Chapter 1367 Feint attack

As a naval officer from Northeast China, Sun Bing participated in all the military operations of the Northern Expedition to the Liaodong Peninsula in the past year. His familiarity with the conditions on the Liaodong Peninsula is an indispensable and important reference for the Haihan Navy when formulating action plans, and similar

This time, a feint landing attack was to be carried out near the Jinzhou Isthmus, and a local like him who was familiar with geography was needed to serve as a front-line commander.

"Prepare to land!" Sun Bing gave the order as he saw the coastline getting closer. The soldiers on the deck stood up and began to carry their weapons and equipment on their backs, preparing to disembark and go ashore.

In this operation, the Navy no longer required the special operations battalion to be dispatched to cooperate, but instead used its own Marine Corps. The Navy's Marine Corps construction has entered the implementation stage in the past two years. Although the number of troops is not large, it is only the largest in the Northern Fleet.

It maintains the size of two companies, but also follows Haihan's long-standing strategy of elite troops. All its soldiers are selected from the active navy, and the combat method is naturally based on amphibious landing warfare. However, compared to the cavalry battalion, special warfare

There is still a certain gap between the equipment level and actual combat experience of elite units such as the Battalion and the Nanhai Special Warfare Group, and the Marine Corps.

The weapons of the Marine Corps are basically installed in accordance with the standards of the Army Combat Forces, with the Type 33 breech-loaded flintlock as the main weapon. Naturally, the performance of this rifle cannot compare with the seven-shot series currently installed in the special operations battalions and cavalry battalions.

, but in fact it has greatly surpassed the long-range individual weapons of the same era, and it is enough to deal with the post-Jin army that mainly uses cold weapons. In addition, naval naval guns can also provide a certain intensity of fire cover on the coastline.

It is not too difficult for the Marines to implement an amphibious landing.

Sun Bing is currently serving as the commander of the first company of the Marine Corps. He and his company will also serve as the main force in this amphibious operation in the Jinzhou Isthmus. The troop transport ship chose an abandoned fishing village dock on the coast as the landing site.

point, after sending two groups of soldiers ashore in small boats to make sure there were no traces of enemy activity near the shore, the troop transport slowly approached the trestle on the shore, and then lowered the springboard to allow the soldiers to land.

This location is still several miles away from the stronghold where the Hou Jin Army is stationed in the north. However, the previous movements of the Haihan fleet deliberately making noise on the beach must have aroused the vigilance of the Hou Jin Army. If nothing else, the other party's reconnaissance cavalry also

Will be around soon.

After Sun Bing landed, he asked his men to form a team into the nearby abandoned fishing village and build a defensive position based on the ruins here. The original residents had been cleared out when the Jin army occupied this place, and those who had not escaped had long since become

Slaves, many houses still have traces of being burned, which is obviously the result of the post-Jin army plundering this place.

Sun Bing himself was a Han refugee who fled from Liaodong. He was no stranger to the scene of the whole village being turned into ruins by the Hou Jin army. If he wanted to make a comparison, his hatred for Hou Jin was even deeper.

Far more than soldiers from Shandong such as Wang Jinmin and Sun Zhen. The current attitude of the Haihan Army towards Hou Jin prisoners of war is simply very satisfying to him. Being able to kill these Hou Jin soldiers with his own hands is more important than obtaining military merit.

Of course, as a commander, he still has to act in accordance with military orders. What the Haihan Army wants to perform here is a feint attack mission, not a desperate battle with Hou Jin. If he acts based on his personal likes and dislikes, it is likely to affect

The trend of the entire battle situation. Sun Bing is no longer a new recruit, so he will naturally know the right balance.

The reason why we chose a nearby abandoned fishing village to build a position instead of building a beachhead on our own was because the Hou Jin Army had a considerable proportion of cavalry. The terrain of the village could effectively block the cavalry from launching a charge, and provide the Haihan infantry stationed there with a

A certain level of bunker. To build a position on the beach, the amount of work is still relatively large. The Marine Corps currently does not have an engineering unit to cooperate with the operation, and its troop strength is relatively limited. It will be very difficult to complete such a project.

Not long after the Marines entered the village, sure enough, Hou Jin's reconnaissance cavalry appeared in the wilderness to the north. Hou Jin also appeared to be extremely cautious about Haihan's actions of sending troops to land. He did not rush to get closer, but wandered back and forth in the distance, as if

They wanted to confirm whether the Haihan Army's landing was over.

"Can we kill them at this distance?" Sun Bing was naturally unhappy when he saw the Houjin Cavalry in the distance. He immediately asked the snipers who landed with the Marines. This special unit is affiliated with the Army and is currently only cooperating with the Navy.

During the operation, Sun Bing did not have direct command authority and could only request the other party to cooperate with him in the operation.

The snipers in the Haihan Army usually operate in a two-person team, and this time is no exception. The Marine Corps is accompanied by a two-person standard combat team, with one person serving as the main shooter and the other as an observer.

Both hands are equipped with a full set of sniper weapons, and their functions can be exchanged at any time according to the battlefield situation.

When Sun Bing asked, they had been observing with telescopes for a while. One of them responded: "This distance is not a problem. We can shoot when they stop, but it will be a bit difficult to clean them up."

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This problem is no longer a question of marksmanship. It is necessary to continuously shoot down multiple moving targets hundreds of meters away. Even the sharpshooters of later generations with more advanced firearms are not guaranteed to be able to do it, let alone the current ones.

This is a sniper rifle produced at the military level. If you want to kill all the Houjin Scout Cavalry moving in the distance, it is indeed a bit difficult.

Sun Bing said: "There is no need to clean it up, just knock out the ones that count. Our mission now is to feint attack. Since we have to pretend, we have to pretend to be more realistic. Don't give Hou Jin's scout cavalry a chance to approach here and conduct reconnaissance calmly."

Now that Sun Bing had made the request, the two sniper soldiers immediately found a suitable place to set up their sniper rifles. After waiting for a while, the Houjin Scout Cavalry in the distance stopped to watch, and the sniper soldiers immediately fired their rifles.

He moved the trigger. However, the wind was strong in the field at this time, and the first shot actually missed. However, he did not panic at all. He pulled the bolt out of the cartridge case and reloaded, then took aim and fired. This time, he did not miss again. He was far away.

In response, a figure fell down from the horse's back.

When the first shot was fired, the Houjin Cavalry in the distance should have heard the sound, but they may not have realized that someone was shooting at them. After all, they were too far away, and they did not think that there was a weapon that could

They carried out precise strikes against them at such a distance. It wasn't until someone was hit by the second shot and fell to the ground that the Houjin Cavalry realized that they had been tricked. However, they still did not expect that the strike came from the abandoned fishing village a hundred feet away.

He was still looking around to see if there was a place for the enemy to hide nearby.

The sniper who served as the main shooter was very stable. Even when the observer next to him shouted the word "center", he did not show any excitement. He continued to remove the shells, load the ammunition, aim and fire with calm movements.

It wasn't until the third Houjin cavalryman was shot and fell that the dull enemies finally realized where the attack was coming from. They quickly lifted the shot companion back onto the horse and then rode away. In the process, Haihan sniped.

The soldier lost no time and hit another person.

The Jin cavalry quickly escaped from the shooting range, and the sniper's final score was four out of six shots. The last shot was fired when the enemy troops were withdrawing, but unfortunately it did not hit the fast-moving target.

However, Sun Bing was already very satisfied with this result. At this distance, even if he gathered his subordinates to shoot together, they might not be able to accurately hit the target in the distance. The shooting accuracy was completely different from that of a sniper.

Sun Bing thought that if there were more sharpshooters like this, the battle would not have to be fought at all, but he heard that their training was extremely difficult, and the special rifles they used were extremely difficult to manufacture, so it was no wonder that there were so few sniper troops.

Previously, he thought that the two snipers were too stingy, but after seeing their performance, Sun Bing immediately realized that as long as they were used properly, the role of these two people in the battle would be ten times greater.

The military strength here is even greater.

After Houjin Detective Cavalry was repulsed, they did not dare to approach the abandoned fishing village that had been taken over by Haihan. They did not know how the Haihan managed to kill them with muskets from such a long distance.

companions, but one thing is very clear, this distance is no longer a safe distance for them. If they step into this range, they may be hit by bullets fired from Haihan muskets at any time.

But to ensure the safety of life, we have to withdraw far enough. This will make it difficult to detect the movements of the Haihan fleet near the coast. After the news was reported to the Houjin stronghold, the commander's reaction was naturally that he realized that Haihan

This is to prevent our own reconnaissance operations and cover up their combat intentions in this vicinity.

No matter how hard the Haihan Army was at sea, the Jin Army could pretend that nothing happened. There was no way to confront it at sea anyway. Quan should just voluntarily give up control of the sea. But now the Haihan Army is directly on the Jinzhou Isthmus.

Landing nearby, the intention of this action can be said to be very obvious, which is to cut off the land transportation of the Hou Jin Army to and from the Jinzhou Peninsula. However, there are still nearly 3,000 Hou Jin Army in the south trying to control the sea at Lushunkou.

If the Han people are driven out of the land and their retreat is cut off, the Houjin troops fighting in the front will soon lose their supplies and will fall into a very dangerous situation.

The officer of the Later Jin Dynasty who was stationed in the Jinzhou Isthmus was Jia La Erzhen Erhe. He belonged to the same banner as Mutebu who died in the battle at Lushunkou before, and he could also be regarded as a partner who served under the big tent. Mutebu died in the battle.

After the news came back, Erhe was also shocked and angry. A few days ago, Lushunkou had just increased the garrison deployment to prevent the Haihan people from harassing them again before winter came back. However, he did not expect that this time the Haihan people came with such force that only

It took one day to conquer Zhongzuosuo City in Lushunkou and kill Muteb.

Erhe was surprised, so he could only report the news immediately, and then Jinzhou organized reinforcements and went to Lushunkou to try to drive away the Haihan people. The troops fighting south were led by another Jia La E Zhen Er Tengyi.

Erhe's task is to sit on the Jinzhou Isthmus and ensure the smooth flow of the supply channel from Jinzhou to the Lushun front line.

But Erhe really didn't expect that Haihan would still find the strength to come to the north from the sea to stir up trouble even though the war in the south was tense. And looking at his movements, he actually planned to make a fuss here in the Jinzhou Isthmus.

Erhe's first reaction was, of course, to gather his troops to take down the temporary stronghold of the Haihan Army on the coast. However, the cavalry who went to reconnoiter were inexplicably wounded by the opponent's muskets a hundred feet away. This situation made him unhappy.

Dare to act rashly. If the weapons of the Haihan army are so powerful, then the cavalry sent by them will be killed during the charge, and they will not be able to charge to the distance that the saber can reach.

Erhe remembered the news that Muteb's deputy Doro brought back from the front line a few days ago, saying that the Haihan people's muskets were weird and could shoot continuously without loading ammunition, so that the Houjin Cavalry was the best at it.

The formation charge turned into a collective death, and hundreds of golden cavalrymen in the center of the left city fell under the muzzle of Haihan muskets. And the news brought back by the cavalry who went to reconnaissance today, also known as Haihan

The army's muskets can shoot at a distance of nearly a mile, and they fire in a single burst, not a lucky volley.

Shooting so far, hitting so accurately, and being able to fire continuously, how to fight this battle when facing an enemy with such abnormal combat power? Erhe suddenly fell into a headache. The information he had was extremely limited, and there was no way he could do it.

I didn’t know that the Haihan troops fighting in Lushunkou were not the same Haihan troops under my nose. The weapons, equipment and tactics used were also obviously different. I just pieced together the known pieces of information based on people’s inertial thinking.

Together, we came to a theoretically worst conclusion.

It is of course very simple to verify whether this conclusion is true. That is to send people to test the other party's falsehoods to obtain more information. But such verification methods must come at a huge price. The few who were brought back just now are half dead.

The injured are an example. If this method is to be used, how many people will have to die to get the desired information?

On the other side of the battlefield, Sun Bing was learning about the strengths and weaknesses of this special combat mode from snipers. The barrel of a sniper rifle has a limited service life, and Haihan's current materials and craftsmanship are very limited. In order to ensure that it is sufficient

To achieve a high hit rate, it usually needs to be replaced after firing around 500 rounds. An excellent sniper’s skills must be slowly accumulated through a lot of shooting training. The consumption of firearms and ammunition alone is

A quite large number. Moreover, during the training process, most of the trainees will be eliminated. Similar to the two snipers sent to the Marine Corps to perform tasks, they all passed the initial training stage with a one-in-a-hundred chance.

Officially included in this special force.
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