Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2152 Jieshou Beach

Lipton's family was very tired, and they heard that the Australian army had excellent firearms and few casualties in battle; the pay was generous, so they decided to enlist in the army.Unexpectedly, after enlisting in the army, the training was extremely difficult, and he was often infused with "martial spirit" by the "squad leader"-although being a soldier is not afraid of being beaten when he suffers, but the rhythm of practicing every day and studying at night is really too much.

After all, the officer is a pretty good person, he seldom tortures people on purpose, and he doesn't deduct food, otherwise Lipton really wants to run away.

"Which one is willing to come out to fight." The non-commissioned officer Luo Mao next to him was biting young willow branches in his mouth-he had a cold, so the health guards gave him a pack of cut and opened young willow branches and told him to chew, "It's all Fate is bad, so I came out to do this business of licking blood with a knife - but you are lucky to be a soldier for the Senate."

Luo Mao and Lipton were exactly the opposite: he used to work as a porter on the wharf of Haikou Port. He felt that being a porter was too tiring and worthless, so he took the initiative to join the army. Because he was too old, he could only serve as the national army.After serving in the military for less than three months, he was promoted by the Rockets, first as a corporal, and then as the captain of a small team--in the past, he could only be the squad leader as a corporal, but now he has No. 30 people under his command up.

"...The Senate came out to fight, once counted once, and has never lost: pirates, bandits, officers and soldiers, all of them are nothing to worry about--they also fought red-haired men, Koreans... It is not rare to win a battle, and you will not die if you win a battle The talent is amazing—let’s put it this way, during the battle of Chengmai, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers rushed towards the fence, and my calves were trembling at that time. The corpses all over the ground..."

Luo Mao blows it vividly. In fact, during the battle of Chengmai, he was still serving as a soldier in Beizhili and wearing a uniform. Let alone the Fubo Army, he had never even heard of the word "Australian".

Seeing that Lipton was stupefied for a moment, Luo Mao's cowhide became even bigger: "At the end of the fight, the entire army was wiped out, tens of thousands died, and the blood dyed the sea red—"

This not only whetted Lipton's appetite, but also surrounded the surrounding soldiers.

Now Luo Mao became even more excited: "How much do you think the Fubo army died..." He asked mysteriously.

"How many?"

"Less than ten!" Luo Mao said loudly, "As the old saying goes, if you kill three thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred. In that battle, tens of thousands of people were killed, but less than ten people were killed in battle. Why are you so worried... "

These words were quite reassuring, and the recruits who were a little apprehensive seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.That's right, the Australians have strong ships and powerful guns, and they are invincible every time they fight-this is something they have heard a long time ago.

Now, the atmosphere that was originally dull and tense suddenly became active.Li Dong smiled secretly when he saw it—not to mention Luo Mao, even Zhu Si, the captain of the National Army, had never participated in the Chengmai War.When Luo Mao arrived at Lingao, it had been almost half a year since the engine operation ended...

At this time, some people who don't know each other come out to stir up trouble.

"But the Fubo army uses muskets, and we use spears..."

It's like pouring a basin of cold water.The originally rather warm atmosphere suddenly cooled down.Li Dong couldn't help but greeted the eighteen generations of the recruit's ancestors.Decided to go back and call the squad leader to fuck him, he cried for his father and mother, and would cry out when he heard the word Fubojun in his life...

Luo Mao glared at the ignorant recruit, and was about to refute, when the lookout suddenly shouted: "The channel is narrowing!"

Li Dong hurriedly boarded the bridge at the bow of the ship. The originally wide river channel gradually narrowed, the two banks in front turned into mountains, and reefs and yellow sandy beaches began to emerge in the river.This is Jieshou Beach.After passing Jieshou Beach, today's journey is less than half.What a quick move!With the steamship, the road that used to take several days can now be completed in half a day. If there is nothing wrong, it is estimated that we should be able to reach Xintan before sunset as planned.

As if wanting to break Li Dong's fantasy, there was a sharp whistling sound from far to near.Li Dong shivered immediately: This is Mingdi!
Mingdi is a sounding arrow, which is used by the army to mark the direction.The Fubo army has a flare gun, so we don't need this thing.The only one who fires the whistle is the enemy!
"Attention! Enemy attack!"

Before Li Dong finished speaking, three feathered arrows shot out from the reeds on the bank.

"It's a red arrow!" A former officer and army veteran shouted!

It seems that because the shooter was too far away, the arrows fell into the water one after another.

Li Dong quickly raised his binoculars and looked towards the mountains on the shore.In spring, the vegetation is flourishing, and nothing can be seen from the observation deck.When he was wondering, suddenly there was another sound of mingdi, this time the direction came from the other side of the Xijiang River.

"Signal to the left detachment! There are enemies!"

In the future, another red feathered arrow was fired from the shore on this side.Although the arrow also fell into the water this time, it was obviously much closer than before.

Li Dong suddenly understood: This is distance measurement!
As if to confirm his idea, there was a loud gunshot from the shore, and he immediately turned the binoculars and searched for the direction—sure enough, he saw a wisp of white smoke rising from the sky above a forest.

Looking at the swaying of the vegetation, it seems that there are people running after the boat along the bank, but the number cannot be discerned.

This may be a routine harassment—according to the report, this kind of harassment has occurred frequently recently, and the scale is generally small. As long as the fleet is well protected, there will be basically no loss.

But the Ming Di and the red range-finding arrow just now gave him a different feeling.

"Send a battle alarm! Signal to the left detachment, there is an ambush ahead!" He said, and got down from the observation deck, calling the two Nanyang rifle shooters on board to climb up.

Following the sound of three rapid whistles, the No. [-] boat of the left detachment also responded with three whistles—there was also a situation on Zhu Si's side.

"Tell everyone to calm down," Li Dong said loudly, "Be ready to fight at any time!"

Luo Mao leaned over: "Squadron leader! Do you want to fire..."

"Don't worry, it's a waste of ammunition to shoot now," Li Dong said, "The steamer is making such a big noise, they must have known we were coming, and ambushed us right here!"

The ammunition of the 12-pound mountain grenade on board is not much. If it is consumed now, it will not be enough in an emergency later.

"Captain Zhu has an order!" The signalman on the berth said loudly, "Single column becomes double column, maintain speed, and move on."

The transformation of a single column into a double column means that the formation of a marching army has changed into a battle formation. According to the prior plan, the vitality of the left and right detachments is responsible for one direction each.That is to ensure that colleagues can display their firepower, and shorten the marching formation.

The fleet continued to advance, and the channel became narrower and narrower.The sporadic arrows shot from the shore were getting closer and closer to the ship.Needless to say, once it enters the effective range, there will probably be a wave of violent arrows raining down.

Although iron plates and bamboo shields were temporarily installed on both sides of the ship as protection, these defensive measures could not 1% prevent the arrows falling from the sky when projecting.Although everyone was frightened by the discipline and dared not speak on the surface, they still kept begging God to let them cross the shallows quickly.But things went against our wishes. When we were about to sail out of the shoal, boat No. 2 seemed to hit something. The hull made a creepy "creak" sound, and a puff of black smoke came out of the chimney, and it just stopped in the channel. In the middle, boat No. [-] was also shaken suddenly and stopped.

Li Dong's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly squeezed to the side of the captain who was steering.

"Why don't you move?"

"It may be that the debris from the upper reaches has been washed up here and piled up, blocking the river. It was not like this when I came back up."

Li Dong had heard that when the South China Army attacked Zhaoqing, it fought a battle with the Ming Army Navy in Lingyang Gorge, sinking many ships, and the wreckage was probably left at that time.But it's a long way from Lingyang Gorge, and it's not good to block the waterway!Is this too coincidental?Just as he was wondering, the sailor had already climbed up from the hold and reported that there was no damage to the bottom of the ship.

"I'm reversing the car now, and go further away first, or I will run aground." The captain said, "I'll see if I can pass through other channels. If it doesn't work, I have to organize people to land and clear the obstacles."

"Squadron leader! There's a message from No. [-] boat: you need to go over there immediately to discuss."

Li Dong quickly boarded No. [-] boat.Zhu Si crouched behind the armored barrier behind the bridge.

"The captain told me just now that there is no way to get through here—either send people off the ship to clear the obstacles, or turn around and take another channel." Zhu Si's face was a little nervous, "What do you think?"

"The captain of the No. [-] boat said the same thing. My opinion is to let the soldiers disembark and troubleshoot on the spot..."

Zhu Si shook his head: "Now there must be enemies ambushing on both sides of the river. We will lose our barrier when we disembark. Once attacked by the enemy, the casualties will be great..."

This was also what Li Dong was worried about. Since Zhu Si didn't agree with it, he proposed another plan: take the waterway north of the sandbar.

"The helmsman said that this channel can be passed, but it is much narrower."

Once attacked, the danger over there is much greater than eliminating here, because the channel is almost on the shore.

Zhu Si looked at the map for a while, and picked up the binoculars to look at the shore for a while, with hesitation on his face.The steam engine made a rhythmic roar, and the vibration made Li Dong secretly anxious: In his opinion, no matter which plan he adopts, there are risks.But no matter which one you choose, it's better than staying here in a daze.

"Squadron leader..." After watching Zhu Si hesitate for about 5 minutes, Li Dong finally couldn't help urging: "We can't stay here for long, we should act quickly."

"Li Dong, which plan do you think is better?" Zhu Si brought the ball back again.

Li Dong was taken aback, and said: "My opinion is to take the north channel—the channel here must be blocked by human beings. We don't know what kind of blockage it is, what kind of things are used to block it, and we don't have suitable tools and tools at hand. equipment, it may not be so easy to clear the obstacles..."

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