167 Missing Field Artillery

Lin Fei asked people to engrave the number on the corner of the door panel, and return the door panel with this number, Lin Fei originally wanted to write the number on the door panel with the stove pit ash, but later thought that the door panel should be placed on the wet beach, and the stove pit ash would be washed off, so he changed the method.

Lin Fei asked people to send the door panel to the seaside, and at this time, the logistics battalion officer who went to Krabi Dicheng also returned, but of course the door panel was not borrowed, so Lin Fei gave them a way to increase the goodwill of the local residents.

The logistics battalion took the door panels to the seashore and laid them on the beach, and soon a road was paved, and the artillery soldiers put the long planks from the boat to the ground to form an inclined plane, and then carried the gun wagons off the boat through the guò slope.

In the process of pushing the gun carriage to the inclined plane, the artilleryman tied the rope to the body, and then a dozen people pulled the rope together in the back and slowly lowered the gun carriage.

The weight of the gun carriage was as high as two tons, and if such a weight slipped off the slope without intervention, the huge impact force would cause severe damage to the gun carriage and the artillery, and it was possible to break the wheel axle.

The gun carriage needs to be pulled by pack horses, and the ship transporting the pack horses and the ship transporting the artillery reach the sea at the same time, and when the gun carriage is waiting to disembark, the pack horses have already disembarked from the ship, and as soon as the gun carriage is put on the ground, the pack horses will come over, and the groom will put the gun cart on the horse's shoulders, and then urge the horses to pull the carriage and transport it to the artillery assembly area.

After more than three hours of hard work, the artillery carriage and artillery carriage finally all disembarked from the ship and entered the artillery assembly area.

It was already 6 o'clock in the afternoon of June 6 when the artillery completed the assembly, Lin Fei ordered the artillery regiment to rest in the assembly area temporarily, and at 7 o'clock in the evening, staff officer Li Tianqian came to report: "Your Majesty, the people of the reconnaissance group have sent back the news." ”

Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "What did they say?" ”

Li Tianqian replied: "The reconnaissance group found the Spanish army fifteen kilometers away from the front line position of our army in Cavite. ”

Lin Fei nodded and said, "The reconnaissance group went to Highway 1, and it seems that the Spanish army is marching from Highway 1. ”

Li Tianqian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, don't draw conclusions so early. ”

Lin Fei was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Li Tianqian said: "In the report of the reconnaissance group, it was mentioned that the number of Spanish troops was only more than 1,000 people, and there were no field artillery, but the intelligence sent back by the ghost shadow said that the Spanish army had more than 4,000 people, and the intelligence was too different from the actual situation. ”

Lin Fei frowned and said, "This is really wrong, what is going on?" ”

Li Tianqian shook his head and didn't speak, when another attendant ran in and said to Lin Fei, "Report to Your Majesty, the second reconnaissance group and the third reconnaissance group have sent back news. ”

Lin Fei said: "What message did you send back, say it quickly..."

The attendant replied: "The second reconnaissance group found the Spanish troops thirteen kilometers from the front positions of our troops in Cavite, and the third reconnaissance group found the Spanish troops seventeen kilometers from the front positions of our troops. ”

Lin Fei asked, "Is there a report on the situation of the troops and equipment?" ”

The attendant replied: "Report to Your Majesty, the report of the third group of reconnaissance, found more than 1,000 Spanish troops, and found no field artillery, and the second group of reconnaissance reported that more than 2,000 Spanish troops were found, and no field artillery was found. ”

Lin Fei let out a "huh" and asked, "These are the contents of the reports of these two groups?" Are you sure? ”

The attendant nodded again and again, and said firmly: "Report to Your Majesty, I have listened to the scout's report twice, and it will definitely not be wrong." ”

Lin Fei frowned, and said suspiciously: "But the ghost shadow clearly reported that the enemy army dispatched ten field artillery?" Where did the field artillery go? ”

The attendant said softly: "Your Majesty, it is true that the second reconnaissance group and the third reconnaissance group did not report the situation of the field artillery. ”

Lin Fei nodded and said suspiciously: "Ten field cannons, plus cannonball carts and pack horses, are definitely a large number of people, how can they not find it?" ”

The attendant thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, if you think that my report is omission, I can call you the scouts who have returned." ”

Lin Fei waved his hand and said, "No need, is there anything else in the reconnaissance reports of the two groups?" ”

The attendant shook his head and said, "No, that's all there is to the report." ”

Lin Fei waved his hand to let the attendant out, then walked to the map and said, "I originally thought that the enemy army would go deep alone, but I didn't expect them to divide into three ways and march together. ”

Li Tianqian whispered: "Your Majesty, since the enemy army has been dispersed, why don't our troops use various methods to break it?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head lightly and said: "The three enemy armies are advancing along the highway line, and the frontal width is only four kilometers, which is too narrow, we have no room for detour and division, and if we forcibly insert it, we will inevitably be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy army." ”

Li Tianqian asked: "Your Majesty, if the detour fails, then how can we fight?" ”

Lin Fei stared at the map in front of him and didn't speak, Li Tianqian said, "Your Majesty, I have a plan to break the enemy in front of me." ”

Lin Fei let out an "oh", looked back at Li Tianqian, and said, "Tell me, what is the strategy?" ”

Li Tianqian said: "The enemy army is coming from afar, and the saddle horse is tired, why don't our army wait for work and defend as an attack?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head and smiled: "Although this plan is wonderful, it must not be..."

Li Tianqian asked in shock, "Isn't this strategy bad?" ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "Our army has just arrived, and the supply of grain, grass and ammunition depends entirely on sea, which is very inconvenient, so it is suitable for a quick battle to annihilate the enemy's living forces." If our army takes defense as an attack, the enemy army will definitely not attack our army, they will definitely be stationed and confront our army, and then our army will be dragged to death by the enemy. ”

Li Tianqian suddenly realized, and then asked: "Our army is not attacking, nor is it defending, so what should we do?" ”

Lin Fei looked at the map, smiled confidently, and said, "Invite our military guide." ”

Li Tianqian didn't understand Lin Fei's deep meaning, but he didn't ask much, and soon found a few guides, these guides were all Chinese businessmen, Lin Fei stretched out his hand and pointed to the map, and said, "Do you know this town called Stampala?" ”

The guides nodded their heads and said, "Of course you know, there are more than 1,000 people in this town, and they are good at making a kind of candy, and we often go to buy it." ”

Lin Fei smiled and said a few "yes", Li Tianqian was confused when he heard it, and secretly thought in his heart, could it be that His Majesty wants to fight this town? Is there anything special about this town? Isn't it just candy? Could it be that making sugar can affect the outcome of a war?

Although Li Tianqian was full of questions, he didn't say it, and Lin Fei then asked, "There is a high ground in the east of this town, isn't that so?" ”

The Chinese businessmen nodded again and said, "Yes, there is indeed such a high ground. ”

Lin Fei said: "I only see such a high ground on the map, but I have never been there, can you tell me what that high ground looks like?" ”

The Chinese businessmen talked about it word by word, Lin Fei nodded after hearing this, and said to Li Tianqian: "Call me Xu Deping from the General Staff." ”

Xu Deyuan was originally a member of the sniper team, and Lin Fei trained a surveyor, and later Lin Fei let him enter the staff and find someone else to join the sniper team.

When Li Tianqian heard this, he brought Xu Deping with him, Lin Fei called Xu Deping closer, whispered a few words, and then waved his hand, Xu Deping walked to the front of the Chinese businessmen and said with a smile: "Compatriots, Your Majesty has an order, everyone come with me." ”

The Chinese businessmen followed Xu Deping out, Li Tianqian was puzzled, walked up to Lin Fei and asked, "Your Majesty, what did you just say to Xu Deping's staff?" ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "I asked the Chinese businessmen to lead Xu Deping to that highland, oh, I have already named it 'No. 1 Highland', I asked Xu Deping to go to No. 1 Highland to survey the terrain in detail." ”

Li Tianqian was surprised: "Your Majesty, the No. 1 Heights are located on our south side, and the direction of the enemy's attack must be on the east side, and the No. 1 Heights can be said to have no impact on the battle situation, why should we survey the terrain there?" ”

Lin Fei pointed to the map with his hand and said with a smile: "If the number on the map is correct, the height of this high ground is eighty meters, and the maximum range of our HP-2 howitzer is five thousand meters, and this range is on flat ground, if we put the HP-2 howitzer on the mountainous land at a height of eighty meters, how much can its range increase?" ”

Li Tianqian smiled helplessly and said, "I don't know how to count this." ”

Lin Fei smiled and said: "You don't have to count, anyway, we can increase a lot, as soon as our artillery enters this high ground, we can pull the advancing Spanish army into range, and we will definitely be able to annihilate a large number of enemy troops at that time." ”

Li Tianqian's eyes lit up and said, "So that's the case, Your Majesty is really a clever ......."

Lin Fei smiled helplessly and said: "Don't be too optimistic first, we haven't reconnoitred the terrain of that highland, if the highland is too steep, our artillery trucks will not be able to go up, okay, let's not talk about this matter, let's analyze where the Spaniards' field artillery went?" ”

Li Tianqian said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about the field artillery, maybe the Spaniards think the field artillery is too heavy, so they didn't dispatch the field artillery, and the information obtained by the ghost is not accurate." ”

Lin Fei nodded and said, "It's possible what you said, forget it, let's talk about the missing field artillery first, you go and invite Niu Dalong, Wei Zelong and other army commanders, I will deploy the next stage of operations." ”

At this time, the three regiments of the Second Brigade had all landed in Cavite on Luzon Island, and the First Brigade was also landing, and Lin Fei deployed the fourth, fifth, and sixth regiments of the Second Brigade to the east and south of Cavite, so that they could attack and retreat.

After Lin Fei finished deploying various affairs, it was already twelve o'clock in the evening, Lin Fei hurriedly fell asleep, thinking about the missing field artillery of the Spaniards, and thinking about Xu Deping's survey team on the other, Lin Fei didn't know at this time that Xu Deping and they had encountered a big accident.

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