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The Menhaitian stayed in Kaohsiung for three days, but did not meet the expected indigenous guide party. Zunping did not stay any longer due to limited time, so he pulled anchor and continued northward. [No pop-up novel website]
After a day's sailing, we stopped at Haitan Island in Fujian, 68 nautical miles north of Taiwan's main island. Haitan Island is the fifth largest island in China, with a length of about 27 kilometers from north to south and 18 kilometers from east to west, covering an area of 309 square kilometers.
According to the information provided by the Grand Library, Haitan Island has been developed since the Song Dynasty. What is even more surprising is that during the Song Dynasty, a pastoral supervisor was set up here to herd horses. It can be seen that the water, soil and climate here are suitable for horses to live and breed.
Haitan Island already had a population of 40,000 to 50,000 in the Ming Dynasty. In terms of scale, it was larger than the Nan'ao Island they passed through. The Haitian Ship spent two days here conducting inspections. Just like on Nan'ao Island, as soon as they landed, the soldiers and civilians on the island were heavily guarded, but no one tried to expel or eliminate them. Let them wander around the island.
The Haitian entered Hangzhou Bay on June 2. Drop anchor near Haining. At dawn the next day, Li Ziping commanded the Haitian to approach Biezimen and prepare to enter the Qiantang River. According to the plan. The Sickle Army asked the Haitian to explore the waterway in the Qiantang River so that naval ships could sail directly into the Qiantang River when necessary.
The main channel of the Qiantang River estuary has undergone many changes in history. The biggest change was taking place in the "Three Gate Changes" between the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Historically, there were three channels into the sea between Gongshan Mountain in Xiaoshan on the south bank and Haining on the north bank, which were called the "Three Gates": the river channel between Gongshan Mountain and Zheshan Mountain was about 62 kilometers wide and was called the South Gate. The two mountains confront each other like a gate and were called Haimen in ancient times. There is a small mountain next to Gong Mountain, shaped like a turtle, and it is located in the sea gate, so it is also called turtle gate. The river channel between Zheshan Mountain and Hezhuang Mountain is about 17 kilometers wide and is called the Middle Gate; the river channel between Hezhuang Mountain and Haining Seawall on the north coast is about 105 kilometers wide and is called the North Gate. The main channel of the river has undergone three changes: first, it went through the south gate, then it moved through the middle and small gate, and it moved through three periods, it moved to the north gate. When the Haitian Ship came here, it was just when the main channel of the Jiangdao passed through the south gate. The terrain of Biezimen was dangerous, with mountains and rivers sandwiching a dangerous place. In the Ming Dynasty, it was the first portal to prevent Japanese invasion in Hangzhou. Controlling the turtle gate can prevent intruders from the sea from entering the Hangjiahu area. During the Jiajing period, Zhejiang set up six guards to prepare for the Japanese, and the Haimen guards were responsible for the defense here.
Li Ziping didn't know how many defense facilities there were in the Bizimen area. He was not worried about the Ming army's firepower, but he was worried about not knowing the local waterway conditions. If it ran aground on the river and had limited firepower, the Haitian with insufficient troops would become a Daozu. The fish meat below.
Therefore, Li Ziping was very careful. When he approached the Biezi Gate, he put the entire ship on alert. At the same time, he lowered all the rowing boats and small boats on the ship. The rowing boat was in front to measure the water and pilot, and the small boats patrolled back and forth to cover the navigation of the ship. . He carefully ordered to maintain the pressure of the boiler. The water flow in the river mouth was unpredictable, there was insufficient hydrological data, and if there was not enough maneuverability, it would be easy to run aground.
According to intelligence information collected through reconnaissance and collection: there is a Ming army at Biezimen, as well as a fortress and a fort. The sudden appearance of the Haitian caused a comprehensive warning in the surrounding area. But just like the situation along the way, no Ming Navy ships came out to try to expel them. Obviously the Ming army was wary of typical European ships like the Haitian. They knew from many years of dealing with these European pirate merchants that the firepower of these ships was better than that of naval ships that were in disrepair. Therefore, they adhere to the policy of remaining unchanged in response to ever-changing circumstances, holding on to the fortress and never moving out.
Qian Shuixie led the team to conduct a tentative landing. After about two kilometers into the coast, several villages along the coast had already fled.
"They ran very fast." Qian Shuixie was greatly disappointed. He originally expected to arrest a few people and impose a "reasonable burden", but in the end there was no one in the village. It was obvious that they were leaving in a hurry, and they could not even raise pigs, chickens and ducks. None of them were taken away.
Liu Zheng said: "How about we catch all the chickens..." After drifting on the sea for a long time, I have been eating grass rations. Except for occasionally meeting some fishermen selling vegetables and eggs to them, I haven't eaten for a long time. Here comes the fresh meat. Get some fresh and delicious grass chickens, they will definitely taste delicious.
"Then we will become Japanese devils." Qian Shuixie shook his head - this was a violation of discipline. There are policies and procedures for collecting reasonable burdens. Now if they steal things, it is theft, which is quite serious.
The team continued to move forward for one kilometer. There was a vague noise in front of them. Qian Shuixie ordered to stop and sent people to conduct reconnaissance. After a while, the scouts came back and reported that more than a thousand armed men had gathered less than one kilometer ahead. The personnel were probably local officers, soldiers and local warriors. I don't know if I'm going to hold on tight or if I'm going to rush over and eliminate them all at once.
Qian Shuixie decided to retreat. Their mission was to test the local defenses, not to capture Haining with 20 men. He ordered everyone to turn back and retreat to the rowboat on the beach.
But at this time, there was suddenly a rapid sound of gongs and drums, followed by the roar of thousands of people. Qian Shuixie knew that the enemy was obviously preparing to pursue them.
It was unwise to race against them now. We were still almost 3 kilometers away from the coast, and even running all the way would take more than ten minutes. The exploration team members also carry heavy surveying and mapping equipment, so if they run away like this, they will definitely lose their weapons and equipment.
He looked at the terrain around him. There was a small hill that was at most five or six meters high on the outside of the curve of the road. It was densely forested. There was a river at the bottom of the hillside and a lot of vegetation, making it easy to hide and retreat.
Setting up an ambush at a corner of the road. Once the enemy is attacked by fire from one side of the road, they will subconsciously flee in the same direction on the other side of the road. The ambusher can concentrate firepower and follow up without changing the shooting angle.
Qian Shuixie immediately discussed with Liu Zheng and decided that half of the squad would escort the exploration team to continue retreating, and Qian Shuixie would lead a squad to break up the rear.
"Be careful, don't make dumplings for others here." Liu Zheng warned.
Qian Shuixie nodded: "No, the surrounding view here is very good, and their roundabout movements cannot be hidden from me. I will lead the men to fight here for a while, and as soon as the enemy retreats, I will quickly lead the men to follow. On the way, you call The Haitian will pick you up."
"Okay, take care of yourself." Liu Zheng knew that this was not the time to talk nonsense, so he led the people away.
"Machine gun!" he shouted, and the shooters in the team who used M77B automatic rifles modified with bipods immediately came out.
"Go to the top of the hill and shoot as soon as I fire." Qian Shuixie said, "First hit the front of the team with a long burst, then hit the rear of the enemy team with a short burst."
"Understood, sir."
He then arranged for a soldier with the best grenade throwing performance to serve as the machine gun deputy. Ten grenades were collected from other soldiers and given to him. Snipers were also placed on the hills.
Because the visitor was a chaotic warrior, the sniper had no clear priority target. Qian Shuixie ordered him to fire freely from the moment the enemy entered the effective range.
The procession spread out around the bend in the road. Qian Shuixie's intention was to use a fierce ambush to stun the pursuing enemy, take advantage of the situation and defeat it, making it lose the ability to pursue.
The machine gunner quickly found a suitable shooting position on the hill. He carefully bumped the special shell collection bag onto the ejection port. This collection bag was truly original and was an in-vehicle accessory for the M77B automatic rifle. The sniper carefully installed a simple scope on his Mosin-Nagant rifle and checked the bullets in the chamber one last time.
The "Grenadier" opened the caps of all grenades, tore the moisture-proof oil paper, and pulled out the cables. He looked at the dirt road in front of him, trying to figure out the maximum distance he could reach for his bomb. Then he stood up and gestured to see if there were any branches or shrubs that would hinder his bomb delivery.
Wang Jiashan was holding a blunderbuss and walking with the large group of people in a noisy manner.
The sun shone warmly on Wang Jiashan's body. One of his arms and half of his shoulder were exposed through the tattered gown. The color of the gown has long been lost, and pieces are hanging on the body, tied randomly with straw ropes around the waist to hold on.
His legs were bare and he was wearing a pair of straw sandals. If it weren't for the tattered leather helmet on his head, the gun on his back and the leather bags containing gunpowder and lead bullets in his eyes, he would be no different from an ordinary local beggar.
Wang Jiashan is a military household member of the Haimen Guard. Although the guard system of the Ming Dynasty has long been ruined, there are still some military household soldiers in each guard station who train on weekdays. Wang Jiashan is one of them.
As a military commander, he could get some food and salary intermittently, and he didn't have to work all day long for the commander, thousands of households, or hundreds of households to farm.
In front of Wang Jiashan is his neighbor Li Shanmin. Li Shanmin is a sad-faced middle-aged man. He has seven children, ranging from Damin to Qimin. Even though everyone who could walk was working as an errand, there was never enough food to eat. Li Shanmin's fifteen-year-old eldest son, Li Damin, who was wearing ragged clothes and carrying a wooden gun, walked in front of him with great interest, as if he was going for an outing. .
Compared with the old, weak, sick and disabled military households, the rural warriors seemed more uniform, all young and strong. Morale is also good. They were regiments from several nearby villages and towns. They were led by the deputy regiment commander and went with the officers and soldiers to expel the "pirate bandits".
The coastal areas of Zhejiang were once the hardest-hit areas where Japanese pirates were rampant. After the Japanese pirates under the banner of the Japanese basically disappeared, they were replaced by "pirates". However, Zhejiang no longer had an important foreign trade port in the Ming Dynasty, so it did not produce sea masters like Zheng Zhilong, Zhong Bin, and Liu Xiang in Fujian and Guangdong, but there were still many small groups of pirates. Officers, soldiers and local braves often clashed with such pirates who came ashore to plunder. ! .
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