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But at the beginning of the 20th century, except for Lan Fang's family, there was really no semicolon, and even the French who knew about this training program did not practice.

There is no other reason, no need!

At the beginning of the 20 th century, there was no such thing as "special operations," let alone "special forces" that specialized in carrying out "special operations missions." If Qin Zhiyuan had not appeared unexpectedly, the combat method of "special operations" would not have appeared until World War II.

Since there was no such form of warfare, there was no way to defend it, at least not against the British in Hankow.

The British may have thought that the Lanfang people would come, but the British never thought that the Lanfang commandos would sneak in from the Yangtze River using armed swimming.

Just before departure, in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, McTavish also arranged for two ships to go to the upper reaches of the British concession area to make some noise, divert the attention of the British soldiers who were patrolling the river, and give the infiltration operation a double insurance.

Although McTavish did not look down on the combat effectiveness of the British, when it came time to make a battle plan, McTavish was still cautious enough.

This is also Qin Zhiyuan's consistent demand, strategically contempt for the enemy, and tactically attach importance to the enemy.

Eight o'clock in the evening, this is the time for McTavish to set himself for action.

At half past seven, a carved flower boat sailed down the river from the upper reaches of the British Concession, and it seemed that a wealthy merchant had chartered this flower boat to have a candle night tour or something.

At this time, the Yangtze River channel is still extremely busy, Hankou has the largest inland port of the Republic of China, there are many ships coming and going from the south to the north, the port is not idle at all, even if it is at night, the river is still like clouds, the river flows endlessly, a busy scene.

Well, there are few honest people who run boats, and they are no strangers to drinking flower wine and visiting brothels, and they are naturally familiar with flower boats.

So when the flower boat went down the river, the aroma of wine overflowed the entire river, and the laughter of silk and bamboo was endless, and there was really a lot of scolding.

This is so hateful, it is the meal, when the boat bosses on the river are hungry, at this time, a flower boat comes out to make the wine fragrant, and there are light songs and dances to help the fun, which really makes people feel that life is gloomy.

The boss of the boat on the flower boat was estimated to have drunk a little too much, and just as he was about to enter the river of the British Concession, the flower boat suddenly drove a little crookedly, and then sailed straight towards a barge carrying grain in the river.

It is estimated that the boss of the barge is sneering, the flower boat looks big, but in fact the weight is very light, the barge looks a bit flat, in fact, it is filled with grain, and the weight is extremely heavy, and three or five flower boats are not necessarily as heavy as a barge.

What does the law of conservation of mass say when objects collide?

It is estimated that before the laughter of the barge boss fell, the flower boat crashed into the barge without hesitation.

Well, who has the most people on the flower boat? It must be a woman, and it's the kind of woman who is not very serious, this time it can be regarded as a hornet's nest, only to hear the screams on the flower boat, and then the people on the flower boat are all jumping into the river like dumplings.

The people on the Yangtze River, there is no unfamiliar with the water, if you want to say that all of them are "white stripes in the waves", it is not necessarily, but it is not a problem to swim back and forth in the Yangtze River.

Think about it, a group of flowery women fell into the river, or the kind of women who are not very serious, this attracts not many eyes, not to mention the British gunboats upstream, and even the French gunboats downstream want to come over to help, even if they can't kiss Fangze, they can always rub the oil and get over the addiction.

Of course, the British are sincere in saving people, and the French want to save people, which is a cover.

However, it is estimated that this group of ill-intentioned guys are destined to be disappointed, and those women who jump into the water, no matter how much clothes they are wearing, are like mermaids, and they don't need to be rescued by others at all.

It doesn't matter, this situation is not common, even if you can't rub the oil, it's good to see the excitement and enjoy it.

Right on the side of the French gunboats, where the British could not see, McTavish was ready.

At this time, McTavish was dressed in black from head to toe, and his face was also covered with black oil paint, if McTavish didn't open his eyes, he was simply a little black man, McTavish only had a pistol and a dagger on his body, and there were no other weapons.

"Are you sure you want to swim over?" At this time, Richard was still not at ease.

"Don't talk nonsense, when we all get off the boat, you guys will turn around immediately, don't wait for us." McTavish was decisive, seeing that he was not far from Litai, McTavish put his hands on the side of the boat, and slowly submerged his body into the water, without even a splash, he really didn't know it.

Right next to McTavish, more than a dozen commandos entered the water in the same position, and then silently swam in the direction of Litai Travel.

Speaking of which, McTavish's swimming posture is really not good-looking, it is the kind of "dog planing" style of soil to slag, although this way of swimming is not good-looking, but it is better to be silent, if you don't consider the problem of time, McTavish They can swim more than ten kilometers in this way There is no problem at all.

That's still under the premise of being fully armed, and now it's easier to move forward lightly.

Unless the British are using searchlights to stare at this side at this time, they will never be able to find McTavish, and McTavish and they are not swimming as hard as they can, but they are the kind of half-day paddling water, and the momentum to look forward has all disappeared before paddling again, so slow is a little slower, but it is really silent, not even a splash, and even the ripples can be ignored.

Less than three hundred meters, in fact, it was a matter of a few minutes, and seeing that the lively British gunboats had not yet turned around, McTavish and they had already touched the outer wall of the Litai Foreign Company.

It is a bit inaccurate to say that it is the side of the outer wall, to be precise, it should be under the breakwater by the river, and you have to climb up more than ten meters along the steps that extend into the river, so as to reach the outer wall of Litai Foreign Bank.

In fact, it is this distance that is the most dangerous, because no one knows whether there are British sentinels on the shore, and no one knows whether they will be discovered by the British as soon as they come ashore.

McTavish was clever, although he saw that there were steps extending from the river bank to the river, McTavish did not rush ashore, but swam to the side for dozens of meters, and then leaned towards the shore.

The other commandos didn't need to be greeted by McTavish, they all followed McTavish like ducklings, and they couldn't lose them.

As for the Northeast Army led by Zhang Hanqing, McTavish didn't care about them.

McTavish is not the nanny of the Northeast Army, and he is not responsible for Zhang Hanqing's life, whether Zhang Hanqing is dead or alive has nothing to do with McTavish, even if Zhang Hanqing died in this operation, Zhang Yuting can't blame McTavish.

When he came, although Tang Jiading strongly objected, Zhang Hanqing still insisted on following the Lanfang commando team to feel it, even if he encountered an accident during the operation, Zhang Hanqing would not blame anyone.

Arriving at the river, McTavish turned around and made a gesture, and immediately several commandos came over and set up a personal ladder.

It doesn't take much effort to build a ladder in the water, the water itself is buoyant, and as soon as the four of them competed, they threw McTavish onto the breakwater nearly two meters high.

McTavish still looked at it carefully, and then slowly touched it up.

It turned out that McTavish was still overly cautious, perhaps because the long-term peace had paralyzed the British, and the British did not have much vigilance, and there were no sentinels on the entire riverbank, which allowed McTavish and them to reach the outer wall of the Litai Foreign Company safely.

When you get here, you can see that the British are still very well defended.

The whole Litai Foreign Company is probably a four-storey brick and stone building, and looking at the overall shape of the boxy, it is estimated that there are many rooms on each floor, which will cause some trouble for McTavish.

At this time, of course, the Litai Foreign Company was brightly lit, and there were obviously guards at the entrance of the hall and on the roof, all carrying Lee Enfield rifles in their hands, which could be regarded as heavily guarded.

It seems that the British did not dare to be careless.

Just behind McTavish, several commandos took out various arrows and bows from the waterproof bags they were carrying, and then took out bowstrings that had been carefully wrapped in oiled paper, and in just a few minutes, they were assembled into recurve bows.

What to say about the recurve bow, this is definitely a great invention in the history of warfare, although it is not as powerful as the compound bow, but it is just right for use in special operations.

Compared to the recurve bow, the compound bow is indeed a bit overpowered, and when someone fired from the back at a 45-degree angle, the arrow flew out 1,900 meters.

How much power do special operators need, a maximum of 90 meters.

As a result, the recurve bow became the best choice for Lanfang's special combat soldiers.

Just after the special operators had made the recurve bow, McTavish patted the commandos next to him on the shoulder and made a gesture upward, which meant that he was ready to break through from the top floor.

So the soldiers who had just made their bows and arrows put the recurve bows on their backs and prepared to assist McTavish in climbing.

In fact, four floors is not strictly speaking, but the houses built by the British who were looking for perfection are quite high, so now it looks about 20 meters high from the roof.

20 meters is really nothing in the hands of the special operators, even without help, McTavish and they can climb it with their bare hands.

This is also one of the items that Lanfang soldiers often practice, and the popularity is similar to that of armed swimming.

With that said, McTavish tucked the dagger back into the scabbard and prepared to start climbing.

Just as McTavish was about to climb up, the searchlights on the British gunboats suddenly swept towards McTavish's hiding place.

Was it discovered?

McTavish: It's going to be really nervous!

(To be continued.) )