Napoleon's fleet was still moving at a speed of fourteen knots, and although the Nha Pi River had narrowed here, there was no problem with a warship of this type of Napoleon's fleet.

Napoleon had not long since sent the Marines over to know the land and water conditions here, and that ten kilometers away was the entrance to the Saigon River. At the current speed, you can enter the Saigon River in half an hour, and then you can drive directly to your destination.

What Napoleon was most pleased with was the depth of the entire river. Although the width of the entire water system has changed, the depth of the river has not changed much, and it can meet the depth requirements of warships. The bottom of the water is also always flat, and there are never rocks protruding to hinder the boat.

Mai Ke kept in touch with Liuhua as he walked, knowing that he had returned to the team and was going all out to Jiading.

In front of them, there is only one place that needs to be delayed a little time, and that is Bian He.

Bian Hoa is also a relatively large city, and Liuhua and Ruan Shixiong have inquired about it, and they are going to take an hour to capture it.

After the capture of Bianhe, there was a hill in front of it, full of forests, and the area that passed through Guò was Jiading. Rendezvous with the army of waterways at the agreed time, it is estimated that there will be no problems.

Mai Ke was talking to Liuhua, and Napoleon came over, looking heavy, as if there was something serious.

Mai Ke then stopped communicating with Mai Ke and stepped forward to ask.

Napoleon dragged Mai Ke to the bow of the ship and pointed to the water in front of him: "Look! On the river in front, I don't know why, there are many big trees floating.

"At first, the ships that opened the way in front of them were cleared, but now there are more and more. It is no longer possible to drive at the speed used to. ”

Mai Ke raised his eyes and looked, and sure enough, he found that there were many big trees on the river in front of him, all with branches and leaves, crowded and inserted, connected into a piece, and the two open boats were struggling to clean up, although it ensured that the waterway could continue to navigate, it was impossible to maintain the original speed.

It was learned that there were also two open ships behind the fleet. Make a way for troop carriers. Mai Kejian yì was also transferred to the front to strengthen the power of cleaning the waterways.

The river was wide, and the fleet moved slightly to the right, and the two open ships were in front. Participated in the removal of debris.

Now the officers and soldiers who are responsible for the clearance. Already known. These obstacles are not only trees, but also ropes and vines. For example, kudzu and other debris greatly increase the difficulty of cleaning up, because they entangle these already heavy trees.

Mai Ke built again and sent two troop carriers to help the way-opening ship, at least to sort out the entangled trees and debris, separate them, and cut off the tangled kudzu vines so that the road-opening ship could further dispose of them.

Mai Ke has realized that something is wrong. Could it be that the locals are not environmentally conscious, throwing these felled trees into the river and letting the river wash them into the sea?

However, this seems unlikely, although the navigation of this river is far from developed, there are still many ships coming and going, and this kind of dumping garbage that affects navigation should not appear.

Maybe there was a flood upstream, and a large area of forest was destroyed? Besides, the water is still as clear as ever, not at all like a flood that carries a lot of sediment.

If none of these are the case, someone is probably doing it on purpose. In connection with the purpose of this march, this enemy must be from Jiading.

It seems that the problem is more tricky, and if it goes on like this, it may not be possible to reach Jiading on time and meet with the land route.

Looking at the river cleaning in front, after the troop carrier went up, with the help of a thousand new forces, the cleaning speed was accelerated a lot.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mai Ke continued the conversation with Liuhua that he had not finished before.

Liuhua reported to Mai Ke that during this time, they had captured Bianhe City. The occupation process went unusually smoothly, and as soon as the two thousand defenders fought, they immediately abandoned the city and fled.

"In which direction did you flee?" asked Mai Ke.

"Oriental. It is estimated that he wants to enter Jiading. They probably didn't think that running there was just a delay in being a prisoner. Six strokes said with a smile.

It seems that Brother Liuhua is now full of confidence. Mai Ke believed that he would not be proud of the enemy, so he didn't say anything, but just informed the six strokes of the abnormality he encountered on his side, and at the same time asked him for his views on this matter and whether there was a better solution.

After hearing this, Liuhua reported that he also thought that this matter was extraordinary, and that he had no good way to deal with it at present, and at the same time, he said that he himself should be more vigilant about the march ahead.

After speaking, Mai Ke looked at the situation in front of him and found that there were new variables.

Many local residents appeared on both sides of the river, and not only continued to throw trees and other garbage into the river, but about half of them opened their bows and fired arrows at the warships.

Their bow and arrow attacks were of little effect, not even to the fleet, but they made it clear that the trees and garbage in the river came from them, and that they were hostile to the fleet.

Although their bows and arrows were helpless against the warship, they posed a threat to the marines who helped clean up, and many of them were already wounded and sent to Mai Ke for treatment.

Mai Ke saw that only a few of these injured people were injured by bows and arrows, and the rest were poisoned!

After inquiry, I learned that these people had been poisoned by touching the trees with their bare hands during the cleaning process.

It seems that the enemy is arranged very closely, one ring after another, and I don't know what tricks are behind it.

Mai Ke looked at the people who had been injured by the arrows and found that they had also been poisoned, and they were even more severe. When Mai Ke thought about it, he immediately understood that this poison must be through the blood, and it directly enters the blood after being injured, of course, it is much faster than the transmission through the skin.

Seeing the enemy's vicious methods and cunning, Mai Ke was also furious, and immediately ordered the frigates arranged on both sides of the fleet to fire at those people with flank fire!

Despite his rage, Mai Ke still didn't go on a killing spree, and the function of this flank cannon was greater than killing.

After a few rounds of artillery fire, the men were dispersed and could no longer litter and interfere with the normal operation of the fleet.

After another half an hour of hard work, the fleet finally entered the Saigon section of the river. Due to the interference of the enemy, it took four times as long to pass the waterway in front of Guò!

I was expecting that things would be better when I entered the Saigon River, but when I first looked at the river, I knew that it had backfired.

The entire surface of the river has been completely covered by large trees!

It seems that the enemy's obstruction in front is not only to prevent the fleet from moving normally, but more importantly, to delay the time, so that the rear section of the river can be relaxed and delay the fleet to Jiading as much as possible!

Mai Ke couldn't help but be surprised when he thought of this--no! Their goal was to draw all the way! (To be continued......)