Several stout men standing opposite Liu Tong were all wearing iron helmets, wearing standard military uniforms, and stepping on black high-waisted military boots. There are all kinds of strange things draped on his body.

The weapon they held in their hands was a long firecracker, and at the mouth of the gun was a bright and bright bayonet. Anyway, both the outfit and the weapons are significantly different from the Ming army, although there is no armor, but this equipment looks extremely powerful.

"Poof", Liu Tong knelt in front of the military general at the head and just wanted to speak, but the fierce general on the other side glared, and he was so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth.

"Are you familiar with the Wuchang Mansion's generation of Jiangmian?"

Liu Tong nodded hurriedly after hearing this: "My lord, the small one has been floating on the river surface of Wuchang Mansion for more than ten years, not only Wuchang Mansion, but also Hankou and Hanyang on the opposite side are also very familiar. ”

The general on the other side nodded, then pointed to Liu Tong and said to the few people next to him: "Leave the two of you to watch the ship and send him to the fleet headquarters." ”

"Yes......"

Liu Tong was picked up from the ground by two strong men and brought to the clipper next to him, and he heard a violent roar, and the clipper quickly sailed towards the dense fleet in the distance.

Liu Tong squatted on the deck with his head in his hands, constantly looking at the clipper. It was found that the side of the ship on the edge of the hull was actually covered with a layer of iron sheets, and the deck of the ship was also connected by iron bars and densely packed iron nails.

The mast of the jignaker in the middle of the hull was also made of iron, and it was closely connected to the iron bars on the deck. There was a gun fixed to the deck in the middle of the ship, and a gun in the bow and tail of the ship that had no apparent purpose, which was also a firearm.

The clipper sailed to the side of a fleet of flatbed boats and slowly leaned against it, Liu Tong looked at the flatbed boats connected together, and there was a long column lined up on the river, and there was no edge in sight.

The ship was full of elite soldiers, and they sat cross-legged on the deck, without a trace of noise, all of them looked at Liu Tong calmly. But Liu Tong felt an incomparably murderous aura coming to his face, and he was breathless.

Liu Tong was brought to several generals and subjected to a detailed questioning, and Liu Tong told everything he knew in order to survive.

Although he is not a big official, but how can he also run on the river near Wuchang Mansion for more than ten years, in order to deduct some oil and water from passing ships on weekdays, the dense tributary lakes around Wuchang Mansion have long been memorized, and even with the nearby water heroes come and go frequently, it can be said that it is a typical old oilman.

One of the generals at the head listened to him, turned to the side and said, "Take him to the sand table......

Liu Tong was taken to a tent next to him in a daze, there was a table covered with a cloth, a military general lifted the curtain on the table, Liu Tong looked at the things on the table, and was stunned.

On this table was a map of the area around Wuchang Mansion, but this map was different from the one he had seen before, it was a completely three-dimensional zoom map, on which the rivers and lakes, dock towns, and mountains and ravines were clear at a glance, as if looking down on Wuchang Mansion from the air.

Seeing the sand table of the Far Eastern Army, Liu Tong did not dare to hide it in the slightest, and wholeheartedly cooperated with several staff officers of the Far Eastern Army to give an extremely detailed explanation of the situation around Wuchang Mansion.

Ye Changsheng stood on the deck of the barge, holding a telescope and constantly looking into the distance. He is now the chief of staff of the Southern Field Army, and this time he personally led the first detachment of the Yangtze River Fleet, rushed into the Yangtze River, and then rushed all the way east to the Huguang area.

The first detachment of the common fleet carried all the officers and men of the Fourth Overseas Division, an armed police detachment and a large number of militia forces, as well as strengthened combat and logistical support detachments, with a total of more than 40,000 armed forces.

The main task is to control the various waterways of the Yangtze River and its tributaries in the Changhu area. Focus on sweeping Wuchangfu, Hanyang, Hankou and other areas on both sides of the Yangtze River, and go deep into the Jiangnan region to loot grain and other materials. The First Detachment of the Yangtze River has already occupied Jiujiang, Jinzhou, Huanggang and other places, and the main force of the fleet is currently advancing towards Wuchangfu.

Ye Changsheng put down his binoculars and turned to Liu Dong, the commander of the Fourth Overseas Division next to him, and said, "Old Liu, how long will it take for the fleet to reach Wuchang Mansion?" ”

Liu Dong said in a deep voice: "Chief of Staff, I just asked the staff officer of the division headquarters, according to the current driving speed, it will take about half an hour to reach the Wuchang Mansion River. ”

Ye Changsheng nodded and said, "Have the combat missions of each unit been arranged?" ”

"Chief of Staff, don't worry, the troops have already obtained the battle plan before the general offensive, and there is also the support and assistance of the Air Boat Force and the Intelligence Department, so there is absolutely no problem."

At this time, a staff officer came over, saluted Ye Changsheng, and then reported: "Report to the chief of staff, I have just checked, and that kid knows more comprehensively than the information sent by the Ministry of Intelligence." ”

Ye Changsheng was happy when he heard it, he said with a smile: "I didn't expect that a small general manager would actually have these two moments, you let him stay in the fleet headquarters, he can't say that he can use it." ”

Liu Tong stood beside Ye Changsheng and the others in an orderly manner, and he didn't dare to come out. Ye Changsheng glanced at him and said with a smile: "As the general manager of the river patrol, you have a lot of oil and water every year." ”

After listening to Ye Changsheng's words, Liu Tong hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "General, the little one can get three melons and two dates every year, but everyone hasn't paid money for a few months, and the one hundred and ten brothers under him are all family and mouthful, and they all point to this bit of oil and water to live." The team has dozens of taels of silver in their hands, if the master is not too little, the small one will be honored to you. ”

Ye Changsheng laughed and said, "Who is rare with your little silver, you can keep it for yourself." Our Far Eastern Army is about to attack Wuchang Mansion, as long as you kid do your best, your reward will be indispensable at that time. Get up, the man who is a soldier and eats food always kneels like this, and his blood is so bloody. ”

At this time, a staff officer ran over and shouted: "Chief of staff, the assault force has reached the waters of Wuchang Mansion. ”

"Order all units to attack according to the original plan......"

"Yes......"

With Ye Changsheng's order, the First Detachment of the Yangtze River of the Southern Corps began to attack Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Hankou in the north of the Yangtze River, and a large number of officers and soldiers from the Far East also landed.

Ye Changsheng and a group of staff officers gathered in front of the sand table of Wuchang Mansion, and constantly used the radio to command and coordinate the combat of various troops, because Wuchang Mansion was covered with a dense water network and the environment was extremely complicated, if any unit encountered any problems, Ye Changsheng would ask Liu Tong next to him.

Liu Tong is indeed a local expert, he has been floating on the river near Wuchang Mansion for more than ten years, and he knows the rivers and waterways near Wuchang Mansion very well, every time Ye Changsheng asks him, this guy can give a satisfactory answer when he stands next to the sand table and looks at it for a while. (To be continued.) )