Dragon Sea Empire

On the main road from Sansilipu to Pulandian in the Liaodong Peninsula, Lu Xiaoyi galloped north with his cavalry battalion.

Soon, the sparse refugees disappeared in the wilderness. The land of the Liaodong Peninsula was divided into two halves by the flat wilderness in the west and the mountainous forest in the east. There was no one except the devastated wilderness and uninhabited villages. Brothers in the cavalry battalion In my eyes, this is simply a world without people.

Soon, they heard the faint sound of firearms and explosions.

The Manchus can only be regarded as newborns on the land of China. How many people in the decision-making high-level of the Houjin Eight Banners know the existence of Zhonghua Company and Yin Feng, but they are completely ignorant of the general trend of the world. Compared with the Ming Dynasty authorities, they are just brothers and sisters. In this pioneer Niulu of the Xianglan Banner, from the Niulu Ezhenalaqi who only knows the affairs within the scope of his own tribe, to an ordinary cavalryman of the Xianglan Banner, in their hearts, the Chinese Army and Ming Dynasty officials There is no difference between the army, so when they came up, they buried their heads and launched a charge. As a result, Li Xiao's personal guards fired a volley of flintlock pistols and then were slashed with a saber. They were caught off guard and suffered a big loss. No. 300 People lose half.

The excellent quality of the Eight Banners cavalry was manifested at this time. The cavalry of Niu Lu, the vanguard of the Xianglan Banner who had been frustrated in the first battle, did not panic. The guards surrounded them, and after a fight, they defeated the momentum of Li Xiao's guards.

Then, all the cavalrymen of the inlaid blue flag rushed towards Li Xiao's guard who was forming a team, but this time they no longer approached the enemy for melee combat, but fired arrows fifty steps away from the enemy.

Members of Li Xiao's guard were in a hurry to reload their flintlock pistols, but they saw that the enemy no longer charged straight at them, but played the trick of turning the wheel, shooting arrows at them in circles, although the excellent plate armor of the Chinese cavalry blocked them Most of the arrows were shot, but more than a dozen people were shot to the point and fell off their horses.

Li Xiao had no choice but to urge his horses to charge again, but the Eight Banners soldiers galloped back and away from them without waiting for them to approach. Although the cavalry of the Chinese Army fired two rounds of musket fire, the effective range of the flintlock pistols was only twenty or thirty paces. , this time only a few cavalry with blue flags were overturned.

The Eight Banners soldiers went around in a circle, but turned right to the side of Li Xiao's guard, and once again displayed their cavalry skills, they shot more than ten Chinese cavalry soldiers off their horses.

Li Xiao was furious, and regardless of being hit by two arrows, he yelled and patted his horse and went straight to the enemy. The guards on the left and right were desperately protecting him, and a group of Liaodong men had already fired a real fire.

Finally, the Arabian horses of the Chinese Army were faster than the Mongolian horses of the Eight Banners Soldiers. Li Xiao led the team and quickly caught up with the enemy again. After two rounds of flintlock volleys, more than a dozen Eight Banners soldiers were overthrown. This time, the Eight Banners soldiers performed the "Mongolian gangster" stunt and shot several Chinese cavalrymen who were chasing too far ahead off their horses.

Hundreds of knights in blue and black were fighting fiercely like a duel in the wilderness of the Liaodong Peninsula. There were fewer and fewer warriors on horseback, but the endless fighting between the two sides continued. , no one on either side intends to stop, and there is no way to stop.

At this time, Lu Xiaoyi arrived with the Cavalry Battalion of the Second Division. He was ordered to meet Li Xiao's guard who had gone out to investigate. On the way, they met the messenger sent by Li Xiao and rushed over at full speed. .

The four sentry teams of the cavalry battalion spread out four rows and rushed towards this battlefield quickly. The Eight Banners cavalry were shocked when they saw this scene, but they had no intention of running away. They divided into two teams, one team of more than 30 people He urged his horses to run wildly and fled to the north; the remaining group of about 50 people turned around and rushed towards the Chinese army desperately, intending to use their own desperate assault to cover the retreat of their comrades.

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This time, the outpost cavalry battle between the Chinese Army and the Eight Banners Soldiers was the first time the two armies fought. The scale was small, but the casualties were extremely tragic; all the participants on both sides totaled more than 400 people, and in the end, less than 80 people survived. Members of Li Xiao's guard More than half of them died in the battle, and he himself suffered five arrow wounds, and almost all the rest were wounded.

That night, in the Sanshilipu Fort, almost all the officers from the Cavalry Brigade and the Cavalry Battalion of the Second Division gathered around Li Xiao who was lying injured on the kang.

After listening to Li Xiao's narration, all the cavalry officers had some understanding of the fighting power of the Eight Banners soldiers, but Lu Xiaotian kept frowning and worried.

Lu Xiaoyi and him are brothers from the same hometown and the same clan. Seeing his frowning, he tentatively asked: "Brother Tian, ​​what are you worried about? Tomorrow our cavalry battalion of the second division will be under your command. We brothers will work together. How many do you come?" Eight Banners soldiers don’t have to worry!”

Lu Xiaotian smiled wryly: "I'm not worried about the war, but those refugees. There are 5 people on the beach who have not boarded the boat, and there are more than 1 refugees who have not left here. If the Eight Banners soldiers rushed over , they are going to be unlucky, we don't have extra troops to protect them, "

"Let the Sailor Marines handle this matter, after all we are cavalry,..."

Lu Xiaotian nodded: "It can only be like this. As for tomorrow's battle, we only need to fight according to the usual training requirements, and that's it. You go back to your own army and prepare for tomorrow's battle. I predict that tomorrow's battle will be as tragic as Brother Li Xiao's today."

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On the same day when the Chinese Army and the Eight Banners first clashed, the flat-bottomed artillery boat of the Chinese Navy approached the shore of Ganghwa Island in North Korea and bombarded the Koryo Palace and Ganghwa Mountain City on Ganghwa Island with fierce artillery fire. At the same time, a battleship Feizi He and five three-masted cruisers are constantly cruising around Ganghwa Island, and they carry a total of 300 naval guns. They are also bombarding every place on the island such as Ganghwa Mountain City, Guangcheng, Mani Mountain, and Guchengtan. corner of.

Fan Tao, the commander of the First Fleet, stood at the bow of the ship, impatiently watching the scene of shelling ahead, and looked back at the clock held by a messenger behind him from time to time. could be like this)

The chief officer of the First Fleet in red uniform said empathetically: "The shelling time has only passed an hour. According to the scheduled plan, it will take another hour before the Marine Corps will launch a landing."

"The infantry group only sent one regiment to open the city, and we only relied on our marines to attack Wang Jing. Who came up with the idea? The sailor marines are good at surprise attacks and field battles. Attacking fortified positions has always been a trick of the infantry. What happened once, "

The supervising officer smiled and said, "I heard it was the idea of ​​the President, our King Jinghai,"

Fan Tao was taken aback: "What, you said..."

"Yes, Your Majesty said, as long as we take down Ganghwa Island, the capital of North Korea can be defeated without a fight, and the marines just need to take over the city defense."

Fan Tao smiled wryly: "Our king can always predict the enemy's opportunity, we just need to trust him, well, after the shelling is over, we will land,"

Yin Feng, who has a rough understanding of North Korean history, selected Ganghwa Island as the attack target for the North Korean Raiders early on.

The island is roughly rectangular in shape, with an area of ​​only 800 square miles. It is hilly and fertile. It produces rice and other agricultural products. It is also a major ginseng planting area. Famous for its dangerous geographical location, the Han River and the Imjin River converge into the sea at Ganghwa Island, and have experienced the test of strong winds and waves for a long time. Therefore, the coastline of Ganghwa Island is steep and precipitous. The gateway of Ganghwa Island, 'Jia Chuan' (??), is as impenetrable as gold and cannot be breached.

In order to fight against the Mongolian Yuan, the King of Goryeo hid here from 1232 to 1270, leaving the Goryeo Palace. Therefore, during the Goryeo and Joseon era, whenever the Korean country was in danger, the Korean king would take refuge along the Han River to Ganghwa or The capital was moved to Ganghwa. In another historical time and space, the Eight Banners soldiers of the Manchu and Qing dynasties fought against the capital city twice, and the king of Korea also fled to Ganghwa Island twice as usual, and finally the whole country surrendered. This is the nature of the royal family of the Lee family in North Korea. Yin Feng Pretty sure about that.

At this time, the Chinese army fought from the Taedong River to Kaesong, and the Chinese navy fleet came to Ganghwa Island unstoppably and strangled the escape route of the Korean king. It would be strange not to surrender to Yin Feng.

It would be a piece of cake for the Chinese army to deal with North Korea with its superior forces on both land and water routes. Yin Feng was not worried at all. At this moment, Yin Feng was wholeheartedly preparing for the first official confrontation with the Eight Banners soldiers.

However, he is currently inspecting the construction results of the military port fort defense system at Lushunkou. This is the initial fort system of the Lushun military port. The first military port in the Far East has now opened the first page of its glorious history.

The future main base of the First Fleet (Northern Fleet) will be moved here from Naha Port, Ryukyu. Now, after two years of construction, the fortification system of Lushun Port has been initially established. A jack cannon that can be adjusted in pitch, left, and right directions was installed. In order to prevent land attacks, ten sea and land fortresses were also built in places such as Chair Mountain, Case Mountain, and Songshu Mountain on the back road of Lushun, all of which were equipped with jacks made in Luzon Island. Class heavy bronze guns, with a total of more than 60 pieces.

After inspecting the surrounding terrain, a group of staff officers from the Operation Department and the Weapons Research Department found that Dalian Bay was dangerously deep and the mountains were looped. They suggested building a Dalian Bay Fort. Today, the Fort of Monk Island on Dalian Bay Middle Road and the old Longtou Fort on West Road have begun. The Huangshan Fort and the Xujiashan Fort on the East Road have already been constructed by a large number of Japanese laborers. Dozens of fort fortresses around them constitute a tight defense system for the entire Lushunkou and Dalian Bay. Fan Tao and all the officers and men of the First Fleet were very happy about the possibility of capturing it. After the completion of such a large-scale military port, even if the entire three major fleets of the Chinese Army and Navy were brought in, there would be no problem.

A large number of Liaodong refugees have been converted into labor force on the spot and invested in the construction of the Lushun military port defense system. Today, more than [-] laborers build various military buildings in Lushun and surrounding areas every day. The unexpected benefits brought by the Chinese army: In the short term, the Chinese army will not lack logistics personnel for its combat operations in Liaodong.

Yin Feng stood at the highest point of the Chair Mountain Fort. On the hillside at his feet, thousands of migrant workers were carrying a 3000-jin bronze cannon. He looked at a middle-aged man who was not tall but looked capable, and smiled. He said: "Brother Han, someone on the board of directors asked me where the large expenditures for Liaodong military affairs were spent in the past two years. Now you have seen it with your own eyes, right?"