Chapter 568: Waiting Before the Battle
Dinghai is located in the Taipei Basin near the coastal settlement, from the moment of encounter with the indigenous hunters, has been in a tight battle, on a huge island, Dinghai on the island of only more than 400 people, this personnel is very disparity, under the premise of everything unknown, can only be as prepared as possible, how to do not overdo.
Inside the camp, there was a tense increase in defense, and outside the camp, a reconnaissance team of about 30 people was also in action, and they were responsible for monitoring possible incoming indigenous attacks.
The Dinghai Navy is not afraid of war, it has a reinforced concrete structure, and a huge defense system built before, which is enough to deal with the attack of several times the enemy, but if it is a sneak attack, then there is no way.
No matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is, no matter how sophisticated the protection is, it is also the flesh of the human body, once they are caught off guard and encounter an attack, the strength of the combat effectiveness does not have much impact, and the grasp of the timing and the number of people are the key issues.
Knowing that the enemy is several times larger, they must also be let out, even if these elite forces will be attacked by sneak attack, they will not care, they will provide a barrier for the settlement, and there is a chance to detect them in advance.
For example, in the more complex terrain, how to find a place where they can safely hide, and can observe the enemy, this is the basic skill, and the appearance of telescopes will also improve their security performance a lot.
There is no need to rely on visual vision, many positions are selected, unlike traditional scouts, and they are very far away, with plenty of reaction time.
Fortunately, the Taipei Basin is a basin, and it is located at sea on one side, so it is easy to monitor and guard, and there are more than 30 scouts, which is enough to include the surrounding points.
The relationship close to the sea, on the sea, is also a direction of attack, but it will not be the point, the natives rarely even set foot in the plains, let alone the sea.
To attack from the sea, you must first have a boat, a canoe like that, on the coast of the Ryukyus, it is a joke, the rough waves, so that he can not get close to the shore at all, it must be a real pass, even if it is just the most ordinary.
Shipbuilding is not a simple job, there are many principles, these comprehensive things, not an indigenous can solve, in fact, even in the 21st century, those uncivilized tribes, even on the island, know how to build ships, not many.
In addition to the boat, another point is that the sea has an unobstructed view, if it is not for bad weather, the sea is flat and unobstructed.
The base of the Dinghai Navy has a very high height and a lot of telescopes, which may be shielded by dense forests on land, but at sea, it is almost impossible.
The telescope on land, maybe because of the mountain peaks, or something else, can only see more than ten miles, twenty miles, need to rely on the terrain, but on the sea, nothing can block the line of sight, as long as it is in the range of light in a straight line, you can see.
The focus of the naval guard is still placed on the land, the Taipei Basin, which is more suitable for reconnaissance, but there are also many various passages, not as accessible as the plains, but it is also necessary to monitor at least a dozen points, and these reconnaissance personnel, that is, one or two people, or even separate groups, conduct observation.
Hiding in a hidden place, monitoring all suspicious people who may go to the settlement, sometimes, a lurk, that is, a day, from the morning when the sky is dark, or even before dawn, enter the lurking place, do not move or move less, until dark, three meals a day, eating, drinking, Lazar need to be in the same position, this is a huge test of the will of the reconnaissance personnel.
Fortunately, it is not necessary at night, otherwise, with only more than 30 people, it is simply impossible.
At night, except for a few key passes, other places are not scouted.
The navy has limited personnel, and it is impossible to reconnoiter day and night, and in the same way, the quality of people in this era is not a person who can act at night.
In the diet based on food and other substances, there is little intake of vitamin A and β carotene, night blindness is a relatively common disease, some light and some heavy, in the night, there are very few people who can be seen, which is also the ancient night attack, is a less common way of attack.
Even the regular army does not turn night raids into a regular method of warfare, let alone the natives, guarding several larger passages to prevent touching them, and other places, it is not very important, if you really leak a few, you may be able to enter the area of the settlement, don't think about entering, inside the settlement, the light and dark two sentry points, unfamiliar with the situation, will be discovered and killed as soon as possible.
Intense surveillance, internal efforts are also being made, constantly increasing the protection of settlements and preparing for war.
However, after a few days, the war that might have come did not come, and it has been calm.
The information was summarized to Sun Yue, who monitored the construction of the defense system of the camp on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also had to pay attention to the local side and be ready for battle at any time.
The fact that no one came was unexpected, but that didn't mean he would rest easy.
Perhaps, the natives are far away, this hunter team, it seems that they also came here unexpectedly, they go back, mobilize forces, it takes time, the first two days, in general, is relatively safe.
However, it has been five days since this conflict broke out, and there are still not too many people coming, and even the investigators are a little anxious and ask what to do.
Sun Yue's thinking is very clear, to get here, there is a place to pass, the land route must bypass several key bayonets, the sea will not be so troublesome, but on the high-rise building, there are 2 lookouts for a long time, observing everything on the sea, unless there is bad weather that affects visibility, so that they can take the opportunity to sneak attack, otherwise, this place is very safe.
The first four or five days are the most dangerous, if on the second day, or the third day, the indigenous brigade has arrived, for Sun Yue, it is not a good thing, that means that this indigenous is very close to here, can mobilize such a large number of troops at any time, as long as the opponent's strength is big enough, there is almost no time to send troops, and there is a steady stream of attacks.
To more than five days, no matter why, it can always be determined, the distance is relatively long, then the march takes a few days, which is not so dangerous, long-distance war, for any time, is a difficulty, nothing more than a different period, the solution is different.
Under the premise of such an understanding, Sun Yue sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and was not in a hurry, and continued to stabilize the defensive line, leaving a few people to monitor, and then the rest of the people collected all kinds of food as much as possible.
Logistics and supplies are the basis for the navy to be able to hold on, reinforcements may arrive within a month, before the arrival of reinforcements, there will be 3 rounds of supplies, but the sky is unpredictable, in the coming stall of the war, everything must be prepared for the worst.
Whether it is an army or a person, to survive in this world, materials are necessary, water and food are indispensable, any army, even if it is well-trained and powerful to be invincible, without water and food, it will become a soft-footed shrimp.
In the book of war, countless strategies and the key to war are all centered on the competition for grain, and cutting off grain and protecting grain are eternal topics.
There was no problem with water, and the settlements chosen by the Dinghai Navy had water, and there were deep wells in the interior of the huge houses.
For offshore stony islands, water is not a big problem, if the construction of the landing site, do not take into account the water, then it will be a big trouble, once there is no water, no matter how strong the defense is, it will not be able to hold it for 7 days.
Even if this water source is very close to the camp, it will not work, in case of encountering a disadvantage, under the premise of being surrounded by the enemy's superior forces, the water source will become a place of strangulation.
Sun Yue was not an experienced general, but before it was established, Zhao Xin gave several key points, that is, it was necessary to put water in the camp.
At this point, Sun Yue almost according to Zhao Xin's request, the settlement was established, the largest deep well, was placed in the building, and through the room, it was defended in.
In addition to water, there is food, and the settlement has greatly increased its transportation capacity, and a considerable amount of food has been stored, and now, the whole settlement still has food that can last almost a month.
Sun Yue still has to consider the problems he may encounter, what if after a month, the reinforcements from the Dinghai Navy do not come.
This is very unlikely, but it is not impossible, and it is even very probable, a month later, with the arrival of May, for the entire Chinese sea, it is the typhoon-prone season.
Sun Yue didn't know this, but after arriving in Dinghai, he was sent to Ryukyu and gave him some information about Ryukyu.
Some of these materials came from the investigation of the Ding Navy, but in the era of the Northern Song Dynasty, even the situation along the coast of China was not well investigated, let alone the Ryukyus, which were thousands of miles away.
Even if the Ryukyus had a history of development in the Soochow period, but in this era, it was still a barren land inhabited by the natives, and perhaps from the Three Kingdoms to the Northern Song Dynasty for nearly a thousand years, some people went to the Ryukyus, but these people either integrated into the natives, or, they just did not survive.
These news, basically, are just a few words, even legends, and what Zhao Xin added is the most important.
Zhao Xin in later generations, he liked to travel, and he also wanted to go to Taiwan, but because of the delay of some work, after that, a lot of negative news came out, and even some arson buses, in the end, under hesitation, he did not make the trip.
But the Internet is full of all kinds of knowledge, every summer, tropical storms, hit Taiwan, and even in a sense, more than the coast, the title of the first island chain, seems to be to lock China's development, but at this level of Taipingyan, Taiwan is the top line of existence.
Tropical storms, which appear between 20 degrees north and south latitudes, are a situation of strong convection in the tropics due to uneven heat, which is a manifestation of the great power of nature, but for man, it is a disaster.
In the 21st century, perfect satellites and various forecasts allow people to accurately track tropical storms and prevent them in advance, but there is still no solution to this terrible natural disaster, no way, when the maximum wind force in the center exceeds 12, there is no weapon that can deal with this kind of thing.
May is not the season of tropical storms, but it is not non-existent, and no matter how large the fleet is dispatched, as long as it encounters a tropical storm, it is a nightmare.
Maybe some big ships can survive the tropical storm, how much they will lose in the middle, what they will lose, no one is sure, no one knows, if the loss is huge, can not come according to the regulations, or after the arrival, the strength is relatively weak, not enough to support them, then what to do.
One month is the fastest time for reinforcements, this is the ship to report the arrival of the Ding Navy without delay, after the Ding Navy gets the news, the rapid support may arrive within a month, more likely to be a month and a half, in case of some problems, the time will be extended.
Sun Yue believed that even if there was a problem with the support, the weekly supply would still arrive.
Under the premise of the arrival of war, any details must be taken into account, enough food is the best choice, I don't know how many people will attack, Sun Yue's heart is bottomless.
The number of natives is related to the method of war, and only a large enough number will they choose to defend to the death, for no other reason, the combat effectiveness of the natives is too poor.
It's not that Sun Yue underestimated the natives, with his understanding of coming to the island, the natives' combat effectiveness is very weak, and the hunter team is already the strongest among the natives, but this unit is not without iron weapons, there are only two, and they are both short knives that don't know how long they have been rusting. Even bows and arrows, wooden bows and arrows.
The bow and arrow have been sharpened by them, and even some venom has been added, which can have greater lethality, but for the Dinghai soldiers who combine soft armor and hard armor, this is not a grade at all, this is also an encounter, the number of the two sides is very different, but the fundamental reason for the disparity in the final results.
In this sense, on the premise that there is no major problem, the other side will not be able to break through the barracks, even if the outer barracks are broken through with huge sacrifices, this building will be incomprehensible, not to mention the current one, while storing food, it will also mobilize all its forces to improve the entire building with the help of Dinghai cement and steel, so that it will be more combative.