Chapter 1428 Three-way attack

The bombardment with heavy thunder and small raindrops had limited killing effect, but the deterrent effect was very ideal. The hasty response of the Jin Army immediately messed up the position. Most of the people chose to retreat under the threat of artillery fire, and

The few people who tried to stay on the coast and resisted were unable to withstand the rapid landing offensive launched by the Haihan Army.

The seven troop carriers sailed quickly towards the coast, and bullets were constantly fired from the firing positions on the bows at the Houjin soldiers on the shore. Although the ups and downs of the ship's hull made it difficult for the soldiers on the ship to actually aim at the target, the intensity of the firepower output was to a certain extent.

This shortcoming was made up for. As the gunshots continued to sound, those Houjin soldiers who tried to prevent the Haihan Army from landing fell one after another in the hail of bullets.

The sparsely shot arrows could not stop the Haihan troop transport from reaching the shore. Seeing that there was nothing they could do, the remaining Houjin soldiers had no choice but to retreat towards the hill. At least there were mountains and forests to provide them with cover. And they occupied an area of

Living at this high place, it seems that we can still fight against the Haihan army coming ashore.

"The enemy troops stationed in the north should have heard the sound of the cannons just now, so we don't have much time left to attack this hilltop. We must capture it as soon as possible before enemy reinforcements arrive!" Morgan told the officer decisively on the beach.

They gave the order.

What landed here was the army battalion originally stationed in Fushan County, plus the sniper team brought by Morgan, and the 200 sailors transferred from the navy, there were more than 800 troops, including an artillery company and an engineer.

company and about twenty cavalry. Although the number of troops is not large, the configuration of the troops is relatively complete, and it is more than enough to build a position.

The Army battalion's combat strategy is to advance according to standard tactics. It first builds long-range firepower points, and Morgan's sniper team is responsible for the long-range firepower output. Then the infantry opens the front and advances from the west of the hill to the hilltop where the slope is relatively gentle.

Since the Hou Jin Army did not build fortifications on the mountain in advance, Morgan did not plan to wait for the artillery to be transported ashore before launching an offensive. The Hou Jin Army took advantage of the favorable location and shot two waves of arrows from high places at first, but tried to escape from the forest.

The Hou Jin soldiers who were aiming at targets under the mountain became living targets of Haihan sniper soldiers. So the Hou Jin soldiers had no choice but to retreat into the forest, trying not to reveal their figures, but in this way they could only use aimless projectile tactics.

However, the number of Houjin archers on the mountain was far from what was needed for covering projectile tactics, so it was naturally difficult to cause large-scale damage to the besieging Haihan army.

Moreover, Morgan had predicted the moves of the Hou Jin Army in advance, so he ordered the attacking troops to disperse in advance. As a result, only a few of the arrows fired from the mountain hit the attacking Haihan soldiers.

The Houjin cavalry at the foot of the mountain tried to launch a counterattack, but they found no chance at all in front of the Haihan musket formation, which was waiting for them. After more than 30 cavalry were shot and killed a hundred meters away, the remaining cavalry saw no trace of them at all.

The only chance to attack Haihan's beachhead was to turn the horse's head and escape from the range of Haihan's muskets.

Without the cover on the plain, the more than 100 Houjin soldiers who were fighting stubbornly on the hill would find it difficult to resist the besieging Haihan troops on their own. Even if some brave men tried to rush close and fight,

But they were still greeted by bullets flying at high speed, and there was no chance of close combat. As long as they fell down after being shot, they would soon be hit by sharp military bayonets, and often several bayonets would come at them at the same time.

There wasn't even a chance to resist.

The resistance on the hilltop only lasted for about twenty minutes, and was wiped out by the Haihan infantry who advanced. Morgan ordered a careful search of the mountain to prevent any remaining Houjin soldiers from hiding in the forest. The engineers

Then quickly entered the foot of the mountain facing north and transformed the abandoned village that was previously used as Houjin's stronghold into a line of defense. Morgan's sniper team quickly went to the top of the mountain to deploy firepower points. When they came here for reconnaissance,

I have already figured out the terrain clearly. Now that I am returning to my old place, I am familiar with the road and there is no need to explore slowly.

The Houjin soldiers who could escape decisively fled on horseback, but in the end more than a dozen of them were captured, but there were no officers who knew military intelligence among them. Morgan asked his subordinates who were fluent in Manchu to interrogate them for a while, but they failed.

He didn't ask for any valuable information. Morgan originally wanted to shoot all the prisoners, but then he thought that the free slaves would not be used in vain. At this time, they could be used to build fortifications and dig trenches, so he immediately asked the soldiers to escort these people to the position.

Go up and work as a coolie.

As for the follow-up, Morgan had no intention of leaving any escape route for these barbarian soldiers. Anyway, they would either be shot, exhausted or frozen to death here. According to the headquarters' combat plan, there were no arrangements for receiving prisoners during the spring offensive.

In other words, Haihan had no intention of keeping prisoners. In the end, even if they were not shot, they would definitely be used as hard labor to consume the labor of these people. They might even be sent to the medical and health department after death to practice skills such as anatomy.

It was not until the end of this short battle that the field artillery had to be transported ashore. Although the power and range of these six-pounders were relatively limited, as heavy firepower units used to defend strongholds, they were powerful enough to deal with large numbers of infantry and even cavalry.

Morgan deployed six artillery pieces on the defense line at the foot of the mountain in one go, and left two more artillery pieces as reserves.

The abandoned village at the foot of the mountain had already been partially transformed by the Jin Army as a stronghold. After Haihan captured this place, he only needed to deploy artillery positions at key locations, and then seal the access to the village with trenches, barbed wire and other means.

Basically forming a semi-enclosed stronghold. The sniper shooting position on the mountain has a better view and can provide long-range fire cover for the stronghold down the hillside from a high position. This is the three-dimensional fire network that the Haihan Army likes to use most.

Of course, due to the haste and lack of suitable building materials, the defense network that can be constructed by this kind of temporary project is still relatively crude. It is only relying on the combat experience and advanced weapons and equipment of the Haihan Army to deal with the equipment with cold weapons.

It won't be too difficult for the main post-Jin army.

The hundreds of soldiers who landed here landed quickly, but it took a lot of time to get the various combat supplies and grains ashore. However, Morgan relied on many gunboats to provide fire cover near the shore.

, and are not worried that a group of Houjin Cavalry will suddenly appear here and destroy the comprehensive supply ship on the coast.

To be honest, even Morgan felt that using such a powerful fleet to escort this landing operation was a bit overkill. After that, the Jin Army's maritime armed forces were running low, and they did not dare to pull it out to confront the Haihan Navy. Then the Jin Army

And there are no armed facilities like the Duhai Fort, so it is difficult to pose a substantial threat to the Haihan Fleet on land. Therefore, after escorting the army to complete the landing, these navy ships will actually play a role in the subsequent battle on the Jinzhou Isthmus.

It doesn't have any direct effect.

If you insist on finding something for the navy to do, it probably can only search for enemy ships along the coastline and then sink them all, just like the Northern Fleet conducted many operations along the coastline of the Liaodong Peninsula last year. Only now

There were fewer and fewer ships in the Hou Jin Dynasty that could go to sea. They were built and destroyed quickly. It was difficult to find even half of the sails on the coastline.

However, Morgan also understood that the Navy's big move was not just due to the needs of this battle, but an arrangement made after comprehensive consideration of all aspects. After all, there is such a battlefield north of Hainan Island, and the Navy is eager to get more troops there.

Here for military training, even if there is no actual maritime opponent, at least performing combat missions during this period can keep the naval officers in a relatively good pre-war condition.

From another perspective, this battle was mainly fought on land, and the navy was destined to only play a supporting role. If it does not get more of a role, then when the credits are recorded after the war, most of the credit for the Battle of Jinzhou will be given

It all falls on the army. The senior officers of the navy, headed by Wang Tom, do not want to sit back and watch this situation happen. Naturally, they want to find some benefits for their own camp. For example, sending a huge fleet to escort the landing force and

Providing fire cover, such as allowing the Marines affiliated with the Navy to participate in combat operations after landing, in short, you have to cut a piece of this cake for yourself.

As the general commanding the West Route Army, Morgan didn't mind the Navy's plan. Although he was a sniper instructor and could be considered an army general, in fact, several members of the North American Gang had relatively comprehensive navigation knowledge and

Skills, so in the early days of the Navy, these people from the North American Gang were mainly responsible for serving as officers. Therefore, Morgan was at least half of the Navy, so he had no obvious preference in this matter.

As for Morgan's own plan, of course he is trying to give the sniper team he brought with him this time more opportunities for actual combat on the battlefield. After all, no matter how you practice, most of the targets will be killed, and the feelings of shooting and killing are completely different.

Differently, if you want to remain calm on the battlefield and keep your hands from shaking at critical moments, you must have enough actual combat experience. The Ministry of National Defense has not formulated specific regulations on the enemy-killing policy for the spring offensive. In other words

It means letting go of killing without any restrictions. Given such a rare opportunity, Morgan naturally wants to arrange the sniper team to the front of the battlefield to serve as a weapon to defeat the enemy. Of course, there must be some intention of having fun himself.

While Morgan seized the coastal highlands, the Eastern Route Army successfully completed the landing at Dalian Bay without any resistance, and quickly connected with the army troops marching on the middle route. At this point, the East and West Route Army detoured to the sea

The troops near the Jinzhou Isthmus have completed the landing, and the Western Route Army has even seized advantageous terrain and established a stronghold.

At present, all three Route armies have entered the Jinzhou Isthmus area. Among them, the West Route Army's position is the most advanced, only a few miles away from the main defense line built by Hou Jin at the narrowest part of the Jinzhou Isthmus. The Middle Route Army and the East Route Army

The position is slightly lagging behind. This is also one of the strategies formulated by the headquarters. If Houjin tries to launch a counterattack, they can only attack the Western Route Army position that is in front of them first. Otherwise, if they drive straight in, they will be easily defeated by the Western Route Army.

The route army directly surrounded the rear route.

When formulating the battle plan, the West Route Army was placed in a dangerous spot to attract firepower. The reason was naturally that there was a high ground here that could be used as an armed stronghold. Haihan had always been quite experienced in building defense lines, so the generals were convinced of this stronghold.

It was enough to block several times of enemy counterattacks. Of course, if it really couldn't hold on, the West Route Army could at least withdraw to the seaside, where there happened to be an idle Haihan fleet that could provide them with a safe retreat route.

There is also a more extreme possibility that after realizing the horror of the three-pronged attack by the Haihan Army, the Hou Jin Army wisely chose to stay in retreat and wait for the Haihan Army to attack their painstaking defense line. That way.

If Haihan's previous expressions were in vain, then the Jin Army's vitality would be preserved to the greatest extent, which might cause more trouble to Haihan in subsequent battles. This is not what Haihan wants to see.

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But the generals unanimously believed that this possibility was unlikely. If Hou Jin could be so calm, then he might no longer be simply regarded as a barbarian soldier. Hou Jin's level of aggressiveness, knowing that Haihan had already

Having just stepped into his own house, he must send out troops to fight. The plan of the Haihan generals is to cause as much damage as possible when they send out troops, so that they can also attack their Jinzhou defense line later.

Save a lot of energy.

Morgan sent out all the few cavalry under his command, and allowed the cavalry to act as outposts within a five-mile radius. On the outside of the village in the north of the highland, construction continued as quickly as possible, so as to dig as much as possible before the enemy arrived.

It would be beneficial to build a trench, bury an extra section of barbed wire, and build an extra deer camp.

It has to be said that the reaction of the Hou Jin Army was relatively rapid. Just an hour after the troops commanded by Morgan occupied the high ground, the Hou Jin Army in the north had already sent cavalry here to check the situation. This was not the Hou Jin Army who had fled back.

It was reported that when the Haihan Army landed earlier, the sound of cannons fired by the warships had reached the Houjin defense line in the distance, and a team of troops were sent over to check the situation. On the way, they encountered a wave of people fleeing back.

The cavalry, after rendezvous, turned back here to investigate.

There were only a few Haihan cavalry, and their strength was far inferior to that of the opponent's assembled cavalry. After firing a few cold shots from a distance, they retreated southward. The opponent did not waste much effort in confirming that the high ground had been occupied.

Haihan completely occupied it - the red and blue flags unfurled on the hill fully demonstrated that the ownership of this place had changed hands.

However, Hou Jin's cavalry did not attack rashly again, because according to the escaped cavalry, the Haihan troops who suddenly landed were at least thousands of people, and it was impossible for them to recapture this place with just two hundred or two hundred cavalry.

High ground.
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