[Update time]2012-05-1718:04:08[Number of words]3341
The first naval battle in the Kazu Strait seemed to end before it even started.**/www.//*
In addition to more than 20 warships that were paralyzed or disabled, most of the warships that followed Jin Chengzong to the trench inside Bailing Mountain were also covered with bruises. In severe cases, they barely managed to escape to Haikouzi inside Bailing Mountain because of excessive flooding.
There were so many of them, they were lying in nests, or they were stranded or slowly sinking in the center, which just blocked the opening for the Huaidong warships to pursue.
Countless naval officers struggled to swim to the shore, but the waves of the sea ditch, the whirlpool caused by the sunken ship, and the heavy armor that could not be easily removed after being wet caused nearly half of the marine officers to sink to the surface.
…
In such a short period of time, such tragic casualties occurred, and the faces of Ye Ji, Baishi, the minister of power and others who were watching the battle from the enemy's platform in Bailing Mountain were pale, as if they were faceless.
In this late spring atmosphere, everyone was wearing robes and shirts, and the robes were soaked with sweat. The sea breeze blew, and the coldness of the sweat penetrated into the heart, making people shiver from the bones.
Huaidong's fourteen warships had only more than 2,000 soldiers. Without losing a single soldier, the Goryeo Navy, which was twice its size, was defeated and fled. At least one-third of the warships were lost, and they were killed and captured.
The number of soldiers and generals is almost the same; and most of the remaining warships that fled back were wounded, and there were also a lot of wounded soldiers - can anyone face such a dismal defeat?
"No, the enemy ship is going to attack Bailing Mountain..." A clever general watched the Huaidong warship advance to the mouth of the sea ditch and did not continue to bombard the warships that fled to the inside. Instead, he adjusted the bow and moved the warship to the mouth of the sea ditch.
The blockade was on the inside, and the sides were facing the direction of the Bailing Mountain enemy tower.
They had seen the shelling of the Huaidong Army. The top of Bailing Mountain was only forty feet high, and the enemy platform they were on was even less than thirty feet away from the sea. If the Huaidong warships raised their fire crossbows, the slipway they were on would be
It should also be within its attack range.
Someone reminded the generals of Beiyan and Goryeo that they all suddenly realized it and panicked. In the looking glass, the urging ministers even saw the cannon muzzle on the bow of the ship pointing this way like a beast with its fangs spread out - wait for everyone
Surrounded by the soldiers, they hurriedly walked down the enemy platform and entered the fortress. They heard the thunder one after another during the artillery bombardment, and then the strong fortress built halfway up the mountain began to shake.
The bricks and stones splashed down and scattered all over everyone. At this time, it became clear again: the power of the Huaidong Army's fire crossbows was as powerful as a heavy catapult crossbow. The wall made of bricks and stones for this defense seemed to be strong, but after all it was stronger than the city wall.
Much worse - but even the city walls couldn't withstand the constant pounding of sling crossbows.
Sea-locking defense line - Ye Ji Baishi could instantly imagine the fate of the sea-locking defense line under the attack of Huaidong's new heavy crossbow. Once the sea-locking defense line was torn open, the Huaidong navy could march straight in!
Ye Ji Baishi stood there stunned as if he had been struck by lightning. Those who have not witnessed the scene of the Fuhuo Crossbow salvo with their own eyes cannot imagine the serious threat that the Fuhuo Crossbow salvo can cause!
Ye Ji Baishi was almost dragged out of the collapsing defense fortress by the soldiers, and fled to the back mountain where the Huaidong warships could not shell; but the back mountain was deserted, and there was no defense for the generals to hold on to.
.
The sea level at Haigouzikou on the north side of Bailing Mountain was even shallower, and several enemy ships sank there diagonally, blocking the path of pursuit, but also blocking the enemy ships on the inside. Ge Yuan then ordered the ships to aim their guns at Bailing Mountain.
Enemy fortress, bombard this enemy's most important defensive fortress on the outskirts of Shao City.
However, the tragic situation of the Kazu Strait naval battle failed to teach the Kazushima defenders enough lessons in time.
At the end of the first phase of the naval battle in the Kazu Strait, more than a thousand defenders of Kazu Island attacked the Huaidong Army who had just established a beachhead position, intending to suppress the hundreds of Huaidong Army who landed first.
Li Baidao's headquarters of the first brigade of Denghai Town Division was equipped with a crossbow battalion, mainly composed of four-pound and eight-pound light cannons, with a total of sixty land battle guns. At this time, there were eight four-pound light cannons for the beach landing.
The first batch was shipped ashore and deployed on the beachhead.
The four-pound light cannon has a shooting range of one thousand meters, but it is more portable. It is fired at a low and flat angle and can easily form ricochet, causing secondary damage that is more difficult to prevent against the densely charging enemy array.
The defenders of Hejin Island, numbering about 1,200, were divided into two groups. One group was stationed on a low slope between the fort and the beachhead, and the other group of defenders were in the front with large shields and heavy armor.
The formation was pressed towards the beachhead to test the strength of the Huaidong Army.
The four rounds of shooting of eight light cannons are very different from the lethality caused by heavy crossbows at close range. The key is that the range is longer. When the enemy soldiers are approaching, they can be fired more times, but the density is not high enough to defeat the enemy.
The army's courage was suddenly shattered.
Brigade General Li Baidao personally landed ashore to direct the first actual artillery attack. Seeing that the enemy soldiers were all covered with large shields and heavy armor, Li Baidao waited until the enemy soldiers were close to within 150 meters, and then ordered the firing of shotguns.
, the steel jet that was ejected immediately opened a large gap in the enemy's formation, and the remaining enemy soldiers no longer had the courage to attack, and fled towards the outpost...
The sentry fort on the southwest wing of Kazushima was built near the end of the sea. The terrain is quite dangerous, but it is not large and cannot accommodate too many soldiers. The defenders mainly formed their formations based on the sentry fort, using simple barriers such as horses and shallow trenches.
The earthen fortress blocks the dangerous and narrow path to attack the fort from the southeast.
The nearly a thousand defenders who retreated to the vicinity of the outpost did not expect that although the terrain for attacking the outpost from land was steep, the outpost was within the range of two Jinhai-class battleships...
After Li Baidao led his troops to land, they detoured to the northeastern wing of the outpost and cut off the enemy's escape route to the main base of Feidao Mountain. There was no suspense about the ensuing battle. The two main Jinhai-class warships launched their force at the same time, and only used
In less than half an hour, the entire stone barrier built on Ya Shi can be destroyed.
Under the intensive shelling, nearly 300 defenders were killed by solid bullets, and the number of severely injured people was even higher. Regardless of whether it was a four-pound light cannon, a solid iron bullet would cause serious injuries even if they were lightly grazed by solid iron bullets.
—After the bombardment ceased, the surviving defenders almost collapsed and surrendered, thus ending the outpost battle for the landing on Kazushima.
*
The outpost battle to seize the beach on Kazushima Island ended. Although there were still more than 2,000 defenders on the island, they saw the tragic results of the naval battle in the Kazu Strait and the outpost battle to seize the beach on the southwest wing. They just defended the main base of Feidao Mountain in vain and despair.
The Tianjin Strait was controlled by Huaidong's warships. Our own warships were unable to reach the Bailing Mountain Pass and assist their breakout. They also did not dare to attack rashly and proactively attack the elite Huaidong Infantry Brigade.
After the landing trestle was erected, the landing speed of the first brigade of Denghai Town Division suddenly accelerated.
As the sun tilted, three battalions of elite infantrymen and one sentry crossbow battalion landed ashore. Li Baidao personally went ashore to lead the troops and attacked deep into Hejin Island, approaching the defender's main fortress at Feiniao Mountain, intending to rush to the foot of Feiniao Mountain overnight.
, to pin down this enemy force and prevent it from escaping from Kazushima when the tide falls at night.
The first sentry crossbow battalion was equipped with twenty light and heavy artillery pieces, and the gun racks were connected to tractors. They were towed by a total of 100 horses and followed the army to attack Hejin Island in depth.
Before dark and low tide, Ge Yuan also led the left-wing fleet to withdraw from the Hejin Strait and stationed on the southeastern flank of Hejin Island. His Li Baidao command had already controlled most of Hejin Island and suppressed two thousand enemy troops in Asuka.
In the main fortress of the mountain.
Since many warships of the Korean Navy were sunk at the mouth of the trench on the north side of Baengling Mountain, the Huaidong warships were temporarily unable to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Shaocheng County to bombard military targets. However, the warships of the Korean Navy were restricted from entering the trench at Baengling Mountain.
The possibility of a surprise attack on the inner side of the village.
The next day, Yang Shi simultaneously transferred two Jinhai-class main battleships to the left wing fleet, once again taking advantage of the rising tide, entered the Hejin Strait, and intensified the intensity of the bombardment of the Bailing Mountain and Feidao Mountain defenses on both sides of the strait.
The first Haidong Marching Army and the main force of the Third Town Division, led by the commanding envoy Ma Yigong, rushed to Hejin Island at noon on April 4 to mix with Yang Shi's newly formed First Task Force.
At this time, the defenders of Kazushima were bombarded by heavy artillery at the frontal defenses. They suffered heavy casualties even before a hand-to-hand battle. They lost their will to resist. They raised the white flag and surrendered almost as soon as the Haidong Marching Army arrived.
.
The fortification built by the Shaocheng defenders on Bailing Mountain was completely changed beyond recognition after two days of continuous bombardment.
Under the rubble and tiles, there were hundreds of defenders who stood firm and refused to retreat. They were either directly hit by artillery shells or crushed to death by the collapsing stone walls.
Using the extended protection of naval guns, the elite 1st Battalion of the Denghai Town Division landed directly from the south bank of Haikou of Bailing Mountain at dusk on April 4. At the same time, He Zongliang's troops from the 1st Brigade of the 3rd Town Division of the Haidong Camp Army also landed from Bailing Mountain.
Landing at the southern foot of Shanxi Province, they repelled two thousand enemy troops rushing for reinforcements from Shaocheng County and occupied the heaviest military stronghold on the west flank of Shaocheng County.
When the Goryeo King's Army and the Yeonhu Reinforcement Army built defense fortresses in Baengnyeong Mountain, they only considered building the fortifications on the side facing the water, and did not consider the possibility of being bombarded by ultra-long-range artillery. On the back of Baengnyeong Mountain toward the land
There are no defense buildings in the belly. Once the defenses near the water are destroyed by artillery fire, there will be no way to defend Bailing Mountain.
Watching the heavy troops laboriously transporting two twenty-four-pound heavy cannons from the ship, dragging them up halfway up Bailing Mountain, building a heavy artillery position, and boarding the two cannons with Yang Shi, Chen Enze, and Ge Changgen.
The enemy tower on the northeastern hillside of Bailing Mountain was reduced to ruins in just one day. Ma Yigong stood up and looked at the Koryo Navy garrison to the east and Shaocheng County slightly to the south.
Ma Yigong breathed a sigh of relief, turned around with a smile and said to Yang Shi: "I asked you to wrap up this battle. Now the general below is asking me to fight, and I can't explain it!"
Yang Shi laughed and said: "We can only be responsible for the superficial enemy and attack the enemy in depth in order to threaten Hanyang City, the capital of Goryeo King, from the west wing. We still have to rely on the Haidong Army to camp..."
Standing on Bailing Mountain, Luo Wenhu could see the terrain of Shaocheng more clearly, and he could understand more clearly that the combined troops of Goryeo and Yanhu could easily lose the stronghold of Bailing Mountain, and they would face an even more bleak situation next.
The Bailingshan Trench is actually a small bay that is recessed into the land. Influenced by the shape of the Bailing Mountain, the water mouth is narrow and the belly is deep. It is a natural naval garrison - the draft of warships in the world is limited, so all options are available.
The conditions of the natural harbor are abundant - the docks and water fortresses of the Goryeo Pyeonghuai Navy are located inside the Baengnyeongsan Trench.
The Bailing Mountain Trench is deep and wide, which is relatively traditional war equipment, but the innermost part of the trench is only five miles away from the northeastern cliff of Bailing Mountain. However, the Huaidong Army dragged the heavy artillery to the mountainside of the northeastern corner of Bailing Mountain and set it up.
, can directly bombard the water stronghold of the Goryeo navy.
Shaocheng County is only slightly south of the Bailing Mountain Trench, no more than three miles away. Once the Korean navy warships in the Bailing Mountain Trench are wiped out with heavy artillery, the Huaidong warships can directly bombard them when they enter the Bailing Mountain Trench.
Shaocheng County...
It is no wonder that when Ma Yigong climbed up to Bailing Mountain and saw the terrain around Shaocheng County with his own eyes, he felt that this battle was a victory for the First Task Force.
This is the first edition of Piao Astronomy website. Readers are welcome to log in to view more excellent works.