On the night of August 5, the southbound fleet arrived off the coast of Keelung and met up with the reconnaissance ship that had come earlier for reconnaissance and surveillance.

The reconnaissance ship disguised as a fishing boat brought information that the Japanese pirates in Jilong were ready to go out to sea to plunder.

The typhoon season is over, and the Japanese pirates, who have been holding back for a whole summer, can no longer wait to go out and burn, kill, and loot.

Ma Rulong acted decisively and ordered the launch of the "Chicken Cage Operation" tonight!

As soon as the order was passed down, the ships immediately became busy. The commanders held a pre-war meeting on the deck, issued combat missions to the police officers, and the police officers carried out pre-war mobilization. The chef prepared a sumptuous dinner for the officers and soldiers. The medical staff moved the first aid equipment out of the warehouse and unpacked it for use.

After the meeting, the police officers wrote suicide notes as usual and packed their personal belongings in a copper box. The tradition of the Coast Guard is to bury fallen comrades at sea, so once they die, the copper box with each person's name and number written on it will be sent back to their home by the Garrison Police Department so that their family can build a tomb for them.

If there is no one at home and the ancestral grave cannot be found, the body will be sent to the Martyrs' Cemetery next to the Veterans' Sanatorium on Xishan Island in Suzhou for burial.

Chinese people take their affairs after death very seriously, so before every battle, everyone will carefully pack up the box again.

Many soldiers would ask their comrades to shave their heads with razors. The regulations did not have such requirements, but only stipulated that soldiers must wash their heads frequently to ensure that there were no lice or odor on their heads.

Director Tong, that pervert, will suddenly appear beside you and sniff your head. As long as he smells something, just wait to be injected with spirit.

Many people were forced to do so, and because washing their hair all day was too much trouble, they simply shaved their heads and became monks. Convenient!

After we went south, it was hot and humid all day, so more people shaved their heads. It was cool!

The boat doctor also praised the bald man, believing that this was not only beneficial to personal hygiene, but also convenient for treatment if injured on the battlefield.

As a result, more and more people are shaving their heads, and now it is close to half...

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The most outrageous among them were the Marines, who all had shaved heads from top to bottom.

And today when we land on the island, the Marines will play the leading role again!

As the pioneer of landing on the island, Ximen Qing unceremoniously took over the host ship 206's large conference room.

In the meeting room, the police instructor distributed special warfare equipment to the members of the investigation squadron, including short knives, short crossbows, short guns, grenades, bronze helmets, leather armor, ropes...

As the team members dressed up and armed themselves, they listened to the squadron leader excitedly tapping the map on the wall and yelling:

"Brothers, this time we had a lot of fun fighting in the south. Our Marine Corps is going to be very excited again! Let's see who will dare to laugh at us for being idle passengers in the future!"

"Hahaha..." The team members laughed heartily. When they were in Japan, they had been fighting mainly on the sea, and the garrison strictly prohibited going ashore. The Japanese daimyo's navy was really weak and could not attack close to them, so the marines could only fire rockets and help transport shells, and the rest of the time they could only watch others fire artillery. Naturally, they could not raise their heads.

But since the battle in the south, the situation has been completely different. The Marines are used in almost every battle, and although this is only the second battle... they made great contributions in the previous battle, and they are taking the lead this time, which has already made the lower-class people proud.

"Okay, okay, stop laughing." Police instructor Wu Song poured cold water on him, saying, "We're going to have a war, be serious, an arrogant army will be defeated!"

"Ahem, Coach Wu is right, stop laughing." Ximen Qing was fed up and lost the mood to brag. He tapped the map and said, "Let's talk business!"

The team members all became serious.

"According to the latest intelligence, there are more than 2,000 Japanese pirates occupying Keelung, and more than 3,000 people they have captured, all living in Keelung Port." Ximen Qing introduced the map:

"Keelung Harbor is surrounded by mountains on three sides and is shaped like a trumpet. At the entrance, there are three islands, Dajilong Island, Tongpan Island and Zhongshanzi Island, which form a natural breakwater and are an excellent military port. Half of the Japanese pirates live on Dajilong Island, the largest and closest to the shore, while the other half live on the shore across a narrow fjord. Their ships are parked at the dock in the fjord. The narrowest part of the fjord is less than 100 meters at both ends, which is very unfavorable for large fleets to fight."

The team members listened very carefully, as this was information that concerned their life and death.

"What's even more difficult is that there are artillery batteries on both sides of the fjord, one at the eastern end of Dajilong Island and the other on the cape on the west side of the shore, guarding the fjord from both ends."

After Ximen Qing finished speaking, the team members were surprised. The Japanese had artillery? And they could set up artillery positions?

"They should have purchased them from the red-haired devils in the past two years, and they bought a lot. There are ten long snake cannons in the East Fort alone! If we don't destroy this fort, our fleet will suffer heavy losses when it breaks in from the narrow bay." He said in a deep voice: "So the mission of our reconnaissance squadron is to sneak onto Dajilong Island at night and destroy this fort!"

Sure enough, he was the protagonist! The team members chatted excitedly.

"This mission is very dangerous!" Ximen Qing knocked on the wall again, and said seriously: "The barracks of the Japanese pirates on the island are right next to this artillery platform. Once we take action, we will probably be surrounded. Although it is late at night and the barracks are on the south side of the mountain, we can't count on artillery support from the sea. But the captain will lead the main force of the brigade to support us from land. So we must not only capture the artillery platform, but also hold on until the main force of the brigade completely wipes out the enemy forces on the island!"

After a pause, he looked around at his two hundred men and said, "As for the other artillery position and the pirates on the shore, they will be in the charge of the Second Battalion. We don't need to worry about them. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" the team members responded in unison.

~~

On the Zhenwo ship.

Ever since she knew that Master Zhao was going to build a chicken coop, Lin Feng had been scratching her head and was extremely curious.

So when she saw the officers and men on the ship in a tense state of combat readiness in the afternoon, she knew that a war was imminent. She urged them to find Zhao Hao, hoping to get more details from him.

Mei Nan naturally did as he was told, but he saw that Master Zhao was still lazy and not in the same state as before the battle. He even had the mood to treat Mei Nan to dinner and flirted with the witch until she blushed.

If she didn't go back, Zhao Hao would take Mei Nan to bed...well, to be precise, Mei Nan would let Zhao Hao take her to bed.

Lin Feng had to give up the idea of ​​finding out the news and signaled her to leave.

Mei Nan was a little reluctant when she left...

After returning, she said to Lin Feng with regret: "What a pity... I mean, it's a pity that I didn't get any useful information."

"Yeah." Lin Feng nodded and said depressedly: "Now you understand, don't you? Mr. Zhao can achieve what he has today because he is not blinded by women. He is still guarding against us, so he doesn't know anything at all..."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a rhythmic creaking sound coming from above his head...

That was the bed surface of the cot, which was constantly being compressed and released, compressed and released, making the sound.

And upstairs is Mr. Zhao's room.

This sound is so familiar. It rings for about an hour almost every night, sometimes even longer.

"Forget it..." Lin Feng was speechless.

"Maybe Mr. Zhao is exercising." Mei Nanqiang laughed, "Didn't he say that he would do something in the gym every night... push-ups?"

"It's still an old man pushing a cart." Lin Feng has seen everything. She rolled her eyes. She wondered what the benefits of having sex before a battle were. Did she have to learn this, too?

~~

That night, the fleet ordered a blackout. All warships lit two red lights at the rear, and with the moonlight in the sky and the northeast wind blowing from afar, they followed the pilot boats and slowly sailed towards Jilong Bay.

The fleet stopped near Xiaojilong Island, seven miles outside Dajilong Island. The officers of each ship turned the capstan and lowered the transport boats at the rear... that is, sampans. There were ten marines on each transport boat.

Ximen Qing's squadron divided into twenty small boats and rowed towards Sheliao Island, seven miles away.

The closer they got, the slower they rowed so that the sound of the rowing would blend with the sound of the tide hitting the shore.

About half an hour later, the black asphalt transport boat approached the northernmost tip of Dajilong Island.

Ximen Qing looked at the new moon in the sky. It was just the fourth watch. The island was quiet and no one could be seen, but it was very scary. The coast in front of him was rocky and looked like a demon with bared fangs and claws in the night. It also made a ghostly laugh, which was creepy.

However, the geography knowledge learned in the police academy told Ximen Qing that this was not some supernatural power. It was because the Big Chicken Coop Island was hit by the northeast monsoon all year round, and the erosion of the waves caused this sea erosion platform with strange rocks and stones. As for the ghost laughter, it was also emitted when the monsoon passed through the stone forest...

Science freed him and his team from fear and even gave them a sense of superiority.

Ximen Qing calmed himself down and made a gesture, and the team members checked their equipment again. Then he was the first to get off the boat, and the team members followed his example, using both hands to support the side of the boat, slowly reaching their feet into the water and stepping firmly, and then everyone set up the sampan together, and went to the rocky coast with the boat and people.

A quarter of an hour later, the scouts who had gone out ahead returned and confirmed that there were no ambushes or secret sentries along the way. Only then did Ximen Qing lead the team to rush westward silently along the coastline.

Dajilong Island is very small, with the longest point from east to west being no more than three miles. The place where the reconnaissance squadron landed was only six hundred meters away from the artillery position.

In just a few minutes, the Marines had reached a row of raised reefs seventy meters away from the artillery position.

Ximen Qing narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the high artillery position. A few bright lights indicated that someone was on guard. But this was the most sleepy time, and since they were on an island, how could they be alert?

He waved his hand without hesitation, and several team leaders came over. Ximen Qing pointed at the bright spots and assigned one to each of them.

Upon receiving the order, the team leaders immediately led their team members and crawled towards the artillery position under the cover of the grass.

Ximen Qing followed with the rest of the team. All of them had their short guns loaded and ready to fire. They also had their short crossbows strung, one on each side, ready to provide cover at any time.

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