Chapter Ninety-Eight: What I Saw and Heard on the Way Back

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"Huzi! Well done! ”

Standing on the newly built fort in Phoenix Mountain, looking at Pingba Port with a brass monocular, Li Shouhan felt a burst of relaxation, "It is worthy of being a natural harbor in Asia!" ”

This huge bay is divided into two bays by the two peninsulas of Phoenix Mountain and Chongkong Mountain, the bay outside Phoenix Mountain is called Pingba Port, and the inside of Phoenix Mountain is the name that Shouhan is very familiar with, Cam Ranh Bay.

The two peninsulas divide the bay into two parts, the inner and outer bays, and act as a natural breakwater, providing an excellent harbor for ships in the bay.

Xu Huanshan built two sets of forts on Phoenix and Chongkong Mountain to provide protection for the sailors, and at the same time, also blockaded the port.

"Lord, please look!"

Xu Huanshan pointed to the gun emplacement at the bottom of the mountain with his hand, and the eighteen-pounder coastal defense gun made of ductile iron was like a fierce beast, squatting on the gun emplacement, and the muzzle of the black hole was either pointing out of the port, or blocking the route in and out of the port.

"The outer bay is slightly wider, about seven or eight miles wide, and the inner bay is narrow, less than three miles above sea surface. Lord, the ten newly cast nine-turn steel cannons of the guns are placed on the forts on the north and south hills, which is enough to defend against foreign enemy attacks! ”

"What's more, on the sub-batteries of the battery, there are also rocket positions and warehouses, once something happens, those gunners under the mark can launch hundreds of rockets in a soak of urine time! Blow the surface of the ocean into a sea of fire! ”

Looking at the fleet of boats along the waterway and under the leadership of the pilot, Shouhan didn't say a word, just looked at the little white sails, and the waves and shadows. In mid-air, flocks of waterfowl flew by from time to time, but unfortunately, Shouhan only knew seagulls, the legendary petrels or anything, and he didn't see any of them.

The fleet anchored in the inner harbor, and groups of soldiers landed from the ships, and immediately the dock became noisy and chaotic. Returning with the guards were 10,000 tribal soldiers and 2,000 new annexed troops, as well as their families. These people immediately filled the ditch with the dock and leveled it, and as far as the eye could see, there was a commotion everywhere.

A few of the people who followed Shouhan to inspect the fort on Phoenix Mountain glanced back, expressing their disdain for these tribal soldiers.

"Huzi, continue. How your position is laid out. ”

Shou Hantou did not reply, and then observed the defense system of Cam Ranh Bay.

It is the main design idea of Cam Ranh Bay's defense system to make use of the topographical advantages of the two peninsulas to strike at the external sea surface and waterways.

On the positive slope, there are not only rocket launch positions, but also ammunition depots and hidden caves transformed from natural grottoes and caves. About a few hundred steps away from the rocket launch position, Xu Huanshan placed the original eight-pounder and twelve-pounder guns here as supplementary firepower. Once the enemy ships have entered the blind spot of the eighteen-pounder guns, or have lowered their boats to prepare for landing, this is when the guns come into full swing.

The accompanying artillery officers quietly measured the firing range with their thumbs, "Obedient! Such a lack of moral firepower deployment? "Indeed, a dozen eight-pounder guns and six twelve-pounder guns constituted an extremely dense network of lethal fire against the enemy near the shore and the enemy who landed, and the officers sketched in their minds such a picture:

Several plywood boats, on the one hand, fired cannonballs at the batteries on the two positive slopes of Phoenix Mountain and Chongkong Mountain, and on the other hand, taking advantage of the tailwind, raised their full sails and quickly rushed towards the waterway, trying to make the most of the narrow waterway and enter the inner bay, so as to achieve the goal of capturing the port of Pingba.

After being blocked by the large-caliber shore defense guns of Battery Hill, the plywood boats changed their tactics, they dispersed the formation, opened the distance between the ships, and tried to disperse the artillery fire from the top of the hill. However, near the sea area leading to the mouth of the waterway in the outer bay, it was mercilessly bombarded by rockets.

Rockets filled with fish oil and a mixture of light oil and fierce oil distilled from coal tar greeted each other, making strange noises and screaming towards the plywood fleet, accompanied by puffs of black smoke billowing, and a fire broke out on the hit ship, and soon the fire caused the detonation of ammunition on the gun emplacements on the deck of the ship, and a plywood ship was about to sink.

The captain hurriedly ordered the dinghy to be lowered, and all the members boarded the dinghy. On the one hand, it was to flee for its life, and on the other hand, it was necessary to land quickly and fight the defenders on the battery. However, the eight-pounder and twelve-pounder guns deployed on the sub-batteries, as if they did not want to give these people a chance, used shotguns very inhumanely.

The peanut-sized shotgun swept across the sea like raindrops, through the planks, clothing, tissues, and bones until it penetrated and threw itself into the bosom of the sea. The sea was soon stained red with blood.

(Huh?) Why a plywood ship? Several officers were puzzled. )

"Huzi," Shouhan still called Xu Huanshan's nickname to show closeness. And others looked at Xu Huanshan with envy and jealousy, no way, who let this guy save the life of the lord back then, and then he was the lord's personal follower?

"How far is the storage room of the rocket from the ammunition depot at the gun position?"

"There are no ships on the sea in this area?"

A series of questions, like a rocket and an eighteen-pound gun, were raised to Xu Huanshan.

"My lord, please move your body and follow me to the ammunition room."

The peak turned around, and walked along the mountain road for a while, and a ravine appeared in front of Shouhan, looking inward through the branches and leaves of the trees, it seemed that someone was moving in the ditch.

"My lord, the rockets, gunpowder and other materials used by our army are extremely flammable, and the explosion power is huge, once they are heated, rubbed, vibrate, collided, and exposed to the sun, they will cause accidents. Biaoxia also thought that once the enemy attacked, in case a shell hit the rockets and gunpowder in Biaoxia's hands, wouldn't these sharp weapons that we had worked so hard to build be used on our own heads? Therefore, the terrain was surveyed under the mark, and finally this place was chosen as the ammunition depot of the Phoenix Mountain Fort. ”

"This ditch has a steep slope, many forked ditches, and a flat bottom of the ditch, which is easy for vehicles to enter and exit. In addition, it has the protective effect of the natural barrier of the hills, and the troops are deployed at the top of the hill and the mouth of the ditch, which is enough to guard the safety of this important military position. Along the way, Xu Huanshan introduced his proud work while walking.

When he arrived at the mouth of the ditch, Shouhan suddenly saw two pillboxes built against the mountain, forming a crossfire on the road in and out, and in a huge perforation, it seemed that an artillery piece could be seen being wiped and maintained by several soldiers.

"Stop!"

There were still more than thirty steps from the pillbox at the mouth of the ditch, and I don't know where a loud roar came from, followed by the sound of a musket being pulled.

"Military aircraft are important, don't go any further! Otherwise, I'm going to open fire! ”

Another voice came from the other side.

Mo Jin, who was beside Shouhan, raised his eyebrows, stepped forward and blocked Shouhan's side, and at the same time squinted his eyes at Xu Huanshan, and glanced at his seniors.

"Who's leading the class today? I'm Xu Huanshan! I'll accompany my lord to make a round! ”

"It's Officer Yang who is leading the class today, please wait a minute!" After the voice that spoke first was finished, a soldier walked out of the grass and trees on the other side.

From the direction where he walked out, people found that near the bunker at the mouth of the ditch, there was a hidden fort, which was covered with grass and mud.

"If you rush in recklessly and go straight to the two towers, then the firepower in the dark bunker can easily kill the attacking side." Several officers of the Guards Battalion couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on their backs.

After inspecting the waist card, the sentry still had a businesslike expression, "Lord, rank chief, please put down the weapon first, in addition, is there any fire on the body?" Are you wearing armor? Do you have wire mesh boots on your feet or something? If there is, please put it here under the mark, and the mark will be kept properly. ”

You!

Several of the guards were about to attack, but they saw that the guards had searched for themselves repeatedly, and took out everything that matched what the soldier had said.

Changed into straw shoes made of straw, the group of people through the two towers, several officers looked curiously, and found that the door of the pillbox, along the stone steps, is a dark dark passage, I don't know where it leads, the top of the secret passage, the same grass is covered with grass and trees, almost half a person high, with a rich green to cover the killing machine underground.

"That's supposed to be a ditch. It was dug by the brothers of the Xuanwu Battalion, not naturally generated. This ditch, if I'm not mistaken, Huzi, should lead to those dark castles outside, right? Shouhan looked at Xu Huanshan with a smile.

"The lord really sees everything! What you told me and Xiaopeng by chance back then, connecting forts, pillboxes, hiding caves, warehouses, etc., with ditches and secret tunnels. You can maximize your strength and firepower. The standard was tried out in this Pingba Port, not only the Phoenix Mountain Fort, but also the Chongkong Mountain Fort. ”

The group talked and laughed and came to the reservoir area.

"The rocks here are hard and the soil is uniform, and the mountains are all the same type of rocks, and the mountains are uniform and complete. It does not cause disasters such as collapses. ”

"Places with landslides, swamps, quicksands, collapsible macroporous soils, underground mines, etc., are not suitable as ammunition depot sites. The cave should be selected in a position with a complete mountain, solid rock mass and single lithology, avoiding gullys, low-lying and other terrain. Avoid landslides, faults, pits, dark rivers, karst caves, and dangerous rocks. The axis of the cave should be as perpendicular to the contour line as possible and go along the ridge, and each cavern should have more than two openings, and the entrance should strive to choose a place with hidden conditions and a dominant wind direction. The front of the hole of the ammunition depot should not be open to the flat land, the radius of 250 ~ 300m is best blocked by high mountains, the center of the hole left and right angles of 30 ° ~ 45 ° on the fan surface, should not be arranged any ground and underground buildings, such as the front of the hole is relatively open, the radius of the fan should also increase. The elevation of each hole in the same cave should be roughly the same, so as to avoid causing the slope in the cave to be too large and affect the stability and transportation safety of the material stacking, and the elevation of the hole should be higher than the nearby ground and the highest water level of the flood, so as to facilitate the seepage and discharge of water in the cave and prevent the water outside the cave from entering the reservoir. ”

-- Excerpt from the construction specifications for military warehouses of the South China Army.

As everyone knows, these are all things that have been accumulated bit by bit, and the initial starting point is Shouhan's inspection of the Phoenix Mountain Fort.

On the right bank of Cam Ranh Bay, in Barong, the soldiers of the Xuanwu Battalion used cut bamboo to build rows of barracks for the new brothers, and the soldiers of the new annex army and the tribal soldiers went in groups to rest according to their respective formations.

There was a moment of silence on the dock, with two sentries and large brooms sweeping up the garbage and waste along the way. Several soldiers cursed incessantly, "Lose that horse!" This group of Loro, it's so undisciplined! Garbage everywhere! Open defecation! ”

"Wait! Wait for the sticks! Our lord's stick is killing people! ”

"That's it! Chen (Tianhua) peeled the skin, and Wang (Bao) cramped. Zuo Tianpeng's flat shoulder is thin and long, and Xu Huanshan's military stick wants your life. ”

"Hahaha! Let's wait and see the excitement! ”

While the soldiers were cleaning, they gloated and looked forward to the good times of the new guys in the future.

Xu Huanshan, who is known as "want your life", is now in a house made of the same bamboo not far away, and the same group of officers are conducting a defensive battle deduction.

The officers of the accompanying fleet led by Chu Tianlei were responsible for the attack, and they played the role of the fleet of the Spaniards, for the simple reason that at the moment, in this area of the sea, there was no force that could fight the idea of Pingba Port, except for these Francophiles.

"Today we have defended the port of Pingba, and tomorrow we will go to take the old port!" This is Shouhan's private thoughts.

However, after several deductions, whether it was a gunboat battle, a landing battle on the attacking side, an offensive battle, a strategy of luring the snake out of the hole and diverting the tiger from the mountain, attacking the east and pointing at the west, scolding Huai, and so on, all of them were resolved one by one by Xu Huanshan's meticulous and cautious attitude relying on a perfect defense system.

Li Shouhan, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, watched the two sides move back and forth on the sand table made of a lot of manpower and material resources, representing the small flags representing the troops, weapons, ships, and artillery, and couldn't help but show a smile, looked at Xu Huanshan's steady and steady tactics, nodded, and then shook his head gently.

"That's it! That's all for today! Shouhan put down the teacup in his hand, stood up and shook off his robe, shaking some of the scraps of snacks to the ground.

"If you're interested, you can continue to think of ways to find time to talk to Lord Xu. Remember, there is no fortress fortress that cannot be attacked. ”

Turning his head, "Huzi, good!" You have built Pingba Port like a copper wall and an iron wall Jincheng soup pool, which is very good! I put these tens of thousands of people with you, and it was not in vain. In the past few years, there have been hundreds of thousands of dollars of money, grain and rice allocated to you before and after, right? But your official office is still made of bamboo, which shows that you have spent all your money and food on the fortress. Thank you! ”

After speaking, Shouhan lifted the hem of his clothes, and was about to salute Xu Huanshan, "Shouhan respectfully thanks General Xu on behalf of the people of Nanzhong!" ”

"My lord! How does this make it?! Xu Huanshan moved faster, kneeling on the same ground paved with bamboo before Shouhan, both of them knelt on the ground, looked at each other, Shouhan couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart. Since they came, it was these people who were the closest people. Now, they are all in charge of their own characters, and God is also very kind to me.

With a rich dinner, the whole harbor slowly fell silent from the noise of the day, and the barracks were lit with sparkling lights, and from time to time there were bursts of laughter in the houses.

Obviously, it was the tribal soldiers and their families who imagined their future life together, and the two meals at noon and evening gave them a glimpse of the abundance here, and made them understand that as long as they listened to the greetings and were willing to contribute, such a life was right in front of their eyes.

Everyone wants their lives to be good.

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