Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 318 317. Sea Supply Line

Chirp - pop!

After a ball of fire with an obvious flame reaction rose into the sky and exploded.

On the coastal sea.

A fleet of forty sailing ships was immediately notified by the lookout.

"Report—!"

"A signal flare is raised at Beacon No. [-]!"

"Report—!"

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This fleet is naturally the logistics team responsible for supplying the new army.

They arrived at this bay by sea several times earlier than the new army by land.

In addition, beacon points were left along the shore, and the area was marked with a coordinate system.

Now as soon as the new army releases the signal flare, their lookouts will immediately discover the source of the signal flare and guess which area it is located in.

"Sail down to the shore!"

"Beacon No. [-] area, move forward!"

"promise!"

Following the command of the fleet commander, the captain raised two flags and lowered the sails.

Seeing the movement of the main ship, the other ships naturally moved as well.

In fact, the fastest way to attack North Korea is by sea.

But it was a coincidence that both the Marine Department and the navy had newly received orders from Zhang Qi, and there was a gap in the number of sailing ships.

Helpless, Hu Luqi could only transfer forty sailboats to load supplies, and the new army could only go to the border of North Korea on two legs.

coast.

The 12 soldiers from the two armies breathed a sigh of relief after watching the bright red flare take off.

At their feet, there were as many as seven or eight cracked paper tubes, but without exception, the mouth of the paper tube was slightly black, but the main body of the paper tube was still intact.

This is a failed flare.

Although the research on gunpowder in the world of riding and hacking has been continuing, in order to give priority to ensuring the progress of the steam engine, Zhang Qi transferred a large number of scientific researchers to the steam unit, and the gunpowder team only had a dozen or so people.

So the fineness of the gunpowder in Zhang Qi's hands is not good now, there is a lot of black smoke after being ignited, and there is no obvious deflagration phenomenon.

Regarding these, Zhang Qi actually didn't know much about it himself, he said mononitrate, disulfide and three charcoals, but it was not that simple to really synthesize gunpowder that could be used.

At present, they are not even proficient in the use of signal flares, that is, fireworks. Often, only five or six of the ten signal flares can be used normally.

At present, the gunpowder workshops used by Zhang Qi's army are all produced in the world of cavalry and hacking, and there is no gunpowder workshop established outside.

This thing is too dangerous, if it is leaked, it will be considered a serious harm to Zhang Qi.

So regarding gunpowder, Zhang Qi can rest assured that it should be placed in the world of riding and slashing where no one can go.

"It can be regarded as a launch, huh."

Seeing the bright red fire bursting in the air, the two soldiers below all breathed a sigh of relief.

If all ten of these failed to launch, they would have to run another ten miles to return to the barracks.

Going back and forth can be exhausting.

All heaved a sigh of relief, a bearded man even wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out a beige stick from his waist and took a bite.

"Third son, you still eat this stuff. You've been eating it for a month, and you're not tired of it? The supply ship is coming soon. Don't be too hungry for other things later, haha,"

Seeing the man called the third child eating dry rations for the march, the soldiers of Tongwu laughed aloud.

The youngest Hu grinned.

"You guys have been starved, how can this baby get tired of eating?"

Not caring about the ridicule of his colleagues, the third child continued to chew on the dry rations for the march.

This thing is the emergency food that Zhang Qi asked Changchun, Liaoning to produce.

It belongs to the category of high-energy food.

Made from starch, syrup, oats, meat floss, etc.

One weighs about half a catty and is tightly wrapped in kraft paper. One can guarantee the consumption of a soldier for two days.

This time the new army marched without luggage or supplies, and each of them brought their own equipment and weapons and this kind of dry food for the march.

Each person has twenty sticks and weighs ten catties. Usually, one is taken out and inserted into the buckle of the belt, and the others are stored in the rucksack together with the gear.

And the new army was also the first army to try the backpacks. These backpacks made of linen and leather sewn edges all have a carrying capacity of [-] to [-] kilograms.

It is indeed of great benefit to the march, and the chest and abdomen buckle can also save a lot of effort.

However, through the data collected by the new army's marching during this period of time, they found that the shoulders and rucksacks were cumbersome during the battle.

Soldiers cannot fight flexibly with their rucksacks on their backs and need to unload them before the battle.

Now even the two soldiers who were sent out to release the signal flares were asked by the generals of the new army to unload their backpacks before setting off.

There are advantages and disadvantages, but it can be regarded as a good piece of equipment.

This is the evaluation of the rucksacks by the generals of the new army.

"coming!"

A soldier staring at the sea was the first to spot the supply ship and reminded loudly.

Two soldiers lit the bonfire that had been prepared, and then smoked black smoke with a pile of wet firewood.

"First officer! The angle of impact was [-] degrees to the left, and black smoke and twelve soldiers were found!"

On the lookout pole, the lookout informs the chief officer at the helm below in time.

"Is it one of our own?"

"The distance is too far to confirm!"

"The flag bearer signaled, let the ships behind slow down, let's lean over and have a look!"

"promise!"

As the first sailing ship got closer and closer to the coast, the watchman also saw clearly the equipment of the soldiers on the shore through the binoculars.

"First officer! Confirm your own person!"

"it is good!"

"The flag bearer gives the signal, dock!"

"promise!"

The standard-bearer in charge of passing messages between ships came to the stern.

Inside was a candle flamed in glass.

There are also polished metal plates all around.

Short dot signals opened and closed by opening and closing.

Bright and dark, bright and dark lights let the ships following the first ship receive a signal that they can dock.

The boat slowed down slowly.

The helmsman controlled the rudder, and the sailboat stopped horizontally on the shore.

It's a pity that the deep water area here is not enough, only two ships can be docked at a time, and other ships have docked in the surrounding sea area, waiting to unload.

"Password!"

"The sun and the moon are in the sky!"

"Return order!"

“Coke Chicken Wings!”

The secret language was correct, and everyone on board breathed a sigh of relief.

The captain got off the boat first and came to the front of the two soldiers.

His left hand hammered his chest.

"Li Qing, Captain of the First Battalion of the Maritime Logistics Regiment of the Materials Division!"

The two corporal leaders on the shore returned the military salute.

"Mu Dan, Corporal Commander of the New First Army!"

"New First Army Lieutenant Lou Shu!"

"Thanks for your hard work."

"Awaited."

Simple greetings from both parties.

Seeing the soldiers watching the ship swallowing their saliva behind the two corporal leaders, Li Qing quickly turned around and ordered.

"Unload the boat first, load the car, don't let the brothers in the new army go hungry!"

"promise!"

After receiving the captain's order, the two hundred crew members on board immediately took action.

Li Qing looked around and asked the two corporals.

"The person who transferred the supplies hasn't arrived yet?"

"The barracks have just been stationed, and the commander ordered us to confirm first, and I will go back and pass on the news later."

(End of this chapter)