In the Qing Dynasty, the Liaodong Peninsula was under the jurisdiction of General Shengjing's Mansion. The so-called "Bordering Jifu to the west, desert to the north, sea to the southeast, and North Korea to the east", because of its strategic position of "sea and land victory", became a natural danger in northern China in ancient times.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was because of the complete defeat of the Ming army in the Liaodong Peninsula that Hou Jin could attack Jinzhou and the Daling River without any scruples, which ultimately led to the defeat of the "Songjin War".
After the Manchu and Qing Dynasties entered the customs, because Shengjing General's Mansion was established earliest among the Eight Banners garrison in Northeast China and its strategic position was very important, although Jilin and Heilongjiang were later separated from Shengjing's jurisdiction, Shengjing was the core of the Northeast garrison. The status has not changed, and the total garrison strength is nearly 8,000.
The Qing Dynasty only stationed 4,000 Eight Banners troops in Jinzhou, Gaiping, Xiongyue, Fuzhou, and Jinzhou on the Liaodong Peninsula, which shows that its position is important.
Why is this so? Because during the Kangxi era, a large number of pirates gathered in the sea and islands off Liaodong, robbed merchant ships along the way, and killed and injured officers and soldiers; most of them came from Zhejiang. After the establishment of the Jinzhou Naval Battalion stationed in Lushun, the first offshore navy affiliated to the Eight Banners, the maritime troubles in the Bohai Bay gradually subsided, and there was peace for many years after that.
Seeing this, you must think that the Jinzhou Naval Battalion has strong troops and warships like clouds, right?
Well, from its initial establishment until a few years ago, the total number of warships in Jinzhou Water Camp was ten. Yes, you read that right, there are ten boats, and they are ten big boats! Each ship has eighty sailors and can carry one hundred soldiers.
Starting from the fiftieth year of Qianlong's reign, Lushun Water Camp added twenty new warships, all of which were transferred from Shandong and Fujian. Each warship was equipped with fifteen sailors, and a total of three hundred sailors were added. The naval battalion starts patrolling the sea in March every year and returns to Hong Kong in September. It patrols in two lines; the patrol range reaches Juhua Island in the west and Chenghuang Island in the south.
This thing is enough to deal with ordinary sand boats and bird boats. As soon as the gongs and drums are beaten, the generals will kill with loud noises. They use their cannons in distant combat and raise their guns in close combat. They are guaranteed to surrender immediately. But once he meets Beihai Town...forget it, it will make Qianlong very "sansen".
So you understand why Qianlong was eager to transfer six sail battleships to the Bohai Bay, right?
However, what made the officers and soldiers of Lushun Water Camp feel "unexpectedly happy" was that before the imperial court's sailing and artillery ship could be seen, the large ship of the Northern Navy arrived.
Whether it is Deng Fei or Ding Guofeng, both of them know more or less from the history of later generations that Lushunkou has a dangerous terrain and does not freeze all year round, making it a natural military port. Therefore, in their imagination, the Qing army would definitely deploy heavy troops to defend such a dangerous location. If I want to go to Jinzhou to buy soybeans safely, I must first remove the nail in Lushun Shuiying.
So before six o'clock in the morning, when it was just dawn, a dozen black kayaks filled with soldiers from the North Marine Corps rushed into Lushun Pass aggressively. Behind them was the fleet with Beihai No. 1 leading the way, Thor in the middle, and No. 2 behind.
During the Qianlong period, Lushunkou was still a small fishing village. Although it was a natural harbor, the hydrology was completely different from that of later generations. Therefore, the fleet quickly anchored after entering the seaport and turned the ship sideways.
The two artillery and heavy machine guns on the Thor were quickly prepared, and Beihai No. 1 and No. 2 also opened the windows on the second and third floor gun decks, and the muzzles of dozens of Beihai Navy 75mm guns were also extended. come out.
Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji, wearing green military uniforms of the Northern Navy, stood on the compass deck against the cold wind and watched curiously as the two sailors placed a strange object with five blades on the top.
Jiang Fan noticed that a sailor was holding a strange black square box with many buttons on it. When the sailor pressed a button on it, the blades of the strange object quickly rotated. And as the speed became faster and faster, the thing actually rose from the deck.
Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji were shocked. They pointed at the object rising higher and higher and shouted: "What is this?!"
"Drones."
"Drone? What is it used for?"
"Reconnaissance of the enemy."
Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji looked at each other, becoming increasingly frightened by the unpredictable tactics of the Northern Navy.
The sailor used his thumbs to move the two metal rods on the box in his hand. After the drone rose to an altitude of more than 20 meters above the deck, it quickly flew towards the Qing military ship port in the distance.
When the two of them followed the sailor back to the cockpit, they saw the sailor fidgeting with the black box again and connecting a line. The computer screen on the navigation chart table flashed, and the camera image carried by the drone appeared. out.
"This! This..." Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji were shocked and speechless. The two of them saw the computer on the table when they entered the cockpit, but they both thought it was a mirror. It's just that because it's black, I looked at it a few more times and found it strange.
Unexpectedly, this was not a mirror, but... Hong Liangji suppressed the shock in his heart and asked tremblingly: "What is this? Why can I see the port on the shore?"
Ding Guofeng bared his teeth and said with a grin: "The Immortal's method."
"..." Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji broke into sweat.
Deng Fei came over and patted the back of Ding Guofeng's neck and said to Hong Liangji: "You two, don't listen to his nonsense. This is technology and science."
Can't understand! Jiang Fan and Hong Liang Ji Waterfall Khan. The two of them had heard a lot about science and technology in Beihai Town these days; they also barely understood how an iron ship could float on the water.
But when I came to the cockpit today, I finally realized that what I had learned over the years could not explain everything in front of me. Jiang Fan thought he had almost seen Beihai Town clearly before, but now he felt that he had fallen into layers of fog again, and felt that King Zhao was really unfathomable.
Deng Fei asked the sailor to hover the drone over the port and count the Qing warships on the screen with his fingers.
"1, 2, 3... Well, thirty, it's OK. It's much better than the one in Shandong. Continue to the north and take a look at the situation in the Qing army's barracks area."
A few minutes later, the Qing army camp deployed on the high ground at the foot of Longpan Mountain finally revealed its true appearance.
The Lushun Navy camp covers a large area, almost the same size as a large village or town. A cross street is divided into the camp, and in the middle is a small courtyard-style temple. The whole camp is divided into four parts: southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. The densely packed houses are covered with straw and arranged in an orderly manner.
"Wait a minute!" Hong Liangji shouted, pointing to the two rows of houses on both sides of the temple in the center of the cross street: "This should be the government office of Shuiying."
"Oh?" Deng Fei immediately asked the sailor to control the drone and flew in a circle from east to west. He looked at the distance data displayed on the screen, then picked up the walkie-talkie and gave the aiming order to the deck and the two sailboats.
"Boom! Boom!..."
Before Gao Biao, the leader of the Water Camp, got up, he was woken up by the rapid sound of gongs. Immediately afterwards, his soldiers began to break down the door outside the house.
"My lord! My lord!"
Gao Biao stood up, put on his coat and asked, "Why are you beating the gong?"
"Sir, it's bad, the big iron ship is here, and there are many black ships in its belly! There is a strange bird in the sky!"
When Gao Biao heard this, he knew something was wrong. He quickly put on his shoes without even putting on his coat. He picked up his sword and rushed to the yard. Looking in the direction of the soldier's finger, there was indeed a "strange bird" making a buzzing sound flying around in the air, with a very strange appearance.
"Get my armor quickly!"
As soon as Gao Biao finished speaking, a military attaché wearing a helmet and armor ran in from outside, his head covered with sweat. He was an assistant leader in the water camp. After seeing Gao Biao, this person said loudly: "Sir, it seems that the Beihai soldiers are coming!"
"What?!" Gao Biao shouted, his legs went weak and he almost collapsed on the ground.
Last year, after Deng Fei led ships to raid Rongcheng and took away a large number of people, the Qing Ministry of War's message spread throughout important places along the coast within a few months. It describes in detail the appearance of the large ships in the North Sea, the clothing and weapons of the North Sea soldiers, and even the appearance of the speedboats used for landing, reminding water camps in various places to take precautions.
The Lushun Water Camp is responsible for controlling the throat of the Bohai Bay and has the important task of guarding the capital. Therefore, the Han army flag officers and soldiers stationed in the garrison attach great importance to the notification from the Ministry of War. As soon as they saw the white hull and black speedboat of the Thor, they immediately knew who was coming.
While Gao Biao asked his soldiers to help him put on his armor, he said: "Inform all ships to fire immediately!"
"Sir, the gunpowder, the gunpowder is still locked in the warehouse."
"Go and ask someone to get it! Hurry!" After Gao Biao finished speaking, he grabbed an ivory sign from his waist and said to his own soldiers: "Take it and pass on my order to the ivory sign soldiers in the open space south of the cross street. Arrange in formation, with shotguns, spear bearers, and tiger-tail cannons on the left and right flanks, we must fight them back!"
Gao Biao had no choice. As the garrison commander, losing the port would be a capital crime of beheading. Instead of escaping back to Xiong Yue and being beheaded by the deputy governor, it would be better to fight to death and leave a pension for his wife, children, and children.
At this time, the sound of gunfire could be heard in the harbor, but the rubber boat carrying the Northern Navy was still more than 500 meters away from the port, and the Qing army's muskets could not hit it at all.
"Listen to my command, No. 1 gun, No. 4 gun, test fire at the designated target, and load the grenades!" As the officer on the Beihai No. 1 gun deck issued the order, the two 75mm guns on the starboard side that had completed their aim fired two grenades in an instant. Installed.
"Loading complete!"
"Fire!"
"Tum! Tum!"
The two guns fired almost at the same time. The gun mounted inside the gun deck suddenly retreated along the longitudinally sliding steel gun mount, and then returned to its original position under the buffering of two thick springs.
"Boom! Boom!"
One of the two shells hit the camp area and the other hit the beach.
"No. 1, 2, and 3 guns fired three times at the original coordinates! No. 4, 5, and 6 adjusted their positions. The coordinates are..."
Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji in the cockpit of the Thor heard the sound of cannon fire and hurried to the compass deck to watch. The two of them each held a telescope and saw flames shooting out from the sides of Beihai No. 1 and No. 2. Looking at Shuiying Port in the distance, balls of flames rose into the sky, and they were as big as ants on the shore. Many Qing troops fell to the ground or turned into powder in the explosion.
With a loud "Boom!", a large fireball was seen rising from a Qing warship, and more than a dozen Qing soldiers who were all on fire jumped into the sea.
"The battle was fought like this... Such a military weapon has never been heard of before!" Although it was the cold winter of October, beads of sweat were already appearing on the foreheads of Hong Liangji and Jiang Fan. The two of them faced scenes that were completely different from the wars described in history books, and were extremely shocked.
There is no need for any close combat. From a few miles away, the North Navy's cannons can be invincible!
"No wonder King Zhao asked me to join the army camp as a soldier. It's ridiculous that we are so self-righteous and think that we can denounce Fang Qiu just with our little knowledge. What a scholarly spirit!"
In the cockpit, Deng Fei turned to look at Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji outside, and looked back at Ding Guofeng with a wry smile.
It is difficult to describe the amount of money and blood and sweat spent on the Northern Navy from nothing to what it is today. The 75mm cannon is easy to build, but talking about the shells makes me cry!
The shells for the 75mm gun were no longer produced in another time and space. The 85mm gun is not suitable for the navy because the barrel is too long.
A year ago, Zhao Xin spent a lot of money to buy the formula for the firing powder and primer of the D-44 85mm anti-tank artillery shell. However, if artillery shells were made according to this formula, the 75mm gun of the North Korean navy could not withstand such a large chamber pressure; after only more than twenty rounds were fired, cracks appeared inside the barrel.
So Fang Hua conducted tests again and again, adjusting the proportion, particle size and density of each formula; at the same time, the arsenal made samples for test firing according to the test results, and two 75mm cannons were destroyed. Until the Battle of Hunchun, the number of artillery shells produced by the arsenal was still insufficient.
If Zhao Xin hadn't been prepared in advance, Zhao Xin would have specially ordered two thousand rounds from Andrew half a year ago, and he would have been unable to find the temple gate even if he was carrying the pig's head. Although two thousand rounds were not much, the price was so expensive that Zhao Xin almost cried. He made up his mind that this was the last time, and he would never buy it again until he died!
The Qing troops in Lushun Naval Camp suffered heavy casualties under the artillery fire from Beihai No. 1 and No. 2. Thirty large and small sailing boats on the port were hit by bullets and caught fire, and fires were also ignited in the camp to the north; The straw roofs flew everywhere after catching fire, and wherever they landed, the roofs were ignited.
There was a loud "boom", and the warehouse storing rockets, spray barrels and cupping cans in the Qing army camp was hit by a shell. The huge fireball instantly swallowed up the three rows of barracks in front and behind.
After the soldiers of the Marine Battalion landed, all that was waiting for them was to clean up the battlefield.
The canthus of Gao Biao, the assistant leader, was about to burst, and it was so red that he could bleed. He stood in the middle of the cross street with his knife in hand, surrounded by barracks with blazing fire. The personal soldier Geshiha had been sent away by him, and rode his fast horse to Xiongyue Town to report the emergency to the deputy capital commander, and at the same time notified Ninghai, Xinjin and Fuxian counties along the way.
"Damn Beihai soldiers, why are you bombarding Lushun? I didn't provoke you!"
At this time, dozens of meters away, the figure of the Beihai Navy was clearly visible. Gao Biao actually didn't want to die, but the problem was that his wife, children, and parents were all in Shengjing. If he surrendered, his family would definitely not be left behind. The emperor might send them to Yili in anger.
That’s all!
Thinking of this, he raised his hand and touched the location of the aorta in his neck, then raised the knife and cut his neck under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen Bei navy soldiers.
Two days later, the Northern Navy's fleet sailed into Jinzhou Bay, frightening the officials at the local tax office and running away. Deng Fei ordered people from the Ministry of Trade to buy soybeans from surrounding merchant ships, and at the same time ordered the Marine Battalion to land and march towards Ninghai.
Ninghai County wanted to close the city gate and hold on, but the Marine Battalion fired several mortars and blew up the west gate. They had no choice but to raise a white flag, and then the county magistrate hanged himself in the county government office.
When they heard that the Beihai soldiers came here to buy soybeans instead of conquering the city, the officials, businessmen, soldiers and civilians in Ninghai County were all shocked.
Two days later, the fleet carrying 30,000 shi of soybeans crossed Xizhong Island and Changxing Island and entered Fuzhou Bay. Facing the merchants who came by boat from the Empress' Palace to negotiate on behalf of the government, Ding Guofeng said: "You have three days to transport 50,000 shi of soybeans, otherwise we will bombard Fuzhou City!"
The businessman was trembling with fright. Just as he was about to negotiate the price, he heard another sentence from the Beihai soldier in front of him: "We don't bully others. We give money when we buy things!"
When the businessman returned to Fuzhou, the eight-banner garrison captains and assistant leaders were dumbfounded after hearing the Beihai Navy's request. They thought, just to buy soybeans?
Is this a big deal? Tell me earlier! Just because of this trivial matter, they even beat up Lushun Water Camp. This is too bullying!
At the same time, the deputy commander of Xiongyue Town, who had learned about the Beihai soldiers' "border raids", dispatched several fast boats to Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan and Tianjin that day.
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