Chapter 105: Looting the Beigang Merchant Gang
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The North Harbor before dawn is exceptionally quiet, with the occasional dog barking.
Captain Liu Hu and 2,000 marines stopped in the area of Dongshi Village on the south side of Beigang.
Taking out the clairvoyant, Captain Liu Hu quietly observed the sleeping Beigang.
The Beigang Business Gang was originally founded by Yan Siqi.
was originally going to make a big move, but for some reason, after Yan Siqi fell ill, he suddenly handed over the Beigang Merchant Gang to Zheng Yiguan to take care of, and he returned to Kinmen Island, and since then he has lived a mediocre life as the leader of the alliance, and rarely takes care of the affairs of the alliance. I forgot to seek revenge on the shogunate of the country.
On the third day after Beigang was handed over to Zheng Yiguan, Li Dan, the largest Chinese maritime merchant in the Wei Kingdom, died on the way back to the Wei Kingdom after leaving Beigang, making Zheng Yiguan directly inherit all of Li Dan's property. In this way, Zheng Yiguan, a young man in his early twenties, successively obtained the force of the brotherly alliance and Li Dan's huge financial resources, so that Zheng Yiguan completed the results that others could not get for decades in three years, and envied a large number of people.
Beigang is a coastal "economic belt" connected by three small villages, and at the beginning, Yan Siqi ordered Yang Tiansheng to recruit refugees from all over the coastal areas of the mainland to reclaim the tuntian. Originally, there were 10 camps built for the common people to escape from the looting of the Dongfan aborigines. Later, it was found that there was no need at all, as long as the Han people did not go to the aboriginal mountains to hunt, and were willing to exchange food with them for prey, they would be fine.
Later, Zheng Yiguan built a naval camp in Longmen Port, Penghu Island, west of Beigang, stationed hundreds of large and small warships, and the Dutch had to sell a few points of face to Zheng Yiguan, so the security problem was solved, and the common people moved out of the camp one after another and reclaimed the fields everywhere. As the number of people increased, the timber of the camp was gradually demolished and houses were built.
Zheng Yiguan has been cooperating with the Dutch for two years, at first cooperating with the Dutch to rob the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty to Manila and share dividends from them. Later, because Li Dan came forward to mediate the war between the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty, Zheng Yiguan was forbidden to cooperate with the Dutch again, so Zheng Yiguan stopped working with the Dutch and turned to Yan Siqi.
But Zheng Yiguan did not listen to Li Dan's words, but continued to maintain cooperation with the Dutch. Through Guò De Witt, the Dutch governor in the East, he contacted the Dutch East India Company and began closer trade cooperation and an agreement on the sharing of loot and plunder.
Behind Captain Liu Hu were all Marine Corps officers, including Lieutenant Xie Yi of the Jiangwutang Infantry, Lieutenant Jiang Chunhui, Lieutenant Liao Jianjun, Lieutenant Liu Feng, and Lieutenant Ben Qiqi. In Deng Haonan's Marine Corps, the combat establishment was at the company and platoon level, and there was no establishment at or above the battalion level. The main thing is that the musketeers are all fought in large corps, and the tactics of platoon guns are used as the main mode of combat. Therefore, with the row as the basic unit, it can be lightly composed of multiple rows to supplement and replace.
For example, the Spanish musketeers followed a three-row swap tactic, with only the front row firing at a time, replacing one row at a time. The Daming musketeers, on the other hand, were nine-row firing tactics. Every three rows are in groups. Replace three rows at once.
The Spanish musketeers were weaker because the Europeans were less numerous. In a normal war, only 10,000 or 20,000 troops participated in a war, and in the current Thirty Years' War in Europe, no more than a few tens of thousands of troops were invested by various countries, and Spain's standing army was no more than 30,000.
But it's different in Daming!
A war is hundreds of thousands of people, and the scale is terrifying to death. It is precisely because of this huge scale of the army that the Ming Dynasty consumes a huge amount of military spending, and once it is defeated, it will be the end of great vitality.
Na Haonan's marines combined the advantages of the respective formations of the Ming and Spanish musketeers to form a six-row firing formation. That is, three large square teams are formed, each time two rows of shots, two rows of substitutions.
Na Haonan studied the tactics of firing in three rows, the first row kneeling on one knee, the second row half squatting, and the third row standing.
Among them, the middle half-squatting row is very close to each other, and it is easy to interfere with each other at the moment of firing, and the shooting accuracy of the half-squatting arch is too poor. Therefore, Na Haonan was directly removed, leaving only two rows, one row to shoot on one knee, and the other row to stand in a lunge to shoot.
But in this way, the firepower of the guide zhì was reduced by one row, so the four rows added by Na Haonan were prepared in the back, and each two rows were replaced in turn.
Because in this era, there were no radios and no loudspeakers for communication between queues. It's all about drummers and trumpeters. Therefore, Deng Haonan gave up the large military establishment and took the company platoon as the basic unit. In this way, the platoon has few people and can clearly hear the commands of their commanders.
"Ben Qi Qi!"
"Here!" Lieutenant Ben Qi was listed.
"You lead three hundred people around to the north and block the retreat of Beigang!"
"Yes!"
"Jiang Chunhui! Liao Jianjun! ”
"Here!" Lieutenant Jiang Chunhui and Lieutenant Liao Jianjun were listed.
"Let you two take three hundred men each and outflank them from the east and west wings!"
"Yes!"
"Xie Yi! Liu Feng! ”
"Here!" Lieutenant Xie Yi and Lieutenant Liu Feng were listed.
"The two of you will lead 500 men to ambush in Dongshi Village, in case the Dutch defenders in Geranja come to reinforce them!"
"Yes!"
"Li Han! Liu Huiwen! ”
"Here!" Lieutenant Li Han stabbed Lieutenant Huiwen out of the ranks.
Captain Liu Hu pointed to the small hillside northeast of Dongshi Village and said, "You two take the artillery of your department, build an artillery position on it, and at dawn, shell Beigang on time!" If there's movement in the direction of Geranza, give priority to supporting that side! ”
"Yes!"
Lieutenant Li Han and Lieutenant Liu Huiwen are officers of the Artillery Section of Jiangwutang, and because of their outstanding artillery command, they were assigned to serve in the Marine Corps and went out with the army this time.
Napoleon thought that two cannons per thousand people would be enough! However, Di Haonan is an avid artillery expert, but he thinks that every 100 people have it
As a result, the 2,000 marines had 20 artillery pieces, all of which were the newly installed Apocalypse Five-Year Tian Millimeter Old Double-Diameter Front-loading Cannons.
Because it is a treated nickel steel barrel, this steel gun is lightweight and easy to carry, so it is preferred to equip the Marine Corps.
Everyone acted separately, but there were still many officers who had no task behind Liu Hu, they were Lieutenant Zeng Yong, Lieutenant Shen Xiufang, Lieutenant Du Yongchen, Lieutenant Wang Yuanlong and others of the Wutang Cavalry. Although they had war horses, they were only mounts for officers, and Na Haonan did not have cavalry at this time, so the officers of their cavalry section could only serve as staff officers for the area at this time.
According to the combat method of the Marine Corps, it should be first bombarded with artillery, then the cavalry charged, and finally the infantry went up to clean up the remnants, which was the land combat tactics formulated by Deng Haonan.
It's just that Deng Haonan's cavalry has no shadow yet!
The Marines were soon in attack positions, and twenty guns were in place, waiting for the moment of dawn.
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Here, the Pacific Fleet had already blocked the Penghu waterway, and the Longmen Port sailors, who were also sleeping, did not feel that danger was approaching.
The sea of husbands in the night is dark and misty. You can only hear the roar of the waves of the sea. The Pacific Fleet's black hull paint is exceptionally hidden in the night.
On the overlook tower of Longmen Harbor, the minions with big knives on their backs have stopped walking, and this time is the time when people are most sleepy, even if they are standing under the sea breeze, their eyes are constantly dozing.
It is 12 nautical miles southeast of Longmen Port. The Black Pearl was quietly moored there.
She didn't participate in the battle, because among Zheng Yiguan's subordinates, there must be someone who knows her!
Even though the hull has been painted black, nothing else has changed, and the Black Pearl was once the flagship of the Dutch Penghu fleet, and it is difficult not to be recognized.
On the bridge, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Major Lin Feng, was listening to the reports from the various detachments.
According to the original calculation. The 1st and 2nd fleets were to be tasked with shelling the water blockade in Longmen Port, blocking all the remaining warships of Zheng Yiguan in the water village and making it impossible to get out. The third squadron prepared small fireboats, and when the gate of the water village was breached, they set fire to the fireboats and rushed into the water plug to burn the ships near the dock. The Third Squadron will then patrol the vicinity of Penghu Island, driving out any targets that come close, while also acting on a guard mission.
Major Lin Feng stood there quietly, with an excited expression on his face.
Being able to command a fleet was something he couldn't have imagined before he met Deng Haonan.
Thank you Principal for giving me this opportunity! I'm not going to embarrass you!
Just as Lin Feng was silently looking forward to it in his heart, the communications staff officer came to report.
"Report! It's dawn! The commanders of the detachments made a final confirmation to the flagship, whether to carry out an attack operation? ”
Major Lin Feng raised his head and looked at the east of the sky, which was already a little pale, and the sky was already dark.
Immediately put out the pocket watch and compared, and shouted: "Go as planned!" The total attack begins in five minutes! ”
"Yes!" The communications staff officer saluted and turned down to deliver the flagship's orders.
When it comes again! A bell rang from the Black Pearl with a characteristic frequency, and soon the nearby battleships heard the signal and immediately rang it at the same frequency, and a moment later, all ships of the entire Pacific Fleet received the flagship's order to confirm the attack.
On the Pallas, John and other British sailors had ended their careers as instructors by this time.
At the beginning, Deng Haonan asked them to teach all the officers and men of the Pacific Fleet to operate foreign ships together with the Spaniards, and they did a very good job and worked very hard. Because they did not want to leave the Pallas, they had to pass on all their knowledge and experience to all the officers and men in order to return to the Pallas as much as possible.
Finally, after their intense training, the Pacific Fleet formed a combat strength, and Na Haonan approved their return to service on the Pallas.
The last time on the way back, when the Pacific Fleet attacked Zheng Yiguan's caravan, they were still supervising the ships, watching others fire fiercely with artillery, John and the others couldn't bear the loneliness.
After going back, he seized the time to train sailors and showed Deng Haonan his results. This time, he heard that the Pacific Fleet was going to hunt again, so John, with his incorruptible tongue, finally persuaded Deng Haonan to agree to their return to the Pallas to participate in the battle.
At this point, Captain John was walking back and forth on the deck, muttering incessantly.
Without the Black Pearl, the Pallas was the flagship of the First Cruiser Fleet, so the ten cruisers behind all watched the Pallas's actions.
When the battle signal came, Captain John shouted loudly: "Full sails!" Come on! ”
"Let them see how we instructors fight!"
Captain John shouted at the top of his voice. Urging every sailor and gunner to take their place.
"Hurry up! Don't let me kick you in the ass! ”
Captain John saw who wasn't in place. Go up and kick it right away.
"Hey! Say what about you! John recommended a gunner who wanted to light the arquebus, and scolded: "You loser, the arquebus should be lit a moment before the cannon is fired!" ”
The gunner smiled and said, "Don't worry, Captain!" Our boss has money, and he has prepared an endless arquebus with us! ”
Seeing Captain John glaring at him fiercely, the gunner had no choice but to weakly extinguish the arquebus.
John withdrew his murderous gaze and began to call out to the others.
"Tell me about you!"
Soon, the operation of the 1st detachment as the first wave of the attack began.
The sails of the Pallas were bulging, and the other ten cruisers of the second squadron were speeding through the water in the large "7" route.
At the same time, the command flag was raised, and the starboard guns were ready to attack.
The Second Squadron was a mile away from the First Squadron, and it was also moving in a "" line, but it happened to be opposite to the First Squadron. In this way, when the first squadron has completed a salvo, the second squadron will take over, forming a non-stop attack to achieve the purpose of blocking the exit of the water block.
It's close!
When it was far from the Longmen Harbor Water Serich, Captain John suddenly gave the order.
"Fire!"
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Here, the minions on the gate tower of Longmen Port Water Village, when they heard the bell ringing in the distance, they already felt that something was wrong, and they rubbed their eyes and cheered up.
At this time, the light on the horizon is getting brighter and brighter. The sun is about to come out. It's just that the sea surface is foggy at this time, and although it is not very thick, it is not very clear.
"What's that?" A minion on duty pointed to the approaching black dot in the thin mist in the distance.
"Can't see clearly? It's a ship, right? The other minion replied.
"Look! One more! Two! No! It's "The more you count, the more you count."
"Wake up Shi Chang!" Seeing that the situation was not good, a minion hurriedly ran to the battlement tower to wake up the person on duty
Shi Chang scolded and scolded, and he couldn't see clearly in a daze.
At this time, a small minion took Clairie and handed it to him.
Shi Chang took it very unhappily and looked at it with a thousand miles of eyes.
Impatiently said: "What's the fuss! Aren't they just a few glowing ships? ”
After Shi Chang finished speaking, he was suddenly stunned!
The soldiers were stunned when they saw the chief, and they were also stunned!
"What do you mean by a ship that glows?"
"! Enemy attack! ”
The 11 cruisers of the First Fleet, concentrating more than 200 guns on the port side, fired at the Longmen Port Shuizhai in turn.
In an instant, Shi Chang and a few minions suddenly felt a whizzing sound in the air, and it was too late to warn.
The high-speed cannonballs hit the waterhouse battlements in an instant, instantly smashing the waterhouse's gatehouse. Shi Chang and the minions felt their feet tremble suddenly, and then the whole person flew out, and their eyes were immediately pitch black.
Instantly. Countless shells broke through the air one by one. The gate was immediately shattered by the Pallas, and then the two wings of the fortress were shelled at the same time. Suddenly, rubble flew and sparks flew everywhere. Although there was no huge explosion caused by the blasting bomb in later generations, the moment the iron bullet hit at high speed shattered the earth and rocks, the smoke and dust spread instantly, as if it was piercing a huge hedgehog.
The cannon roared, and the smoke of gunpowder filled the air.
The cannonballs flying in the sky fell one after another near the gate of Shuizhai Village. Soon, the wooden gate with a width of more than 50 meters was smashed without a single obstacle.
At this time, the 1st and 2nd Squadrons ceased their shelling, and the 3rd Squadron came up, lowered the boats full of oil and rice Zhuo, ignited the fire, and quickly rushed into the water plug of Longmen Harbor with a tailwind.
Suddenly, a large spike ignited in the water plug, and the dragon boat quickly spread up after hitting the ship near the dock. Ships of this period were coated with oil to lubricate the bottom of the ship, so they could easily ignite in the event of a fire attack.
In an instant, there was a sea of fire in the Longmen Port Water Village, and the wooden warships burned one after another, and soon rushed to the dock. Some dragon boats did not reach the water wall, but they hit the wooden wall next to it, and the same fire soon spread to the wall, and quickly burned along the wall.
The fire burned more and more, the fire was scorching, and the smoke covered the sky and the sun, and it was out of control.
After the third squadron had discharged the dragon ships, it fired another round of artillery before withdrawing from the battle and moving into the surrounding guard.
Then, the First Squadron and the Second Squadron began to take turns firing at the water village, quite in the posture of beating the water dogs.
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At dawn, at the same time as the Pacific Fleet attacked the Longmen Port Water Wall, Deng Haonan's Marines also launched an attack on Beigang.
On the hillside northeast of Dongshi Village, twenty artillery pieces were already ready.
"Fire!"
With the order of the commander, Lieutenant Li Han, twenty Tianhan cannons opened fire in unison.
Knock knock! The cannonball burst out of the barrel and emitted a dazzling flame at the muzzle, and then the cannonball weighing five catties rushed out of the fireworks and flew towards the location of the Beigang merchant gang.
The whistling of cannonballs suddenly broke the quiet sky. It drowned out the sound of chickens and dogs barking, and also woke people from their sleep.
Bang bang bang!
Wherever the shells went, they brought ruin.
The wooden house could not withstand the impact of a single shell and collapsed in an instant. On the bluestone-paved path, the cannonballs made a series of shocking deep ravines, and the livestock were the most sensitive.
Was there an earthquake?
This was the first feeling the people had when they woke up, the houses were shaking, and the livestock were screaming. All of them are signs of earthquakes.
It's just that, the next moment, they reflected.
It wasn't an earthquake, because they heard the sound of muffled thunderous cannons.
This voice was familiar to them, and the stronghold of the red-haired people not far away often fired like this.
Is it the robbers coming? Or are the Hongmaoyi people coming? They weren't sure, but what was certain was that they began to gesture softly and prepared to flee. Outline of the aluminium Lin Qingrui device saddle sister-in-law