People are curious, and just when everyone was curious to ask why the thin monkey had abandoned the canal, a piercing gunshot came from the front, and then, fragmentary gunshots kept coming from the front. The present were all serious soldiers, even those survey technicians were all trained in the corresponding military, and they did not panic when they heard the gunshots, but waited for news from the front.

"There are many shots from rifles...... The pistol, just a few shots from before...... It is estimated that it is a small group of harassers who retreated from the north......"

Hearing the sound of gunfire, the platoon commander waited for the fourth to let everyone disperse to form a combat defense formation, and loaded the ammunition on standby, and at this time, everyone had basically known what the battle was going on in front from the density of the gunshots, because the main difference between the Xia rifle and the Xia modified rifle was that there was a difference between the use of bullets and several parts of the gun body, so there was no difference in the gunfire of the two rifles. If there are more rifles and less pistol and double-barreled shotguns, it means that the battle is not tense, but if both melee weapons and the big merchant are firing continuously...... Then the battle on the front line is already quite fierce.

Because everyone had a general understanding of the battle situation from the density of gunfire, coupled with the fact that there was no order for the technicians to collect their equipment and evacuate from the front, and they could not continue to work during the battle to ensure maximum safety, they were idle anyway, and a technician suddenly followed the place where the thin monkey did not finish talking just now to introduce the abandoned canal to everyone.

As the thin monkey said, this canal is indeed a canal that began to be built and dredged during the Ming Taizu period, called the Shuangliu Canal, and its role is to communicate the Nanliu River and the Beiliu River; The opening of this canal can enable ships to directly transfer from Tengxian County to Rongxian and Beiliu, and through this canal to Yulin and go down the river through Bobai to Hepu, which now belongs to Guangdong, and take this waterway to save six or seven hundred kilometers of waterway around Guangzhou.

When the canal was first opened, there were many large and small ships that walked the canal, but the canal was only used for more than 40 years and was abandoned in less than 50 years. As for the reason why this canal was abandoned, according to the data after the current investigation and survey, the construction quality was not good enough at that time, and the actual local topography and soil quality were not fully investigated.

(Note: The actual name of this canal has been searched for a long time and has not been found, so it is used in conjunction with the names of the two rivers that flow south and north in the "Records of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty", and the actual reason for the closure of this canal cannot be found, so I can only guess here)

And this time these survey teams were sent over to check whether the canal could be dredged and put back into use, which was an action order signed by Commander-in-Chief Deng and Luo Dan of the Headquarters, which shows how much importance the two of them attach to this survey mission.

Hearing that it was the order signed by Deng Shifeng and Luo Dan personally, the soldiers who were not far away immediately came to their senses, especially the big strong man who had complained about nothing to do just now......

Why does Deng Shifeng's title alone have a doping-like effect on these fighters?

For the mountain village and the people under its rule, they don't care who the emperor Lao Er is, and they have lived under the rule of the mountain village for so long, as long as they listen to the orders of Commander-in-Chief Deng, there is nothing wrong with it, as long as it is the order issued by Commander-in-Chief Deng, they must do it! The praise of Deng Shifeng in basic education and the continuous and repeated indoctrination and brainwashing, as well as the gradual improvement of real life, have long made the people in the territory under his rule have a personality cult of Deng Shifeng, not to mention, in the special group of the army, the brainwashing education and loyalty education of soldiers and officers are the key units in several key points like the political axe administrators! Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that when these soldiers learned that this task was signed by Deng Shifeng himself, the soldiers would have a kind of excitement in it.

Of course, although these soldiers and surveyors did not know the real purpose of surveying this long-abandoned canal, that is, if this canal can still be dredged and repaired, then the mountain village will launch an operation against the Hepu area at the end of the year, with a very clear purpose - to get their own outlet to the sea and establish their own navy here!

In everyone's conversation and understanding of the canal, the gunfire in front of them gradually stopped, and the news from the front was more consistent with what everyone imagined just now, it was indeed the patrol team in front of the front that found a number of Ming army scouts who did not accept scouts at night, but everyone guessed a little wrong in terms of the place of belonging, these people did not belong to the Youyong stragglers who ran away from Beiliu, but belonged to the military households from Yulin.

After the battle, the survey team members once again concentrated on fiddling with their various objects, this small episode did not stop the survey, it can only be said to delay the speed of the survey, but more than 20 miles is more than 10 kilometers, and since yesterday morning, everyone has been surveying again, and near evening, the team has come to the upper reaches of the Nanliu River.

"Hey, did you hear that? Tomorrow there will be a change in the tasks of our team......"

With the dinner just called, the thin but flexible body of the thin monkey easily got into the middle of the brothers who were squatting by the river to eat, and the thin and pointed face was shyly posting the gossip he had just received.

"What a change, if you have something to say, say it quickly, let it go, don't hook people's appetite here!"

The strong man was most disgusted with the appearance of the thin monkey, which had the appetite of the fisherman all day long, and stretched out his foot to kick the thin monkey, but was deftly dodged by it.

"Hehe, I heard the surveyor say today that the canal can still be dredged and repaired, so a company of people will protect some of the surveyors to continue the survey, and another company of people will go down the river to conduct military reconnaissance ......"

"Really? You kid won't make up your own nonsense to deceive us......" The last sentence of the thin monkey aroused everyone's interest, if it is an ordinary military reconnaissance, there is no need for a company of teams to dispatch at all, and a few meticulous spies can handle things that can be done with more than 200 people?

"Lie to you that you are wild dogs! I was killed when I went out, and I was killed by medicine when I ate! ”

Seeing that everyone didn't believe him, the thin monkey hurriedly swore a poisonous oath to defend the accurate surname of his information. Guangxi and Guangdong are the same provinces that eat everything, which comes from the fact that the two provinces were poor and remote barbaric places in the early years, in this case, the residents of the two provinces have practiced the mouth and stomach that are not picky eaters, but Guangdong because of its geographical advantages and economic development is faster than Guangxi, after getting rid of the hat of poverty and backwardness, Cantonese cuisine has been squeezed into the eight major cuisines of China, and there are also synonyms for eating provinces on the Internet in later generations. Since it is the same as the big food province, you can eat anything, dog meat, which is something that the gods can't stand on when they smell the fragrance, is a wonderful product for today's people, do you remember the ancestral (medicine) dog story of the awl family? The dogs in this family are remembered every day, not to mention how many people will be staring at the wild dogs......

Seeing that the thin monkey dared to swear such a poisonous oath, everyone involuntarily got together, and the food in their hands didn't seem to be more attractive, and the people in the next class also seemed to hear some movement and came over, but slowly, a company of people squatted together on the river beach, didn't eat, and muttered something there.

"What are you doing?! The rice is not delicious! Don't you think the food is poor?! ”

Such a big movement naturally attracted the attention of the officers, and the second platoon commander Hou Si was the first to come over.

"Platoon commander, this ...... The company commander is not here, did he go to the battalion headquarters to receive a mission? ”

The monkey's eyes were sharp, and after looking around, he found that there was no company commander at the scene, not only was the company commander of his own company not there, but also the company commander of another company was not there, and he was even more sure of the news in his heart.

"What mission?!" Hou Si was stunned at first, but then he knew that it was the thin monkey who was cheating on himself, and a popping chestnut knocked the thin monkey in the past, and he quickly ran away. Looking at the soldiers of the entire company looking at him, Hou Si just wanted to reprimand a few words, but finally swallowed back, and said to the soldiers who were watching him: "Don't look at me, I don't know what the company commander is going to do, but you better hurry up and rest early after you are full......

"Oh!! ……”

Hearing Hou Si's words, the soldiers in the company let out a knowing laughter and dispersed; Needless to say too thoroughly to smart people, taking a break early is telling everyone not to eat enough and have nothing to do to wander around, there is still a task tomorrow, as for what task...... Hehe, that must be a military reconnaissance to the south......

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That night, several carrier pigeons released from different locations on the Eastern Front landed next to the pigeon nest with the latest information at an average speed of 60 to 70 kilometers in the breezy weather.

Although some units were able to complete their scheduled combat missions ahead of schedule and some were a little later than the planned time, on the whole, the tasks were completed relatively smoothly, and even the delayed combat companies were slowing down their advance for the sake of safety, so as not to cause serious losses in the middle and in the middle of the ambush, which shows that the front-line combat commanders are growing up in the direction that Deng Shifeng hoped.

From the current and future operational predictions, it is not for nothing that there will be a major battle with tens of thousands of people in the future, but in order to control and break through all kinds of armed forces on the vast land, operations at the company and battalion level will become piecemeal and more widespread operations, and this is determined by actual geographical factors.

Deng Shifeng paid special attention to the information briefing sent to explore the Shuangliu Canal Survey Company, and after seeing that the Shuangliu Canal could be dredged and reused, Deng Shifeng patted his thigh excitedly, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and roar in a good mood, and he was one step closer to the distant navy!! (To be continued.) )