Chapter 313: Arrival in Qizhou
The next morning, when the sky was hazy and the river was covered with a thick fog, and the visibility was only ten meters, by this time the industrious merchant ships were already on their way, so the fleet of the Far Eastern Kingdom did not dare to cruise at high speed anymore, but sailed slowly at a speed of about five knots.
Suddenly, a merchant ship came upstream, and it crashed straight into the fleet, and the frigates of the Far Eastern Kingdom were painted in low-visibility gray and did not have large sails, so the merchant ships on the opposite side did not find the fleet of the Far Eastern Kingdom.
The helmsman of the "......" decisively pressed the air whistle, and the sound was so loud that it could be heard clearly from a distance of several miles, which frightened the merchant ships upstream.
When the morning sun jumped out of the horizon, the sunlight dispersed the dense fog, and at this time, the huge fleet of the Far Eastern Kingdom was exposed to the Ming officials and civilians for the first time.
Shock! In addition to the shock or shock, the 1,500-ton frigate, equivalent to the 5,000-material ocean-going Daifuku ship, has never entered the Yangtze River before, not because it is afraid of hitting the reef, but because the inland wind is not enough.
And not only did they see such a huge ship, but it was a ship without sails, how could it go upstream?
"Pass my order, and the fleet will speed up to thirty knots." When the field of vision was completely broadened, Yang Yiteng decisively gave the order.
At this time, the speed of the ship is too slow, the Daming Navy Division will definitely come forward to attack, this is their duty, in order to avoid the killing of compatriots, he believes that the fast sailing can discourage the officers and soldiers of the Daming Navy Division.
This speed up really worked, and all kinds of ships avoided it, but the momentum was so great that the waves that parted the bows were more than a foot high, setting off huge waves, and all the ships were unable to get close to them.
"Oh my god! What is that? Is it a youkai? ”
"What youkai? Don't you see anyone up there? This should be a giant ship of the Xiyi people. ”
"Oh, too! Looking at the strange clothes of those people on the boat, which is different from my Central Plains, it may be the Xiyi people! ”
"That's not right! If you look closely, it doesn't look like a Xiyi person, they are all yellow-skinned and black-eyed, and I am a Chinese person, I have seen a Xiyi person, and they are all demons and monsters, yellow hair, blue eyes, eagle hook nose, very terrifying.
Besides, what are the Xiyi people doing here? It's a place where birds don't, so it's better to hit Nanjing City! ”
"That's right!"
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Every time the fleet passes, it makes the officials and the people talk a lot, there is no way, the unknown enemy is too strong, it is force majeure, those Daming sailors who have long been in disrepair are powerless to stop it, and they also become the people who eat melons.
In the past, it took five or six days to go upriver from Songjiang to Qizhou on a wooden sailing ship, but now it is a modern hybrid system frigate, which does not even need a day, as long as seventeen or eighteen hours, and last night has been a night's walk, so after noon, the fleet arrived in Qizhou.
All the frigates were moored horizontally, their butts facing the town of Guanyao, and then the stern hydraulic lift door opened, and the hovercraft that had been prepared for a long time rushed down the river with a roar.
Because the hovercraft is light, one of its advantages is that it is fast, the Yangtze River is only so wide, the ship is in the middle of the river, and the hovercraft responsible for the beach landing seems to have arrived at the dock in the blink of an eye.
The sturdy soldiers quickly jumped onto the dock before the hovercraft could fully dock, and with their Far Eastern automatic rifles or general-purpose guns in their hands, they ran away and quickly seized strategic points.
"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da"
Rifles rang out from time to time throughout the town, warning the town's limited number of archers to catch fast.
"Listen, folks, we have no intention of offending this place, as long as everyone does not have the intention of attacking our army, we will be safe, what should we do, we will not interfere."
Soon after taking control of the town, officers at all levels began to preach loudly, and the thick Qizhou accent showed that this group of unknown strong enemies were all natives of Qizhou.
The panicked people finally let go of a lot in their hearts, although they don't know who they are? But at least it is certain that they are not an army of outcasts who cross the border like locusts, and although their equipment is strange, it is clear at a glance that it is not ordinary.
This shows that they are not here to rob and kill, but may have something else important, as they said, as long as it is not a murder and robbery, it is not the business of the big guys, others can watch the excitement, but the township chief here is duty, he tried to suppress the panic, trembling and stepped forward to ask: "May I ask the soldiers what is the matter here?" The old man is a local goyster, I have to ask, please tell me! ”
"It turned out to be the township chief, disrespectful and disrespectful! We are going to requisition the wharf for a few days, and there is something else important, please don't worry, folks, we have no malicious intentions.
But I also tell the villagers not to use force, we have strong force, not to mention just you mountain villagers, even if the Ming Dynasty sent a million troops in vain, we have the absolute strength to defeat all strong enemies.
The so-called ugly words are ahead, if the villagers do not listen and insist on going their own way, we will not be blamed for the death and injury. ”
This rude military man's words are very harsh, but the township elder finally let go of half of his heart, as long as it is not murder and arson, burning, killing and plundering, it is all good, but the township elder still wants to test some more information, so that he can make a difference in the future, so he asked again: "The old man Guanyu and others are all Chinese people, and they have a local accent in Qizhou, dare to ask where you are?" Why did you come to our wilderness? ”
"Hahahaha! It doesn't hurt to tell you, we are from the Far Eastern Kingdom thousands of miles away, we are here for nothing else, we originated here, there is still a small family here, this time it is really to pick up the family, not to invade the Ming Dynasty, after all, we are all Han compatriots, we will not do that fratricidal thing, you can rest assured! ”
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On the No. 005 flagship in the heart of the river, the officer in charge of the beach-rushing landing saluted Yang Yi Teng Lizheng and reported: "Report to the commander, our army has occupied Guanyao Town, please instruct." ”
"Take a break!"
"Excellent! Now I order, a troop of cavalry to land, and go with my officer to Happy Valley. ”
"Yes!"
In order to ensure the absolute safety of this mission, the navy also seconded a platoon of cavalry from the army unit to speed up the time to go to Happy Valley, so as not to change the defense after a long time, and at the same time, the cavalry is also the best battlefield signal corps and forward troops.
The whole process emphasizes a quick word, and it is necessary to rush to Happy Valley before the officers and soldiers of Qizhou and the Jingwangfu guards react, which can save a lot of trouble.
In fact, this is also the case, after Yang Yiteng led a group of cavalry to Paomaling, the officers and soldiers of Qizhou and the guards of Jingwangfu also arrived soon, mainly because the two places were not far apart, and of course they reacted quickly to such a large military situation.
This was expected for a long time, and the first to discover the enemy situation was the lookout on the frigate, who stood high and saw far away, and immediately pressed the alarm bell to give the alarm, and immediately the whole navy moved.
The officers took binoculars in the command compartment to observe, the gunners went to the gun emplacements to take their seats, and the loaders went to the ammunition compartments, located on the ground floor.
"Pass my order, due north, three kilometers to the target, three warning shells test fired."
The sighting officer measured the number of coordinates and reported it to the commander, who immediately gave the order to shoot.
"Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
My obedient, ten frigates have forty naval guns, that is a fully automatic 76 mm caliber rapid-fire naval gun, almost as soon as he gave an order, in an instant to the land three kilometers away fired a full 120 shells, the shells exploded into a wall of sky-high smoke and fire, the sound is deafening is not enough to describe, it should be the sky falling apart, this is no longer the power of the mortal world, in the eyes of the Ming officers and soldiers who just arrived in the distance, so they not only did not go further, but turned around and fled.
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