In fact, the indigenous people in this area are mainly active in the Shuangchengwei area, which is located northwest of Vladivostok, and there are no indigenous people living in the coastal port of Vladivostok.

Therefore, the landing operation of the navy was very smooth, basically there was no obstruction, and a small number of local natives saw the more than 20 huge warships on the sea, and they had already fled in smoke, and the marines who went ashore did not encounter the slightest resistance!

After the landing of the marines, a defensive line was established in the vicinity, and then a large number of men who came with the fleet began to disembark and then began to build forts.

At this time, the four river gunboats that accompanied the fleet also began to sail into the river and then went up the river, while the marines also followed along the shore, and their task was to explore the river and extend the defense line inland.

After the navy established a stronghold in Vladivostok, it did not delay, but quickly launched the operation in Heilongjiang!

After the first fleet landed in Vladivostok, the second landing fleet of the Navy also departed from the port of Busan.

The second landing fleet consisted of two battalions of marines with a total strength of about 2,500 men, in addition to about 5,000 conscripts and a large amount of building materials.

The size of the entire fleet is very large, with more than 20 ships of more than 100 tons.

It is worth noting that there are only two frigates and not even a cruiser, because there is basically no second sea power in this sea area.

The daimyo of the Fuso Islands did not even have ships of more than 100 tons, but all the daimyo who dared to build their own big ships were basically killed by the Tang Navy in various names.

The entire North Sea (Sea of Japan), like the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and even the South China Sea, was under the absolute control of the Imperial Navy, and it was about the same as the Inland Sea.

And further north, Shaohai, at this time, is in a civilized desert, except for the occasional exploration ships of the Tang Empire, it is empty, as for those natives along the coast, you naturally can't expect them to be able to build any big ships, at most there are a few sampan fishing boats.

Acting in these sea areas, the Imperial Navy naturally does not have to worry too much, and it is already sufficient to send two frigates to carry out escort missions.

Of course, this cannot be said that this fleet is poorly armed, these transports are either transports belonging to the military, or temporarily requisitioned armed merchant ships, all of which are equipped with naval guns!

Two frigates covered more than 20 armed merchant ships, as well as eight river warships of the newly established Heilongjiang Fleet.

These ships traveled all the way north along the coastline, and they entered the Beihai Strait, and it did not take long to reach the mouth of the Heilongjiang River, where they anchored in the open sea.

After landing at the mouth of the Heilongjiang River and setting up a simple transit station, the fleet continued to go deeper along the Heilongjiang River, and although there were a large number of sea vessels in the fleet, the draft was relatively deep, but the water depth in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River was still acceptable, enough to navigate these ships of several hundred tons.

They marched west along the Heilongjiang River and then arrived at the 'Nuergancheng'.

This town also has a long history, during the Yuan Dynasty, it was the station of the Marshal of Zhengdong, and in the pre-Ming Dynasty, it was the station of the Nuer Gandu Division.

However, after the Zhu Di era of the former Ming Dynasty, the former Ming Dynasty experienced many shrinkage strategies, giving up Annan, giving up Hetao in the north, giving up Nuergan in the northeast, and giving up Tubo in the west.

After the wise and great Tang Dynasty overthrew the brutal and unscrupulous puppet Ming, the Tang Dynasty took over almost all the areas actually controlled by the Ming Dynasty, but for the areas that were lost during the Ming Dynasty, such as the Nuergan region, they were naturally uncontrollable.

This situation, the Tang Dynasty was naturally unbearable, for this reason, the Tang Empire on the basis of the former Ming Nuer Gandu Division, set up the Northeast Province, and then began years of expansion to the north.

However, this small-scale exaggeration still failed to allow the empire to hit Nu'er Gancheng.

This time, if the fleet sent by the Tang Navy can land here and station, it will be the first time that the Tang Empire has actually controlled this place!

On board, Rear Admiral Qiu Xiao, commander of the landing fleet, observed the coast with a telescope in his hand!

In fact, he had been here before, but not as a conqueror, but as the captain of an exploration ship, and that time he led the exploration ship to come here, but also to resupply, but the local natives were not too friendly to them, and there was a small armed conflict between the two sides when they were resupplying.

The exploration of Nuergancheng is just a routine exploration of the exploration operations of the Tang Navy in the waters of the North Sea and the coast of the Shaohai Sea.

Today, Rear Admiral Qiu Xiao already has a detailed map of Nu'er Gancheng in his hands, as well as hydrological data on some waterways in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River.

However, although he had the information, he was still very cautious, and first sent a survey ship to test the water depth of the river and plan the channel.

After the tests were completed and the preliminary landing sites were determined, the huge fleet slowly approached the shore.

In order to prevent accidents, the landing site was not directly to the riverside port of Nuergan City, but about a kilometer away from Nugan City.

The soldiers of the Marine Corps landed first, and then laid out the battle formation, and then gradually advanced towards Nuergancheng, and at the same time, the Navy also sent ships to advance at the same time, ready to provide naval artillery fire support for the Marine troops at any time.

Apparently not like Vladivostok, Nuergan is a small village inhabited by a small number of indigenous people, and it is the largest city in the surrounding area, which has been occupied by local indigenous tribes since the Ming Dynasty government withdrew from here.

Therefore, after Qiu Xiao's fleet arrived and landed, it was obvious that a large number of people came out of Nuergancheng, and these people who came out looked like an army, and it was an army in the barbaric era.

Without perfect equipment and formation, hundreds of people came over gradually!

Qiu Xiao didn't feel very good about these wild people, when he first came to this broken place, he was attacked by these wild people once, although there were no casualties at that time, but it still left Qiu Xiao with a very bad feeling.

This time, Qiu Xiao was not going to reason with these savages, anyway, these savages didn't understand, so it was better to communicate with them directly with guns!

So he gave the order directly!

"Order the Changzhou and other ships to immediately launch artillery bombardment on the enemy and cover the siege of the marines!"

The order was passed through the flag to the Changzhou, which was leading a number of armed merchant ships that had unloaded the marines and were empty, to venture close to the river.

The Changzhou immediately began to maneuver, and then aimed the ship's artillery at the hundreds of indigenous troops who had just appeared!

As the gunnery officers gave orders one after another, the guns on the Changzhou opened fire one after another, and at the same time, a number of armed merchant ships that carried out covering tasks with the Changzhou also opened fire.

Suddenly, the shells fired by nearly 20 or so naval guns fell into these indigenous armies one after another, these shells are not solid shells, and for the dense enemy forces in these open areas, the use of howitzers is very useful.

And the battle situation is also true, after two rounds of shelling, these hundreds of indigenous troops are more than half killed and wounded, and then scattered and fled, as for the complete collapse after two rounds, it is because during the first round of shelling, they were stunned, they didn't know what was going on, and they didn't even know how to run, until they were hit by the second round of shelling, they reacted and wanted to run......

Looking at the support fleet carried by the Changzhou, it was completely defeated by two rounds of artillery bombardment, but Qiu Xiao showed a dissatisfied expression: "The firepower of this Changzhou is still a little weak, if you let the cruiser come, it is estimated that it will be over in one round!" ”

However, when others heard his words, they were speechless, to deal with the defeat of the natives, using a frigate is a cannon to fight mosquitoes, if you use a cruiser, it will be even more exaggerated!

Besides, the firepower of a standard frigate like the Changzhou is also quite good, which is enough to meet the needs of the operation.

The Changzhou is one of the standard frigates built by the Datang Navy in the past ten years, with a standard combat displacement of nearly 480 tons, good firepower, excellent sailing performance, and more importantly, the cost is not high, which can basically be controlled at about 65,000 yuan.

The corvette with good performance, low price, and good performance is naturally very suitable for the current Datang Navy, and can be independent in many sea areas, even when the fleet is in a decisive battle, it can also play a huge role.

Therefore, the Datang Navy began to purchase a large number of such standard frigates many years ago, and until now, orders are still placed for construction every year!

After all, the price of purchasing a new type of battleship with a combat displacement of 1,500 tons is almost 300,000 yuan.

And for those cruisers of more than 800 tons, the purchase price also reached about 150,000 yuan.

The reason for the high price of large-tonnage ships is that the large-caliber guns equipped with large warships are more expensive, and the construction cost of the hull is also higher, especially those battleships, the requirements for wood are very high, and the construction capacity of the shipyard is also very high, so far, in the entire empire, only the Dingsheng Shipyard and the Qingdao Naval Shipyard, which the Navy has built with great efforts, can build battleships.

But in the case of frigates, this kind of ship can be built by basically a large shipyard, and the construction cost is very low.

As a result, a large number of frigates of this standard have been built and served, and more than 50 have been built one after another, which are widely used in the fleets of the Datang Imperial Navy and the fleet of the Datang Western Company, and are widely active in many sea areas.

This kind of frigate can be seen in the four major coastal areas of the mainland, in the coastal waters of Fuso in the Ryukyus, in the waters of the South Sea, in the waters of the Indian Ocean, and even on the coast of Africa.