Take the arsenal to Da Ming

Chapter 169 Ming Xiu the plank road, secretly crossing Chencang

On the morning of the [-]th, before approaching Dunzhao Port, Tangning stopped the army and entered a forest alone.

Not long after, he had someone pull out ten advanced artillery pieces and a pile of ammunition, which shocked everyone severely.

"The Chosen One, General Tang..."

"The Chosen One, General Tang..."

"The Chosen One, General Tang..."

All the soldiers cheered loudly, their morale skyrocketed, and Shi Lang was too shocked to speak.

The ten artillery pieces include six Type 40 75mm anti-tank guns and four 105mm howitzers, which are directly drawn by horses.

Just after the hour, the naval battle at Futou Bay broke out.

After nearly two hours of fierce fighting, Zheng Jun was defeated and retreated into Dunzhao Port.

More than [-] sailors of the new army landed. With the cooperation of the fleet, they occupied the defenseless Lu'ao City, and then cooperated with the navy fleet to block Dunzhao Port.

At noon, Tang Ning led his troops to the north bank of Dunzhao Port, set up an artillery position five miles away from the port, and then shelled the enemy ships.

"Boom boom boom..." The sound of the cannon was booming.

The strong penetrating power of anti-tank guns must be a big hole in the middle. Smaller ships will basically be scrapped with one shot, and the crew on board will suffer heavy casualties.

Even Zheng Jun's large ships were seriously injured after being shot. If they were unlucky and the gunpowder in the ship was detonated, the consequences would be even more serious.

The distance of five miles is already beyond the effective range of the artillery of Zheng Jun's navy ships, so they can only be beaten passively.In addition, he had just been defeated by the navy of the new army, so he had no intention of fighting again.

Soldiers were tossing and turning in the small space on the ship like headless chickens, not knowing where a safe place was.

Some reacted quickly, abandoning the boat directly, and jumping into the water one by one.

It is not far from the coast, and with good water quality, it is very possible to swim to the shore, which is much safer than staying on the boat and being beaten passively.

But there are still some ships, desperately fleeing towards the center of Dunzhao Port, they believe that as long as they keep a certain distance, they can escape.

However, as soon as their ships retreated, the artillery positions of the new army immediately moved forward, approaching the coast step by step. Even if they retreated to the center of Dunzhao Port, they still could not escape from the effective range of the Type 40 anti-tank guns.

Shooting on land is much more accurate than naval guns at sea. Zheng Jun's navy has no power to fight back at all, so they have to continue to distance themselves and flee desperately.

But when they got close to the coast of Lu Ao, there were dense bullets on the shore, and they knew that Lu Ao had lost their defense, so they had no choice but to flee to the east bank by boat.

Dunzhao Port looks like a semi-enclosed port, surrounded by land on three sides, and only Futou Bay is the outlet to the sea.

Now Futou Bay has been blocked by the Navy of the New Army, and the ships of the Navy of Zheng Jun are equivalent to being sealed in Dunzhao Port.

Dunzhao Port is about a long strip. Now the port is blocked, and the coasts on both sides are occupied by the new army. Only the east coast has some room to move.

They didn't want to stay and wait to die, so they had to flee to the east bank in embarrassment, for fear that they would become scapegoats if they escaped too slowly.

Along the way, there were broken, burning and slowly sinking ships, as well as Zheng Jun soldiers thumping in the water.

Due to the haste to escape, these soldiers who fell into the water were left alone.

The main force of the navy of the new army quickly entered the harbor and leaned towards the north bank.

Instead of killing all the soldiers of the Zheng army who fell into the water, they rescued them all.

Those who were able to escape by diving were basically uninjured, a total of nearly 600 people.

Tangning called Shi Lang over and handed over the 600 soldiers to him. At the same time, he also drew out a battalion of soldiers to command under his command, making the number of troops under his command exceed 1000.

"Thank you, General." Shi Lang hurriedly knelt on one knee to answer the order.

A large transport ship approached the port, and Tangning gave an order, "Board the ship."

Immediately, the soldiers of the department began to board large transport ships in batches.

These transport ships all have a displacement of more than 700 tons, double-layer splints, and can carry nearly [-] people at a time. A total of eight ships came this time.

Coupled with the cooperation of other ships, Tangning's troops can be transported away in one go.

The fully loaded boat immediately left the port and headed for the opposite bank, which was Lu Ao.

After the fleet arrived at Lu'ao, it was already night.

After Tang Ning ordered to go ashore to rest, Zheng Hongkui had already led his army to the vicinity of Dunzhao Port, and sent a large number of scouts to investigate, but found no trace of the new army, only a large number of battle traces were found in the port.

"Could it be that Tangning has already defeated Dunzhao Navy and headed towards Zhangpu?" Zheng Hongkui speculated.

But it was getting dark, and it was very difficult to trace the new army.

Moreover, due to the expedited march, the soldiers were very tired and their morale was low, so he had to order a rest.

The next day, Tang Ning set off from camp and marched east along the narrow Lu'ao Peninsula, encountering almost no resistance along the way.

The navy of the new army, under the leadership of Ye Dacheng, left Dunzhao Port and headed east.

In this way, the new army marched side by side.

Zheng Hongkui, on the other hand, sent scouts to Zhangpu to search for traces of Tang Ning's troops, and at the same time led the army to step up support in the direction of Zhangpu.

However, one day later, Zheng Hongkui's men had almost chased him to Zhangpu city, and they couldn't find any trace of Tang Ning's men, which made him very shocked and suspicious.

That night, when he led his army to the outside of Zhangpu City, he almost had an oolong with the defenders.

The defenders once suspected that they were pretending to be the new army, trying to trick them into opening the city gate. After repeated confirmation, no cannibalism happened.

Although a fight was avoided, Zheng Hongkui was not at all happy in his heart.

Tangning's team suddenly disappeared, like a thorn in his heart.

He couldn't figure it out, if Tangning didn't attack Zhangpu, where did she go?Don't you care about Wu Liuqi's troops who have gone deep alone?

Wu Liuqi's troops still directed their troops directly to Gui Jing. Without the cooperation of Tangning's troops, Wu Liuqi's army would be surrounded by Pinghe, Zhangpu and Fucheng.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the second day that Zheng Hongkui received the urgent report that Tang Ning's troops had appeared near Chihu Lake, pointing directly at Fotan, and the New Army navy had also passed Jiangjun Bay.

It is not difficult to imagine that the ultimate goal of the new army's waterway advancement is directly at Yuegang.

"Building plank roads in the open, crossing Chencang secretly. Tangning, Tangning, I really underestimated you." Zheng Hongkui was terrified.

Therefore, he no longer cared about Zhangpu, and while sending people to report the latest news to Fucheng, he led more than [-] people from Zhangpu's main force to pursue Tangning's troops.

Actually, Tangning didn't come up with this tactic alone. His original idea was to attack Zhangpu.

However, after discussions with the staff, such a strategy was formulated.

Because the ultimate goal of the new army is to defeat the Zheng Group in the shortest possible time, not to occupy more cities.

There are too many cities, and the new army doesn't have so many troops to guard them, and it can't afford time.

Therefore, it is the best policy to approach some important strategic positions of the Zheng Group as quickly as possible and force them to fight decisively.

Therefore, the plan to attack Zhangpu openly, secretly unite the navy to cross Dunzhao Port, go around to the back of Zhangpu through Luao Peninsula, and then advance to Yuegang came into being.

(End of this chapter)