Just as Luo Li led the left army to take action in Jinzhou, the docks in Dengzhou, Laizhou and Weihaiwei also began to be busy after April 13.

A large number of large and central troops gathered in these three places began to take action on orders and appeared on the docks in various places with various equipment and supplies.

Batches of soldiers and generals boarded the sea boats through the trestle bridges, and various materials were loaded into the sea boats like flowing. Even mules and horses were loaded into specially modified sea boats.

The first batch of Dazhong Army fighting across the sea will be used as the right hook for this battle of Liaodong, hitting the eastern part of Liaodong, so that Jiannu could not take care of each other.

Such a large-scale crossing of the sea is an unprecedented adventure for the Dazhong Army, which has only carried out a few small-scale landing operations. Compared with ordinary land battles, crossing of the sea requires better coordination, and if you are not careful, you will cause great chaos.

Xiao Tianjian thought about this repeatedly, and finally let Li Xin personally command the cross-sea battle in Dengzhou, and also dispatched a large number of experienced staff from the General Staff Headquarters of the Ministry of War to help him command the cross-sea battle operation of the Right Route Army.

Before this, Li Xin convened the head and deputy generals and staff officers of the Right Route Army in Dengzhou, conducted several days of pre-war planning discussions, and conducted several operations on the map and several acting sessions. Using several islands in the Changshan Islands as exercise locations, the right Route Army participated in the battle. With the cooperation of the Northern Sea Division, two landing exercises were conducted in late March and early April.

In this way, a relatively effective combat plan was formed. After April 13, all units were prepared before departure, and the sea division even conducted final inspections and renovations on the ships participating in the battle, meeting the requirements for departure before the battle.

On April 13th, on the fifth day after Luo Li led his troops to fight in Jinzhou, that is, on April 18th, Li Xin personally presided over the ritual of killing animals and sacrificing flags and sacrificing sea gods in Dengzhou. He also launched an action.

The entire first wave of ship loading started from morning until dark, and the first wave of 10,000 large army and the required materials were loaded. With a call, a sound of cannons sounded at the docks in Denglai and Weihaiwei.

The sea master ships fired their cannons, and the Lu army who were seeing off the dock also fired their cannons. Various sea ships raised their naval flags one after another, and slowly raised their sails and anchored them. Under the drag of the sampans, they slowly drove off the pier, and then adjusted the rudder and drove out of the harbor.

Due to the Ming Dynasty's forbidden seas and geographical advantages, the northern ports are far less than those in the south, and the facilities are not as good as those in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Fujian and Guangdong are perfect. The best starting point for such an action can be the best. However, due to the limitations of conditions, the military has only finally selected the starting point in three places after inspecting the ports along the Bohai Sea. Fortunately, the plan of the Ministry of War General Staff Headquarters is relatively detailed. After the ships in the three places set off, they must first converge in the waters of Zhanzidao, and then sail to Pi Island together. (_--)

In this way, although two days will be delayed at sea, the unity of actions can be achieved. Therefore, as long as there is no storm at sea, there will be no major problems in this action.

When the maritime divisions from all over the country set off, local people went to the port to see him off. Such a fleet of ships has never been seen in the north for a hundred years. There are more than a hundred ships gathered at the ports of each departure point. When they set off, the masts were like forests, and sails covered the sky and the sun, which attracted the cheers of the people.

The people in the north have been suffering from the Jiannu for more than ten years. Now that Dazhong and the North have been newly established, the north has finally begun to gradually stabilize. All the people hope that Dazhong and the North can completely solve the disaster of Jiannu. This time, especially the people in Shandong, in order to support the Dazhong army to cross the sea and fight against Liaodong, in addition to joining the army enthusiastically, local people also contributed their efforts to help the Dazhong army transport various materials, and greatly supported the Dazhong army to cross the sea to fight.

Now watching the huge fleet of ships of the Dazhong Army Naval Division leave, many people cried and knelt on the ground to pray for the Dazhong Army soldiers that they would win the victory.

Li Xin originally wanted to follow the first fleet and go to Pidao to command the battle himself, but under the persuasion of the generals, considering that more troops would be mobilized to cross the sea to fight in the future, Li Xin had to hand over the honor to Diao Zhenglai, and at the same time, he ordered the commander of the Northern Sea Division Xiao Rufeng to coordinate the combat operations between the Sea Division and the Land Division.

God finally made good use of it. After April, the wind on the sea gradually began to blow southeastern wind, which was very conducive to the action of the seaship ship. After setting off, the three large fleets sailed to the sea east of Liaodong, and did not encounter any major winds and waves on the way. Finally, six days later, the three fleets began to converge in the waters of Zhanzidao.

After two days of convergence, the Land and Sea Division fleet first swept the waters of Zhanzidao, landed in Zhanzidao, and after a brief rest in Zhanzidao for a day, they immediately continued to drive north.

Although Jiannu has also had some naval power by seizing Ming military boats over the years, Jiannu has never paid attention to the navy. At best, he ordered some ships to patrol the seaside and check the merchant ships heading to Liaodong, and basically no new ships were built.

Over the years, with the decay of old ships, many ships have no longer been used, so they cannot cause any trouble to the Navy fleet at sea, and they even do not even have the ability to discover the Navy fleet.

In this way, the first batch of troops from the right army that crossed the sea and finally appeared on the sea outside Pi Island after more than ten days of sailing.

The Jiannu soldiers guarding Pi Island suddenly saw a large area of ​​sails appearing on the sea around them. Then countless boats began to gather towards Pi Island, which shocked the Jiannu soldiers on the island and quickly prepared to set up guns to resist.

Unfortunately, their resistance really made the Dazhong Army ridiculous. The Qing army on Pi Island had only a dozen cannons in total, of which there were only four red cannons, and they were placed far away from the coast, which could not stop the Dazhong Army from landing.

Two newly built Western sailing ships at the Dengzhou Shipyard and several sand ships with enhanced structures acted as shelling ships at this time, and directly approached within a hundred meters of the seaside, launching a shelling attack on the Jiannu army on the island trying to resist.

Dozens of various artillery on the ships were fired at the same time, and the soil and rocks on the shore flew everywhere. The Jiannu general who had just been summoned was beaten up in an instant and fled to the center of the island with his tails stomped in his arms.

Then, sand ships or lucky ships filled with Dazhong Army soldiers and generals immediately began to dock. Dazhong Army soldiers and generals staggered to the beach and quickly formed a formation to advance towards the island.

Although the voyage of more than ten days was a torment for the mainland division personnel. Many people began to feel seasick after boarding the ship and went to sea. They vomited a lot along the way. Even the commander-in-chief Diao Zheng, who was the first to go to battle, was also fainted on the ship and could not find the North. When Zhen Ge landed, Diao Zheng could not effectively stand on the commander's ship to command the battle. He could only temporarily hand over the command to the Northern Fleet's death order Xiao Rufeng for the temporary management.

When many mainland soldiers arrived at Pi Island, they were completely dissatisfied and had no combat power, so they could only land some soldiers who were not very seasick as vanguards.

But even so, with absolute superior force and superior firepower, the attack on Pi Island by the Dazhong Army was still very smooth. Under the cover of naval guns, the two Marine Battalions of the Marine Corps were the first to land. After opening a landing ground, a large number of troops began to disembark and began to fight on the island.

The entire Pi Island landing war lasted for less than a day and completely controlled the entire Pi Island. More than a thousand Jiannu soldiers on the island were wiped out in half a day under the fierce artillery fire of the Dazhong Army. In addition to leaving a few prisoners to interrogate, Diao Zheng killed all the remaining hundreds of prisoners at the beach with an order, and threw the bodies into the sea to feed the fish.

As Xiao Tianjian initially imagined, the Jiannu Army focused on the Jinzhou area and basically did not consider much about the defense of the coastal areas of Liaodong area.

Therefore, the first Dazhong Army that crossed the sea to fight easily controlled Pi Island. Although Pi Island is not large in size, it is particularly important for the Dazhong Army to take it off first.

After all, this time, the right-road army of the Dazhong Army mainly relied on crossing the sea to fight, and it took about ten days to arrive. During these ten days, especially the generals of the Land Division, there would be severe seasickness. It was obviously too difficult for them to land directly on the battlefield.

Therefore, the Dazhong Army needs to obtain a base for departure, first give up the soldiers to land and rest, and then recover their physical fitness before they can cross the sea to continue landing and fight. Otherwise, the troops who cannot even walk steadily will not be able to win a big victory.

The conquest of Pi Island gave the right army a good start. Then a large number of people were unloaded on Pi Island, and all kinds of supplies along with the ship were immediately unloaded to the island. After the unloading fleet was completed, two-thirds of the ships immediately began to return under the leadership of Xiao Rufeng and returned to the departure point to load the next batch of combat personnel.

Diao Zhengze stayed at Pidao to take charge and direct the next action.

In just a few days, with the cooperation of the navy, the first batch of troops of the Right Route Army swept across the islands outside Xuanzhou and successively captured the Sumeru Island and Yuncong Island near Pi Island.

After three days of rest, the generals of the Lu Division recovered from seasickness and became lively again.

Diao Zheng also restored his general's demeanor. After sweeping the island, he finally led his army to cross the sea again in early May and rushed straight to Tieshan and Xuanzhou.

At this time, the Jiannu army in Tieshan and Xuanzhou had already received news that the Dazhong army had crossed the sea and attacked, but because they did not prepare in advance, they could not compete with the Dazhong army. As a result, when the Dazhong army was surging, the Xuanzhou garrison actually fled directly with their personal soldiers and fled.

Although the Tieshan Guard led his troops to a certain extent to resist, their resistance was quickly disintegrated under the artillery fire of the large army. The entire Tieshan City lasted for only one day and declared it to be captured by the Daeshan Army. More than 1,200 Jiannu Army were killed, and no prisoners were captured. The Daeshan Army only paid less than twenty casualties.

As Diao Zheng led his troops to capture Tieshan, after Xuanzhou, Diao Zheng left the two naval land battalions in Pidao and Tieshan as guard forces, responsible for guarding Pidao and Tieshan. This place will be their logistics supply base for a long time in the future, and he immediately led the remaining more than 7,000 soldiers and generals to set out from Tieshan and attack Zhenjiang Fort southwest of the Yalu River Estuary.


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