Chapter 568 Let the sailors see what a special team is!
In the next two days, almost all the escorts gathered at the naval camp.
The black-armored team and the two hundred female soldiers mainly practiced hand-to-hand combat, while the remaining escorts were scattered on each warship, installing and debugging heavy crossbows and catapults, and conducting the most basic tactical cooperation with the navy soldiers.
"General Jin, I remember you had 300 black-armored escorts. Why are there only more than 200 left now?"
Zheng Chiyuan asked curiously.
"They have other tasks." Jin Feng replied.
Zheng Chiyuan really wanted to ask what the mission was, but it was a bit taboo to ask, so he could only keep his curiosity in his heart.
Just as he was about to speak, he saw an escort hurried over and handed Jin Feng a note.
The note was very simple, with only five words: The eagle is in place.
Jin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, put away the note, and looked at Zheng Chiyuan: "General Zheng, how are the actions tonight?"
"Isn't it a little too hasty?" Zheng Chiyuan frowned and said: "Brothers of the bodyguard have only been here for two days. I'm afraid I haven't even mastered the navy's special flag language. It's not safe to rush into battle, isn't it?"
"It's indeed a bit rushed, but I really don't have time."
Jin Feng said: "Don't worry, General Zheng. Our people will be the main attack this time. The navy only needs to help us block the sea and prevent the water bandits from escaping."
"General Jin, you know that's not what I meant..."
Zheng Chiyuan wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Jin Feng.
"I understand General Zheng's concerns, but I really can't wait any longer."
Jin Feng said: "Today someone sent a message from Xichuan. Lord Qing has been removed from his post. I must go back as soon as possible."
"Okay, I'll wait and notify the battleship to get ready."
Zheng Chi saw Jin Feng's insistence and had no choice but to nod.
In fact, there were only more than a thousand water bandits, and they were driving stolen fishing boats and cargo ships. Zheng Chiyuan didn't take them seriously at all.
With a navy of 5,000 men and professional warships, it was easy to conquer Crab Claw Island.
Just now, I was just worried that the addition of escorts and the equipping of new weapons would break the navy's original rhythm.
But thinking about Jin Feng's previous record and the performance of the escort training in the past two days, Zheng Chiyuan felt relieved again.
The opponent is not a veteran soldier, so he shouldn't be a hindrance. At most, he doesn't cooperate well with the navy.
That night, warships quietly sailed out of the dock carrying navy soldiers and bodyguards.
God was also kind, and the northwest wind blew. The battleship raised its sails and gradually accelerated its speed.
However, it was too dark, so Zheng Chiyuan did not let the fleet go too fast. It was not until late at night that they arrived at the outskirts of Crab Claw Island.
Then the fleet extinguished all the torches and quietly headed towards Crab Claw Island under the cover of darkness.
At the same time, no one noticed that several hot air balloons floated silently over Crab Claw Island in the night sky.
In the first hot air balloon basket, the eagle opened a small crack in the curtain and looked down with a telescope.
"According to the intelligence, Lao Liang and the others are being held in Area 6. They can descend. Don't fly too high."
The eagle pulled the curtain again and signaled the escort who controlled the stove to lower the height of the hot air balloon.
The escort behind noticed that the eagle was lowering its height and also lowered it.
It was already early in the morning, which is when people are most likely to feel sleepy.
Most water bandits sleep like pigs.
The person in charge of the night watch also yawned profusely, and no one noticed anything flying over their heads.
Ten minutes later, the hot air balloon successfully floated to Area 6 where the prisoners were held.
The height also dropped to only a dozen meters above the ground.
The eagle opened the curtain a crack again and looked down.
Because prisoners were being held, there were more water bandits keeping watch here than elsewhere, and they were all awake and chatting around a bonfire.
"One, two...seventeen, eighteen!"
The eagle counted them one by one, turned back to Da Zhuang in the basket and said, "There are eighteen people in total!"
"Understood!"
Da Zhuang nodded, opened the curtain a crack, and looked down.
After a while, he closed the curtain, took out a bamboo whistle from his arms and put it in his mouth.
Choo Choo Choo!……
The sound produced by the bamboo whistle is very similar to the call of some birds, which is particularly clear in the silent night sky.
A moment later, several similar whistles came from behind.
On the ground, the water bandits who were keeping vigil had no idea that the danger was approaching and continued to talk and laugh.
"Where are the birds chirping in the middle of the night?"
A water bandit said in confusion.
"It's at least nine o'clock now, and it will be daylight in a while, and it's still midnight."
Another water bandit waved his hand and said: "Black Dog, don't say anything. Listen to Brother Quan and continue to say, you ordered a girl in a brothel, and then what?"
"Then the girl took out a slippery lump and told me, this is soap."
The water bandit named Brother Quan beamed with excitement and said, "You don't know, that soap is so fragrant. It's full of bubbles when you rub it in. I don't know how comfortable it is when you use it..."
Just as he was talking happily, an arrow whizzed over and nailed Brother Quan on the forehead.
Blood spattered and Brother Quan's voice stopped abruptly. He struggled subconsciously twice and then fell straight to the ground.
Until his death, he did not know where the arrow flew from.
The other water bandits were also frightened. They picked up their weapons on the ground and subconsciously looked up into the air.
The arrow nailed to the forehead could only have been shot from above!
The escorts opened the curtains in order to shoot.
The water bandits finally saw the hot air balloon.
"Oh my god, what is this?"
All the water bandits were stunned with fear.
From their perspective, the hot air balloon was too huge.
It's like a small mountain.
But how can a mountain fly into the sky?
The water bandits all felt that their brains were not enough.
Immediately afterwards, they subconsciously wanted to shout and issue a warning.
It's a pity that the escort didn't give them this chance at all.
For escorts who often practice shooting, they can hit a target from a distance of more than ten meters without aiming.
Whoosh!…
The escorts in several baskets fired at the same time, and there was a dense sound of piercing the air all around.
The next second, a dozen water bandits all lay straight on the ground. No one escaped, and they were all shot.
The eagle picked up a rope from the side and threw it down, shouting: "Quick, quick, quick! The balloon will fly away in a moment!"
The monkey was the first to grab the rope and slide to the ground flexibly.
After landing, raise the crossbow as soon as possible and aim it at the intersection to prevent possible enemies.
The same goes for other baskets. The escorts grabbed the rope and rappelled one by one.
In just a few minutes, the two platoons of black-armored escorts were all rappelled.
The eagle sent down a few more boxes with ropes, then lowered the curtain and controlled the hot air balloon to take off and float to the next target direction.
On the ground, Da Zhuang also quickly made arrangements.
"Monkey, lead the first platoon to guard the intersection. Second platoon, follow me to rescue people!"
"Brothers, let's go and show the navy what a special force is and how our black-armored team fights!"
Monkey agreed and led a row of bodyguards to carry the box and ran towards the intersection.