724 Southern War (2)
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The moon is dark and the stars are sinking, and the faint moonlight shines on the beach like a white mist like guò thin sand.
There is not a shadow of a ship on the sea, not even a trace of microwaves can be seen, the sea in the middle of the sea, everywhere is quiet, except for the sound of waves fluctuating up and down with the wind, there is nothing,
The change in the sea surface came from the second half of the night, first a lonely little black dot appeared on the sea surface in the moonlight, it swayed from side to side, and then a dozen, hundreds, these reflected in the silhouette in the shimmer, as the rising moon showed a silvery reflection, the rushing waves pushed up the embankment with the wind, in the silver moonlight, like a layer of floating snow,
The Governor of the South, Statunko, stood in the bow of the ship with a pale face facing the waves, the agitated sea breeze blowing his hair, and the cold sea water wetting the trouser legs of his uniform,
His deep gaze looked at the coastline that was getting closer and closer,
"This adult is really strong."
The sailors on the board of the ship all looked at the back of Statunko with a kind of admiration, they had seen seasickness ships, but they had never seen seasickness ships standing in the bow of the ship against the wind and waves,
The Governor was indeed an anomaly, and he used his tenacity to face the bow of a ship that was far more terrible than the fluctuations of the ship's side, which was a place where even a seasoned sailor might not be able to stand firmly, but this powerful man only tied a thick cable around his waist and stumbled on it.
It may seem stupid, but for the thousands of seasick soldiers who have never been to sea and vomit on the ship, there is nothing more invigorating than this, and if the Governor can not be afraid of the sea, then he can too,
This incomprehensible act of Statunko gave many soldiers who suffered from seasickness while crossing the strait once again the courage to step on the planks of the ship, which seemed like hell to them
Because of the limited number, the Southern Army dispatched this time was only 18,000 people, and the mobilized troops were naturally the elite of the Southern Army, and any attrition in the middle of the process would seriously affect the strength of this raid
Departing from the southern military port of Vecchia, heading south along the eastern coastline, after a short docking and replenishment at Vik Harbor, quickly guided by Dustrenkay's privateer fleet, through the windy waters of Bossa,
After 4 days of turbulence, I finally saw the destination this time, Bo Shari Bay, a torrent of vomiting made Statunko's hand clench the bow of the ship heavily, the huge wave made the bow sink heavily, and then tossed high like a toy in the hands of a child.
Countless lights were projected from the cabin behind the waves, like a swarm of fireflies in the darkness following the flagship. The black shadow of the tall battleship silently marched on the sea,
Eighty large and small warships captured from the Salander naval dockyard were the main force of this raid transport, and on the periphery of the battleship group were 16 relatively small dragon's tooth ships, like wolves in the dark night, divided into four triangles in the front and rear to protect the middle ship group, and the heavy bow split the waves in front of them, and the white waves swayed on the silent sea,
"Commander, do you think Master Statunko is crazy, what is there to pay attention to in this tidal flat full of reefs, and he has to travel overnight" On one of the wolf's fangs ship at the front, Adjutant Elek asked Dustrenkai, the commander of the First Privateer's Fleet, who was standing next to him, in a low voice with some curiosity
"You ask me, who do I ask" Dustrengke rolled his eyes back, his hand lightly tapped on the side of the ship, and said calmly, "What do you know, this time the Southern Army is so impatient to move south, it must be related to the fierce offensive of Salander Kyoto against the Northern Territory, if I am not mistaken, this tidal flat must have a crucial position for the whole campaign"
"I heard that the Sarander Kyoto Army is fighting fiercely this time," Adjutant Elek said with a look of sudden realization." First broke through the Beleng defense line, and then surrounded the important town of Kulongze, judging from the current battle situation, it will not take long for the front line of the Kyoto army to reach the front line of Hutu Beien, but logically speaking, the southern army of Lord Statunenko in charge of rescue should go ashore in Vic Ling, and then quickly rush to the aid of Kuronze, and now it has bypassed the front line in urgent need of rescue, and ran to this wasteland and tidal flats.
"It's hard to say, I heard that Lord Statunenko was also a general, but he was later entrusted with the important task of guarding the south, so he rarely has the name of bravery."
Dustrenkai said with a melancholy face, every time he said the word bravery, he had this expression, as a naval admiral with outstanding achievements, he had never had the opportunity to fight the enemy at close range, it was really a very humiliating thing to mention,
At this time, the news that a battleship had hit an offshore reef came from the front, and Dustrenkai and his adjutant Elek hurriedly ran to the bow of the ship, only to see a five-masted battleship that had deviated from the main fleet, and was washed up by the agitated waves on a reef that had just been exposed to the sea.
The whole bow of the ship was knocked inward, revealing a large gap, and the white water whirred in, but in a few moments, the stern of the ship slowly turned up because of the imbalance of weight, and the sailors and soldiers on it jumped into the water
Fortunately, the sea was calm tonight, and most of the more than 700 soldiers on the battleship were rescued by nearby ships, but dozens of people still sank into the sea or were washed away by the sea and did not know where they went
The ships were covered with soldiers and sailors watching the excitement, and a low discussion was like the sound of a fly in En'en, and the chaos just now also attracted the attention of Statunko, who looked at the soldiers around him with a blazing gaze, especially when he saw some whispering soldiers, his two eyebrows were twisted together, and a dead man appeared before he went ashore, which was not a good omen,
"Order the fleet to halt its advance, and send small boats to land"
Standing at the bow of the ship, Statunko decisively gave the order to land,
This is only about 50 meters away from the front coast, in such a shallow sea area, if you insist on continuing to advance, there will inevitably be more phenomenon of hitting the reef, this assault is a drum of courage, if you can not achieve the most direct results, it will cause irreparable damage to the morale of the army, now the only way to immediately land and occupy the beach or can make up for it
As the order was given, the advancing fleet slowly stopped like a floating wall,
Countless landing boats were lowered and pulled from the side of the battleship, and there were so many that dense black shadows suddenly covered the entire beach, and in order to be able to sail into the inland river of Salander, each battleship carried twice the number of boats that could be carried on a normal day
The faint moonlight surrounds the top of the tree on the high slope of the cliff and inlays a lace, like a color-changing spiral on the edge of a goblet glass, which makes people can't help but feel the beauty of the moonlight.
Sitting in a small boat and rushing ashore with the waves, the assembled soldiers everywhere, raising torches to illuminate the entire beach, quickly ordered the quartermaster in charge of logistics, pointed to a protrusion that stretched outward from the beach, and asked how much time it would take to build a dock there capable of docking medium warships
The quartermaster, who had never built an emergency dock, looked at the place the governor was pointing out and hesitated for a long time before replying extremely nervously, "If there are enough materials and manpower, three days should be enough."
The quartermaster's answer made Statunko extremely dissatisfied, tens of thousands of troops coiled on a narrow beach for three days, even the most covert raid, would have long been exposed to the enemy's noses.
At present, a large number of weapons and equipment are still on the warships, and if they cannot be transported down quickly, I am afraid that it will cause irreparable troubles to the assault operation.
"Three days is too long until noon at most, and if I can't see a dock there at noon, you will wait to be executed," said Statunko to the quartermaster with a cold face,
His order made the quartermaster's face turn pale, and it was now nearly dawn, and it was impossible to build a dockyard in half a day
"My lord, let me do this" Just as the quartermaster kowtowed to the ground, Dustrenke, who had come ashore from behind, came over and said, "It's not realistic to build a dock in half a day, but it's easy to just get things off the ship."
"Oh, what do you think you can do?"
Statunko looked back in surprise, although he was now in charge of the affairs of the Southern Navy, he didn't know much about this privateer fleet directly under His Majesty the Falcon.
It is only known that it is a fleet similar to bandit tactics, and as for the privateer fleet to annihilate the main force of the Salander navy and defeat the Nord Zhonghai forces, these battles that shook the South China Sea, because of the different affiliations, Statunko, as the inland governor, did not know
Because it is the other party who directly obeys orders and is fat, it is difficult to judge the identity and level of the other party, and Statunko, who was born in the army, still has some mustard in his heart for the navy
"All you need to do is build a connection point between the 100-meter-long rope on the battleship and the beach."
Dustrunkai stretched out his hands, one long and one short, and gestured, "The battleship is tall and the beach is low, tie the supplies that need to be transported together, and then slide all the way down from the rope with a hook, so that it can save effort and not occupy the ship transporting the soldiers, and at most tomorrow at noon, all the supplies and soldiers can be transported down."
"Well, just do as you say, if you need any help, just say that as long as you can succeed, the first merit of this battle is yours."
Statun glanced at Dustrenkai a few times, and after asking a few details, he learned that Dustrenkai was actually from the Falcon family, and a look of surprise flashed on his face, no wonder this person's thinking was so extraordinary, it turned out that he was from the same bloodline as His Majesty
At noon, 18,000 heavily armed Southern Army took 1,300 small boats from Bossa Inner Bend into the Salander Inner River and sailed in the direction of Salander Kyoto,...... ,