Luo Wenhu, accompanied by the Governor of Jeju and Chen Enze, the staff officer of the Haedong Marching Army, boarded the flagship of the 1st Task Force Brigade of the Jinghai Division. The newly built warship had a faint smell of tung oil.
After the Battle of Jingxiang, it took nearly two and a half years before the Northern Expedition officially kicked off. Luo Wenhu was also curious about what a new warship that could cost as much as a brigade-level warship formation would look like.
Although Luo Wenhu went to Haizhou for training in late January and saw the fire-fighting crossbows and new warships practicing, the Lin Zhengjun-class battleship had not yet parked in the dry dock at Chongzhou Shipyard. At this time, Luo Wenhu boarded the ship.
Feel the majesty of the third-level battleship.
Five sets of masts towered into the clouds, and the sails were lowered. The masts made of fine iron exuded a lead-cool metallic luster. Although there was no overall armor covering, the weak and easily permeable parts of the structure were covered with armor, which was very important to the new style.
For battleships, deck leakage prevention is more important than fire protection. The muzzles of the guns are covered with fenders studded with copper nails, and the fenders must be nearly three feet above the water.
If you want to compare the stern cabin of the old Linzhengjun-class warships with a height of seven to eight feet, the new ship is not that tall, but the overall body is unusually majestic. After all, in addition to hundreds of light and heavy artillery, it also has to accommodate up to 600 people.
of full strength troops.
Huaidong developed navigation in the early years and built many ships with different standards and shapes. In recent years, standardized production has begun. Warships are classified by net weight. The old Lin Zhengjun class warship has a net weight of one thousand tons, while the new Lin Zhengjun class warship has a net weight of one thousand tons.
The width and length of the battleship are equivalent to the same size, and the net weight is fully doubled, up to two thousand tons.
However, even so, the Lin Zhengjun-class battleship is still only designated as a third-level main battleship by Lin Fu.
Boarding the deck and looking at the huge battleship serving as the flagship of the First Task Force, Luo Wenhu really didn't know what kind of shock it would be when the Shipping Department built the second-level and first-level main battleships.
Yang Shi saw Chen Enze and others boarding the ship and invited them into the command cabin.
The portholes in the command module are all equipped with glass baffles, but the glass is fragile, the portholes look small and thick, and the view is not wide, but it is much better than the traditional observation window that can only be seen after opening the armor plate.
Before Chen Enze and Luo Wenhu, the Haidong Marching Army sent a large number of generals and pilots to temporarily join the First Task Force. When Chen Enze and Luo Wenhu came over, they officially represented the Haidong Marching Army to cooperate with the First Task Force to attack the garrison.
The Koryo Navy in Shaocheng.
In the command room, Yang Shi personally introduced the pre-war military situation to Chen Enze, Luo Wenhu and others: "The Korean army on Hejin Island has raised a beacon warning. In half an hour, the tide will rise. In the first battle, the battleship will
If we don't go in, we will send half of the frigates and the left wing escort fleet to kill the sea between Hejin Island and Shaocheng from the south wing; the main ship will cooperate with the first brigade of the Denghai Division to land from Nanjipu, the southwest wing of Hejin Island.
, establish a beachhead position. There is an interval of six hours from high tide to low tide, and the frigates and left wing escort fleet must withdraw southward before dark. Conditions permitting, the First Brigade of the Denhai Division can cross the sea before dark tomorrow.
After passing Hejin Island to the east wing, after tomorrow, the second attack on Shaocheng will begin. The fourth-level battleships can cooperate to enter the sea area between Hejin Island and Shaocheng, bombard the southwest city of Shaocheng, and wait for the Haidong camp.
The main force is coming..."
In the early days, the Goryeo warships were weak and insufficient in number. Especially after the defeat of Seogwipo, the navy was almost completely destroyed. However, after nearly ten years of recovery and accumulation, the Goryeo navy had more than 12,000 men, large and small.
There are nearly 600 warships; there are as many as eight large naval warships comparable to Huaidong's old Jinhai-class warships.
Although the Goryeo Navy has never left the offshore area in recent years and fought decisive battles with the Huaidong Navy in more open waters, its strength cannot be underestimated. Especially veteran generals like Ji Quanchen have repeatedly called for the Haidong Marching Army.
I suffered losses at his hands.
Although the Huaidong Army decided to use the Yansuo Coastal Defense Line in the north as the breakthrough point for the Northern Expedition, in order to tear through the coastal defense line, they must first deal with the threat of the Korean Navy on the southeast wing. Therefore, Lin Fu will rush to Shaocheng to attack the Korean Navy.
The first battle of the Northern Expedition.
In order to prevent Ye Ji Baishi in Shaocheng from urging the powerful ministers and other enemy generals to be alert in advance, Lin Fu directly ordered Yang Shi to lead the newly-organized first task force to attack across the sea to kick off the assault and killing battle in Shaocheng, while in Yashan
The Haidong Marching Army will postpone the general mobilization, and it was even delayed until the day before yesterday to formally inform the Haiyang Army and the Zhen family that the main force of the Haiyang Army and the Navy would come to Shaocheng by sea to participate in the battle.
Wait until two days later.
From the command cabin, you can use the telescope to clearly see the situation on Hejin Island.
Hejin Island is the second largest island in Goryeo, covering the entire city of Thao. In the early years, only three to five thousand fishermen and farmers lived there.
After the outbreak of the Goryeo Civil War, the Goryeo royal army increasingly felt the threat from the sea. Shaocheng was the west gate of the capital Hanyang, and Hejin Island was the west gate of Shaocheng.
At the same time, the defense construction of Hejin Island was also strengthened; by the time Yeji Baishi settled in Shaocheng, the garrison on Hejin Island had increased to 3,000 people.
From the map, you can see that Hejin Island is in the shape of an eggplant placed from east to west. The east wing of the island is across the sea from Shaocheng, forming a long and narrow strait. On the east wing of the strait, on the north side of Shaocheng County, there is a road leading to the mainland.
The sunken Haigouzi is where the main camp of the Goryeo Navy was stationed.
In the Hejin sea area, in addition to Hejin Island, there are nearly a hundred large and small islands and reefs. The ebb and flow of offshore tides bring silt, making the water level in this sea area quite shallow and the water regime extremely complex.
In order to clear up the water conditions in this sea area, the Haidong Marching Army lost several warships, and nearly two hundred soldiers were sacrificed in this sea area. It was a heavy price. Not during high tide, let alone the Jinhai class, Lin Zhengjun class
It is the main battleship. Even if a 200-ton frigate enters, extra caution must be taken.
Yang Shi anchored the fleet on the northwest flank of Hejin Island, located in the sea between Hejin Island and Changfu Island. The flagship was directly stationed on Baisha Island in the outer waters of Hejin Sea. At this time, there were more than a hundred workers and troops.
After boarding Baisha Island, we quickly set up a pre-war command post on this small island that is more than three miles long and only one mile across.
In addition to one Jinhai-class battleship and the right-wing escort fleet escorting the flagship on both wings of Baisha Island, two Jinhai-class battleships and six frigates have protected several large-bellied troop transport ships entering the southwest flank of the Hejin Sea. It can be seen from the looking glass.
All the gun muzzles of the battleships were opened, lined up in a linear formation, and aimed at the coast.
Although the enemy has three thousand defense troops on Hejin Island, Hejin Sea itself is a large island with a circumference of nearly 150 miles. The main city is built on Feiniao Mountain in the northwest corner across the sea from Shaocheng. There is only one in the southwest corner.
Beacon post.
There were only a hundred troops stationed at the Beacon Fire Post; the enemy had only discovered the alarm an hour ago, and more than a thousand soldiers and horses rushing from Feidao Mountain to the southwest beach post for reinforcements were still running wildly on the road.
miles distance.
Facing four landing ships, seven to eight hundred elite infantrymen landed on the beach from the southwest wing under the cover of frigates on both wings. The enemy with more than a hundred armored soldiers dared to stay in the fort obediently, waiting for reinforcements...
Coming across the sea with the First Task Force was the Li Baidao Division of the First Brigade of the Denghai Division. The enemy soldiers did not dare to leave the outpost, but they landed on the beach in front of the enemy faster; Chen Enze and Luo Wenhu watched from the side.
In the mirror, you can see the soldiers of the Denghai Division, wading through waist-high water, carrying black artillery and rushing directly to the beach.
The four-pound gun barrel weighed less than 400 kilograms, and even the gun frame, including the gun frame, weighed only more than 600 kilograms. A group of six or seven people naturally carried the gun barrel and left. The last seven or eight hundred people who landed quickly landed on Kazushima
Establish a beachhead position in the southwest corner to prepare for enemy reinforcements and to cover the rear wing troops to continue landing. Although the enemy's seaside outpost is within the range of the twelve-pound naval gun, in order not to frighten the more than a thousand enemy reinforcements
Go, the two Jinhai-class battleships remain silent for the time being, just paying close attention to the development of the situation at the beachhead.
In the waters further south, six frigates were mixed with the left-wing escort fleet and were trying to enter the Kazu Strait from the waters south of Kazu Island.
There is no main battleship, and the six frigates only have 72 eight-pound naval guns. The eight warships in the left wing escort fleet are all old-style warships with no guns on the sides. They are equipped with several eight-pound and four-pound naval guns in the front and rear of the top deck.
The long-range attack capability is weaker than that of frigates, but it mainly focuses on near-side combat.
In the Shaocheng water village on the inner side of the Hejin Strait, there are nearly 6,000 Korean navy troops stationed, and more than 300 large and small warships, including six or seven Jinhai-class warships; Luo Wenhu is worried about the warships that penetrate into the Hejin Strait.
Is it missing something?
However, there is no way. The old Jinhai-class warships can sail in, but even if the new warships have the same width and length, due to the difference in internal structure, the net weight is usually nearly doubled and the draft is deeper.
A deeper draft means that the range of activities in shallow waters is smaller and the restrictions are greater. If you are not careful, you may get into shallow waters. Without further understanding of the situation, the main battleship costing hundreds of thousands of silver dollars was sent to
Going in is a bit of an adventure.
Luo Wenhu thought again. The narrow waters of the Hejin Strait were actually not conducive to the expansion of the Korean Navy. If the Korean Navy had moved slower and been blocked by naval guns in the ditch, the suspense of this battle would be even smaller——
Luo Wenhu regretted that he and Chen Enze arrived a little late, otherwise he could have followed over to see with his own eyes what it would be like to use the Fuhuo Crossbow in actual combat for the first time.
Rather, frigates and old Jinhai-class warships are generally both galleys and sailing ships. In complex waters, they are obviously much more flexible than pure sail warships.
The King of Goryeo used Shaocheng as the west gate of Hanyang, the capital of the country, and focused on guarding against enemies from the sea. Complete enemy towers and outposts were established along the coast. After Yeji Baishi settled in Shaocheng, he even dug out a fort along the west coast of Shaocheng.
A deep trench more than a hundred miles long.
Hearing that a large number of enemy ships were approaching from the west flank of the sea, Ye Ji, Baishi, Ji Quanchen and other generals quickly rushed to the Bailing Mountain enemy tower in the northwest corner of Shaocheng.
Baengnyeong Mountain and Hejin Island Feidao Mountain face each other across the sea. On the north side of Baengnyeong Mountain is a narrow channel that is deeply recessed into the land. The Korean Navy rowed water on the inside of the trench as the main village; there is a lock.
Bailing Mountain, which has a heavy responsibility for words, is particularly important.
The enemy tower on Baengnyeong Mountain is divided into three layers from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, surrounded by one another. It is one of the most complete mountain fortress defense systems established by the Goryeo royal army outside the capital. Facing the northern cliff of the trench, it is built from bottom to top.
There is a three-story large crossbow platform, but unfortunately it is not a fort.
Ye Ji Baishi urged the powerful ministers to come to Bailing Mountain and saw fourteen Huaidong Army warships approaching the Hejin Strait from the south.
Seeing this situation, Ye Ji Baishi and the urging officials all looked suspicious: Although it was reported that there were enemy ships stationed in the outer waters, there were only fourteen enemy ships approaching the Kazu Strait, among which only the Tsukai-class warships were
There were two of them, and the others were all Jiyun-class or smaller warships. Did the Huaidong general who led his troops take the wrong medicine and send these fourteen ships as targets for them to shoot?
It was also said that the early warning was a bit late, and at this time the main generals of the navy were watching the flame-throwing crossbow drill in the school grounds, and rushed to the water village to lead the troops into battle, which also wasted some time.
At this time, our warships left the stronghold and sailed to the northeast side of Bailing Mountain, located inside Haigouzi. They had not yet had time to enter the Hejin Strait to start the battlefield, but what made the officials suspicious was that they were only in Jinhai in Shaocheng.
There are seven warships of this class, and nearly 300 other large and small warships. Even the fourteen enemy ships that come over are all iron ships. The ants swarm up and can kill an elephant even if they bite!
"If the enemy ship has a flame-breathing crossbow, it may not be afraid of engaging in a close-in battle..." a veteran reminded at the side.
The urging minister shook his head, and the warships engaged, first the Chuáng crossbow, the scorpion crossbow, the bow crossbow on the near side, and the throwing spear. At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, the flame-breathing crossbow only had a chance to fire once, which could not change the absolute numerical balance.
There is a gap; unless the flame-breathing crossbow made by Huaidong is much more sophisticated than that of Beiyan.
Thinking of this, he urged his powerful ministers to summon his trusted soldiers and sent an order: "Go down the mountain quickly to see Jin Chengzong and ask him to be careful. The enemy ships are equipped with more sophisticated flame-breathing crossbows. Don't rely on the fact that the crew of the ship has fallen into the enemy's trap."
..." Then he said to Ye Ji Baishi, "More enemy ships are parked outside Hejin Island, and it is possible to attack Hejin Island by force. The commander-in-chief must be prepared to send troops to reinforce Hejin Island." g!.