Chapter 406: Crossing the West Bank of the River
380 years of the Jialan calendar, October 13.
In the midst of the autumn winds and plummeting temperatures, Vega convened its last pre-war meeting.
In Vega's battle meeting, there was no crowd of famous generals huddled together to make the best decisions with the best possible brainstorming, as in the West Bank. The meeting of Vega is a real hall of words.
There are no staff officers here.
Because Vega only needs the pawns to carry out the order, and not the so-called "talent" who negates his ideas.
You can say that he is conceited, arrogant, and has no one in mind, but he has indeed come to this day with his own ideas, because his advanced operational thinking is not something that other officers can keep up with, and other people's arbitrary interference will only support his hind legs.
So regular meetings were not destined for him.
Vega gave orders to one officer after another: "2 Regiment Commander, please take your troops and lead 100 ships to the upper reaches at once, and after a little stationing at the port of Kanga for supplies, set sail in a straight line for the west bank at about 3 a.m. on the 15th." ”
"Yes, General. ”
The commander of the 2nd regiment left the table directly and rushed upstream with the fleet.
Today is the 13th, and two days are enough time for him to reach the port of Kanga upstream, and even take a short rest at the port.
Followed by.
Vega gave an order to the commander of the 1st regiment: "Commander 1, you also lead 100 ships to the port of Tully in the middle reaches at once, and I need you to march towards the west bank after 3 a.m. on the 15th, just like the commander of the 2nd regiment. ”
"Yes, General. ”
The commander of the 1st regiment left the seat the second, and did not even ask why for Vega's orders.
Vega liked this kind of force with a high degree of execution, so he ordered the other subordinates: "Please also do your duty, and carry the military supplies onto the merchant ships in advance, and we are tentatively scheduled to launch a river crossing campaign at 5 o'clock in the morning of the 15th." ”
"For victory!"
A group of officers collectively stood up and saluted, ending the meeting, which lasted less than half an hour.
Due to Vega's prestige in the army, his orders were carried out as soon as possible, and the whole army was ready to cross the river by daylight on October 14.
The place where Vega is now located is White Rock City.
Baishi Port is located in the lower reaches of the Donbu River, not only far away from the 'Donbu City' where the main forces of the Great Prince's forces are stationed on the other side of the river, so as to avoid fighting with the enemy's main force as soon as the river is crossed, and it only takes 3 hours to cross the Dunbu River from the downstream.
Generally, the fog starts to appear between 3:30 and 6:00 a.m.
It starts at 3:30 a.m., and 6:00 a.m. is the time when the fog is at its thickest, and gradually dilutes from 6:00 a.m. onwards.
Vega had the other two fleets start crossing the river at 3:30, and when they were exactly 1/3 of the way through, they would probably be spotted by the reconnaissance forces on the west bank and notify the two navies to launch a blockade battle.
At the same time, his real main force officially began to cross the river at 5:00.
This was the time when the fog was at its thickest and least easy to detect, and by 8 o'clock when the fog had cleared, Vega had safely reached the west coast, and the navy could no longer threaten his main force.
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The West Bank, of course, was not aware of Vega's calculations.
On October 14th, Admiral Felix, who had sworn to give Vega a good look in front of the Grand Prince, was leisurely enjoying the bright sunshine and looking out over the Great River of Donbu, which was his favorite thing to do every day.
Compared to the deep and mysterious sea of dragons behind the eastern part of the dynasty, he really liked it...... No, it's the love of this inland Donbu River.
Because the Great River of Donbu has an unobstructed view.
Every inch of the river was exposed to the sight of his reconnaissance troops, and the great river of Dunbu, which shimmered in the sun, was like a virgin stripped naked for him to do whatever he wanted.
He loves the feeling of being in control.
On this great river of Dunbu, he had the illusion that he was the supreme king, and he loved this great river of Dunbu even more than his parents and wife.
At the same time, he did not think that the famous Vega on the east bank would dare to defile his great river of Donbu with a few wrecked ships.
That kind of behavior is just a political means to pretend to win the hearts of the people.
Felix abhors this kind of face-saving project used by politicians to deceive the people and win the hearts of the people.
Therefore, even if someone tells him in front of him that Vega will start a battle to cross the river with an army of 200,000 tomorrow, I am afraid that Felix will not believe it, and even give a slap in the face to the person who lied about the military situation.
But at 4:00 a.m. on the 15th, he was woken up by a quick knock on the door.
Angrily opening the door, the adjutant told him that the enemy had started the battle to cross the river, and now two fleets had crossed the west bank of the river from the port of Kanga and the port of Tali, respectively, and had already traveled 1/5 of the distance.
Is today April Fool's Day?
Felix angrily confronted the lieutenant and gave a 'you better not lie to me' warning, then closed the door, slowly put on his military uniform, and hurried to the conference room calmly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please tell me what is going on. ”
As soon as he entered, Felix sat down on the throne and began to inquire about the current situation.
The commander of the reconnaissance battalion under the Naval Aviation Department reported to Felix: "Just now, we received reports from patrol airships No. 2 and No. 7 that the enemy had taken advantage of the fog to cross the river from the ports of Kanga and Tali, respectively. ”
"Is the message OK?"
"Although it was foggy, it was impossible to see the soldiers on the ship. However, in order to seek accurate information, the No. 2 and No. 7 patrol airships once risked reducing their flight altitude to 70 meters, and they were vaguely able to detect that the enemy army had about 100 large merchant ships. ”
"The Port of Kanga and Port Tully ......"
Felix muttered to himself: "It's so calculated, it turns out that the deliberate stationing in the port of Baishi is just to confuse us, and the real purpose is probably to take it by surprise and divide the 200,000 troops originally stationed in the port of Baishi into two groups, and take advantage of the foggy weather to prepare to forcibly cross the river from the middle and upper reaches." ”
"It's a pity, it's a pity. ”
Admiral Felix sneered: "The speed of naval ships is not comparable to that of a few merchant ships, even if we can't use war airships to block it in foggy weather, you don't want to cross my Dunbu River." ”
"I'll tell you who is the real owner of this river!"
"The order goes down. ”
Felix slapped the table: "Let the patrol airship bite the enemy's tail and report to us the enemy's movements at any time, and at the same time order the 1st and 2nd fleets to rush to the middle and upper reaches respectively to block the enemy's forces." ”
"Combat objectives, not a single one is left. ”
"This time ......"
Admiral Felix's cold voice echoed in the silent conference room: "This time, I will let that little ghost who dares to defile my Donbu River taste the body odor, what is called real cruelty!"