Chapter 68 Raid on Haiphong Harbor Le Li's whole army responds

Hearing that Li Zicheng and their side had already begun to act, Zhang Zhimu, Chen Yufeng, and Ouyang He on the side of Yaogang were very relieved. When the kiln people fought a war, the workload of pre-war preparations was very large, and it was also the busiest work. As soon as the battle started, the commanders and fighters on the front line were busy, and the latter were relaxed.

Now the recruitment work is a very easy thing, and when recruiting soldiers everywhere, you can carefully select new recruits. Because there are far more people who sign up to serve as soldiers than the number of soldiers recruited. The command center is not worried at all.

In order to take care of Emperor Chongzhen's emotions, Zhang Zhimu sent a telegram to Emperor Chongzhen, and the Yaogang People's Army cooperated with Li Zicheng's army to march into Annam by water and land. In this way, the operation of the Yaogang army to take over Guangxi and Guangdong could be carried out openly.

Emperor Chongzhen received Zhang Zhimu's telegram in a very complicated mood, and he was happy that Li Zicheng, a disaster star, had left the Ming Dynasty, and he was relieved that he could solve the Annan problem, but he was also a little disappointed that Liangguang fell into the hands of the Yaogang people in this way. Although the imperial court had long lost control of Liangguang in the past, it was still nominally controlled by the imperial court. Needless to say now, the full-fledged Yaogang people will definitely take the opportunity of supporting Li Zicheng's march into Annan and take Liangguang into their pockets. The southwest side has long been out of control, and the places that the imperial court can control are not only Zhongshu Province (Jingshi), but also parts of Shandong and Jiangsu.

Emperor Chongzhen can only resign himself to fate now, looking at Zhang Zhimu's meaning, they will attack Liaodong next year, then Liaodong is also after the Yaogang people, and the place actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty is an isolated island.

After arriving in the capital, the people sent by the kiln gang people chose the best place to buy a large piece of land, and now the land is being leveled, and a large circle building department store will be built soon. Also selected a place for the construction of a power plant. They want to build a two-megawatt generator set first, and then they will build a 100-megawatt generator set, and it is said that they can build two or three 100-megawatt generator sets in the place they bought. The coal yard used to accumulate coal in power plants is intimidating. It seems that Zhang Zhimu's words count, but Emperor Chongzhen still can't be happy. The whole capital is talking about these things, and even the ministers who have repeatedly opposed the kiln gang people in the past did not oppose the development of the kiln gang in Beijing this time. This made Emperor Chongzhen a little unsure, if these ministers objected, Emperor Chongzhen could still be sure that these things were done right. If they don't object, they don't know what these guys are up to. Maybe they also saw that the Ming Dynasty really couldn't support it.

However, Emperor Chongzhen thought about it again, all these things that the kiln gang people did were personally invited by themselves to increase investment in the capital. However, the people of the capital did not understand, and there was no radio and newspaper propaganda from the kiln gang people on their side. Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen sent a telegram to Zhang Zhimu with a password, asking the people of Yaogang to publicize it with newspapers and radio, saying that the people of Yaogang carried out these constructions at the invitation of the emperor in Kaifeng. Of course, the emperor's reason is to prevent some rebel ministers from causing trouble in the construction of the kiln.

Of course, Zhang Zhimu also understood it, so as soon as Zhang Zhimu told Editor-in-Chief Fan about it, Editor-in-Chief Fan publicized Emperor Chongzhen's achievements very smoothly and without missing traces. It was emphasized that Emperor Chongzhen was concerned about the people of the capital, so he suggested that the Yaogang people build these projects in the capital. At the same time, it is also introduced that these projects built by Yaogang people with huge investment in the capital will immediately bring a lot of benefits to the people of the capital.

Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Zhang Zhimu's tacit cooperation, and sent a telegram back to pay attention to the war in Annan.

Before they set off, a merchant ship had already departed two days in advance, and now it is docked at Haiphong Port.

It takes many days for a merchant ship to unload cargo, and even more time to buy goods for the return trip. The captain of the ship who came also came to Haiphong Port every year, and he was very familiar with the merchants of the port and Haiphong Port, and his arrival was also welcomed by them this time. Every time the captain of the ship docked, in addition to paying the normal fee, those officials on the shore could get a little benefit. So they are very popular.

It's just that what these people on the shore don't know is that in addition to the normal cargo brought by the ship, there are quite a few sailors on board, and of course, there is also a radio.

The additional sailors waited for the ship to dock and then went ashore and wandered around to reconnoiter the situation in Haiphong Port. What makes them feel very strange is that Haiphong Port is not at all guarded here, and it is busy. People here didn't think that it would be a long time for there to be a lot of artillery fire.

Two days after the merchant ship docked at Haiphong Port, Mu Yi's fleet had already come to the vicinity of Hailong Bay, where the fleet was reorganized according to the plan, and all the steam-powered ships in Yaogang drove to the front of the fleet, with five steel-hulled warships at the head, followed by six steam ships, then two 5,000-ton ships and four 1,000-ton steam ships, followed by the original Zheng Zhilong's sailing fleet. Since Haiphong Port is located at the mouth of the Red River, there are many invisible reefs outside the estuary, in addition to the islands dotted around. By the time the fleet came to the vicinity of the estuary, it was too late, and the veterans of the ship would not have sailed into Haiphong Harbor at night. So all the sailing ships anchored near the mouth of the river, and only the warships of Yaogang turned on their searchlights and sailed towards Haiphong Harbor in the night.

Haiphong Port is a large port in the East, where ships from all over the world come and go. At night, merchants and sailors from all over the world enjoy singing, dancing and drinking.

And the calm and quiet harbor, in the night suddenly came a "boom" low sound, walking in the bay people have never heard this kind of sound, just when they strangely look for the sea, the sea surface appeared a white pillar of light, of course they will not use snow white to describe, because many of them from life to death do not know what snow is like. When the sound of "boom" approached, a huge shadow of the ship also appeared on the surface of the sea. The boats seemed to be arranged, each found a dock and slowly docked, and then lowered the gangway from the ship, and a large number of soldiers who did not know what clothes they were wearing and what weapons they were holding got off the boats.

These soldiers who came down were more than 3,000 marines brought by Mu Yi, and they came to Fangchenggang to kick the door for Li Zicheng's army. Because Li Zicheng's army was spread out on the ship one by one in the sea and could not fight. Although the marines were also seasick, after a long period of water training, their adaptability was much stronger than that of Li Zicheng's landlubbers, and they immediately entered the combat state as soon as they landlied.

As soon as they stepped onto the dock, they immediately rushed to their respective targets, ignoring the stunned crew members and the Annamite people. Immediately the soldiers took over a barracks on the docks. Captured the soldiers here.

Now behind Haiphong Port, it is still only a small county town, and the county town closes the city gate at night, and when a team of naval marines approached Haiphong City, the soldiers standing guard in the city found them. The soldiers in the city, who felt that the situation was wrong, lit the cannon and called the police.

The plan to prepare a surprise attack on Haiphong County fell through, and the officer leading the team reported the situation by radio and command ship. Mu Yi ordered to storm according to the plan and settle the battle before dawn. At the same time, it was ordered to lean on the pier and shell Haiphong City. Due to the relatively high terrain of Haiphong City, the whole area was exposed under the cannon muzzles of the Yaogang warship, and the cannons on the ship could shoot directly. The ships on the sea were unanimous in their opinion, and they were to bombard the northeast corner of Haiphong City at the same time, because this corner of the city was facing the sea.

After informing the attacking marines to retreat, the ship's 203-mm and 139-mm guns opened fire.

When the people of Annam built this county seat, they felt that this city made of bricks and stones was already very strong. But they knew the power of the kiln artillery, and with just one shot, the corner of the city was blown down. The Annan soldiers who had just landed on the corner of the city, before they could figure out what was going on, flew into the sky with the broken bricks and stones in pieces, and there were many soldiers nearby who were physically intact, but the corners of their mouths, nostrils and ears were bleeding, and they were out of breath after a while. They were killed by the violent explosion of the shells.

After the city corner was bombarded, the soldiers of the Marine Corps fired a few shots with mortars, fired flares, and rushed through the past, some people climbed the city walls on both sides along the collapsed city wall, set heavy machine guns on the city, and some soldiers rushed directly into the city and started street battles with the soldiers of Annam. The kiln soldiers all had flashlights and automatic rifles, and the so-called street fighting was a one-sided massacre. The kiln soldiers who entered the city lit tall torches at the main intersections, dividing the small county town into several pieces. blew open the gate of the county government in Annan, and soon pulled out the county magistrate. Everything in Annam is learned from the Ming Dynasty, and their state institutions are completely modeled after the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the county government is also the same as the Ming Dynasty. The camp of the army living in the city was also completely wiped out, and the battle ended before dawn.

The fire of the warships at sea also informed the artillerymen of the batteries on the coast, and many of them were awakened by the sound of the guns and rushed to the batteries. The observers on the Yaogang warship kept using binoculars to observe the batteries, and if they found any abnormal movements, they immediately instructed the artillery to bombard. These batteries were within visual distance, and the waves in the harbor were not large, and the cannons fired at direct sight, and many of them were overturned with one shot. In particular, as long as those batteries were hit by 203-mm shells, the entire battery was blown to pieces. The artillerymen on the batteries that were not hit, although they could not see what was happening on the batteries that were hit, but with the sound of the explosions and the light of the fire, they knew that they would not be better. Looking at such an accuracy of shooting one by one, those batteries did not dare to open fire. Besides, it is inaccurate during the day, and it is even more inaccurate if the black light is blind, and it is really inappropriate to invite others to shoot themselves and the fort with one shot, which is really inappropriate. Also, no one knows who is coming, and there is no order from the peak, what are we fighting? Quite a few artillerymen simply ran first.

Led by the Marine scouts who entered Haiphong Port first, the Marine Corps soldiers quickly captured the Annam sailers on duty on the ship, and the ship was also captured.

As planned, the day dawned. The Yaogang soldiers posted notices everywhere in the port and Haiphong County, announcing that the Ming Dynasty had retaken over the defense of Annam and that the canonization of King Le Le was canceled. The Ming Dynasty appointed Li Zi to become the political envoy of Annan and the commander of the capital. Due to military missions, the port of Hai Phong ceased commercial operations for one day. Please forgive me for the inconvenience caused to past merchants, and from tomorrow, Haiphong Port will operate normally. The Ming Dynasty encouraged businessmen to come to trade and operate, and legal business was protected by us.

As soon as the morning dawned, the kiln soldiers had already seized all the warehouses on the docks, and they found that there was a large amount of grain stored in the warehouses. Mu Yihe and Li Zicheng said: "All official warehouses must be confiscated, but the grain of the merchants must be kept for them. When we go back, the ships are empty, so why don't we buy them all at the market price and carry them all away when we go back. ”

Li Zicheng said: "Yes! As you said, in this way, the merchants will be stable! But in one day today, the landing of my soldiers may not be completed. ”

Mu Yi said, "There will be one night tomorrow." As long as our ship can enter the harbor during the day. With the lights on our boat, you can also go ashore at night. Rest assured, as long as you hear that you can go ashore, your soldiers will not want to stay on the ship for a while. ”

This time, there were hundreds of sailing ships in the fleet, because the docks were limited, and the personnel did not finish after a day and a night, not to mention the materials. There was no wharf, and the soldiers used small boats to ferry from the big boats to the shore, which was extremely inefficient. The ships that loaded the material could be unloaded by the help of two 5,000-ton cranes on the kiln gang. The crane lifts the cargo from the ship next to the ship and sends it to the shore to be unloaded as soon as it turns its head, and the efficiency is much faster by manual labor. This kind of unloading method attracted the sailors of merchant ships from all countries to come to see the excitement, and they all admired it, they had never seen such a cargo unloading ship.

Li Zicheng saw this scene and said to Mu Yi: "Commander Mu, when you go back, you must take me to ask Mr. Zhang to help us build a few tower cranes like Lingshui Wharf here as soon as possible, that guy will unload goods faster than this way!" ”

"Don't worry, Lord Chuang, I see that you not only need tower cranes here, but also conveyor belts for loading and unloading grain, and your grain loading and unloading capacity here will be greater." Mu Yi and Li Zicheng have become friends, and they speak casually.

Zheng Zhilong came over and said, "I said, don't think about anything else first, we won't be able to finish landing today." But Le Li on the side of Tokyo (Hanoi) must have known that we were coming. If it is estimated that soon, his small army will be able to come over tomorrow night. Let's get ready for it! ”

Mu Yi said: "We went up the speedboat along the Red River to reconnoiter a circle. They said that the Red River was very deep and that our warships could go upstream, and that our soldiers would rest after they went ashore, and that one day the seasickness would pass. Stop the Annam army, we will go upriver along the Red River, cover the infantry attack on Hanoi, and take Hanoi down, what do you think? ”

"Oops! Of course! But I want to see if the officers and soldiers can do it, like me, the legs are weak, there is no need to attack, and the Annan soldiers will have to surrender when they come. Li Zicheng was already afraid of seasickness.

"It's okay! Either way, most people don't care how long they've been dizzy, and they'll be fine for a day ashore. Mu Yi said, "Your soldiers, even if you rest for a few more days, it's okay, our marines have more than 3,000 people, and they have already occupied all the surrounding batteries." There is no problem with the rest of the people dealing with tens of thousands of Annan soldiers. I hope that your soldiers will recover as soon as possible, and that we will cover your occupation of Tokyo (Hanoi), and you will be able to do the rest. ”

Li Li, the king of Annam, never dreamed that after a good life, a nightmare would come.

After the Yaogang marines landed, as soon as the morning dawned, some Annam people saw the situation, and more than one person rushed desperately to Tokyo, knowing that such a major event must be notified to the king as soon as possible. Therefore, it was not only the coastal defense soldiers who sent the letter to King Li Li, but also many ordinary people. The news of the occupation of Haiphong Port was not delivered to the palace until the afternoon of the next day at the earliest, and it was already late in the evening when it was delivered to Le Li.

Hearing the report, Li Li was furious, he was angry that something so big had happened, and the people below were afraid of disturbing him, so he only reported to him at this time. As soon as he received the report, Li Li thought that he must have made a mistake, but when he heard that several people had come to report the news, Li Li knew that the situation was not good. He knew that the southeastern overlord of the Ming Dynasty had thousands of ships of his own, and he could send the army to Haiphong Port. Could it really be that the Ming Dynasty has come to crusade against itself again? Li Li did not dare to slack off, and immediately summoned the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to a meeting to discuss countermeasures.

As a result, both civil and military unanimously said that we are not afraid of the crusade of the Ming Dynasty. The last few times we were able to knock them back, this time we were able to knock them back. Those generals were even more angry, and they said: "This time, we will not only fight them back, but also take advantage of the victory to pursue and expand the territory of our Dayue Kingdom to Meiling." ”

Li Li was also infected by the courage of the civil and military soldiers, and said: "No matter what happens in the future, it is now necessary to drive the Ming Dynasty army that has just landed and has not yet gained a firm foothold into the sea." We immediately gathered our troops around Tokyo and prepared to march along the Red River to Haiphong with our naval forces. ”

"That's right! Right! The civil and military officers responded with their hands.

Finally, according to statistics, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers and horses that can be called around Tokyo immediately, as well as elephant teams. There are also hundreds of warships large and small on the Red River. But it takes time to assemble. But Li Li didn't want to wait. The order was to notify the troops to assemble overnight. The day after tomorrow, we marched to Haiphong Port.

It took them one day to get the news, one day to assemble the army, and the next day it took more than a day to start marching to Haiphong Port, leaving three or four days for Li Zicheng's army, and in these three or four days, Li Zicheng's army had all landed, had completely recovered its strength, and had adapted to the climate of Annam. Fortunately, they brought a lot of herbs to cool off the heat, and the soldiers boiled it in water and drank it with great effect.

In the past few days, the businessmen of Haiphong have been overjoyed. The troops occupying Haiphong did not confiscate their belongings, but bought all the goods in their hands at the market price, even the things that could not be sold before. Because Zheng Zhilong didn't want the ship to go back empty, otherwise he would have to load the stone ballast. If you buy something here, even if you can't sell it ten times the profit when you go back, you can multiply it several times, and you will definitely not lose money. In particular, the grain here is simply like no money, and if you get it back, there is not enough money on the kiln side. So this time, Zheng Zhilong's fleet almost cleared the goods in Haiphong Port. All the merchants make a lot of money. The hotels, hotels, and brothels in Haiphong Port are also particularly prosperous. It's not like a big war is about to break out here. The merchants very much hoped that the kiln people would never leave here. Although they knew that Li Li would not let them go, but they saw the cannons of the warships of the Yaogang people, and they knew that Li Li could not defeat the Yaogang people, so Haiphong Port was so strange, they all knew that the war was about to start, but there was no fear, and few escaped, not only did they not run, but all business went on as usual.

I don't know how Le Li will feel when he sees the appearance of Haiphong Port!

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Mt. Fuji erupted, Japan was earthquaked. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".