Chapter 45: The Mother of the Black Hour
Text 651.Chapter 651
The main force of the northern royal capital continued to retreat under the repeated harassment and sneak attacks of the Zhongshu army, bypassing Seorak Mountain and gathering at Sokcho. Sokcho was a beautiful tourist city before the war, bordering Daepo Port to the south, and was once famous as a high-end seafood distribution center for fishing boats, but the war did not avoid this area. After the Whooping Ghost Event, the landscape and climate of the entire region were changed, the temperature dropped dramatically, and the city is now empty.
It had just snowed, the ground was not yet completely frozen, and in the afternoon the temperature had risen, the roads had become muddy, it was difficult for heavy vehicles to move forward, and the soldiers had not had a hot meal for a long time. The land supply line was completely cut off by the Jungshu government army, and the soldiers wanted to ask the residents of Sokcho for supplies on the spot, but they did not expect that there were no more people here. There were even soldiers who tried to dig potatoes in villages on the edge of the city, but there was nothing. Although the war is over and the damage caused by the Hundred Day Oni is slowly fading, the remaining villagers here are so poor that the soldiers of the northern royal capital can't stand it anymore, and instead give them all their food.
Hunger and illness made the soldiers swell, and they were so weak that they had to try to dig up wild vegetables and cook them. There is a local sweet root cabbage, scattered in the field, a bit like a carrot, slightly sweet, but poisonous. The Northern Army decreed that the soldiers were forbidden to eat this sweet root vegetable, but they still couldn't help but eat it.
Sokcho has become their last stronghold, and they have no way out, so they can only wait here for the transport fleet of the northern royal capital.
The soldiers of the Youth Corps, who used to belong to Jin Jiangji, also had pale faces and walked swayingly. But they still insisted on maintaining discipline, morning and evening roll calls, cleaning, maintaining firearms, and wiping down vehicles.
The officers of the main force of the royal capital were much more presumptuous, and they gathered in the ruins of the ruined city to gamble. Although there is nothing to eat, there is a lot of money. As for how to fight, no one cares. They knew they couldn't do anything but wait for the fleet here.
On the sea, where the army of the northern royal capital could not see, there was a formation of anti-ship combat boats of the southern Zhongshu government army.
This is a reinforcement from the encirclement point.
The Southern Army drove the royal capital's army into Sokcho, besieged it without attacking, and it was here that it waited for the rescue fleet to ambush the Northern Army. Due to the influence of the electronic resonant cloud, the radar was unusable, and the sailors had to take shifts to the mast to lookout. After a long wait and cold weather, no one can stand it.
There is the sound of airplanes in the dark, but how is this possible, who will fly in the electronic resonant cloud, not only difficult to navigate, but also likely to be eroded by the cloud and become a puppet.
"Shoot!" Suddenly, someone shouted, "That plane is heading for Sokcho, get it down." β
It was already late, and the white ship-7 VIP transport plane flew high over the combat boats of the Southern Army, and it seemed that it had long known that the radar and missiles of the Southern Army could not be used; But he flew steadily and successfully bypassed the resonant clouds. If you look closely, there is also a fighter plane in front of the ship-7 VIP transport plane, which is not clear and seems to be a swept wing layout.
"It's over." The commander of the combat boat formation shouted. With the loss of radar and radio communications, this speedboat formation was fighting almost in medieval terms.
In the small airport of Sokcho City, the soldiers of the Northern Army also gathered curiously here. Judging by the aircraft type and insignia, it is a friendly army.
The 73rd Regiment of the Youth Commando Corps, which was in charge of the guards, was on high alert and quickly surrounded the airfield. It didn't take long for the ship's 7 VIP transport plane to land, the fuselage slowed down, and the tall vertical tail came to its side, painted with brightly colored battle flags. The commander of the 73rd Regiment was stunned and motionless, it was the battle flag of Princess Jin Jiangji.
"Princess? The princess is back......"
"What? Are you sure? β
"Princess, is it a princess?"
They even forgot to prepare the ceremonial red carpet, and they forgot to line up, they couldn't believe it, and could only stare at the hatch of the ship's 7 VIP transport plane.
With a click, the hatch opened. A flight attendant in a youth league uniform jumped out of it, pulled out the gangway to support it, and then stood next to him and saluted.
A small figure appeared in the hatch.
Everyone present knew each other, but couldn't believe it. The sun is shining on her, it's her, Princess Jin Jiangji is back.
"Princess...... Her Royal Highness the Princess. The 73 regiment commander's voice trembled.
"Well, thank you for coming. Bring in the commander here for the handover of command. Jin Jiangji called out his name.
But he didn't dare to respond, his whole body stiffened, and his legs trembled, as if he had seen a ghost.
"What's the problem? I am back. She laughs. Although the clouds were overcast, the sun was still scattered on her, and that was the smile of the princess.
"Yes!" He saluted, and immediately arranged for the others to guide the princess, and ran to report to the commander-in-chief.
It didn't take long for all the soldiers in Sokcho to know that Princess Kim Gang-hee had returned.
Several generals came to see the princess in a trembling manner, to report on the situation, to confirm the command authority, and did not make any resistance. More than half of the main force of the royal capital has already been lost, and there are people from the youth group all around, and several people are afraid that the princess will shoot them.
The princess didn't waste time on these people, she just asked them to go back to their own team to prepare for battle, and if they wanted to hide behind and eat and gamble, I am afraid it would be impossible.
The alert patrol was completed, and the escort fighters also landed, it was an F-24 Tomcat II fighter, and on board were Kara and Mong. Only under the guidance of the attack can the princess's plane successfully arrive through the clouds.
As night fell, in order to avoid being shelled by enemy ships on the sea, Jin Jiangji ordered strict control of the lights. She knew that the plan of the Southern Army was to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and she had already figured out the enemy's affiliation on the route. The counterattack breakout plan is also very direct, allowing the new Minsk on the periphery to pretend to go south as planned and play the rescue team of the northern royal capital. The Southern Army knew that there were large ships heading south, and their attention would definitely be attracted. The youth group in Sokcho Fortress formed a sea assault team and used abandoned civilian ships in the harbor to raid the enemy fleet. With the advantage of the number of people and the number of ships, strive to win the ship.
Around the bonfire in the ruined city, the youth league soldiers were in high spirits, and they were finally able to do a great job.
Although Counselor Park felt that the princess's tactics were a bit naΓ―ve. But it was under her inspiration that those sallow soldiers were so enthusiastic that their frustration was swept away, and he really admired the charm of the princess, and even he was fascinated.
The port is full of fishing boats, tugboats, transport boats, barges and small cargo ships abandoned by local residents. The soldiers actively prepared, checked the condition of the ships, counted the ships that could be used.
The princess also came to the port of Daepo, where there were still three gunboats left, and the youth group was trying to recover. The Youth Regiment itself is a fast-moving force that can adapt to a variety of platforms, but this time they have to do more, which is to launch and operate these small boats, carrying commandos drawn from the main force to charge from the shore to the sea, disrupt the Southern blockade and open the way for the rescue fleet of the northern royal capital. As soon as the Northern Fleet arrives, it will be brought under the command of the princess, and then it will be possible to fight a great battle.
The night was dark.
"I respect your war."
In the Jinjiang Ji main formation account temporarily opened by Dapu Port, Meng Ji said.
"Well," she said, not wanting to look at the striking, but looking down at the charts. But the more he spoke, the more he spoke, he couldn't stop, "Thank you, thank you for your understanding, I know what you want to say, and you know that I have no choice." I just didn't expect that after so long, you haven't changed at all, you're still the same you. β
Jin Jiangji raised her head, but she didn't look at Meng, the candle flame reflected her face, "Do you remember, when I saw you for the first time in the castle tower, I didn't think you were an ordinary person, not like a person like us. How on earth do you get to this point, in your heart, there are no feelings? There is no love, there is no hate, you just insist on what you think is right. Look outside, look at my people, look at the land, look at the world. Don't you think it's too extravagant for us to talk about justice here? β
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"Needless to say, no one knows your mind better than I do, and I was once your wingman pilot." She rubbed her eyes, stood up, and turned her face to look at him.
In the flickering candlelight, Meng Struck saw her, she had changed, and her innocent and pure beautiful eyes had completely changed. In the pupils, there was fire and flames.
"You haven't changed at all." She smiled wryly, took a step closer to him, reached out and grabbed his sleeve, "Join us, I need you, we need you." You think everyone is precious, I know, you think people will go extinct, I know. However, as long as the war continues, people will still die, and in the end they will not be able to save even one person. I need you, to end this war, so that we can re-establish order, and order can guarantee the survival of man. A few sacrifices allow the majority to survive; You just save and don't give up on anyone, and under this kind of justice, only a few people can live. You know, stay with me, just like before. β
"I will." The voice of the struck was neither cold nor enthusiastic. Maybe he has been in the Hundred Days Ghost System for too long, maybe he has seen too many evil ghosts and suffering, and his eyes seem so faint that it is difficult to describe. "I'm not going to attack the Southern Army, I'm going to be on guard for puppets in the air."
Jin Jiangji looked at him again, looked at him with him, and looked at him deeply.
Unfortunately, life in the castle tower is never to return.
She stretched out her arm, grabbed his hand with her small palm, and pulled him out of the barracks, where she cried out among the soldiers of the Youth Corps: "All attention, this is an ally of my army, attacked!" He will fight alongside us! See clearly, he is our ally! Fight with us! β
The Youth League was even more excited: "Hurray." "Long live the Alliance!"
At the small airfield in Sokcho, Youth Corps soldiers are helping Kara with fighter jet maintenance and resupply.
When night returns to the night, a decisive battle between the North and the South will take place.