As the person in charge of this reconnaissance operation, Luo Yue did not have to go ashore to conduct reconnaissance on the spot, but could just stay on the warship and command it remotely. Although the fighters of the special forces are the elite of the elite, after all, there are less than 100 people, once they are discovered by the Russians and mobilize a large army to encircle and suppress, there is a danger that the whole army will be annihilated.

In addition, even if there is no Russian threat, even the climate of this season is another formidable enemy for reconnaissance personnel, and now the average temperature in Vladivostok is -1 0 degrees, and at night, the minimum temperature can reach -3 0 degrees, which is enough to freeze people to death overnight.

Now Luo Yue is not an ordinary soldier, judging from his position, he is already at the level of a general, even if he is in a war, he will not go to the front line to fight, so there is no need to personally reconnoitre. In case of an accident, it will indeed be a big loss for the KPA and for the Marine Corps.

However, what Luo Yue considered was that the offensive operations to be carried out against Vladivostok in the future had basically been determined to be under his own command, so it was absolutely necessary for him to personally understand the terrain, fortresses, forts, and even garrison defenses of Vladivostok, so that he could have a clear idea of what he was going to do, and he could make targeted plans, and he had the confidence in his heart when commanding the battle.

And the extreme weather in Vladivostok, Luo Yue didn't pay much attention to it, although he has been promoted to the rank of officer in the past few years, and now he is a general-level officer, but he is not yet 30 years old, and Luo Yue has not relaxed the training of the body in the past few years, the training of the Marine Corps, Luo Yue is completed with the soldiers, just recently conducted winter training, Luo Yue is the same as ordinary soldiers, soaking in seawater, Lying in the snow, now Luo Yue's physical fitness is not inferior to that of ordinary soldiers, and he is also fully confident that he can complete this reconnaissance mission.

Seeing Luo Yue's resolute attitude, the others also knew that he had made up his mind, so it was difficult to persuade him anymore, so they also prepared a set of clothing and equipment for Luo Yue to cross the warrior and let him act with the special forces.

At this time, it was about 1 2 o'clock in the evening, and there was a faint starlight and waning moon in the sky, which illuminated the sea surface, because the Kunming ship had to reach the shore to scan the seabed terrain, so it could only move at night, and the current temperature was -1 8 degrees, almost dripping into ice, everyone walked out of the helicopter hangar in turn, came to the helicopter platform, and obviously felt the biting cold, and put on snow lichens, in fact, it was a cloak with a hood, one side was white, one side was green and dense, all of them were covered with waterproof cloth, with a layer of cotton in the middle, and the white side was facing outward when walking on the snow and ice, and after going ashore, it turned over, which can play a better concealment role, and when camping in the wild, it can also be used as a cover.

The Kunming ship has prepared six small boats on the side of the helicopter platform, two of which were sent from the Huaihua ship. The fighters went down the gangway and down to the dinghy. Then the dinghy left the Kunming ship in turn, and first headed for Russky Island.

In fact, at this time, the Kunming ship was only more than 2,000 meters away from the frozen surface, so it didn't take long for the boats to get close to the ice surface one after another. Luo Yue touched the ice with his hand, estimated to be about 20 centimeters thick, the two soldiers jumped on the ice first, walked back and forth on the ice a few times, and stepped on the ice a few times, making sure that the ice was very solid and could be on the ice, Yang Rui then ordered: All personnel, all on the ice. The other fighters landed on the ice one after another, and the six small boats returned to the Kunming ship by the same route.

After a little trimming, the soldiers sorted out their weapons and equipment, and the team set off again. Although the number of this small team is not large, the firepower is not bad, all the soldiers are equipped with rifles of the Type 01 rifle, the total length is only 96 cm, the weight is reduced by 600 grams, and it is also more agile, and each person is also equipped with a Type 96 pistol for fighting in the jungle or the city, in addition to 6 grenadiers, 3 60 mortars, 3 general-purpose machine guns, the firepower is quite powerful, and each person also carries 5 days of rations.

Yang Rui set up a team at a distance of 1,000 meters from the front, left, and right as a guard before setting off for Russky Island.

The area around Vladivostok is shaped like an inverted "M", and Russky Island is a small point under this M, the longest island is about 18 kilometers, the widest is about 13 kilometers, the total area is 97.6 square kilometers, and the highest point on the island is Mount Russan, with an altitude of 291.2 meters. Separated from Vladivostok by the East Bosphorus, it can be said to be the sea gateway to Vladivostok, so Russky Island is also part of the Vladivostok defense system, Russia built a small fortress on the Russian hill, installed with 2 280 mm caliber heavy guns and 8 152 mm caliber * guns, and Vladivostok fortress in a corresponding trend, Russky Island as the first pass of Vladivostok defense, and most of Vladivostok's artillery can cover the entire territory of Russky Island, can cover Russky Island.

Of course, like Vladivostok, Russky Island was formerly Chinese land, formerly known as Lefu Island, "Lefu" is Manchu, and Chinese means bear. It turned out that when China and Russia signed the "Beijing Treaty" in 1860, according to the treaty, the island belonged to the "land of fishing and hunting for the flag people" and was not within the scope of cession, but it was forcibly occupied by Russia, and the Qing court was unable to claim it back, so it had to acquiesce to Russia's ownership, and now it has become Russian territory.

Of course, the so-called East Bosphorus, in fact, the widest point is less than 2000 meters, so Russky Island and Vladivostok can be said to be close at hand, every year during the freezing period, the entire strait is basically frozen, can be directly passed, after Russia forcibly occupied Vladivostok, it is natural to include Russky Island, and if you want to capture Vladivostok, you must first capture Russky Island.

Most of the places where Luo Yue and others went on the ice were more than 1,000 meters away from Russky Island, and although they didn't dare to walk fast on the ice, it only took half an hour to walk through the ice and reach the land. Russky Island is basically covered with ferns, and the trees are mainly broad-leaved trees, although it is the season of ten thousand wood carvings, it can still provide a lot of cover for Luo Yue and others.

Luo Yue, Yang Rui, and Zhou Xinghan all opened the electronic map and confirmed that their current location was about the southeast of Russian Island, and the three of them negotiated a little and decided to divide into three routes, each of the three with a squadron, Yang Rui to the left, Zhou Xinghan to the right, around the island to investigate, and Luo Yue also took a squadron, across the island and over the Russian Mountain, and finally the three people converged in the northwest, the time was 2 hours.

In fact, the East China government has geographical data more than 100 years later, and has used drones to scan the whole island, so there is no need to conduct a careful survey, just check the details of the terrain, and determine the location of the Russian fortress and bunker.

After the assignment was completed, the three personnel immediately split up, and Luo Yue led a squadron to walk in the direction of the Russian Mountain. There were no permanent residents, and in the past there were a few fishermen who lived on the island temporarily, but after the Russians decided to fortify Vladivostok, they destroyed all the temporary houses on the island and forbade the inhabitants to come to the island again. However, due to the presence of garrisons, some simple roads were avoided, and the fortress on the top of the mountain was basically arranged in a launch shape.

Although the light tonight is average, and the visibility is only 5 or 60 meters, the KPA has night vision equipment, and each squad has a night vision goggles, which can see a distance of about 300 meters, which also provides great convenience to the KPA. But Luo Yue still didn't dare to be careless, because he was walking along the road, because it was very likely to meet Russian soldiers patrolling, so he was very careful along the way, and sent a team to go first, and after walking a distance of about 300 meters, he was on guard on both sides of the road, and the others followed, and then advanced in turn.

After walking like this for about 40 minutes, I did not encounter the patrolling Russian soldiers, but approached the fortress built by the Russian army at a distance of about 500 meters. There are a few electric lights hanging on the fortress, so that you can see it clearly without night vision goggles.

Everyone hid their figures, Luo Yue took out the binoculars, looked at the fortress, through the light meter, it can be basically seen that the area of the fortress is not large, it is circular, the wall is made of bricks, the front is high and the back is low, the high half is about 4-5 meters high, the back half is about 3 meters high, and there are more than 10 forts in the front, but only two are fully enclosed forts, and the rest are all open-air forts. And about 100 meters in front of the fortress, 4 small bastions were also arranged. Luo Yue also determined the altitude of the fortress and wrote down the relevant data.

On the walls of the fortress, there were only a small number of soldiers on night duty, but most of the soldiers were sleeping, although a small number of soldiers were walking around the wall, but it was not like they were patrolling, but to ward off the cold, and some soldiers were walking with their necks tilted up, probably pouring wine.

Overall, the location is similar to that taken by the drone. Moreover, the garrison soldiers are also very lax, Luo Yue estimates that with the current garrison of the fortress, if he can bring a battalion, or even an army with only 2 companies, to launch an attack on the fortress, there is basically no big problem in taking the entire fortress. However, for the future attack on Vladivostok, there is one more tactical option.

In fact, at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, because the Japanese fleet attacked Vladivostok, the garrison of Vladivostok was also strengthened a lot, and Russky Island had to patrol around the island at least twice at night, but then Japan did not attack Vladivostok again, and the main battlefield was far away from Vladivostok, so the garrison of Vladivostok was also lax a lot, because it was now freezing cold, and even the sea water near the coast was frozen, and the Japanese could not attack Vladivostok again, so not only did the night patrol be canceled, but even the army on the night vigil was greatly reduced, and the requirements for the soldiers on the night vigil were not so strict。

At this time, the goal of detection had been basically achieved, and Luo Yue was also very satisfied, so he ordered to leave the fortress, cross the Russian Mountain, and go to meet the other two people.