Chapter 22 Heavy Artillery Bombardment Captures the Estuary Waterway Raid Occupies the Wharf

The reason why Jiang Pai stopped their offensive on the Songjin front was to wait for the naval army to attack Shengjing (Shenyang) from the sea. As long as Dolgon sends troops back to Shengjing (Shengjing), the defenders who stay on the front line of Songjin will inevitably be shaken, and the army that rushes back to help will be easily annihilated in the field. If Dolgon does not return to Shengjing (Shenyang), then the Songjin front line will not be in a hurry to attack, and after Shengjing (Shenyang) is taken, Dolgon, who has no lair, will still be shaken by the army's heart, and Dolgon will have no way to retreat, and the battlefield situation will be more favorable. In short, the calculation of the kiln gang people is home, where can Dolgon see through such a situation.

The actions of the navy were not as vigorous as those on the Datong side, and all the warships in Yaogang set off in Dengzhou (Penglai) as a whole. The size of this fleet was unimaginable to Dorgon. The main big ships are four 5,000-ton ships, five steel-hulled warships, six steamers, six 1,500-ton steamers, 20 landing craft, and more than 20 tugboats, as well as many Zheng Zhilong and their sailing ships. This first wave of formations transported the strength of two divisions of the Eleventh Army, and set off in a mighty northeast direction. Their goal is the mouth of the Liao River.

Since there was no need to think about encountering opponents at sea, the five steel-hulled ships of Yaogang were the first to reach the mouth of the Liao River. Mu Yi, deputy commander of the naval army, and Wei Xiang, the commander-in-chief of the land along the way, also arrived together on the Fenzhou.

The garrison situation of this estuary and along the coast has long been well remembered by the naval army. There were two batteries on each side of the estuary, and two batteries not far from the coast on either side of the estuary, so it was clear that the defenders' defense was focused on the sea. It was also because of these forts that Dolgon was not very worried about someone attacking from here. Each of these forts had five cannons cast with the help of the Han army. The outside of the fort is covered with large pieces of green bricks, and the inside is rammed with three-fold soil, which is very strong. Under the fort, troops can also be stationed to hoard ammunition, food and grass. Even if it was hit by a few cannons, it was not too threatening, and Dolgon did not know the power of the kiln cannons. There was also a perimeter wall under the battery, which was guarded by infantry. There were one hundred and twenty artillery on each battery, and more than two hundred infantry, and a battalion of thousands was in charge. Each of the batteries in this group has a communication wall between them, and they can support each other through the wall. The fort group is in charge of a four-rank metropolitan division. Half of the infantry was the Han Army's Green Battalion Army. In order to solve the problem here as soon as possible, Mu Yi and the others prepared to use 203 mm caliber cannons to directly bombard the battery after approaching at the beginning.

At this time, it was noon, and the sentries on the main batteries of the north battery group at the mouth of the river were hiding in the shade of the batteries from the blazing sun, and they had been guarding here for several years, and there had never been an incident. The sentry who seemed to be asleep in a daze faintly heard a strange sound coming from the sea, and quickly poked his head out to look at the sea, and saw that he didn't know when the sea came, and some smoking guys came, and the sound came from there, and the sentry suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, could it really be a sea monster? They had heard fishermen talk about all kinds of strange things at sea, and those sea monsters were even more terrifying, but they never believed too much. The sentries hurried to report to the captain, and the commander should report to the captain when he heard it. Because the fort group was originally responsible for the garrison of a fifth grade, after the regent sent troops, he sent a fourth rank of the capital to be in charge. As soon as the capital department came, he kept tossing, either drills or training, and repeatedly emphasized preventing the sneak attack of the kiln gang people. If someone makes a mistake, they will not be spared. Wu Chang had the courage to wake up the commander of the battery battalion who was taking a nap. After a period of scolding, Wu Chang stubbornly reported: "My lord! You'd better go up and have a look! If it's okay, you come back and scold me again, otherwise something happens, and you can't afford it! After speaking, he whispered, "The new Dusi is not easy to talk to!" ”

Ying Qianzong really didn't dare to slack off, scolded and put on a dress, climbed the stairs to the top of the fort, looked at the sea, and sure enough, there were five black smoke guys side by side on the sea, and he could see that it was a boat, and he vaguely saw that there were still people on the boat. But before the battalion commander scolded the captain again, he saw a bright light flashing on the boat emitting black smoke on the opposite side. Because it was too close, and then a loud "bang" sounded, and before the battalion commander, the commander, and the sentries on the fort could react again, the fort under their feet exploded, and the first half of the fort flew into the sky with them.

The target of Mu Yi's first round of attacks was the battery group on the north side of the estuary, and the 203 mm large-caliber naval guns aimed at close range, and they were all the first hits. The twenty 130-caliber cannons on the five steel-hulled ships did not rush to grab the 203-mm guns, they concentrated their fire on the camps and other fortifications around the battery, and after a few rounds of firing, these fortifications were all overturned. When Mu Yi and the others were preparing to attack the battery group south of the estuary, the battery group on the south side had already begun to run towards them. However, the accuracy of the shells was too far off, and they all hit the sea.

Mu Yi smiled and said to Wei Xiang, "Hehe! It seems that they are well-trained and react quickly! ”

Wei Xiang said: "It's a pity! Their batteries are well repaired. ”

"Don't worry! With our navy here, we won't let you use the fort to defend! Mu Yi said, and the naval guns of Yaogang began to attack again.

Mu Yi and Wei Xiang couldn't speak, so they had to watch the battle. I saw that the fort in the south of Hekou was constantly billowing with thick smoke and flashing fire. The forts south of the estuary were quickly overturned. The guns on the batteries did not have a chance to fire a second shot.

At this time, the five warships approached the shore at the same time, stopped in the middle of the estuary, and began to lower the dinghy and rubber boats, and after the members of the Marine Corps climbed the rope ladder to the boat, the 130 cannons on the five warships began to fire at the battery group again, covering the landing of the Marine Corps. The 500 marines of the navy were divided into two directions and soon landed on both sides of the estuary.

After landing on both sides of the estuary, the marines occupied two battery groups on both sides of the estuary and established defensive positions in the face of the defenders who were not dead but had been stunned by the shells.

The defenders of the surrounding castles heard the sound of gunfire and cannons, and sent people to reconnoitre, and when they saw that there were kiln men coming in big boats, and some people had landed, they knew that the situation was not good, and immediately organized people to counterattack in the direction of the estuary, trying to recapture the castle groups on both sides of the estuary. But where they were opponents, the ships at the mouth of the river drove them back as soon as a volley of shells passed.

After the big ship of Yaogang arrived, it began to unload the barges with the cranes on the ship in the place where the wind and waves were calm at the mouth of the river, and then connected the barges one by one, and then connected them to the tugboats that rushed over. Finally, the material equipment is unloaded on the barge, and only then the personnel are boarded. All this was planned, the personnel did not know how many times they were trained, and the movements were very skillful. It was the first batch to be loaded on the barge, and the things and personnel were all arranged in advance.

The personnel on the first batch of ten barges were three regiments of the First Division of the 11th Army, and the formation was equipped with two steel-hulled warships, the Fenzhou and Qinzhou, as well as ten landing craft and five speedboats unloaded from the big ships. Their goal is Shengjing. Leading the team was Wei Xiang, and the commander and political commissar of the 11th Army stayed at the mouth of the river to direct the follow-up operation. Because their most important goal here is to capture Shenyang, and they must move quickly.

This was the first wave of the group to load, and although it was late, they were still guided by the speedboat and drove up against the current. From the mouth of the river into the river is the Sancha River, here is the Taizi River and the Hunhe River, and then with the Liao River confluence into the sea from here into the river (the Liao River independently from Panjin into the sea, is the result of the change of the river after the founding of the People's Republic of China, but the wetland of Panjin is also created in this way). Therefore, they have to go upstream, at the confluence of the Three Forks River, to Shengjing (Shenyang). However, Li Zhi's men had been waiting at this fork for a long time, and when the fleet was moving, they contacted it by radio.

The defenders on the river bank were stunned to find that there was a fleet of ships going upstream, not as fast as sails, but the boats were rumbling with smoke and fire. After waiting for a while, they understood that this matter should be reported first. Since it was night, it had been peaceful all the time, and it was already dawn the next day when they wanted to report the matter to the senior generals. The first thing they thought of was that they had to report this matter to Shengjing (Shenyang), and the Yaogang fleet was likely to threaten Shengjing (Shenyang), so they didn't expect these fleets to go back to attack Shengjing (Shenyang). The troops who had attacked the estuary last night also began to report to their superiors at dawn. But they were all one step too late.

Due to the unclear situation of the river in the dark, Wei Xiang did not walk very quickly with the fleet, and did not arrive at the fork of the river until dawn, and contacted the person sent by Li Zhi by radio, and he brought a boatman who was very familiar with the river.

When Li Zhi's people found this boatman, the boatman didn't know what the kiln man was, but when he heard that he had come to beat the Manchu Qing Tartars, he wanted to spend some silver to take care of him and lead the way, so he immediately said: "I said that I don't want silver, if I can kill the Tartars, I can give up my life." ”

Wei Xiang listened to Li Zhi's introduction and said to this northeastern man: "Okay! It's a gentleman. But we have discipline, you have done us a favor, we have to pay you. ”

The Northeast man was also more cheerful, "Official! I'm not afraid of silver biting my hands, I promise to bring you to Shengjing, and when the time comes, you will reward it with your heart! ”

The boatman went down to the speedboat to lead the way, and with the boatman leading the way, and the day was already dawning, the speed of the fleet increased, albeit against the current. It was also the first time for the boatman to sit on a boat, and he couldn't sit still with excitement. It is also a beautiful day, just after a rain, the water level of the river is very deep, and the fleet of Yaogang can move forward with confidence. Along the way, the people on both sides of the river can be regarded as opening their eyes, and those who are farming on both sides of the river have come to the river bank to watch these fleets of heavenly soldiers. They saw neat soldiers sitting on the barge behind the tugboat, all dressed in colorful clothes, without spears and knives in their hands, and holding unnamed guys. However, they all knew that this was the kiln man, and the notice had already said it. It's just that they didn't expect the kiln people to be like this. What surprised them even more was that those boats had no sails and no slender men, and they went so fast against the current, just roaring with black smoke, which was a little scary.

Due to the non-stop meal all the way, the boatman who sat on the speedboat and led the way ate canned beef for the first time. The sailor on the speedboat brought him a box of canned food, and the boatman couldn't understand what it was, but in fact the sailor deliberately teased him, saying, "Fellow, this is lunch for you, eat!" ”

The boatman was really embarrassed and said, "Master Jun, how can this iron lump be eaten as food?" ”

"Come on! Fellow, we are not allowed to call the military master. You call me brother! "Sailors are really not used to being called military masters," "If you change your words, I'll tell you how to eat it!" ”

"Good! Brother, how do you say this thing is eaten? The boatman quickly changed his tune.

"You shake this thing, is there something in it?"

The boatman shook his head and said in surprise, "Oops! It's empty inside, there's something! ”

Another sailor said, "Wait! The fellow is very real, don't tease him! ”

The sailor, joking, opened a can for the fellow with a knife and gave him another piece of bread.

The boatman scooped a piece of beef with a spoon and put it in his mouth, chewed it for a while, and said, "Oh my God! This beef can also be made by you kiln gang people, it is really delicious. After taking a bite of bread, I also said how can your steamed buns be made like this? ”

The sailors said: "When we have beaten away all the Manchu Tartars in Liaodong, you can eat canned beef every day, and eat this steamed bun called bread every day." ”

"Great! Even if you don't eat canned food, the Manchus should run away, they don't treat us Han people as human beings at all. Is there any evil thing they don't do? It's better to kill them all. "Speaking of Manchu Tartars, the shipwrights can't eat anything. The sailors knew that they had been harmed by the Manchus and suffered too much.

When it was dark, the searchlights were lit on all the ships, and now the boatman opened his eyes again, he didn't expect such a bright light.

Until the second half of the night, the fleet encountered another fork, and the boatman said: "Take the river on the left, and the one on the right is to enter the Taizi River, which leads to Liaoyang." ”

After dawn, the fleet walked for another day, until midnight the boat arrived at the famous Luoshi Quaner Wharf in Shengjing (Shenyang).

Seeing the lanterns hanging on the Luoshiquaner Wharf from a distance, the boatman said: "In front is the Luoshiquaner Wharf, also called Shili Wharf, because it is just ten miles away from Shengjing City to the north." ”

Wei Xiang on the warship behind also woke up at this time, and he asked people to use the radio to contact the person who answered, and the person who answered called back that everything was normal on the dock and no other situation was found. Wei Xiang knew that the Qing soldiers had not yet sent the news here. He saw that there were hundreds of sailing ships of all sizes docked here, and he also knew that most of Shengjing's supplies were transported in and out by boat.

Wei Xiang and the others have long known that there is a large wharf and two small wharves at the Luo Shi Quan'er Wharf, the wharf is a large slope, and the river is a boat wharf built with thick wooden boards. According to intelligence, thousands of ships can be berthed here at the same time. They had already made a model of this place with a sand table, and he knew that the "Hunhe Evening Crossing", one of the so-called "Eight Views of Shengjing", was here, but at this time, Wei Xiang had no interest in appreciating any scenery, and ordered the fleet to land on the shore immediately.

The sound of the "roaring" engines of the Yaogang fleet was heard far away in this silent night, and the dazzling searchlights had already alarmed the people on the dock. Both sleeping on the boat and on the shore were awakened, and they all stared at everything they couldn't understand in front of them with terrified eyes. Just as the ships of Yaogang were docking, a group of Qing soldiers with spears and hats on their heads suddenly ran to the pier, and they ran to the pier, blocking the glare of searchlights with their hands as they ran. Wei Xiangxin said that how could he run out so many people looking for death, in order not to affect the unloading and landing, they must be cleared of their interference as soon as possible. Wei Xiang ordered the soldiers on the speedboat over the radio, "Destroy them!" ”

The soldiers on the speedboat had already loaded their bullets and were waiting for the order, and they immediately pulled the trigger, and the 12.27 mm heavy machine gun "bumpered" at the Qing soldiers who were dancing on the dock. They are usually on the docks, and they are used to it. It's a bit of a relationship to be able to work here, there's a lot of oil and water here! No ship should be honored when it docks. When they heard that something was wrong on the dock today, they naturally rushed over to show that they were not ambiguous. They didn't know what was going on in the face of the ship in Yaogang, but no matter who came, it was no bigger than the emperor, they shouted on the dock, Wei Xiang didn't hear what they were shouting, so they greeted them with heavy machine gun bullets.

Under the illumination of the searchlight, those Qing soldiers who were shot could be immediately broken into two sections, and if they were shot in the head, their heads would be knocked away, and the bullets in their arms would also knock their entire arms flying. The terrifying scene stunned everyone who watched the excitement. Dozens of Qing soldiers became a pile of minced meat in a blink of an eye, and the parents who watched the excitement shouted and ran away.

There was no way, Wei Xiang had to order to continue the landing, and at the same time, let people shout with the horn on the warship: "Folks! Please don't panic, we are the Yaogang People's Army, and we are here to fight the Manchu Tartars. It will not hurt innocent people, please don't panic! After shouting, Wei Xiang also asked the loudspeaker to play the song. Not to mention, after a paragraph of the song, the people are really settled, they have never heard such a good song, and the attraction of the song beats the panic. Many people listened to the song and heard the dawn.

At dawn, the infantry of the kiln gang had also gone ashore. After sending out the vigilance force, the unloading of the material began. Especially after dawn, the landing began to look for a place to ease the riverbank with the help of the responders. Because when they came out, they knew that there was no dock here that could withstand the gun trucks, so they had to use landing craft to rush to the beach to drive the gun trucks ashore. Seeing a total of 20 artillery trucks "booming" ashore, Wei Xiang ordered, "Send a report to your family, the artillery trucks have successfully landed!" ”

This news means that their formation is completely ashore. Wei Xiang knew that if he encountered the Manchu cavalry this time, he would not have to worry at all.

After unloading, all the ships headed back, except for the warship and two gunboats. Because there are still a lot of people and materials to be transported on the other side of the estuary. Three speedboats escorted them.

At this time, the troops ashore had already begun to form a formation. According to the plan, they did not immediately attack Shengjing, and when they arrived here, they were not in a hurry to attack. The Yaogang soldiers began to carry out propaganda work on the wharf, and one morning, the people on the wharf of Luoshiquaner were very familiar with the Yaogang soldiers. The people have never seen such kind officers and soldiers, but most of the people left here are Han Chinese, and the Manchus have all fled, so the Han people who are looking forward to fighting the Manchus do not need to be afraid. The kiln soldiers paid them money to help carry the materials, and they all rushed to do it.

In the afternoon, cavalry scouts reported on the radio that several thousand Manchu cavalry were rushing towards us. Wei Xiang thought to himself, he was finally looking forward to it, but he was so stingy when he came. Immediately ordered the people to be sent out and prepared for battle.

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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.