Sunday, July 11, 1858, was 6:35 a.m

On a hillside on Fo Tong Chau, opposite the Chai Wan Pier on Hong Kong Island, among the weeds and bushes, two humanoid creatures wrapped in camouflage uniforms are observing the fleet moored in the bay with binoculars.

After the British fleet anchored here, the reconnaissance battalion sent scouts to set up a surveillance post here. Four shifts and three operations monitored every move of the British fleet 24 hours a day. After these British warships were at anchor, they did not move their nests in the past few days, and there were only a few small boats that transported various supplies back and forth every day. Yesterday afternoon, three gunboats had left, but the observation posts at the mouth of the Pearl River found no trace of them, indicating that they had not gone to Canton. It was only three small boats of several hundred tons, and the former enemy command was not worried about what big waves they could make.

Wen Yu yawned for a long time, and rubbed his sour eyes again, it is not a good pleasure to stay in the wilderness in the early morning of midsummer, at least the swarms of mosquitoes that keep attacking make people live like a year. Although the whole body was wrapped like a brown child, and even the head was covered with a veil, it could not stop the tireless pursuit of these little guys.

Because of the need to prevent the target from being exposed, smoking is prohibited during the surveillance, Wen Yu can only chew gum to relieve fatigue, and at the same time complains in a low voice: "It's not a human job to lurk and spy on the real thing!" ”

His partner He Tiantian is a veteran, and his patience and endurance are naturally not comparable to Wen Yu, who has just graduated from junior college. The 25-year-old otaku graduated from interior design, but after graduation, he worked in a garment factory. Mass phase, 171cm, 65kg, single, pseudo-military fan. During the summer vacation of high school, I spent a while in the town militia company, and I had some military experience. He Tiantian is 33 years old, a compulsory soldier in the 90s, and after retiring from the army, he occasionally played a real CS with his friends, and his military skills have not been forgotten. Otherwise, these young people who joined the reconnaissance battalion because they were interested in special operations and were full of fantasies in their minds might not be able to hold on for even three days. Seeing Wen Yu scratching his ears and cheeks, He Tiantian put down the binoculars and quipped: "Don't you talk about the delta and the signal flag all day long?" Can't stand it just after suffering so much? ”

Wen Yu waved away the mosquitoes hovering over the veil, turned over and faced the sky, stretching his limbs that were a little stiff from lying on the ground for a long time. "Special forces should engage in special operations, such as infiltration, sabotage, and assassination, which is what our special forces should do. If you want me to say, our reconnaissance battalion should organize a crack detachment to secretly infiltrate the British barracks and take all their senior officers prisoner, so that the war can be over. This is to achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost, and this is the core value of special operations. ”

He Tiantian propped up his upper body and carefully examined Wen Yu's face, as if a flower had grown on it. The latter asked inexplicably, "What are you looking at?" ”

"I don't think you look like David Jones." He Tiantian retracted his gaze, and then pointed to the nearest British warship, "You said so powerful, then go and infiltrate that warship now, capture their captain, and I'll help you get credit when the time comes!" ”

Wen Yu is not a three-year-old child, how could he not understand that He Tiantian was teasing him, so he had to make a fortune in a muffled voice. At this time, He Tiantian found that there was an abnormal situation on the dock on the other side, and hurriedly raised his binoculars to look over. A group of lobster soldiers suddenly appeared on the dock, lining up to board the boats, each with about ten people, and they were heading towards the north shore one after another. The distance between the two sides of this bay is less than two kilometers, and it only takes ten minutes to row a small boat, and before He Tian can figure out the intentions of the British, dozens of British soldiers have already gone ashore. The vacant dinghy went back and continued to carry men, and when the number of people ashore reached 100, the soldiers were led by the officer to search and advance in a skirmish line.

Although He Tiantian is not sure that these British people are coming at him, he can be sure that his camouflage level is not high enough to be detected if he is close at hand, and it is the right thing to run away while the British are still far away. But before that, he still had to explain, so he turned on the individual radio, "Headquarters! Headquarters! The British suddenly sent two companies to search for us, and now there are still five hundred meters away, and we are leaving! After speaking, he turned off the radio and pulled Wen Yu to slip away. Who knew that Wen Yu objected, "How about we get a guy?" ”

"You're crazy!?" He Tian lowered his voice and shouted, "If you are sticky, you can't leave." The sidearms of the two were two domestically produced submachine guns, with a total of just over 100 rounds of ammunition, and even if "each bullet eliminated an enemy", it would be impossible to wipe out the enemies who came to search the mountain. If you are entangled and cut off from the back road, you will not be the first prisoner to go to war. He Tiantian grabbed Wen Yu's collar, put him in front of him, and said viciously: "Boy, you must listen to me now, otherwise I will '' you immediately!" As if the other party dared to object, he would break the other party's neck.

Seeing He Tiantian's fierce eyes, Wen Yu hurriedly defended: "I'm not trying to fight with them, I'm going to make a few tricks to entertain them." Hearing this, He Tiantian's complexion softened. In this moment's delay, the British advanced another hundred meters. He also talked a lot of nonsense, urging: "Hurry up!" Then he also took out a domestic Type 82 egg grenade and made a tripping thunderbolt on the fishing line in a bush; On the other side, Wen Yu also made a trick mine with a small stone slab, the slate was just pressed on the crusher of the grenade, and the pull ring had been pulled out, if anyone accidentally touched this stone slab, he would "take off seven or eight meters in place" after five seconds, and then disperse and land within a radius of thirty meters. With all this in order, the two of them slipped along the retreat route they had chosen in advance. Five minutes later, two loud bangs were heard behind him.

The British were not very sure that there were scouts from the Liberation Army here, but before the official start of the war, it was also appropriate to send people to sweep the area and prevent the Liberation Army from blatantly sending people to reconnoiter here. It's not a big mistake to be careful at the beginning. And the two tricks installed by the two scouts told them that their worries were not unnecessary, and that the Liberation Army had indeed sent people to scout here. And the price paid was 2 killed, 2 seriously wounded, and 7 lightly wounded. Seeing that the few subordinates who were carried away all became bloody and blurred, the officer who led the team was so angry that he used his command knife to cut at the grass, and it was a pity that all kinds of flowers and trees were affected by the pond fish, and it was a pity that He Tian didn't have time to install the second trick mine, otherwise he could have achieved greater results.

Although there was a slight damage, it had little impact on the actions of the British army, and the units continued to operate in an orderly manner as planned. Several capital warships began to ignite, and today they will use steam power to cruise in Victoria Bay to provide fire support to the army rushing across the bay. The rest remained on standby, and on several large transport ships, some soldiers were also busy, erecting iron frames on the deck.

Directly opposite the Wan Chai Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, a group of British Army troops is massing. The seashore was filled with all kinds of small boats, not only British boats, but also many hired Chinese fishing boats. The soldiers on the dock waited anxiously, waiting for the naval guns to destroy the Chinese fortifications, and then they rushed up to drive the timid Chinese out of the gutter. Although it was not the first time to go to war, the soldiers understood that this time the enemy was completely different from those still living in the Middle Ages, and that they would really face a baptism of blood and fire.

Private Matthew has already gone to the toilet three times. When he stood up again, his friend Wolf asked, "Man, what's the matter with you, did you drink too much water in the morning?" There was clearly more mockery in his tone than concern.

Matthew ignored his friend, ran to the beach, and took out the "weapon" facing the sea, but waited for five minutes before shaking out a few drops, and finally had to stuff the "weapon" back in a sneering manner. Back in the queue caused another burst of laughter.

Wolf put his arm around Matthew and explained, "Man, it looks like you're frightened by the Goa's affair. The vast majority of the army soldiers did not witness the tragic situation on the Goa, but they knew the power of the Chinese's rapid-fire muskets from the accounts of those who witnessed it, and the wails of the wounded soldiers in the hospital confirmed this statement. The horrific legend that "it took a whole day to clean the blood on the deck of the 'Goa'" was also circulated in private, so most army soldiers were deeply afraid of the rapid-fire muskets of the Chinese. Of course, there may be exceptions to everything, and Wolf is one of the few who doesn't feel scared. He continued to give his friends a "relief pill": "I admit that the rapid-fire musket of the Chinese is very powerful and dangerous, but no matter how powerful it is, no matter how long the range is, no matter how fast the rate of fire is, it cannot surpass the artillery." After a while, the navy will launch a cannon attack on the Chinese positions on the opposite side, and no one can survive the attack of the battleship's 24-pounder guns, and maybe when we pass, we can only see the corpses of the Chinese. ”

Wolf reassured everyone a little, chatting, smoking, and telling jokes to relieve his nervousness. Not long after, suddenly there was a burst of cheers, everyone looked for prestige, and several battleships slowly approached from the east with black smoke.

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Shortly after receiving the report from the surveillance post, the Liberation Army barracks sounded a hurried rallying cry. In addition to the necessary remaining personnel, groups of heavily armed soldiers drove out of the barracks. The four companies stationed in the county seat, the seven companies guarding Longgang, and the nine companies stationed in Luohu set up sentry posts on various major roads to strictly check the pedestrians. The Sixth Company moved to the Tuen Mun area, to the north it could assist the Chiwan Fortress to hold the entrance to Shenzhen Bay, and to the south it could support the Stonecutters Island base at any time; The 8th Company moved to Sha Tau Kok to stand by, ready to support the defenders of the Kowloon Peninsula at any time.

As the main force of this battle, the first battalion has also been on standby, and the third company will stay at Stonecutters Island to defend the two 152mm howitzers on the battery, which will guarantee the victory of this battle. The 1st Company, the 2nd Company and the Artillery Company entered the positions on the Kowloon Peninsula, the 1st Company and two rifle platoons were placed in the main position in Tsim Sha Tsui, the 2nd Company and two rifle platoons were divided into the left and right sides, and the four 60 mortars of the Artillery Company were placed in the central position, ready to provide artillery support for the forward positions, and the three melee platoons armed with broadswords stayed at the rear with the command headquarters, and they were not able to appear until the last moment.

Luo Jiaying led a platoon of brothers into the position. It was a semi-permanent fortification that had been repaired for more than a month, and the earthen walls on both sides of the trench had been compacted and paved with wooden planks to ensure that it would not be easily collapsed. At intervals there was a bomb hole covered with double logs and sandbags, and in the middle of the trench there was a reinforced concrete bunker where a Maxim machine gun was placed and would serve as a fire support for the entire fortification. Under the slope in front of the trenches, there were also two barbed wires, which could delay the British attack.

The total length of the trench was almost more than 300 meters, and the two platoons were bounded by machine-gun pillboxes. After entering the position, the platoon commander walked back and forth in the trench, cheering everyone on and urging everyone to check their weapons. Luo Jiaying was not idle, cheering up all his fellow villagers and comrades, "If you want me to say, these ghosts have nothing to be afraid of, they still have one nose and two eyes, and if they are hit, they will die." When they come up, you'll just shoot at people as you normally would. ”

"I heard that there are tens of thousands of ghosts!" Concerns were expressed.

"There are tens of thousands, only 10,000 at most." At this time, the platoon commander added, "There is only such a big place here, and 10,000 people can't put it out!" So they can only send a thousand people at a time, we have so many fast guns, as well as machine guns, a thousand people can be easily eliminated. He was reimbursed ten times for 10,000 people. "Of course, war can't be such a simple arithmetic problem, but the soldiers have confidence and are not as nervous as they were just now.

"It's coming! Here it comes! "I don't know who shouted, everyone looked into the bay together, and several Western ships with black smoke were coming over.