Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 448 What a bully

In the Qing Dynasty, the Liaodong Peninsula was under the jurisdiction of Shengjing General's Mansion.The so-called "Jifu in the west, the desert in the north, the sea in the southeast, and Korea in the east" has become a natural danger in ancient China's northern region because of its strategic position of "sea and land".

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, it was because of the defeat of the Ming army in the Liaodong Peninsula that Houjin could attack Jinzhou and Dalinghe without any scruples, which eventually led to the defeat of the "Songjin War".

After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, because the Shengjing General’s Mansion was established the earliest among the Northeast Eight Banners garrisons, and its strategic position was very important, although Jilin and Heilongjiang were separated from the Shengjing area, Shengjing was the core of the Northeast garrison. The status has not changed, and the total garrison strength is nearly 8000.

However, the Qing court had [-] troops stationed in the Eight Banners in Jinzhou, Gaiping, Xiongyue, Fuzhou, and Jinzhou on the Liaodong Peninsula alone, which shows that its position is important.

Why is this so?Because in the Kangxi era, a large number of pirates gathered in the outer seas and islands of Liaodong, robbed merchant ships along the way, and killed officers and soldiers; most of them came from Zhejiang.And when the first offshore navy of the Eight Banners, the Jinzhou Naval Battalion stationed in Lushun, was established, the sea troubles in Bohai Bay gradually subsided, and there were no incidents for many years afterwards.

Seeing this, you must think that the Jinzhou Naval Battalion has strong troops and warships like clouds, right?
Well, from its initial establishment until a few years ago, the total number of warships in the Jinzhou Water Camp was ten.Yes, you read that right, there are ten boats, and ten big boats!Each ship has 80 sailors and can carry 100 soldiers.

Since the 50th year of Qianlong, Lushun Water Camp has added 300 new warships, all transferred from Fujian, Shandong; each warship has [-] sailors, and a total of [-] sailors have been added.The Navy Battalion starts patrolling the sea in March every year and returns to Hong Kong in September. It patrols in two routes; the scope of patrols extends from Chrysanthemum Island in the west to Chenghuang Island in the south.

This thing is enough to deal with ordinary sand boats and bird boats.As soon as the gongs and drums were beating, the generals' killing sound shook the sky. They fought with son and mother cannons in far distance, and raised their guns in close combat. They were guaranteed to surrender immediately.But once he meets Beihai Town, forget it, it will make Qianlong very "Sangsen".

So you understand why Qianlong was eager to transfer the six sailing battleships to Bohai Bay, right?
However, what made the officers and soldiers of the Lushun Water Camp feel "surprised" was that the imperial court's sail and cannon boats had not yet been seen, and the large ships of the Northern Navy had arrived.

Whether it is Deng Fei or Ding Guofeng, both of them know more or less from the history of later generations that the terrain of Lushunkou is dangerous and it is not frozen all year round. It is a natural military port.Therefore, in the imagination of the two, the Qing army would definitely send heavy troops to defend such a dangerous position.If I want to go to Jinzhou to buy soybeans safely, I must first pull out the nail of Lushun Shuiying.

So it was less than six o'clock in the early morning, when it was just dawn, a dozen black kayaks full of soldiers from the Beihai Marine Battalion rushed into Lushun mouth aggressively.Behind them, Beihai No. [-] leads the way, Thor is in the middle, and No. [-] is behind the fleet.

Lushunkou in the Qianlong period was still a small fishing village. Although it was a good natural harbor, its hydrology was completely different from that of later generations. Therefore, the fleet quickly anchored after entering the seaport and turned the hull sideways.

The two artillery pieces and heavy machine guns on the Raytheon were quickly ready, while Beihai No. 75 and No. [-] also opened the windows on the second and third gun decks, and the muzzles of dozens of Beihai [-]mm guns were also extended. come out.

Standing on the compass deck against the cold wind, Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji, who were wearing green military uniforms of the Northern Navy, watched curiously as the two sailors placed a strange object with five blades on top.

Jiang Fan noticed that a sailor was holding a strange black square box with many buttons on it. When the sailor pressed a button on it, the blades of the strange object quickly rotated.And as the speed became faster and faster, that thing actually rose from the deck.

Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji were taken aback, pointing to the rising object and shouting, "What is this?!"

"Drone."

"Drones? What's the use?"

"Reconnaissance of the enemy."

Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji looked at each other, becoming more and more frightened by the unpredictable methods of the Beihai Navy.

The sailor used his thumbs to flip the two metal rods on the box in his hand. After the drone rose to a height of more than 20 meters above the deck, it quickly flew towards the distant Qingjun ship port.

When the two of them followed the sailor back to the cockpit, the sailor fiddled with the black box and connected it with a wire. The computer screen on the nautical chart table flickered, and the camera image of the drone appeared. out.

"This! This..." Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji were shocked speechless.When the two entered the cockpit just now, they saw the computer on the table, but they both thought it was a mirror.It's just that because it is black, I have to look at it a few more times, which is quite strange.

Unexpectedly, it was not a mirror, but Hong Liangji suppressed the shock in his heart, and asked tremblingly, "What is this? Why can I see the port on the shore?"

Ding Guofeng bared his teeth and said with a smile: "The method of the immortal family."

"." Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji broke out in sweat.

Deng Fei came over and patted Ding Guofeng on the back of the neck, and said to Hong Liangji, "Don't listen to his nonsense, this is technology and science."

Can't understand!Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji Waterfall Khan.The two of them have heard a lot of science and technology in Beihai Town these days; they also barely understand how iron ships can float on water.

But when I came to the cockpit today, I finally realized that what I had learned for many years could not explain everything in front of me.Jiang Fan thought he had almost seen Beihai Town clearly before, but at this moment he felt that he had fallen into layers of fog again, and felt that King Zhao was really unfathomable.

Deng Fei asked the sailors to hover the drone over the port, counting the Qing warships on the screen with their fingers.

"1, 2, 3, [-], it's okay, it's much better than that in Shandong. Continue to the north and see the situation in the Qing army's barracks."

A few minutes later, the Qing military barracks set up on the high ground at the foot of Longpan Mountain finally revealed their true colors.

The camp of the Lushun navy occupies a large area, about the size of a large village.The cross street is divided in the camp, and in the middle is a temple in the shape of a small courtyard.The whole camp is divided into four parts: southeast, northwest, northeast, and southwest. The densely packed houses are covered with straw, and the houses are arranged in a strict and orderly manner.

"Wait a minute!" Hong Liangji yelled, pointing to the two rows of houses on both sides of the temple in the center of Cross Street, "This should be the government office of Shuiying."

"Oh?" Deng Fei then asked the sailor to control the drone and flew it around from east to west.He looked at the distance data displayed on the screen, then picked up the walkie-talkie and issued an aiming command to the deck and the two motor sailboats.

"Boom! Boom!."

Gao Biao, the leader of the water battalion association, was awakened by a rush of gongs before he got up.Immediately afterwards, his soldiers began to knock on the door outside the house.

"My lord! My lord!"

Gao Biao got up and put on his coat, and asked, "Why are you beating the gong?"

"My lord, it's not good, the big iron boat is here, and there are many black boats in the stomach! From the sky, there is a strange bird from the sky!"

When Gao Biao heard this, he knew something was wrong, so he quickly put on his shoes, not even caring about putting on his coat, grabbed his waist knife and rushed to the yard.Looking in the direction of the soldier's finger, there was indeed a buzzing "strange bird" flying around in the air, with a very strange appearance.

"Get my armor quickly!"

As soon as Gao Biao finished speaking, a military officer in full armor ran in from the outside, sweating profusely, he was an assistant leader in the water camp.Seeing Gao Biao, this person shouted, "My lord, it seems that Beihai soldiers are here!"

"What?!" Gao Biao yelled, his legs went limp, and he almost sat on the ground.

After Deng Fei led a ship to harass Rongcheng last year and took away a large number of people, the text of the Qing court's military department spread to all the important places along the coast in a few months.It described in detail the appearance of the Beihai ship, the clothing and weapons of the Beihai soldiers, and even the appearance of the speedboat used for landing, reminding the water camps in various places to take precautions.

The Lushun Water Camp is in charge of the throat of Bohai Bay and has the important task of guarding the capital, so the officers and soldiers of the Han Army Banner stationed in the garrison attach great importance to the notification from the Ministry of War.As soon as they saw the white hull of the Thor and the black speedboat, they knew immediately who it was.

Gao Biao asked his own soldiers to help him put on his armor, and said, "Notify all ships to fire immediately!"

"My lord, gunpowder, the gunpowder is still locked in the warehouse."

"Hurry up and get someone to take it! Be quick!" Gao Biao finished speaking, grabbed an ivory token from his waist, and said to his own soldiers: "Take it, and pass on my order to order the rattan token soldiers to stand in the open space south of Cross Street. Formation, shotguns, spearmen, and tiger tail cannons are on the left and right flanks, we must beat them back!"

Gao Biao had no choice. As the leader of the garrison, losing the port would be a capital crime of beheading.Rather than fleeing back to Xiongyue and being beheaded by the Vice President, it would be better to fight to the death and leave a pension for his wife and children.

At this time, there was already the sound of gunfire on the ship port, but the rubber boat carrying the Beihai Navy was still more than 500 meters away from the port, and the Qing army's muskets could not hit at all.

"Listen to my command, No. 1 gun, No. 4 gun, test fire according to the designated target, load the grenade!" Following the order issued by the officer on the deck of Beihai No. set up.

"Filled!"

"Fire!"

"Boom! Boom!"

The two guns fired almost at the same time, and the gun mounted inside the gun deck retreated abruptly along the longitudinally sliding steel gun carriage, and then returned to its original position under the buffer of two thick springs.

"Boom! Boom!"

One of the two shells hit the camp area and the other hit the beach.

“1、2、3号炮向原定坐标三发急促射！4、5、6号调整方位，坐标是.”

Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji in the cockpit of the Thunder God heard the sound of firing and hurried to the compass deck to watch.The two of them each held a telescope, and saw flames emanating from the side of the hull of Beihai No. [-] and No. [-]; looking at the distant Shuying Port, clusters of flames rose into the sky, and the shore was as big as ants. Many Qing troops fell to the ground in the explosion, or turned into ashes.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, and a large ball of fire rose from a Qing army warship, and a dozen Qing soldiers who were covered in fire jumped into the sea one after another.

"The battle is actually fought like this. Such a powerful military weapon has never been heard before!" Although it was cold in October, Hong Liangji and Jiang Fan's foreheads were already sweating.Facing the scenes of wars that were completely different from those described in the history books, the two were extremely stunned.

There is no need to fight in close combat, and the artillery of the Beihai Navy can be invincible from a few miles away!
"No wonder King Zhao asked me to serve as a soldier in the barracks. It's ridiculous that I was so self-righteous, thinking that I could reprimand Fang Qiu with my little knowledge. What a scholarly spirit!"

In the cockpit, Deng Fei turned his head to look at Jiang Fan and Hong Liangji outside, and looked back at Ding Guofeng with a wry smile.

It is hard to describe the money and blood and sweat that the Beihai Navy has spent from nothing to today. The 75mm gun is easy to make, but this shell is full of tears!

Shells for the 75mm gun were no longer produced in another time and space.The 85mm gun is not suitable for the navy at all because the barrel is too long.

A year ago, Zhao Xin spent a lot of money to buy the propellant and primer formula of the D-44 85mm anti-tank shell.But to make shells according to this formula, the 75mm guns of the Beihai Navy could not withstand such a large chamber pressure; after firing more than 20 rounds, cracks appeared inside the barrel.

So Fanghua conducted experiments again and again, adjusting the ratio, particle size and density of each formula; at the same time, the arsenal made sample test shots again and again according to the test results, and two 75mm guns were scrapped.Until the Battle of Hunchun, the number of shells produced by the arsenal was still insufficient.

If it weren't for the preparations, Zhao Xin had ordered [-] rounds from Andrew half a year ago, otherwise he wouldn't be able to find the temple door with a pig's head.Although two thousand rounds is not much, the price is so expensive that Zhao Xin almost cried.He made up his mind that this was the last time, and he would not buy it after killing him!

The Qing army in the Lushun Naval Battalion suffered heavy casualties under the artillery fire of Beihai No. [-] and No. [-]. Thirty boats of various sizes on the port were shot and caught fire one after another, and a big fire was also ignited in the camp to the north; The straw roofs flew everywhere after the fire, and wherever they fell, the roofs were ignited.

There was a loud "boom", and the warehouse where the rockets, spray barrels and cupping cans were stored in the Qing army camp was hit by a shell, and the huge fireball instantly swallowed the three rows of barracks in front and back.

After the soldiers of the marine battalion landed, all they had to do was clean up the battlefield.

The co-leader Gao Biao's eyes were about to burst, so red that he could bleed.He stood in the middle of the cross street with a knife, surrounded by burning barracks.The personal soldier Geshha had already been sent away by him, and he rode his fast horse to Xiongyue Town to report the emergency to the deputy capital commander, and at the same time notified Ninghai, Xinjin and Fu counties along the way.

"Damn Beihai soldiers, why did you bombard Lushun? I didn't provoke you!"

At this time, tens of meters away, the figure of Bei Haijun was already clearly recognizable.Gao Biao actually didn't want to die, but the problem was that his wife, children, and parents were all in Shengjing. If he surrendered, his family would definitely not be able to surrender. Maybe the emperor would send them to Yili in a fit of anger.

That's it!

Thinking of this, he raised his hand to touch the position of the aorta in his neck, then raised the knife, and cut down on his neck under the watchful eyes of a dozen Bei Haijun.

Two days later, the fleet of the Northern Navy sailed into Jinzhou Bay, scaring the officials of the local tax office to run away.Deng Fei ordered people from the Ministry of Trade to buy soybeans from surrounding merchant ships, and at the same time ordered the marine battalion to land and head towards Ninghai.

Ninghai County wanted to close the city gate, but could not hold on, but fired a few mortar shells at the Marine Battalion. After the west gate was blown down, they had to unfurl a white flag, and then the county magistrate hanged himself in the county government office.

When they heard that the Beihai soldiers came here to buy soybeans instead of conquering the city, the officials, businessmen, soldiers and civilians in Ninghai County were all stunned.

Two days later, a fleet loaded with [-] shi of soybeans crossed Xizhong Island and Changxing Island and entered Fuzhou Bay.Facing the businessman who came by boat from the Empress Palace to negotiate on behalf of the government, Ding Guofeng said: "You are limited to transporting [-] shi of soybeans within three days, or you will bombard Fuzhou City!"

The businessman trembled in fright. Just as he was about to bargain, he heard another sentence from the Beihai military officer in front of him: "We don't bully people, we pay for things!"

When the businessman returned to Fuzhou, he was dumbfounded after hearing the Beihai Navy's request to garrison the Eight Banners guard and leader, thinking that it was just to buy soybeans?
Is this a problem?Say it earlier!Just because of this stupid thing, Lushun Shuiying was beaten up, which is too bullying!

At the same time, the Deputy Commander of Xiongyue Town, who had already learned of the Beihai soldiers' "robbery and looting", sent several fast boats to Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan and Tianjin on the same day.

(End of this chapter)