Now that it is equipped with Hall rifles, it will inevitably affect its tactical use. [This article comes from] The Army has spent a lot of effort to establish a system: whether it is organization, logistics, or training, it is all centered around the Mini gun.
If you replace the Hall type on a large scale, you will take a lot of risks.
In comparison, it is small in scale and often performs small-scale combat missions. It is more suitable for the Marine Corps, which mainly engages in skirmishing combat, to undertake experimental troops. Moreover, the faster shooting speed of the Hall type is also more suitable for the Marine Corps to use skirmishers.
War, a tactical mode focusing on precision shooting.
The two hit it off. Shi Zhiqi's plan for new equipment was approved and used as a small-scale experimental equipment unit for testing. The personnel of the original Hong Kong detachment were used to reorganize a first expedition team with only three companies as an experimental unit.
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In the command room of Zuoying Base, a large-scale sand table model of Weitou Bay has been produced, including Anping, Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island and Kinmen Island.
There was some controversy over how to start the war against Zheng, but in the end it was decided to adopt the strategy of "going straight to Huanglong" and use the main force to attack Anping Town, Zheng Zhilong's hometown. In one fell swoop, the Zheng family's forces in these places were wiped out. If possible, take advantage of the situation and kill them.
The main leader of the Zheng family, eradicated the power of the Zheng family once and for all.
Although the Qing army's sudden attack on Xiamen failed to destroy Zheng Chenggong's military power once and for all, it did take away the food, grass, gold and silver accumulated by the Zheng family over the years, severely damaging Zheng Chenggong's economic power and severely weakening his vitality.
Now is the start-up stage of the Zheng family, which is far less wealthy than in the era of Zheng Chenggong. If a powerful joint attack by land and water can be used to rob their savings and destroy their fleet, even if they cannot successfully hunt down the main leaders of the Zheng family, it will be enough for Zheng Zhilong
Devastated.
This plan was approved before the start of summer, and military forces were mobilized for this purpose. After comprehensive intelligence, the General Staff and the Navy proposed that it would be more appropriate to launch this offensive in late September. In late September, the typhoon season has basically ended.
The strait is calm and calm, which is conducive to the ferrying troops. Secondly, the Zheng family's ships to Japan all sail out in June and usually return around September. This can maximize the capture of the Zheng family's main trade ships with Japan and deal a heavy blow to its maritime power.
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However, the intelligence department also reminded the General Staff and the Navy that Zheng Zhilong's maritime power was restored very quickly. It would take less than a year to quickly build a large trading ship along the coast of Fujian, and a large sea ship could be launched in seven or eight months at most.
Although the quality is not good, there is no problem sailing to Japan or Nanyang. In the history of old time and space, Zheng Zhilong suffered many defeats and the number of ships was reduced a lot, but each time he was able to quickly rebuild the fleet - this and Xiong Wencan's support
It is related to his strong foundation in Zhangquan area.
Now that Xiong Wencan has been transferred to Guangdong, although the new governor Zou Weilian relies on Zheng Zhilong for coastal defense, he trusts Zheng far less than Xiong Wencan. Zheng Zhilong is becoming more and more powerful. He does his own thing in many affairs and does not completely listen to the governor's orders. Therefore, they
The relationship between them is far less "harmonious" than in the Xiong Wencan era.
The Intelligence Bureau analyzed that it wanted to shake the prestige of the Zheng family in the Zhangquan area and at the same time make Fu Zou Weilian doubt Zheng's ability. Many officials in Fujian originally had a helpless attitude towards recruiting Zheng Zhilong, thinking that Zheng Zhilong "can only be used without trust."
"--making it difficult for its strength to recover in a short period of time. It is necessary to carry out heavy strikes and completely destroy Anping, Xiamen, Gulangyu and Kinmen Islands. It would be better if the main leaders of the Zheng family can be killed.
The final operational plan formulated by the General Staff was to launch a joint landing operation between the army and navy on September 20. The main force of the Navy's First Fleet broke into Waitou Bay and destroyed all the ships anchored in the bay. At the same time, the navy and army attacked Anping, Xiamen Island, Gulangyu and
Landing and occupying the Kinmen Islands.
After occupying these areas, the forts and cities on each island will be comprehensively raided and destroyed one by one. All the population, food and property will be looted. The cities will be burned down. Weitou Bay will be "scorched" and lose its ability to trade with foreign countries. The Great Library
Both the Zheng family and the Intelligence Bureau believe that it is difficult to completely eliminate the Zheng family through one battle. Their economic and material foundation must be destroyed to the greatest extent, and then the next step of trade blockade and military strikes must be coordinated. In order to finally eliminate the Zheng family.
In this plan, the army and navy will only carry out destruction operations, not occupation, in Anping, Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island and the Kinmen Island area. The General Staff considers that once these areas are directly occupied, it will inevitably cause a large-scale division of troops. And for Fujian officials, Xiamen
, the occupation of Kinmen was equivalent to a direct threat to the Zhangquan area, which was bound to cause a major backlash. The Fujian officialdom would desperately support Zheng Zhilong's counterattack.
On the contrary, they only dealt a severe blow to the Zheng family. The bureaucratic gentry in Fujian official circles who originally disliked the Zheng Zhilong family would instead attack them in groups.
For trade, the Fujian coast is not indispensable: ships of the Ministry of Colonization and Trade can sail from Shanghai, Guangzhou or Kaohsiung to any trading location. From the perspective of acquiring Ming trade goods, Fujian goods
Nor is it irreplaceable.
This plan was nicknamed "Overlord" by Dongmen Chuiyu - once the battle is completed, the Senate will truly become the overlord of the entire East Asian sea.
The forces expected to be used include the entire Navy's First Fleet, several squadrons of Coast Guard patrol boats transferred from Lingao, several Navy fire support squadrons, the Marine Corps' 1st Marine Expeditionary Team and the Army's 1st Infantry Battalion.
Two artillery batteries and one heavy artillery battery. There are also two special reconnaissance teams.
In the command room of Zuoying base, Dongmen Chuiyu was pointing at the sand table with his baton and explaining the action plan.
"The first target of this operation is Kinmen Island." Dongmen Chuiyu pointed at the sand table, "Kinmen Island is the throat of Xiamen. It is located at the junction of Xiamen Bay and Weitou Bay. It is not only the key to Xiamen, but also the key to Xiamen.
The barrier at the entrance of the Jiulong River plays a vital role in Zhangzhou's maritime security - for Zheng Zhilong alone, Kinmen Island is also an important maritime barrier for Anping. For Zheng Zhilong, once Kinmen is lost, Anping will be difficult to preserve.
So this is an important town that he must defend."
The land in Kinmen is barren and there is no surface runoff. It is a water-scarce area and the natural environment is very harsh. It cannot support too many people. However, there are many ports in the entire Kinmen Islands, and there are more than 30 piers that can berth ships, including 17 in the Greater Kinmen Islands.
Block 6, Little Kinmen Block 6. It is a good place to park ships, so Kinmen Island has always been one of the main berthing grounds for the Zheng family’s fleet. Zheng Chenggong also launched his attack on Taiwan from here.
The second target is Xiamen Island. Xiamen Island is 18 nautical miles away from Kinmen Island, and is exactly to the east and west of Kinmen Island from Anping. If Anping is the hometown of the Zheng family, then Xiamen Island is the place where the Zheng family conducts business activities.
Trading station. Countless goods and wealth were hoarded and circulated here. Later, the brothers of the Zheng family repaired luxurious mansions on the island and moved here. The Qing general Ma Degong succeeded in a sneak attack on Xiamen. It is said that nine silver coins were stolen from Xiamen in one go.
One hundred thousand taels, one hundred thousand shi of grain. Considering that Ma Degong escaped before Xiamen had a firm foothold and did not conduct a thorough search, and that he must have swallowed some of it himself, how much money does the Zheng family have on Xiamen Island?
, I’m afraid Zheng Zhilong himself may not even know it.
"The battle schedule will be announced below."
September 20th was D-Day, and D-3. The fleet set sail, assembled in Penghu, and set up an advance base on Magong Island in Penghu. Food and water were stored. On D-2, the first batch of special reconnaissance teams landed in Anping, Kinmen Island, and
Xiamen Island, set up a guidance point at the scheduled beach. In the early morning of the 1st, we headed to Kinmen Island.
Kinmen Island is about 80 nautical miles away from Penghu. It takes about ten hours for a steam ship to travel at a speed of 8 knots. Due to the need to accommodate most sailing ships, the average speed of the fleet can only be maintained at 3 to 4 knots, and the entire voyage takes more than 25 hours.
So it was set at four o'clock in the morning. In this way, the fleet would arrive on the morning of the d day and take advantage of the high tide to break into Liao Luo Bay.
"According to reports from the special reconnaissance team and reconnaissance ships, part of Zheng Zhilong's fleet is anchored in Liaoluo Bay, part is anchored in Gulangyu Island, and some is anchored in Anping." Dongmen Chuiyu pointed at the ship model on the sand table.
Moored in Liaoluo Bay is the Zheng family's "fleet", which has larger ships, including several European-type ships, most of which are equipped with Hongyi cannons transferred by Xiong Wencan from Guangdong. Although Liaoluo Bay faces the open sea, it is protected from wind and waves.
It is larger, but the beach is steep and the water is sandy. It is an ideal anchorage for large ships with deep draft. It is also convenient for intercepting enemy fleets trying to attack Xiamen Bay and Weitou Bay.
Anping and Gulangyu are dominated by ordinary trading ships, but a considerable number of these ships are also armed, especially near Gulangyu. Zheng Zhilong also has some arson ships - obviously the enemy knows very well that arson ships can be used in narrow waters.
Make the most of it.
According to the plan, the fleet will first attack all ships anchored in Liaoluo Bay, and then the ships will concentrate their firepower to bombard Kinmen and destroy the defenses of Kinmen Island. The navy will land to carry out attack-occupy-destroy operations.
The Zheng family has several forts on Kinmen Island, guarded by thousands of people. There are also multiple forts. However, compared with the Humen-Pearl River defense when the navy broke through, Kinmen Island's defense is far worse. The Zheng family's defense of Kinmen Island
The defense basically relies on the sea fleet rather than land forts.
After occupying the large and small Kinmen Islands, a command post and transfer station will be established on Kinmen Island. Attacks will be carried out on Xiamen Island and Anping respectively. The plan is to carry a large number of large boats, medium boats and small boats to ferry and land troops in the bay.
Overcome the disadvantages of the First Fleet's large number of ships, deep draft, and inconvenience in landing operations.