Aspirations for Nation and Beauty Chapter 7: Dingding Section 21 Leapfrog Landing (1)
Cheng Dayou gently sniffed the water vapor with a slightly fishy smell. The mouth of the Fanjiang River in late autumn is wider and deeper than ever before, and the mighty river flowing eastward seems to have nothing to stop it On the way out, the turbid waves rushed into the sea with a rush of thousands of miles, as if telling people not to easily try to cross their bodies.
In the monocular binoculars, everything on the other side of the river is in sight, and everything looks very peaceful, Cheng Dayou added some chapped lips in satisfaction. There is a big risk, especially in the late autumn when the river is soaring, and the surface of the river has expanded by almost one-third compared with the original dry season, and many crops on the banks of the river have been involved in edema, and they have become reed belts. This place near the mouth of the sea, no one has noticed that this place will become a glorious point in history, and will be written into the history of Tanghe River forever.
Ever since accepting the mission of the Northern Expedition, Cheng Dayou has been planning how to fight a beautiful Northern Expedition. The importance of Donghai as the top three wealthy counties and provinces in the empire is self-evident. Of course, Cheng Dayou knows Thailand well. His Highness Wang's current thinking is that it is most in line with His Highness King Tai's intention to include the East China Sea in a complete and innocent way. Of course, this may not be possible, but Cheng Dayou is still ready to make a plan to see how it can be done with the least loss. Capture the East China Sea.
The center of the East China Sea is naturally Jinling, but Fanjiang has become a natural moat to protect most of the East China Sea County. If you want to attack the East China Sea by land, the newly established Fifteenth Army in the area around Luyang and Pengcheng has concentrated four divisions. Most of these four divisions evolved from the newly established independent divisions in Yanyun and Donghai in the later period. Although Cheng Dayou didn't take it seriously, once the battle started in Luyang and Pengcheng, the flames of war would inevitably come to an end. bring loss to this area. Especially if the enemy sticks to the two prefectures. The Northern Expedition turned into a tough battle, and the losses would be even greater, so Cheng Dayou always hoped to solve this battle in a more effective and thorough way. And a battle across the river by surprise should be the best choice, but this choice has many fatal flaws and overcomes.
When Situ Tai gave up Jiangnan, he had already realized the danger of Jiangnan losing the East China Sea, so when he withdrew from Jiangnan, he had already confiscated all the ships along the Fanjiang River and escorted them all to Jiangbei. He couldn't find a few decent boats for crossing the river, and Situ Tai also realized that he couldn't prevent the small troops from the western border from crossing the river on such a long river, so he built a boat almost every five miles along the river. Beacon Tower, once there is a change, you can receive an alert in the shortest time. Moreover, he specially dispatched almost all the seven cavalry regiments of the Northern Army to disperse and station along the river for hundreds of miles. Maintaining the advantage of maneuvering, he could reach the end of the warning signal in the shortest possible time and kill the small group of Xijiang who crossed the river in one fell swoop. military. It should be said that Situ Tai took great pains for this Sanfan River defense line, but he forgot that the entire Jiang defense alone was not enough to stop the footsteps of the Western Frontier Army Beishan. And the east of the entire Donghai County is an endless sea, can the coastline of thousands of miles be defended? ?
Cheng Dayou proposed the plan of using naval and naval ships to concentrate in Yuhang and go northward. At the mouth of the Fanjiang River, let a main division of the Eighth Army board the ship and go straight to the north, land in the hinterland of the East China Sea and enter the East China Sea. The first division launched a feint attack in the Luyang and Pengcheng areas to attract the attention of the enemy's 15th Army Corps. This plan immediately won Liang Chongxin's great appreciation, and immediately contacted the Yuhang and Songjiang prefectures that had already entered the working state. The operation still maintained a certain degree of secrecy, and it was not really settled until the scheduled assembly time.
More than 100 civilian ships collected from the coast of Yuhang and Songjiang began to dock one after another. Soldiers lined up neatly began to board the ship. Within three hours, all soldiers had to board the ship, and then the fleet would enter the sea along the river and turn north.
Although the entire boarding formation seemed a bit messy, it should be said that the whole process was quite smooth. Except for a few soldiers who accidentally fell into the water while boarding, there was no other trouble. It's just that there was a little more delay in waiting for the war horse to ship, in order to strengthen the attack power of the assault troops after they landed in the hinterland of the East China Sea. Cheng Dayou decided to keep the first cavalry of the two brigades as much as possible, which also meant that more than 2,000 war horses had to be shipped in nearly 60 ships, which also greatly increased the difficulty of transportation. Fortunately, Yuhang and Songjiang both took into account There may be some gaps in the required ships, and some more ships were specially recruited, which made the entire meteorite project barely complete.
Cheng Dayou is not the first time to take a boat, but it is the first time to go out to sea by boat. In the past, he just took a boat on the inland, but this time he had to go into the vast sea, which is a bit dull When the water in the river gradually turned blue, Cheng Dayou knew that he was already marching on the Great East Ocean at this time. The coastline gradually disappeared from people's eyes. Although the wind and waves were not strong, quite a few soldiers showed signs of incompatibility. Seasickness seemed to be contagious. Wave after wave pulled down a large number of people. He was worried, but Cheng Dayou felt a little relieved by the comfort of the captain of the ship. As long as these soldiers landed, it would not take long for them to return to their lively appearance.
According to the plan, the fleet will sail north for two days and two nights. Due to the influence of waves and wind direction, there may be some errors in the entire landing time, but the location has not changed. near town.
The dizzy Cheng Dayou didn't know how long he had been asleep since there was a storm at sea. He couldn't hold on any longer, Cheng Dayou had never experienced the feeling of shaking back and forth. Although he tried his best to show that he was different in front of the officers and soldiers, the smell of seasickness could not be overcome by will alone. The oppression and discomfort in his chest were soon manifested through vomiting. At this time, Cheng Dayou Only then did I realize that I was no different from other soldiers. Looking at the boatmen who talked and laughed freely in the wind and waves, Cheng Dayou had to admit that the saying that the art industry has specialization is the best interpretation at this time. He didn't know that the navy and their operations would be based on a kind of What kind of way to proceed, but fighting under such circumstances, the requirements for soldiers are indeed a bit high.
"What time is it? How long have I been asleep?" Cheng Dayou suppressed the boredom in his heart, propped up his body and looked out of the cabin. Due to the shortage of ships, the entire fleet had to forcefully load more soldiers into each ship. Even Cheng Dayou, as the commander of the entire Northern Expedition Assault Group, could only be allocated a cabin that couldn't be smaller. From the head of the division to the ordinary soldiers, they could only huddle together to make do with these two days.
"General, you have slept for eight hours, and it is already dawn." The soldier standing aside replied.
"Oh? Isn't that approaching the coastline soon?" Cheng Dayou suddenly felt his annoyance subside a bit, and looked westward.
"Well, it seems that the fleet is already moving westward, but the wind direction seems a bit inappropriate now, and the speed of moving westward is very slow. Some." The guards quickly helped up the coach who was still a little uncomfortable.
"It's okay, we've come this far, even if the northern army knows it, it's too late, as soon as we land, we'll be in the mountains." Taking a deep breath, he shook off the hands of his own soldiers, Cheng Dayou shook off his clothes and wiped his face. "Ask the boatman how long it will take to land. The time can be delayed, but the place to land can't be wrong, otherwise who do we go to when we land?"
Soon the boatman replied that the coastline should be visible in three hours, which means that the fleet will be able to dock one after another in four hours.
Huang Yuanchang looked at the sea anxiously~IndoMTL.com~ It has been two hours beyond the scheduled time, but there is still no trace of the fleet on the sea. It will become the focus of attention in full view, and it will take three to five hours for the fleet to land from the shore to the landing of the entire army. Huang Yuanchang was not worried about other things. The strength of the northern army in this area had been weakened to the extreme. Whether it was Jinling in the south or Dengzhou in the north, there was hardly a decent army. There was still a division of the 15th Army in Jinling City , but Dengzhou has only one garrison in the name of the garrison division, which is incomplete, and the actual establishment is less than two regiments. In this case, no one can stop the landing of the troops on the fleet.
What Huang Yuanchang is afraid of is the impact of climate change on the sea on the fleet. Although the fleet employs experienced and experienced boatmen, the changes on the sea are too drastic. It is common for fleets to be destroyed in storms, and Huang Yuanchang, as an intelligence officer stationed in Dengzhou, had to think more deeply.
"Master Huang, look!" Huang Yuanchang woke up from his trance with a shout of excitement and surprise, "It seems that there is a fleet, can it be our fleet?"
Taking the binocular telescope handed over by his subordinate casually, Huang Yuanchang immediately fixed his gaze on the horizon, and densely packed black spots appeared in the lens of the binocular telescope. Jiangshan Beauty Chronicle, Chapter 2, Swallow Thousands of Miles, Chapter 7, Dingding, Section 21, Leapfrog Landing (1)