The huge strategic outflanking group finally set off.
The mighty fleet covered the entire sea, concentrating all the maritime power of the Xia Kingdom.
Only at this time did people suddenly discover that Xia Kingdom had made such great progress on the ocean.
Tens of thousands of ships are divided into several parts, each performing their own duties.
At the forefront was the vanguard force, led by Huang Fei and Lin Qingye, with three Fu boats, ten Haicang boats, ten Cangshan boats and twenty Centipede boats.
Their mission is only one.
That is to quickly move forward to the vicinity of Ganghwa Island, complete the control of the battlefield, and respond to the subsequent army.
Second is the strategic support force.
Led by Zuo Hua, they gathered the most powerful warships of the Xia Navy. No matter what enemy they encountered, they would be wiped out by their powerful artillery fire.
The third part is the first regiment of the 1st Marine Division, led by Zuo Yong himself.
When the landing operation begins, the first regiment will independently complete the beach landing and establish a position to cover the following troops.
After the first regiment has established a firm foothold on the shore, the engineering troops will be dispatched to build various facilities on the beach to facilitate the landing of subsequent troops and equipment.
The entire four regiments of the First Marine Division are divided into four combat groups.
The original plan was to follow the 1st Marine Regiment to land on Ganghwa Island, but the specific actions had to be adjusted based on the actual situation.
The largest part of the entire fleet is the logistics support group.
In order to ensure smooth operations between the First Marine Division and the Navy without any worries, Xia State concentrated nearly 4,000 ships carrying various supplies.
Although these are basically merchant ships and civilian ships with limited carrying capacity, relying on the huge number and one-time transportation can fully meet the combat needs of the army for two to three months.
"Stop fighting and surrender!"
On Jindao, Cui Hazhi finally came to an end.
He originally thought he would be able to escape after abandoning the ship and landing.
However, he did not expect that Xia Jun would follow him and begin to pursue and suppress him on the island.
Although Zhendao is big, it is only an island after all.
When Xia Jun began a blanket search, he was quickly forced into a desperate situation.
Seeing that more and more soldiers around him were dying, the resistance was getting weaker and weaker, and behind him was a cliff more than ten feet high, Cui Xiazhi finally lost the will to resist.
When the white flag is raised, it means that the Battle of Mingliang is completely over.
In this battle, the entire North Korean navy was annihilated and a navy commander was captured. It was a fruitful battle.
However, before Bai Dasheng had time to celebrate, he received an order from the general headquarters.
"There is no time to delay. Let's all go back to the ship and rest. We will set off today."
Bai Dasheng's detachment quickly took action.
They passed through the opening on the west side of Myeongryang Strait and headed straight for Mokpo first.
This is an important port in Jeolla Province.
After arriving here, Bai Dasheng was not polite and ordered all the warships to fire their guns together, directly razing the entire port to the ground.
I saw with my own eyes that all the ships were sunk, the port could no longer be used, and the fleet continued northward.
Everything they passed was turned into a sea of fire, and no ship was spared.
Military information about the attack on Jeolla Province was quickly sent to Hanyang.
"The Xia Kingdom Navy suffered heavy losses after the battle, and it must be repaired. This is their harassment plan, and you must not fall for it."
Obviously the losses in the military intelligence report were serious, but the monarchs and ministers of North Korea chose to comfort themselves.
There was only one purpose, which was to conceal the news and hope that the Qing army could quickly capture Busan and establish the situation.
At the same time, Li Shifang, who was far away on the front line of the Nakdong River, also received a military intelligence report.
As the observer of Jeolla Province, he obviously knew better what happened to Mokpo, but he did not know that the North Korean Navy had been completely wiped out.
The information discrepancy made Li Shifang not pay enough attention to this piece of military information, and he threw it aside after reading it.
At this time, Li Shifang, following Tu Lai and Nikan, had captured Gadok Island at the mouth of the Nakdong River.
This island is very large, and the later Busan Gimhae Airport is located on it.
Since the water channel of the Nakdong River to the west of Gadeok Island was too narrow and was not conducive to defense, Xia Jun voluntarily gave up here and focused on guarding the east bank of the Nakdong River.
The waterway on the east side of Gade Island is more than two hundred meters wide. With the strength of the Qing coalition forces, there is no way to complete the swim under the firepower of the Xia army.
After discussion, Tu Lai, Nikan and Li Shifang formulated an unexpected battle plan.
They did not directly attack the Xia army on the other side, but first seized Yishu Island.
Eulsook Island is another island at the mouth of the Nakdong River. Although it is small in size, its location is very important.
The Qing coalition forces transported artillery to Yishu Island and bombarded Xia Xia's defense line in an attempt to cover the infantry crossing the river.
As a result, their artillery suffered a devastating blow from the Xia army, and all of them were damaged.
Without the support of heavy firepower, Tu Lai and others could only look at the river and sigh, and sent messengers to contact Haug to discuss combat methods.
Ganghwa Island has a prominent position in the history of North Korea.
Whenever North Korea encounters any crisis, Ganghwa Island will become the last pure land.
In many cases, the Korean royal family relied on this place to preserve their vitality and resume their rule.
Just this past winter, this place was breached for the first time, resulting in the entire North Korean royal family being taken prisoner.
However, the smoke of war has dissipated, and peace has returned to Ganghwa Island.
The very few soldiers guarding here are muddling through, and even if they are lazy, their superiors will not care.
Normally, this place is a remote place. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, which makes the people living here quite peaceful and comfortable.
The weather has warmed up.
At this time, sitting on the tower post, bathing in the warm south wind, I only need to close my eyes and have a good sleep. After waking up, I can tidy up and go home for dinner.
Park Mok-dae basically lives like this every day.
I ate a piece of pancake and some wild vegetables for lunch. Although I was only half full, since I didn't do anything, it was enough to sustain me for a whole day.
After eating, I had to take a nap. When I woke up, the sun had already begun to set towards the west.
This means that the afternoon is here, and as long as you stay up for a while, today's duty will be over.
He stretched and yawned continuously, causing tears to flow from his eyes.
"Ah... Xiba."
Pu Muda casually wiped away his tears with his sleeves, but there seemed to be some dark shadow in the gaps in his coarse clothes.
Confused, he slowly lowered his sleeves. This time, he could see clearly into the distance.
Just one glance left him stunned.
There was nothing on the sea, but now the sails covered the sun and rolled in. On each bright red flag, the golden sun and moon shone so brightly.
"Enemy attack! The enemy is coming!"
Pu Muda shouted wildly, turned around and lit the beacon.
After a while, a plume of wolf smoke rose into the sky, which could be clearly seen even from dozens of miles away.
Of course, Xia Jun could also see it and responded.
With a few cannon blasts, the tower posts and the wooden posts were all torn apart, as if there was nothing there in the first place.
On the eighth day of April, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the Xia Army officially began the landing operation on Ganghwa Island.
