Ming Zuo

Time entered November, and the South China Sea was finally calm, and it was time for sailing.

Leizhou Peninsula.

The cross-sea detachment of the [-]st Marine Division has been practicing for several months, and it has long been as hungry as a tiger.

Murong Fu swept away the gloom, and under orders, the whole army began to enter a wartime state.

"The enemy on Hainan Island is not strong. It is only because of the storm season that it blocked our way forward. Everyone, we have seriously delayed the time. I believe you have seen the military report. The damn Annan people took advantage of Guangxi The opportunity of civil strife invaded our territory and killed our people. The blood debt must be paid in blood. The command has ordered our Marine Division [-] to attack Thang Long Mansion with the cooperation of the South China Sea Fleet. But if we can’t solve Hainan Island here, fight Going to Annan and showing off in foreign lands is nothing to do with us. Tell me, can you accept it?"

Needless to say?

Everyone in the cross-sea detachment was full of enthusiasm and geared up, vowing to solve the battle on Hainan Island in the shortest possible time and participate in the Annan campaign in time.

Seeing that the morale of the army was available, Murong Fu immediately gave the order for the whole army to attack.

Although the landing operation could not be carried out due to the storm in the past few months, the reconnaissance of Hainan Island has continued.

Although Huang Qi, the magistrate of Qiongzhou, was stubborn and resolutely resisted, and even united with the indigenous leaders on the island, he was ambitious and talented, and he didn't know how to march and fight at all.

His deployment can be described as full of mistakes and omissions.

In particular, Hainan Island is surrounded by the sea on all sides, and he has limited troops, so it is impossible to cover everything.

But he naively thought that the only place where the [-]st Marine Division could land was Qiongzhou, which is close to the Leizhou Peninsula, so he kept strengthening the defense line and deploying heavy troops on the coastline here.

As a result, prevention in other directions was ignored.

"It has been agreed beforehand that we will test our landing skills through this battle. Therefore, I decided to attack from the front, break through the enemy's defenses, and use actual combat to hone our landing skills."

Murong Fu's attitude was firm and he never thought of a clever battle.

The enemy on Hainan Island is not strong and will not cause too much trouble to the First Marine Division.

Such an opponent can just be used to test their various preparations for landing operations during this period.

If this frontal attack can be carried out smoothly, it will be enough to prove that many of their methods can stand the test.

In the future, wherever landing operations are carried out, they can be used immediately to form fixed operational norms and regulations.

After the storm season passed, Huang Qi, the prefect of Qiongzhou, also knew that the National Defense Forces were coming, which made him restless.

He would run to the beach almost every day, stop and look north.

Not only that, but he also had to boost the morale of the people below.

"Your Majesty has already pledged to build an army in Guilin, and will soon march eastward. At that time, we will attack from two sides, and the rebels will definitely end in a disastrous defeat. The day when Guangdong will be recovered is not far away."

The people below were stupid and ignorant, and they were all elated after hearing this flicker, and their morale increased a bit.

But when there was no one in front of him, Huang Qi showed a slumped expression.

After he decided to fight to the end, he did send someone to Guangxi to contact Emperor Yongli, hoping to get reinforcements.

However, from the emperor to the civil and military officials in Guangxi, all are short-sighted, and they are also busy fighting for power and profit, and they don't care about Hainan at all.

Yongli just gave a few appointment notices, and bestowed a few useless false titles, and then ignored them.

As for the weapons and horses that Huang Qi wanted, he didn't see any of them.

Looking at the crooked melons and split dates under his hands, Huang Qi faintly felt that something was wrong.

Now that it has chosen a strong attack, the First Marine Division will attack in the afternoon of the day.

When the overwhelming warships straddled the sea, the defenders on the island quickly fell into chaos.

"Don't be afraid, our army's defense is sufficient, and we have a favorable location, there is absolutely no possibility for the rebels to land."

Huang Qi raised a scribe's sword and shouted at the top of his voice, finally reassuring the defenders.

On the National Defense Force's side, Shang Kexi greeted Murong Fu, and let the main warships of the South China Sea Fleet move forward one after another.

After reaching a certain distance, facing the coast sideways, hundreds of light and heavy artillery began to strike indiscriminately against the fortifications on the shore.

Seeing the flames steaming on the beach, the smoke billowing, the ground shaking, and all kinds of seemingly indestructible defenses were all blown to pieces, flying wantonly in the air, the defenders were all frightened.

Fortunately, no troops were sent on the beach, otherwise, there would be absolutely no possibility of surviving under such bombing.

Huang Qi was obviously so frightened that he almost peed his pants, but he still tried his best to maintain an image of being exhausted.

"Hmph, all my arrangements are in the water. Even if the rebels blow up the coast to pieces, their boats will never go ashore. It's a waste of medicine, which is just taking advantage of us."

The surrounding officials and military officers quickly flattered him, almost blowing him up as if Zhuge was alive and Sun Wu was reborn.

Just as the South China Sea Fleet was preparing for artillery fire, another small fleet came out and approached the shore.

However, this fleet did not advance in a single brain, but stopped when it got close.

Huang Qi couldn't help feeling very nervous, wanting to see how his arrangement worked.

He prayed silently in his heart, hoping that the warships of the National Defense Forces could go one step further.

However, the National Defense Forces seemed to have guessed his mind, and all the warships no longer moved.

On the contrary, several wine barrel-like things were suddenly ejected from each ship.

However, after these things were ejected, they did not float above the water, but sank in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the sea calm again, Huang Qi and others were a little puzzled, not knowing what the National Defense Forces were doing.

But after only ten breaths, the entire sea surface suddenly boiled with dozens of huge water columns, rushing towards the sky like a dragon coming out of water.

Along with the impact of the water column, many logs, iron chains, and even burning oil were engulfed, making the sea surface rotten.

Seeing this scene, Huang Qi was dumbfounded and sat down on the ground, feeling dizzy.

The big thing is over!

On the battleship, Shang Kexi was still explaining tactics to Murong Fu.

"The enemy army planted hidden piles and even mines in the sea near the shore. They just wanted to wait for our warship to hit it, either to be entangled or to be bombed and sunk. In response to this situation, we invented the barrier-breaking bomb. Each bomb is equipped with 30 kilograms of new-type explosives, and by throwing it into the water, all obstacles and mines within [-] meters can be cleared away. You see, there is no danger in this area."

Seeing that the sea gradually returned to calm, Murong Fu was overjoyed.

"Commander Shang is good at tricks! After this battle is over, I will personally ask for credit for you."

Along the passage opened by the South China Sea Fleet, the officers and soldiers of the First Marine Division rushed ashore in small boats.

The Hainan landing operation officially entered the next stage.

(Not today!)