Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1203 Stranded
Just as they were discussing how to act at night, the San Raimundo suddenly turned its rudder and sailed towards the beach on the shore.

"He's going to run aground on the beach!" Lin Chuanqing called out.

Sure enough, the San Raimundo lowered its sails, and the ship rushed straight towards the sandy beach of a bay, and soon stopped on the beach without moving.

"Pretty!" Lin Chuanqing said involuntarily.The time chosen by the other party was when the tide started to ebb, and they took advantage of the opportunity to let the boat run aground on the beach.

This beach is very smooth, and both the damage to the ship and the difficulty of getting out of trouble in the future are reduced to the minimum.

"What?" Zhou Weisen was puzzled.

"This captain is very skilled!" Lin Chuanqing said, "Thoughtful and skilled!"

"Why are they stranded here?" Zhou Weisen was puzzled, "It's only two or three days away from Manila at most."

"It's just such a mast, and we won't be able to reach it after another seven or eight days. Besides, the ship may have other malfunctions." Lin Chuanqing said, "They are probably planning to repair the ship on the spot here."

In the era of sailing ships, every large ship had spare ship materials and carpenters. It was common for them to berth on islands or coasts for emergency repairs after encountering storms, and sometimes local materials were obtained from land.

Judging from the damage to the San Raimundo, the captain probably planned to cut some wood from the forest on Samar Island to repair the mast.

Now that the other party has run aground, I feel sorry for myself if I let this meat go.Lin Chuanqing's blood boiled at the thought of this place.

"Fuck him hard!" He grinned, "We must fight when we see the enemy! We can't be timid!"

Zhou Weisen nodded: "Fuck TND!"

Lin Chuanqing returned to the camp, called Sun Xiao and Mendoza, and reported the current situation and his determination.

Although Mendoza was worried about Zhou Weisen's safety, she had completely lost her mind now. Basically, what Zhou Weisen said was what she said, and Sun Xiao also expressed her support.

So Lin Chuanqing called all the officers and sergeants together and ordered them to concentrate their troops and prepare for battle.

"All check weapons and prepare to fight!" He issued an order, "Distribute combat rations!" In order to save food, the current ration rations in the camp are halved according to the field supply day standard.

The officers and non-commissioned officers immediately got busy.Lin Chuanqing ordered the lookout post to monitor the Spaniards uninterruptedly.Then a five-member team was sent to conduct close-in reconnaissance on foot along the coastline.

"If the terrain permits, we will try to attack from the stern, otherwise we will change to the bow." Lin Chuanqing drew a schematic diagram on the ground, "According to our information and the situation on the St. Louis, there are two and a half snakes or falcon cannons at the stern of this ship." , In addition, there are two one-pound guns on the poop deck, and their firepower is relatively weak compared to the side. "

Attacking from the stern is the basic principle for small boats to fight big ships in the battle of jumping gangs, and attacking from land is no exception.However, the opponent's bow is rushing to the beach, and the stern of the ship is likely to face the chest-deep shoal. In this case, it is unrealistic to attack from the stern.

But no matter where the attack is launched, they are all faced with the problem of climbing the bulwark. Whether it is a sneak attack or a storm attack, sailors and sailors must use tools to climb onto the deck.Lin Chuanqing's solution was to ask the sailors to build portable ladders and prepare to set up ladders to attack like a siege.

"We have M240 machine guns and typewriters. Even if we don't have them, it's not difficult to suppress the enemy's upper deck and side firepower with a volley of Mini rifles—our guns have advantages in range and firing speed," Lin Chuanqing said. "However, as long as the opponent can make up his mind to resist when boarding the ship, casualties are still inevitable-especially at the stage of attacking the big ship, a single salvo of shotgun shells from the enemy's artillery can cause us a lot of casualties."

"It would be nice to have a cannon." Zhou Weisen said regretfully, "It's a pity that we have 75 cannons."

The 75mm secondary guns on the Nongchao are designed to be disassembled and reinstalled on the ship’s wheeled gun mounts. However, the overturning of the hull made it either fall into the sea or be twisted into a bad shape, and none of them can be used. up.Even the wheeled gun mounts in the cargo compartment could not be picked up.

However, the three typewriters removed from the ship can still be used.Lin Chuanqing decided to leave a guard camp.Take the other two.

"Here's my plan," he said, scribbling a schematic in the sand.

"We will attack by land and sea. I will take the mixed formation of sailors and sailors along the coastline, and you will take the Feiyun from the sea." The branch in his hand was drawn on the ground, "The mission of the Feiyun is Support us at sea with typewriter fire. Both typewriters are yours."

"Isn't it appropriate? I have been trained in team tactics, and I organized the last team-jumping battle—I led the Lu team to jump the team, and you took the Feiyun."

Lin Chuanqing nodded, that's fine: "You should bring a typewriter."

"This thing is too heavy, and we didn't get its wheeled gun mount. The troops have to carry it. Although the straight-line distance of this section of the road is not much, it may be quite troublesome to walk, and its ammunition is not light. Soldiers Must be exhausted. You can carry as much ammo as you can on board. M240 is enough for me."

Finally, a roll call was carried out. There were a total of 154 sailors, sailors, and special reconnaissance teams in the camp, and 128 of them were judged to be able to participate in this battle.Zhou Weisen decided to bring 80 people, including all the special investigation team members, and 20 people on the Feiyun.The rest guarded the camp.

"Old Sun, the affairs in the camp are yours. I will contact you in time if anything happens." Lin Chuanqing entrusted him.

"I understand, I will definitely guard the camp!" Seeing that the two of them were going to fight again, Sun Xiao couldn't help being excited, took a few steps and shook hands with them tightly, "I'm waiting for your triumphant return!"

Mendoza watched her man put on the tactical vest, carry the submachine gun and the large revolver, knowing that he was going to fight again, Mendoza couldn't help but burst into tears——Zhou Weisen is her only relative in this time and space— — When kissing goodbye, he bit him hard with both love and hate.It made Zhou Weisen's lips swell for a long time.

The land part was code-named "Tide Team". Zhou Weisen reorganized the soldiers, appointed commanders for each combat team, and specified specific tactical tasks for each team.

Both teams set off before noon.There was an M240 in the land mixed company, and Zhou Weisen ordered to bring all the bullets and spare barrels.When the special reconnaissance team set off, because they were equipped with the combat configuration received from the gang battle, except for the two Mosin Nagants with scopes, they were all equipped with scorpion submachine guns. The Minie rifles fired.

At 300 o'clock in the afternoon, the tide-riding team joined the scouting team that had arrived earlier and took cover in the jungle less than [-] meters away from the San Raimundo.

The San Raimundo was running aground on the sand, her hull held upright—it would not be difficult for the Spaniards to refloat her given the tide and the capstan.

Seen from a close distance, the San Raimundo was even more distressed: not only the mast was broken, most of the sail cables were lost, but there were also many damages on the hull.I am afraid that it is barely maintained here by the crew taking turns pumping water.If they don't rush to the beach and run aground for repairs, it will be difficult for the ship to reach Manila.

A simple camp has been set up on the beach, and the freshly felled wood is piled up together. The sailors are busy processing the wood, and a simple blacksmith shop is also starting to clank and smoke.

At both ends of the beach, there is a simple fort with a pounder unloaded from the ship, and a dozen fully armed arquebus men are on duty.

It can be seen that the Spaniards did not put too much experience in the security and defense facilities-although the Samar people here can be regarded as "barbarians", their force is not worth mentioning compared to the Spaniards.Spaniards are safe on the coast as long as they don't go too far inland.

Zhou Weisen made a "ready to fight" gesture.The troops deployed behind him according to the predetermined plan.He personally designated the shooting positions for the machine gunners and snipers, and checked the readiness of each combat team again.

The walkie-talkie made a clicking sound, and Zhou Weisen picked it up.

"Old Zhou! We are already in place. In the past, they probably had to be seen by their lookouts. Do you want to act?"

Zhou Weisen took a deep breath and said, "Start to act!"

The roar of engines suddenly sounded on the coastline of the hot and quiet Samar Island at noon.With the chug of the diesel engine, Feiyun began to accelerate gradually, rushed out from the hidden place on the coastline, suddenly appeared in the strait, and headed towards Manila Galen at a "high speed" of 12 knots.

The lookout on Galen's ship noticed the sudden appearance of the small boat almost immediately, and Zhou Weisen noticed that there was a commotion on the deck.Suddenly, a puff of white smoke rose from the rear, and there was the sound of gunfire.

"The vigilance is quite high," Zhou Weisen said.He held the binoculars and watched the Galen ship and the surrounding situation closely.

The Spaniards in the camp stopped what they were doing, and the sailors became confused, some went for axes, others drew knives.At this moment, two typewriters on the Feiyun opened fire.

The typewriter threw projectiles at a certain elevation angle, and a spray of spray was immediately set off on the waterline where the Galen ship was berthed. Then, the bullets poured onto the deck, tearing apart the gunners and arquebusiers gathered on the poop, leaving pieces of wood and flesh and blood all over the place. Flying, screaming and wailing everywhere, and people kept being shot and fell from the deck.

"Keep the firepower!" Lin Chuanqing stood on the balcony of the Feiyun, nervously watching the Galen ship approaching - according to the plan agreed in advance, the Feiyun used the firepower of the typewriter in the strait to suppress the firepower on board , At the same time attracting the attention of the Spaniards, Zhou Weisen took the opportunity to launch a surprise battle.

(End of this chapter)