Chapter Fifty-Seven: Knocking on the Mountain
"Lord of Incense, after our overnight exploration, Shenlong Island is about thirteen miles long from north to south, more than three miles wide from east to west in the north, and nearly two miles wide in the south."
"There are all kinds of poisonous snakes on the island, but fortunately, Mr. Lu let us sprinkle realgar powder on our bodies in advance, so we were not attacked by poisonous snakes."
"There are two wharves on the island, one in the southwest, one in the north, and the main wharf in the north, with three large ships and fifteen small boats, and there are more than ten sailors stationed on the big ships, which have been touched by us, and there are only a few small boats on the southwest wharf, which are unguarded."
"The Divine Dragon Cult is stationed on a mountain peak in the northeast, more than a mile from the coast, within artillery range."
"In addition, there are scattered wooden houses all over the island, which should be the residence of the families of the Divine Dragon Sect, and the report is complete."
In the cabin of the flagship ship of Perak Hall, a simple charcoal hand-drawn map is spread out on the table, and the leader of the team that went to scout points on the map while recounting what he has detected.
Lu Gaoxuan secretly admired in his heart, he had lived on Shenlong Island for more than ten years, and every grass and tree on the island was very familiar, but what he described to Yang Yifei was not as detailed as the situation that others had explored in one night.
It is not that he deliberately keeps it, but that he has not undergone systematic military training, and he cannot describe the terrain and related information from the perspective of war, after all, the professional is always professional.
What Lu Gaoxuan admires the most is that in just one night, people even drew a map, although the map is very concise, but some of the key parts are extremely accurate, which makes people understand at a glance.
After listening to the team leader's report, Yang Yifei nodded with satisfaction, the situation detected by the reconnaissance team was basically consistent with what Lu Gaoxuan said, proving that the professional training for them was not in vain.
Yang Yifei's expression was whole and he said: "Very good, the situation has been figured out, and now the combat mission is arranged." ”
The leaders gathered around the table stood straight with their legs together, and looked at Yang Yifei solemnly.
Yang Yifei pointed to the docks in the southwest and north, and said, "The musket team, divide one hundred people, seventy people in the north, and thirty people in the southwest, and occupy the docks respectively to prevent anyone from trying to escape by boat." ”
"The four battleships sailed to the northeastern sea, commanded by Brother Feng on the ship, two hundred meters from the coast, the first gun emplacement of the flagship is aimed at the wall of the peak where the Divine Dragon Sect is located, and the other gun emplacements are all aimed at the station of the Divine Dragon Sect on the top of the mountain, pay attention to my signal flares."
"When the first signal flare is lifted into the air, the No. 1 gun position fires, the purpose of this gun is to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, hit the grass and scare the snake, pay attention to the calculation of the position, do not hit the top of the hill building, if you see the second signal flare, all the gun positions fire together, five rapid fire."
"The special attack team and another hundred musketeers, led by me personally, landed from the northern dock, with the special attack team as the central army and the musket team as the two wings, approaching the peak of the Shenlong Sect's station."
"If I encounter a Divine Dragon Cultist, I will decide whether to attack or not depending on the situation, everyone can just listen to my orders, but most of us have to kill a wave first, because it is difficult for them to give up resistance willingly if they don't let the other party see the difference in strength between the two sides."
When he said these last few words, Yang Yifei looked at Lu Gaoxuan and the others, these words were just for them.
Lu Gaoxuan said helplessly: "We will try to persuade them to surrender, if they are stubborn...... I'm okay with that. ”
Yang Yifei nodded with satisfaction, glanced at everyone, and shouted: "After the combat mission is arranged, is the unit clear?" ”
"Clear."
"Very well, go according to the plan, and remember to ask the brothers to sprinkle realgar powder on themselves."
"Yes."
As soon as Yang Yifei's voice fell, all the leaders in the field immediately took action, and they may not have learned all kinds of skills, but they have already cultivated this vigorous and resolute style of ordering and prohibiting.
The two musketeers each headed for two piers in small boats, four loaded with artillery, and the larger ships, which had been upgraded to battleships, sailed to the northeastern waters of Shenlong Island, where they were to enter combat positions when the morning fog was shrouded and the other side could not see the sea clearly.
The Thunderbolts and Muskets disembarked at the northern pier to land in small boats, and then advanced southward, with Lu Gaoxuan leading the way, and they would never take the wrong path.
Everywhere they passed, they saw trees, grass, and roads, one in the east and one in the west, all of which were poisonous snakes, but more than 200 people were sprinkled with realgar powder, and the poisonous snakes were afraid to avoid them, so naturally they would not attack them.
At this time, Yang Yifei walked in the forefront with a group of special attack team assaulters, on the left was the Nine Difficulties holding a long sword, on the right was Mao Shibai and Xu Tianchuan who were holding a short musket and hanging a long knife from their waists, A Ke and Mu Jianping naturally couldn't come to participate in the battle, they wanted to come, but they were stopped by Yang Yifei.
Lu Gaoxuan, Fat and Thin Toutuo, Fang Yi, and more than a dozen Origin Dragon Cultists followed them, and at this time they all changed into their original Dragon Sect clothes, and if they met Divine Dragon Sectists, they would be the first to speak and persuade them.
Behind the assaulters were the snipers with longbows, each of whom had a normal arrow in their right hand, and the Demoman did not follow, as the combatants had more than enough ammunition this time, and they stayed at the docks.
The musket team was divided into two teams, fifty men on each flank, each of whom carried fifty rounds of paper shells, and because of the bayonet stuck under the barrel of the musket, they carried no weapons other than muskets and ammunition.
The northern pier was less than three miles away from the peak of the Shenlong Sect's station, but it was already close.
Yang Yifei saw that the road up the mountain was narrow, and it was difficult for the two of them to walk side by side, as long as the rolling wood and stones were prepared on it, supplemented by bows and arrows, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and if you wanted to attack the peak, it was bound to cause a large number of casualties.
According to Lu Gaoxuan, there are these preparations on the mountain, and for safety, Yang Yifei decided not to go up the mountain, lure Hong Antong and others down, and solve the problem below.
At that moment, Yang Yifei ordered the troops to retreat to a stone's throw away from the road up the mountain, and waited for a while, when the morning fog dissipated, estimating that the battleship had already entered the combat position, Yang Yifei said to Mao Shibai on his side: "Brother Mao, send a signal." ”
"Yes."
Mao 18 answered, reached out and took out a two-inch-long cylinder with a fuse from the cloth bag he carried with him.
This long barrel looks similar to the bomb on the burst arrow, but this is not a bomb, but a signal flare, which is actually a special firework, made by a craftsman who is proficient in the manufacture of fireworks and firecrackers in Yang Yifei's Thunderbolt Hall.
Mao 18 took out the fire fold and blew it up, lit the fuse of the signal flare, and then raised it high.
"Sudden ...... Shout...... Bang. ”
The fuse burned out, and a bright red projectile rose into the sky, with a sharp scream, and after rushing into the air for more than ten zhang, it exploded, exploding a bright red firework, the reason why it was bright red was because it was very eye-catching even in the daytime.
On the flagship, when the wind saw the signal, he immediately shouted: "Target, the peak and mountain wall of the Shenlong Sect's station, flowering shells, charge No. 4, one cannon and one shot, load." ”