In order to deal with the threat posed by the Far East, North Korea has deployed all its "elite" troops in three regions. One is the southern defense line of Hamgyong Province, then the defense line on the south bank of the Yalu River in Pyongan Province and the area around Pyongyang Fortress, and the other is Hanyang Fortress in Gyeonggi Province. In addition, the most powerful naval divisions of the North Korean army are deployed in the coastal areas of Jeolla-do, Gyeongsang-do, and Gyeonggi provinces.

In just a few days, the Western Army Corps of the Korean Theater swept through Pyongan Province and annihilated the Korean troops on the south bank of the Yalu River and Pyongyang City in one fell swoop. The assault on the advance detachment was successful, and the Korean troops in the city were wiped out.

As for the elite of the North Korean army in the direction of Hamgyong Province, this time it was also attacked by the Far Eastern Cavalry Corps and mountain troops. The Central Military Commission deliberately strengthened the artillery strength of the Eastern Army Corps, and nearly 100 artillery shells of various types smashed down on their heads and faces, killing and wounding the North Korean "elite" on the opposite side.

Immediately afterwards, countless brave indigenous mountain militias in the Outer Northeast were killed overwhelmingly. More than a dozen airships in charge of air support also landed at low altitudes, throwing bombs that exploded and burned bombs, and also used twin water-cooled heavy machine guns at the back of the pod to frantically suppress the North Korean troops on the position.

The North Korean army on the southern defense line of Hamgyong Province only held out for a short time before the entire line collapsed. Countless Korean troops abandoned their positions and dispersed like a tidal wave, and South Hamgyong Province was broken through by the Eastern Army on all fronts.

Qiang Quansheng ordered the cavalry troops to start the pursuit, and more than 10,000 elite cavalry in the Outer Northeast roared to catch up with the fleeing North Korean army. After a few days, the entire southern part of Hamgyong Province was defeated by the Eastern Army.

Before the general offensive of the Southern Army Corps, the attack fleet participating in the Korean campaign had already launched a fierce attack on the Korean naval division in advance. Because the Korean monarchs were afraid of angering the Far East during the negotiation stage. affected the outcome of the negotiations between the two sides, so the elite sailors of the DPRK were ordered not to go to sea.

This also creates an opportunity for the Far East attack fleet, after all, the southern coastal zone of Korea, the sea conditions are extremely complicated,

The Korean Theater Attack Fleet consisted of more than 100 clippers, sloops, and sloops. and a number of guerrilla flotillas formed by nearly 1,000 pirate ships on the southeast coast, which took the lead in launching the attack half an hour before the southern corps launched the general attack.

A large number of Far Eastern warships, guided by airships, rushed to the waters near several military ports and camps of the DPRK naval division and launched a surprise attack on the naval units in the southern part of the DPRK. A large number of warships of the DPRK naval division were blocked by the Far East Fleet in the naval fortress on the southern coast of Korea.

However, even the guerrilla fleet composed of pirates on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty was very strong. Although the Western-style sailing ships and large fortune ships on the southeast coast were transferred to the northern coast of the Ming Dynasty to help the Far East Company transport the victims. Therefore, most of the guerrilla fleets participating in the Korean Campaign this time consisted of traditional Chinese hard-sailed bird boats, sand boats, and Guangzhou boats.

China's traditional rigid sailing ship, although the tonnage of the ship is small, compared with the Western soft sailing ship has such and such shortcomings, but also has the distinctive characteristics of flexible maneuvering, short sailing time, although the crossing of the ocean is barely pointed, but in the offshore area and the complex environment of the sea area, it has a very good seaworthiness.

The Far East defeated the "Eight-Nation Alliance" in the Battle of Luzon. A lot of sailboats and army field guns were captured. There are so many of these things that the company doesn't know what to do with them, even though they are all copper cannons. However, if you want to use these copper cannons, you must smelt these front-loading guns, which also invisibly increases the cost a lot.

Moreover, there was no shortage of copper in the Far East, and after the company occupied Luzon and the South Seas, it developed a large number of copper mines and used cheap native labor in the South Seas. The cost is extremely low, and every year there is a whole shipload of copper ingots, which are transported to Vladivostok and Liaodong. In addition, the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain, a dog-legged family in the Far East, also provides a large number of cheap copper ingots to the company every year.

Therefore, the company simply equipped all these artillery pieces to various guerrilla fleets composed of pirates. A lot of hard-sail pirate ships of more than 100, 200 tons. can be loaded with several 18-pounder guns, some small ships of dozens of tons, although they can't be loaded with heavy guns, but twelve-pounder guns can also be loaded with several, although they dare not fire at the same time, but they can be regarded as shotguns for guns.

Moreover, each corsair is equipped with a number of small-caliber Franc machine gyrotron sub-cannons on both sides of the ship, although this thing is not very powerful and the range is not far, but it is better than the fast firing speed, especially suitable for the sideboard jumping combat, sweeping the living force on the opponent's deck with scattered bullets.

Moreover, all guerrilla fleets are composed of pirates from the southeast coast, and these guys are ruthless people who are not afraid of death, and their ability to operate ships is very strong, and their combat effectiveness is also extremely ferocious. Pirates make up almost the majority of naval recruits recruited by the Admiralty in the Far East every year. With the joining of these pirates, especially a large number of capable pirates such as He Wu and Liu Shouyou, who were gradually promoted to leadership positions, the Far East Navy has become more and more aggressive.

The guerrilla detachments were supported by the Far East, and they were equipped with a large number of Western front-loading artillery, Franco-machine maneuver guns, arquebuses, and other most advanced firearms of the era, and their combat effectiveness was also significantly improved. Anyway, the hard-sail pirate ships of the guerrilla fleet are definitely superior to the banya boats and turtle ships of the North Korean sailors.

The stick in modern society has been touting the turtle boat for hundreds of years, and it is more obscene than our Chinese hand-torn devils. Later, the more he talked about it, the more divine it became, and in the end, the turtle boat was about to become a fairy boat. In fact, the turtle boat is a wooden boat dozens of meters long, and it requires dozens of people to paddle and oar, and it can't withstand the stormy waves at sea. The shape is relatively sturdy, wrapped in iron sheets, and protected by bamboo nails and iron nails, in fact, the main target enemy is the Japanese naval army that uses the sideboard jumping as a combat method.

Turtle boats have obvious disadvantages, they are heavy, bulky, and have low maneuverability, which is not conducive to pursuit. Therefore, they generally only fight ambush warfare, and their long-distance navigation ability is also poor. However, it is more suitable for the complex sea area with many islands off the southern coast of Korea and unique tidal conditions.

Each turtle ship carries about 30 guns, which are divided into four types: the Heavenly Gun, the Earth Gun, the Xuanzi Gun, and the Yellow Gun, as well as the Katsuji Gun that fires small iron pills. The name sounds crazy, in fact, it is a large firearm, and some still rely on launching rockets to kill and injure the enemy, not to mention that compared with the heavy artillery equipped by the Daming Naval Division, the range and power are not as good as the Franc machines of various calibers equipped by the Daming Naval Division.

You just look at the shape of the turtle boat, the typical is when the passive beating, in order to carry the design, as for the seaworthiness, maneuverability or something, I haven't considered it at all, anyway, I think the design is extremely unscientific, it should belong to the product of a specific environment. Moreover, the turtle ship is said to be expensive to build, and the production process is extremely cumbersome, and the North Korean sailors have not been equipped much, and they still mainly use itaya ships as the main warship. (To be continued......)

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