The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 449 Landing Operation
After the new guns and artillery were sent to Weihaiwei, and after Di Qing organized the test firing, everyone was very satisfied with the new guns and artillery, and they were more confident in exterminating the Japanese pirates.

Moreover, after the preliminary investigation by the warship sent by the navy, it was confirmed that the situation of Aoki Jiro, the Japanese bandit, was basically the same as that of the previous captives.

Of course, this kind of reconnaissance is only carried out far away.

As for the specific number of people on the island, it is impossible for them to sneak into the island for investigation.

But this is not important at all, as long as it is confirmed that the enemy does not have too many warships and cannot match the navy, it is enough.No matter how many Japanese pirates there are on the island, they don't have to worry about it. It's basically a battle to catch the turtle.

After organizing the army for two days of training, and after basically all the soldiers who were going to go out were familiar with the new weapons, Hu Zongxian finally gave the order to go out.

In this expedition, there were more than 100 warships of the Navy, carrying [-] soldiers, [-] of which were infantry equipped with new muskets.

The rest include grenadiers, artillery, medical soldiers and other arms with a total of 1 people.

This expedition was led by Di Qing and Deng Shichang, while Hu Zongxian and Bai Jinxiu were in Weihaiwei.

A huge navy composed of more than 100 warships of different sizes was divided into several clusters and marched towards the target island.

And the weather is beautiful, the sea is calm all the way, and it is still sailing with the wind, so the speed of the warship is very fast. After a day of sailing, when the sun is about to fall to the sea level.The entire expeditionary force has reached [-] nautical miles away from the target island.

At this time, it was getting dark, and after discussing with Deng Shichang, Di Qing and Deng Shichang decided to rest at sea for the night.

Wait for the dawn of the next day before launching a surprise attack on the pirates.

Moreover, in order to prevent the increase of sea waves at night, all the small warships are connected with each other with iron chains, which greatly enhances the wind and wave resistance of the small warships.

The night was uneventful.

When the sun gradually rose from the sea level, Deng Shichang gave the order to start.

More than 100 warships and warships, except for the flagship unit where Deng Shichang and Di Qing belonged, the other more than 90 warships were divided into three teams, and quietly outflanked the island where the Japanese pirates were located.

At this time, the island is basically quiet.All the Japanese pirates were basically asleep, and they didn't notice the Qin army slowly approaching at all.

The navy forward quickly approached the pirates of the Japanese pirates, which was consistent with the pre-war intelligence.

There is a small pier in the northwest of the island, and more than a dozen ships of various types are docked in the waters beside the pier.

In addition, looking from a distance, there are some simple sentry towers scattered on the island.However, it seemed that there was no movement on those sentry towers. Obviously, the Japanese sentinels above were still asleep and did not notice the Qin army approaching quietly.

Di Qing and Deng Shichang were on the battleship, and they were a little surprised to see this scene through the binoculars.

I didn't expect these Japanese pirates to be so vigilant, but after thinking about it, I can understand.

These Japanese pirates have always only harassed others, and never thought that others would attack them. After a long time, they will naturally lose their vigilance.

According to the prior arrangement, the first detachment of the Navy was responsible for capturing and holding on to the wharf of the Japanese pirates until the entire army withdrew after the battle.

When the vanguard warship of the first detachment approached the pier.The Japanese pirate sentry on a watchtower by the pier finally noticed the abnormality and shouted loudly.

But it was too late at this time, the warships of the first squad were divided into two parts, and one part surrounded the Japanese pirate ships parked on the dock from the outside.

The other part rushed directly to the pier, and a large number of small boats were placed on these warships.

Teams of Qin soldiers landed on the beach in small boats.

There were no manpower stationed on the Japanese pirate ships docked at the pier, so they were quickly controlled by the first division of the navy.

And basically only a small number of these ships are equipped with artillery, the others are transport ships, and there are even a small number of fishing boats, which have little combat effectiveness at all.

The soldiers of the Qin Army quickly landed on the island in a small boat.

These pioneer soldiers are all elite musketeers equipped with new-style muskets. In addition to the new-style pull-bolt rifle as their main weapon, each of them is also equipped with a new-style pistol as a secondary weapon.

In addition, there is a leather bag hanging on each person's waist.There are several new grenades inside, which can be said to be fully armed.

After hearing the yelling alarm from the Japanese pirate sentry, a few disheveled Japanese pirates rushed out from a row of dilapidated wooden houses by the pier, screaming and holding various weapons in their hands.

However, these people were quickly shot dead by the Qin Army musketeers who rushed onto the pier.

The gunshots caused a greater riot, and a group of Japanese pirates rushed out from the wooden house.

Not surprisingly, these Japanese pirates were also quickly killed.

The new muskets, rapid shooting, and greatly improved accuracy made it impossible for these pirates to get close, and they were all killed.

The vanguard of the Qin army quickly occupied the dock and consolidated its position.

Then a steady stream of soldiers landed on the island.

In less than half an hour, more than 3000 soldiers of the Qin army had landed, and the number was still increasing.

The second and third detachments of the Qin Army's Navy patrolled and guarded along the entire island. Once they found other exits or ships on the island, they would quickly encircle and suppress them.

And in all aspects outside the island, the navy has sent out guard ships.

Once any other unexpected situation is found, an alarm will be sent back to the main force quickly.

Although Di Qing and Deng Shichang believe that this situation is unlikely to happen, after all, this is just a group of Japanese pirates, not a regular army, and there should be no reinforcements.

After the pier position was completely consolidated, the Musketeers began to advance deep into the island.

The basic topographic pattern of this island is flat in the northwest and high in the southeast.

The northwest direction is the direction where the pier is located, while the southeast direction is a relatively highland.

A hill on the island to be exact.From a distance, the vegetation is overgrown, and many houses can be vaguely seen hidden among the vegetation.

According to prior information, the leader of the Japanese pirates, Jiro Aoki, and others lived on the high ground with his cronies.

In addition, there is a concentrated residence of Japanese pirates in the northeast of the island, which can be regarded as a barracks of Japanese pirates.

Therefore, the attacking army was divided into two parts, and one part attacked the high place where the Japanese pirate leader was.

The other part attacked in the direction of the Japanese pirate barracks.

　Two chapters in a row.

　　
　
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