Chapter 1 The Navy Sets Sail to Participate in the Battle and Successfully Lands on Jeju Island

When Fan Chengkun received the order from the Yaogang Command Center to blockade Japan with the power of the army, and at the same time the command center handed over this operation to him, there was jubilation in the command center. Fan Chengkun also clenched his fists excitedly and waved them.

Fan Chengkun wanted to fight a war against Japan too much. Now in the Fujian area he is in charge of, everything has entered a normal state, and the navy is becoming more and more courageous, and the morale of the soldiers is high one by one, and the cattle are terrible. Another reason is that when they came to Fujian, they heard a lot about the wreak havoc of the Japanese in the past, and the people here suffered greatly. Fan Chengkun also felt that it was time to make a move against Japan.

With the current naval superiority of Yaogang, Japan is not an opponent at all, and it is completely possible to wait for the opportunity to occupy a position in Japan, firmly contain Japan, and wait for Yaogang to finish solving the northern Mongols, and then free up your hands to completely solve the Japanese.

Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong received Fan Chengkun's telegram notification and almost didn't jump up. The two arranged it and immediately led the fleet back to Quanzhou.

Zheng Zhilong was very familiar with the situation in Japan, and he and Fan Chengkun and Mu Yi carefully studied the plan of action.

They believe that this operation is mainly a blockade, and it will take a long time to see results, so it is very important for the fleet to replenish at sea, that is, it is too far away to replenish in Shandong and the places newly recovered from North Korea. Chung suggested that Jeju Island, which had been seized by North Korea, should be recovered, as well as Tsushima Island. This will turn the two places into supply bases. A large amount of coal could be piled up on these two islands as a supply for warships, and fresh water was available on the islands.

This suggestion was in favor of both Fan Chengkun and Mu Yi. They decided to lead a part of the sappers and infantry, carrying a large number of reinforced concrete, and after the landing, the infantry was responsible for clearing the resistance on the island, assisting the sappers, and building docks and forts.

Once the plan is decided, the preparations begin. The preparations for a war are too complicated. Fan Chengkun and Lin Zongwei discussed organizing part of the immigration work. In order to let the kiln gang understand the situation here in detail, when Lin Zongwei returns to the kiln, he will personally report the situation to the command center.

Now the mobilization capacity of the kiln gang war is no longer what it used to be. All kinds of war materials were constantly transported to Quanzhou. There were more than 3,000 marines in the infantry participating in the battle, and Fan Chengkun transferred two more regiments from the army.

The warships participating in the war, except for the Qinzhou and two steam ships left in Quanzhou as a garrison in the Taiwan Strait, the other warships were dispatched to participate in the war. Four 5,000-ton cargo ships were dispatched to deliver supplies to Jeju and Tsushima at the same time. Four steamships, two thousand-ton steamboats, and four steel-hulled warships went to sea to participate in the war. A hundred sailing warships, when the wind is right, are also to deliver supplies to Jeju and Tsushima. Five landing craft were also transferred from Liaodong to participate in the battle with combat vehicles.

It's about to go on the expedition, this Spring Festival soldiers have a very rich year, needless to say that the food and drink are very good, and all kinds of opera troupes are invited to give the soldiers to perform in turn. Li Yan and his army art troupe also went to Fujian to perform for the soldiers and celebrate the New Year with everyone. There are also several new movies that are shown to the soldiers every night.

The New Year was lively, but after the dinner on the evening of the 15th, the soldiers went back early to rest, and they knew that they would set sail tomorrow.

In fact, the sailors began to prepare early on the ship, and the boilers were lit and heated in advance. Before dawn, the soldiers had breakfast and began to board the ship.

On several wharves in Quanzhou Port, it was as bright as day, and the officers and men were busy in an orderly and nervous manner. At dawn, several large ships loaded with goods at other piers were already slowly moving on the sea, waiting for the warships to advance in formation. Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong were on the Hongze Lake, and this time Hongze Lake was still used as a command ship. His tonnage is large, his stability is good, and the power of the radio is also the maximum.

Fan Chengkun watched the warships leave the dock one by one on the dock and sail into the distance, unable to go to sea with the ship, and felt a burst of regret in his heart.

Mu Yi and Jung Ji-ryong commanded the fleet of ships, and because they were sailing against the wind and had to take care of the speed of each ship, it took them nearly five days to reach the west side of Jeju Island. At noon, five landing craft from Liaodong were contacted by radio here, and after rendezvous, the flotilla headed east to Jeju Island.

Their goal was Jeju Port, which was also a small fishing port at this time, and the 5,000-ton ship in Yaogang could not dock at all.

Zheng Zhilong, who was standing on the bridge of the Hongzehu, put down the binoculars in his hand and said to Mu Yi: "It seems that you can go to Jeju Island for a drink tonight!" ”

"I don't know if people welcome us!" Mu Yi said.

"I've been to Jeju Island many times, and when they hear that I'm from the Ming Dynasty, they're very welcoming. Some old people said that their ancestors used to be from the Yuan Dynasty, and then the Ming Dynasty left us alone and returned to North Korea. I think that if we take back Jeju Island, some people will welcome it, but the officials and soldiers sent by North Korea will not welcome it. Zheng Zhilong said.

"Will they do it with us?" Mu Yi said.

"Yes!" Zheng Zhilong said, "The North Koreans are very strange, when you don't subdue them, they are very tough, just subdue." ”

Just as the fleet was approaching the port of Jeju and the port of Jeju could already be seen with his eyes, the lookout reported: "I have found two warships coming from the direction of Jeju!" ”

Without waiting for Mu Yi to speak, Zheng Zhilong said: "Don't worry about them, if they find trouble, destroy them." ”

The flotilla continued to move forward, and two North Korean sailing boats approached and stopped in the channel in the direction of the flotilla.

Mu Yi ordered: "Pay attention to the Qinzhou, the opposite ship will not avoid it, and will directly hit it!" ”

After receiving the order, the Qinzhou accelerated and rushed forward, and at this time the North Korean ship knew that the Yaogang people were not polite. But it was too late, the tonnage of their wooden sailing ships was too small, and it was too late to dodge, and one barely escaped the impact of the Qinzhou, but the stern was still hung up. However, the second half of the other ship was directly loaded by the Qinzhou, and the hull was directly broken.

The North Korean sailors on the boat that escaped the collision stomped their feet and scolded, but the Yaogang people didn't have time to pay attention to them, so they had to do their best to rescue their comrades who had fallen into the water.

The landing vanguard of the Yaogang fleet was five Lu Ting, followed by four steel-hulled warships in Yaogang. Because the four steel-hulled warships in Yaogang are sand boats, they are all flat-bottomed warships, and they can be very close to that side.

Five landing craft, according to Zheng Zhilong's introduction, rushed to land on a beach near Jeju Port in a place with a gentle beach. As soon as the front hatch of the landing craft opened, five artillery trucks drove out, followed by more than 200 marines of the navy and landing. The people on the island felt strange about the sudden appearance of the monster in the gun carriage. I don't know what kind of sea monster came out. When they saw a large number of ships on the sea, and the soldiers who had landed, they knew that it was someone coming. But the people didn't know who was coming, and they were so frightened that they ran away.

The marines occupied berths at several piers and sent reports to the sea. The warships of Yaogang docked one after another, and many soldiers and tools were unloaded.

A large number of soldiers immediately established a defensive line around the pier.

The kiln sappers were preparing to go to the island to cut down trees to build a wharf, and it was reported that Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong, who had just landed in a speedboat, said that there was a shipyard and there was a lot of wood there.

Zheng Zhilong said: "Hurry up and buy all their wood." We need to build a floating dock as soon as possible to unload the supplies from the big ship. ”

A Korean-speaking general took an officer to the shipyard and told the people there that he wanted to buy their wood, and this man dared not sell it, especially when he got a large sum of silver, and his smile reached his ears. These pieces of wood were cut down from the mountains and didn't cost much silver, but I didn't expect him to make a fortune, how could he not be happy.

In order to speed up the progress of the project, the kiln gang gun truck used to help drag the wood to the sea, and the sappers used chain saws to "buzz" the wood to the same length, and then used thick steel bars to tie wooden rows into pontoons, threw down prefabricated large cement anchors on the sea, fixed the pontoons in the sea, and prepared to build a floating wharf, so that the 5,000-ton ship could be unloaded.

The sappers are busy here. The soldiers came over with a couple of North Korean officials. Several North Korean officials came to Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong, dancing and "purring and turning ....." I said it. The interpreter said, "This is the magistrate of Daejeong-gun, Jeju. He said they were protesting against our invasion of Jeju Island without permission. ”

There are two counties in Jeju Island, Dajing and Jeongyi, and this is one of the county magistrates.

Mu Yi said to the translator: "You tell him that this was originally the place of the Great Yuan Dynasty, but then the Great Yuan Dynasty was defeated, and we couldn't take care of managing this place, so the officials here took refuge in North Korea, and now we inform you that we have taken back Jeju Island." You pack up and get out of here with dignity. Otherwise, it won't look good if we send you away! ”

After the translation was finished, these people jumped and shouted and screamed. There is no need for a translator to translate, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong probably understand what they are saying. In short, I don't want to, plus protest. Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong glanced at each other, did not speak or wait for the translator, the two laughed and walked towards the construction site where the wharf was built.

Those North Korean officials wanted to follow Mu Yi and them, but the soldiers glared at them and pointed their guns at them. Although they didn't know that the kiln soldiers were robbing it in their hands, they knew that it must be difficult to mess with. So I didn't dare to move.

After jumping for a while, shouting for a while, they left.

Mu Yi asked Zheng Zhilong: "What can these people do when they go back?" ”

"With the virtue of the North Koreans, they see that we didn't treat them well this time, and they will definitely find someone to do something hard with us!" Zheng Zhilong replied.

"Huh! These people are really cheap! Mu Yi smiled and said, "However, it's better than us going to them." I don't think they will come before dark! ”

"Hmmm! That's right. Zheng Zhilong said, "I don't think we have to go to the island early tomorrow morning, and we will talk about it when they are crazy!" Otherwise, we will catch them everywhere, and it will be too much effort! ”

"That's how I see it, too. With so much ready-made wood, we were able to build a floating dock in two days. Unload things as soon as possible, the dock here is in terrible condition. After building the floating dock, first build a few berths out of wood. It's also more convenient when we come and go by big boats. I don't think the fort is in a hurry to build, but first mount the cannon on the shore, so that the cannon can pose a threat to the sea. Mu Yi said.

"I think it's okay," Mr. Zheng said, "I guess these North Koreans will be able to send a ship to report to North Korea today." ”

"The North Korean ships are coming, will we train our troops?" Mu Yi said, "Tell the soldiers to be careful at night, don't be careless, and prevent the North Koreans from making trouble at night!" ”

"Push the searchlights high, and the searchlights on our ship should also be turned on, which is also a deterrent to them." Zheng Zhilong said.

After Yaogang received that Mu Yi and the others successfully landed on Jeju Island, Chen Yufeng sent them a telegram back, asking Mu Yi and them to let some North Koreans go back to North Korea to report the news. Because, they have to wait for the North Koreans to send envoys to negotiate.

Although this incident made Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong feel very strange, they knew about this matter, and the Yaogang side should have more consideration. He called back and said that he would resolutely comply.

At night, the kiln landing ground is brightly lit, and electricity is drawn from the ship. Some officers and men took over the daytime work and continued to build floating wharves by arranging wood. The infantry of the kiln gang also occupied several high ground around it and kept on guard.

The arrival of Yaogang was so sudden that the North Korean officials on the island were unprepared and panicked, and they did not have the heart to carry out a night attack on the Yaogang people. Until the afternoon of the next day, the people of Yaogang did not see any North Korean officials coming.

However, the officers and soldiers of Yaogang did not go out, they were not in a hurry, and they waited for the Koreans. After three days of late afternoon, the large ships of the Yaogang people began to dock to unload supplies, and the scouts who came out reported on the radio that more than 1,000 Koreans were coming this way. It seems that a wagon is still pulling a cannon.

Mu Yi smiled and said, "Finally, the North Korean adults are here." ”

Zheng Zhilong also said: "If you beat them up, the rest will be easy to handle!" ”

Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong leaned back in their chairs, basking in the sun, and handed over the matter of dealing with the Koreans to the commander of the Marine Corps.

These North Korean officers and soldiers who came here had never fought before, and they all came from all over the place, and some of them were local officials, so such a team had no combat effectiveness at all. However, North Korean officials did not think so, and when they heard that the people gathered were impassioned, they felt that they had risen in confidence.

When a North Korean official mobilized, he said: "Brothers! I've seen those weak Ming Dynasty people. We must not allow them to occupy our land! Today we are going to teach them a lesson so that they will never dare to come to Jeju Island again! ”

The soldiers below shouted: "Kill all the Ming Dynasty people!" Kill all the people of the Ming Dynasty! ”

When these people headed for Jeju Port, they were pulling cannons that had not been used for an unknown amount of time.

How did these majestic and high-spirited Korean officers and soldiers know that their whereabouts have long been in the hands of the Yaogang people.

They came to the periphery of the Yaogang landing field, and when they saw the defense line arranged by the Yaogang people, they also stopped and began to prepare for the attack. First they set up several cannons on a high place. The artillery of Yaogang reconnoitred and soon saw their location and reported it to the Yaogang warship.

The North Korean officials were also very particular, and after all, they were greatly influenced by the culture of the Central Plains, and they sent a messenger to deliver a letter demanding that the Yaogang people withdraw from Jeju Island, and the Buddha was about to drive them into the sea.

Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong didn't see this messenger either, and were directly sent back by the officers of the Marine Corps.

As soon as the North Korean messenger left, a shell from the Yaogang warship landed not far from the North Korean artillery position and exploded. Although it did not hit the artillery position of the North Koreans, the powerful explosion still frightened these North Korean officers and soldiers who had never really been in battle. They knew that it would be unthinkable for such shells to fall among them. But at this point, they had no choice but to command the army to charge, and strive to rush to the beachhead and drive the kiln men into the sea. Without waiting for their infantry to rush upward, the shells on the Yaogang warship landed accurately on the artillery position after being calibrated and fired. The explosion of the shells was earth-shattering, causing the earth to tremble, and at the same time, the artillery and soldiers that the Koreans had taken a lot of effort to transport were scattered into the sky.

Look at the cannons and artillery that didn't fire a single shot and flew into the sky like this. The North Korean officers and soldiers were stunned. But the North Koreans really have a brute spirit, and after they were frightened for a while, they gritted their teeth and began to fight hard. They shouted and brandished their swords, spears, and bows and arrows, and rushed towards the position of the kiln.

More than 1,000 people shouted and charged, and the momentum was not small. When they rushed fifty meters in front of the position, disaster struck. The light and heavy machine guns of the Kiln Man, together with the automatic rifles, opened fire. Fortunately, none of the soldiers in Yaogang were embarrassed to shoot in bursts, they were all aimed at firing at a time, and the density of bullets was not very large, but the effect was very obvious. Seven or eight hundred people were killed at once. The rest of the Korean officers and soldiers immediately understood how they were fighting with the Yaogang people, and ran back lifelessly, but in front of them, a sudden bullet came and knocked them down in half. The remaining North Korean officers and soldiers were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and surrendered with their hands raised.

The commander of the Marine Corps had already arranged for a company of soldiers to make a detour behind them to intercept them.

The battle was short-lived, killing more than a thousand Koreans and taking more than a hundred prisoners.

Interrogating the captives revealed that they were almost all the people sent by North Korea. But it was also learned that the Koreans had sent ships from elsewhere to report the situation to the king of Korea.

The fighting did not affect the continuation of construction on this side.

After the battle, according to the map, Mu Yi and the others sent the regiment that was going to stay on Jeju Island to all parts of the island to announce the return of Jeju Island to the Ming Dynasty. And announced the policy of the kiln gang people, and they also brought a lot of kiln gang cloth and other daily necessities. The people don't have much sense of the country, but they know how to benefit. They will welcome whoever knows who brings them benefits.

The remaining officers and soldiers were involved in the unloading of supplies and the construction of the dock. After a period of hard work, they built many docks out of wood where warships could dock. At the same time, the construction of a wharf capable of docking 5,000-ton ships began with large stones and reinforced concrete on the island. They also discovered that there was a cliff near the sea that was very deep in the water, so they decided to build a wharf there that could dock 10,000 tons of ships.

Just when Muyi was building with great fanfare, the observation post on the mountain reported on the radio that many sailing ships had come to the sea.

Mu Yi immediately ordered the Qinzhou to set sail to investigate.

Zheng Zhilong said: "The North Korean ship will not come so fast!" ”

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.