Xinshun 1730

Chapter 62

There is nothing more exciting than a desperate defender seeing reinforcements.

When you are in despair, a straw can also turn into a huge sailing ship in your mind.

Hannibal snatched the binoculars from the man next to him, and almost caught his eye.

With a white background and a blue X, on the ship downstream, the St. Andrew's Cross flag designed by Peter for the Russian Navy fluttered high.

Hannibal recognized the ship at a glance.

That's right, it was Bering's expedition ship.

There is no artillery on board, and the ship is not very large, and it is not even suitable for inland navigation.

However, at this moment, in Hannibal's eyes, its stalwart body was like the Russian Navy's flagship Ingerman Land.

On the river, "fierce" battles are going on.

The musketeers on the expedition ship were shooting down the side of the ship, and birch bark boats were constantly being hit, and the people on board were probably shot dead and fell into the water.

A birch bark boat was even directly overturned by the expedition ship, but unfortunately, the people on it had already dived before it was overturned.

Through the blurred eyepiece, Hannibal saw the figure of Chelikov, the vice-captain of the expedition, waving the flag towards this side on the ship.

"Yes! It's Cherikov, there's nothing wrong with that."

"The expedition team should have found traces of the war downstream, so they returned here to report. It must be like this."

The cobweb-like ditches outside the city had already plunged Hannibal into deep despair.The better you learn, the deeper your despair; the better you learn, the more you understand that Z-trench tactics are unsolvable with your current strength.

Hannibal didn't have time to think about it.

The expedition team only had about forty people, and they couldn't provide much help for the defense of the city.

But this ship can take away most of the soldiers.

Hannibal concluded that war between Shun and Russia had already started, and his previous misjudgment might make those reinforcements here meaningless consumables.

It is unrealistic for the imperial army to cross the Ural Mountains to support here, and to come here across the vast Siberia.

The few mobile forces are partly in Yakutsk in the north and partly in Irkutsk in the west.Not many can support.

Now that Shun Russia is at war, if you want to maximize the interests of Russia, you should shrink your troops and strictly guard the castles on the upper reaches of the Amur River.As a support point, connecting Yakutsk and Irkutsk.

As long as the upper reaches of the river are guarded, the Amur River will still be the Amur River in Russia, not the Heilongjiang River in Dashun.

Since it is impossible to defend here, we can only abandon the city and let the remaining men leave by boat.As for women, children and the elderly, those are not issues that should be considered in war.

As Hannibal thought this way, Cherikov became clearer in the telescope.

The orderly is not around, and the shooting army next to them is all the army, and they don't understand the semaphore of the navy at all.

But after all, Hannibal was Peter's secretary and participated in the construction of the Russian Navy, so he grabbed a flag, waved it, and conveyed his meaning to Chelikov.

"Don't dock! Control the water!"

"Don't dock! Control the water!"

Once the ship docks, it is dead.A large ship that has lost its mobility is likely to be captured by the army.In that case, Hannibal would lose the opportunity to shrink his troops, notify reinforcements, and stick to the upper reaches of Heilongjiang, so as to strive for the best interests in the post-war negotiations with Russia.

The downstream fortress can be abandoned, as long as the upstream is not abandoned, Russia will benefit in the end.

This fortress can no longer be defended.

On the opposite side is a fortress engineer who may also have returned from studying in France. Hannibal felt that the silent confrontation before was like a deduction with his classmates in a military academy, full of sense of sight.

Once the heavy artillery arrives, even if three hundred reinforcements arrive, it will be meaningless.It is better to shrink, and even give up another fortress in the middle reaches, and concentrate our forces to defend the upper reaches.

Otherwise, they will be defeated one by one.

…………

On the expedition ship, Chelikov held his head high with a sense of guilt.

Not because he was proud of his betrayal, but because he had a short gun against his back... the same short gun he had almost chosen to kill himself with.

The elusiveness of fate made this name written into science fiction by Jules Verne a traitor, Judas.

The North Pole and the Bering Strait, Alaska, and even the history of human geographical discoveries in the future may never be associated with this name again.

"What does the semaphore mean?"

"Control the water surface, don't berth."

Mantou pointed a gun at Chelikov's back, and Liu Yu stood behind Mantou, wearing the hat of a captured Swedish first officer, and asked the meaning of the semaphore.

This answer made Liu Yu extremely satisfied.

Hannibal was about to flee.

These days, my own "Zhao Kuo" is talking about war on paper, which puts great pressure on another "Zhao Kuo" in the castle.

Thoughts are different, religions are different, and growth history is different, but the first actual combat of the children of Xungui is always similar.

After graduating from the Hannibal Military Academy, he went to France to become a captain, and never really organized a fortress defense battle.

Born as the emperor's secretary, the level on paper is extremely high, and the homework on the map is perfect.

But it is precisely because the level on paper is too high that Liu Yu understands how much pressure his talking on paper can bring him.

From beginning to end, Hannibal faced a windmill giant.

I have a heavy artillery with a hammer, but I just dug a few artillery positions to scare him.

Liu Yu wanted to use this expedition ship to give Hannibal some hope when Hannibal's psychological defense was about to collapse.

Hope in despair will expand the small hope infinitely, allowing Hannibal to make a "correct" judgment again.

Hannibal was absolutely right that he wanted to run.

If you can't hold it anymore, if you don't run, it's not as simple as staying here and waiting to die, but such a large-scale professional siege force will attack and destroy all the castles along the river.

It is better to shrink the troops and concentrate in a fortress to buy more time.

If Hannibal had never been Peter's secretary, but only the commander of this fortress, Liu Yu's method would be ineffective.

Precisely because Hannibal had been Peter's secretary, he would have a bigger picture and a higher perspective when thinking about problems.

This kind of advantage has become a disadvantage at this time, which will ruin him.

Liu Yu worried that Hannibal was completely desperate and made a wrong judgment, so he really wanted to stay here.

Hearing Chelikov translate the semaphore, his hanging heart finally fell.

"Command, keep acting, keep shooting those bark boats. Control the water, tell those boats to back off."

"The people on the boat are about to send a signal, and they will cheer up for a while. Remember, that dark and dark person must be caught alive."

"No shooting, just catch the living."

Pointing the gun at Cherikov's steamed bun, he pouted a few times in his heart, thinking to himself, third master, third master, can we stop saying such unlucky words?Aren't you afraid that the black man Hannibal will kill seven people and seven people?
Liu Yu didn't care about his bad luck, he took out Bering's pocket watch and checked the time.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

Hannibal didn't have much time, so he must have escaped before one o'clock in the afternoon, otherwise he would not be able to sail to a safe distance before dark.This is a river, not an ocean.

Looking at the fluttering Russian navy flag, the wind is heading northwest.

Just right for swimming against the current.

What we have to do now is to continue to wait and finish the scene of purging the river.

He closed his pocket watch and smiled at Cherikov.

"Mr. Cherikov, please return to your 'post'. Your mission is accomplished."

Another person escorted Chelikov away, leaving only Mantou by his side. Liu Yu patted Mantou on the shoulder and said, "Behave well in a while. You said you wanted me to support you and earn a career. This is your chance." .”

"I'm eccentric, or I can let Shutu and Du Feng come. I am a general, so I have a share of the credit. But you are different."

"In the future, do a good job. Since you have studied with me and been a companion, take this opportunity to mix yourself up."

"It is said that if you are poor, you will benefit yourself alone, and if you are successful, you will benefit the world. I am half-reached and can't achieve it, so I can only help the people around me.

Mantou nodded heavily, feeling agitated, ready to kneel down.Liu Yu shrugged and shook his head.

"I'll see you on business. Words of gratitude don't need to be said."

…………

at noon.

The surface of the river has been basically "cleaned up".

Several small boats rowed out from the bastion, and the remaining Cossacks rowed vigorously.

Hannibal was standing on the first small boat, and after approaching the expedition ship, the ship dropped the ladder.

Having followed Peter in Neva for a long time, he is extremely skilled at climbing the navy ladder.

Climbing up the ladder, I heard a familiar voice greeting in Latin.

"Mr. Hannibal, we meet again."

The Latin language that once made Hannibal feel noble, elegant, and civilized is now indescribably harsh.

Looking across in panic, Liu Yu bared his white teeth and was looking at him with a smile.

"It's you?"

Subconsciously, he reached for the short gun at his waist.

Mantou beside him was waiting for this opportunity, bent his arms, and slammed Hannibal's stomach hard with his elbow.

Hannibal was in pain, bent over, and was hit hard by a steamed bun on the back, completely unable to stand, and fell on the deck.

The moment he fell, there was a lot of gunfire on the boat.

Liu Yu giggled, and said to the deacon behind him who was in charge of recording military achievements: "Record. The adopted son of King Rakshasa wanted to shoot me with a gun, but my servant Mantou loyally protected the Lord and knocked him down to the ground and captured him alive. .”

Afterwards, he pulled Hannibal up by the hair, let someone hold Hannibal's arm, and walked to the smoky deck.

On the surface of the water, the remaining Rakshasa people who were raided could not fight back at all. They either dived to escape, or completely collapsed after despairing hope and despair, raising their hands and surrendering.

The surface of the river is vast and vast, and the vastness does not see the shore.

Two soldiers supported Hannibal, and Liu Yu was in high spirits.

Throwing the Swedish first officer's hat aside, he knelt down on the ground, let Mantou tie up his hair behind him, and put on the samurai leather hat.

He got up and took off the Russian navy uniform he was wearing, and put on the honor guard brocade uniform, with an embroidered spring knife on his waist, adjusted the belt, and put on a blue cloak.

Just when the wind is blowing, stand against the wind, shake your cloak, and make sounds.

Pointing to Stepanovsk, which is about to fall in the distance, overlooking the Heilongjiang River in summer, looking down at Hannibal, he spoke the three words of the Roman era in Latin.

VENI
VIDI
VICI
I come!

I see!

I conquer!
(End of this chapter)