Chapter 42 Robinson Crusoe
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"How's it going?"
Li Mo put down the book, looked up at Chen Ping who came in, and frowned.
"I just received a telegram from Simmons. Zhao Long and others landed in Pisagua five hours ago without resistance. In addition, the troops have cancelled their rest and began to go south along the railway line. According to my calculations, they can reach Iquique in one day at most."
"Where's Iquique?"
"There is no news yet, but according to Simmons, the people of the political axe army should have moved there three days ago, now." Chen Ping used to looking at the watch: "It should have been fought."
Li Mo is a little trance. Although the speed of the telegram is also very fast, it always makes him lose control. It seems that this situation can't change until the radio application.
By the way, has the radio appeared these days?
Master Li shook his head and drove his messy thoughts out of his mind: "Where did General Monte go?"
"Monte and his fleet have escaped from Valparaiso and are currently coming here. It is expected to arrive here in a few hours. In addition, 2,000 troops and 2,000 marines organized by the Congress have also begun to go north, but..."
"But what?" Hearing that Chen Ping suddenly stopped narrating, Li Mo quickly looked up.
Chen Ping smiled bitterly at the corners of his mouth: "Young master, I think we made a wrong prediction."
"Wrong!" It must be a big deal to be said to be wrong by Chen Ping. Master Li suddenly became nervous. You know, this is his first battle. You must not make mistakes. He hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?"
Chen Ping frowned, held his forehead, and smiled bitterly: "I have always thought that as a country with the strongest navy in the region, the army is not much worse, but guess what they saw when I set out today?
Two thousand congressional troops even held a single-handed rifle, which was said by Simmons to be the most elite marine and the old Spencer. And the most important thing is that there are only ten cannons in the whole 5,000 troops. I really don't know what they can take to conquer the fortress and the strong city in the face of the defensive political axe army.
As Chen Ping said, he shook his head repeatedly. It could be seen that he was very worried about the fate of the team. Five thousand people are only equipped with ten cannons, which is not even as good as the Qing Dynasty. Is this the South American power mentioned by the young master?!
Master Li was stunned after hearing this. Although he did not see the departure troops with his own eyes, Chen Ping would never lie in front of him. Although he also knew that the Chilean army was very bad, he did not expect the food to be this point. Although the country's saltpetre income was swallowed by foreign businessmen, in South America, Chile has It's rich. Even if you need an armed navy, the army is not so bad, right?
"So they are worse than us?" Master Li swallowed his saliva with a ghostly expression on his face.
"It's true that the equipment is true, but..." Chen Ping paused for a moment and didn't know where to start, because in his opinion, the equipment of the Chilean army was really poor. Thinking about our young master, although only 2,000 people came this time, it was a pure Mauser 1888. In addition, there were 300 Colt revolvers, not to mention the kind invented by the young master and adopted The new type of explosive grenade. It can even be said that except for the cannon, it is one step worse than equipping the Chilean army!
"Now it depends on whether their combat effectiveness is really good. After all, we are a new army, and the Chilean troops have been tested in the war with Peru, but only in terms of weapons, except for the cannons, they are far inferior to us. I believe that as long as Zhao Long and they can survive the beginning. At this stage, even in the face of 10,000 Chileans, we have hope to win.
Although he was confident, his words finally expressed Chen Ping's worries, that is, the psychological obstacles that every soldier must overcome in the first battle. Although the escort also attaches great importance to this aspect in training, after all, training can't replace actual combat. In the face of the bloody battlefield full of gunpowder and bullets, it's not that It's so easy to say that you can survive!
Master Li frowned and was psychological in the first battle. Even if he opened his golden finger, he had no choice but to look at Zhao Long's on-the-spot command ability. However, since the congressional army is so weak, should we let Zhao Long divide his troops again and cooperate with the Chileans to go north?
"No way." Chen Ping did not give face and directly refused Master Li's suggestion. At present, Zhao Long and others have taken on most of the offensive tasks on the northern front, and the psychological barrier of the army's first battle has not passed. If the troops are transferred again at this time, I'm afraid the pressure will be greater.
"It seems that we can only wait." Li Mo sighed. He didn't like this kind of out-of-control thing. If he could, he was even willing to fight in place of the army. Unfortunately, these days, war basically depends on shouting. In the era of mobilizing command and still using horses, it is impossible to grasp the situation of each unit on the front line in real time. The only thing that can be done at this moment is to wait.
This feeling of drifting with the wind and not being able to control his own destiny is just like the protagonist of this book in his hand!
"I hope Zhao Long and others can hold on! I don't know if the radio has been invented?
Master Li muttered a few words, looked up at Chen Ping, then lowered it again, and continued to grab the book and read it with deliciousness. Seeing that the young master did not say anything more, Chen Ping was ready to turn around and leave. Before leaving, he subconsciously glanced at the title of the book in the young master's hand. Robinson Crusoe, what kind of book is this? Don't you remember? It seems that you should study hard!"
When Chen Ping understood the spirit of the young master, he did not find the arc of the corners of Li Mo's mouth.
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Antoine stretched out and glanced outside. Except for the moonlight pouring on the ocean and the starting point of phosphorus light with the waves, there was nothing. Even the sound of the tide seemed unwilling to disturb other people's good dreams, which was much softer.
Yes, nothing!
Although the south of the capital has been on fire, this is Antoine Fargast. In addition to the fort under his feet, there are patrolling warships on the dark ocean in the distance. Even if those guys control most of the navy, it is impossible to fight here silently.
What else is there to worry about?
Blowing the sea breeze, Antoine relaxed. To be honest, the weather is really a good dream. Damn it, that thin monkey captain, why do you always put me on duty?
After adjusting the gun strap on his shoulder, Antoine decided to go back to sleep, but when he just raised his head, a dark shadow penetrated his throat like lightning!
That's...!
With a pop, Antoine felt as if something was inserted in his throat, and then subconsciously reached out to touch it. But when he touched the cold arrow exposed on his throat, a sense of paralysis that he had never felt suddenly spread from his throat to his whole body. In an instant, his whole body was paralyzed. He wanted to open his mouth and shout, but only sent out The whirring sound that I can hear.
The paralysis quickly spread to his brain. Antoine only felt that his eyes were getting more and more flowery. In a trance, he seemed to see several people covered in black passing by. In those cold eyes, there was a strong sarcasm and chill.
"Damn, who are they? Is it an indigenous Indian? How dare you use a poisonous bow and arrow?! With confusion and confusion, Antoine quietly fell on the fort like a spray not far away.
When the last night eagle climbed up the fort, he hooked at the corners of Antoine's body's mouth and raised the iron arm in his hand.
For solving this defenseless sentinel in an instant, the Nighthawks did not seem to feel excited at all. Before they were selected, they had a few skills under their hands. After special training, they could not be regarded as martial arts masters, but at least they could be good!
It's just strange that these foreign devils don't know what martial arts are at all. They don't understand how useful the good things passed down by our ancestors have passed down for thousands of years, such as this poisonous arrow after seeing the blood seal.
The night eagle quickly touched the nearest gun position, pulled off the gun jacket, filled the cannon chamber with pieces of explosives, covered the light of the fire fold with his body, and ignited the fuse, and then quickly disappeared under the high turret rock wall.
"Boom..."
The sudden violent explosion suddenly woke Waldoch up from his sleep. He pushed away the naked woman beside him. He didn't care about putting on his clothes and pushed open the window like flying.
"God, what happened? Did the rebels hit Antoine Fatgast?
Looking at the huge fireball rising from the seaside fort outside the window, Valdock drooled. Thinking of the money he gave to Mr. President not long ago and the task, a chill rose from the center of his feet, rushed straight to his brain along his spine, and his body shivered.
"Come on, go and see what's going on!"
With Valdock's frightened voice, the whole city of Antofagast was in a mess, crying, scolding, shouting, and gathering together, stirring up the whole night sky city.