"When was the last time the transportation team arrived in Guangzhou..."
Zhou Huaian couldn't help but asked from the front of the boat.
"If you return to lead the army, it's 11 days ago..."
Yang Neng, who is accompanying the army food and material officer and the leader of the auxiliary brigade, said.
"Then set up camp and settle down, and make preparations...wait for tomorrow to make a decision..."
Zhou Huaian said decisively. So the flag-carrying and sending people around him began to erect a long pole with lanterns of several colors, and at the same time blew the deep and heavy Conch.
At this time, most of the soldiers who had disembarked one after another, under the gray sky, had to face the direction of the city, and seated quietly on a slightly higher position with thick felt blankets; the first time one after another After the whistle blew, they began to take off their backpacks and carry out inspection and sorting;
After the whistle sounded the second time, most people had prepared weapons and equipment, which had been placed in a ready position within reach, and used a small shovel to clean up the weeds and stones on the ground around them. Then in the third whistle sound, they took out the compressed rations they had carried and started to eat with the pre-prepared soup in the kettle.
As the leader of the team and the fire chiefs, they began to walk among them to inspect the situation of personal preparation and eating, and to correct and make up for the defects and omissions to ensure the basics of most people. status. If they are injured or ill, they will be sent back to the swimming medical care point set up on the river boat for treatment.
Then, as the auxiliary brigade personnel to disembark, they also started to work. They dug out the most basic trenches and drainage channels along the preset outline of the camp. The periphery of the camp constituted the first blocking line of defense.
As an inevitable division of the iron industry to a certain extent, the Nanhai iron yard can now use drilled iron molds to draw the heat-treated metal strips from large to small specifications; and to obtain corresponding metal wires of varying thickness; It's just that there are two divisions in the specific uses.
One is hardened after being treated by cold simmering and bent into a flat iron ring to be used as a component of the chain mail; the other is to strengthen the toughness and ductility and eventually become a circle of iron wire or iron wire; because in the current iron Under the material material, if the drawing image is really as thin as ordinary wire, the strength of the iron wire itself is simply unreliable.
Therefore, the barbed wire currently used is still a bit cumbersome and rudimentary, except for two iron wires with hinged barbs. There is no such complicated battlefield tricks as later generations, but even so, it is still better than the portable one. Traditional wooden horse and platoon guns are much lighter and less troublesome.
A distance of thirty or forty steps wide can be packed in a special basket and carried on a horse after being packed in a bundle, or loaded on a trailer with seven or eight pieces; there is really a lack of time to collect materials on site. The lightly armed and fast marching is an excellent tool that is necessary for climbing over complex terrain.
The gaps deliberately left between the wire fences were quickly pulled back from the ship by many pack animals and horses, and the military vehicles fixed on the large wooden rafts were also laid flat along the shore one by one. The ground that has been released will be introduced one by one into the preset camp area.
At this time, the soldiers who rested on the spot have also used the fuel carbon distributed to raise the fire between each fire in accordance with the rules and regulations, and then surround the fire according to the waterproof materials and poles received. The rations set up tents for overnight camping. And dug out small pits where garbage and waste are piled up, and then uniformly lead the shallow drainage ditch beside the tent to the big ditch that leads directly to the river for fire prevention.
As the scent of the grains of the reopening of the camp diffuses in the camp, the members of the auxiliary brigade and the servants who are responsible for the construction of the camp work, it is time to eat; on the cart loaded with iron stoves, the wet noodles are pasted. The scones and the pre-baked rice balls, together with the hot soup cooked with dried sauce and salted vegetables on the stove, were carried out in baskets one by one and distributed.
Just before the start of the meal, each person also got a spoonful of tempeh or shrimp paste in a jar, which was used as a flavor to spread the rice below the top. When they had eaten almost the same, the soldiers who were on guard, waiting and resting in batches also began to refill the water sacs or bottles that they had drunk.
After that, the auxiliary brigade and the miscellaneous servants who had eaten the supper still couldn't rest. Under the light of the lighted torches, they went to the nearby bushes in batches to cut down the required wood, and dragged them back with pack animals. Among them, the larger dry wood is used to store equipment and defense materials, while the smaller branches are used for drying and coking on the side of the fire, as a spare for firewood.
The general headed by Zhou Huaian was the last group of people to eat; after patrolling the sentries and construction sites and preparing for the fire cooker, there were only three kinds of food in the tray placed in front of him;
One of them is a thick porridge made of soybeans, wheat, and rice, which he scooped out from several fire cooks sampled from several places to prepare for night duties. It has a strong grain aroma that is characteristic of making rice in a big pot.
One is a compressed ration that looks the same as other soldiers in the standard palm size. It is just a special offering for generals. It is not heavy oil and salt like the soldier version, but adds a larger proportion of spices and vegetables, minced meat, fish floss, etc. , The taste is better and more delicate.
Finally, it is the only roasted rabbit leg that represents the privileged status. It is also brushed with golden honey sauce and salt and pepper. The wild harvest obtained on the spot is dedicated to him as a symbolic meaning; in other generals, it corresponds to it. It was a stack of sliced and dry-fried Cantonese sausages, or canned soy sauce stew; and to the old man, there was only a piece of boiled salted fish.
Although it was not the main factor in the rebel army, the attitude and vow of sharing happiness and hardships with the soldiers was more than just talking to Zhou Huai'an.
Then it was so busy until late at night when the wind and the moonlight became darker and darker, and after the accumulated timber was piled intermittently around the campsite, these working people were melodious and gently playing the flute. Tired all over, one after another fell asleep on the mats of the camp tents arranged;
And in this process, Guizhou City was still silent and unresponsive; it seemed that he didn't know what was going on underneath the city. However, on the night after get off work when the moonlight completely disappeared, a voice suddenly rang. It is the approximate location of the outer wire fence; as a supplement to the warning measures, some companion cables are connected, and they contain empty jars that can make loud noises.
"Sure enough, it's here..."
Zhou Huaian, who ordered the soldiers to be divided into three sets of clothes, take turns to rest, and wait for them to rest. Then I saw a dim yellow lantern on the high pole as the night conductor slipping down and turning into a blue leather paper lantern;
Then, dozens of bright fireballs flew out of the campfire in the middle of the camp; however, the team shot out with the appearance of remote equipment. These fireballs with different trajectories between a few breaths have been scattered and fell into the darkness outside the camp; the sudden high and low bursts broke into more sparks and flowing dots of igniting rain.
I saw that under the dim light of these dim fires, there were a lot of people with heads in short clothes holding sharp blades, like a surge, rushing towards the edge of the camp that looked empty; then they rolled their heads one after another. He fell to the ground, but encountered a preset wire fence.
The ringing of the bells tied to those barriers is like the best direction and target guidance; the whistles that can only be seen blowing one after another, the sparse inner ring baffle and the array of bows and crossbows behind the standing cards are also like It was the sound of the wind roaring in the night sky that fell among them one after another; suddenly there was a burst of roars and screams.
It was like a rice crop that was knocked down by a torrential rain and wind. It almost fell forward and backward and couldn't get up again. It quickly piled up layers of corpses and painful struggling injuries inside and outside the trenches and barriers. Those who are tired; and become the new obstacle that the follower needs to climb.
Suddenly these deadly arrow rain disappeared; and these severely frustrated and hesitant enemies, they seemed to have been encouraged to pounce forward again like a surge; however, such a short pause. , It is not a mistake of the rebels but a trap. Because at this time, the array of powerful crossbows with slower firing frequency but full penetration has also been replaced with several layers of continuous crossbows with faster firing speed but closer distance;
In the hustle and whistle of the press handle under the dense continuous sound; those enemies who struggled over the obstacles of the corpse pile and boosted their morale have once again become a tragedy in a certain sense; the oncoming is more dense as In the arrow rain of locusts, they almost seemed to have transformed into hedgehogs and arrow piles out of thin air, wailing in grief and pain, and fell to the ground with many short arrows.
Although many short arrows only penetrate into a small half of the body, once they hit the head, face, chest and neck with enough dense coverage, they can still kill people or immediately fall to the ground with disability. In the end, only the sparse enemy who seemed to be filtered through a sieve, rushed to the baffle guarded by Liannu in a daze.
Then they screamed and became shorter, but they rushed to fall into a narrow ditch close at hand, and they were pierced by a bamboo stick inserted in the water or stabbed their calf. Suddenly it became difficult to move and was struggling to move, but was stabbed and chopped over by the swords and guns falling down.
At this time, the blow from the long-range equipment of the Lianxiang team finally came to these enemies; the flying curved fire ball and poisonous smoke ball fell fiercely among the following crowd, and there was another tragic burst in that moment. Howling in the darkness, several blazing "blanks" were cleared out; it was like a signal to initiate a counterattack, and the sharp and hurried whistle was blown into a large area. .
The baffles and large rows on the inner trenches were also torn down one after another and turned into a kind of aisles on top of them. The armor was sparkling and the jumping team with knives and guns was in uncertain flames. Under the shining, it is divided into dozens of long dragons and arrows to fly out like flying, and then aggressively bypassing the side and slashing and slashing;
In the end, these enemies who had lost ground and scattered, were shocked and dispelled everywhere, like driving sheep and pigs. The order and fighting spirit were completely scattered. Amidst the miserable howls and wailing, they knelt down and begged for mercy or grabbed their hands. , Only a few enemies far away took advantage of the cover of darkness, and all the birds and beasts scattered and fled.
It can be said that these enemies performed and reacted in the night battle, and even the officers and soldiers who broke through under Chaoyang City were inferior. They actually only persisted for less than half an hour during the offensive and defensive when the surprise attack turned into a strong offense and defeated.
But all this did not end there. Zhou Huaian couldn't help but continued to look into the distance with deep eyes, which was the direction of the city and gate tower shrouded in darkness. After a torturous moment of waiting, I saw piles of fire suddenly light up slowly. Then someone rushed to report.
"Report, the Azerbaijani team that was lying at the South City Gate has succeeded.. They are standing by and waiting for help..."
"Okay, let us enter the city overnight and figure out what is going on..."
Only then did Zhou Huaian hammer his arm hard, and said to the left and right.
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