In fact, when the Chinese army launched an attack on Guangdong, the Seventh Army and the Fourth Squadron set out from Fujian and attacked Guangzhou directly along the southeast coastline. The Fourth Squadron had a total of 30 warships, including ten main warships.
Six ships, including one second-level battleship, have eleven auxiliary warships and three fly-scissor ships. However, this time, there were more troops, so ten more transport ships were added, and the third part was
The fleet also lent all its twelve auxiliary warships to the Fourth Squadron. At the same time, after setting off from Fujian, Zheng Chenggong also drew out fifty warships and five thousand navy troops. Zheng Hongkui led them to fight with the Fourth Squadron.
.Then the total number of ships in the fleet reached 102.
Arriving on the coast of Guangdong, the fleet entered the Pearl River Estuary from Lingtingyang and headed straight for Guangzhou. The first target of the attack was Humen.
Humen is located on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary, adjacent to Dongguan in the northeast, facing Guangzhou across the Pearl River Estuary in the west, and facing Lingdingyang in the south. It is an important gateway to the southern coast of China and the gateway to Guangzhou. Therefore, during the Ming Dynasty, Humen was
It is also the most important coastal defense sentry in Guangdong. At most, twenty turrets were built here, but no one has taken care of for a long time, and there are still nine left.
In fact, Shang Kexi did not completely ignore the attack at sea. He arranged fifteen artillery pieces at Humen, including eight of the Red Artillery pieces, four of them, four of them, and four of them, three thousand and two hundred of them. In the Ming Dynasty,
Compared, it is not bad either.
It’s a pity that the opponent they met this time is one of the most powerful fleets in this era.
Under the same conditions, the range of the naval gun is not as far away as that of the fortress gun. Compared with the three or four thousand kilograms of Red Artillery, the range of the box-mounted thunder rocket is a long way off, but the Chinese army still has a powerful weapon for attacking the other side, which is
Tomahawk rockets are actually large thunderbolt rockets launched by a single strand. Each one is more than 1 meter long and the size of the flagpole. The longest range can reach 1,500 to 2,000 meters. When the Chinese army raided Dagukou,
I used it once. This time it came in handy in Humen again.
The Chinese army brought a total of 60 such tomahawk rockets, divided into four batches, and fired towards the shore artillery of Humen. At the same time, the sixteen main battleships also had sails.
, as fast as possible, heading towards the shore, hoping to enter your range as soon as possible.
It was indeed the first time that the soldiers of Shangjun saw a tomahawk rocket. They saw more than a dozen black long cylinders with flames sprayed from the tail, whizzing from the ship towards the turret. Some were curious and some were afraid.
But most people don’t understand what this is.
In fact, the Tomahawk rocket was launched from the ship and flew to the turret on the shore for only a few seconds, and fell and exploded near the turret. Although no rocket could accurately hit the turret, it even landed around the turret.
There were only two shots within a meter, and several were even very unpopular. However, the explosion and the smoke produced still brought huge psychological pressure to the defenders on the fort. Only then did I realize that this was the Chinese army's weapon.
And you can call from such a faraway sea.
In addition, after the rocket exploded, the splashed stubble also posed a great threat to the turrets, because the Humen turret, like the traditional Chinese turrets, have no headers, and the shells and gunpowder are placed behind the turrets.
The consequences of turmeric oil splashing onto the gunpowder are of course very terrible. Fortunately, the first round of rocket attacks did not achieve much actual results.
At the same time, the artillery on the artillery also began to fire at the Chinese army. However, at this distance, only four 4,500-pound red cannons were enough to reach the range, but their accuracy was even worse. Therefore, all the shells fired by the Shang army's gunners were fired. Falling into the sea water, more than a dozen water columns that soared into the sky, also did not hit a single shot. Moreover, most of the water columns are still quite far from the warships.
The commander of the Fourth Squadron, Chen Shoushi, ordered the ships to approach the shore as soon as possible, while continuing to launch the tomahawks.
Amid the sound of gunfire on the shore, the second round of the rocket also soared into the air and flew to the shore. This time, the results were finally achieved, but because the smoke on the shore was full of smoke, I couldn't see clearly at all, and I didn't know that it was directly directed by the rocket. The attack was caused by the turbulent oil falling on the powder barrel, causing an explosion. In short, there was a "boom" in the turret, and an explosion occurred. More than a dozen soldiers on the turret were blown away.
However, two Chinese army warships were hit at this time, but the losses were not large and they could still move forward.
Rockets and artillery continued to fire at each other. After four rounds of Tomahawk rockets, two turrets on the shore were destroyed and three artillery pieces were lost. Five of the Chinese warships were shot, but the result was The damage is not large, and the worst thing is that a rear mast is broken.
But at this time, the flagship Negative and the cruiser Tianxi had entered the range of heavy artillery they carried. The two warships immediately crossed the sea and began to fire and bombard the shore. Although the enough artillery was not enough, they were not very good. There were many, but the two ships added up, and there were more than a dozen artillery guns, which took turns to bombard the shore. After a while, two cruisers joined the ranks of fire, greatly strengthening the Chinese army's fire and overwhelming the artillery fire on the shore. The Shang army guarding the fort was also a little panicked. In a hurry, the resistance was also severely undone. The Chinese army's firepower advantage was more obvious.
At this time, the other warships passed the four fired warships and continued to approach the shore. At the same time, they also began to launch box-mounted thunderbolt rockets to the shore, which also increased the firepower intensity and density of the Chinese army one step further.
Although the Chinese army's warships were still several hundred meters away from the shore at this time, the defenders on the fort could no longer support them and retreated one after another. The Chinese army's ships also lowered their boats and advanced to fight to the beach. After the landing soldiers came ashore, the defenders had dispersed, and the remaining few Shang army soldiers were no match for them. They were easily wiped out by the Chinese army like autumn wind and fell leaves, and finally occupied the Humen.
Tian Chu, the commander of the Seventh Army, ordered a regiment to leave behind a regiment to guard the Humen Fort, and the remaining warships immediately launched an attack on Guangzhou...
Guangzhou is on the west bank of Humen, and the fleet set sail again, running directly to Guangzhou along the estuary of the Pearl River. Because after Humen, there were no artillery guards along the river and sea coast, and the river channel here was unobstructed and all ships were evenly accessible, so the fleet Going up the river, unobstructed, and the ports along the way were almost powerless to resist. People either fled or surrendered to the Chinese army. The Chinese army left a small number of soldiers guarding each wharf, and the large fleet arrived in Guangzhou. Landed in the southern Fanshan Mountains and rushed straight towards Guangzhou City.
At this time, in Guangzhou City, Shang Kexi had been connected to more than ten times. Every time the Chinese army was closer to Guangzhou, so Shang Kexi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, spinning around and hurriedly recruiting his officials The generals came to discuss, but no one could tell a good idea. In fact, at this point, there was no good idea. They only surrender, escape, and fight to the death.
However, Shang Kexi felt that the road was unreliable, and surrender was definitely impossible; he could run there again, and the outlet of the sea was blocked by the Chinese army. The Chinese army was attacking the north and east.
Guangxi has long been occupied by the Chinese army and can escape there; and what kind of battle is there for the death battle? Now there are less than 5,000 troops in Guangzhou, only more than 2,000 muskets and only more than 40 artillery pieces.
Although Guangzhou is not a capital-level city like Beijing or Nanjing, it is also a big city. If you want to defend Guangzhou, you will need at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops. How can you defend such a little force? There is still one newly recruited army.
There were more than 10,000 people, but Shang Kexi also understood that this group of people could not even go to the battlefield.
But at this time, Shang Kexi was not allowed to think too much, because the Chinese army had landed near Fanshan, only a few miles away from Guangzhou. If we don’t decide, it will be too late. Fortunately, Shang Kexi was also a person who has led troops to fight for many years.
Although it is not a famous general, it still has some decisiveness, so I immediately decided to withdraw from Guangzhou first. After all, Guangzhou's troops are too weak now and have no ability to fight. I can only withdraw from Guangzhou first and strive to be able to do so.
The monk's Xin and Shang Zhixiao and the two members of Shang Zhixiao will gather together, and then make plans. At least after joining Shang Zhixin and Shang Zhixiao and Shang Kexi will feel a little more at ease.
Therefore, Shang Kexi immediately ordered the generals to lead their troops to evacuate from Guangzhou City and temporarily retreat to Conghua County to station. However, because the evacuation was too hasty, he didn't care about any property, supplies, and food, so Shang Kexi
Only the whole city's army, as well as the newly recruited army, can be taken away. Shang Kexi still understands this point, money and other things are outside the body, and in this chaotic world, the army is the most important. And in Guangzhou City
Shang Kexi had long forgotten the monarchy and ministers of the Yong'an court.
Unfortunately, Shang Kexi thought so, but the Chinese army also thought of this, because this raid on Guangzhou was a military organization. Except for leaving a regiment guard in Huwu, the rest of the troops landed in Guangzhou.
The marinas left along the road were all the land forces of the Fourth Squadron, so the troops were absolutely sufficient. After landing, the commander Tian Chu immediately ordered that the three regiments of the Special Forces Division would be dispersed immediately and occupied the periphery of Guangzhou City.
The station was to prevent the army in Guangzhou from fleeing, and also to prevent the Shang army from the east and north from rushing back to rescue. Then he led the Third Brigade and another regiment of the 21st Brigade to attack Guangzhou City.
Guangzhou is a big city, and of course there will not be only four city gates, but the urban area of Guangzhou is not a regular square, so the distribution of the city gates is not evenly distributed. There are two city gates on the north side: the Big North Gate and the Small North Gate. The east and west sides are on the east and west sides.
Each has a city gate: the east gate and the west gate. There are many city gates on the south side. From east to west, there are four gates: Dinghai Gate, Civilization Gate, Zhengnan Gate and Guide Gate.
The Chinese army landed in the southern part of Guangzhou, so they naturally entered the city through the gate of the south city. However, this fashion was very exciting to have retreated from the city and no one guarded it. The Chinese army opened the gates and entered Guangzhou without any bloodshed.