Chapter 57 Knock on the Mountain
"Benxiang Lord, after we investigated overnight, Shenlong Island is about thirteen miles long from north to south, more than three miles wide from east to west, and nearly two miles wide from south."
"The island is full of poisonous snakes. Fortunately, Mr. Lu asked us to sprinkle realgar powder on our bodies in advance, and we were not attacked by the poisonous snake."
"There are two docks on the island, one in the southwest and the other in the north. The main docks are three large ships and fifteen small boats. More than ten sailors are stationed on the large ships. We have all touched them. There are only a few small boats on the docks in the southwest and are unguarded."
"The Dragon Cult is located on a mountain in the northeast, more than one mile from the coast, and is within the range of artillery."
"In addition, there are also sporadic wooden houses and monasteries on the island, which should be the residence of the family members of the Shenlong Sect. The report has been completed."
In the cabin of Pilitang flagship, a simple map hand-painted with charcoal pen was spread out on the table. The captain of the team heading to the reconnaissance pointed and described the situation he had detected while pointing on the map.
Lu Gaoxuan secretly admired him. He had lived on Shenlong Island for more than ten years. Every grass and tree on the island was extremely familiar, but what he described to Yang Yifei was not as detailed as anyone had found in one night.
It was not that he intentionally retained it, but that he had not received systematic military training and could not describe the terrain and related information from a war perspective. After all, professionalism is always professional.
What impressed Lu Gaoxuan the most was that in just one night, he even drew the map. Although the map was drawn very concise, some of the markings of key parts were extremely accurate and clear 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 in line with what Lu Gaoxuan said, proving that the professional training they were not in vain.
Yang Yifei looked up and said, "It's very good. The situation has been cleared. Now we have arranged combat missions."
The leaders around the table stood upright and looked at Yang Yifei solemnly.
Yang Yifei pointed to the docks in the southwest and north and said, "The musket team, divided 100 people, 70 people from the north and thirty people from the southwest, and occupied the docks separately to prevent anyone from trying to escape by boat."
"The four warships drove to the northeastern waters, commanded by Brother Feng on the ship, two hundred meters away from the coast. The flagship's No. 1 gun position aimed at the mountain wall of the mountain where the Shenlong Cult is located, and all other gun positions aimed at the Shenlong Cult's garrison on the top of the mountain. Pay attention to my signal flare."
"When the first signal flare was launched, the No. 1 gun fired. The purpose of this gun is to knock the mountain and shake the tiger, and to alert the snake. Pay attention to calculating the position and do not hit the building on the top of the mountain. If you see the second signal flare, all guns will fire together and fire five rapid shots."
"The special attack team and another hundred musketeers were led by me to land from the northern dock, and the special attack team was the central army and the musketeers were on both sides, approaching the peak of the Shenlong Cult's garrison."
"If you meet a Dragon Cult, I will decide whether to attack according to the situation. Everyone can just follow my orders, but we must kill first, because it is difficult for them to give up resistance if they don't let the other party see the gap in strength between the two parties."
When he said these last few words, Yang Yifei looked at Lu Gaoxuan and others, and these words were for them to hear.
Lu Gaoxuan said helplessly: "We will try our best to convince them to surrender. If they are stubborn... I have no objection."
Yang Yifei nodded with satisfaction, glanced at everyone, and shouted: "The combat mission has been arranged, are the units clear?"
"clear."
"Good, do as planned, remember to let your brothers sprinkle realgar powder on yourself."
"yes."
As soon as Yang Yifei finished speaking, the leaders in the field immediately took action. Perhaps they had not learned all kinds of skills yet, but they had already cultivated the ability to act recklessly and prohibited.
The two teams of musketeers each took a small boat to two docks. Four large ships equipped with artillery and upgraded to warships sailed to the northeastern waters of Shenlong Island. They wanted to enter the combat position when the morning mist was shrouded and the other party could not see the sea clearly.
The Pili Special Attack Team and the Musket Team went down the northern pier to land on a small boat and then rushed south. With Lu Gaoxuan leading the way, they would never go astray.
Wherever they passed, they saw trees, grass, and roads, one in the east and one in the west, full of poisonous snakes, but the more than 200 people were covered with realgar powder, and the poisonous snakes were afraid of avoiding it, so they naturally would not attack them.
At this time, Yang Yifei led a group of special attack team assaulters to the front. On the left was Jiunan holding a long sword, on the right were Mao Shiba and Xu Tianchuan holding a short musket and a long sword hanging on his waist, and A Ke and Mu Jianping could not come to participate in the battle. They wanted to come, but Yang Yifei stopped them.
Lu Gaoxuan, Fat and Thin Toutuo, Fang Yi and more than a dozen original Dragon Cultivators followed them. At this time, they all changed into their original Dragon Cultivation costumes. If they met the Dragon Cultivator, they would take the lead in persuading them.
Behind the assaulter was a sniper holding a longbow. At this time, they were holding an ordinary arrow in their right hand, and the explosion hand did not follow, because the ammunition on the fighters was already more than enough, so they stayed at the dock.
The musket team was divided into two teams, with fifty people on both wings, each carrying fifty pieces of paper shell ammunition. Since there was a bayonet stuck under the barrel of the musket, they did not carry any other weapons except muskets and ammunition.
The northern pier is less than three miles away from the peak of the Shenlong Cult's headquarters, but the cup of tea is approaching.
Yang Yifei saw that the road up the mountain was narrow, and it was difficult for both of them to walk side by side. As long as they prepared a wooden and rock-beating on it, and then accompanied by a bow and arrow, it was easy to defend but difficult to attack. If they wanted to attack the top of the peak, they would inevitably cause a large number of casualties.
According to Lu Gaoxuan, there are these preparations on the mountain. For safety, Yang Yifei decided not to go up the mountain and led Hong Antong and others down, and solved the problem below.
At that moment, Yang Yifei ordered his troops to retreat to the ground with one arrow from the road up the mountain. After waiting for a while, when the morning mist dissipated, he guessed that the warship had already entered the combat position. Yang Yifei said to Mao Shiba beside him: "Brother Mao, send a signal."
"yes."
Mao Shiba responded and reached out and took out a long tube two-inch long and fuse from his carry-on bag.
This long tube seems to be similar to the bomb on the explosion arrow, but this is not a bomb, but a signal flare. In fact, it is a special firework, made by a craftsman who is proficient in the manufacturing of fireworks and firecrackers in Yang Yi Feiming Pili Hall.
Mao Shiba took out the fire stick and blew it on, ignited the fuse of the signal flare, and then raised it high.
"Suddenly...swhoo...bang."
The fuse burned out, and a bright red projectile soared into the sky. With a sharp roar, it rushed into the air more than ten feet, and exploded, blowing up a ball of bright red fireworks. The reason why it was bright red was because it was very eye-catching even during the day.
On the flagship, when Fengji saw the signal, he immediately shouted: "Target, the mountain wall of the Shenlong Cult's resident, the flowering bullet, the No. 4 loading, one shot and one shot, loading."
Chapter completed!