Chapter 426： Terrain influence

After the war, a total of 41 large ships of the Dahua Navy were damaged in this naval battle. Ten of them were abandoned and could not be repaired.

Three ships. Others, pull them back for maintenance, and can continue to use them.

There are more than one hundred boats lost, but the boats are worthless and nobody cares about it.

The total number of soldiers killed in the battle was more than 1,300, including missing soldiers.

Missing at sea is tantamount to death.

More than two hundred people were seriously injured, and there are no statistics for the slightly injured.

The loss of more than 1,500 people is not a small casualty.

But compared with the huge results, this little casualty is not worth mentioning.

In this campaign, they completely destroyed Daming's navy and took control of the Taiwan Strait.

The achievement of its strategic goals is incalculable.

The specific result is that they wiped out the Ming Dynasty’s nearly 50,000 navy forces, including about 30,000 combatants.

Among these 50,000 people, only about 5,000 were directly killed.

There were about 36,000 captured, and nearly 8,000 people were left scattered, missing, and falling into the grass.

In short, these people did not return to Fuzhou, which can be regarded as the result of Dahua's victory.

In terms of seizures, they seized a total of more than 130 large ships this time, and countless small boats.

After completing the adaptation of those prisoners, Dahua's naval strength has increased by at least 50%.

After the maritime threat was lifted, Dahua's army began to ship by sea, transported large quantities of materials and troops to Fu'an, and began to formulate a plan to capture Ningde.

"According to the information currently available, the enemy has hoarded 50,000 troops in Ningde. Among them, 20,000 troops are deployed in the Longyao Mountain area. The main defense is our Ministry.

Another 5,000 people were deployed in the Houxiang area, and the guard was Shi Shouye Shi Shi. In addition, there are 20,000 troops deployed on several major landable tidal flats in Ningde, presumably to prevent our navy from directly landing.

There are only more than 5,000 people in Ningde City, which should be a reserve force that can support in all directions at any time. It seemed that they didn't plan to defend the city, but wanted to guard every intersection. "

Lu Guangzu introduced the current situation to everyone.

Wang Dayong, Tao Dongcheng, Xue Guiren and other big guys have all come to the front, and his teacher can only do this kind of work for the younger brother.

"The terrain of Longyao Mountain is not easy to beat. Can you directly land from Ningde and break through from the rear?"

Wang Dayong looked at the scaled-down topographic map of Longyao Mountain and frowned.

On both sides of Longyao Mountain are peaks of six to seven hundred meters above sea level, which cannot be traversed.

The pass of Longyao Mountain is nearly 100 meters from the foot of the mountain.

The **** is very steep and not suitable for climbing.

On the mountain, the enemy can throw stones, grenades and guns from a high position, which is a great advantage.

If the enemy has enough grenades, it will cause a headache for the Chinese army.

"Not so good. According to the information we have heard, there is no good landing point in Ningde, no deep-water port, no place for large ships to dock, and artillery cannot be moved up.

If you are only transporting infantry, you can use a small boat to land, but it is also very difficult. The enemy is no longer what it used to be, and a large number of flintlocks are also equipped among them. Landing at gunpoint is not a good choice. "

Lu Guangzu said with emotion.

Among Ningde's 50,000 troops, there were 15,000 flintlocks, and I don't know where Zhu Yujian got them.

More importantly, the terrain here has no good breakthroughs and no obvious weaknesses. It is precisely because of this that the enemy will focus on defense here.

After listening to Lu Guangzu's introduction, everyone frowned. It sounded like this battle might not be easy to fight.

"Can you bypass Ningde and attack Fuzhou directly from the sea?"

Someone asked.

The reason they wanted to attack Ningde was actually just to get through the road to Fuzhou. If you can attack Fuzhou directly, it doesn't matter whether Ningde fights or not.

Fuzhou is the place where Zhu Yujian is located. If Fuzhou can be taken in one fell swoop, then Ningde will become a turtle in the urn, and most likely will choose to surrender.

Fuzhou is close to the Minjiang River, and there are many places where the navy can land.

After hearing this, everyone suddenly became interested. If they could win Fuzhou in one fell swoop, then it would be the best.

"This risk is very high. You must know that Fuzhou has more troops hoarding than Ningde. More importantly, the terrain of Fuzhou determines that it is very dangerous to attack from waterways.

The fleet needs to enter the Minjiang River and go upstream, taking a long and winding waterway with mountains on both sides.

The narrowest part of the Min River is less than four miles wide. The enemy can place artillery on the mountain to intercept it, which is very difficult to break through. Even if they rushed through this area with huge battle damage, the enemy could block the Min River by sinking the warship. "

Tao Dongcheng analyzed.

Regardless of whether they can hang up the Da Ming navy and fight at sea, it is not always necessary to enter the inland river.

After all, in the river, there is not such a large area to fly kites to the steam battleship of the Chinese army.

Moreover, coupled with the special terrain of Fuzhou, attacking from the water is a very risky plan.

In the unlikely event that the entry into the inland river was severely hit, and the retreat was blocked by the Ming army using sunken ships to create submerged reefs, the entire army would be wiped out.

Who dares to take responsibility for this kind of loss?

It is safer to attack Fuzhou by land.

But if you want to go by land, you have to take Ningde first.

The terrain here determines the method of warfare.

Not to mention that in this era, even in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the topography still had a huge impact on warfare.

The topography around Fuzhou determines that this is not a city afraid of threats from the sea.

"It's better to fight Ningde, it is more secure. Although it seems that after the Ningde fight, we still need to fight Fuzhou, but when we take Ningde, it will inevitably cause a change in Fuzhou.

When the time comes to attack Fuzhou, maybe they can get some internal help. "

Another staff officer said.

The staff's opinions are relatively unified, and they all hope that they will be steady and not to take too many risks.

In the UOB military, the opinions of the General Staff are very important, and even vaguely become the real decision-making level.

Most of the other military leaders played the role of final decision.

The specific tactics need to be carried out by the General Staff.

The reason is also very simple. It is nothing more than that those big bosses who are mixed up by seniority have become less and less able to keep up with their position.

Those who have received formal military education in military academies are generally not in high positions because of their qualifications, but their tactical standards are very good.

In fact, this is also a big hidden danger. Some people with outstanding ability may not be able to balance themselves when watching a group of people with inferior ability keep pressing on themselves.

"Then fight Ningde first. Although we have suffered that kind of loss, after all, it is the lives of our brothers. There is no need to let them take this kind of risk. Didn't your Majesty say that we should put people first and treat soldiers well. Can get the support of the soldiers."

Wang Dayong set the tone, and then everyone can concentrate on studying how to fight Ningde.

In the end, their plan was to advance by waterways and attack by multiple routes to create pressure on the Ming defenders.

No matter which way to achieve a breakthrough, you can quickly attack from the rear, pincers, and defeat the enemy.

In other words, Da Ming needs to defend all three directions without losing, and Da Hua only needs to have one point to complete the breakthrough to win the battle.

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