Chapter 208: Crossing the Sea and Entering the DPRK (1)
After the meeting, everyone immediately began to act separately. Zhou Shaohuan and Cheng Gang rushed back to Shandong and immediately started to prepare.
Zhou Shaohuan recruited the command members of the Shandong Military Region to discuss and decide that this cross-sea battle would be led by Zhou Shaohuan personally, and the Fourth Army would first cross the sea and land on the Korean War. The Ninth Army would be the follow-up force for entering North Korea; and after the beginning of the year, Tong Dayong
Lead the Fifth Army and the 23rd Army crossed the sea and landed in Liaodong; the remaining 10th Army stayed in Shandong as a support force of the two routes, and was also responsible for crossing the sea and raiding Shanhaiguan.
At the same time, Chenggang also merged the first and second squadrons of the Beiyang Fleet to form a joint fleet.
In the past, there were six squadrons in the Navy of the Chinese Army. Except for Li Huamei's Sixth Squadron, the other five squadrons were stationed in Luzon, and now the number of warships in these five squadrons is located.
All have exceeded 30 ships. In addition, in the past few years, the Fubo Army has launched another first-class battleship. According to the naming principle of the Fubo Army's warship, it was named Huo Qubing, and there are two more ships
The first-class battleship is about to be launched for trial voyage and is expected to be put into service before June next year.
Therefore, regardless of Li Huamei's Sixth Squadron, the Fubo Army now has a total of 187 warships and ships, including 110 main warships, including two first-class battleships, nine second-class battleships, and third-class battleships.
Thirty-nine cruisers, thirty-three fourth-class destroyers, and twenty-seven fifth-class frigates; fifty-six auxiliary warships, six 2,000 4, six 1,500 4, six 1,500 4, and six 1,500 4, and one
There are twenty-two thousand-material lucky ships, twelve six hundred-material lucky ships; there are twenty-one communication ships, fourteen six hundred materials, and seven three hundred materials, and seven.
The total force is 74,522, including 32,773 naval soldiers, 27,128 marines, and 14,66 Anji soldiers.
Hundred and twenty-one people.
Among these warships, there are 109 ships assigned to the Beiyang Fleet, and four squadrons will be formed, and seventy-eight ships assigned to the Beiyang Fleet will be formed, and three squadrons will be formed, and Li Huamei's first
The Sixth Squadron is also classified as the Nanyang Fleet.
Because all the previous structures were disrupted, each new squadron had to be reorganized and modified, and there were two more new squadrons, and there were also major changes in personnel. Now the Navy Department has also divided the labor force.
Cheng Gang is responsible for the Beiyang Fleet and Huang Zhen is responsible for the Nanyang Fleet, and they are all organizing as soon as possible.
The number of the first squadron in Beiyang is twenty-eight, with seventeen main battleships: one first-class battleship, one second-class battleship, seven third-class cruisers, five fourth-class destroyers, and three fifth-class frigates.
;Eight auxiliary warships: one 2,000-profit ship, three 1,500-profit ships, two 1,000-profit ships, two 600-profit ships; three 1,000-profit ships: one 600-profit ships
Two ships, three hundred materials and one ship. The number of the second squadron is twenty-six. Compared with the first squadron, there are two ships such as first-class battleships and third-class cruisers, and the rest are
The ships are the same.
In this way, the number of warships in the joint fleet was fifty-four, and fifteen ships were recruited for transport, all of which were large sea ships with a capacity of more than one thousand materials. Therefore, not only could the entire force of the Fourth Army be transported at one time,
At the same time, it can also carry enough food, supplies, and ammunition for the Fourth Army to use for two to three months. At least before the New Year, there is no need to worry about logistics supplies, and it can also provide the Fourth Army with about 7,000 army to support the operation.
Moreover, this time the joint fleet was led by Cheng Gang personally. After arriving in North Korea, the second squadron will be left behind and stationed in North Korea. Cheng Gang leads the first squadron and ships to return to Shandong to prepare to transport the next batch.
The army and supplies that crossed the sea to North Korea.
Zhou Shaohuan was also very satisfied with the support of the Navy, which was enough to complete this cross-sea battle plan.
After about a month of preparation, on November 25, 1650, the first year of Hongxian in the Empire (1650), Zhou Shaohuan led his army to Weihaiwei in Dengzhou Prefecture.
On boarding the warship, Cheng Gang ordered the fleet to set sail and anchor and sail eastward.
The closest straight-line distance to the Korean Peninsula is only more than 300 kilometers, but the Chinese army landed on the Korean Peninsula on Jianghua Island, so the actual distance is more than 500 kilometers.
Ganghua Island is an island located in Jianghua Bay in the middle of the west side of the Korean Peninsula. It is located in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, at the entrance of the Han River and the Linjin River. It is roughly located at a slightly southward position in another time and space.
Seoul, the capital of the Lee Dynasty of North Korea, is across the sea, and is about fifty kilometers away. The width of the strait is only more than one kilometer. It is only more than 200 kilometers away from Pyongyang. The entire island covers an area of 422 square kilometers, with many hills and land, fertile land, and abundant rice.
For agricultural products, the island's population is about 15,000.
In the history of North Korea, Ganghwa Island occupies a very important position, and can be said to be second only to the capital Seoul, and even surpasses Pyongyang, a city that is another important city.
In 1232, Mongolia invaded the Korean Peninsula. At that time, the Goryeo Dynasty moved its capital to Jianghua Island to hide, and built the Goryeo Palace on the island. This precedent began. Once in danger, the Korean royal family would hide in Jianghua.
The island went. Later, the Qing court attacked Korea for the second time. In 1627, the "Dingmao chaos" and the "Bingzi chaos" in 1636, the royal family of the Lee Dynasty of the North also fled to Jianghua Island to hide.
Therefore, it can also be said that Ganghwa Island is a traditional refuge in the Korean royal palace. However, it was not escaped that time, and North Korea was eventually conquered by Mongolia and the Qing court. To put it bluntly, it was still the same thing, and strength determines everything. In modern times, strength determines everything.
Japan's invasion of North Korea began on Ganghwa Island.
When the Chinese army crossed the sea to North Korea, they first targeted Jianghua Island, which naturally had a heavy psychological blow to the Korean Lee Dynasty royal family. In addition, from a strategic perspective, Jianghua Island is an island. Although the strait is very narrow, it is surrounded by all sides.
The sea, and the strength of the Lee Dynasty of North Korea's naval strength can basically be ignored. At the same time, Ganghwa Island is not far from Pyongyang and Seoul, so it can also be used as a frontier base for the Chinese army to cross the sea to North Korea.
The fleet sailed on the sea for three days and entered Jianghua Bay, and Jianghua Island also appeared in front of him. According to the notice sent by the intelligence personnel, Jianghua Island has a hilly terrain, with a steep coastline, and there are not many gentle beaches.
There are still more than a dozen small islands on the periphery of Jianghua Island. The Chinese army has not conducted surveys on the sea areas in this area, so large warships dare not enter easily, but just parked far away on the periphery of Jianghua Island.
Then put down the boat and rowed towards Jianghua Island under the cover of six frigates.
Ganghwa Island is a refuge for the Joseon Dynasty. The most recent time was more than ten years ago, and there were also a palace in Korea. Therefore, in addition to residents, there were 2,000 soldiers guarding Ganghwa Island, and some defensive facilities were also built along the coast.
The Chinese army's fleet arrived at the sea surface of Jianghua Island, and the defenders on the island had naturally discovered that they were busy deploying defenses on the shore. However, the North Korean army basically had no firearms, and the coastal defense basically relied on bows and arrows, and there were more than a dozen crossbow beds.
and stone throwing tools. They set off in chaos against hundreds of small boats coming from the sea.
However, the range of crossbow beds and stone throwing tools is not far, at most only more than 200 steps. The Chinese army's warships were anchored in the sea four or five miles away. At this time, the boat was a thousand steps away from the coast. Therefore,
It was impossible to hit at all. The stones and crossbows and guns were fired into the sea, which only caused a burst of laughter from the Chinese soldiers. After a while of launch, the North Korean soldiers also found that the Chinese soldiers were still away from the Chinese soldiers.
After a long distance, they stopped and waited for the Chinese army's ships to approach.
The first first-class battleship of the Fubo Army, the Yue Fei, was assigned to the first squadron of the Beiyang Fleet, and it was also the flagship of the North Koreans this time. At this time, the two main generals, Cheng Gang and Zhou Shaohuan, were on the Yue Fei's ship.
Upstairs, using a monocular telescope to observe the progress of the landing troops.
The first batch of landing troops sent more than 150 small boats, with a landing force of 2,000, all of which were composed of the marines of the Fubo Army, because only they had the experience of landing operations, and the Fourth Army's
The soldiers will serve as reserve forces and wait until the Marines establish a beachhead on the coast before landing ashore to expand the results of the battle.
Because the place where the fleet was parked was far from the coast and exceeded the range of the naval guns, it was impossible to provide fire support to the landing troops. This also made Zhou Shaohuan quite worried. Although he was not familiar with naval battles, he also knew that there was no fire support.
The consequences were also asked Cheng Gangdao: "How is it? Without fire support, can you get ashore?"
Cheng Gang was confident and smiled and said, "Don't worry, we don't have firepower support, but see what weapons the Korean soldiers still use. If you can't get ashore for such an army, I will not have the face to go back to see the emperor.
You can watch it. The first batch of landing troops are almost here, and your Hu Ben Army will prepare and start the second batch of landings immediately."
At this time, the first batch of landing boats had entered a distance of three or four hundred steps from the shore. At this distance, the Korean army on the shore could not launch an attack, but the Chinese army was enough. Although the frigate ships were
The cannon is still a little short, but the Pili Rockets are completely able to reach it. Each frigate carries ten twenty-five-packed Pili Rocket boxes, and they rushed to more than a dozen pivotal boats in front.
, they also brought three or four shoulder-mounted thunderbolt rocket launchers, so they all opened fire and fired.
For a moment, hundreds of rockets flew from the sea and shot towards the beach.
The Korean army never thought that the Chinese army had this kind of attack method. Some North Korean soldiers had heard of it. The Chinese army made good use of firearms and muskets and cannons, but now the Chinese army is all small boats and has no artillery.
Therefore, everyone couldn't help but feel a little stupid. What's going on? As a result, when the Thunder Rocket landed and exploded, they realized that it was powerful and immediately became in chaos.