Under the cover of night. Five squads of officers and soldiers were hidden outside the fishing village. There was no electricity in the village, only a few houses with faint lights and loud voices coming from time to time. Yang Chengfu waited patiently, and he sent two scouts fifteen minutes ago to find out the situation around the village.

There was a slight sound of footsteps, Yang Chengfu immediately turned his head, and the scout returned.

"There are no U.S. troops in the village," said a squad leader on reconnaissance mission, "most of the villagers have returned to their homes, and it's dinner time. Other than that. There is a small pier in the northwest of the village where several fishing boats are parked. I don't think so."

Yang Chengfu nodded, he had already spread the map on the ground.

"We can just swim over. Gatun is just across the street and I visually inspected it. It's only a little over a kilometre on the water, which is a small thing."

"Armed crossing?" Yang Chengfu glanced at the captain officer.

"Yes. Swim straight over." The captain drew a rough layout of the village on the ground with a stick, "The cottages are dense, and most of the houses have dogs, which will be exposed as long as we get close. The fishing boat is parked in the northwest, that is, opposite us, and it is more troublesome to seize the fishing boat. So, I think it's about 1.5 miles to go directly into the water in the south of the lake, which is not difficult for us."

Yang Chengfu thought about it for a while and said, "Then we will go directly to the crossing, and arrange a few scouts to go over first. Find out what's going on over there in Gatun, and then we'll figure out what to do."

The captain immediately nodded, and then went to greet his men.

After the scouts set off, Yang Chengfu went to several other squads for a turn, and most of the team members were hurrying to recuperate. Since leaving the landing ship . For three days, the players have not had a good night's sleep, many of them are exhausted, and they will seize the time to rest whenever they have the opportunity. This made Yang Chengfu feel more relieved, at least proving that these subordinates were experienced warriors and knew how to nourish their spirits before fighting. And he also knew that as long as they reached Gatun, they would not want to get a chance to rest.

"Major, they're in the water!"

Yang Chengfu stopped, picked up the telescope and looked at Dihuwan to the south. Several gray figures have reached the lake and are swimming towards the center of the lake. He couldn't hear the sound. But he knew that the scouts were careful. Crossing Scouting is the most basic ability requirement for a Marine Scout.

For the scouts, a distance of more than 1,000 meters, I watched them go up to the opposite bank, and soon, the figures of the scouts disappeared into the woods. Except for Yang Chengfu and them, no one noticed the actions of these people. U.S. troops stationed in Gatun should be in or around the camp, and no one will come to the lake at night to spread around. It's not a good place for a tryst, and there are only men and no women in the barracks.

Yang Chengfu looked at the time, it was almost eight o'clock, and the scout had been up for about ten minutes, and he should have come back. He waited patiently, he couldn't afford to act rashly until the scout returned.

"Major, they're back!"

On the other side of the lake, several figures returned to the lake. Yang Chengfu immediately called a few team members next to him. Walk towards the beach to the south. Fifteen minutes later. The members of the reconnaissance team went ashore.

"How's it going?" Yang Chengfu originally wanted to go to the land by himself. But he didn't worry about the dozens of brothers left here, mainly because he was afraid that someone would cause trouble.

"There is probably a company of U.S. troops, maybe a little more." The captain drew a general situation of the US military camp on the ground, "The lock is behind the camp, and there are US ground and shore artillery positions on the opposite bank, there are about a dozen artillery pieces, and there are also some small-caliber anti-aircraft guns. The camp is not large, the defense is not too tight, and in addition, the US military is not very vigilant. It seems that they don't know we're here yet."

"How's the guard deployment?"

The captain immediately marked several points of fire on the ground." Three tall towers, with barbed wire around the camp, not too high for us to go over. There are probably four machine-gun fire points in the back, and there are no more. Can't tell. Outside the camp there were only two patrols, one of five people. And it's loose. It's easy to get rid of."

Yang Chengfu nodded, he was thinking about how to take this camp.

"Major, there's also an ammunition depot in the camp, and it looks like it's stocked with a lot of ammunition. The U.S. military just had dinner. Most of the people were in the barracks."

"Then we'll wait a little longer." Yang Chengfu made a decision, "The U.S. military went to bed at about half past ten. Lights out at eleven o'clock. We passed at 10 o'clock, how was the situation around us? ”

"The woods are dense and very easy to hide."

"Then let's go over and hide first, and let the squads enter the assault position." Yang Chengfu marked three locations on the ground, "Teams 1, 2, and 3 ambushed in these three places, working in groups of three, keeping a distance of 20 to 50 meters. Cover and support each other's U.S. patrols, then knock out their guard towers and rush in as quickly as possible. Is there a problem with snatching these machine gun fire points? ”

All three squad leaders shook their heads.

Go." What about the situation on the other side? ”

"I don't know, the artillery position is on the shore, the anti-aircraft guns are scattered, I only took a general look, the US army's ground defense is not very tight, probably less than a platoon of troops. Maybe there's a temporary U.S. military camp to the west."

Yang Chengfu pondered for a while. Find their patrol first and capture the firing point. Then take out the artillery positions. The operation starts from this side, and after blowing up the American artillery position, the attention of the American army will be attracted to it. We'll be able to do it quickly."

"No problem, then let's go over an hour early and find out the situation first.4 He glanced at the other captain next to him.

"That's it, you leave an hour early." Yang Chengfu looked at his watch, "The time of action is determined to be half past eleven. When the time comes, there will be three flashes from my side, and that's the action signal, understand? Both captains nodded, and then went to greet their teammates.

"You guys go and prepare, 3 is responsible for bringing the medical officer, I don't know if those two medical officers can swim."

Several people laughed. In this team, those two medics are the most special, but all the commandos know that these two medics are the most valuable, and who was injured. It's all up to these two people to help.

Silence soon returned to the woods. The squad leaders have already deployed their operations, and the team members who are still recuperating are checking their weapons preparations. Someone is even counting the ammunition they carry. Yang Chengfu didn't care about his subordinates, and there was one more important thing, that is, to contact the other three commandos.

According to the plan, four commandos acted simultaneously between eleven and twelve o'clock at night. Therefore, the troops should get in touch at about half past ten to determine the exact time of the assault. Only if four commandos attack at the same time, the U.S. military will not have any defense, if any of the commandos strike first. The U.S. military will have time to prepare. It will be incredibly difficult for other commandos to move. Therefore, it is most important that the four commandos act in unison.

Yang Chengfu took out the micro radio station wrapped in a waterproof plastic bag from his backpack, which was actually the earliest walkie-talkie. At the beginning of 27, the Imperial Navy provided the Marine Corps with a large number of these small radio stations for tactical inter-unit communication, which in appearance looked like a big brother magnified several times over. There is a terrestrial antenna nearly one meter long on it, which can only carry out single-channel communication, and its use distance is within 20 kilometers. That's enough, the four commandos are less than 20 kilometers apart.

Yang Chengfu quickly checked the radio station. Then the channel was adjusted. The other three commandos will contact him first. The place of use is the same channel. Then Yang Chengfu will be based on the actual situation of the four commandos. Determine when to launch simultaneous attacks. Yang Chengfu took a look at the watch. It's only 8:50. It's still more than an hour before the communication time. He didn't turn it on. The radio station will last for a few hours, but who knows if it will be used after the battle begins? It's always a good thing to use batteries sparingly.

"Major, would you like some?" A captain came over and gave Yang Chengfu a piece of dry food.

This time Yang Chengfu did not refuse, he has not eaten for almost a day, maybe there are a lot of delicacies in the US military camp. But he didn't want to let someone else take care of him because of his physical exhaustion while crossing Lake Gatun. The taste of the godmother's land is really bad, a bit like a textured cured meat. Maybe it's some ingenious logistics officer who thinks cured meat is delicious, and in the navy, cured meat is definitely the least popular food, let alone the texture of cured meat.

After chewing for a while, Yang Chengfu forced himself to swallow the dry food in his mouth, he had to eat something to maintain his strength and fill his body with energy, so that he could continue to fight.

The captain officer took out a cigarette, and Yang Chengfu wanted to stop him, but he finally took one. Both turned their backs. And lay down on the ground a little damp as much as possible, and then lit a cigarette.

"It's breath-holding." The captain spat out the tobacco." After running thousands of miles, I have to wait to come to this place, if I used to talk about it......"

"If you were still on the landing ship, you would never have been one of the first Imperial soldiers to reach the Panama Canal." Yang Chengfu followed, "I think, in a few decades, if I can still live to that time, I will tell this story to my grandson and let him know that at this time. Dozens of the Empire's bravest warriors have crept into enemy rears and captured the most important locations. Since then, the Imperial Navy has entered the Caribbean, you say, isn't this a nice story? ”

"Major, do you have a wife?"

"Wife?" Yang Chengfu laughed. I don't know which mother-in-law's belly it is."

"You're not married?" The captain was a little surprised.

Yang Chengfu shook his head. No, it's not easy to get married these days."

"Don't we have a marriage agency?" The captain turned around, "Take your capital. It should be easy to find a wife, right? ”

"Do you think getting married is as simple as finding a male dog to breed?" Yang Chengfu smiled bitterly, "I didn't get married to have children, nor did I marry someone else, if I don't like it, then I'm still a fart!" ”

The captain officer was a little puzzled, at least in the Empire, most marriages were decided by parents, and there were very few truly free loves. Moreover, in the eyes of most of the people of the empire, especially those in the interior and remote areas, the purpose of marriage is to pass on the ancestry, otherwise why get married?

"You're married?" Yang Chengfu asked rhetorically.

"Yes, I was grounded three years ago, and now I have a son, and another is about to be born." The captain pulled out a picture from his chest pocket, "My wife, and my son."

Yang Chengfu took the photo." It's beautiful, you're a good kid."

"Everybody says so. But I can only go back once every two years, hey! "The captain got the picture back. Looking at the wife in the photo, her expression darkened.

"Don't think about it so much, when the war is over, you will be able to go back to your family." Yang Chengfu patted the captain on the shoulder, "When the time comes. You're going to go back with a lot of stories, and you can tell them to your sons and your grandchildren, and I think they'll like it."

The captain smiled and nodded, maybe it was the glimmer of hope back home that supported a soldier like him to fight bloodily on the battlefield.

Yang Chengfu glanced at his watch, and then threw away the cigarette butt. All right. You go and see what the soldiers are doing, and in ten minutes, we're ready to go."

The captain officer immediately stood up, and Yang Chengfu also put away the radio. The troops must go to the other side first. Ambush and wait for news from other commandos.

Ten minutes later, Yang Chengfu was the first to slip into the lake. Although it is already in the tropics, the lake is still very cold, which makes Yang Chengfu shiver. He stretched his lower limbs slightly, and only after his body had adjusted to the temperature of the lake did he swim towards the center of the lake.

Behind, dozens of team members went into the water one after another. Everyone's movement is not big. There was not much noise, for fear of alarming the inhabitants of the nearby villages. Yang Chengfu paddled carefully, and every few strokes, he had to stop, listen to the movement around him, and make sure that there was no danger before continuing to swim forward, which made him spend more time swimming across the surface of the lake, which was about 1,500 meters wide. Smoothly, when Yang Chengfu stepped on the opposite shore of the lake, there was no abnormality.