Lu Ming

Chapter 571 Landing in Halong Bay

July 1631, 7, at 18 am, An Nam, Halong Bay.

The dense rain shrouded the bay, and there seemed to be only the sound of the tide and the mist left in the sky, and it was misty everywhere, just like a fairyland.

Ha Long Bay, located in the middle of the Beibu Gulf, is the downstream outlet of the Red River Delta where Hanoi (Thang Long House) is located.

During the French colonial period in Halong Bay, Hon Gai City with coal mining as its core appeared.Later, Hon Gai City was renamed Halong City and was divided into Quang Ninh Province.

People from later generations have no moral obsession with place names.Generally speaking, if the time-travelers who are in charge don't intend to show bad taste, then most of the place names on this plane will use the names they are familiar with from their previous lives.

Therefore, the fleet parked at the mouth of Halong Bay today is about to land at Hon Gai Port.

Hon Gai Port is located at the west mouth of the pincer-shaped Ha Long Bay.

During the French period, Hon Gai Port was a typical mining port.At that time, the French built Hon Gai Port to export coal.Later, on this basis, with the passage of time and social development, Hongji City was gradually formed.

Of course, in the seventeenth century when the traveler lived, the so-called Hongji Port was still a primitive seaport area, desolate and natural, surrounded by no one.

It is different from the developed coastal areas in later generations.Productivity was low in the Middle Ages, but all coastal areas were bound to face specific disasters such as salinity, flooding, backwatering, and pirate attacks.

Therefore, the areas closest to the coast are often no-man's land.

"I have to say, the scenery is pretty good."

Shao Qiang was wearing a gray Rains personalized raincoat, holding a Sony digital handheld, standing on the bow of the boat, and scanning around.

In later generations, Halong Bay is a tourist attraction in the Beibu Gulf, with beautiful mountains and seas, and has the title of "New Seven Natural Wonders of the World".

There are more than [-] limestone hills and islands in and around the bay.The emerald green stone peaks protruding from the sea, the mountains and islands are dotted with mountains and islands, combined with the unique yellow-green natural background color of the quasi-tropical area, and even the misty rain and mist.

That's why Shao Qiang ignored the rain and stood at the bow of the boat to shoot.

However, Sha Zhengming, who presided over the landing, was not so casual.

Most of Annan's territory belongs to the tropical monsoon climate, which is characterized by high temperature and rainy seasons, with distinct dry and rainy seasons.The dry season is from November to April of the next year, and the rainy season is from May to October, with heavy rain and heavy rain, high temperature and high humidity.

The time when Shao Qiang and the others arrived was July, which was in the middle of the rainy season, and the area around Halong Bay was raining all the time.This kind of weather is not good news for the fleet of twelve ships moored outside the port at the moment.

However, no matter how bad the weather is, the landing operation must be carried out.if not?Waiting on board until October?

The good thing is that, apart from the rain, the rest of the landing conditions are not bad.At this moment, the wind is low and the sea is stable, and there are no hostile wild tribes on the shore. After all, this is Halong Bay Beach, not Omaha Beach.

Soon, under the order of Sha Zhengming, a batch of small boats set off from the merchant ships set off.

There are more than ten advance team members on each small boat.These people were uniformly wearing canvas raincoats, large self-produced waterproof glasses on their faces, high-top cowhide boots on their feet, and various hot and cold weapons in their hands. It can be said that they were armed to the teeth.

Wu Meng, Mr. Wu stood up, stretched his neck, and glanced left and right.

The vision through the lens is blurry, and sea fog and rain are everywhere in the eyes.Just over ten meters away, he could no longer see Master Yusheng's face clearly, but the third master knew that Master Yusheng and the rest of the team were on the small boat next to him at the moment.

Although the sea surface is not high and the waves are not high, it is still shaking for the small boat whose occupants are struggling to paddle.

Holding the knife handle at his waist tightly with one hand, Wu Meng grasped the icy edge of the boat with the other hand as he swayed .It was also a wet, cold and rainy morning, and he was also sitting in the boat with the handle of the knife in his hand, fearing that the gunmen sent by Master Xiong would overtake him and kill him.

"I don't know how Master Xiong has built my Zhang Sutan, it must be making money every day!"

The next moment, looking at the coast getting closer and closer, Mr. Wu, who was hit in the face by the cold rain, turned his thoughts back.

After the city of Macau was broken before, each of the pioneering troops who participated in the war received a considerable amount of silver rewards.After Mr. Wu and the others rested on the spot, they had a relatively pleasant time.The daily work is simply to maintain law and order, learn internally, and in leisure time, you can also go shopping in Macau City and spend money, which will stimulate the local economy to stop falling and rebound.

However, the style of painting changed not long after the good days.The internal study time has increased, and the content is all about the climate and geography of Annan.Wu Sanye's team, who had long been familiar with the internal rules of the time-traveling forces, began to increase their self-study again.

Sure enough, after a period of urgent training, Wu Meng's team, as an elite advance team of the Pioneering Army, was dispatched to the transport ship to Qiongzhou.Within a few days of arriving in Qiongzhou, six transport ships escorted by six warships from the Southward Fleet set off along with another oath-taking meeting in Baisha Military Port.

In the end, Wu Sanye and his twenty brothers appeared on the two swaying boats just today.

The seven or eight small boats that lined up side by side quickly crossed the shallow water area and came to the coast of Hongji Harbor as the crew rowed vigorously.

"Get off the boat, hurry up!"

What the third master didn't know was that his first action of jumping off the boat had a profound meaning.This small move represents the first time in 1428 years since the Ming Dynasty revoked the Jiaozhi Cheng and announced the political commissioner in 200, the Han power once again expanded its territory in a real sense.

Dozens of well-trained advance team members quickly jumped out of the boat, trudged a few steps in the knee-deep water, and landed on the beach.

In the rain, the third master ran hard on the muddy beach for a few steps, looked left and right, and then began to assign tasks to the fan area that the team was responsible for according to the previous training at Qiongzhou Beach.In order not to make his subordinates misheard under the interference of the sea tide and the sound of rain, he gave a tactical command while stretching out his arms and spreading his five fingers out loud while giving orders.

"Parallel, ahead!"

"Xinhuizai, on the right!"

He Biandan, a leading soldier, and another Xinhui boy, a short and strong boy, received the order.Both of these two were good at using cold weapons. Under such difficult conditions, they were the only two of them in the whole team wearing half-length steel armor under their raincoats.

The next moment, He Biandan and Xin Huizai, who were carrying long knives, began to search in their respective directions as assigned by the third master.Behind them was the third master and his party who pulled out the skirmish line.

The young master Yusheng who stayed behind at the end.The rainy weather greatly reduced the fire rate of the muskets, so Yusheng led 4 musketeers to stay in the rear.

The Annan coast with a tropical climate is still different from the northern Daming coast.When Wu Meng's team and the rest of the team traveled less than 50 meters on the beach, sparse vegetation appeared in front of them.Fifty meters further forward, various tropical plants popped up abruptly. Together with some scattered mangroves, within a distance of 50 meters, the vegetation quickly blocked the search team's sight.

After discovering the lush vegetation in front of him, the battle-hardened San Ye felt that no one could enter the forest, so he raised his right fist and shouted: "Everyone stop! Be alert on the spot!"

Soon, the messenger ran back and came to the messenger surrounded by Yusheng and his musketeers.

The communication soldier looks a bit messy, with a small military radio wrapped in waterproof canvas on his chest, and a folded square umbrella propped up behind his back to protect him from the rain.

After hearing the news from the messenger, the messenger quickly sent back the situation ahead by radio.

Under the current visibility conditions, the fleet far above the sea cannot see the situation on the shore, and can only wait for the news ahead.So after receiving the radio signal, the small boat that had turned back soon sent the second group of team members ashore.

Since there was already a guard post on the shore, there were more people in the second wave of small boats.After two rounds of transportation, 200 advance team members completed the landing operation.

After this, all the boats of the fleet were lowered.The general dispatcher quickly arranged the channel, and dozens of small boats began to transport workers and tools ashore in an endless stream.

So far, despite the smooth landing operation, the fleet commander Sha Zhengming still frequently checks his watch: Everyone knows that the first 24 hours after landing in front of the enemy are the most critical, which is related to the question of whether it can stand.

Although the intelligence indicated that the North Vietnamese army in the seventeenth century would most likely not appear in Halong Bay, Sha Zhengming did not dare to take the risk at all: the so-called intelligence was just some historical data and a simple pre-survey ship near the shore. There is no Beidou system now, who knows if North Vietnamese soldiers will rush out from behind those lush vegetation in the next moment?
It is his dereliction of duty as a soldier to not prepare a plan according to the worst case.

The North Vietnamese soldiers of this era were quite capable of fighting - Sha Zhengming did not doubt this information at all.After all, Vietnam has already entered the North-South civil war mode during this period. Unlike the peaceful Ming Dynasty, it is impossible for North Vietnamese soldiers not to fight.

Unfamiliar enemy countries, unfamiliar coasts, lush vegetation, rain and fog with extremely low visibility, and rifles with reduced power. This terrible environment is simply the standard equipment for the weak to beat the strong.

As strong as the U.S. emperor was on this land, Sha Zhengming now does not know whether these "colonial militias" who have only been trained hastily can hold the beachhead in an emergency.

Feeling the tense atmosphere, the construction workers did not dare to stop for a moment after landing.After they went ashore and advanced for a while, they quickly selected a location and dug a drainage ditch, and then began to set up tents.

Another group of people rushed towards the vegetation line that blocked the field of view with tools: the field of view is the advantage of the strong, and it must be cleaned up as soon as possible.

In theory, this kind of dangerous and low-level work should be done by slaves.But there are no slaves right now, so the "regular workers" can only work hard to eradicate vegetation.

(End of this chapter)