I want to be emperor

On the second day of the Battle of Ninghe, when it was learned that the frigate Ninghe under his command was besieged after being stranded, and the enemy was still trying to capture Ninghe intact to humiliate itself.

Rear Admiral Wen Hongda, the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, scolded the captain of the Ninghe. Lieutenant Colonel Wang Xiangrong, who had already died in the battle, was a big idiot. It is not good to go there in such a big Strait of Malacca. The port of Aceh is near the coast, if you don't die, whoever dies!
Then he scolded the natives of Aceh for being shameless... I didn't give you the shame to attack your port, but you dared to attack my warship!

In short, Rear Admiral Wen Hongda, who was furious, led his fleet to a coastal port in the Kingdom of Aceh the next day, bombarded the port destructively, and fired many howitzers, triggering a fire in the port city!
Later, Rear Admiral Wen Hongda led a fleet to attack another port. If it weren't for the fact that the capital of the Aceh people, Greater Aceh, was not well-prepared and had a relatively complete coastal defense artillery system, Rear Admiral Wen Hongda would have led the fleet to directly attack the other port. The capital was shelled.

However, after these several attacks on the port, it destroyed a certain amount of the Aceh Kingdom's maritime transport force, forcing the Aceh Kingdom to reduce its reinforcements to the territory of the Malay Peninsula.

As for a complete blockade...it's impossible!
The Strait of Malacca is still very spacious. The possibility that the Chu Navy wants to complete a complete blockade with only two cruisers and a few frigates is infinitely close to zero.

Even if they can't beat them, maybe they can't hide from you and transport them secretly. It can't be done during the day, maybe it can't be done at night?
No one stipulated that the Kingdom of Aceh should send troops to reinforce them. It must be carried out in broad daylight, right under the eyes of your Chu army fleet...

The Chu Army's Indian Ocean Fleet had nothing to do with the transportation of reinforcements in hiding.

But these are not important, let alone affect the series of military operations of the Great Chu Empire on the Malay Peninsula!

Because it was not the fleet of the navy that undertook the first round of offensive on the Malay Peninsula, but the fifth infantry division of the army!

As for the actions of the navy, in the words of the generals of the army: After sending the troops and supplies to Beijia, there is nothing to do with your navy, go away...

Before the transportation, the army's attitude towards the navy was actually quite good. Every few days, some army generals would go to the navy generals to make contact with each other... After all, this transportation really depends on the navy's face.

But, as soon as the personnel and supplies arrived in Beijia, the army trembled again... When the army-navy joint combat meeting was held in Beinian Port, the army people even mocked the navy for a big defeat. You said that if the rescue was not timely, I am afraid there would be captives, and you said that since the Funiu Mountain period, their Great Chu Empire has never been organized and wiped out by the enemy, let alone captured. Your navy almost set a precedent .

Admiral Wang Kui'en, the commander of the First Fleet who came to the meeting angrily, had a black face all the time... Immediately after the meeting, Admiral Wang Kui'en, in the name of the Supreme Commander of the Nanyang Region of the Great Chu Empire Navy, directly handed over Rear Admiral Wen Hongda, the commander of the Indian Ocean Fleet, to the meeting. He was dismissed. Of course, the appointment and transfer of senior generals is not easy to handle. The Indian Ocean Fleet also needs a senior commander, so it is better to let Rear Admiral Wen Hongda temporarily act as the Indian Ocean Fleet.

When Rear Admiral Wen Hongda heard the news, he was angry and helpless. Apart from scolding the commanders of the frigate Ninghe for being idiots over and over again, he could only lament that he was so unlucky to have such a group of idiots under his command.

As an official, it doesn't matter if you do something wrong, what you're afraid of is making your boss lose face... You Wen Hongda has made the navy boss above you lose face, and the boss just wants to slap you!

Fortunately, there is still a chance to take the blame and make meritorious service. If this is done well, even dismissal can turn into reinstatement.

In short, the navy was quite unlucky in this battle.

Let’s not talk about the navy. The point is that once the army sees that the personnel and supplies have arrived in Beijia, and it will last for three to five months, if there is no large-scale war if it is saved, it will not need to replenish supplies for half a year.

The army trembled... It returned to the previous style of being able to mock the navy a hundred times and never mocking it 99 times.

Ever since, the 'Land-Sea Joint Operations Conference' held in Bei Nian Port broke up unhappy, and then they decided to do their own things... The army is responsible for the ground combat on the Malay Peninsula, the navy is responsible for the sea blockade and material replenishment, and Land and capture Lion City and several other islands at the eastern end of the Strait of Malacca.

As for whether to cooperate, we will talk about it at that time... Anyway, neither side wants to see the other's ugly face.

In this situation, the Fifth Infantry Division of the Great Chu Empire Army officially launched a large-scale operation!
The Fifth Infantry Division of the Army is one of the twenty combat-ready infantry divisions of the Great Chu Empire, and it is also the main force in the southwestern direction of the Great Chu Empire Army.

It may be an exaggeration to say that the trump card is too much. After all, the reputation of this unit is not very big, far less than the reputation of the first division, the tenth division, and the No.11 division.

When it comes to the first division, even the Zhungeer people know that this is the number one ace unit of the Great Chu Empire Army. This unit does nothing on the battlefield, and it can scare the enemy into restraint and dare not act rashly!
The 11th Division and the No. [-] Division are also ace units that have made great achievements on the battlefield.

The above-mentioned three infantry divisions are also the first batch of combat readiness duty units established after the implementation of the army combat readiness classification system in the Great Chu Empire. They are deployed in several strategic locations and maintain combat readiness on duty all year round.

The First Division is currently deployed in Tianjin, the Tenth Division is deployed in Luoyang, and the No.11 Division is deployed in Chang'an.

Just by looking at the deployment direction of these three divisions, you will know the importance of these divisions.

As for the fifth division, the reason why this unit got the name of the combat readiness division was purely because the main force of the fifth division was the only one in the Yunnan-Guizhou direction at that time.

In order to guard against Burmese and suppress the local chieftains in Yunnan and Guizhou, the Army also needs to maintain a combat readiness force in this direction.

Ever since, the treatment of the combat readiness division was given to the fifth division.

But... even if the fifth division is not a real ace unit, it is still a combat readiness unit on duty, and it is also the kind that can hang up the Burmese in Yunnan!
Later, after half a year of adaptive training in Qiongzhou Island, he was sent to the Beijia area. After more than half a year of garrison in the Beijia area, he has basically adapted to the climate of the Malay Peninsula. …

This is adapted to the local area and there are sufficient logistical supplies. The fifth division also broke out to make the Aceh people, and even other neighboring countries or forces, and even the Dutch people cry.

Especially its powerful attacking ability, it can be described as invincible!

After the Fifth Division launched its attack, it soon encountered the Aceh people's first heavily fortified city: Kedah!
This is a port city located along the coast of Malacca, only a few tens of kilometers away from the area controlled by the Great Chu Empire, and only more than 100 kilometers away from Beinian, the capital of the Beijia region of the Great Chu Empire and the residence of the Nanyang Governor.

It is worth noting that Pak Nian is the most important port on the east coast of Pakka, and Kedah Port is also the most important port on the west coast of Pakka.

The Great Chu Empire has long wanted to take over this port, and then establish a land passage with Bei Nian Port, so that when the Strait of Malacca is threatened, it can provide land supplies for the Indian Ocean Fleet and other forces.

The supply line must be absolutely safe. Although the Strait of Malacca is also navigable, there are too many uncertain factors. After all, this strait was not in the hands of the Great Chu Empire, so the Great Chu Empire was directly in the north. Area A has established a land transportation line across the east and west banks of North A just in case.

If the west coast terminus of this transportation line can be set up in Kedah, it will be more convenient and trouble-free, because Kedah has a ready-made port.

Of course...these were all the thoughts of the Great Chu Empire before. Now, the Great Chu Empire is all about capturing and controlling the entire Strait of Malacca, so it’s okay to have a land line of communication in the Beijia area, but it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t exist. manner.

This can be Kedah, which was favored by the Great Chu Empire before, and the Aceh Kingdom naturally attaches great importance to it.

This place is actually an important strategic node of the Kingdom of Aceh in the territory of the Malay Peninsula.

It is the bridgehead for the expansion of the Kingdom of Aceh in the Malay Peninsula. The troops and materials needed for the expansion of the Kingdom of Aceh in the Malay Peninsula are transported from Sumatra to the port of Kedah, and then go deep into the Malay Peninsula. of.

Therefore, the Kingdom of Aceh also attaches great importance to Kedah. It has deployed more than 4000 troops to garrison here all the year round, and built city fortresses. After the people of the Great Chu Empire entered the Beijia area, in order to guard against the Great Chu Empire, they were in the Netherlands. Under the guidance of the people, the local city was improved, and more than a dozen artillery pieces purchased from the Dutch were also deployed.

But all of this... all came to naught under the fierce artillery offensive of the Great Chu Empire Army!
one day!
In just one day, the Fifth Division of the Chu Army conquered this extremely important city for the Kingdom of Aceh!
Moreover, the troops that attacked the city were not all of the Fifth Division... In fact, only the No.18 Infantry Regiment was the core, equipped with a large number of artillery, logistics personnel, and cavalry. Bai Zhen, the deputy commander of the Fifth Division, Commanded by the Brigadier General, it is called the 'Baizhen Brigade' within the Army.

This is actually not an organization, but a temporary mixed force for a certain battle. The Chu army often takes a regiment as the core, and is equipped with artillery and cavalry to form a force of about 6000 to [-] people, commanded by the deputy division commander. . …

For the convenience of naming, the army generally uses the name of the general and the name of the brigade to call this temporary unit, so there is the seemingly nondescript title of 'Baizhen Brigade'.

The strength of the Baizhen Brigade is actually not much larger than that of the defenders, only about 6000 people.

The attack force of 6000 is actually not much compared to the [-] troops defending the city, and it can even be said to be less.

As for the tough battle, under normal circumstances, especially when the equipment and tactics of the two sides are at the same level, it is impossible for the attacker to succeed in the tough battle without several times the strength.

But the problem is that the equipment level of the Chu army far exceeds that of the Aceh army on the opposite side!

The firepower possessed by the Baizhen brigade is powerful enough to make the Aceh defenders on the opposite side desperate, and even the Dutch observers, who are called watching the battle, are actually dumbfounded...

The Chu army with a mere few thousand people frantically brought eight 150mm light howitzers, twelve 115mm light howitzers, eight 90mm light field guns, and eight 115mm light field guns.

The above-mentioned artillery are all lightweight artillery specially designed and produced for areas with complex terrain. The most important thing is that these thirty-odd artillery can fire grenades!

The traditional fortifications used to defend against solid shells are basically useless in front of the curved grenades...

As a result, the whole battle process has become shocking, but also particularly boring!

After several rounds of artillery shelling by the Chu army, the defenders suffered heavy casualties due to lack of defense. The commander of the Chu army, the deputy commander of the fifth division, Brigadier General Bai Zhen, saw that there seemed to be a chance, so he sent the assault team up to charge... ...and, then the battle is over!

There were 400 defenders in Aceh, and nearly 500 people fled after more than [-] casualties. The remaining [-] people were basically taken as prisoners.

Many Aceh prisoners were in a state of stupefaction when they were captured.

It's only been a day since the war started, no... To be precise, it's been more than an hour since the shelling started, and these Chu people have come in?
Nima, whoever goes out will dare to believe it!

And the dozen or so Dutch people who were watching the battle also looked stunned...

Many of them are still discussing with the Aceh generals how to defend the city and how to defend the city. Before the discussion was over, someone came in and told them that the damned Chu people had already entered the city. ...

Nima, people who don't know think that Kedah City is not fortified, and the Chu people directly entered the city.

Fortunately, these Dutch people are smart. As soon as they heard that the city was broken, they immediately left the Aceh military camp, and then honestly went to be their own "businessmen", otherwise there would be more than a dozen more in the prison camp Dutch figure!

The impact of the Battle of Kedah was much greater than that of the Battle of Ninghe!
The Battle of Ninghe seems to have a large proportion of casualties, but anyone who knows the inside story knows that this is an extra sacrifice made by the Aceh Kingdom for political purposes, and it cannot be regarded as a conventional battle.

A battle with a strong political purpose is divorced from the actual situation and has no good reference value.

If you look at it from a purely military point of view, the Aceh army saw the stranded Chu army warship and attacked it by force... The ship should have been set on fire from the beginning, and the officers and soldiers on the frigate Ninghe would have to be blinded by then. It is impossible to persist Come to the frigate Lin Guang to help. …

But the Aceh people want to capture the frigate Ninghe intact!
And if the Dutch are in the situation of the Dachu people, the Dutch are also confident that they can do so well, or even better.

The reason why the Great Chu Empire was strong in the navy was only because of its large number, and these were still within the cognitive range of the Dutch.

What's so great about having more ships and more guns? If we Dutch have so much money, we can build so many warships, hehe...

But the army of the Great Chu Empire... Nima, the Dutch really couldn't understand it.

A few years ago, the Siamese Kingdom suffered such a miserable defeat in the Battle of Thonburi. The Dutch also heard some rumors. Later, they also asked the Siamese to inquire about it. The army's flintlock guns had a particularly high firing rate.

Until now, the Dutch still haven't been able to understand why the flintlock guns of the Great Chu Empire have such a high firing rate.

They also brought a few foreign guns and tried to imitate them, but unfortunately they failed. The flintlock guns they produced had a much lower firing rate, and the flintlock guns with this poor firing rate were used in the warm and humid Nanyang region. Guns, that was a nightmare...

Worse than an arquebus.

Of course, the line tactics of the Chu people cannot be done with matchlock guns. The Dutch tried to use matchlock guns to engage in dense line tactics, but unfortunately they couldn’t do it. Can't do dense formation at all.

The loose formation, insufficient firepower, and poor impact resistance.

Line tactics appeared after the mature and large-scale application of flintlock guns. It is not without reason, but because only flintlock guns can meet the needs of line tactics, and matchlock guns cannot!
It’s impossible to get a good flintlock gun that can be used, only relying on sporadic flintlock guns or some matchlock guns, it is difficult for them to imitate or imitate the line tactics of the Great Chu Empire, and naturally it is difficult to feel it personally How strong is the line tactics.

So as to how powerful the infantry in the Chu army's field battle was, that's just heard... I haven't seen it with my own eyes, let alone experienced it.

And it is said that the artillery of the Chu army in Thonburi is powerful... This seems to be nothing, since everyone has artillery, the Chu army is nothing more than a little more, and it is not a big deal.

It's the howitzer, which the Dutch can't understand...

They don't know about grenades, they use them themselves, but the grenades that the Dutch know are all kindling grenades fired from mortars.

This thing is troublesome to use, and its power is small, but the most important thing is that it is very dangerous.

Mortar Artillery, has been one of the most dangerous arms for hundreds of years, and accidentally killed himself...

If the mortar artillery technology is not good, then bombarding the enemy's fortress with mortar artillery for a whole day, the number of casualties between the enemy and the enemy may be the same.

There may even be more dead or wounded artillerymen on one's own side than the defenders killed by the bombing.

Therefore, mortars are very troublesome and dangerous to use, even when the Chu army used them during the unification war, it was no exception.

It’s just that in times of war, when there are tens of thousands of casualties at every turn, no one cares about dozens or hundreds of artillerymen who died due to various accidents...  …

The Dutch are no exception. They also know and use mortars, but the problem is that the Chu army does not use mortars... but artillery with a relatively long barrel.

The Dutch can see clearly that the Chu Army’s artillery that fires grenades has a barrel that is longer than a mortar but shorter than a field artillery. This is considered normal...

The key point is that these Chu soldiers actually fired grenades directly with field guns, and they didn't even explode their chambers!
This almost broke their inherent cognition.

They didn't know that the grenades used by the Great Chu Empire were specially developed and produced wooden bullet holders and wooden time-delay fuze grenades.

It can be fired on a long-barreled artillery, but when a long-barreled artillery such as a field gun is fired, the propellant should be reduced to reduce the chamber pressure.

After all, the shell casing of the grenade has limited pressure bearing capacity, and the chamber pressure should not be too high when fired, otherwise the grenade will fragment or even explode.

This is also the reason for limiting the maximum range of the Chu army's grenades, such as solid shells. When the 115mm field gun fires a solid shell, regardless of the shooting accuracy, when the maximum elevation angle is used, the maximum range can reach 600 meters...and This maximum range is not because it can only be shot so far, but because it is too far away and has no practical significance, so there is no need to set too high an elevation angle to increase the range!
Because in actual combat, this kind of artillery is usually used for targets within a kilometer. Only when the enemy army is in a large-scale cluster, the shooting distance will be extended to more than a kilometer without too much consideration for shooting accuracy, but it is not It will be more than 200 meters.

Basically, shelling over 200 meters can only be used as a covering bombardment to attack enemy cluster targets, but the actual combat effect is very poor.

As for the maximum range, that is, the shelling of 600 meters, the Chu army hardly used it in actual combat.

Because the kinetic energy of the solid shells at this distance is seriously insufficient, and the lethality is very limited, let alone the hit rate... It is so far away, who cares about the hit rate.

Therefore, although the effective range of the 115mm field artillery of the Chu army is only 800 meters...but the maximum range can reach 600 meters. If necessary, you can continue to increase the design elevation angle to increase the range, but it is not necessary...

However, when the same artillery fires grenades, it needs to strictly limit the maximum range. There is a clear regulation in the artillery unit. No less, no more!
Otherwise... I'll show you the bomb directly!

In other words, it is not the artillery that limits the range of the Chu army's grenades, but the shells, or more precisely, the casing materials and processing of the shells.

Naturally, the Dutch were not clear about these things. They only saw the Great Chu Empire Army directly using long-barreled field guns to fire grenades.

And they couldn't understand it, they were even shocked!

If they can't understand, they can't understand. They are just low-level observers, and they are not senior generals of the Dutch East India Company, so they only need to pass the relevant news back to Batavia.

But it is a pity that these Dutch 'businessmen' were rejected when they tried to leave Kedah Port.

After the Baizhen Brigade of the Great Chu Empire conquered Kedah Port, it immediately announced the blockade of the whole city and strictly prohibited everyone from going out, let alone setting up ships to leave at this time.

Not even Dutch!

This is a time of war, and the Chu Army intends to use this place as a material transfer station. To ensure safety, it is natural to strictly control the local law and order to prevent information leaks or saboteurs from doing all kinds of damage.

The Chu army didn't have enough manpower or the mood to set up checkpoints and so on, so they directly came to a city blockade, no entry or exit, simple and easy!
Ever since, these Dutch people could only return with a dark face, and then waited in the shop for the end of the blockade period.

What the Dutch didn't know was that the Baizhen Brigade didn't stay in Kedah Port for long. After taking the place and resting for three days, leaving a battalion of troops to garrison the place, the main force of the Baizhen Brigade continued to move eastward. .

They will fight all the way to the city of Malacca!