Lin Fu was not very sure about using the suspicion tactic. He could not accurately know the situation on Changshan Island at this time. The top priority was to annihilate the enemy invaders at the northern foot of Jinji Mountain...
com Taking Daheng Island means that She Feihu can lead his troops to raid Chongzhou, and he can also lead his boat division to calmly receive reinforcements.
The Donghai bandit's camp at the northeastern foot of Jinji Mountain is sandwiched between slopes and valleys halfway up the mountain, with Qingshi Creek flowing out of it. Although the terrain of the enemy's fortress on the south bank of Qingshi Creek and under the north cliff is not very steep,
But in addition to the rugged valley with strange rocks, the only road that can be climbed is the narrow slope on the south bank, which is no more than five steps wide. Although the climbing path is less than two miles long, it poses many obstacles to the Japanese soldiers who retreated into the camp.
The invaders also used bows and crossbows to beat trees and roll rocks to defend their rear, making it very difficult to attack from above.
Lin Fu ordered County Bingxiang Yong to use a big shield to hold arrow stones to clear the obstacles on the slope, push the battle line as close as possible to the enemy base, and restrict the range of activities of the bandit soldiers in the mountains. He also asked County Bingxiang Yong to use a knife, chisel and gun to dig
, spent the whole morning to dig out a simple mountain path in the bushes on the north shore of Qingshi Bay, and transported the catapult parts to the slope of the north shore to set up.
The iron castings made in the current era are not suitable for repeated use. The crossbow tip also has extremely high requirements for the elasticity and strength of the material. Ordinary wood is far from reaching the ideal shooting range. In fact, a sling crossbow cannot continuously fire many stone bullets before it will be scrapped.
, and the cost is quite high. However, no matter how high the cost is, Lin Fu still prefers to focus on using sling crossbows when attacking fortresses.
Judging from the experience of storming Qingshiwankou Cape Fort five days ago, the enemy's camp at the northern foot was limited in strength. In addition, the surrounding terrain was relatively gentle and there were two or three places where catapults could be set up. These factors prompted Lin Fu to make the final decision.
Factors for attacking Daheng Island first.
At the corner of the hour (before eleven o'clock), Ge Cunxin calmly led the second water camp to attack the remaining bandits at Suwankou.
The casualties of the First Water Battalion have also been counted. The fierce battle at dawn has caused the casualty ratio of the First Water Battalion to exceed 30%. The First Water Battalion needs to rest and recuperate immediately and cannot be used to engage in fierce battles. Once the casualty ratio is further
If the first water battalion is crippled, it will not be able to recover its combat effectiveness for a long time.
There are less than 600 remaining bandits on Daheng Island. Zhou Tong and Zhao Hu led the Chongcheng Infantry Camp with 700 elite troops here. In addition, there are 2,000 county soldiers who dare to fight. It is enough to attack the enemy base with such strength. Lin
He sent Ge Cunxin, the second battalion, to leave the harbor for warning, and Zhao Qingshan, the first battalion, withdrew into the inner harbor to rest and recuperate.
The sun in the middle of the night casts a dazzling light on the treetops at the northern cliff of Jinji Mountain, making it more difficult to attack the enemy's fortress from above.
Zhao Hu personally led the county soldiers to attack the enemy base. The county soldiers had good morale and fought bravely, but their training was insufficient. They had no experience in dealing with the rain of arrows, falling trees, and rolling stones from above.
After clearing the obstacles, the formation is often easily disrupted by a thick piece of wood rolling down. This creates huge holes in the shield formation, which is very easy for enemy arrows to take advantage of. Many people are hit by arrows and fall down, and even the enemy soldiers are killed from the base.
If Zhao Hu hadn't led the elite troops to resist in time, the attack sequence would have collapsed in the first blow.
Lin Fu, who was watching the battle at the foot of the mountain, frowned and secretly thought that these county soldiers and village warriors were of great use. In addition to continuing to train, the key was to recruit a group of mid-level and low-level officers with tactical literacy.
This is what they have to do after the war. Now they can only count on them to clear the passage to the enemy's fortress, consume the enemy's defensive strength, and open up an offensive position on the thorny slope in front of the enemy's fortress for the elite offensive troops of the Chongcheng Infantry Battalion -
—After using sling crossbows to smash down the enemy's fortress, the Chongzhou infantry soldiers will be the main force in the fierce battle with the bandits in the narrow mountains.
Soldiers are accustomed to casualties, and people can easily become cold-blooded. However, the Jiangdong Left Army only has a few elites, and they are used everywhere to support them, but they cannot withstand the wear and tear. The situation in the world is strange and complicated, and no one can predict when the situation will suddenly change.
——The general trend of the world can be restored, but the first consideration is the survival of the Jiangdong Left Army.
Although Jinji Mountain has more steep terrain, the difficulty of building a fort is not trivial - at this time, the fortress at the northern foot of Jinji Mountain is already quite steep. At least in the past few decades, except for those who were trapped without food and abandoned, they have never been given a chance.
Who has attacked it head-on?
Su Tingzhan used to see lever-type catapult crossbows. This type of catapult requires more than ten or twenty people or even dozens or hundreds of people to operate it together. When setting up a position, it usually requires an open field of fifty or sixty steps to launch stone projectiles calmly.
Su Tingzhan had never seen this type of sling crossbow equipped by Jiangdong Zuojun that could be directly installed in a tight space such as the deck of a warship and only required three or five people to operate it.
The last time we were attacked and the Cape Fort was destroyed, we suffered a big loss from this kind of catapult.
After the war, Su Tingzhan hired craftsmen to imitate this kind of catapult crossbow. He also thought that the Beilu Camp made of stone was no longer enough for the Jiangdong Left Army equipped with such a catapult crossbow that could be directly set up in a narrow space.
It was so dangerous that Su Tingzhan intended to reinforce the Beilu fortress. However, it had only been four days since the last attack, and Su Tingzhan had no time to do either of these two things.
Holding until dusk, they saw that the stone wall was crumbling due to stone bullets. The left army from Jiangdong pushed the cart from the front and pushed against the wood. However, there was no trace of the reinforcements of the Second Young Master. Su Tingzhan was forced to abandon the camp.
He set fire to the warehouse and led the remaining 500 soldiers to retreat deep into Jinji Mountain through the narrow passage behind the camp.
Zhao Qingshan, who was watching the battle next to Lin Fu, looked at the fire rising from the remaining fortress in the mountain, and cursed bitterly: "This piece of shit, I gave him a chance to surrender, but he is determined to piss in a pot with the She family."
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There was a lot of fire in the remaining fortress, but Zhao Hu was fearless and led his troops through the fire to pursue the remaining invaders, leaving the fire to be put out by the county soldiers and township soldiers behind.
Ascending from the enemy base, the mountain road became steeper and narrower, making it increasingly difficult to attack with a shield. Fortunately, Su Tingzhan led the remaining bandits to retreat wholeheartedly.
Zhao Huneng led his troops to climb up the mountain behind the remaining bandits.
Further up, there is the North Cliff of Jinji Mountain. The Japanese soldiers set up a sentry post on it. It can be said that it is the last dangerous point for the East China Sea bandits at the northern foot of Jinji Mountain. Lin Fu stared at the North Cliff intently and discussed the war with Zhao Qingshan.
: "For Su Tingzhan, compared with wiping out all the 500 defenders in the narrow road and sacrificing his life to serve the She family, it is far better to retreat into the mountains and wait for reinforcements to contain our army - Su Tingzhan was able to break through in eastern Zhejiang
If you have a bad reputation as a butcher and a scholar, you will definitely have some clues in your chest!"
Su Tingzhan walked to the North Cliff and saw that the pursuers were still fighting so hard in such a narrow passage. He felt very angry. The bow and crossbow could not penetrate the large shield. He first sent more than 20 of his followers to guard the narrow passage to prevent the pursuers from rushing up.
He also ordered his men to collect stones and wood from all over, thinking that it would not be too late to cripple the pursuers before retreating into the mountains and forests...
At this time, he heard a strange noise in the dense forest behind him. Su Tingzhan looked around in shock. The treetops in the forest on the main peak shook. After a moment, countless simple armored infantry protruded from the forest, and he did not know how many ambush soldiers were hiding in the forest.
There are also steep cliffs on the east and west sides of Beiya, and there are pursuers below. Su Tingzhan was afraid that his retreat would be cut off by the ambush, so how could he dare to fight on Beiya?
For decades, except for being occupied by pirates, Daheng Island has not been cultivated by the islanders. Except for the hiking trail at the northern foot of Jinji Mountain, the rest of Jinji Mountain is mostly bushes, thorns, dense forests, steep cliffs and other difficult-to-climb terrain.
Lin Fu anticipated the possibility of the bandits abandoning the fort and escaping, so he ordered Zhao Hu to lead the infantry to attack from the front, and Zhou Tong to lead light troops to climb the main peak from the flanks to set up an ambush.
Worried that the enemy soldiers would notice early that their retreat was blocked, which would trigger their stubborn resistance and cause unnecessary casualties to Jiangdong's left army, Lin Fu ordered Zhou Tong to lead two hundred infantrymen in simple armor from the terrain.
Climbing the slightly gentle southern foothills, I have been waiting for the opportunity to go out in the dense forest on the south slope of the main peak of Jinji Mountain.
Su Tingzhan abandoned the fort and fled, setting fire to the ruined fort. Zhou Tong then continued to lead the ambush troops to cross the main peak of Jinji Mountain from the south slope. At this time, they had just approached the north cliff, and there was no formation.
Fortunately, the situation of Su Tingzhan's remnant bandits was even worse. Seeing the ambush attack, Su Tingzhan had no fighting spirit. Su Tingzhan also knew that the situation was over and just wanted to keep his useful life. He took the lead in fleeing into the dense forest with his closest friends.
After the break, more than 20 bandit soldiers led by Zhao Hu rushed down the narrow road and collapsed. Zhao Hu and Zhou Tongbing joined forces and intercepted most of the fleeing bandits on the north slope of the main peak of Jinji Mountain. They were surrounded and killed...
The terrain around the enemy fortress at the northern foot was very complicated and it was impossible to form an airtight encirclement. Su Tingzhan finally fled into the dense forest on the east slope. At the same time, nearly 300 remnants of the enemy escaped. At this time, it was getting dark and there was no time.
After entering the dense forest to clear up the enemy, Zhou Tong and Zhao Hu temporarily withdrew their troops to the foot of the mountain.
At this time, Lin Fu was in the northern camp with only broken walls and half of it burned black. Zhou Tong walked over and reported the battle situation: "The man named Su escaped without even catching the hair on his tail..."
"Oh, it's not surprising." Lin Fu said. After all, they were not familiar enough with the terrain of Daheng Island. Su Tingzhan had no intention of fighting to the death. It would take a little more luck to catch him.
Hearing that Su Tingzhan might gather 300 remnant bandits on the island, he ordered Zhou Tong to send people to temporarily seal the narrow road leading to the top of the mountain, and use the remaining fortress at the north foot to station an elite force to general Su Tingzhan's remaining bandits.
Outside the blockade of the northern foothills, a camp was mobilized to bravely build a fortress at the mouth of the bay. They tried their best to restore a certain degree of defense in the shortest possible time. The main force withdrew to the warships in the inner harbor to rest.
The entire Daheng Island is about 24 miles long from east to west, and the eastern peninsula is long, narrow and flat, which can be used for farming; the entire Jinji Mountain is the western peninsula, about 20 miles around, with only one main peak, about 80 feet high.
Jinji Mountain is not that big, but considering that the enemy soldiers are familiar with the terrain of Daheng Island, they can retreat to the eastern peninsula to resist at critical moments. Even if enemy reinforcements are not considered, it will take more than three to five days to wipe out the three hundred remaining bandits.
It can be done within the time.
Whether or not to go into the mountains to wipe out the remnants of Su Tingzhan's troops, and how to do so, we have to wait for further news from Changshan Island before we can make a decision. We must be prepared now, and we may have to welcome the Shefeihu tribe heading south.
They may rush to help Chongzhou, but they must also try their best to prevent the news that Changshan Island is actually a secret chess piece of the Jiangdong Left Army from reaching Xiao Taoyuan's ears too early.