Chapter 1235 Reconnaissance of the enemy

When performing a high-risk mission such as sneaking into enemy lines for reconnaissance, the possibility of direct confrontation with the enemy is not small. Roger naturally does not hesitate to distribute the best equipment to his men. This can be a life-saving thing at critical times. There are ten

With a repeating rifle in hand, even if you encounter a relatively passive situation, you can use multi-layer fire cover and retreat in batches to escape the battlefield. The firepower output level of this team is probably equivalent to five times that of

The above Haihan Army, as for opponents with more primitive weapons, the gap in firepower is even greater.

As for Roger's own main weapons, he still uses the HK416 automatic rifle he brought when he traveled through time, plus an MK23 pistol. However, in recent years, due to the dwindling inventory of ammunition and the limited level of bullet reloading technology, reloading bullets are used

Due to the heavy wear and tear on the chamber and barrel, Roger has rarely used them for daily shooting training. Usually, like his officers, Roger also uses the new Type 33 repeating rifle for training, and only performs combat missions.

When the time comes, you will take your housekeeping treasure out of the warehouse and use it.

After Roger and the Xingdao base were powered on, he asked Marcus to put away the radio, and he got up to help his men set up tents. Although there were eleven people in this operation, in order to reduce the baggage as much as possible, he only brought four

A two-person tent came over, and the remaining three people happened to be on duty at night. Although the tent cloth itself was a camouflage canvas with military green as the background color, which had a certain visual concealment effect, Roger and others still carefully cut another one from nearby.

I planted some shrubs and arranged a second layer of cover outside the tent. In this way, as long as I was a little farther away, it would be difficult to find that there were several tents on the mound.

Roger didn't know if there would be any Johor patrols nearby, so these concealment methods had to be completed before dawn. A safe logistics base was of great significance to the operations in the next few days, and Roger spared no effort to do so.

Make this first step as seamless as possible so that you can have less to worry about in the next few days.

After completing these basic tasks, Roger looked at the time and saw that there were still about three hours until dawn. He immediately arranged the personnel on duty before dawn, and then asked the remaining people to seize the time to rest.

Roger got into the tent and lay down, closing his eyes and forcing himself to fall asleep. Although it was very difficult to fall asleep in this environment, it was not the first time that Roger was in a battlefield, and he quickly adjusted his mentality.

He came over and fell into a deep sleep. However, several of his men were performing such combat missions for the first time, so they were inevitably nervous and did not sleep as comfortably as he did.

With Marcus being such a big-hearted person, no one would worry about him not being able to sleep. On the contrary, Roger was afraid that this guy's snoring would be too loud and would expose his target, so he sent him to stay overnight. Marcus didn't think there was anything wrong with that.

OK, I held the rifle and walked away.

Perhaps due to the fatigue from today's journey, when Roger woke up again, he was woken up from his sleep by Marcus. It turned out that it was getting dark outside and it was time to take action.

Roger stood up and got out of the tent. After confirming that it was not raining, he signaled everyone to hurry up and eat some dry food, and then checked their equipment to prepare for departure. The weather conditions in this area are not stable recently, and sudden wind and rain can occur at any time, which is rare.

The weather is fine, and Roger hopes to seize this opportunity to take action.

Because he was worried that lighting an open fire in the wild would reveal his whereabouts, Roger also specially prepared field dry food during the past few days of operations. Although the taste was not that good, it was not a big problem if he persisted for just a few days. Besides, at night

Back here, you can also eat self-heating military rations that are not so easy to carry, which can slightly make up for the lack of nutrition and taste. Everyone checked their equipment, and Roger ordered to set off. At the same time, the three people who were on duty last night were left behind.

Guard here. Although I didn’t sleep all night last night, the visibility during the day is good, so only two people are required to guard the place at the same time. The three of them can take turns to rest for a few hours, and then catch up on their naps and refresh themselves at night, which is not a big problem.

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According to the confessions given by the previous prisoners, it is speculated that the Johor Army's gathering place here should be on the plains a few miles east, which has become the key inspection target of Roger's trip. However, at this time, it is far away from Haihan's capture.

It had been over two days and almost three days since the spies arrived in Johor, and it was unclear whether there had been any changes in the deployment of troops by the Johor Army. Therefore, Roger very carefully made arrangements according to the standard operating plan for military reconnaissance.

Roger divided the eight people, including himself, into two teams, about thirty meters apart, and marched together toward the east. This was a safe distance from which the two teams could clearly observe each other's situation in the forest, and the field of vision was also better.

It is open. If you encounter an enemy, you can immediately launch a larger firepower output area. When you need to retreat, the two teams can also output firepower in batches to cover their companions. It can be regarded as a tactical routine for small teams in field operations.

In addition, Roger asked everyone to hide their whereabouts as much as possible and not to take the initiative to contact the outside world. Even if they find a lone Johor citizen or soldier, they should not take action easily with the mentality of capturing prisoners - even if they want to capture them alive, then it is not possible.

We have to wait until he returns to Star Island. Roger does not want the Johor Army or the British to notice his reconnaissance operations. From a certain point of view, he hopes that after the enemy's situation is clearly detected, the opponent can continue to implement their planned plan.

, treating the star port as an unsuspecting target for attack, and the Haihan Army can just wait and wait for them to come to their door.

Of course, Roger doesn't really think that his opponent is so vulnerable. Haihan may be able to achieve this effect by temporarily blocking the combat intelligence information, but the opponent must not be aware of Haihan's vigilance at all.

, that may be more difficult to complete than sneaking into enemy lines for reconnaissance. As long as the team of Johor spies captured by Haihan did not return to the north of the strait after the agreed time, the Johor Army will definitely notice that there is something wrong in this link. And who would dare

The only spies who are guaranteed to infiltrate Star Island are the group of people who were caught? Roger knew that he would cross the sea at night to find out. If his opponent wanted to cross the strait for reconnaissance, he would not think of such a simple method.

Roger and his group walked cautiously through the forest. Everyone's faces were painted with green and black paint, and they were clad in camouflage clothing from head to toe, completely concealing their bodies. The sniper's rifle was covered with

All kinds of cloth strips were removed, so that the original outline was gone. Without looking carefully, you couldn't tell that it was a long rifle. This group of people was walking in the forest, and even if they were seen once or twice by chance,

It is also likely to be considered an illusion caused by vertigo.

As Roger marched, he did not forget to ask his men to make marks along the way that only he would notice, so as not to spend time identifying the direction when he went back. The reconnaissance team finally arrived after about an hour and a half.

At the edge of this dense forest, looking out through the gaps in the trees, you can already see traces of farmland farming on the plains in the distance. There should be villages or towns where people live nearby.

Although there were no signs of human activity within his field of vision, Roger still cautiously ordered his men not to leave the border of the forest for the time being. They were camouflaged out of the forest, and the concealment effect was not that ideal.

Before determining the location of the target, it is safer to stay in the woods.

Roger took out his telescope and began to confirm the situation in the distance on the plain. What he was holding was not the copper telescope produced in Sanya, but the high-end goods he brought from another time and space when he traveled through time. He could clearly observe

The situation three thousand meters away.

"Keep going east!" Roger spent a few minutes checking the surrounding environment, but in the end he didn't get any useful information. Finally, he decided to continue walking east along the edge of the forest for a while.

About half an hour later, the scene before Roger's eyes proved the correctness of his last decision. A village appeared on the plain outside the forest, and outside the village were a series of tents, large and small.

There are hundreds of them. As for the owners of these tents, they have already appeared in the field of vision of Roger's telescope.

"It's the Johor Army." Roger announced his observation softly: "We have found the right target!"

Through the telescope, Roger saw Johor soldiers marching in groups with weapons in hand, as well as military flags planted throughout the camp. Current discoveries have proven that the prisoners' confessions were basically true, and the Johor soldiers were indeed assembled near the strait.

Although the troops of thousands of people have not yet found the British that the prisoners mentioned, Roger believes that they should be near the Johor Army garrison. Maybe there are British people living in a secluded camp opposite who are afraid of chaos in the world.

The Johor Army's station is only about a mile away from the nearest dense forest where Roger and others are hiding. This distance is relatively safe, and it is indeed very suitable for carrying out surveillance missions. If their team had not been too small in strength, they would not have been able to survive in this area.

If you rush out from an angle and carry out a frontal attack on the Johor Army, you will definitely gain good results.

"It would be great if there were artillery support and air strikes!" The current situation made Roger couldn't help but recall the war in the world before he traveled. As long as he used the radio to call for reinforcements and report the location, the camp would soon be occupied.

Covered by heavy firepower, they can be wiped out in an instant without even a chance to escape.

Of course, there was no fire support from the rear at the moment, so Roger could only think about it for a moment, and then seize the time to check the location on the map he prepared and mark the location of the Johor Army.

In order to obtain a better observation perspective, Roger also ordered one of his men to climb a tree with light equipment and use a telescope to count the approximate number of Johor Army tents at a high place, and use this to deduce the strength of the garrison here.

This is undoubtedly a very time-consuming and labor-intensive task, but at present this is the only way to estimate the strength of the opponent without contacting it at all, and by the way, it can also find the British who have not yet been discovered.

Although Roger believed that the British's actions in Johor were likely to be low-key and secretive due to concerns about surrounding countries including Hai Han, he still told his men to pay attention to check whether there were red, white and blue in the opponent's camp.

The tricolor flag is probably the most eye-catching British symbol he can think of right now.

Speaking of the origin of the British flag, we have to mention King James I of England who ascended the throne in 1603. He also had another identity, King James VI of Scotland. Although he was the king of two countries, this

This man did not make any political achievements that will go down in history during his term in office. If we insist on finding a few historical achievements for him that can be boasted by future generations, then perhaps there are two things worth remembering.

First, James ordered the compilation of the English version of the Bible, and English later became one of the most common languages ​​in the world, which is one of the important reasons. Second, the flag used by Britain in later generations was called the Union Jack.

Or the Union Flag, which also originated from him.

Prior to this, England had been using the St. George flag with a red cross on a white background as its national flag since 1200, while Scotland adopted the St. Andrew flag with a white X-shaped cross on a blue background as its national flag a little later. James

After the British ascended the throne to unify the two countries, I overlapping the patterns of the two flags to serve as the national flag of Great Britain. After Ireland and Great Britain formed the United Kingdom in 1801, a red X-shaped cross on a white background representing Ireland was added to this flag.

The St. Patrick's flag eventually became the tricolor Union Jack that later symbolized the United Kingdom.

Although the St. Patrick's flag symbolizing Ireland has not been added yet, the British flag already has the basic appearance of the tricolor Union Jack, which can be said to be very easy to recognize. And this flag has been a nautical flag since the day it was born.

It is used by both military and civilians. Even the East India Company, an unofficial civilian armed trade organization, will also use the Union Jack flag as the symbol of its camp. If there are British people here, then there should be a flag representing the British royal family.

Counting the tents obviously took much more time than looking for conspicuous flags. The scout who climbed up the tree to observe did not slowly slip down until more than an hour later and reported his harvest to Roger.

According to his calculations, there are about 400 tents within sight. However, the Johor Army may have different tent formats due to its strength. It is difficult to generalize how many people live in large and small tents.

He could only estimate a rough number, no less than 2,000 people. It was possible to say that 3,000 people were squeezed out. But he didn't see any trace of the tricolor rice flag that should have been very eye-catching.

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Roger thought about it for a while, and he already had a calculation in his mind. Either the Englishman was so low-key that he didn't even hang out his flag, or he was not stationed here. Roger thought the former was not very likely. Although the Englishman was

They are secretly making small moves here in Johor, but their purpose is to occupy a foothold in the Strait of Malacca to demonstrate the existence of their national interests. It would be too cowardly not to even raise the flag.
Chapter completed!