Since it is equipped with a Hall-type rifle, it will inevitably affect its tactical use. [Read the full text] [This article comes from] The Army has currently put a lot of effort into establishing a system: whether it is organization, logistics, or training, they are all centered around the minigun. If you replace the Hall type on a large scale, you will take a lot of risks.
In comparison, the navy, which is small in scale and often performs small-scale combat missions, and focuses on skirmishing, is more suitable for the experimental force. Moreover, the faster shooting speed of the Hall type is also more suitable for the Marine Corps' tactical mode of skirmishing and precision shooting.
The two hit it off immediately. Shi Zhiqi's plan for new equipment was approved and used for small-scale experimental equipment testing by the troops. Using the personnel of the original Hong Kong detachment, a first expeditionary team with only three companies was reorganized as an experimental force.
In the command room of Zuoying Base, a large-scale sand table model of Weitou Bay has been made. Including Anping, Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island and Kinmen Island.
There was some controversy over how to attack Zheng Zhilong, but in the end it was decided to adopt the strategy of "going straight to Huanglong" and use the main force to attack Zheng Zhilong's hometown Anping Town. In one fell swoop, the Zheng family's influence in these places was wiped out. If possible, take advantage of the situation to hunt down the main leaders of the Zheng family and eradicate the Zheng family's power once and for all.
Although the Qing army's sudden attack on Xiamen failed to destroy Zheng Chenggong's military power once and for all, it did take away the food, grass, gold and silver accumulated by the Zheng family over the years, severely damaging Zheng Chenggong's economic power and severely damaging his vitality.
Now is the start-up stage of the Zheng family, which is far less wealthy than in the Zheng Chenggong era. If a powerful combined land and water attack could be used to rob Zheng Zhilong of his savings and destroy his fleet, even if he could not successfully hunt down the main leaders of the Zheng family, it would be enough to derail Zheng Zhilong.
This plan was approved before summer, and military forces were mobilized for this purpose. After comprehensive intelligence, the General Staff and the Navy proposed that it would be more appropriate to launch this offensive in late September. Late September. The typhoon season has basically ended, and the strait is calm, which is conducive to the navigation troops. Secondly, the Zheng family's ships to Japan all sailed in June and usually returned around September. It can seize the Zheng family's main trade ship with Japan to the maximum extent and deal a heavy blow to its maritime power.
However, the intelligence department also reminded the General Staff and the Navy that Zheng Zhilong's maritime power was recovering very quickly. It takes less than a year to quickly build a large trading ship along the coast of Fujian, and a large seagoing ship can be launched in seven or eight months at most. Although the quality is not good, there is no problem sailing to Japan or Southeast Asia. In the history of old time and space. Zheng Zhilong suffered many defeats and the number of ships was reduced a lot, but each time he was able to quickly rebuild the fleet - this was related to Xiong Wencan's support and his strong foundation in the Zhang and Quan areas.
Now that Xiong Wencan has been transferred to Guangdong, although the new governor Zou Weilian relies heavily on Zheng Zhilong for coastal defense, he is not as trusting as Xiong Wencan in Zheng - Zheng Zhilong's power is growing. He acted on his own in many matters and did not completely obey the governor's orders. Therefore, the relationship between them is far less "harmonious" than in Xiong Wencan's era.
The Intelligence Bureau analyzed that it wanted to shake the Zheng family's prestige in the Zhangquan area and at the same time make Fu Zou Weilian doubt Zheng's ability. Many officials in Fujian originally had a helpless attitude towards recruiting Zheng Zhilong, believing that Zheng Zhilong "can only be used without trust." "--making it difficult for its strength to recover in a short period of time. It is necessary to carry out heavy strikes and completely destroy Anping, Xiamen, Gulangyu and the big and small Kinmen Islands. It would be better if the main leaders of the Zheng family could be killed.
The final operational plan formulated by the General Staff was to launch a joint landing operation between the army and navy on September 20. The main force of the Navy's First Fleet broke into Waitou Bay. All ships anchored in the bay were destroyed in one fell swoop. At the same time, the navy and army launched landings and occupation of Anping, Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island, and Kinmen Island.
After occupying these areas, a comprehensive sweep of the forts and cities on each island will be carried out and destroyed one by one. People, food and property were all looted. The city burned down. This resulted in the "scorched earth" of Weitou Bay and the loss of foreign trade capabilities. Both the Great Library and the Intelligence Bureau believe that it is difficult to completely eliminate the Zheng family through one battle. Their economic and material foundation must be destroyed to the greatest extent, and then cooperate with the next trade blockade and military strikes. Only then can the Zheng family be finally eliminated.
In this plan, the army and navy will only conduct destruction operations but not occupation of Anping, Xiamen Island, Gulangyu Island, and the Kinmen Island area. The General Staff considers directly occupying these areas. It will inevitably lead to a large-scale division of troops. Moreover, for the Fujian officialdom, the occupation of Xiamen and Kinmen was equivalent to a direct threat to the Zhang and Quan areas, which was bound to cause a major backlash. Fujian official circles desperately supported Zheng Zhilong's counterattack.
On the contrary, they only dealt a severe blow to the Zheng family. The bureaucratic gentry in Fujian officialdom who originally disliked the Zheng Zhilong family would instead attack them in groups.
For trade, the Fujian coast is not indispensable: ships of the Ministry of Colonization and Trade can sail from Shanghai, Guangzhou or Kaohsiung to any trading location. From the perspective of acquiring Ming trade goods, Fujian goods Nor is it irreplaceable.
This plan was nicknamed "Overlord" by Dongmen Chuiyu - once the battle is completed, the Senate will truly become the overlord of the entire East Asian sea.
The forces expected to be used are the entire Navy's First Fleet, several squadrons of Coast Guard patrol boats transferred from Lingao, several Navy fire support squadrons, the Marine Corps' 1st Marine Expeditionary Team, and the Army's 1st Infantry Battalion. Two artillery batteries and one heavy artillery battery. There are also two special investigation teams.
In the command room of Zuoying base, Dongmen Chuiyu was pointing at the sand table with his baton and explaining the action plan.
"The first target of this operation is Kinmen Island." Dongmen Chuiyu pointed at the sand table, "Kinmen Island is the throat of Xiamen. It is located at the junction of Xiamen Bay and Weitou Bay. It is not only the key to Xiamen, but also the key to Xiamen. The barrier at the entrance of the Jiulong River plays a vital role in Zhangzhou's maritime security - for Zheng Zhilong alone, Kinmen Island is also an important maritime barrier for Anping. For Zheng Zhilong, once Kinmen is lost, Anping will be difficult to preserve. So this is an important town that he must defend.”
The land in Kinmen is barren and there is no surface runoff. It is a water-scarce area and the natural environment is very harsh. It cannot support a large population, but the entire Kinmen Islands have many ports and more than 30 piers that can berth ships, including 17 in the Big Kinmen and 6 in the Little Kinmen. It is a good place for berthing ships, so Kinmen Island has always been one of the main berthing grounds for the Zheng family fleet. Zheng Chenggong's attack on Taiwan also started from here.
The second target is Xiamen Island. Xiamen Island is 18 nautical miles away from Kinmen Island, and is exactly to the east and west of Kinmen Island from Anping. If Anping is the home base of the Zheng family, then Xiamen Island is the large commercial station where the Zheng family conducts business activities. Countless goods and wealth are hoarded and circulated here. Later, the Zheng brothers built luxurious mansions on the island and moved here. The Qing general Ma Degong succeeded in a sneak attack on Xiamen. It is said that he plundered 900,000 taels of silver and 100,000 shi of grain from Xiamen at one time. Considering that Ma Degong escaped before Xiamen had a firm foothold and did not conduct a thorough search, and that he must have swallowed some of it himself, Zheng Zhilong himself may not know how much the Zheng family has accumulated on Xiamen Island.
"The battle schedule will be announced below."
September 20th was D-Day, and on D-3, the fleet set sail, assembled in Penghu, and set up an advance base on Magong Island in Penghu. Stock up on food and water. On D-2, the first batch of special reconnaissance teams landed on Anping, Greater Kinmen Island and Xiamen Island, and set up guidance points on predetermined beaches. In the early morning of D-1, we set sail for Kinmen Island.
Kinmen Island is about 80 nautical miles away from Penghu. The steamship takes about ten hours at 8 knots. Due to the need to accommodate most sailing ships, the average speed of the fleet can only be maintained at 3 to 4 knots, and the entire voyage takes more than 25 hours. So setting sail was scheduled for four in the morning. In this way, the fleet will arrive on the morning of the d day and take advantage of the high tide to break into Liao Luo Bay.
"According to reports from the special reconnaissance team and reconnaissance ships, part of Zheng Zhilong's fleet is anchored in Liaoluo Bay, part is anchored in Gulangyu Island, and some are anchored in Anping." Dongmen Chuiyu pointed at the ship model on the sand table.
Moored in Liaoluo Bay is the Zheng family's "fleet" with larger ships, including several European-type ships, most of which are equipped with Hongyi cannons transferred from Guangdong by Xiong Wencan. Although Liao Luo Bay faces the open sea and is prone to strong winds and waves, the beach is steep and the water is sandy, making it an ideal anchorage for large ships with deep drafts. At the same time, it is also convenient to intercept enemy fleets trying to attack Xiamen Bay and Weitou Bay.
In Anping and Gulangyu Island, they are mainly ordinary trading ships, but a considerable part of these ships are also armed. Especially near Gulangyu Island, Zheng Zhilong also has some arson ships - obviously the enemy knows very well that arson ships can be used in narrow sea areas. Make the most of it.
According to the plan, the fleet will first attack all ships anchored in Liaoluo Bay, and then the ships will concentrate their firepower to bombard Kinmen and destroy the defenses of Kinmen Island. The navy will land to carry out attack-occupy-destroy operations.
The Zheng family has several forts on Kinmen Island, guarded by thousands of people. There are also multiple forts. However, compared with the Humen-Pearl River defense where the navy broke through, the defense of Kinmen Island was far inferior. The Zheng family's defense of Kinmen Island basically relies on the maritime fleet rather than land forts.
After occupying the large and small Kinmen Islands, a command post and transfer station were developed on Kinmen Island. Attacked Xiamen Island and Anping respectively. The plan is to carry a large number of large, medium and small boats to ferry landing troops in the bay, overcoming the disadvantages of the First Fleet's large number of large ships, deep draft and inconvenient landing operations.
