On the 23rd day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, on the Yangtze River in Jiangsu, there are hundreds of warships on the water, and the boats are countless, rowing slowly, the speed is getting faster and faster, like the scene of ten thousand arrows firing together, majestic and magnificent, making people continue to admire, these are the thunder warship formations, they are close to the north from the south bank of the Yangtze River, and go all the way to the west, although the team is huge, but still maintains a strict lineup. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, among the ships, above the command ship, Yang Lin stood on the deck, and behind him stood Chao Sheng, Qi Zhiyuan, Zhuge Mou and other generals on the water and land, looking at the river, using high-powered telescopes, observing the situation in the distance, and the warship was still continuing to move at its own pace.

At some point, all the warships stopped and anchored in the center of the river, as if waiting for something?

At this time, on the command ship, Yang Lin suddenly put down the telescope in his hand and ordered Qi Zhiyuan behind him: "Inform the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions of the Kongtong Army and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions of the Qilin Army, and order them that they can act now, immediately release the boat, cooperate, and let them take the boat and secretly land ashore." ”

"Remember, if it is not necessary, try not to use firearms before moving to the vicinity of the dock and the various battery positions, so as not to arouse the alarm of the other party and delay the next operation." Coming, Yang Lin added

"Yes, Marshal!" Qi Zhiyuan, who was beside him, immediately replied, and then walked into the distance, and soon, the flag commander on the mast began to wave a small flag to convey the commander's order.

At the same time, for some reason, perhaps out of thoughtful consideration, Yang Lin still faced the river, and said solemnly without looking back: "Chao Sheng, you don't want to be here, and you will land ashore with them, and you will be in charge of command on the shore, so that I can really rest assured." After all, there will be some inappropriateness if there is still a need to send troops from other coasts, and the total number of troops that have landed ashore in advance will reach 100,000, and there will always be something wrong with not having a single army-level commander on the shore. ”

"Yes, Marshal, I will disembark, take a small boat, and go ashore with the army." Chao Sheng did not hesitate, gave a military salute, and immediately walked towards the edge of the boat, sliding down the rope.

At this moment, all the generals on the command ship were silent, looking into the distance, watching the small boats row quickly, each carrying five or six people, and even those patrol boats and assault boats were not idle, all of them undertook the task of projecting troops.

All of a sudden, one after another, like dense flies, quickly broke away from the surrounding of each warship, and rushed to the north bank of the Yangtze River, until they reached the shore, the small boats could no longer row forward, and in the shallow water, the soldiers were put down, returned again, and repeated the transport.

The soldiers who came ashore began to form up in an orderly manner, and quickly dispersed in battalions and companies, heading for their respective destinations.

As the soldiers arrived on the opposite shore one after another, the warships were empty, and Yang Lin on the command ship ordered again: "Zhuge Mou, you immediately lead the vacated warships back the same way, get the remaining infantry to the ship, meet us, and then land ashore from the dock with the cavalry." ”

However, Zhuge Mou, who heard the order, did not act immediately, but said: "Report to the marshal, judging from the number of warships vacated at present, it can only carry 50,000 or 60,000 infantry at most, and there are 200,000 soldiers waiting on the south bank of the Yangtze River, which can't be transported so much at once." ”

Yang Lin was still calm and calm, and when he heard Zhuge Mou's story, he seemed to have considered this a long time ago, and immediately said without thinking: "Don't worry, I didn't let you finish it all at once, and I also know that these vacated warships can't transport 200,000 people." Okay, you can transport 50,000 infantry first, and I will arrange the rest. ”

At this time, Zhuge Moucai put his feet together, saluted a military salute, and replied loudly: "Yes, marshal, the last general will do it!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Zhuge Mou, like Chao Sheng, also walked to the side of the boat and went down the rope.

However, as soon as Zhuge Mou left, Yang Lin's command still did not stop, and when he saw that all the small boats had returned, they were tightly connected to the large warships with ropes, and immediately shouted: "The order will go down, the sailors will continue to travel west, and all the remaining warships will set off for me!" ”

This time, without Qi Zhiyuan's transmission, the flag commander in the distance heard it, and instantly waved the two small flags in his hand, full of a certain rhythm and regularity.

Soon, the entire Thunder Warship formation was divided into two parts, one large and one small, one heading west and the other south, returning along the same route.

Unlike the modern navy, as soon as the warship passes, it is accompanied by the sound of the whistle, at this time Yang Lin's thunder warship force is still using sailboats, therefore, only the sound of the oars paddling, rattling, faintly has a momentum, just like the fighting spirit that all the soldiers on the warship are holding back, the two echo each other from afar, resonate with each other.

The formation of large and small warships gradually moved away until they were separated from each other, and only one silhouette and one shadow could be seen.

In less than an hour, the warship formation led by Yang Lin stopped again, and on the command ship, Yang Lin's command sounded without warning, and shouted: "Pass the order, order the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth divisions of the Qilin Army to all disembark, take small boats, carry out a covert landing ashore, move to the nearby large docks and batteries, and ambush around." Wait for the opportunity to be on standby, wait for the signal from my side, and then launch the action. ”

A word fell, the flag danced, the infantry on the medium and large warships were like monkeys, sliding down the rope, the movements were clean and neat, as soon as they arrived at the people of the boat, after the full capacity, the boat rowed quickly, the speed was like a sharp arrow shot, not inferior, and such a scene was also staged on other large and medium-sized warships.

This is the only point, from the disembarkation of the infantry, to the boarding of the boat, and finally to the login, all the actions are done in one go, which can be called perfect, which shows that the military quality of these infantry is very strong and can stand the test.

By this time, the operation had only been carried out for a small time, and the real emphasis was on the infantry, which had already landed on the docks, to seize control of the docks and the capture of the various batteries, and even the large-scale arrival of cavalry on the docks.

The task of sending troops by boat was still going on, and one battalion after another came ashore, formed a formation, and left again, moving towards the target.

On this occasion, from the generals to the infantry and cavalry at the grassroots level, everyone knew Yang Lin's intentions and solved a doubt in their hearts, why did the marshal arrange it like this? It was necessary to break up the whole army, scatter three groups, two of which would go ashore first, and capture the docks and batteries along the coast, and finally one group of infantry and cavalry would go ashore from the piers, instead of storming and seizing all the important places along the coast.

Because, if it is attacked, the guns will have no eyes, and it is likely to destroy the various facilities of the pier, so that the type warships will not be able to moor and dock. It's okay to say that the infantry, but what about the cavalry? You can't transport the horses one by one to the road, right?

In this way, if you do that, it is not only time-consuming, but also laborious, and may cause some unnecessary losses.

However, if according to Yang Lin's current plan, he first sent two troops to land ashore, flank them from both sides, and slowly pull out the various forts along the coast and capture the various docks, which can not only ensure the integrity of the docks and make the cavalry the most effective landing, but also minimize the impact of the landing operation!

For a while, everyone was secretly admiring Yang Lin's strategy and being convinced.

After the second batch of infantry had all gone ashore and all the small boats had returned to the ranks, Yang Lin led the warship formation again, divided into several parts, until they anchored in the corresponding place, far away from the various wharves on the north side of the Yangtze River, waiting.

At the same time, the empty warship was not idle, and once again made full use of it, under the leadership of Cai Lian, followed Nangui, and also went to pick up the troops, and rendezvous with Yang Lin and others on the river.

This wait is not only to wait for the two forces that landed ashore to complete the deployment, but also to return to transport the infantry again Zhuge Mou and Cai Lian. (To be continued.) )