"Now, we are divided into two ways according to the plan. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Wang Qian, you led two infantry battalions to land on the northern line of Tail Island. Your mission is to capture the Fort Rebefilu on the island of Obi on the northern line and reach the southern tip of the island on the northern line. Build a fort there to block the South Waterway and bombard the Castle of Relanja on the opposite island, while you have to defend Fort Rebefil, cover the fleet at the North Mouth on the island, and protect the Luermen Waterway, understand? ”

Wang Qian stepped forward and knelt down to receive the general's order, "The last general understands." ”

The entire plan of the attacking commander was calculated hundreds of times, and the generals of each battalion were well acquainted with the plan. The northern line of the island was very important in this operation, this long and narrow island from north to south, the Luermen waterway to the north, the south waterway to the south, and only separated from the city of Relanjia by a short waterway.

As long as this fort can be controlled at the first time, it will be able to protect the Luermen waterway and cover the fleet at the north berth, and at the same time, it can also block the southern waterway and bombard the city of Gelanjia.

However, the northern line of the tail island is so important that the Dutch also built a fortress on it as early as possible, and the Han people often call this fortress Sicaohai Fort. This is a fortress with a lot of Dutch soldiers stationed on it, as well as forts, etc., and it is not easy to take it down. But Liu Jun told Zheng Zhilong and the others not to worry, the nine-headed bird can be regarded as a battle-hardened battle, and the Sicao Sea Fort is not a hot Lan City, if the two battalions of six or seven thousand people can't even take this small fortress, then what else is there to say. What's more, Wang Qian is not alone, and the fleet left in Beibokou will provide naval artillery fire to support the operation.

"Please rest assured, Lord Hou, the last general will definitely take the northern line of Tail Island. Just take these Hongyi to practice first, and next year we will go to fight Dongyu. ”

The plan that had been drawn up was that the large warships of the fleet would guard the Beibokou, and then Liu Jun and the others would enter the Taijiang Inland Sea by small boat through Luermen. Then the troops were divided into two routes, Wang Qian led two infantry battalions of Nine-headed Bird to take the northern line of Tail Island, while Liu Jun led the rest of the battalion of Nine-headed Bird to land in Heliao Port north of Rejialan City by boat. Prepare to take the Red Embedded City on the mainland behind Dayuan Island first.

The whole plan was to sweep away all the Dutch fortresses on the periphery first, and finally besiege the city of Rejialan on Dayuan Island.

For this battle, Liu Jun planned for a long time, reconnaissance before the war, staff members formulated the battle plan, and repeatedly discussed and revised it. With much ado. Liu Jun also plans to use this battle to practice the nine-headed birds in actual combat, so that they can adapt to this kind of sea and land coordinated operations more quickly.

The Dutch may seem strong, but they are a lone team, and even if the Hydra makes a mistake at the beginning, they don't have to worry about the consequences. This is safer than directly fighting the Later Qing Dynasty, and it is also more suitable for actual combat training of this new army.

At the northern end of the tail island of the northern line, a group of nine-headed bird fighters transferred from the troop carrier to a small boat and landed on the shore.

They landed on the eastern side of the northern end of the northern line of Ojima. This is the inland sea side of the Taijiang River, covered by warships on both sides, and there is no need to worry about the warships of the Dutch.

Wang Qian and his subordinates even landed on the island very calmly, the Dutch were short of troops, and at this time they mainly contracted to defend in a few castles, and they had to stay on the battleships, and they were overstretched everywhere, so they knew that the Ming army would land on the island. I didn't dare to leave Sicaohai Fort.

"Lord Commander, it's too easy for us to land on the beach, right?"

An officer gathered his wind-blown cloak. Looking at the two battalions of brothers who had already gone ashore, as well as those brothers who had built defensive positions on the shore according to the rules of the pretentious plan, he shook his head, feeling too relaxed. Before they came, when they were in Penghu, they had already deduced countless operational steps for beach-grabbing landings.

Which troops cover when docking. Which ships are in what position, how to seize the beach after docking, and how to build a beachhead. Cover the follow-up troops ashore, and quickly set up artillery positions, etc.

Everyone pondered these things day and night, and then it turned out that today's entry went very smoothly.

At the Deer Ear Gate. The expected naval battle did not take place, and no Dutch soldiers ran to the northern end of Oshima Island on the northern line to intercept the waterway, nor did they intercept their landing.

Wang Qian threw the little cigarette butt left in his mouth under his feet and stepped on it. Then he held the clairvoyant mirror and surveyed the surroundings again, but it was still full of barrenness.

"My lord, our strikers have already swept the island three times at night, and there is not a single ghost on the island except for the Dutch in the fort of the Four Grasses. They were all scared and did not dare to come out of the fort. ”

Wang Qian snorted, "Don't be careless, the Dutch are not afraid, they just made the most correct choice based on the situation." How many are they? Before they pulled all the people to Penghu to fight with us, there were only six or seven thousand people. After the defeat of the Penghu army, they lost nearly half of their men, and the British ran away with four more warships, and there were more than a thousand people missing. At present, the total number of Dutch people in the population does not exceed 3,000 men and women, and there are always 1,000 women and children. There are 2,000 people left, not all of them soldiers, you say that this big man is so big, there are many castle towns, you say that they don't retreat to the castle, do they still want to come out to fight us and die? ”

An infantryman next to him, Mr. Qian, immediately said, "It turns out that the bottom of the red hair has already been carefully touched so clearly, and it has been tossing us every day, what kind of deduction is it doing." ”

"To fight a war is to be prepared, what's wrong with doing more deductions, are you unhappy? Okay, I've written down your name, and if you have a chance to be promoted in the future, you'll have to go back a bit. Wang Qian joked.

"Oh, please spare me."

Wang Qian coughed, "Okay, although the enemy retreats to the castle, he can't underestimate the enemy. You also heard those staff officers say during the previous exercise in Penghu that the Dutch built fortresses, a new type of fortress, which has no dead ends in defense, and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, they have a lot of city fire artillery, and Hongyi's firearms are also sharp, and our nine-headed bird has not fought a siege war since its establishment. ”

He glanced at his subordinate officers and said seriously, "We are fortunate to be the first troops of the Hydra to attack the city. Therefore, the more careful we must be, since we used me in the first battle, we must use me to win. This first siege must be victorious, and must not fail, understand? ”

"Understood!"

"It's good, everybody cheers up, 12 points of seriousness, we don't just want to win. And a beautiful victory. Especially this time, Hou Ye also sent a team of Spanish artillery to cooperate with us in the battle, don't let these Hongyi mercenaries laugh at us. ”

After the pre-war mobilization, the officers also put away their frolic and cheered up.

"Now, do a pre-war briefing."

The person in charge of the briefing was a military officer in his twenties. Although he was young, the officers of the Hydra were generally young. But he is young, but he is also a veteran of the nine-headed birds, the first team members. The nine-headed bird has participated in all the big and small battles, and has also been trained in the lecture martial arts, which is deeply valued by the Marquis of Zhennan.

He walked up to the officers and told him about the battle plan again.

The infantry battalion listened to Mei Qing very carefully, and even picked up a pen and paper to make a simple record, and immediately returned to her infantry division after the meeting.

"My lord, the brothers are waiting for you to arrange a combat mission." A hundred presidents in the division stepped forward.

Mei Qing nodded. Walk to the shore in front of your own team. She was dressed in cotton armor, covered with military attaché robes, with a cloak on her shoulders, a short sash on a belt around her waist, and a sword. With a pair of leather boots on her feet, she was sassy and heroic, and her soldiers did not know that her handsome boss was actually a young woman. is still the daughter of today's Shousuke.

Since leaving Nanjing, he has been wandering on the sea for more than a month. Most of the nine-headed bird soldiers who were born inland have long been accustomed to the sea breeze and waves. Last night, they set off by boat from Penghu and took a boat for a day and a night, and they did not feel the slightest discomfort. Before she returned, everyone sat on the ground in line according to the military order, chatting and talking. It's very relaxing.

Mei Qing drank the order, "Lizheng!" ”

Hundreds of soldiers of the first division all stood up and saluted.

"Take a break. Brethren, this is the island of Ochi, the northern line, and in the middle of the island there is a fortress with about a hundred Dutch defenders. This time, the task given to our two battalions by the Hou Ye is to take this fort. And just now Deputy General Wang gave us the task of our division. When most of the friendly forces surrounded the fortress and attacked, we reached the south of the fortress and deployed to intercept possible reinforcements from the enemy. ”

Six or seven thousand nine-headed birds besieging a fortress guarded by only a hundred people are simply lions and rabbits. But the lion and the rabbit also use all their strength. Even if it is against a hundred people, it must be the same as dealing with a thousand people and 10,000 people, and all the arrangements must be made.

Which unit was responsible for the siege, which unit was responsible for the outer interception, which unit was used as a reserve, which unit was used as a feint, and which was the main siege force, all were well arranged.

One of the hundred elders asked, "My lord, is there really only a hundred red hairs in the castle?" ”

"Yes, that's what the information is."

"There are only a hundred people, where is there such trouble, if you rush up, you will not break the castle directly, and set up an ambush to intercept it, this is not that they eat meat, we don't even have the opportunity to sing and drink soup."

"Yes, my lord, why don't you fight for our main attack."

Mei Qing coldly swept over the group of officers under him, "Disband, prepare in a quarter of an hour, and then all the departments will immediately set off and go to the designated position." ”

Half an hour later, Mei Qing led his men through the Sicao Sea Fort, which had been surrounded by friendly regiments.

They looked at the castle, and suddenly no one thought that it would be easy to take it.

When the Dutch came to Datai, they first established a merchant house on the island of the northern line, and also built the Sicao Sea Fort on the island to control the Luermen waterway.

However, due to the low terrain of the island, it was often flooded, so the merchant house was moved to Akachijo.

The original Sicao Sea Fort has also been moved to the middle of the island.

This fort is built of red bricks, and the oyster shell ash is stirred with sugar water and glutinous rice sweat as a binder, and it is as solid as a stone after drying.

Its main body is square, the northeast and southwest corners are respectively placed with a protruding bastion, the fort can accommodate five upper and lower four or nine cannons, plus the four cannons of the main body, the whole Sicaohai Fort has a total of twenty-two cannons.

Outside the castle, there was a trench seven feet deep and one foot two wide. And between the ditch and the city wall was built a breastwork, with six small cannons, and outside the ditch there were two rows of wooden fences, about five feet high.

The castle walls are three feet high.

Although the whole castle is not very large, but the defense is absolutely strong, if it were not for the fact that there are only a hundred defenders in the castle, I am afraid that the nine-headed birds surrounding the castle will have to retreat.

At this time, Mei Qing's department, which was passing by the fort, was still arguing that Mei Qing did not go to grab the position of the main attack, but at this time he secretly said to himself, fortunately they were not the main attacker.

"Damn, this castle is so tall, and there are so many cannons, I'm afraid it's not easy to attack."

"What are you afraid of, no matter how tall the castle is, there are only a hundred defenders inside. There are six or seven thousand of us, and one person can drown them with a mouthful of spit. (To be continued......)

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