Chapter 277 Capture

In this war-torn place, there will never be civilian fishing boats on the river, so the targets discovered by Xie Chun are definitely not ordinary people. If the South Vietnamese army discovers its reconnaissance operations, it will inevitably affect the subsequent

Regarding the battle plan, Qian Tiandun didn't even hesitate for half a second and immediately issued the order: "Intercept these two ships!"

Qian Tiandun's order definitely cannot be executed by the "Exploration". With more than 200 people and a large amount of supplies on board, the "Exploration" will hardly have enough speed advantage to successfully complete the pursuit and interception at a short distance.

Stopped tasks.

The "Speed" easily overtook the "Exploration" from the side and headed towards the target ahead. With the "Speed"'s average speed of ten knots, it was not difficult to catch up with the target boat ahead.

The two small boats on the river in front had obviously spotted the "Speed" speeding upstream, and immediately turned their bows to escape downstream. Although the "Speed" was only a small boat, it was still more than 20 meters long.

With a displacement of 70 to 80 tons, it is already quite large compared to the two small boats that are about 10 meters long. In addition, there is a "giant ship" with a displacement of more than 300 tons following behind, so the other party's escape is indeed a kind of

Smart move.

But between the chase and the escape, the difference in speed between the two sides was immediately apparent. It only took the "Speed" five minutes to shorten the distance between the two to half of its original value.

At this distance, Roger, who was standing on the bow of the Speedy and looking ahead with a telescope, could clearly see the appearance of his opponent. Several thin, dark men were hurriedly taking out their paddles and standing beside the ship.

Paddling hard, trying to speed up his boat.

"What a futile struggle!" Roger sighed with disdain.

Judging from the speed difference between the two sides, the "Speed" is very confident that it can catch up with the two small boats before they sail out of the mouth of the Zhenghe River. Even if the other side rows with all their strength, there is no way to change the current situation.

situation.

But there was no such a relaxed atmosphere on the "Discovery" behind. Except for Qian Tiandun, most people were scratching their heads and scratching their heads in anxiety, wishing they could grow wings and fly directly to the front to intercept the opponent. Xie Chun was even anxious to catch Qian Tiandun.

The walkie-talkie in Dun's hand: "Hurry up and let them shoot. Isn't old Morgan a sniper? Tell him that the time has come to perform meritorious service!"

Qian Tiandun blocked Xie Chun's outstretched hand and scolded with a smile: "Are you stupid? This boat is ups and downs, and you are sniping? You might as well just use a machine gun to splash water and try your luck!"

"Okay, okay, let them use machine guns quickly!" Xie Chun looked worried about the world being in chaos.

"Watch the show carefully and don't come up with random ideas. How to act is the military's business!" Qian Tiandun shook his head and ignored Xie Chun's nonsense.

At this time, the situation ahead has undergone new changes. The two small boats escaping in front may have noticed that the pursuers from behind are approaching, and in panic, they also came up with a new strategy-the two boats left and right.

After a minute, they sailed to both sides of the Zhengjiang River. It seemed that they planned to abandon the boat and go ashore and escape by land.

"These monkey soldiers are not stupid!" After Wang Tom discovered this change, he immediately made adjustments: "Notify Discovery that they will be responsible for the one on the left, and we will chase the one on the right."

A faster South Vietnamese boat approached the south bank of Zhengjiang River only two or three miles away from the entrance of Zhengjiang River. At this time, the "Speed" that was chasing after it was only a hundred meters away from the ship.

The other ship was traveling at a slightly slower speed. The "Exploration" judged the other ship's sailing route from the rear in advance and took a straight line towards the river bank where the other ship was planning to dock. This also greatly shortened the gap between the two ships.

By the time the ship docked, the distance between the two sides had shortened to less than one mile.

"Attach silencers to all the guns and fight as quickly as possible. If you can't capture them all alive, just keep one alive." Tom Wang handed over the task of driving the boat to Morgan and issued the combat order before docking.

: "Old rules, Morgan stays behind, others go ashore to pursue."

Several other people quickly took out the M4-2000 quick-release silencer and installed it on the muzzle of the HK416. They were about to jump directly into the river bank and wade ashore, but Wang Tom raised his hand to stop the action: "It seems we don't need to chase so hard."

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In order to save time, this small South Vietnamese boat ran aground directly on the beach. But what they didn't expect was that the near shore was completely covered with knee-deep mudflats. After several people jumped off the boat, they immediately fell into the mud and struggled.

After a few minutes, the fastest person only escaped a distance of more than ten meters.

"Tell them to stop, or they will die." Wang Tom ordered the two guides accompanying the boat.

For this operation, the Executive Committee specially found a group of immigrants who were familiar with the geographical environment of the war zone to serve as guides. After arriving at Yong'an Port, North Vietnam had also prepared some guides for them who were familiar with the situation in the south in accordance with the requirements of the advance team.

There are many military secrets involved on the "Speed". For confidentiality reasons, the guides equipped are all reliable naturalized citizens brought from Victory Port. As for the "Exploration", it is not so troublesome. The special operations company soldiers on board are on board.

Almost all of them are North Vietnamese immigrants, and many of them are refugees from warring areas. There is no need to arrange a separate guide at all.

The two guides shouted loudly to the people in the quagmire in Annan dialect, but the other party obviously did not regard the shouting as a warning, and instead sped up their escape.

"Looks like I can't be a good person anymore." Wang Tom raised his gun and aimed at the person who had escaped farthest. After a muffled pop, the first shot missed slightly, about three inches away from the torso.

This elicited deliberately suppressed boos from the friends.

"It's the boat rocking!" Wang Tom defended himself solemnly, then held his breath and fired the second shot calmly. This time he didn't disappoint his friend again, and nailed the man to death with one shot.

On the river beach.

After killing the four fastest escaping guys, the remaining four finally stopped their useless struggle and chose to surrender. Under the command of the guide, several survivors tried their best to drag the bodies of their companions back from the river beach.

on the boat, and then raised his hands to surrender to the Speedy.

Roger and Shi Diwen jumped on the boat, used strapping straps to control several prisoners who were covered in mud and could not recognize their true identities, and then fixed the cables on the boat to the stern of the "Speed". Seeing that the overall situation here was in doubt

After a while, Wang Tom picked up the walkie-talkie and called the Discovery on the other side of the river to report the situation and ask for instructions on the next step.

The pursuit on the "Exploration" side was not as smooth as that on the "Speed". The South Vietnamese boat could directly run aground on the beach, but the draft of the "Exploration" was far greater than that of the small boat, so it did not dare to make such a difficult move, otherwise

Once it runs aground, it will be a big trouble. Once it stops, it will be much slower than the other party.

However, before docking, Qian Tiandun had already deployed the pursuit troops. The three platoons on the port side were the pursuit group, the second platoon was the support group, and the first platoon was the cover group. At the same time, he ordered not to use muskets as much as possible to avoid alarm.

The South Vietnamese defenders on the north bank of the Zhengjiang River.

Gao Qiaonan directly stood up and asked Qian Tiandun to fight, asking him to put down his muskets and other equipment, and carry only sabers for light pursuit. Qian Tiandun thought for a moment and agreed to his request, but only for the three platoons and one squad he led.

In this formation, other pursuers still need to carry muskets.

The company led by Qian Tiandun has a very distinctive training subject, which is the field armed march training. During the training period on Cat Ba Island, it was conducted almost every two or three days, and the frequency was high enough to put the militia in the base camp to shame.

.The minimum is 3,000 meters and the maximum is 10,000 meters each time, and the qualifying time is stipulated. This kind of training has very high physical requirements. For people of this era, it is simply torture.

There are at least two or three times more people. If it is fighting positional warfare or defensive warfare, Qian Tiandun's company will definitely not be able to compare with the base camp militia that spends a lot of energy on array combat training, but if it is more maneuverable than field combat, this

The soldiers of this company are enough to leave their colleagues in the Military and Police Department far behind.

Before Gao Qiaonan disembarked, Qian Tiandun added another order to him: "You can't let a person go, life or death!"

"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!" Gao Qiaonan raised his hand and saluted Qian Tiandun, then led his men to climb down the rope net from the side of the ship, then jumped into the knee-deep river and walked ashore.

Takahashi Nan led a dozen men and began to pursue them directly with sabers. At the same time, he consciously controlled the opponent's escape route to the west inland - the South Vietnamese defenders stationed on the supply line were all located in the inland area a few miles to the west.

The adjacent coast is all uninhabited land, as long as these people cannot escape to the west. As for escaping north along the coastline, Gao Qiaonan is not afraid of this. He wants to see if these South Vietnamese monkey soldiers can survive in one breath.

Escaped for dozens of miles.

"Can Little Japan catch up?" Sun Changmi was still a little uneasy about the pursuit strategy adopted by Qian Tiandun. With just a few people chasing north, the opponent also had seven or eight people, and his own large force also

Hanging at the back, if a fight breaks out in the front, there might be casualties on your side.

"Sergeant Gao Qiaonan's combat effectiveness is not bad, and he usually trains very hard. I believe in his ability." Qian Tiandun responded calmly. Since Gao Qiaonan was temporarily appointed as the squad leader of the third platoon and the first squad,

Qian Tiandun temporarily awarded Gao Qiaonan the rank of sergeant. Of course, the process of awarding the title was not completed, and it would be legal to wait for the executive committee to issue a replacement notification of the award. However, Qian Tiandun believed that this was not legal.

It's not a problem. During the war, there were many promotions for the firing line. As long as the war situation requires it, it is possible to promote them to a higher position.

Although Takahashi Minami was short in stature and short in legs, he ran at a very fast pace, quite like the briquette king of later generations. One mile away from the river bank, he caught up with his first opponent and killed him with a knife from behind.

Knocking the man to the ground. However, Takahashi Minami did not stop to check the opponent's injuries. Instead, he directly stepped over the opponent's body and chased another target ahead. As for these things of cleaning up the battlefield, there will be follow-up.

The other person who comes up is responsible.

Several people who were fleeing in front turned around and saw what was happening behind them. Three of them stopped and tried to resist with the weapons in their hands. Takahashi Minami kept chasing after him, blocking the stabbing bamboo spear with his knife, and then killed him directly.

A ferocious tiger jumped into the arms of another man. The man was caught off guard and was stabbed to the core by Takahashi Minami before he could take action. Takahashi Minami's subordinates had already arrived, following closely behind.

A dozen people surrounded the two men and chopped them down, and in less than ten seconds they had knocked the two stubborn guys to the ground.

After chasing five miles away, there were only two guys left in front who were still trying to escape. However, under Takahashi Minami's almost mad pursuit, these two guys still ran slower and slower in the end, and they ran another two miles.

Finally, he was exhausted and fell to the ground one after another. Takahashi Minami did not carry any equipment such as plastic straps, but he had a more direct way to control the prisoner, cutting off the tendon above the opponent's heel with one smooth motion.

A few minutes later, follow-up reinforcements arrived, and then dragged the prisoners back to the mouth of Zhengjiang River like dogs. There were also eight people who abandoned the ship and landed on the north bank of Zhengjiang River, and five of them were chased during their escape.

The militiamen hacked them to death, and two of them had their Achilles tendons severed, which was considered serious injuries. Only one of them knelt down and surrendered in time when he saw a bad opportunity while escaping. Fortunately, he was saved. However, in order to pursue these few people, the entire reconnaissance fleet had to be here.

It stayed parked for a full hour.

Qian Tiandun ordered two South Vietnamese boats to be scuttled at the estuary. Naturally, the bodies of several unlucky men were also sunk into the sea. The other seven survivors would be taken aboard the Discovery for further interrogation.

After finishing this task, the sky gradually darkened. The fleet found a secluded shore nearby to stop and anchor, and at the same time dispatched a platoon of personnel to station on the shore to serve as an early warning.

This reconnaissance mission was originally arranged to capture the "tongue", but no one expected that there would be such an unexpected situation. Fortunately, everything went smoothly, there were no casualties on our side, and there were no casualties on the target.

It was a very smooth operation for one person to escape.

The combat effectiveness shown by Takahashi Minami and others in this pursuit also silenced some people who had previously doubted it. This kind of real pursuit and fight requires very high physical strength and fighting skills.

It's definitely not the bragging-style fighting level of "two kitchen knives slashing from Nantianmen all the way to Penglai East Road". Even if these time-travelers with better physical fitness come up, it's hard to say that they can run six or seven miles.

They were able to maintain their fighting ability even on the ground. There were no casualties on our side during this process, which also proved from the side that Qian Tiandun's training requirements and training level for this company were not comparable to those of the Haihan Militia in the past.

Qian Tiandun was also very satisfied with the performance of his men, and even granted permission for Takahashi Nan to observe during the interrogation of the prisoners - in fact, he acted as a thug when the interrogation was not going smoothly.

Perhaps shocked by the cruel reality, the entire interrogation process actually did not take much effort. Even Takahashi Minami was put to use, and the remaining prisoners told them everything they knew.

Everything was explained. The time-travelers were divided into four groups and conducted cross-examinations on these prisoners, and the conclusions reached were relatively credible.

These two ships are indeed "naval forces" affiliated with the Nguyen regime of South Vietnam. These people are also eight hundred serious South Vietnamese "officers and soldiers", but there is not even an officer among the captured survivors - the captains of the two ships are all there.

During the escape, he was directly killed by his pursuers. For this reason, the information the prisoners could provide was actually relatively limited.
To be continued...