Ouyang Gui, who was still outside the sea, naturally didn't know about Qin Zhifu's movements. Even Qi Wenhuan, Chen Qutong and others who had just landed didn't know about it, but it didn't really matter.
In this battle, as long as the navy controls the situation, the land battle will be a piece of cake!
Therefore, Qi Wenhuan and the others did not rush to attack as soon as they landed. Instead, after the infantry successfully landed, they began to arrange manpower to move the small and medium-caliber artillery from the armed merchant ships, and finally got twelve five-pound artillery and
More than a dozen shotguns.
Then he led the army and began to advance towards the port, where the general military headquarters of Nan'ao Island is located. It is reported that most of the Ma Ming Army on the island are stationed near the port.
The journey from the landing site to the General Military Mansion is actually only a few kilometers, basically marching along the coastline, because the terrain on the island is not very good. Although Nan'ao Island is not small, the east and west ends are mountainous, and it is absolutely
Most of the coasts are rocky and steep, making it impossible to land. Even if you can land, it will be difficult to march on a large scale.
Therefore, the landing of the Tang Dynasty King's Division actually did not avoid the area where the Ming army was heavily stationed, that is, the northeastern area of Nan'ao Island, which is the port and the headquarters of the general army.
However, with the navy strongly suppressing the port and having a large number of armed merchant ships providing fire support with their guns, the landing troops landed directly on one side of the port, no more than three kilometers away from the General Military Mansion!
When they landed, a large number of Ming troops also began to gather. At first, they tried to eliminate the landing troops on the beach and drive them back to the sea. However, just a few hundred meters away, they were met by a naval ship that was covering them.
Interception of artillery fire.
Of course, the army infantry cannot withstand the interception and shooting of the fleet!
Whether it is now or in future generations, the army's artillery firepower is nothing compared to the navy's. At the beginning, Hao Bainian and Li Chunjing gathered two armies with a total strength of more than 60,000, and only deployed more than 100 guns.
Just field artillery.
But in a small place like Nan'ao Island, the naval warships participating in the war had more than 350 field guns, and quite a few of them were nine-pound or fourteen-pound medium- and large-caliber field guns.
If the Chinese army dared to rush directly to the beach to fight, a few more salvos from the navy's naval guns would be enough to completely defeat them!
The Ming army was not stupid, and naturally they would not brave naval gunfire to intercept them on the beach. Instead, they lined up hundreds of meters behind to prepare to meet the enemy!
The Ming army did not take the initiative to attack, so Qi Wenhuan was naturally willing to prepare slowly. When the preparations were complete, Qi Wenhuan ordered his troops to line up and prepare to defeat the seven or eight thousand Ming army in front of him.
But the battle hadn't started yet. I heard bursts of gunfire from the distant direction of the port and thick smoke. When I looked back, I saw that the navy's fleet was still some distance away from the port and had not opened fire.
How is this going?
Brigadier General Qi Wenhuan is a little confused!
There seems to be a fight at the General Military Mansion over at the port, but who is fighting?
Could it be that the navy secretly sent sailors to land from another direction and kill them?
That's not right. Although the conflict between the three armies of the Tang Dynasty is relatively large, and the army and navy look down on each other, there is no reason to fight secretly. In this Nan'ao Island raid, the big bosses of the army and navy were there.
It was decided by the emperor himself. Even though Vice Admiral Ouyang Gui was very powerful, he did not have the courage to change the situation of cooperation between the three armed forces without authorization and pick the peaches alone to grab the credit!
What's more, the Navy only has two Marine battalions in total. These two Marine battalions are now under its own control. The Navy can't just pull all the sailors out to fight ashore, right?
When Qi Wenhuan was confused, someone suddenly ran up to him and told him that there was a thousand households in the Ming army who asked to see him, and that the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao Island had decided to dedicate the city anyway.
Dedicate the city anyway? And he is also a general soldier?
Qi Wenhuan was shocked when he heard this!
The commander-in-chief of the Ming Army, his status is not low. He should be the highest commander-in-chief of the Ming Army on this island. The two armies have been fighting for many years. Although some Ming Army generals of this level have surrendered and some have been captured, this is still
This was the first time that the city had to be sacrificed anyway without a fight.
In most cases, Ming army generals of this level usually fled before the army was completely defeated. Only a few who could not escape were captured, and few surrendered voluntarily, let alone anyway.
Surrendering and fighting anyway are two different things.
Surrendering means that I can't fight, I won't fight, and I am willing to surrender!
Anyway, that means that not only will I not fight you, but I will also help you fight your former allies.
Could it be a scam?
After this year came into Qi Wenhuan's mind, he glanced at the General Military Mansion. There were rumbling cannons and thick smoke billowing. It didn't look like a fake!
And more importantly, there seemed to be some commotion among the Ming troops on the opposite side.
Could this be true?
With suspicion, Qi Wenhuan met this Ming army Qianhu, who was naturally Qin Zhifu's confidant. He immediately gave Qi Wenhuan a handwritten letter, and then kept saying in his words that our Lord is willing to do anything, and now he has begun to lead his generals.
We have captured the port, and we hope that the Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty can provide some reinforcements.
Damn it, I'm really lucky today to have such a good thing happen to me. Before I even started fighting, the enemy started fighting among themselves, and they started fighting with real swords and guns.
Qi Wenhuan, who was in a good mood, asked his men to be kind to this Qianhu, who had his heart set on the Tang Dynasty, and who was already a member of the Tang Dynasty, and an army of puppet Ming thieves, and then led his army to prepare for an attack.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, this battle is still going to be fought. What's more, he also heard from those thousands of households that Qin Zhifu, the commander-in-chief who decided to fight anyway, only has more than a thousand troops under his command, and the other more than 10,000 people on the island are not under his control.
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This is an unlucky guy who has been sidelined. No wonder he wants to join the Tang Dynasty anyway.
If Qin Zhifu really wants to change things, he may not be able to control the port area with his more than a thousand people. After all, there are thousands of Ming army navy and garrison soldiers there.
So Qi Wenhuan plans to defeat the seven or eight thousand people in front of him first, and then go to the port and the General Military Mansion. By then, it will be clear at a glance whether Qin Zhifu is true or false!
Army Brigadier General Qi Wenhuan began to command the troops to launch an attack!
The offensive tactics were also straightforward and simple. They lined up directly and pushed towards the Ming army array in front. At the same time, the artillery also moved forward and opened fire.
When the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty faced a decisive battle, his tactics were always simple and straightforward. They would not use messy tactics like those in some novels, such as surprise attacks, attacks in the east and attacks in the west.
The King of the Tang Dynasty did not rely on these, but his upright strength to crush.
I have more artillery than you, more muskets than you, and more armor than you. If you have the ability, you can bite me?
It is precisely because the army of the Tang Dynasty often suppressed others with force, which made the Ming army on the opposite side very depressed, and even to the point of fear now. If they fight you openly, you can't beat them, so what else is there to say.
If the puppet Tang thief army was playing a sneak attack, it could be said that they were lucky, but if the two sides squared off and fought, they would win, and they would win nine out of ten times, so it is definitely not a matter of luck, but a matter of strength.
Already.
Of course, the reason why the Tang Dynasty King's Division likes to fight head-on is also related to the relatively mediocre tactical level of the officers in the Tang Army.
In the huge army of the Tang Dynasty, there were actually few generals with outstanding personal abilities. To put it bluntly, there was only one person like Li Chunjing. Even Hao Bainian did not engage in surprise attacks or the like in battles.
It uses force to overwhelm people.
This is especially true for middle- and low-level officers, because these middle- and low-level officers are all from martial arts schools and imperial schools. They all received exactly the same military education, and the time they received military education was relatively short.
A group of students from the first batch of the Royal Academy who received formal military education have only graduated a few. Now they are all regarded as treasures by the top brass of the army and serve as combat staff in the Privy Council Operations Department.
Because the military education received is very uniform, to be honest, it is difficult for any famous generals to emerge in such a short period of time. After all, famous generals also need time to be cultivated. Therefore, when the Tang Army fights, especially when middle and low-level officers command operations, they basically
It was a matter of script. They learned how to fight in the textbooks, and they followed the instructions for fighting.
It's possible to let them improvise temporarily, but only God knows what the outcome will be.
In order to avoid insignificant risks, the Tang Army's battles were relatively rigid. In field duels, artillery always fired first, mid-range and close ranges always fired volleys, and close ranges all fired volleys.
Add a bayonet charge after throwing a grenade.
From a tactical point of view, watching the Tang Army fight is actually very boring and boring.
However, with such rigid tactics, the Ming army was defeated in recent years, and the Ming army began to learn the tactics of the Tang Army.
After Qi Wenhuan's troops launched the attack, the Ming army on the opposite side still resisted in a decent manner at first. They could barely maintain their formation during the bombardment. When they were within 100 meters, they could still use bows and arrows and cannons at 70 or 80 meters.
But when Qi Wenhuan's troops rushed to 30 meters and fired a salvo, before they had time to throw grenades, the Ming army on the opposite side collapsed.
Seeing the collapse of the Ming army opposite, Qi Wenhuan did not show any happy expression. With four thousand troops, and the proportion of musketeers among these four thousand troops was nearly half, if the Ming army opposite was the supervisor
Or if the bandit army is defeated, they can still manage to fight with twice the strength, but the opponent is a garrison soldier. Damn it if they can block their own attack!
After defeating this Ming army, Qi Wenhuan's troops did not stop and quickly reached the port area. Then they saw the Ming army that had been mixed into a group and were fighting each other.
Looking at this posture, Qin Zhifu, the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao Island, really wants to do anything!
Seeing this scene, Qi Wenhuan commanded the troops to rush in to completely capture the port area and the General Military Mansion. At the same time, he also mentally muttered, this Qin Zhifu is a general soldier anyway, and he doesn't know how Zhaoqing will deal with this person.