There were still cautious Soochow soldiers, and Da Niu was one of them. Da Niu is a sentry of the Dongwu Naval Army, he was not on duty tonight, Xu Sheng rewarded the three armies tonight, but it does not mean that he relaxed his guard work, on the contrary, because he was worried that the Shu army would attack overnight, Xu Shengjia sent people to watch the night, and even the sentries who were supposed to rest were also sent out to guard.

It is said that wine and food were distributed for the soldiers to eat and drink, but in fact, there is very little wine, only one bowl per person, because Xu Sheng needs the soldiers to stay awake and be ready to fight at any time, of course, there is not so much wine in the army that can supply everyone to drink with their stomachs open.

However, the meals are basically unlimited, and the soldiers can be fed, but there is less oil and water in the meals, and the meat is also limited, and each person only has a small piece of salted fish meat the size of half a palm. No way, this year, the public's food is still dominated by vegetables, and the phrase "meat eaters despise" fully proves that people who can eat meat every day are people who belong to the upper strata of society.

The food of the Eastern Wu Army is much worse than that of the Shu Army, which is usually vegetarian, and now the three armies can only eat a small piece of meat, while the Shu Army can basically eat a small piece of meat every three or five times in peacetime, this is the difference.

Tonight, most of the soldiers can eat and drink well, make a fuss and then go to sleep, but the sentries like the big bull are more miserable, they can only take turns to eat, and only a short time to eat, after a hurried meal, they have to return to their posts to stand guard.

Da Niu and his partner Dog were in a relatively high position, and he also vaguely heard a few screams from in front of him, he poked the dog with his elbow and said, "Dog, dog, did you hear that?" ”

The dog was not as energetic as the big cow, and he had already begun to doze off, muttering half-asleep, "What do you hear?" Don't bother to go and play chess with Zhou Gong. ”

Da Niu looked puzzled and said, "I seem to have heard a few screams, didn't you hear them?" ”

The dog continued to mutter: "What's the screaming sound then, aren't you hitting a ghost?" ”

"I really seem to hear a voice, don't have an accident with the net boat."

"You will be suspicious, could it be that on this dark night, the Shu army will attack? Know that we can't see them clearly, and they can't see us clearly. If they do attack, I'm afraid they will get lost halfway. The dog was made sleepy by the bull, and said very unhappily.

"How can you get lost, the lights in our water village are bright, it is the best guiding light, if the Shu army wants to attack, just rush to the place where there are lights. Now is the time to sneak up, and we can't afford to be careless. ”

"Look closely at the dragnet boats in the distance to see if there are any figures fighting." Dog said.

Both of them woke up and looked at the distant netting boat as if nothing had happened. The dog said: "See, there was no fight on those ships at all, the lanterns were not extinguished, and there was no signal of attack, what are you worried about?" Don't make a fuss, let me sleep for a while, you will be on duty first, and I will replace you when I wake up. ”

There are policies and countermeasures, it turns out that the two of them are not all obediently standing guard at night, the two of them discussed, one is on guard, one is dozing, and one takes turns to rest.

"I always feel that something is wrong, obviously there is a scream, and it is impossible for me to hear it wrong. Something must have happened to those dragneters, they just don't know what it is. ”

"Alas, I'm really afraid of you, as soon as your cow's temper comes up, it really can't be pulled back by nine cows. If you're worried about something happening to them, just send a signal to ask. ”

"That's right, why didn't I think of it, just ask, what a simple thing." With that, the bull picked up a red lantern. Three turns left and three turns right.

The Eastern Wu Army also has its own signal transmission system, although it is not as perfect as the Shu Army, and the transmission distance is so far, but it can still transmit simple signals in short distances.

Like those ships that go out to pull nets, because they are a certain distance away from the water wall, they are very vulnerable to enemy attacks, so they need to send a signal of safety to the base camp every quarter of an hour. The signal is very simple, just take the lantern and turn left and right.

Soochow's messaging system is very simple, there is only one light, and they don't know how to encode the system, they can only transmit a few signals as agreed, such as reporting safety, and then encountering enemy attacks, etc. And like what Da Niu did just now, the base camp took the initiative to ask if the net boat was safe.

Of course, the special forces of the Shu army did not know the signal system of Dongwu, and naturally no one sent a signal to Da Niu to represent peace. After dealing with the Soochow sailors of the ships, the special forces quickly drew their short knives and cut off the fishing nets tied to the boats, allowing them to float away with the current, and disarming the barrier of the mines.

The current Dongwu Water Village is like a bikini beauty on the beach, with only a few pieces of cloth the size of a palm, and most of the places are completely unguarded. The special combat team members did not reply to Da Niu's inquiry signal, but they sent a signal to the Shu army base camp.

After they cut the fishing nets, a special combat team member in each boat took off the gourd hanging from his body, poured the oil contained in it into the river water into a circular pattern, and then lit it.

This circular pattern burning on the surface of the river is on the side of the boat leaving the Soochow Water Village, so they are not visible from the direction of the Water Village. However, the hot air balloons floating in the air have a glimpse of these rings burning in the dark night.

A pilot on the hot air balloon used a telescope to observe the movement of this water area at all times, and saw that the burning circles were lit up one after another, so he began to count, and after confirming the number, he turned to the sending system, operated various colored lights, and sent signals to the Shu army in the rear.

In a dark place not far upstream, there are countless ships moored, these are the Shu military ships that released mines to attack the Soochow naval army during the day. None of them were warships, almost all of them were civilian ships temporarily requisitioned by Huang Xu. Due to the need for concealment, none of them lit lanterns and remained silent.

On the deck of a larger merchant ship, a Shu soldier used a telescope to observe the hot air balloon in the sky not far away, and read out the light signal it emitted, while another soldier wrote down the light in the dark in a log book, and then trotted into the cabin.

There was a lantern in the cabin, but the windows of the cabin were obviously covered with black cloth, and the faint light of the lantern did not shine through at all. The soldier took out his dictionary, quickly translated the signal into text by the light of the lantern, and then reported to Huang Xu, who was sitting behind the low table:

"General, it has been confirmed that all fifty-eight Sea Wolf squads have successfully operated, and all the enemy's dragnet boats have been accused of being in our hands."

Each group of special combat personnel carried a gourd of oil, if they poured a fork on the surface of the river, it was a failure, pouring out a circle means success, and the hot air balloon can count the number of burning rings to confirm how many squads have succeeded and how many net boats have been occupied.