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A small group of bandit soldiers entrenched themselves in the corner of the stone house in the stronghold and resisted to the death. The battle to seize the stronghold continued until dawn. In the end, they took clay pots filled with kerosene from the broken hole in the wall and ignited the fire, killing more than 20 survivors.
The war ended only after the bandits were burned to death.
Due to the strong will of the Japanese soldiers who defended the stronghold on Dayangshan Island to resist, less than 50 of them abandoned their weapons and surrendered in the end. Most of the Japanese soldiers died in the battle. The Jiangdong left army suffered even greater casualties in seizing the stronghold than in the daytime naval battle.
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The accumulated salary was used as a raft. Twenty-one soldiers who died in the battle to seize the stronghold were wrapped in white and arranged on the raft. They were pushed into the sea and cremated. In the slightly white morning light of the sky, they drifted away with the wind and drifted into the distance, just like the morning sun.
The lantern on the sea in the mist.
After the burial ceremony at sea, the generals dispersed and performed their duties. Lin Fu put on his robe, tightened the leather rope under his chin, and stared at the distant fire raft. The corpse would eventually be burned to ashes and sprinkled into the sea. Like this
Others might have regarded the war as a great victory, but Lin Fu still felt that such casualties were very heavy. From now on, patrols by the Jinghai battalion fleet will be the norm, and small-scale battles will occur frequently, with nearly a hundred casualties at every turn, which is a waste of military power.
Very big.
Song Bo and Wang Chengfu both felt that the atmosphere was solemn. Looking at the looks in the eyes of the surrounding generals, the death in front of them did not weaken their bravery and fighting spirit. It seemed that the soldiers of the Jiangdong Left Army could more easily overcome the fear of death.
Making generals forget life and death has been an important criterion for measuring a strong army since ancient times.
Although the Jiangdong Left Army recruited refugees and hastily formed an army, and the four victories in Yannan may be directly related to Lin Fu himself being the most outstanding literary general who has emerged in recent years since Li Zhuo, it cannot be denied that today's Jiangdong Left Army has grown into one of the few soldiers in the world.
Some are magnificent and elite.
When Song Bo was in Jinan, he had contact with the Jiangdong Left Army. After the Jiangdong Left Army marched north to Yannan and achieved a record of four battles and four victories with an enemy exceeding ten thousand, he made a serious analysis of the Jiangdong Left Army. Now he can
It is a rare opportunity to observe the Jiangdong Left Army up close.
Although the Jiangdong Left Army was formed by recruiting refugees, it had a large number of outstanding military attachés, which was the fundamental reason why the Jiangdong Left Army was able to explode into powerful combat power after forming an army in a short period of time.
Nowadays, Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, Zhao Qingshan, Cao Ziang, Ning Zechen and Zhou Tong are also well known as the main generals of the Jiangdong Left Army.
Ao Canghai was originally a general under Chen Zhihu, Zhao Qingshan had always been the main general of the Lin tribe's rural camp, and Zhou Tong was originally a young general of the Jinzhong Army. It is not surprising that the three of them were good at leading troops, but Zhou Pu, Cao Zi'ang, and Ning
Zechen was all a refugee, but he also became the core general of Lin Fu Yizhong's Jiangdong Left Army. If there is no secret behind it, it can only be said that Lin Fu recruited more talents than others.
The Jiangdong Left Army marched north immediately after forming an army in Jiangning. When they arrived in Jinan, they dared to fight with the small captives in the field, and their performance was even better than that of the ordinary Zhenfu Army. To do this in a short period of time, only five or six
It is very difficult for a general with good reputation to lead an army. In addition to Lin Fu who has already implemented civilian bravery rotation training at Jiangning Hekou and Xisha Island, there should also be a group of grassroots military attachés who are loyal to him and trust him.
Regarding the situation of the Left Army in Jiangdong, outsiders can only speculate that when Lin Fu served as the prison officer in Jiangning, he trained a group of outstanding grassroots military attachés in the two small-scale forces of the prison guards and Jiyun military guards, so he could
After recruiting refugees into an army, the Jiangdong Left Army quickly grew into an elite division.
The Jiangdong Zuo Army had an authorized number of 3,000 generals and soldiers, but Song Bo knew that the actual number of Jiangdong Zuo Army was far greater than the number. The patrol fleet alone had nearly 2,000 soldiers and auxiliaries. It was impossible for Lin Fu to leave only
A thousand troops guarded his base camp.
Song Bo estimated that the strength of Jiangdong Zuojun should be more than 6,000, which is equivalent to the strength of Dongyang Xiangyong and the newly formed Tianjin Navy.
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When something happened here, Lin Fu first boarded the ship to see the ship's military doctors treating the wounded, and then went ashore to watch the battlefield being cleared and counting the results of the battle.
This is the outpost of the East China Sea bandits. There are more than 300 bandit soldiers in the two villages on the Big and Little Yangshan Islands. They are all direct descendants of She Fei Xiong under the pseudonym Donghai Harrier Yuan Tingdong. That is why they resisted so fiercely. There are only eighty soldiers in total.
One soldier abandoned his weapons and surrendered, and nearly 230 soldiers died fighting hard.
Except for hundreds of stones of grain, hundreds of auxiliary soldiers, and a few pirate ships that were too late to be evacuated, there were no other seizures. These seizures could not make up for the losses of Jiangdong Left Army's patrol, and they were only better than Yuan;
To plunder the area with troops, the Jiangdong Left Army must establish a complete supply system in Chongzhou.
Lin Fu climbed to the top of the mountain in the south of Dayangshan Island and looked at the terrain on the left and right. At the edge of the southern field of vision, there were two pirate sentry ships. The hull of this kind of sentinel ship was as long and slender as a shuttle, with its bow and stern tilted up, rising and falling with the waves.
It could not carry only a few people, but because it sailed and traveled very quickly, it was called a Shaogong ship. It was more convenient to maneuver at sea than a warship with a huge hull. Not only the East China Sea pirates, but also local boat divisions in coastal prefectures and counties also used Shaogong ships.
Sentinel ship.
It was also unclear whether the two pirate sentry ships were sent from Daheng Island or from Tushan or Daishan Islands. Lin Fu was not worried about the East China Sea pirates coming to help. He was more looking forward to finding opportunities for battle at sea than attacking the city.
The village has much greater advantages.
The two pirate sentry ships were staring at this side from a distance, very vigilant. When they saw the warships chasing here, they sailed away early to avoid them. Lin Fu was too lazy to pay attention to the two pirate sentry ships.
There are eight or nine small islands scattered on the sea within twenty miles, which together with Xiaoyangshan Island surround Dayangshan Island.
Lin Fu pointed to the village in the mountain col and asked Song Bo and Wang Chengfu: "You guys watched the battle last night. What would you do if you were to defend Dayangshan Island?"
Song Bo pondered and was reluctant to answer Lin Fu's comparative question. Wang Chengfu said: "The stronghold built by the Donghai bandits is located on a low level. It faces the sea on one side and is vulnerable to enemies on three sides, so it cannot be used effectively.
The mountainous terrain on the island is steep - if it were me, I would build a stronghold at Yazikou in front, facing the sea on two sides and a mountain on one side. Only the narrow valley in the northeast is convenient for entry and exit. If the stronghold is established, it will be easy to defend, even if the enemy seizes the island.
There are ten times, twenty times as many. However, if you can't deploy your troops in front of the stronghold, you can't launch a fierce offensive, and it will be much easier to defend the stronghold... The people in charge of the Donghai bandits who are responsible for building a stronghold here failed to consider everything.
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"Perhaps it is not that the consideration is not comprehensive enough," Lin Fu said, "The stockade at the foot of the mountain was a village in the past. To cultivate wasteland and grow food, the village naturally had to be built in a low and leeward place. Twenty years ago, Ma Kui, the great pirate who crossed the Shengsi sea,
Santu Dayangshan Island used villages to build strongholds. After the She family controlled the East China Sea bandits, the time was short. It was much easier and more labor-saving to use the old villages to reinforce and build outposts than to build new ones in steep places---
-It’s not that the She family doesn’t see the benefits of the steep terrain, it’s just that the resources at hand are limited, and it’s impossible to invest a lot of resources in every stronghold and choose steep locations to build strong strongholds. Brother Song, do you think this is the case?
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Song Bo sighed slightly and said, "Lord Lin knows little about it. How can Song Bo have anything to tell Lord Lin?" He thought to himself: The She family's control of the Donghai bandits is the biggest threat to the Jiangdong left army at present. It is not surprising that the She family understands this deeply.
Wang Chengfu bravely suggested: "Chengfu thinks that the left army in Jiangdong can build a strong new stronghold in a dangerous location, which will be at the horns of the old stronghold, and garrison soldiers to guard Dayangshan Island, which may restrict the East China Sea bandits from infesting the Shengsi sea area... "
Lin Fu smiled slightly and said lightly: "Maybe..." He didn't mind Wang Chengfu going overboard, but he didn't comment.
There is some truth in Wang Chengfu's suggestion. As long as there are enough manpower and material resources, it is not difficult to build a dangerous stronghold on a cliff with two sides facing the sea and one side a mountain. If hundreds of elites are stationed, Dayangshan Island can be defended. .
Dayangshan Island lacks a deep bay mouth that can hide warships. It is easy to build an outpost to defend the Taiwan military stronghold on Dayangshan Island, but it cannot be built into a navy water camp base. On the vast sea, hundreds of elites are more than enough to defend the island. Without warships, it is It cannot go to sea to fight and has no ability to fight and attack. It has a very limited effect on restricting the East China Sea bandits from entering and leaving the sea area.
Although the Dayangshan Island garrison could deliver the beacon fire warning in time when the pirate ship entered the Shengsi waters, the Shuiying Marine Division had a long way to go from Chongzhou. Unless the Jinghai Marine Division could establish a base on the east coast of Haiyu County to station the army, The sea route is only sixty or seventy miles away. When the wind is favorable, it only takes an hour or two for the navy to send out reinforcements. In this way, the activities of the East China Sea pirates in this sea area can be effectively restricted.
Lin Fu was more interested in Daheng Island than Dayangshan Island.
Daheng Island is the main island of the Shengsi Islands. It stretches across the sea east of Haiyu County and stretches for more than 20 miles from east to west. The main peak, Jinji Mountain, is 70 to 80 feet high. The peak is high and the bay is dangerous. It can build a naval base. Daheng Island is deep and wide, and has sufficient fresh water. In addition to being able to station more troops, immigrants can also be immigrated to the island to grow grain.
The entire island chain of the Shengsi Islands spreads out in an east-west direction, with dozens of large and small islands extending up to three hundred miles from the coast to the eastern sea. Fenghuo Dun garrison was built on the dangerous island, and the Marine Corps Water Camp Base was built on Daheng Island. Only by forming a blockade can we effectively restrict the East China Sea pirates from entering the Shengsi Sea area.
If the East China Sea pirates' fleet wanted to cross the Shengsi Sea and go north, it would have to go around the open sea. However, the East China Sea pirates' fleet, which was mainly composed of loach boats, took the windy and dangerous long sea route, which was much more dangerous than approaching the sea.
But now is not the time to storm Daheng Island.
First, the Jiangdong Left Army has not yet reached the stage of strategic expansion, and the foundation of Chongzhou is not solid enough. For a long time to come, the main energy will still be used to manage Chongzhou. Even if Daheng Island is captured, there will not be many resources. Used to build the Daheng Island Marine Corps Water Camp Base.
Second, Daheng Island has been the main base for the East China Sea bandits for decades. The She family also pays special attention to the management of Daheng Island. In addition to the strong fortifications, there are also one or two thousand elite bandits stationed there. At this stage, the Jiangdong Left Army We don't yet have the conditions to storm Daheng Island.
Lin Fu could not explain these considerations to Wang Chengfu in detail, but Wang Chengfu had no actual military experience and did not understand the situation of the Jiangdong Left Army and Chongzhou. It was quite remarkable to have such suggestions.
At this time, three black-paneled boats appeared in the western waters, entered the cordon of the patrol fleet, and came into contact with the outer sentry boats. Then the sentry boats issued a signal requesting to approach. Lin Fu thought to himself: Could it be that Haiyu County came out? cruise ship?