The indigenous people in this area are actually mainly active in the Shuangchengwei area northwest of Vladivostok. There is no indigenous life in the coastal port of Vladivostok.
Therefore, the navy's landing operation was very smooth, basically without any obstruction. After a small number of local indigenous people saw more than 20 huge warships on the sea, they ran away quickly. After landing, the Marines
Not the slightest resistance was met!
After the marines landed, they established defense lines in nearby areas. Then a large number of civilians who came with the fleet began to disembark and began to build fortresses.
At this time, the four inland river gunboats that accompanied the fleet also began to sail into the river and then moved up the river. The Marine Corps also followed them on the shore. Their mission was to explore the river and at the same time extend the defense line inland.
After the navy established a stronghold in Vladivostok, it did not delay and quickly launched operations in Heilongjiang!
After the first fleet landed in Vladivostok, the navy's second landing fleet also set off from Busan Port.
The second batch of marines of the landing fleet consisted of two battalions, with a total strength of about 2,500 people. In addition, there were about 5,000 conscripted civilians and a large amount of building materials.
The scale of the entire fleet is very large, with more than 20 ships exceeding one hundred tons.
What is worth noting is that the real battleships inside are only two frigates and not even a cruiser, because there is basically no second maritime force in this sea area.
The daimyo on the Fuso Islands did not even have ships of more than 100 tons. Any daimyo who dared to build large ships on their own were basically killed by the Tang Navy under various pretexts. Today, there are only a few daimyo in Fuso.
It's just a sampan, not many ships actually used for navigation.
The entire North Sea (Sea of Japan), like the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea and even the South China Sea, is within the absolute control of the Imperial Navy, which is almost the same as the inland sea.
Shaohai further north is in a civilized desert at this time. Except for the occasional exploration ship from the Tang Empire, it is deserted. As for the indigenous people along the coast, you naturally cannot expect them to be able to build
If there are any big ships, they are just a few sampan fishing boats at most.
When operating in these waters, the Imperial Navy naturally does not have to worry too much. It is sufficient to send two frigates to perform escort missions.
Of course, it cannot be said that this fleet is poorly armed. These transport ships are either military transport ships or temporarily requisitioned armed merchant ships, and they are all equipped with naval guns!
Two frigates protected more than 20 armed merchant ships, and eight inland river warships of the newly established Heilongjiang Fleet were also passing through.
These ships went all the way north along the coastline, entered the North Sea Strait, and soon arrived at the estuary of Heilongjiang and anchored outside the estuary of Heilongjiang.
They first landed at the estuary of Heilongjiang, and after setting up a simple transfer station, the fleet continued along the Heilongjiang. Although there were a large number of ships in the fleet and the draft was relatively deep, the water depth in the lower reaches of Heilongjiang was still good enough for navigation.
These ships are hundreds of tons.
They headed west along the Heilongjiang River and then arrived at "Nurgan City".
This town also has a long history. During the Yuan Dynasty, it was the residence of Marshal Zhengdong's Mansion. In the pre-Ming Dynasty, it was the residence of Nurgandusi.
However, after the Zhu Di era of the former Ming Dynasty, the former Ming Dynasty experienced many contraction strategies. It abandoned Annan in the north, gave up the Hetao in the north, abandoned Nurgan in the northeast, and abandoned Tubo in the west. Basically, after the expansion in the Zhu Di era, it was later affected by
Limited to the influence of national power, everything that could be given up was given up. The actual rule of the Ming Dynasty in the Northeast was basically limited to Liaoyang, and it only maintained nominal rule over the vast area of Nurgandusi.
The actual control is controlled by many local indigenous people.
After the wise and great Tang Dynasty overthrew the cruel and unjust pseudo-Ming Dynasty, the Datang Dynasty took over almost all the areas actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty. However, it lost control of the areas that had been lost during the Ming Dynasty, such as the Nurgan area.
Naturally, it is also beyond control.
This situation was naturally intolerable to the Tang Dynasty. For this reason, the Tang Dynasty established the Northeast Province on the basis of the former Mingnuer Gandusi, and then began its northward expansion for many years.
However, this small-scale exaggeration still failed to allow the empire to reach Nurgan City.
This time, if the fleet sent by the Tang Navy can land and station here, it will be the first time that the Tang Empire actually controls this place!
On the ship, the commander of the landing fleet, Rear Admiral Qiu Xiao, observed the coast with the telescope in his hand!
Nurgan City clearly appeared in his sight through the telescope. In fact, he had been here before, but not as a conqueror, but as the captain of an exploration ship. That time he led
When the exploration ship came here, it also carried out supplies, but the local indigenous people were not very friendly to them, and there was a small-scale armed conflict between the two sides during the supply.
The exploration of Nurgan City was just a routine exploration of the Tang Dynasty Navy's exploration of the North Sea and the coast of Shaohai.
Now Rear Admiral Qiu Xiao already has a detailed map of Nurgan City in his hands, as well as hydrological data on part of the waterway in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River.
However, although he had the information, he was still very cautious. He first sent a survey ship to test the water depth on the riverside and plan the channel.
After the test was completed and the preliminary landing site was determined, the huge fleet slowly approached the shore.
In order to prevent accidents, the landing site was not to go directly to the riverside port of Nurgan City, but to land about one kilometer away from Nurgan City.
The Marine Corps soldiers landed first, and then formed a battle formation before gradually advancing towards Nurgan City. At the same time, the Navy also sent ships to advance at the same time, ready to provide naval gunfire support for the Marine Corps at any time.
Nurgan City is obviously not like Vladivostok. It is just a small village inhabited by a small number of indigenous people. This place can be regarded as the largest city in the surrounding area. Since the Ming Dynasty government's power was withdrawn from here, it has been occupied by local indigenous tribes.
Therefore, after Qiu Xiao's fleet arrived and landed, it was obvious that a large number of people came out of Nuergan City. These people who came out looked like an army, and they were still an army in the barbaric era.
Without perfect equipment and formation, hundreds of people gradually came over in a chaotic manner!
Qiu Xiao didn't feel very good about these savages. When he first came to this poor place, he was attacked by these savages once. Although there were no casualties at that time, it still left Qiu Xiao with a lot of discomfort.
Good feeling.
This time, Qiu Xiao was not going to reason with these savages. These savages couldn’t understand them anyway, so it would be better to communicate with them directly using guns and cannons!
So he gave the order directly!
"Instruct the Changzhou and other ships to immediately launch artillery bombardment on the enemy and cover the Marines' attack on the city!"
The order was passed via semaphore to the Changzhou, which was leading several armed merchant ships that had unloaded the Marines and ventured closer to the river.
The Changzhou immediately began to maneuver, and then aimed the ship's artillery at the hundreds of indigenous troops who had just appeared!
As the gunnery officer gave orders one after another, the artillery on the Changzhou opened fire one after another. At the same time, many armed merchant ships performing cover missions with the Changzhou also opened fire.
Suddenly, the shells fired by nearly twenty naval guns fell into these indigenous troops one after another. These shells were not solid bullets. Howitzers were very useful against the dense enemy forces in these open areas.
And the battle situation was indeed the same. After two rounds of shelling, more than half of the hundreds of indigenous troops were killed or injured, and then they scattered and fled in a swarm. As for the complete collapse after two rounds, that was because they were killed during the first round of shelling.
I was stunned and didn't know what was going on. I didn't even know how to run. It wasn't until I was hit by the second round of shelling that I realized I had to run away...
Seeing that the support fleet brought by the Changzhou completely defeated the enemy with two rounds of artillery fire, Qiu Xiao showed a dissatisfied look: "The firepower of the Changzhou is still a bit weak. If the cruiser is allowed to come, it will probably be
It’s your turn and that’s it!”
But others were speechless when they heard what he said. To deal with a mere defeat of the natives, using a frigate is just like using a cannon to kill mosquitoes. If you use a cruiser, it would be even more exaggerated!
Besides, the firepower of a standard frigate like the Changzhou is quite good, enough to meet combat needs.
Changzhou is one of the standard frigates built in large quantities by the Tang Dynasty Navy in the past ten years. The ship's standard combat displacement has reached nearly 480 tons. It has good firepower, excellent navigation performance, and more importantly, the cost.
It’s not too high, basically it can be controlled at about 65,000 yuan.
Frigates with good performance, low price, and good value for money are naturally very suitable for use by the current Datang Navy. They can stand alone in many sea areas and can play a huge role even in fleet decisive battles.
Therefore, the Tang Dynasty Navy began to purchase large quantities of this kind of standard frigates many years ago, and until now, it still places orders for construction every year!
After all, today's Datang Navy purchases a new battleship with a combat displacement of 1,500 tons, and the price is almost 300,000 yuan.
And the purchase price of those cruisers of more than 800 tons has reached about 150,000 yuan.
The reason for the high price of large-tonnage ships is that the large-caliber artillery equipped with large battleships is more expensive, and the construction cost of the hull is also higher. Especially those battleships, which have very high requirements for wood, and also have high requirements for shipyard construction.
The capabilities are also very high. So far, in the entire empire, only Dingsheng Shipyard and the Qingdao Naval Shipyard, which the navy has worked hard to build, can build battleships.
But as for frigates, this kind of ship can basically be built by any large shipyard, and the construction cost is very low.
This has also resulted in a large number of frigates of this standard being built and put into service. Currently, more than fifty ships have been built one after another. They are widely used in various fleets of the Tang Empire Navy and the fleets of the Datang Western Company, and are widely active in many sea areas.
This kind of frigate can be seen on the four major coasts of the mainland, in the coastal waters of Ryukyu and Fuso, in various waters of the South China Sea, in the Indian Ocean, and even on the African coast. Basically, the Tang Navy has set foot in the waters so far.