Chapter 1234: Infiltrating into Johor

Although Roger described this action plan very easily, it would not be so big when it was actually implemented. Although only a team of people dispatched a few days of reconnaissance operation, the local garrisons were mobilized and were required to enter a war alert state during this period. The people selected by Roger are elite soldiers in the army, basically all veterans who have been in the army for more than two years, and most of them have officer positions. Marcus, a black officer who once served as a military instructor in Han Zhengshan, was also among them. He was very strong. In addition to his individual equipment, he would also be responsible for the task of carrying more than ten pounds of field radio stations and batteries during the operation. In addition, the only four local snipers will also be taken away by Roger.

Considering that the reconnaissance team had to operate in the field for several days and could not obtain supplies from Xingdao during this period, the reconnaissance team needed to bring a lot of supplies to the opposite side of the strait. In addition to ensuring the rations, medicines, bedding, etc., as well as ropes, ammunition, guns, etc. The supplies needed by this team have exceeded 50 kilograms per capita. However, during the operation, they will not carry everything on their bodies. After arriving on the other side, they will find a hidden place to establish a temporary station, leave some spare materials, and then move forward lightly to carry out reconnaissance missions.

According to Roger's plan, the reconnaissance team will conduct fan-shaped searches on the surrounding areas with the landing point as the center. A zone will be drawn out every day for reconnaissance, and after completion, return to the temporary base of the landing point to spend the night. Although the search range will not be too large, the information Roger got from the prisoners is that the Johor army has begun to gather in areas near the strait, and it should be possible to grasp the opponent's preparation status without going deep into the inland.

When Roger was talking to Tan Juren, the two fast ships responsible for the transportation task were already on the way to the Johor Strait with some supplies. Although only one ship was enough to transport the reconnaissance team, out of caution, Roger still transferred one more ship to spare. However, the eye-catching warship was spared. Roger was worried that his warship would break the patrol rules and appear in the Johor Strait would arouse the other party's alertness, and it would easily expose the reconnaissance operations.

Tan Juren also got up early the next day and went to the military camp to send Roger and others off. Although Roger explained everything clearly, Tan Juren was still a little uneasy when he took on this important task for the first time. Roger also saw that his mood was not too calm, so he comforted him and said, "Okay, you don't have to worry too much, just take your family well. After three days, the command will be handed over to me. You should think carefully about how to survive the general's appetite in the past few days!"

Tan Juren laughed and said, "I don't have the ambition to be a general. I won't say much. Be more careful and wait for you to come back to welcome you and celebrate your achievements!"

"Set out!" Roger turned over and gave an order. The men of his subordinates got on the horse and slowly headed to the north.

Han Zhengshan, who was following Tan Juren, saw his acquaintance Marcus at the end of the team and waved to him. Marcus saw Han Zhengshan on the back of the horse. He had a task and was inconvenient to stop and talk, but he hugged his fists in Chinese etiquette as a response.

After Tan Juren watched the figure of the group slowly disappear into the morning mist, he left the military camp and returned to his official residence.

Although Roger handed over the temporary command of the garrison to Tan Juren, he did not intend to occupy the military's office during Roger's departure, nor did he have the idea of ​​becoming a general as he joked about. Although he had to act as a general in the past few days, as long as there was no war, all the work in the army would continue step by step, and he did not need to intervene directly in management. Even if there was an emergency, Ruan Fu could stand alone. The main role that Tan Juren could play was to stabilize the morale of the army and let everyone know that there was a leader in Xinggang, which was enough.

Compared with military affairs, Tan Juren is more concerned about what he has at hand. The construction progress of resettlement housing has been completed by two-thirds, and the current housing allocation problem of people can be solved soon. Only after this matter is completed can he concentrate on implementing the local development plan. The existing arable land area in Xingdao is far from Tan Juren's expectations. He hopes to start promoting collective farming locally as soon as possible to improve the existing agricultural production efficiency. In addition, it is to vigorously promote farms that plant tropical cash crops. Only after stable farms and plantations can the local economic conditions be further improved.

Of course, all these plans have two prerequisites that cannot be avoided. One is that there is enough labor to develop these projects locally, and the other is the safety and stability of the surrounding environment. If these two points cannot be achieved, then no matter how perfect the plan is, it will be difficult to succeed. Now it seems that these two conditions are a bit out of reach. The development of the situation obviously does not meet his wishes, so he can only delay the implementation of the plan. As for when to postpone it, Tan Juren didn't know what to do. Now, except to take one step at a time, he seems to have no reliable way.

Roger and his group rode their horses and marched north for about twenty miles. In front of them was already a dense forest where pack horses could not go with them, so they could only get off the horse and walk on foot. The reconnaissance team and his group got off the horses and took their backpacks and continued to move into the dense forest. Several soldiers took their horses back to Xinggang Camp as the same way.

After traveling through the dense forest for about ten miles, the reconnaissance team finally arrived at the northernmost coastline of Xingdao. From here, looking north, the Johor Strait less than two thousand meters wide, is the southernmost continent of the Malay Peninsula. Roger doesn't even use a telescope, and can see the winding and rolling coastline of the other shore with his naked eyes, and that is the destination this time.

This is one of the five temporary outposts that Roger had set up before. The reason why he chose this place as the starting point for crossing the strait was mainly based on the confession of the prisoners. The place where the prisoners crossed the strait was still several miles east of the east, and the Johor army assembly point he explained was also several miles east of the other side. Roger specially avoided the Johor army assembly area in order to conceal the reconnaissance team as much as possible and not be noticed by the other party.

The two ships that set out a day in advance did not appear here. They would not enter from the entrance of the strait at the eastern end until they were night. Then they would meet with the reconnaissance team here. What the reconnaissance team had to do now is to wait patiently for the arrival of the night.

After nightfall, the two boats appeared near the coastline at the agreed time. The flashing lights on the boat quickly attracted the attention of the sentry, which was a signal agreed in advance. The shore quickly gave a response signal, guiding the two boats to sail slowly to the shore in the dark. There were no reefs on the coastline here, so there was no need to worry that the boat would run aground when docked at night. When there were still seven or eight meters across the shore, the people on the boat threw out cables, and the people on the shore used human power to drag the boat to the shore, and then a springboard was placed on the boat for the reconnaissance team to board the boat.

Roger and others quickly got on the boat, and then the sailors on the boat used poles to prop the boat off the coast, and slowly drifted to the north shore with the help of wind and water flow. Another spare ship stayed here directly and did not participate in the action.

Looking at the north shore from the bow, you can only see a dark area without any lights. According to information, the village closest to the coastline in Johor is also several miles away from the coastline. The nearby landing point you chose can be said to be an unmanned land, and the risk is relatively small.

Roger has also traveled overseas in recent years, but for some reason, he suddenly recalled the night when the Crossing Group landed in Yulin Bay. The boat he was riding on was sailing towards the coastline. However, at that time, he was full of anxiety about the prospects, but now he is expanding territory for the country of Marine Han and working hard for his achievements. The North American Five-Party Party, which was working together at that time, is now one side and one side, and each is fighting. If the five people gather together again, they don’t know when they will go.

However, this kind of sudden distraction did not last long. Roger has been in the army for so many years and commanded the troops to conquer all directions. His determination is no longer comparable to that before. He was just a moment of dizziness and returned to his attention. Although Roger spoke very easily to Tan Juren, the risk of this task will not be lowered because of this relaxed attitude. He only brought a small team of people into unfamiliar areas of Johor for reconnaissance. This is probably the most risky operation he has participated in in recent years.

The water surface of this strait was not wide, and the sailboat Roger and others quickly arrived on the other side. Several soldiers capsized from the bow and jumped into the water from the bow and waded to the water to determine whether the terrain on the shore could allow the ship to dock. Others were watching the situation on the coast on the deck. If there was any abnormal movement, the reconnaissance operation could be cancelled immediately.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly and the sailboat landed smoothly. The group of people landed through the springboard and quickly transferred the various materials transported to the shore. After all the personnel and materials were placed on the shore, the ship silently left the coast and turned back to the south. According to the agreement, in the next three days, the traffic boats would return here at a fixed time every night in case of any emergencies, so as to take the reconnaissance team away in time.

Not far from the coast is a dense mangrove forest. Roger determined his direction and directed his men to march northward. The soldiers carried large and small bags of supplies and entered the mangrove forest silently with the moonlight in the sky. This kind of tree grows in the upper part of the coast's intertidal zone and will be flooded by periodic tides, so this is not a place to stop and rest.

The root system of mangroves is very developed, and it has the function of breathing and supporting the body of the tree. It is quite laborious to move between them. After passing through this mangroves with deep foot and shallow foot, there is a real primitive jungle ahead. Roger stopped to study the soil here, and confirmed that this place is no longer a place that tides can affect, so he immediately ordered a suitable place to establish a temporary camp in front.

Soon, soldiers found a good place, a mound about ten meters high, which could be monitored by a large area nearby. If you climb onto the trees and have the bonus of a telescope, the monitoring range can be expanded to at least about five miles during the day. As long as you set up some simple defense methods on the mound, you can turn it into a temporary stronghold with the advantage of commanding height. The best thing is that there is an underground spring water gushing out next to the mound, and it has no saltiness and is 100% fresh water, which saves the trouble of finding water sources.

After checking, Roger was also very satisfied with the place, so he invited everyone to transport the supplies and deployed several people to guard the outside world. A few hours before dawn, they needed to take a quick break and set off when it was dawn so that they could confirm the target at a safe distance.

After settling down, Roger looked at the time. It was only about 10 o'clock in the evening. He made an appointment with Tan Juren before departure and would contact him via radio every night during this period. He asked Marcus to bring the radio over and he personally contacted the Xingdao base to inform him of the progress of the operation.

According to the prior plan, they only need to bring enough supplies for one day when they set off, and they still have to come back here to rest every night, so there are not too many items to carry during the operation, mainly weapons and ammunition, rations for a day, drinking water, and necessary items such as telescopes, compass, trauma medicine, ropes, matches, etc.

The equipment of this squad under Roger is somewhat different from the contents of the unit. The main weapon they used is not the Trinity flintlock rifle, which is the most equipped by the Army troops. It has only been a seven-shot rifle that has been issued in special operations units and front-line officers in the army in the past year. After the release of this rifle, which imitates the Spencer M1865, was highly sought after by users. The firepower output intensity increased by its super high firing rate and convenient reloading method is obvious to all. Soldiers with skilled operations can even reach a firing frequency of 21 rounds per minute. This firing rate is at least five times that of the Trinity rifle. The combat power can be imagined.

Of course, due to the complex structure of the gun body and the need for fixed loading of brass shells, the production cost of this breech rifle is far beyond that of the Type 31 rifle. So although everyone knows that this type of rifle is a high-end weapon across the ages, the Executive Committee and the military have never made a decision to replace the army on a large scale. Even for troops on the front line of the border like the Sing Tao garrison, there are only twenty or thirty Type 33 rifles issued. Ordinary soldiers don’t even have many opportunities to see the physical objects. Only officers at the squad level and above can meet the task as needed, and temporary equipment such as weapons with extremely high combat costs.

(End of this chapter)
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