"Major General, it looks like we may be in big trouble this time!"

Chen Er transferred the information from Shadow and handed it to Chen Tianhua.

"What's all the fuss about? The soldiers came to block the water and flooded the soil. The bandit ships returned to the port to gather in large numbers. They are preparing to attack us from the lake in the next few days!"

"They are planning to attack in two directions. One part will be on land towards the West Huashan Mining Area to contain us from the front. Then they will send naval forces to land on our port shoal and attack from both sides. In this case, we will be very passive!"

Chen Tianhua opened the map and thought about it carefully.

Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the Qing Dynasty. It has a long coastline, is surrounded by mountains and dense forests, and there are thick reeds in the lake. If you are attacked in the abdomen, it will be very difficult to defend.

He supported his right hand with his left hand, touched his nose, drew a circle on the map, and said to Chen Er:

"If we divide our forces, it will be very difficult to resist the attack. There are three routes to attack our port, frontal canyon attack, side cliff sneak attack and shoal landing. We have limited forces and need to reduce the defensive scope!"

Chen Tianhua pointed to the cliff near the lake in Mount Kanglang, "Blow up the reef road here to prevent the enemy from landing here to sneak attack us, and send a sharp knife squad of 12 people into four secret sentry groups to monitor this area.

, if someone comes from here, they can stop it first, and we can also receive early warning!"

After finishing speaking, before Chen Er could speak, Chen Tianhua drew another circle in the canyon:

"This attack is different from before. This group of gangsters has already suffered losses from the Fengghong Mining Security Team. They will not rush directly from the canyon to serve as targets for us. Therefore, we need to attack the deep-water port waters in this area."

, lay mines!”

"Place mines?"

Chen Er's eyes suddenly lit up. He had been fighting on land before and had never thought that this kind of water battle could involve laying mines. This suddenly made him wake up.

He immediately walked around in place twice, looked at the terrain, and thought that this area of ​​water was really suitable for laying mines.

At present, the most common method used by navies of various countries to defend deep-water ports is to lay mines. If the enemy wants to attack, just clearing mines will take a lot of time, and warships that stop are active targets.

Speaking of which, Bai Fengchun, the third leader of the Dragon King, said that this shoal landing operation was the first serious large-scale coordinated battle since the establishment of their navy.

In the past, the common methods used by water bandits were too simple. They used three or five speedboats to approach cargo barges to collect protection fees, or rob the ships with armed force, seize the ships and force them to pay a ransom and leave.

Later, some practices were improved, that is, the merchant shipping company regularly pays a specified amount of tolls to the water bandit alliance organization and is awarded a green clearance flag. As long as the fleet flies this clearance flag, the water bandits will stop and inspect them and let them pass. If they do not pay, they will be allowed to pass.

Just seize all the boats and people.

This time, because the Japanese took the initiative to show their goodwill, contributed funds and weapons and equipment, and made special requests only for Fengzhong Mining, the gangsters put down other prey and gathered together to act in a unified manner.

However, Bai Fengchun and the others were not too worried about this port landing operation.

It is understood that the enemy only has one gunboat, the Wild Wolf, in the deep water area of ​​the port, and that armored shallow-water gunboat is currently in the north of Poyang Lake, cruising in the confluence waters of the Yangtze River. It seems that Fengzhong Mining is planning to build a water transit safety island there.

Youdao is hard to beat with four fists. The Wild Wolf has the most powerful firepower, but there is only one. He has five gunboats of more than 1,000 tons and more than ten armed fishing boats. In addition to the old French cannons, there are also

The latest Oriental cannon is installed.

The mixed fleet only needs to rush to the port shore to kill the enemy directly.

If the enemy establishes a beachhead on the shoal, the Japanese guns on these armed fishing boats can kill the enemy with shells.

About half an hour later, the Sailong King's mixed fleet made a large circle and finally arrived at the waters in front of Kanglangshan Port.

Through the telescope, we saw the base built by Fengzhong Mining, the Qing Dynasty Yellow Dragon Flag and the corporate logo flag erected, and we also saw a port that had recently been repaired.

Bai Fengchun, standing on the flagship, held up a high-powered telescope to observe the protruding shoal in front of the port.

Looking through high-power telescopes, no enemies can be seen on the lake shoreline. It seems that the enemies are not aware that the gang's mixed fleet will launch an attack on the port today, and they don't even have any awareness of defense.

Putting down the telescope, Bai Fengchun's lips couldn't help but curl up, and he immediately gave the order to attack the shoal first.

"Notify the first wave of assault boats to prepare for landing!"

"Yes..." the deacon ordered and left.

After a while, the flagship raised the signal flag to prepare for landing on the beach.

The assault boats Bai Fengchun mentioned are motor speedboats. These are the speedboats most used by lake bandits. Except for a few hand-rowed boats, most of them are motor boats equipped with small motors. Moreover, these modified speedboats have large fuel tanks.

, long range.

There are five or six people in a speedboat. They hold rifles, harpoons, or machine guns and dare to go into the lake to rob. They are not afraid of wind and waves at all.

Poor mountains and rivers breed unruly people, and in the face of money, life must be compromised.

These water bandits are all relying on the lake for their livelihood. They are fishermen who are about to starve to death. They are not afraid of the king of heaven at all.

It can be said that they were robbed in the lake alive and turned into a brothel and opium den.

Twenty speedboats, which had been sailing at a low speed, separated from this motley fleet and began to line up.

The distance between each speedboat is about fifty meters, which is equivalent to accelerating side by side on a line of one kilometer, rushing towards the shoal waterline.

The following armed fishing boats serving as fire support were not to be outdone and accelerated their approach to the lake shore.

Five minutes later, all the speedboats entered the water less than one kilometer away from the waterline of the shoal and were about to reach the beach.

"The ones who are going to die are here. Let the light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers on the beach be ready. Don't fire yet!"

At the foot of Kanglang Mountain in the port, in a hidden observation command post, Chen Tianhua put down his telescope and gave instructions to the messengers gathered around him.

Under his leadership, Chen's officers above the rank of second-class battalion officer had no choice but to hand over their command authority obediently.

For this kind of assault speedboat in a line, firing will not only waste the shells, but also expose the firepower. It is most suitable to use light and heavy machine guns.

On the broad shallow beach, Chen Tianhua and the others had already dug several defensive positions, including heavy machine guns, light machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars and other camouflaged bunkers. They could also move and change positions at any time.

And his 75mm large-caliber heavy artillery position is located at the foot of Kanglang Mountain behind.

The sergeants in the foxholes immediately loaded their bullets and chose their targets.

These gangster speedboats rushing over didn't even realize what was waiting for them?!

"Fire..."

"beat…"

"shooting…"

"..."
Chapter completed!