Lin Fei looked at the location of the Yagurur Sultan's army and nodded, Zhong Nancheng said with a smile: "I only know so much, I don't know anything else." ”

Lin Fei asked Zhong Nancheng to attack Zamboanga with him and serve as a guide, and Zhong Nancheng readily agreed. Lin Fei then began to prepare for the march to Zamboanga, and on February 14, Dai Lin sent the telephone and telephone line that Lin Fei needed, and the improved wire winding drum also became smaller, making it easy for people to carry.

Lin Fei had a total of six battalions, each battalion was equipped with two telephones, and his artillery company, engineer company, and sniper team were equipped with eight telephones.

Lin Fei told Zhang Chuang to select soldiers who were good at long-distance running, and Zhang Chuang selected a total of 120 soldiers who were good at long-distance running from the troops of the two regiments to form a communications company.

Lin Fei also selected one of the soldiers in the sniper team who was good at long-distance running and served as the commander of the communications company, this soldier was named Tang Yinchun, his background was not ordinary, he used to be a pearl diver living in the Heilongjiang River valley in Northeast China.

When it comes to pearls, people often think of the sea, but they don't know that Heilongjiang is also rich in pearls, and the pearls produced in Heilongjiang are more precious, known as "East Pearl", this kind of pearl was inlaid on the most formal dress by the emperor and concubine of the Qing court.

Picking this kind of pearl needs to dive into the turbulent river water, looking for pearl-producing mussels, the river water is turbulent and rolls up sediment, the river water is turbid, and the pearl divers have to stay underwater for a long time, so the pearl divers have trained a great lung capacity, and the lung capacity has a great impact on long-distance running, so pearl divers are often good at long-distance running, Tang Yinchun is one of them, the main task of the communication company is to wiring between the various positions, and running fast can be as good as possible, so Lin Fei let Tang Yinchun serve as the commander of the communication company.

At 8 a.m. on February 14, Lin Fei left his henchmen to guard Kota Bato, and led his troops to Zamboanga.

On the way, Lin Fei looked at the queue of his troops and was happy for a while, thinking that his army now has three important organs: the General Staff Department, the Logistics Department, and the Political Department, as well as professional arms such as the engineer company, the artillery company, and the communications company. The fly in the ointment is that the naval strength is still relatively weak, and when Zamboanga is laid down and the steam engine factory is obtained, the speed of ship building can be greatly improved.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon of February 19, Lin Fei led his troops to the mountain valley 8 kilometers east of Zamboanga.

Lin Fei sent the third battalion to garrison on the western heights, this direction is the direction where the Spaniards are located, and the deployment of troops here is to defend against the Spaniards, and the telephone line between the third battalion and the main position is deployed to facilitate the exchange of information.

Lin Fei let the large army station, the next day, February 20, at 7 o'clock in the morning, Lin Fei led the sniper team to the west, reconnoitring the enemy, according to Zhong Nancheng said, the Spaniards began to fight with the Muslims on February 6, and now more than ten days have passed, I don't know how the battle went.

There was also the Spanish artillery that needed to be reconnoitred, although the explosives used by the Spaniards were black powder, and the power was a grade different from the trinitrotoluene they used, but the shells would still cause damage to their own troops, so it was necessary to figure out the location of the Spanish artillery positions.

Zhong Nancheng followed Lin Fei as his guide, and he asked Lin Fei: "Your Majesty, won't the Spaniards put artillery on the city?" ”

Lin Fei said with a smile: "The Spaniards are equipped with 75mm rear-loading mountain guns, this kind of artillery recoil is very large, after the cannon is fired, the gun body will retreat a long way to offset the recoil, if it is placed at the head of the city, the cannon will fall from the wall as soon as it is fired, so the enemy's artillery must not dare to be placed on the wall, they will definitely choose a suitable place, and then deploy the artillery position there." ”

Zhong Nancheng then asked: "But there are so many mountains in this area, how do we know where the Spaniards deployed their artillery?" ”

Lin Fei smiled lightly and said: "The Spaniard's artillery has to be fired, as long as it sounds, I can hear the sound of the cannon, I can roughly know its position, and then we can reconnoiter to the general direction, and we will be able to know the specific location of the position." ”

Zhong Nancheng said "oh", no longer asked, the group rode a horse and walked to the west for almost 5 kilometers, Lin Fei suddenly waved his hand, this was a signal to stop, everyone hurriedly reined in the horse, waiting for Lin Fei's next order, but Lin Fei did not speak, nor did he make the next move.

Zhang Chuang urged the horse to walk up to Lin Fei and asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" ”

Lin Fei pointed to the west and said thoughtfully: "Listen, it's the sound of cannons." ”

Zhang Chuang was stunned for a moment and asked, "Cannon?" Why didn't I hear that? ”

Lin Fei has been trained as a pilot and feels more sensitive than ordinary people, so he heard the sound of cannons, Zhang Chuang didn't hear it, Lin Fei didn't explain much, just said: "Let's go to the west again, we should hear it." ”

Lin Fei led everyone to the west for a few hundred meters, and the sound of "boom boom" cannon gradually became clear, Lin Fei called Zhong Nancheng and said: "Listen to this sound, is it the 75mm mountain cannon of the Spaniards?" ”

Zhong Nancheng smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I can't hear this." ”

Lin Fei thought for a while, and then said: "The Muslims don't have artillery, this cannon seems to be from the mountain artillery of the Spaniards, the explosion sounds more than a dozen times a minute, it seems that the Spaniards are fighting with the Muslims, otherwise the explosion would not be so dense." ”

Zhang Chuang said worriedly: "If they are fighting, wouldn't it be dangerous for us to reconnoiter in the past?" ”

Lin Fei shook his head lightly and said: "Listening to the sound of artillery coming from the north, it means that the artillery position of the Spaniards is on the north side of Zamboanga, and the explosion is coming from the south, indicating that the Muslims are on the south side of Zamboanga, and we are on the east side of Zamboanga, as long as we are careful, it should not be a problem not to meet them." ”

After Lin Fei finished speaking, he turned over and dismounted, and said to everyone: "The goal is too big soon, let's get off the horse first and walk forward slowly." ”

Everyone got off their horses, each took out their guns, protected Zhong Nancheng, who had no combat ability, at the core, and cautiously walked to the west, when they suddenly heard a dense gunfire from the woods not far ahead!

Lin Fei made a gesture of concealment on the spot, and several people immediately got into the woods on the side, fortunately, those horses were all excellent war horses of Bazahai Sultan, and they did not panic when they heard the gunshots, let alone neigh.

As soon as they had taken cover, they saw several men dressed in Muslim robes and holding scimitars running out, covered in blood and staggering as they ran, but the scimitars in their hands were not thrown down.

A man had barely taken a few steps before he fell to the ground, and two of his companions ran back to him, pulling him up from the ground and dragging him forward, but at that moment several Spaniards with rifles came out of the woods, opened fire on the Muslim fighters, and the muzzles of their guns smoked lightly, and the two Muslims fell down screaming.

The other two Muslim warriors, ignoring their companions, gasped and ran into the distance, while the Spaniards stood still and lowered their heads to pull the bolts, and a few of them ran out of bullets, pulled out their magazines from their pockets and stuffed them into the chambers to reload.

Lin Fei's heart moved, and he secretly wanted to save these two Muslims, maybe he could ask them about the whereabouts of the Spanish artillery position, so as not to risk reconnaissance himself.

Lin Fei thought of this and said to the sniper team: "Prepare the bow and crossbow!" Kill the Spaniards. ”

In order to allow the sniper team to kill people quietly when they were reconnoitring behind enemy lines, Lin Fei equipped the sniper team with crossbow arrows, which are much simpler to make than guns, and there are craftsmen who can make crossbow arrows in the tribes on Samar Island.

The sniper team took out the crossbow, pulled the string, put the feather arrow on the string, aimed at the Spaniards and pulled the crossbow machine, a piece of feather arrows flew out, and several Spaniards were hit by the arrows and lay dead on the spot.

The two Muslims were so amazed at the Spaniard's death that they forgot to flee.

Lin Fei was worried that the Spanish follow-up troops were coming, so he said to his subordinates: "Take those two Muslims with you and leave quickly." ”

Zhang Chuang and another soldier of the sniper squad rushed out when they heard the order, carried the two men on their shoulders, put them on their horses, and everyone mounted their horses and retreated quickly.

The crowd retreated a few hundred meters and hid behind a wood, Lin Fei reined in his horse and said, "Go and two people to stand guard, the others dismount, put the two Muslims down, they are both injured, I am afraid they will not be able to hold on." ”

Zhang Chuang and another soldier took the two wounded Muslims off their horses, made them lie flat on the ground, examined their wounds, and then said to Lin Fei: "Your Majesty, one is too badly injured to be saved, and the other is fine, just a skin wound." ”

Lin Fei walked up to him and asked, "Which one can't be saved?" ”

Zhang Chuang pointed to the one on the left with his hand, Lin Fei half-knelt beside him, only to see that there was a dark red wound on his chest, about an inch long, not too much blood, the man couldn't stop coughing, his mouth was full of blood foam, Lin Fei knew that this was an anti-personnel shrapnel that injured the lobes of the lungs, this kind of injury was not legal in the field hospitals of his time, and this person was dead.

Looking at the other one, there was only a cut on the chest, although he was panting, but there was no cough, indicating that the wound did not hurt the internal organs, and as long as the wound was not infected, there was no risk of life.

Lin Fei called Zhong Nancheng as an interpreter and asked the Muslim directly, "Where is the artillery position of the Spaniards?" ”

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