Ming Zuo

Chapter 961 Divine Soldier descends from heaven
The huge strategic outflanking group finally set off.

The mighty fleet covered the entire sea, concentrating all the sea power of the Xia Kingdom.

It was only at this time that people suddenly discovered that Xia Guo had made such great progress in the ocean.

Tens of thousands of ships were divided into several parts, each performing its own duties.

The vanguard was at the forefront, led by Huang Fei and Lin Qingye, with three Fuchuan, ten Haicang, ten Cangshan and twenty Centipede boats.

Their task is only one.

It is to quickly go out to the vicinity of Ganghwa Island, complete the control of the battlefield, and meet the follow-up army.

The second is the Strategic Support Force.

Led by Zuo Hua, they gathered the most powerful warships of the Xia Kingdom Navy.No matter any enemy they encounter, they will be wiped out under their powerful artillery fire.

The third part is the first regiment of the First Marine Division, led by Zuo Yong himself.

When the landing operation begins, the first regiment will independently complete the beach landing and establish a position to cover the follow-up troops.

After the first regiment gained a firm foothold on the shore, the engineering troops would be dispatched to build various facilities on the beachhead to facilitate subsequent troops and equipment to go ashore.

The four regiments of the entire First Marine Division were divided into four combat groups.

The original plan was to follow the Marine Regiment to land on Jianghua Island, but the specific actions had to be adjusted according to the actual situation.

The largest part of the entire fleet is the logistics support group.

In order to allow the First Marine Division and the Navy to fight smoothly without any worries, Xia Guo gathered nearly [-] ships to carry various supplies.

Although these are basically merchant ships and civilian ships with limited carrying capacity, relying on a huge number of one-time transportation can fully meet the combat needs of the army for two to three months.

"Stop fighting, surrender!"

On Jindao, Cui Xiazhi finally came to the end.

He had thought that after abandoning the ship and landing on shore, he would be able to escape.

But he didn't expect Xia Jun to follow him and start chasing and suppressing him on the island.

Although Jindo is big, it is just an island after all.

When Xia Jun started a blanket search, he was soon cornered.

Seeing that more and more soldiers around him were dying, and the strength of resistance was getting weaker and weaker, and behind him was a cliff as high as ten feet, Cui Xiazhi finally lost the will to resist.

When the white flag is erected, it means that the Mingliang naval battle is completely over.

In this battle, the North Korean navy was completely wiped out, and a naval commander was also captured. It can be described as fruitful.

However, before Bai Dasheng had time to celebrate, he received an order from the general headquarters.

"There is no time to delay, we all go back to the boat to rest, and we will set off today."

The Baidasheng detachment quickly moved into action.

They passed through the west opening of Myeongryang Strait and headed straight for Mokpo first.

This is an important port in Jeolla-do.

After arriving here, Bai Dasheng was not polite, and ordered all the warships to fire together, directly razing the entire port to the ground.

I saw with my own eyes that all the ships were sunk, the port could no longer be used, and the fleet continued to go north.

Wherever they passed, they turned into a sea of ​​flames, and no ship was spared.

The military situation of Jeolla-do's attack was quickly sent to Hanyang.

"The Xia State Navy suffered heavy losses after the battle, and it must be repaired. This is their harassment plan, and it must not be fooled."

Obviously the loss of the military intelligence report was very serious, but the monarchs and ministers of North Korea chose to comfort themselves.

There is only one purpose, and that is to conceal the news, hoping that the Qing army can quickly capture Busan and establish the situation.

At the same time, Li Shifang, who was far away on the front line of the Nakdong River, also received a military report.

As an observer of Jeolla Province, he obviously knew better what Mokpo's encounter meant, but he didn't know that the North Korean navy had been completely wiped out.

The deviation of information made Li Shifang not pay enough attention to this military situation, and after reading it, he threw it aside.

At this time, Li Shifang followed Tulai and Nikan, and had already captured Gadeok Island at the mouth of the Nakdong River.

The island is so large that the future Busan Gimhae Airport is located on it.

In view of the fact that the Nakdong River waterway to the west of Gadeok Island is too narrow and not conducive to defense, Xia Jun voluntarily gave up here and focused on guarding the east bank of the Nakdong River.

The waterway on the east side of Jiade Island is more than [-] meters wide. With the strength of the Qing coalition forces, there is no way to complete the crossing under the firepower of the Xia army.

After discussing with Tulai, Nikan and Li Shifang, they formulated a surprise battle plan.

Instead of directly attacking the Xia army on the other side, they seized Eulsook Island first.

Eulsook Island is another island at the mouth of the Nakdong River. Although it is small in size, its location is very important.

The coalition forces of the Qing Dynasty transported artillery to Eulsook Island and bombarded Xia Tian's line of defense in an attempt to cover the infantry crossing the river.

As a result, their artillery suffered a devastating blow from the Xia army, and all of them were damaged.

Without the support of heavy firepower, Tulai and others could only look at the river and sigh, and sent a messenger to contact Hauge to discuss the method of combat.

Jianghua Island has a good position in the history of North Korea.

Whenever North Korea encounters any crisis, Jianghua Island will become the last pure land.

In many cases, the Korean royal family relied on this place to preserve their vitality and regain their rule.

Just in the past winter, this place was breached for the first time, causing all the Joseon royal family to become prisoners.

However, the smoke of the war has dissipated, and calm has returned to Jianghua Island.

The very small number of soldiers guarding here muddled along, even if they were fishing for fish and being lazy, their superiors would not care.

Normally, this place is a remote place, and the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, which makes the people living here quite peaceful and comfortable.

The weather has warmed up.

Sitting on the tower post at this time, bathed in the warm south wind, you only need to close your eyes to have a good sleep.After waking up, pack up and go home for dinner.

Pu Muda's daily life is basically like this.

I ate a piece of pancake and some wild vegetables for lunch. Although I was only half full, since I didn't do anything, it was enough to support the consumption of the day.

After eating, I will take a nap for a while, and when I wake up, the sun has already begun to set in the west.

This means that the afternoon is here, as long as we stay up a little longer, today's duty will be over.

He stretched his waist, yawned continuously, and the tears flowed out.

"Ah... Xiba."

Pu Mu wiped away his tears with his sleeve indiscriminately, but there seemed to be some dark shadows in the gaps of his coarse clothes.

Puzzled, he slowly dropped his sleeves.This time, you can see clearly into the distance.

Just one glance left him stunned.

Originally, there was nothing on the sea, but at this time, the sails covered the sun and rolled in.On each of the bright red flags, the golden sun and the moon shone so brightly.

"Enemy attack! The enemy is coming!"

Pu Mu shouted frantically, turned around and lit the beacon.

After a while, a puff of wolf smoke rose into the sky, which could be clearly seen even tens of miles away.

Of course, Xia Jun could also see it and responded.

With a few cannon shots, the tower whistle and Pu Mu Daquan were torn apart, as if there was nothing here.

On the eighth day of April, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the Xia army officially began to land on Jianghua Island.

(End of this chapter)