Although Deng Fei's words were resounding, He Xiwen was still a little worried. But it doesn't matter. After the conversation, Wang Yuanfang immediately arranged a firepower display.
When He Xiwen and his subordinates saw that the mortar, which was only as thick as an arm, could hit seven or eight miles away, they were all stunned and then overjoyed. When they saw that the heavy machine gun installed on the deck of the Thor shattered a small sampan a thousand meters away into pieces in an instant, all their worries disappeared.
In the early morning two days later, that is, at 8:48 on November 26, 1790, when the Sichun Pass was at the highest tide level, the Northern Navy attack force consisting of 600 people, led by Wang Yuanfang, took twenty passages. The simply reinforced large open-tail fishing boat entered the Xiangjiang estuary. Behind them was the Guangnan military fleet composed of fifteen large and small ships led by He Xiwen.
In fact, the so-called simple reinforcement is just sandbags piled on the bow and both sides of the deck. The main reason is that the machine gun and mortar fire will damage the keel and ship plates. In addition, He Xiwen, as a participant in this military operation, supported a hundred sailors and was responsible for operating the large open-stern boat of the North Korean Navy.
The appearance of large fishing boats and cargo ships in ancient Chinese sailing ships is actually not much different. The main difference is in the shape of the cabins; cargo ships use full cabins, while fishing boats use partitions.
Open-tail boats are also called "big tail gears" along the coast of Guangdong. They have three hard sails and the tail sail can be used to "reverse". Viewed from the side, this kind of ship is actually a Guangzhou ship. It is high at both ends, low in the middle, and the stern is higher than the bow. The purpose of this is to save superstructure space and reduce the wind area of the ship during navigation.
Not far after the fleet entered the Xiangjiang River from the lagoon, the river began to narrow, and a large number of sunken ships previously set up by the Xishan Army blocked the way. The masts on the sunken ships were exposed out of the water, and they were densely packed in a large area. Not far away, there were even Climb two iron ropes. At this time, the role of He Xiwen's troops became apparent, and he immediately sent his men to help salvage the sunken ship.
There was no such thing as a pontoon these days. Instead, water-resistant pontoons were sent down to plug the holes in the bottom of the sunken ship, and then the ballast stones in the cabin were removed, and then the big ships towed them away.
There was nothing going on at first. After the fleet passed the first blockade in almost two hours, hundreds of Xishan troops hiding in the dense forests on the south bank of the Xiangjiang River knew that something was wrong, and began to attack the fleet on the river. Leng Qiang and several small bronze cannons were also dragged to the river bank.
The shooting skills of the musketeers of the Xishan Army are very poor. If they were really elite, they would not have fought with Ruan Fuying for so many years, let alone being suppressed by the Guangdong and Guangxi Green Battalions before. These musketeers were equipped with matchlocks and a small number of flintlock muskets, many of which were "sponsored" by the Manchus.
In the Battle of Fuliang River at the beginning of last year, Ruan Guangping led an army of 100,000 troops to launch a surprise attack in five directions. He surrounded the unprepared Qing army's river camp and used a loudspeaker to persuade them to surrender. The Qing army was horrified, and then all surrendered, and all military supplies and equipment were captured by the Xishan Army. When Sun Shiyi fled back to Zhennanguan and took in the remaining troops, he found that almost all the food, grass and weapons were lost, and only half of the more than 20,000 officers and soldiers escaped.
With the Manqing as the "Logistics Captain", the overall equipment level of the Xishan Army was immediately improved.
When the barefoot soldiers wearing green hats started shooting at the fleet, Wang Yuanfang immediately ordered the machine guns on the ship to fire back. Since knowing the truth of the "Jiading Massacre", he has become extremely hateful to the Xishan Army.
Under the regular bursts of PKMs mounted on several ships, dozens of Xishan troops on the shore were killed on the spot. The gunners who were about to fire were so frightened that they dropped their cannons and turned around to flee for their lives in the woods. .
He Xiwen's men watched in stunned silence as the Xishan Army on the shore was defeated by the North Navy's quick guns. Then they started shouting with joy, and some ships even started beating gongs, drums, and waving flags.
For a time, the sound of gunfire, cannon fire, the excited shouts of the crowd, and the sound of drums were mixed together, making the scene a noisy one.
After clearing the sunken ship, things like iron cable crossing the river will naturally be much simpler. I saw a Beihai navy man sitting on an assault boat holding a grinding saw. He put on sunglasses and started cutting. Sparks were flying, and the thick iron chain was quickly cut off. This scene made He Xiwen, who was holding a telescope to find out the clues, speechless.
The more methods and stronger the Beihai Navy has, the happier He Xiwen and his generals will be. At this time, many people have begun to consider how much money they can plunder after entering the city.
Compared with Nguyen Phuc Anh's army, which can only receive rice as military pay, the Xishan Army, which occupies 90% of Annam's area, is quite rich, and is treated better than the Green Camp soldiers in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The Xishan court required men between the ages of 18 and 60 to pay a head tax of 11 Spanish silver coins every year, which basically meant that each man could support one soldier. The military salary of ordinary soldiers is ten cents per month, a handful of rice, a little fish sauce and a certain amount of cotton cloth, which is enough to feed a family of several people.
Because Nguyen Quang Binh's queen, prince, and grand master Pei Dexuan and others have received the order to retreat to Nie'an, the current leading generals of the Hue City defenders are General Vo Van Dung of the Taishan Dynasty and Nguyen Van Hoa, Minister of Industry.
When they learned that the number of enemy troops entering the Xiangjiang waterway was only 2,000, Vo Van Dung and Nguyen Van Hoa couldn't help but cursed that their opponents were so arrogant that they had to teach the North Navy a lesson.
The Xiangjiang River, which originates from the Changshan Mountains, makes an "S"-shaped bend from south to north after entering the plains, and then leads to the sea. Hue City, the target of the North Navy's attack this time, is located on the northwest side of the river below the "S" shape, while Chengtian Mansion is on the other side of the river.
Since the North Navy's "big cannon" had not fired in the past few days, the self-righteous Vo Van Dung, Nguyen Van Hoa and others speculated that it was either broken or there were insufficient shells. You must know that in the first few days, the two D30s on the Thor fired dozens of shells at Hue City. So in the past few days, the Xishan Army secretly returned to Hue City under the cover of night. After all, it is the land of the capital, so we cannot give up easily.
Wu Wenyong did not dare to send thousands of troops into the city to defend the city at once. What if the Beihai Navy cheated? He let five hundred people into the city every day. After three days in a row, when he saw that the cannons on the sea were no longer moving, he felt relieved and sent in another four thousand people. Little did they know that Deng Fei and Wang Yuanfang were waiting for the Xishan Army to do this!
When Wu Wenyong learned from the sentinel that the Northern Navy had sent a fleet to enter Xiangjiang, he immediately understood that the other party was going to attack the capital. After discussing with Ruan Wenhe and others, Wu Wenyong first sent a small group of troops to harass and delay the movement of the opponent's fleet. Then he divided the 5,000 troops hidden in Juzhengshan and Pengshan into two groups, and one group entered Xiangjiang. Chengtian Mansion on the south bank, and the other one is hidden near the Zhenhaitai Fortress in the north of the city.
He planned to quickly cut off the Xiangjiang River after the enemy's fleet passed the surface of Zhenhaitai. Then, through the pincer attack between the two forces inside the city and on the other side, the enemy was unable to successfully attack the city. The city cannot be attacked and the retreat is blocked. At that time, the enemy will have no choice but to abandon the ship and flee into Chengtian Mansion on the south bank. Then, Nguyen Van Hoa would lead the remaining troops and thousands of troops stationed in Xiongxiang County from all over Quang Nam to launch an attack, completely annihilating the enemy troops in the plains crisscrossed by rivers.
The problem is that these people had great ideas, but they didn't expect that the North Navy's firepower was too powerful, and there were so many weird gadgets.
First, the attacking troops were defeated as soon as they met, and then the two iron ropes across the river were easily broken by the North Navy with only a stick of incense. Before Vo Van Dung, Nguyen Van Hoa and others had time to react, the North Korean navy landed two kilometers north of Zhenhai Platform and launched a bombardment. At the same time, the cannons on the Thor also fired again.
At this time, after the Xishan Army in the city was killed and injured nearly a thousand people, they did not need to be chased by Bei Haijun and He Xiwen's troops. They immediately opened several gates to the west and began a great rout.
After using mortars to repel the defenders near the North Gate, the people from the special operations battalion used anchor hook launchers to scale the city wall, and then opened the city gate. He Xiwen, who had been a spectator before, finally raised his arms and shouted , led more than a thousand people into the city holding swords and spears. Along with the gunshots, shouts of "nuosongkongye" soon rang out from all over the city, and the defeated troops of the Xishan Army who took advantage of the situation knelt down to beg for mercy.
Fortunately, before setting off, Wang Yuanfang and He Xiwen repeatedly emphasized that after entering the city, they must control all city gates and must not loot. He Xiwen, who was willing to take refuge, also issued strict orders to his subordinates. Anyone who dared not obey the order would be killed. So the pirates divided into groups of a hundred or ten people, followed Bei Haijun and killed them all the way, and quickly controlled all the city gates.
Of course, there are also those who steal money from prisoners when no one is paying attention.
When a company of the special operations battalion occupied the west city wall, they found that the wilderness was full of defeated troops of the Xishan Army, and then called the Thor's artillery fire through a high-power handheld radio.
Well, the defeated troops of the Xishan Army who had just crossed the moat and were about to take a breath suddenly felt like they were falling into hell. Every explosion could take away the lives of hundreds of people. The remaining defeated troops cried for their fathers and mothers again and headed west. Ju Zhengshan fled.
At this time, the Xishan Army on the south bank of the Xiangjiang River was also in chaos. No one cared about running away and beheading them at this time. Even the generals took the lead in running away. Only then did Vo Van Dung and Nguyen Van Hoa realize that the Northern Navy was not only powerful at sea, but also many times more powerful in land combat than the Qing troops.
Run away!
At noon, He Xiwen, who was overjoyed to see that Hue City had been completely controlled by his side, was about to send someone to sail to the outer sea to inform the rest of his men. Wang Yuanfang, who found him, immediately stopped him and said: "No, your people have already set off." .”
"Ah?" He Xiwen's face darkened, and he thought to himself that I haven't given the order yet, so who is so bold as to act on his own?
Wang Yuanfang pointed to the hand strap on the special operations battalion soldier and said, "Don't be nervous, we informed you."
Just when He Xiwen was confused, he heard someone speaking on the soldier's desk, and he suddenly said in astonishment: "This, is this Shunfeng Er?"
Wang Yuanfang smiled and patted his shoulder, interrupting: "Let's go into the palace and have a look."
"Why!"
In the early days, Hue belonged to the Champa Kingdom, but was later captured by the Nguyen clan. During the Zheng-Nguyen dispute, it became the ruling center of the Nguyen clan in Quangnan. Since 160 years ago, the Ruan family established "Golden Dragon City" as the capital here. After two generations of expansion, it was renamed "Fuchun".
The main palace in the imperial city, called the "Jinhua Palace", had been destroyed by the cannon on the Thunder God; in addition, the Guanghua Palace and the Chaoyang Pavilion had also suffered varying degrees of damage.
He Xiwen couldn't help but secretly clicked his tongue when he saw several halls that had been destroyed by the bombing. I thought that this place must be twenty or thirty miles away from the Thor. If it could be hit from such a distance, who in the world could still be the enemy of the Northern Navy.
Thinking of this, he looked at Wang Yuanfang with a little more respect, and he didn't even dare to breathe.
When he led people to the "Jiule Hall" behind the palace, Wang Yuanfang's face became even more disdainful, thinking to himself, can this be called a palace? What a bunch of rubes who have never seen the market before.
He pointed to the so-called "throne" in the palace and said to He Xiwen, "Are you interested in sitting on it?"
He Xiwen was startled, knelt down with a pop, and said in a trembling voice: "No way! No way! General Wang, please don't joke."
Wang Yuanfang laughed and said: "Brother He, you are overthinking! There are no such rules in the Beihai Navy!" After that, he picked up the other party and dragged him into the hall.
He Xiwen wanted to break free, but Wang Yuanfang's hands were like iron pliers with great strength. When he reached the "throne", Wang Yuanfang pulled and pushed, and "threw" He Xiwen onto the chair.
"How is it? How does it feel?"
"Hehe, hehe~~" After getting over the initial panic, He Xiwen saw that there was no joking expression on Wang Yuanfang's face, so he touched this and that, grinning with joy, and his beard also straightened. shake.
"What kind of palace? It's far worse than Yonghe Palace!" Wang Yuanfang looked around with a look of disdain on his face.
He Xiwen stood up and said, "General Wang, may I ask where the Lama Temple is?"
"Oh. Qianlong's father was the prince's palace before Yongzheng, and later it was changed into a lamasery."
He Xiwen's eyes almost popped out of his head after hearing this, and cold sweat broke out on the back of his neck, thinking who the hell are these people! That's it, that's it. Which thing in the house isn't a good thing?
For him, being able to enter the Hue Palace is already the pinnacle of his life. As for the palace of the Qing Dynasty, that was something he couldn't even imagine.
Wang Yuanfang seemed to understand He Xiwen's thoughts, and said with a smile: "What does this mean? When the Forbidden City is conquered later, I will take you to visit it. By the way! There is also the Old Summer Palace!"
ah? ! ! He Xiwen and his men immediately stood on the spot.
At this time, at the entrance of the Jinhua Hall of the Imperial Palace, Zhao Xin, dressed in modern attire, squatted in front of the ruins and looked at it for a while, then started to sigh and almost beat his chest.
"What a prodigal! Who did this? These are all fine golden nanmu! And this, this, sandalwood, huanghuali..."
As Zhao Xin unconsciously spoke louder and louder, he finally alerted others. I saw a guy wearing the old uniform of General Ruan with a silver hat on his head emerged from the corner, pointed a knife at Zhao Xin's back and shouted.
"Hey! You're on the sidelines! Nuosong Kongye!"
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