After the new musket artillery was sent to Weihaiwei, after Di Qing organized the test firing, everyone was very satisfied with this new musket artillery, and they were more confident in exterminating the Japanese invaders.

Moreover, after the preliminary reconnaissance of the warships sent by the naval division, it was also confirmed that the situation of Jiro Aoki's group of Japanese robbers was basically the same as the situation confessed by the previous prisoners.

Of course, this reconnaissance was carried out only from a distance.

As for the exact number of people on the island, it is impossible for them to sneak into the island to investigate.

However, it does not matter at all, it is enough to confirm that the enemy does not have too many ships and cannot match the sailors. No matter how many pirates there are on the island, they don't have to worry, it's basically a battle to catch turtles in an urn.

After organizing the army for two days of training, and basically all the soldiers who were going to go out were familiar with the new weapons, Hu Zongxian finally gave the order to go out.

In total, there were more than 100 ships of the naval division, carrying 20,000 soldiers, 10,000 of whom were infantry armed with new muskets.

The rest, including grenadiers, artillerymen, and medical personnel, also totaled 10,000 men.

This expedition was led by Di Qing and Deng Shichang, while Hu Zongxian and Bai Jinxiu were in Weihaiwei.

A huge naval division composed of more than a hundred warships of different sizes divided into several groups and marched towards the target island.

Moreover, the weather was beautiful, and the sea was calm all the way, and it was still sailing with the wind, so the speed of the warship was quite fast, and after a day's sailing, when the sun was about to set at sea level. The entire expedition had reached a distance of twenty nautical miles from the target island.

At this time, it was getting dark, and Di Qing and Deng Shichang decided to rest at sea for the night after discussion.

Wait for the next day's dawn before launching a surprise attack on the Wakos.

In addition, in order to prevent the waves from increasing at night, all the small warships were connected to each other with iron chains, which greatly enhanced the ability of the small warships to resist wind and waves.

The night was uneventful.

As the sun gradually rose above sea level, Deng Shichang gave the order to set off.

More than 100 warships and warships, except for the flagship detachment of Deng Shichang and Di Qing, the remaining more than 90 warships were divided into three teams and quietly outflanked the island where the Japanese were located.

At this time, the island is basically quiet. All the pirates were basically asleep, unaware of the approaching Qin army.

The Marine's vanguard quickly approached the pirates of the Wakos, consistent with the pre-war intelligence.

There is a small pier to the northwest of the island, and more than a dozen ships of all kinds are docked in the water next to the pier.

In addition, from a distance, there are some simple watchtowers scattered around the island. However, it seems that there is no movement on those guard towers, and it is obvious that the Japanese sentries above are still asleep, and they have not noticed the Qin army that is quietly approaching.

Di Qing and Deng Shichang were on the battleship, and they were a little surprised to see this scene from the clairvoyant mirror.

I didn't expect the vigilance of these would-be robbers to be so low, but when I think about it, I can understand it.

These would-be robbers have always only been able to harass others, and they never thought that someone else would come to attack them, and after a long time, they would naturally lose their vigilance.

According to the prior arrangement, the first detachment of the naval division was responsible for seizing and holding the docks of the Japanese until the whole army had withdrawn from the battle.

When the forward ships of the first detachment approached the dock. The pirate sentries on a watchtower on the edge of the dock finally noticed the anomaly and shouted loudly.

But it was too late, and the ships of the first detachment were divided into two parts, and one part surrounded the Japanese ships that were parked on the dock from the periphery.

The other part rushed directly to the dock, on which a large number of small boats were laid down.

Groups of Qin soldiers landed on the beach in small boats.

The Japanese ships docked on the edge of the dock were not manned at all, so they were quickly controlled by the first detachment of the Naval Division.

And basically only a small number of these ships are equipped with artillery, the rest are transport ships, and even a small number of fishing boats, which do not have much combat effectiveness at all.

The soldiers of the Qin army soon landed on the island in small boats.

These vanguard soldiers were elite musketeers equipped with new muskets, and in addition to the new pull-bolt rifle as their primary weapon, they were each equipped with a new pistol as a secondary weapon.

In addition to this, each person has a leather bag hanging from his waist. It contained several new grenades, so to speak, fully armed.

After hearing the shouts and alarms of the Japanese sentries, several disheveled Japanese sentry quickly rushed out of a row of dilapidated wooden houses on the edge of the dock, still holding various weapons in their hands, and rushed out screaming.

However, these men were quickly killed by the Qin army musketeers who rushed to the dock.

The gunfire sparked even more commotion, and a group of pirates rushed out of the wooden house.

Not surprisingly, the pirates were quickly killed.

The new muskets, the rapid shooting, and the greatly improved accuracy made it impossible for these pirates to get close at all, and they were all killed.

The vanguard of the Qin army quickly captured the dock and consolidated its position.

Then a steady stream of soldiers landed on the island.

In less than half an hour, the number of Qin soldiers who landed on the land had exceeded 3,000, and they were still increasing.

The second and third detachments of the Qin Army's naval division patrolled the entire island, and if they found other exits or ships on the island, they would quickly encircle and suppress them.

And on all sides outside the island, the sailors sent guard ships.

Once any other unexpected situation is detected, an alarm will be sent back to the main force immediately.

Although Di Qing and Deng Shichang thought that this situation could not be unlikely, after all, this was just a force of pirates, not some regular army, and there should be no reinforcements.

Once the dock positions had been fully consolidated, the musketeers began to advance deeper into the island.

The basic topography of the island is flat in the northwest and high in the southeast.

To the northwest is the direction where the pier is located, while to the southeast is a relatively high ground.

A hill on the island, to be exact. From a distance, it looks like it is overgrown with vegetation, and you can faintly see many houses hidden among the grass and trees.

According to prior information, Jiro Aoki, the leader of the Japanese Bandits, and others lived on the high ground with their cronies.

In addition, in the northeast of the island, there is a concentration of Japanese soldiers, which can be counted as a barracks for Japanese invaders.

Therefore, the attacking army was divided into two parts, one part of which attacked the place where the leader of the Japanese was high up.

The other part attacked in the direction of the Japanese military camp.