0203 Where the tip of the knife points to
The view of the telescope was pitch black, towns, buildings, docks, ships ...... Everything is hidden in the darkness of the midnight, and the boundary between the sea and the sky cannot be distinguished.
"The overcast sky is approaching the town beneath the city...... Hey, I didn't find them that good match before. ”
Lorraine muttered and lowered his goggles, beckoning, summoning Acharin, who had set up the deck guns.
"All the firepower is placed, right?"
"The upper guns on the starboard side were reinforced to the port side, with a total of 10 18-pounder guns and 12 twelve-pounder guns. It's just that the counterweight on the ship is somewhat insufficient, and considering the problem of the center of gravity, I propose to remove the bow and stern guns, or reduce the upper guns to 8. ”
"Only the stern guns are removed." Lorraine thought for a moment, "Scattered bombs and chain bullets that are not needed can also be adjusted to the bottom compartment to ensure the center of gravity." ”
"In this way, the maneuverability of the ship is not guaranteed." Yacharin worried.
"Make sure that the mobile combat capability can be restored within an hour, and that the firepower configuration of the lucky horseshoe will not change, so that she can be the final line of defense of the Golden Deer."
"Understood." Acharin should shout and run to give the order, and after a while, he turned back, "Captain, no matter how tight the time is, it is too difficult for the Admiral to go from making a battle plan to achieving the battle goal overnight. ”
Lorraine tilted her head and looked expressionless: "How long do you want?" ”
"The Family Glory is looking out of the bay, and there is no signal back so far, which means that the defense fleet has not yet responded to the battle, right? Wouldn't it be better to have an extra day to prepare? ”
"There is no point in this delay." Lorraine closed his eyes, "Lerobel won't run, and the situation on the dock won't change much today or tomorrow, which means that we can choose so many combat methods, and it's the same until tomorrow." ”
"But tonight's visibility ......"
"It is possible to start with an extended shot, and once the town burns up, visibility is guaranteed."
Lorraine stretched out her hand to feel the sea breeze.
"Yacharin, it's getting colder, there will probably be rain tomorrow, shelling as soon as possible."
"I know that rain can affect the spread of fires." Acharin sighed, "It's just that as a Frenchman, this plan is really unpleasant......"
……
Dressed in a pure black robe, Henna jumped down the wall like an elf in the night sky and landed silently.
She was followed by Noah, Pierce, and the carefully selected Stormtroopers of the Golden Deer.
Henna raised her hand and made a silent gesture.
"Noah, time."
"1:06 a.m."
"There should be time to ......"
Henna took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and began to compare the images she had observed at dusk.
The fence that I had just climbed over should belong to a private warehouse near the bay, and as far as the eye could see, the roof, walls, and other details were all right.
Fifty meters further south of the warehouse is the No. 1 battery marked by Lorraine, and then three hundred and twenty meters further into the bay is the No. 2 battery.
These two turrets are relics of Martinique's early development and were designed to defend against unscrupulous pirates, so the dilemma of firing at large angles with naval guns was considered early on.
The spherical semi-enclosed cladding is 270 degrees wide, and the whole body is made of bluestone, and the inner body is covered with cork, which resembles the dome of the observatory of later generations, and has extraordinary defense against the sea.
It was impossible for the Golden Deer's firepower to penetrate this level of composite retaining, and in order to successfully realize the bombardment of the docks, sending the SA to infiltrate the noisy Lerobel, and dismantling the battery from land became the only option.
From nightfall, Henna landed in a dinghy forty kilometres south of the town with her selected combatants, and galloped along the coast for five hours, bypassing three tight militia lines in succession, and reaching the left side of the battery. Eighth Library
"Location confirmed." Henna opened her eyes, "Noah, according to Lorraine's plan, I will take ten people to Battery No. 2, and you and Pierce will take the remaining thirty people to destroy Fort One. ”
Noya touched her well-behaved white ears and nodded solemnly: "Sister Heina, will there be too few people in your place?" I've heard that the guns are very old, and each one weighs three tons. ”
"I'm not good at working with sailors, and it's a waste of too many people." Henna shook her head, "Between the two batteries is a temporary barracks for the militia, and it is estimated that there are more than two hundred people stationed, so try not to use muskets until the destruction is complete, once there is a disturbance, it will be difficult to do." ”
"I know."
"That's it. Give me fifteen minutes to exercise, and fifteen minutes later the attack begins. ”
"Okay."
In this way, the pre-war meeting, which was not at all like a pre-war meeting, ended so neatly.
Henna led her ten elite crew members to the second battery in the darkness, replaying in her mind what Lorraine had said before departure.
"Henna, in fact, you and Noah are not suitable to command the stormtroopers, Pierce may be able to do it in another five years, but at this stage he is just a good marksman."
"But there is no way, this time I have to stay on the ship to deal with the accident, Bell has to command the lucky horseshoe to protect the Golden Deer, Acharin has to control the entire artillery line, Wang Ye and Clen have been left in New Orleans by me, and only the two of you have both combat power and prestige on the ship......"
"In short, be careful, don't force it, give up decisively when it's time to give up, your actions are not that important."
"Remember, it's just two batteries that should be sent to the museum, and even if it doesn't work, I'm sure I'll blow up the entire dock."
"100% sure, you can rest assured......"
Just rest assured......
Just rest assured!
Henna stopped suddenly, and the players chasing behind him couldn't brake, and rolled around one by one with their big mouths, although they looked embarrassed, they didn't make the slightest strange sound.
"Hide yourselves." She said to the gourd, "What if someone accidentally slips through before I kill all the people in the fort...... Cut yourself, that's the most simple way to die. ”
The gourds bared their teeth and nodded repeatedly, they felt Henna's murderous gaze, and hurriedly got up, each looking for a secret tired body.
When there was no one to be seen anywhere, Henna leaned over and stripped off her wide gown, then took off her tight boots, carefully stacked them in a shadowless corner, and then fell to the ground on all fours, leaping like a cat onto the sleek and towering solitary side of the casemate.
The stormtroopers hiding in the shadows watched in amazement as the slender henna threw herself onto the dome, her limbs wide open, and leaned forward.
Her elbows and knees were at great angles, her neck was raised high, and her eyes were straight ahead.
But her body clearly did not touch the curved stone wall, and her chest, abdomen, thighs, and chin all maintained a subtle angle to the curved surface, and she only relied on her curved fingertips and toes to stick her body to the almost vertical surface, not moving at all.
In just a few moments, sweat seeped from her forehead.
She gasped, breathing longer and longer.
I'm not good at lying to my peers at all......
It's clumsy......
All in all, you won't be disappointed......
I'm good, Noah's good, Pierce's good......
And the head of the LORD shall be plucked from thee in the place where the tip of thy sword shall be pointed.
Rest assured, Lorraine.