"The Navy has a formal guide to the conduct of officers and men who operate on the ship, and the basic content includes making knots, deck order, entering and exiting the cabin, embarking and disembarking, etc."

"The Governor-General of Jamaica has issued a code of conduct for the rainforest, including how to prevent malaria, identify dangerous organisms, repel mosquitoes, filter drinking water, camp, be on guard, and dispose of your own waste."

"These are the great experiences of England that have been tested with human life in the glorious history of two hundred years, and some people have compiled them into a book, hoping that the noble blood of England will not be shed in vain."

On the Dahlia, Nelson stood in the middle of the crowd, waving two shoddy pamphlets in his hands, his face gloomy.

"But the blood of our ancestors seems to have been shed in vain! Some people obviously prefer to provoke nature with their ignorance and test danger to book experience! ”

"Four days ago, someone left the team without permission on land and lost his life."

"It was still four days ago that someone grabbed a board and boarded the ship, killing an innocent person, and he himself paid for his life."

"And yesterday, five more fools broke the order of the uniform collection of excrement and acted clever enough to pee into the San Juan River at night......"

Nelson looked coldly at the five sergeants in the middle of the deck, stripped to a single short.

"The crew of the Dahlia, Polo. Sergeant Mills; Cactus crew, Medi. Corporal Treonard; Boat No. 4 crew, Allen. Second Lieutenant Diani; Boat Twelfth crew, Soldier Daniel. Ziggy; Boat Sixteen crew, Soldier Shaw. Morris. ”

"One officer, two non-commissioned officers, two soldiers. Your excellent performance succeeded in attracting a swarm of crocodiles, killing thirty-two people and injuring sixty-six others of varying severity. ”

Nelson took a deep breath.

"I don't care if you memorized these two pamphlets at Kingston, but at least in Lucifelds, a week before Operation Lanhai began, Major Spencer and I worked out the important regulations in the booklets, and we also selected someone to make sure that everyone on the San Juan River could recite them correctly!"

"I obviously underestimated your stupidity!"

On the first day of the retracement, Drake punished the rulebreakers in a pirate manner, even though the process was unbearable for every benevolent person to look at. But I have to admit that compulsory education does make stupid people learn to be smart. ”

"I'm going to follow his example."

Nelson tossed his notebook to his entourage and walked through the crowd to the bow of the boat.

He pointed to the other side.

"It's 15 meters from here to the riverbank, and in a moment my chief guard will make a hole in each of you, and give you a bayonet and a bag of water."

"You need to swim over and wait in the jungle for us to return, or for the kind fishermen passing by."

"If you survive, then God has forgiven you. If you don't survive, you deserve it. ”

"Now, do you have any objection to the decision?"

Pale Alan. Second Lieutenant Diani hurriedly stood up: "I have an objection, sir! According to the law of England, a court-martialed is required to try an officer! I applied for a court-martial! ”

Nelson laughed, "Good, no objections from everyone." England needs everyone to do their part, and you may have made mistakes, but at least you have the courage to take responsibility. ”

Ensign Diani's face faded with blood, and all the blood converged into his eyes, and he strangled Nelson with a vicious, almost cannibalistic look.

"Nope! I have an objection! I have an objection! For God's sake, Major Spencer, you can't let a Navy wantonly insult the dignity of the Army! You can't! ”

Spencer's face turned away expressionlessly, and his expression was almost the same as that of Lorraine under the morning sun.

"Second Lieutenant Freemani, go and execute with Sergeant Sykes. We've wasted a lot of time, and according to the plan, we should have left Rice Bay today. ”

"Yes, sir." ……

Plop, plop......

The sound of falling water came one after another, the lapping of the water, the screams, the strange noise, the noisy birdsong of the jungle......

Lorraine lay on Henna's lap with her forehead covered, lazily basking in the sun.

Bartow clutched the butt of his rifle and walked up to the roof of the cabin.

"Captain, five people, desert island punishment, don't you really want to take a look?"

"What's so nice about fish eating people? I'm not crazy. Lorraine leaned over angrily to make herself lie more comfortably, "What about Leff?" I heard he was bitten by a crocodile last night? ”

"Just a snap by the crocodile tail, and the fracture has been ruled out. Captain Eriksson was skinning the crocodiles, saying that he would make a new leather shield, a stronger one. ”

"Berserker...... The spirit is so good......"

……

The bloody night in Rice Bay was like a turning point in the middle of a journey.

Nearly half of the personnel who carried out the landing operation were lost at once, most of the dead were missing, and the wounded were all contained in a 10-meter boat, which was watched by eight indigenous sailors on the way home.

Inevitably, the morale of the ranks hit a low point.

Lorraine was not surprised by this, because in the case of a man-to-man battlefield, after suffering such a proportion of damage, a competent commander would already need to start thinking about how to surrender to his opponent with dignity.

Nelson could not surrender to the crocodiles and the rainforest, and his ambitions did not allow him to stop the operation.

Spencer's situation was similar to Nelson's, although the ambition was not his own, but John. Major General Darling had given him the heavy responsibility, and he could not in any way retreat before Nelson had to retreat.

Probably the most indifferent of all was Lorraine and his team.

The Drakes also suffered heavy losses on the night of the bloody battle, but thanks to the inhuman bravery and strength of Lorraine, Henna, and Leif made it possible for them to reach the highest point in the ranks since the operation began.

No whispers of pirates were heard in the landing party, and Freemani's obedience to Lorraine was no longer the only one.

Every Drake was offered by the soldiers, and every word that came out of the boatman's mouth was considered a golden gem.

This means that, regardless of the morale of the team, at least for the Drakes, they are less risky and have significantly less to worry about.

Forward, forward.

The procession traced upwards in oppression and silence, and at an incomparably slow pace, determined and resolute toward the end of the San Juan River.

They often encounter indigenous fishermen in canoes or dhows on the river.

Most of the time, both sides were able to pass each other non-aggressively, and a few times fishermen would make cameos on a whim, and then Lorraine and Nelson would teach them why only white people could be called real pirates.

After more than 10 days of walking, even the landing team members who were ignorant of water affairs began to clearly feel that the river was getting deeper and the trees were getting thinner.

This is already the edge of the rainforest, and judging by the changes in the course of the river, it should not be too far from the abundant Lake Nicaragua, and the first phase destination, the fortress of San Carlos, will appear in front of them at any time.

The Dahlia led the fleet into a deserted tributary of a narrow waterway, stopping less than two kilometers.

Spencer ordered his troops to land on a grassy slope and set up camp on dry heights.

The team immediately got busy, cutting wood, digging ditches, and building the outline of a well-equipped barracks as quickly as possible.

This camp looks very different from the makeshift camp set up during the beachfront rush.

On the outermost side of the barracks, there is an insect repellent ditch one meter deep and two meters wide, sprinkled with lime and sulfur, and behind the insect repellent ditch is a beast wall more than two meters high and the outer ring is obliquely filled with wooden spears.

The camp wall is equipped with two gates, north and south, the gates are three meters high, and each has a thick suspension bridge that is taller than the gate to cross the insect repellent ditch.

Behind the camp wall, three lookout posts were built in the east and west, which were half-exposed outside the wall and had a clear view.

Lorraine watched strangely as the soldiers were in a hurry to clear the forest and set up camp, and turned her head to find Nelson and Spencer in a heated argument.

"What are you arguing about?"

The argument immediately stopped.

Nelson pointed to one on the map and said to Lorraine, "Drake, we're in the Loskie area. San Carlos is north-northwest of us, no more than ten kilometers from where we are now. ”

"And then?"

"My opinion was to take advantage of the Spaniards' lack of preparation and land directly to take San Carlos, but Major Spencer did not support my plan."

Lorraine blinked, "I remember that before you came, you seemed to have a consensus. ”

"The consensus remains the same!" Spencer slapped the wooden box that served as a table, "But the morale of the troops is at a low point, and we need to rest and recover to avoid unnecessary casualties!" ”

"By the time your soldiers are well rested, San Carlos will have already discovered us!"

"Don't make assumptions as if they're true"

"It's not a hypothesis, it's an inference! I'm willing to swear by every statement I make! He scratched his head irritably, "Drake, what do you think?" ”

"Attack the unprepared and rest and prepare for ......battle," Lorraine thought for a moment, "since the army must have some time to recover its morale, then I propose that I take a few men into the fortress first." ”

"Into the fortress?"

Lorraine shrugged: "A lot of people say I look like a Castilian. If we can get something out of it, we can make it much easier when the battle begins. ”