1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 277
In this place where there has been a long war, there will never be any fishing boats of the people on the river, so the target Xie Chun discovered is definitely not ordinary people.If the South Vietnamese army found out about our own reconnaissance operations, it would definitely affect the follow-up battle plan. Qian Tiandun didn't even hesitate for half a second, and immediately issued an order: "Stop these two ships!"

Qian Tiandun's order definitely cannot be carried out by the "Explorer". It is difficult for the "Explorer" with more than 200 people and a large amount of supplies on board to have enough speed advantage to successfully complete the pursuit and interception in a short distance task.

The "Speed" passed the "Discovery" lightly from the side, and killed the target ahead.With the "Flying Speed" at an average speed of ten knots, it is not difficult to catch up with the target boat ahead.

And the two small boats on the river ahead had apparently spotted the "Flying Speed" galloping from upstream, and immediately turned their bows and fled downstream. Although "Flying Speed" is only a small boat, it is more than 20 meters long and has a displacement of seventy to eighty tons. Compared with the two ten-meter-long boats, it is already considered a big one.In addition, there is a "giant ship" with a displacement of more than 300 tons behind it, and it is indeed a wise move for the opponent to flee.

But between the chase and escape, the difference in speed between the two sides can be seen immediately. It took only 5 minutes for the "Flying Speed" to shorten the distance between the two to half of the original.

At this distance, Roger, who was standing on the bow of the "Speed" looking ahead with a binoculars, could clearly see the appearance of his opponents. Several black and thin men were hurriedly taking out their paddles and standing beside the boat. Paddle desperately, trying to speed up your speed.

"What a futile struggle!" Roger sighed disdainfully.

Judging from the speed difference between the two sides, the "Flying Speed" is very confident that it will catch up with the two small boats before sailing out of the mouth of the Zheng River.Even if the other party rowed the boat with the strength of breastfeeding, there was no way to change the current situation.

However, there was no such relaxed atmosphere on the "Explorer" at the back. Except for Qian Tiandun, most people scratched their heads in anxiety, wishing to grow their wings and fly directly to the front to intercept their opponents.Xie Chun was even anxious to grab the walkie-talkie in Qian Tiandun's hand: "Hurry up and let them shoot, isn't Old Morgan a sniper? Tell him it's time to make a contribution!"

Qian Tiandun blocked Xie Chun's outstretched hand, and scolded with a smile: "Are you stupid? This boat fluctuates up and down, and still shoots? It's better to just use a machine gun to splash water and try your luck!"

"Okay, okay, let them use machine guns quickly!" Xie Chun looked as if he was afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

"You watch the show carefully and don't come up with ideas, how to act is a matter for the military!" Qian Tiandun shook his head, ignoring Xie Chun's nonsense.

At this time, the situation ahead has undergone a new change. The two small boats fleeing in front may have noticed that the pursuers are approaching from the rear. At one point, they sailed to both sides of the Zhengjiang River, apparently planning to abandon the boat and go ashore, and escape by land.

"These monkey soldiers are not stupid!" Tom Wang immediately made adjustments after discovering the change: "Notify 'Explorer' that they are in charge of the ship on the left, and we will chase the one on the right."

A fast-moving South Vietnamese boat approached the south bank of the Zhengjiang River only two or three miles away from the mouth of the Zhengjiang River. At this time, the "Flying Speed" that was chasing after it was a hundred meters away from the boat. .The other ship was traveling at a slower speed, and the "Explorer" judged the opponent's sailing route in advance from the rear, and directly took a straight line to the river bank where the opponent was about to dock, which also greatly shortened the gap between the two ships.By the time the ship docked, the distance between the two sides had been shortened to less than one mile.

"Install the mufflers on all the guns, and make a quick decision as much as possible. If you can't capture them all alive, then it's enough to keep one alive." Wang Tom handed over the task of driving the boat to Morgan, and issued a combat order before landing : "Old rules, Morgan stays behind, and the 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, and were about to jump directly into the river bank and shoal to wade ashore, but Tom Wang raised his hand to signal to stop: "It seems that we don't need to chase so hard. !"

In order to save time, the South Vietnamese boat ran aground on the beach, but what I didn't expect was that the near shore was full of knee-deep mudflats. After jumping off the boat, several people immediately fell into the mud and struggled. After a few minutes, the fastest person escaped only a dozen meters away.

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

For this operation, the executive committee specially found a group of immigrants who are familiar with the geographical environment of the war zone to serve as guides. After arriving at Yong'an Port, the North Vietnamese side has also prepared some guides for them who are familiar with the situation in the south according to the requirements of the advance team. . There are many military secrets involved on the "Flying Speed", and for the sake of confidentiality, the guides assigned are all reliable naturalized citizens brought over from Victory Port.As for the "Explorer", it was not so troublesome. The soldiers of the special warfare company on board were almost all North Vietnamese immigrants, and many of them were refugees from the warring areas, so there was no need for additional guides.

The two guides yelled at the people in the quagmire in Annan dialect, but the other party obviously didn't take the yelling as a warning, but sped up their escape.

"It seems that there is no way to be a good person." Tom Wang raised his gun and aimed at the person who fled the farthest. After a muffled pop, the first shot missed a little, about three inches away from the torso. It attracted boos deliberately suppressed by the friends.

"It's the boat shaking!" Tom Wang justified himself solemnly, then held his breath, and fired the second shot calmly.This time, he did not disappoint his little friend again, and nailed the man to death on the river beach with one shot.

After killing the four fastest escapers, the remaining four finally stopped their needless struggle and chose to surrender.Under the command of the guide, several survivors tried their best to drag the corpse of their companion from the river beach back to the boat, and then raised their hands to surrender to the "Speed".

Roger and Shi Diwen jumped into the boat, restrained several captives who were covered in mud and couldn't tell their original faces with strapping straps, and then fixed the cables on the boat to the stern of the "Speed".Seeing that the overall situation here has been settled, Tom Wang 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 move.

The pursuit of the "Explorer" is far less smooth than that of the "Fast Speed". The Nanyue boat can directly rush to the beach and run aground, but the draft of the "Explorer" is far from comparable to that of a small boat. Once you run aground, you'll be in big trouble.This stop and stop will be much slower than the other party.

However, before landing, Qian Tiandun had already deployed the pursuit force. The third row on the port side was the pursuit group, the second row was the support group, and the first row was the cover group. The South Vietnamese defenders on the north bank of the Zhengjiang River.

Gao Qiaonan directly stood up and challenged Qian Tiandun to fight, asking to put down muskets and other equipment, and only carry sabers for light pursuit.After a little thought, Qian Tiandun agreed to his request, but it was limited to the three platoons and one squad that he led, and other pursuers still needed to carry muskets.

The company led by Qian Tiandun has a very distinctive training subject, which is field armed marching training.During the training period on Cat Ba Island, it was carried out almost every two or three days, and the frequency was high enough to make the militia in the base camp feel ashamed.At least 3000 meters and a maximum of [-] meters each time, and the qualified time is stipulated. This kind of training has very high physical requirements. For people in this era, it is simply torture. There are at least two or three times more people.If fighting positional warfare or defensive warfare, Qian Tiandun's company is definitely not comparable to the base camp militia that has spent a lot of energy on array combat training, but if it is more mobile than field combat, the soldiers of this company are enough to overwhelm the military and police departments. colleagues are far behind.

Before Gao Qiaonan disembarked, Qian Tiandun added another order to him: "Don't let anyone go, life or death!"

"Yes! Guaranteed to complete the task!" Gao Qiaonan raised his hand to salute Qian Tiandun, then led his men to climb down the rope net from the ship's side, then jumped into the knee-deep river and walked ashore.

Gao Qiaonan led a dozen men and started chasing directly with sabers in hand. At the same time, he consciously controlled the opponent's escape route to the west and inland—the South Vietnamese defenders stationed on the supply line were all located in the inland area several miles to the west. The adjacent coast is no man's land, as long as these people can't escape to the west.As for escaping northward along the coastline, Takahashi Nan was not afraid of this, but he wanted to see if these South Vietnamese monkey soldiers could escape for tens of miles in one go.

"Can Little Japan catch up?" Sun Changmi was still a little uneasy about Qian Tiandun's pursuit strategy.There were just a few people chasing north with their feet open, but there were seven or eight people on the other side, and their own large troops were hanging behind. If there was a fight ahead, there might be casualties on their own side.

"Sergeant Gao Qiaonan's combat effectiveness is not bad, and his usual training is also very hard. I believe in his ability." Qian Tiandun replied calmly.Since Gao Qiaonan was temporarily appointed as the squad leader of the third platoon and the first squad, Qian Tiandun temporarily awarded the rank of Sergeant Gao Qiaonan—of course, the process of conferring the title has not yet been completed, and it still needs to be reissued by the Executive Committee at a later date. A letter of award is legal.However, Qian Tiandun thinks that this is not a problem. During the war, there were many promotions on the front line. As long as the war situation requires it, it is possible to promote them to a higher position.

Although Takahashi Minami is short and short-legged, he runs at a fast pace, reminiscent of a future briquette king.At a distance of one mile from the river bank, he overtook the first opponent, and knocked him to the ground with a single stab from the back.However, Gao Qiaonan did not stop to check the opponent's injury, but directly stepped over the opponent's body and chased another target ahead.As for the cleaning of the battlefield, other people who followed up will be responsible.

The few people fleeing in front looked back to see what was happening behind them, and three of them stopped in their tracks, trying to resist with the weapons in their hands.Takahashi Nan kept chasing after him, blocked the stabbing bamboo spear with one knife, and directly threw a tiger into the arms of the other. Nan poked his heart out.Immediately after Gao Qiaonan's subordinates arrived, a dozen people surrounded the two of them and chopped down the two stubborn guys to the ground in less than ten seconds.

After chasing five miles away, there were only two guys still running away desperately in front of them, but under Gao Qiaonan's almost sprinting pursuit, these two guys still ran slower and slower in the end, and ran another two miles After hitting the ground, he was finally exhausted and fell to the ground one after another.Takahashi Minami didn't carry any equipment like plastic straps, but he had a more direct way to control the captive, cutting the tendon above the opponent's heel with a single blow.

A few minutes later, follow-up reinforcements also arrived, and then dragged the prisoners back to the mouth of the Zhengjiang River like a dead dog.There were also eight people who fled from the north bank of the Zhengjiang River by abandoning the ship and landing on the shore. Five of them were hacked to death by the militiamen who were chasing them. Surrendered, lucky to save himself.However, in order to pursue these few people, the entire scouting fleet had to stop here for an entire hour.

Qian Tiandun ordered the two South Vietnamese boats to be scuttled at the mouth of the sea. As for the corpses of the unlucky ghosts, they also sank into the sea together. The other seven survivors will be brought on board the "Explorer" for further interrogation.

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

In this reconnaissance mission, the task of catching the "tongue" was originally arranged, but no one expected that it would be such an unexpected situation.Fortunately, everything went well, there were no casualties on our side, and no one on the target escaped, so it was a very smooth operation.

And the fighting power shown by Takahashi Nan and others in this pursuit also made some people who had doubts about them shut up. This kind of real pursuit and fighting requires very high physical strength and fighting skills. It's definitely not a bragging level of fighting like "two kitchen knives cut from Nantianmen to Penglai East Road".Even if it is replaced by these more physically fit cross-travelers, it is difficult to say that he can maintain his fighting ability while running for six or seven miles.There were no casualties on our side during this process, and it also proved from the side that Qian Tiandun's training requirements and training level for this company were not comparable to the previous Haihan militia.

Qian Tiandun was also very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates, and even allowed Gao Qiaonan to listen in during the interrogation of the prisoners—in fact, he acted as a thug when the interrogation was not smooth.

Perhaps deterred by the cruel reality, the entire interrogation process did not take too much effort, and even Takahashi Minami came in handy, and the remaining prisoners gave all the information they knew. All explained.The cross-travelers were divided into four groups, and cross-interrogated these captives, and the conclusions they got were more credible.

These two ships were indeed "naval divisions" belonging to the Nguyen regime in South Vietnam, and these people were also serious "officers and soldiers" in South Vietnam. In the process of fleeing, he was directly killed by the pursuers.For this reason, the information that the captives could provide was actually quite limited.

According to the prisoner's account, the two ships set off from Donghai, about [-] miles to the south, and were going to change defenses in the upper reaches of the Zhengjiang River.But their luck was really bad. Not long after entering Zhengjiang, they encountered a turning scout fleet.At this time, there are more than a dozen small boats like this in the upper reaches of the Zhengjiang River, which are responsible for patrolling the river to ensure the safety of the supply line pass of the Zhengjiang River. There is no guarantee at all. A ship of the tonnage of the "Discovery" doesn't even need to fire a cannon. With the specially reinforced bow and hull, it can directly crush the opponent.

On the other hand, in Donghai in the south, there is a small navy stationed with about 500 people, but there are only a dozen ships, and the largest ship is only about the same tonnage as the "Flying Speed". Not enough to pose a threat to the fleet of the crossing group.

"It's not as good as the Yazhou water village" is Wang Tom's evaluation of the Nanyue Navy.

However, the captives said that there was another slightly larger navy in Hoi An in the south, which aroused everyone's interest, but there was no further information after further questioning—these captives were the most The soldiers at the bottom know too little about the situation.

As for the news of the South Vietnamese Army, there are very few things that can be extracted from the mouths of these prisoners, because their garrison area only reaches the front line of the Zhengjiang River, and now the main station of the South Vietnamese Army has moved to [-] to the north of the Zhengjiang River. In the battle zone here, these South Vietnamese sailors have never been to the front line at all, and they don't even know the battle situation on the front line.They also didn't know anything about the South Vietnamese firearms unit that the crossing people were most concerned about. They didn't know the size of the firearms unit, nor could they tell the source of these weapons.

Among the information they provided, the more valuable one is probably the situation of transporting materials to the front through the Zhengjiang River.At present, South Vietnam needs to deliver about 3000 to 5000 catties of food supplies to the war zone ahead through this supply line every day. In addition, there are about [-] to [-] South Vietnamese reinforcements crossing the Zhengjiang River by boat every day. Sometimes even more than [-] people a day.Judging from these circumstances, South Vietnam's war mobilization capability has surpassed that of North Vietnam. If the Traversing Group does not intervene in this war, then the defeat of North Vietnam is really only a matter of time.

(End of this chapter)