Chapter 403: Surprise Attack on Enemy Ships
The naval guns of the US Navy, angrily, sadly, and in vain, roared and bombarded the Chinese soil of Dagu with huge shells, especially after the flag of the US army was pulled down, and all the officers and men of the US First Fleet lost their minds in despair.
The retaliatory shooting made Dagu once again a battlefield filled with gunpowder.
In the smoke of gunpowder, the Chinese officers and soldiers quickly and safely concealed themselves safely, or escaped and dispersed, making the anger of the US naval artillery an ironic lament.
In the Battle of Dagu, the U.S. army was defeated,
Two battleships and more than a dozen auxiliary ships of various kinds, so that the total number of officers and men of the US First Fleet reached 5,000, which is a huge number, you know, when Britain launched the first Opium War, only 4,000 people came in the first phase, and there were only tens of thousands of people in the follow-up.
At that time, the warships were not like the battleships in World War II, which had thousands of officers and men at every turn, and the cruisers at that time, two or three thousand tons, generally had two hundred officers and men at most, and the number of officers and men was only 250 at most, and there were only more than 500 people on the battleships.
Modern American aircraft carriers, it seems that one has four or five thousand people.
Of the more than 3,700 American officers and men who landed, none of them survived.
According to Luo Yang's instructions, General Aharun used a combination of tunnel warfare, tunnel warfare, assault and encirclement warfare, and even more advanced weapons to completely annihilate the enemy.
The casualties of the Huaxia Army were negligible, and in the final statistics, seventy-one people were killed and forty-one people were wounded, totaling one hundred and twelve people.
The main reason here, in addition to the attack tactics, is more important is that although the Huaxia Army's new rifle is only 150 shots, it has played a vital role, and the range and rate of fire have made it impossible for the US army to parry.
It is estimated that more than 1,700 of the more than 3,700 US troops were killed by the new rifles, and the wounded were ominous.
The bombardment of grenades and flying thunder artillery also made the US military suffer greatly, making it impossible for them to parry at all.
After venting their anger and bombarding indiscriminately, the First Fleet of the US Navy, in the tears of the officers and men, slowly bid farewell to the blood-red sunset, lowered the national flag and the military flag, and mourned the soldiers who had died in their own lives.
Lieutenant General Brooke wept bitterly,
Now, he only has more than 1,300 people, and such an army, let alone going to war, even if it is driving a ship, it seems that the manpower is tight.
At night, Luo Yang personally went out and stationed in Dagu, inquired in detail about the scene of the battle, and watched the accumulated corpses of the American army.
All the Chinese officers and men, elated, swept away the humiliation of being hit by the enemy yesterday, and took the captured enemy guns and ammunition, military hats, military boots, clothes, military flags, etc., showing off, boasting, and smug,
They don't know that at this time, a battle plan that will shake the world is underway.
Luo Yang commented on the battle, commended General Aharun, all the officers and soldiers, named names, encouraged everyone's merits, in terms of encouraging officers and soldiers, Luo Yang never skimped on his emotions and words,
"U.S. Army, that's it."
Luo Yang's comment was not over, and it was covered up by a large number of followers: "Archon, why are American soldiers so stupid" "Yes, American soldiers are really bad, isn't this sending them to death." "Even such a small number of people dare to come and beat us and die."
Three days later, Weihaiwei, Liugong Island, a natural harbor, the United States First Fleet was quietly moored, after a long drift, there was a test of the heart, but his main force was put in, so General Brooke had to return here to rest,
Weihaiwei, in the history of the late Qing Dynasty, is the second naval base of Li Hongzhang's Beiyang Naval Division, the first is Lushun, now, there is no military port fortress here, the Qing Empire's legacy of the sea frontier, almost undefended,
The fear and sorrow of defeat made the American officers and soldiers stay on the battleship and no longer dare to covet their dreams on the mainland.
"As long as I can go back to my hometown."
"yes, when will I be able to return to my hometown?"
The American officers and soldiers wiped their tears and told the obsession of homesickness,
Luo Yang, Aharon, Peng Yulin, these elite Chinese generals, have all rushed here, and for several months, the US fleet has been going here at every turn, and has already grasped its whereabouts for the Chinese side.
"Mr. Consul, are we really going to attack?" Peng Yulin asked,
"Well, it has to be." In order to ease the atmosphere, Luo Yang said with a smile,
Huaxia Tian**, to launch a special operation against the US First Fleet, moreover, the goal is to completely annihilate the enemy's naval fleet, without damaging its ships, to capture the ships intact,
"Only special operations can defeat the enemy, and can we achieve the greatest victory at the minimum cost, these warships, the quality is good, they are all treasures, we must get them intact in our hands, and we must not destroy them."
Once again, the principled objectives of the campaign were emphasized,
Peng Yulin still had an expression of disbelief, as one of the most outstanding sailor generals of the late Qing Dynasty, he rose in the war to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he dared to be sure that if the current battle was known to those Manchu elders, such as Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and others, they would definitely raise their hands against it,
More than 200 special soldiers gathered on the land of Weihaiwei, and in the night, they were extraordinarily quiet, lit fires, and whispered to everyone that the US Navy fleet more than ten miles away was unaware,
This time, the troops are equipped with a lot of new equipment, such as triangular thorns, such as anesthetics, smoke agents, etc., as well as traditional flying claws used for climbing.
"Is it feasible?" Peng Yulin finally questioned Luo Yang,
"No problem, General Peng, after tomorrow, you can lead the more than 2,000 officers and men you have trained to take over this fleet." Luo Yang said confidently,
In fact, he was not sure, but before the war, he had to have this ambition.
The vigilance of the U.S. military is very general, in the dark bay, the heavy dream, the dim light, that is the oil lamp, the world's mature and stable electric light has not yet been popularized,
In any case, for more than three months, the military port was very quiet, and no Chinese dared to disturb it, so the officers and soldiers slept, and even the sentries shrunk their necks in the cold wind and took shelter to the leeward,
The northwest wind howled on the branches, the woods on the hideous land looked a little terrifying, and the waves in the harbor rolled round by turn, and although they could not be seen, the officers and men could imagine the tremendous power of the fleet,
The moon is dark and the wind is high, the waves are big and the boat is rocking, a ghost weather,
Vice Admiral Brooke, frustrated and desperate by defeat, and even simply gave up on himself, no, invited a sanitary woman to the captain's room, and after irrigating some gin, pressed her down on the bed,
The war of sex, so that the young general found a feeling, and he let out a burst of roars,
At this time, one by one, small boats were quietly going into the water, each aiming at the target of the battle, some were not boats at all, but some simple wooden planks, and hundreds of special combat personnel were advancing without hesitation.