"It's getting dark. Be careful when sailing on the sea at night." Huo Ci glanced at the sky and reminded Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei was mainly responsible for the command of this voyage. They set off early in the morning and after sailing for a day, they were almost approaching their destination.
"Captain, we are not far from our destination. Why don't we speed up and get there before dark? This will help us avoid being attacked by the enemy while sailing at night." Zhang Wei suggested after looking at the route map.
"How sure are you?" Huo Ci asked.
Accelerating the voyage also means increasing the risk. They are now leading the team and cannot suffer losses before arriving. They still have to focus on stability.
"The wind speed is normal. I am 90% sure that we can reach our destination safely before dark!" Zhang Wei looked very confident.
He has been to sea many times and can guarantee these things.
"Okay, then speed up." Huo Ci thought for a moment and agreed.
The sea is calm now, so it would be best to arrive before dark.
Zhang Wei responded and hurried to make arrangements. Sure enough, the warship arrived at the Xisha Islands before dark.
"There are warships and several fishing boats docked near the main island, but no one responded after we shouted. They must have landed on the island." Zhang Wei came over quickly to report.
Their warships arrived near the sea, but the troops stationed there did not notice or intercept them at all, which made Huo Ci frown.
Such a patrol is too careless. No one is left on the ship. If the enemy attacks, it will be very dangerous.
"Tuan Huo?" Zhang Wei saw that he suddenly stopped talking and called out again.
"Let the others stay on the warship first, and you come with me to the island." Huo Ci ordered with a frown.
"Yes!" Zhang Wei quickly made arrangements. After the warship docked, the two men got off the ship together.
"You're finally here!"
As soon as Huo Ci got off the boat, someone came to greet him with a surprised tone.
"Deputy Captain Li." Huo Ci nodded when he saw the person coming.
This person is Li Hongguang, the deputy regiment commander who has been stationed in the Xisha Islands. The conditions here are even more difficult than on the islands, and supplies are extremely scarce.
However, Li Hongguang led his team to garrison here for five years, always working hard and never complaining.
The waters of the Xisha Islands have always been well protected, and almost no major incidents have occurred, which shows how much he has contributed to it.
"I received a letter yesterday saying that you would come today, and I have been waiting for you. Just when you arrived in this sea area, I got the news and came to pick you up." Li Hongguang was also very happy to see Huo Ci and the others coming.
After all, all the supplies here are sent from the island, even the weapons and equipment. Weapons are not manufactured here, so when no new ones are sent, they can only use some old ones.
But every time someone comes to the island, no matter what they come for, they always bring something with them, sometimes supplies, sometimes weapons and equipment.
Li Hongguang was the one who was most looking forward to the arrival of the people from the island, and his eyes were full of eagerness when he looked at Huo Ci.
"Well, what's the situation here now?" Huo Ci didn't care about his expression and asked about the situation immediately.
It is not difficult to hear from Li Hongguang's words just now that they did a good job in patrolling this sea area, otherwise they would not have discovered it as soon as they entered the sea area, but they did not find the patrolling warship.
These warships are now docked here, probably for rest.
"Life is so disgusting. They originally just drove a boat to cause trouble in our waters, and they wanted to disgust us. Didn't they change to warships later? After we warned them, they actually landed on the island when we were not prepared!" Li Hongguang felt disgusted and full of complaints when mentioning the enemy country.
In the waters of the Xisha Islands, in addition to the main island, there are other small islands, some of which are also inhabited.
"If it were any other deserted island, we would just attack directly. How could we be afraid of them? But there are residents on the island they chose. For the sake of the residents, we can't force a war." Li Hongguang said gritting his teeth, very angry at the other party's behavior.
If a fight breaks out, innocent residents will definitely be harmed, but the other side obviously knows this and guesses that they will not force a war, so they deliberately provoke them, which is quite disgusting.
"So many years have passed, and they still look that dead. Bah!" Zhang Wei also became indignant.
If the other party is still on the warship, it would be relatively easy to expel them, but in this case, the task of expulsion becomes troublesome.
As for the fact that they landed on the island, we have to find them first before we can expel them.
The island is densely forested and some of the small islands are connected to each other. They are quite large and difficult to search.
"There are several roads connecting that small island and this main island, but they are blocked by jungle and the roads are not easy to travel on, so they may not be able to get through. However, in order to prevent them from coming, I sent people to the island and set up ambushes in those places, so there are not many people on the sea now." Li Hongguang said again.
Now, Huo Ci finally understood why so many ships were docked here.
"I plan to keep searching along this path. I don't believe I can't find them!" Li Hongguang still had a plan. "But we can discuss this later... Don't you have anything to give me?"
After talking for a long time, Li Hongguang had already glanced eagerly at their warship many times, and was still thinking about the things they brought this time.
The best thing is weapons. Their weapons have not been replaced for a long time, and it has been a while since the last time the island sent people over.
Li Hongguang glanced at Huo Ci and felt that he was not proactive at all. People who came before always happily gave him things as soon as they arrived without any delay!
"Of course, we brought some good stuff this time!" Zhang Wei came here more often than Huo Ci. He had delivered supplies before, so he naturally knew what Li Hongguang was most looking forward to.
He took over the conversation. Judging from Huo Ci's expression, he would not take the initiative to introduce himself, so this matter had to be left to him.
"Good stuff? Do you have a gun?" Li Hongguang's eyes lit up.
"Of course we have!" Zhang Wei became excited when he saw him like this. "This time we brought new guns. Even the troops on the island were newly equipped and we sent them to you. We brought quite a few!"
As he spoke, he called on the soldiers on the warship to bring down the guns and supplies they had brought.
Li Hongguang couldn't wait any longer and quickly boarded the ship, anxious to see the new weapons.
"Oh my goodness, I've heard about the new Type 79 submachine gun before, and now I finally see it!" Li Hongguang was so excited that he couldn't let go of the gun.
If the location was not inappropriate, he would really like to try out the power of this new gun.
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