Kowloon wins

Chapter 1129 Operation Closing the Door ([-])

Although there were only two large clearing ships arriving at Temasek, and they were all medium-sized cargo ships, the sensation caused was not small. There is nothing else. In the past two years, the large fleet of the "Eight Banners Company" of the Qing Dynasty has not been infrequent. Temasek passed by, but it never stopped in Temasek. It went directly to Malacca, and all the goods never flowed out, and they were all rounded up by the Portuguese. In this regard, the East India Company of Western countries is There were many protests to the "Eight Banners Company" and the Portuguese East India Company. Unfortunately, the "Eight Banners Company" ignored the protests of the countries at all. As for the Portuguese East India Company, they just pretended to be confused and refused to get it. This has led to the fact that merchants from various countries have to rely on the sporadic arrivals of private merchant ships if they want to obtain goods from the Qing Dynasty. Two medium-sized trucks such as the "Chengfeng" who came together have already It is extremely rare, no, the two large clearing ships have just docked, not only the people of the British East India Company have been waiting on the pier, but most of the local merchants have also rushed over, and many of them were originally in Temasek. Merchant ships from Spain and other countries who replenished supplies also sent people to greet them, and they were all waiting to have a good negotiation with the cargo owners from the Qing Dynasty.

Negotiations are naturally necessary. Originally, being in business is for the purpose of talking about business. The Qing Dynasty cargo ships traveled thousands of miles to sell goods, so naturally they would not do things that reject people thousands of miles away. Of course, the Qing Dynasty The merchant ship arrived a bit late, and it was getting close to dusk, so it was impossible to start the transaction immediately with all the people crowded on the pier, so we just distributed some samples and price lists, and agreed on the time for the official transaction tomorrow. Most of the merchants who came here were also sent away, but the servant of a Chinese merchant took advantage of the chaos on the pier to board the boat and was led directly to the secret room where Wang Kuan was.

"Chen Shuangnan, Major of the Special Operations Section of the Overseas Intelligence Bureau of the lower official, kowtows to General Wang!"

Once someone introduced Major General Wang Kuan, who was in charge of the surprise attack on Temasek, the man equipped by the servant immediately fell to his knees, and hurriedly paid respects according to court rules.

"Major Chen doesn't need to be like this. Has the enemy's situation in the city changed?"

Although the official titles of the two sides are very different, they are not in the same system. Wang Kuan would not put on airs in front of Chen Shuangnan, but he never exchanged greetings.

"Returning to General Wang, everything is normal. The news of the destruction of the enemy's joint fleet has not yet been sent back, and there are no changes in the military locations."

Chen Shuangnan is not the person in charge of Temasek of the Overseas Intelligence Bureau. His titular employer, Chen Jincheng, is the real host. But because he is worried that things will go wrong, Chen Jincheng does not dare to meet Wang Kuan in person, but asks Chen Shuangnan to act on his behalf. As for the matter, as a messenger, Chen Shuangnan had already memorized various situations of Temasek by heart. At this time, when Wang Kuan asked a question, he dared not ignore it, and hurriedly answered it respectfully.

"Well, since that's the case, then Major Lao Chen will explain the enemy's situation in detail on this map."

Wang Kuan did not comment on Chen Shuangnan's words, but just nodded calmly, raised his hand, pointed to a Temasek map on the table, and gave a peaceful voice.

"Yes, please look, general. This is the island of Juhouhou (now Sentosa Island) at the entrance to the port. There is a fort built, with a total of 22 heavy artillery pieces and 280 seven defenders. This is the big lighthouse, which is responsible for guarding all places. Movement and movement, there is a squad of British soldiers stationed here, and this is the Johor Fort, which has a fort, a total of twelve heavy artillery, and 120 soldiers stationed there. They are guarding against the Portuguese in the direction of Malacca. As for the front of the castle There are also [-] heavy artillery pieces on the city wall, garrisoned by a company of soldiers, which can echo with the Fort of Endless Island, and the artillery fire can cover the entire port area.

Since Wang Kuan had ordered, Chen Shuangnan didn't dare to neglect it, and hurriedly strode to the table, pointed to the map, and explained in detail the distribution of the British garrison.

"Well, please, Major Chen, go back and inform Lieutenant Colonel Chen, and everything will be carried out as planned. Is there any problem?"

Wang Kuan didn't ask Chen Shuangnan about the situation of the garrison in detail, nothing else, because Wang Kuan was familiar with such information long before the expedition, not only that, but also led his troops in the simulation There were too many rehearsals on the field, and I had already rehearsed every aspect of the entire action plan to capture various key points. The reason why I asked Chen Shuangnan again was just out of caution.

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

Since Wang Kuan wanted to show off the guests, Chen Shuangnan didn't dare to procrastinate any longer, so he hurriedly bowed respectfully, then exited the cabin, sneaked back to the city by himself, and discussed with Chen Jincheng whether or not to mention it...

"Check the watch! It's Yinshizhen!"

Yinshi is the right card, the night is already deep, and there is a dead silence on the pier that has been noisy all day, all the ships of all sizes docked on the pier are already pitch black, only a few wind lanterns are still flickering on and off, " The same is true on the "Chengfeng", but in the pitch black, there are dozens of men covered in black sludge closely lined up in the aisle of the cabin. Wang Kuanyi stood at the front of the line, scanning the All the subordinates who had already prepared a disguise raised their hands, took out a pocket watch from their chests, and let out a low voice.

Following Wang Kuan's order, all the silent soldiers took out their pocket watches from the waterproof backpacks on their backs, adjusted their pocket watches according to the time reported by Wang Kuan, He neatly put the pocket watch into the rucksack, tightened the seal of the rucksack, and then looked at Wang Kuan with piercing eyes.

"set off!"

Wang Kuan did not mobilize before the battle, nor did he explain any tactical essentials. He just waved his hand and gave the general order with a solemn face. Soon after, a row of soldiers walked out of the cabin, and some of them rushed up like civet cats. At the ship's side, along the soft ladder that had been prepared by the ship's side, they entered the water one by one at a slow pace, and swam towards the Juhou Island at the entrance without making a sound.

"Clap clap."

After watching the last soldier who raided Juehou Island go into the water, Wang Kuan did not turn around the cabin, but walked to the side of another cargo ship "Dongfang" in a few strides, and lightly hit it twice. Immediately after that, seven figures in black tight-fitting night suits came out of the dark cabin silently, leading a strong masked man with the help of the dim light of the death wind lamp, He quickly gestured to Wang Kuan, and silently led a group of his men down the pre-prepared soft ladder to the empty pier, sneaking towards the lighthouse built on a high cliff on the left side of the port. The direction touched it.

The high cliff is extremely steep, almost straight up from the shore for more than [-] meters. The only path up the cliff is not on the side of the port, but on the other side of the cliff. You have to pass through Temasek City diagonally. On the way, you have to pass through the British military camp. Obviously, there is no possibility at all to touch the cliff along the path, and it is by no means an easy task to climb the cliff, but it is not difficult The seven masters of the Qing Marine Corps who have quietly sneaked down the cliff, there is no one else, because these seven are all selected from the army and are absolute masters. Tian Ming is the king of soldiers in the entire marine corps. His family's martial arts is close to the status of a master, but seeing that he is carrying a thick hemp rope on his back, he is climbing up the cliff at high speed with his bare hands. During the movement, he was as agile as an ape. As long as there is a slight water chestnut on the cliff, it can be used for his strength. In just a dozen ups and downs, the person has turned over to the top of the cliff.

The lighthouse is located at the highest point of Temasek, overlooking the surrounding range of tens of nautical miles, which undoubtedly has extremely important strategic significance. As a maritime power, the Britons will naturally not ignore the importance of the lighthouse, even though the living conditions on the high cliffs are actually bad. It’s very good, but the Britons still arranged a squad of soldiers to be on guard at the lighthouse. Not only the lookout at the top of the lighthouse is guarded day and night, but also the bottom of the tower. No, Yan Tianming just came out from the top of the cliff As soon as he was tall, he could see two tall British soldiers patrolling back and forth on the top of the cliff with rifles in his hands. Even though the night was deep, they did not see the two soldiers slack in the slightest.

Although the two British soldiers were not particularly vigilant, they kept a distance of several meters from each other. It was obviously not easy to kill the two of them silently. Once the soldiers on duty on the lighthouse are sent an alarm signal, even if they take down the lighthouse, it will inevitably affect the deployment of the entire night attack campaign, and this is obviously not something Yan Tianming can bear.

"Click."

To solve the predicament in front of him, it may be more difficult than climbing to the sky for others, but it is not very difficult for Yan Tianming, who has long been accustomed to assassination, but seeing him clinging to the edge of the cliff with one hand , listened carefully for a while, and confirmed that there were only these two sentinels under the lighthouse, his heartstrings relaxed immediately, and he gently wiped the edge of the cliff with his empty left hand, and picked up a small piece of gravel, with a flick of his fingers, The gravel was shot at the other side of the cliff, and there was a soft sound in the dark night, and the two alarmed sentries immediately raised their guns nervously towards the sound.

"call……"

Almost at the same time as the two sentinels turned around, Yan Tianming pressed the top of the cliff with his right hand, and he rose into the air like a big bird. Like lightning, he flew towards the back of the sentinel on the left...

(End of this chapter)