi has been serving as civil affairs in Heilongjiang City before
The deputy was named by Zhao Xin because of his diligent work in the past few years and his familiarity with Manchu government affairs.
In terms of fleet, Beihai Town will dispatch a fleet consisting of twenty modified large-scale ships and four motor-driven sailing gunboats each equipped with 20 75mm guns.
In terms of personnel configuration, it includes the "Jiaodong Detachment" composed of the newly formed 15th and 16th regiments, responsible for combat tasks; there is also a rural work team composed of 300 retired officers and veterans, as well as supporting
The total number of medical, logistics, communications, engineering, and agricultural technicians is 6,218.
The first phase of the entire Shandong plan started on September 1, 1792 and was expected to end in mid-October. The goal was to completely disintegrate all the Qing military forces in the four counties of Rongcheng, Wendeng, Ninghaizhou, and Haiyang, and to consolidate the Northern Navy.
The defense line is firmly in Fushan, Qixia and Laiyang.
The second stage is to send work teams and medical teams to the countryside to find out the situation in each village and lay the groundwork for subsequent land reform work, which is expected to be completed before spring plowing next year.
The reason for choosing this time period is mainly because the autumn harvest in the north has been completed and the off-farm season has entered. The poor people have little left after paying the rent to the landlords and the government taxes, and the cold winter is approaching, so recruiting at this time is
People work best.
In addition, because there are less outdoor activities in winter, the recruited farmers can also be organized to teach the planting techniques of cold-resistant crops such as rye and sugar beet in advance. By the beginning of next spring, the people recruited locally in Shandong will be placed west of Nerchinsk
Vast area.
Chen Qingsong has already planned it. Each household will be allocated one hundred acres of land, and will be given a set of wood-carved rivets. In conjunction with the "New Agricultural Cooperative System", the wife and children will be able to enjoy the hot kang!
In the early morning of September 1st, troops gathered in Anpyeong Port on Jeju Island. The berths of the port were filled with rafts and oars, the shadows of sails covered the sky and the sun, and groups of seagulls hovered in the sky, rising and falling.
More than 5,000 members of the Northern Navy began to board the ship under the orders of officers from various ministries. The whistles, passwords, and responses at the port were endless, which made the merchants from all over the country who came to trade here dumbfounded. In a teahouse closest to the pier, several people from
Businessmen from Jiangsu and Zhejiang are looking around on the second floor. They used to go to Nagasaki. Since most of the ginseng and fur goods in the Northeast were controlled by Beihai Town, many southern businessmen secretly escaped due to the deliberate efforts of Shen Jingdan and Lao Huang.
Coming to Anping Port to purchase goods made the Qing court's Ministry of Internal Affairs anxious, having lost a large sum of money.
"Who is the Beihai Navy trying to fight? Be good! This ship is packed with people."
"You're not going to fight against the imperial court, are you?"
"Wow, you can replenish the shells! You have to do it early. Brother Nong, you know? It's better to do business safely, and both sides will be at peace!"
"Goodbye bro!"
While the merchants were chattering, they suddenly saw at the port two hundred steps away, the Northern Navy team, who were preparing to line up to board the ship, raised a red flag with several large white characters on it. Waiting for the merchants to speak After seeing clearly the four characters "Jiaodong Detachment" on it, a man with sharp eyes suddenly turned pale with fear and his hands began to tremble.
"Brother Fang, what is written on the flag is color grid?"
"Oh my God! Qula is going to attack Shandong!"
"Non talk about sex?!"
At 10 o'clock in the morning, because all the military supplies had been shipped in the previous days, when all the combat troops and related personnel boarded the ship, the excited Kong Shaoan took a few deep breaths, and then issued the order to set sail for the fleet over the walkie-talkie. Order.
As the two-thousand-ton Guangzhou ship as the flagship slowly sailed out of the port and merged with the four gunboats, the motorboats and sailing ships loaded with soldiers sailed out of the port in double columns. After the fleet made a turn outside Jeju Island, they turned to the northwest. Heading towards the Shandong Peninsula.
At this time, the Yellow Sea is at the turn of summer and autumn. The northwest wind has not yet risen, the southeast monsoon is about to recede, and the sea conditions are very stable. Twenty-four large motorboats are like huge whales cutting through the waves on the sea, splashing the waves. There were splashes of water. When the Li Chao navy patrolling nearby saw it, they immediately hid far away.
The distance from Jeju Island to Rongcheng Fish Pond Bay is nearly 300 nautical miles. The speed of the North Navy fleet has been maintained within 10 knots, so when it arrived at the sea off Rongcheng, it was already dusk of the next day.
The procedures and plans related to the landing have been rehearsed countless times on the sand table, and Kong Shaoan can recite them with his eyes closed. In addition, to ensure nothing goes wrong, the Northern Navy Intelligence Bureau sent people to Rongcheng for a thorough reconnaissance half a year ago, and reported the situation regularly. Send it to Anping Port.
After the fleet entered the Fish Farm Bay, Lu Shoushan, who was holding a telescope, saw that there was no movement on the Longkouya fort. He was convinced that the Intelligence Bureau had successfully bribed the defenders, so after Kong Shaoan agreed, he told the accompanying staff: "Let's fight." Signal message, notify Beihai No. 3 and No. 4 to immediately use broadside artillery to bombard the Qing army dock and water camp in the fish pond. After three rounds, the troops will land, occupy the beachhead, and seize the water camp!"
Twenty minutes later, there was only a "boom" sound on the sea, and a shell exploded outside the Qing army's water camp, raising a plume of thick smoke. After another tens of seconds, waves of muffled thunder rolled across the sea. With the sound of cannons, more than 20 shells crossed the sea and landed on the water camp of the Qing army and several large shuttle boats. In an instant, thick smoke was everywhere, flames were rising, and the blown flagpoles and ship fragments were spinning. flew into the air, and then fell into the water with a splash. Looking through the telescope, the Qing troops on the Shuiying Fort were running in panic like headless flies, but they could not hear what they were screaming, and soon they were approaching again. calm.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Lu Shoushan was expected to be the Qing army guard general restraining his men and rectifying military discipline. However, as the artillery fire of the Northern Navy continued to reach the shore, the fort disappeared in the thick smoke and In the firelight.
After the three rounds of bombardment, Chengshan Floodwater Village was bombed with smoke and mist. Lu Shoushan and Kong Shaoan on the flagship could not see anything clearly. At this time, the golden crow fell in the sky, and the sea, sky and land in the distance were all confused. In chaos.
"The end of the sky!" Kong Shao'an's heart was racing at this moment, and he wanted to compose a poem, but there was not much ink in his stomach, so he only thought of Su Dongpo's "Looking to the west of Muling Pass, and looking to the east of Langye Terrace", which was a pity.
None of them deserve the occasion.
Li Bi, who was not far away from him, was trembling slightly with his hands holding the telescope. He was shocked and speechless by the scene of heavy artillery fire. This man had joined Beihai Town for many years and had never been to the battlefield in person. He only occasionally
Watch the soldiers in the garrison training for target practice. Although they had fired a few shots in person, their thin shoulders were sore from the recoil force that they lost interest in them.
"Tatars really don't have a long memory! After several years, the defense is still so bad!" Lu Shoushan, who was on the side, saw that Beihai No. 3 and No. 4 had occupied the beach, and ordered: "Inform the vanguard troops to land!"
Four years ago, when the Northern Navy landed in Rongcheng, the Qing troops along the Jiaodong coast were only nervous for a year, and then returned to a lazy state. Originally, the Qing government wanted to strengthen the warships and artillery in the Dengzhou Navy's front camp, but as
When the Battle of Changxing Island and the Beihai Navy approached Dagukou, the Ministry of War decided to forget it. Defending the capital was the top priority, so it invested all the military expenses for expanding warships and forts at Dagukou and rebuilding the Lushun water camp.
The two subsequent governors of Shandong, Chang Lin and Huiling, made various arrangements, and with the consent of Qianlong, they slightly reorganized the forts, added several gun emplacements, and added several large cannons to the water camp, which was better than nothing.
.Now that the Northern Navy has arrived, it is useless to rush the gunboats in front of them. The forts at all places have not fired a single shot. The Qing government's coastal defense in Shandong has been a complete failure.
After the two companies of the newly formed 16th regiment landed ashore, they found that the remnants of the Qing army had fled, so they began to deploy defenses and clean up the debris on the battlefield. There were dozens of injured Qing soldiers, and they were all carried to two relatively intact barracks.
Military doctors treated them, and the dead were all carried outside the water camp and buried. At the same time, all the maritime fleets entered the fish pond bay to anchor, and a large force will disembark tomorrow morning and carry out follow-up operations.
When it got dark around seven o'clock, the soldiers of the Northern Navy on duty at the sentry tower at the north gate of Shuiying discovered that a large number of torches were coming from the southeast; at a glance, there were almost hundreds of people.
When the company commander who heard the news arrived, the large group of people had already arrived a hundred meters away from the Shuiying gate. Only then did the sentry see clearly that the people who came were all Qing soldiers in uniform. Because the light and shadow were blocked by
The night wind was blowing erratically, so it was not clear whether they were armed.
"Stop! If you get closer, we'll shoot!" As the sentry shouted, more than a dozen Bei navy soldiers standing behind the bunker raised their guns and took aim. Only then did the Qing army at the front stop, and then they started shooting.
Kneeling on the ground and saying nothing, the Beihai navy behind the bunker was confused.
At this time, I saw a man walking out of the crowd of Qing soldiers. He raised his hands and walked to a position seven or eight meters away from the gate before stopping. He said with a smile: "The gold is intact!"
Hearing the secret code spoken by the other party, the company commander of the Beihai Navy, who had been notified in advance, was shocked, and then said in a deep voice: "Unify the rivers and mountains! One of our own?"
When the man came closer, the North Navy officers and soldiers behind the bunker saw clearly that the man looked to be in his thirties, with a beard, a black turban on his head, and a somewhat shabby uniform.
The man took out a metal sign slightly larger than a silver dollar from his pocket and handed it to the company commander, and said softly: "My surname is Yu. These are the defenders of Longkouya Fort and Matouzui Fort who were instigated to rebel. There are one hundred in total."
None of the twenty people were armed, but it would be best to search their lower bodies after a while. In addition, there were a few Generals and General Qian who refused to surrender, and they were all tied up. In addition, I want to see the commander-in-chief immediately."
The company commander took it and shined a flashlight on it, and saw that on the front of the sign was a red five-star with a vertical sword underneath, surrounded by two wisps of wheat. Turn it over and on the back was a shield with a small one in the center.
He immediately handed the sign back, stood at attention and gave a military salute to the man, and then asked two of his men to take him to the dock to take the boat.
At this time, a kneeling Qing soldier shouted loudly: "Brother Yu, you can't leave us behind!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the other kneeling Qing soldiers also started shouting. The man turned around, laughed, and said comfortingly: "Brothers, please get up. I, Yu Shun, keep my word! Please rest in peace!"
This officer will make arrangements for you!"
After that, he waved his hand and strode away. After the company commander waited for the people to leave, he asked the Qing troops on the opposite side to go around the bunker in groups of five, and under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen gun-wielding soldiers, they killed them one by one.
Search your body to make sure you are not carrying any weapons, then take it away and leave it empty.
During this period of time, the machine guns on the sentry tower had been monitoring every move of these Qing troops, ready to shoot at any time. It was not until more Northern Navy troops arrived and surrounded all these Qing troops that the two machine gunners relaxed.
A lot.
The surrendered Qing troops were very frightened when they saw Bei Haijun's posture, but thinking about the benefits that Yu Shun had told them before, and being surrounded by dark gun muzzles, they could only endure it tremblingly.
After the body search was completed, the tied generals were taken down and imprisoned, while the surrendered Qing troops were placed in three barracks in a row. After several hours of tossing and driving dozens of miles,
The Qing army, which numbered over 100, was thirsty and hungry, and was thinking about asking for a drink of water from Bei Haijun. When the door creaked, two Bei Haijuns wearing white aprons around their waists and carrying burdens on their shoulders walked out.
Come in.
The leader put down the pick, and spoke in Rongcheng dialect with a smile: "Man, are you hungry? The white flour dumplings and beef soup just came out of the pot! Open it up and eat, there is not enough!"
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This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Wow! Dozens of Qing soldiers in the room rushed over and stretched out their dirty hands to grab them. Even though they were burned and grinning, they still
He stuffed it into his mouth regardless, and in the blink of an eye, a 2-ounce steamed bun was eaten. After a while, the bottom of the basket of steamed buns was gone.
"Catch him slowly! Don't choke!" The older cook soldier rolled his eyes when he saw a young Qing soldier being choked. He hurriedly went over to rub his chest, then took half a bowl of beef soup from his companion and handed it to him.
He said in front of him: "Good guy! How long has it been since you caught food?"
The young man glanced at the cook gratefully, and without thinking of talking, he picked up the soup and took a sip, then bit into the steamed bun. At this time, he heard a slightly hoarse voice mumbling incoherently: "I've been beaten since
I have been waiting for you to come for a long time. I have been tossing all afternoon, tying up people, sealing the cannon gates, and driving dozens of miles, so there is no time to catch food!"
They were all from the Longkouya Fort. After noon, they set off separately. According to the agreement with Yu Shun, they first tied up the leader and General Qian and locked them up in the woodshed, and then used molten iron to seal the fort.
All the fire doors of the large and small artillery were blocked. In the afternoon, when they met the people coming from Ma Touzui on the way, the sound of cannons on the sea rang out. Yu Shun led everyone to wait for a man in the woods ten miles away.
After a long time, they confirmed that the North Korean navy was no longer firing, and then they rushed over.
After that, the man stood up, walked to the picker, grabbed three steamed buns, and asked the other person to refill a bowl of soup. After another steamed bun was eaten, he swallowed a piece of beef floating in the bowl with his tongue.
He licked his lips, glanced at the vat of broth, and said to the cooks in a flattering manner: "Brother, we heard from the boss that if you are here today, you will not leave in the future?"
"Yes! I'm not leaving!"
"You won't leave even if the imperial court sends out troops?"
The two cooking soldiers looked at each other, smiled, nodded and said, "If you dare to come, I'll beat him up!"
At this time, in the captain's cabin on the flagship, Captain Yu Shun of the Northern Naval Intelligence Bureau was reporting to Kong Shao'an, Lu Shoushan and Li Bi about the situation in various places in Jiaodong.
"...This is the situation at Longkouya and Matouzui forts. In addition, there are our people at Shidao fort. As soon as the troops arrive tomorrow, the defenders will come out and surrender."
Kong Shaoan nodded approvingly and asked, "How is the situation in Rongcheng?"
Yu Shun took a sip of water and said: "The county magistrate Li before Rongcheng was transferred to Jimo, and the new one's surname is Yang, who is from Cantonese. However, this person just arrived two months ago, and it was when his eyes darkened.
We have spies from top to bottom in the county government. The situation is the same in Wendeng. The county magistrate came last year. He is from Shanxi and I heard he is a Jinshi. In addition, Muping and Haiyang counties are currently only among the government officials because of time constraints.
Some work has been done and a contact point has been set up in the city."
Lu Shoushan said: "Tell us about the situation of the Qing army."
Yu Shun's memory was very good. Many figures were not recorded in his notebook at all. He just opened his mouth and came up with them as if they were treasures from home. The staff officer responsible for recording at the side was writing furiously.
"Wen Deng originally had an army of less than 700 troops. After we came here four years ago, another garrison was added. The current number of troops is 1,200, and the actual strength is more than 1,100. Dengzhou Town
The commander-in-chief is named Enthemer, a Manchu from the Zhengbai Banner. He used to be the acting general of the Chinese Army in Hunan Province, and his military management is quite rigorous. At present, there are two battalions on the left and right of Dengzhou Town, plus the Qi Barracks, with a total of 2,700 soldiers.
There is one guerrilla person in the Chinese army, two soldiers in the camp, three guards in the Chinese army, six soldiers in the army, and twelve soldiers in the army."
"What about the shortfall?"
"The actual vacancy is not that large. In recent years, the Ministry of War and the Shandong Governor have inspected it very strictly, and they are basically full. In addition, the Qing army closest to us has three branches, Jiaozhou Association, Laizhou Camp and Jimo Camp. The soldiers in the three places are respectively
Seven hundred, seven hundred, six hundred.”
Li Bi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked: "Who is the governor of Shandong now?"
Yu Shundao: "Jiqing is from the Zhengbai Banner and belongs to a clan."
"Hmm...is his father's name Wanfu, and he used to be General Jiangning?"
"It seems so. This person just came here. The original governor Huiling was transferred to Sichuan. I heard that he followed Fukang'an to fight Gorkha."
Well! Wish you good fortune and good luck. This name is really festive!
Kong Shaoan thought for a moment and asked the last question: "How is the harvest in Jiaodong this year?"
Yu Shun sighed, shook his head and said: "Not good. Last year, all counties in Jiaodong were hit by winds and floods, and the harvests were severely damaged. The imperial court, oh, the Qing court raised 300,000 shi of rice from water transportation for famine relief, and people fleeing the famine came to
Everyone returned to their hometowns after spring plowing. This year is slightly better than last year. There have been many beggars outside Rongcheng County in the past two days, and it is similar to other places. I think that once we conquer the county, these people will be the first to be dealt with.
livelihood issues.”
After hearing this, Kong Shaoan said nonchalantly: "Open a warehouse to stockpile grain. If it doesn't work, we'll kill the local tyrants!"
Li Bi had served as a Manchu County magistrate and had also been responsible for relieving victims. He was well aware of all the tricks involved. After hearing this, he quickly dissuaded him and said: "Commander-in-Chief, this is not allowed!"
Everyone else in the cabin looked suspicious, but after hearing the other person's explanation, they couldn't help but suddenly realized.