Chapter 263: Scare and scare you first

More than a dozen green uniforms set up tents on the higher ground on the edge of the dock, which was Wang Qinian's temporary command post. After Huang Long left for a while, he didn't move again, wearing armor, and standing by Wang Qinian's side all the time, this picture was a bit weird.

The setting sun left its last rays, and countless torches were lit. The people saw in this army the hope that they would not have to leave their homes, and spontaneously lit many torches to light up the humble docks.

The soldiers, carrying long cross-guns with boxes on their backs, began to disembark. The characteristics of these soldiers are that they are strong, and their faces are rosy, which shows that they usually eat well. I didn't have any strength, and I was carrying a cross gun with plate armor on my back, so it wouldn't last long. Today is to disembark, if it is on the march, the plate armor is carried by carts. A pair of aluminum alloy plate armor plus an iron helmet, this is thirty catties. The weight of the cross gun is close to forty pounds. There are also their own clothes, daily necessities, and dry food, nearly fifty catties. It's okay to march with a load on a short distance, it's troublesome to march at a long distance, this is a cold-weapon unit, and the march is tired, how can you still fight?

One ship left the dock, and the next one immediately approached, and in Huang Long's monoculars, he saw nearly ten large ships of 500 materials, as well as the cannons on them.

"General Wang, is that the warship of the naval division of Dengzhou?" Huang Long asked, Wang Qinian nodded, and Huang Long said: "Can you invite them to go to the sea area of Jinxian County, where the land is relatively narrow." Wang Qinian was obviously shocked when he heard this, and immediately understood what he meant. This guy has a vision, and he knows that the cannon of the Dengzhou Navy Division can hit far. Cruising on the sea of Jin County, Yan zhòng threatened the marching troops of Houjin.

Wang Qinian's face did not change when he heard this, and some people had proposed this proposal at sea, but after repeated inferences from the General Staff Office, he believed that the actual effect might not be very good. At present, there are 9 warships of 500 materials in the naval division, and they are put into this section of the sea area with a width of about 10 miles, and the intimidation significance is greater than the practical significance. Wang Qinian also communicated with Xilaojing, and Xilaojing believed that such an effect would not be too obvious. But you can send all the main warships over to scare and scare the Houjin army. The warship is at sea, and who knows if it will send troops ashore. It's okay to shoot a few more shots. The rear army brigade that is marching will definitely be affected, and it will be delayed for a while to buy time for Lushun's preparation for war.

"Yes. Please also send a few guides to the warship. Wang Qinian still affirmed his opinion. Even if he doesn't say it. The Western Lau Sutra was ready to do the same.

It was completely dark, the horse lantern was lit, and Wang Qinian and Huang Long were studying the map together in the tent. Learn about the nearby terrain and more. At this time, staff officer Lin He suddenly asked: "Has the Golden Mountain outside the city sent troops to garrison?" ”

Huang Long didn't say anything, and Shen Shikui, who was with him, said with displeasure: "You are a little soldier, why do you ask this?" ”

Wang Qinian said coldly: "He is not a small soldier, he is the staff officer of the Dengzhou battalion, how should he arrange the troops?" I have to listen to him, and so does Mr. Chen. Huang Long and Shen Shikui looked at each other, what was going on? The Dengzhou camp is full of eccentricities. At this time, a military general came, tall and tall, with a loud voice: "Report, Houjin Tanma has approached Lushun fifty miles." ”

Wang Qinian obviously leaned down, and after carefully searching on the map, he sighed: "The place is too small, and the time is tight. ”

Lin Daodao: "Even if we have time, it's useless, we only have a thousand smoothbore spearmen, and the small golden mountain can't put so many troops." It's a pity that this place will be used by Houjin. The outer city was within cannon range of Houjin. The 12-pounder rifled gun could be placed in this direction, and it would be better to conceal it. It's a pity that we all have smoothbore guns in our hands, and the caliber is also 3-6 pounds. ”

"Then dig a trench and build a breastwall within the outer city. Let the brothers go to work overnight, a thousand smoothbore guns, block in turn, retreat while fighting, and use the trench as a cover, at least a few hundred of him can be killed. You can keep it for three or five more days. The two of them discussed it as if no one was around, completely as if Huang Long and Shen Shikui were not there.

I couldn't stand it anymore, Huang Long coughed and said, "Two, can you listen to the next word?" ”

Wang Qinian said: "Please speak." Huang Long coughed and said: "Lushun has 5,000 soldiers who can fight, plus your army has more than 10,000 people, how can you hold it." Besides, what is Mr. Chen's plan, is it convenient for the two of you to disclose it? ”

Wang Qinian said: "There is nothing convenient or inconvenient, we are the vanguard army, a total of 6,000 soldiers. When the ships returned, they were reinforced by two rifle battalions. In the end, the commander-in-chief personally led the cavalry battalion to reinforce it. Time, today is the 26th, and at the latest the 30th, the general army will arrive. However, his old man came out of nowhere, and no one knew where he would appear. ”

Huang Long and Shen Shikui were in high spirits, and when they heard the news, the last general who came in also said: "I have heard for a long time that General Chen's soldiers are in the gods, and all the elite warriors under his command are elite and dare to fight. ”

Wang Qinian looked at him, and Huang Long hurriedly introduced: "This is Shang Kexi, a tiger general." ”

"Look up for a long time!" Be kind and don't take it seriously. The cattle in the Dengzhou camp were brought out by Chen Xie with a problem of Lao Tzu being the best in the world. "Don't dare! Can't! "Shang Kexi is very sincere.

The hustle and bustle on the dock continued, and an hour later, the sappers were already laying the planks. After completion, the trestle in the shallow water area was widened by more than a meter. More than half of the 6,000 officers and soldiers came down at this time. There was a smell of food in the air, Wang Qinian glanced at the nearby marching stove and said with a smile: "It's time to eat, let's eat a little together." The conditions are simple, and the best restaurant in Dengzhou in the future, I please. ”

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Huang Long was polite and walked to the edge of the marching stove together. The soldiers were all queuing, and when they saw Wang Qinian and them coming, they consciously gave up a team. Dinner was pancakes, a spoonful of seaweed egg drop soup with diced luncheon meat. One person for one lunch box of soup and one pancake.

The soldiers sat down on the side to eat, and Wang Qinian didn't say anything about special treatment, so he took three officers from Dongjiang Town, all of whom had a meal, and sat down on the stones on the side. Huang Long originally prepared a banquet, but he didn't plan to leave. Don't mention this stubble, just eat a Dengzhou military camp meal together.

The pancakes were broken into small pieces and thrown into the soup, and the spoon was eaten in a sloppy manner. The soldiers on the dock could be seen disembarking and marching out of the dock, and there was naturally dinner waiting in the clearing. The officers and men were unanimous and sat on the ground to eat, and no one made any trouble. Not to mention letting Lushun receive something here, it is unreasonable to be quiet.

Several staff officers in the tent were also eating, looking out while eating, and teasing the Dongjiang soldiers.

"Did you hear that, there are only 5,000 soldiers in Lushun, and before I came, I heard that it was 12,000 people."

"Normal, out of 5,000 soldiers, the family is up to 500. For the rest, the defense of the city is okay, and the field battle is completely blind. ”

"Just them? Can also fight? Still want to command us? Wait for Guerrilla Zhang to come up with the green leather battalion, let them see what it means to be elite. You say, how many green-skinned battalions can the chief soldier bring over this time? ”

"How many more can you bring, it's six battalions in total. If you can come to four, I guess, the lord will play a game of landing behind enemy lines. ”

Lin He was happy when he heard this, and scolded: "What do you mean, the battle plan is formulated by us, at least three different plans, but you will wait to be cleaned up by the chief of staff." ”

"Ride it!" Along the official road, the Jin people and horses of the brigade crossed Jin County and rolled towards Lushun. The long marching dragon on the avenue with no end in sight, should be a time when ambition is hesitant, why is there a feeling of uneasiness in his heart?

Yue Tuo in the team was unexpectedly in a mood that fluctuated, and he always felt that something was going to happen.

Just when he was restless, someone suddenly shouted: "Look at the sea, there is a ship coming." ”

There is really a big ship on the sea, this kind of 500-material lucky boat, in the eyes of the Houjin people, is really a big ship.

The flagship Dengzhou No. 1, Xilaojing put down the binoculars and smiled at his assistant An Duo beside him: "Our luck is good, we came in time." Andor also put down his glasses and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Your Excellency, you are about to enter the ranks of the admirals of the Ming Empire." ”

Xilao waved his hand in a high-spirited manner: "Order, try to get as close to the coast as possible, and let these barbarians taste the power of the long-barreled cannon." "There are four 12-pounder rifled guns on the flagship, and the maximum range can hit more than four thousand meters. These cannons, which were originally intended to be used against the Houjin Artillery, became naval artillery, and the effect was exceptionally good.

Yue Tuo didn't really care when he saw the sea boat. The troops were ordered to move on, the ship was really powerful at sea, but it couldn't go ashore, there was nothing to be afraid of. The Daming Dengzhou Naval Division, it's not that he hasn't dealt with it, and if the cannon hits two miles, the projectile will be boring. He hadn't fought the Dengzhou battalion head-on, and he didn't know that the artillery here was not a traditional Hongyi cannon at all.

It's ridiculous to look at some historical records, and it's ridiculous that the Hongyi cannon can hit ten miles. Some literati, in order to invite pets, are talking nonsense. Many years later, on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, Little Japan's Type 38 and 75 mountain guns could not hit as far as five kilometers. After tireless efforts and a comparative review of Chinese and foreign historical materials, some contemporary research parties have come to the conclusion that the firing range of the Hongyi cannon is between 3 and 4 miles. In other words, if you play two thousand meters, you are lucky. The problem is that the cannon weighs 4,000 pounds. The gun body of the Ming Dynasty was fixed on the deck, and the 4,000-pound Hongyi cannon could shake the deck apart with one cannon. That's it, it was still a "high-tech" product of the British at that time, Sun Yuanhua brought a cannon cast by craftsmen, and the quality was still inferior to these imported guns, with the same caliber, and the weight was four or five hundred catties larger.

This difference in quality is not a matter of the level of craftsmen, but of the coal and iron ore used to make iron. There is iron ore in Laizhou, but it contains sulfur and phosphorus. Not to mention the former, the sulfur of coal plus the sulfur of iron ore is brittle, and the iron containing phosphorus will also become brittle when the temperature is low.

"It's a pity, the width of this area reaches five kilometers, our ships can only reach a distance of five hundred meters from the coast, and artillery cannot fully cover it, only to scare and scare people." Xilaojing expressed regret. (To be continued......)