Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 129 The Sound of the Horn, Hu Tianxiao
An hour later, in the cockpit of the Thor.

Twelve voluntary and forced travelers arrived. They stood in front of the nautical chart table and began to listen to the situation reports of Zhao Xin and Deng Fei.

"According to the distance of 15 kilometers, according to the modern map, this is the location." After Zhao Xin finished speaking, he pointed to another bay fifteen kilometers away from Beihai Town.

"From the radar, these ships are all coming from the west, and they should have entered the radar's observation range this morning."

"Where did you go this morning?" Veterinarian Liu Zheng suddenly asked Deng Fei.

"Today it's Deng Fei's turn to lead the team out for exercises in the morning." Wang Yuanfang explained.

Deng Fei continued: "The large wooden boats in China in this era are basically about four knots per hour. As a result, I saw it when I came back around [-]:[-] noon."

"Festival?" Liu Siting asked curiously.

"It's in the sea." Dr. Hong reminded her softly in her ear.

Zhao Xin and the others glanced at the nautical clock behind them. It was already three o'clock in the afternoon.

Standing opposite the crowd, Deng Fei pointed to the nautical radar behind him and explained: "I roughly counted it, and it is estimated that there are dozens of ships. But these are big ships, and small ships cannot be seen."

"Could it be a fishing boat?" Doctor Hong asked while holding his eyes.

Deng Fei said hesitantly, "It's possible."

"Impossible! Otherwise, I wouldn't have called you all here!" Zhao Xin said loudly without hesitation. "You have to understand that there will be no other large fleets in the Northeast in this era except for the Qing soldiers!"

"Ah?! Qing, Qing soldiers! What should we do then?" Chen Qingsong and several other modern people panicked.

"What are you afraid of! Didn't we already have a plan?" Liu Sheng said.

Chen Qingsong, Hong Tao, Liu Siting, Liu Zheng, and Zhang Bo looked at Zhao Xin and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Activate the emergency plan immediately! Sound the alarm!"

One minute later, the harsh and long sound of the hand-cranked air defense siren sounded on the Thor.Soon, alarms were sounded on the outpost on the east bank of the Sila River and the watchtower of the camp.

Zhao Xin, who had made enemies everywhere in the island country, was afraid that the Tokugawa shogunate would come to him one day since he returned from Nagasaki.So he worked with the security team, Chen Qingsong and others to formulate an emergency wartime plan for Beihai Town.

In the plan, the current more than 1 residents of Beihai Town are divided into 60 groups by family in addition to the military group, public security police, and sailors; each group has [-] to [-] people, a dozen families, and Designate a team leader.

All residents of Beihai Town, whether they are migrant workers, farming, logging, or building infrastructure, must return to the camp within half an hour and gather outside their tents.

Katayama Kanbingwei was in charge of leading the security police and assisted in evacuating all the old people, women, and children to the mountains on the east bank of the Sila River to hide.

Chen Qingsong led Wanzao, Maosuke and other male refugees to dig trenches and build fortifications at designated locations.

As hunters who are familiar with the characteristics of the local mountains and forests, Seldan and his son and Heng Ji will put on camouflage clothes, bring bows and arrows, and go out with Ding Guofeng to investigate.

Liu Sheng and others need to rush to the barracks and give orders to the assembled company commanders to open the gun depot. Wang Yuanfang is responsible for opening the ammunition depot and allowing the soldiers to collect ammunition. After that, each company will enter the first level of combat readiness and be ready to go at any time.

Such exercises have been held twice before.Even though it took a few days to repeatedly preach, but in the first exercise, some refugees didn't take it seriously at all, and they were still desperately clearing up wasteland for their [-] mu of land.

In response to this situation, Zhao Xin decided afterwards to withhold the three-day rations of those refugee families who were late.Don't say that you will be punished without teaching. If the enemy really wants to attack, when it comes to life and death, is rations or life more important? !
So during the second drill, all the refugees arrived within the specified time and followed the drill obediently.However, Zhao Xin later announced that anyone who didn't pay attention to the exercise and dawdled past the stipulated time to gather, the issuance of land certificates for that person's family would be suspended.

So when the siren sounded again for the third time this month, although some refugees complained in their hearts, they did not dare not to participate.

"I said, what are you going to do, my lord? It's only been a few days, come again?!"

"Yeah, that field is about to finish blooming, and the seeds haven't been sown yet. I thought how could I sow some seeds today."

"What nonsense are you two talking about! Hurry up! Before the stipulated time, your whole family will be starved for three days!"

"Yeah, you don't plan to take thirty acres of land?"

"Who said no!"

Back at the barracks, Yaichiro's company just sent the polished guns to the gun store at noon, and was about to take a rest after lunch when the siren sounded.

Fortunately, it was not at night, otherwise these people would be tortured to death.When Lian Jiuzang stood on the playground and counted to "fifty", the company where Yaichiro belonged had already assembled.

"I was notified by the officer that an unknown enemy is attacking! Remember! This is not a drill!" Jiuzang said loudly to the 110 soldiers in front of him.

"Forget it! I say that every time, and in the end I go back to the camp after turning around." Miichiro said secretly.

Similar exercises in the army have been conducted more than a dozen times, sometimes at noon, sometimes at night, and the words are the same every time; so the expressions on the faces of many soldiers are disapproving.

It doesn't matter~~ Instructors, you can do whatever you like, who makes the salary of soldiers high.With three shi of grain a month, the whole family is full and there is still plenty to spare.

"Now I order! All company, turn right~~turn! Direction, armory! Run~~go!"

In a tent in the barracks.Seldan is changing the camouflage clothes with his son and Hengji, ready to go.

"Ama, it won't be that drill again this time, right?"

"No!" Seldan didn't talk nonsense with his son at all.

Erlu loses his temper, and Seldan said the same thing last time, but it turned out to be nothing but joy.

He has always wanted to be a soldier with Zhao Xin, but Zhao Xin told Erlu that you are actually the most suitable scout, rather than following behind him all day long.

"Master, what is a scout?" Erlu asked at the time.

Zhao Xin thought for a while and said, "Like Lord Liu and the others, be the strongest soldier!"

The three of them changed their clothes, took out the military compound bow that Zhao Xin had given them from the box, took their quiver with them, and went outside the tent to join Ding Guofeng, ready to set off.

Among the six members of the Security Department, only Wu Siyu had ever used a military crossbow when he was in the army.Seeing the excellent archery skills of Seldan and his son, he suggested that Zhao Xin get some compound bows.

Zhao Xin knew nothing about bows and arrows.But he knows that the expensive one is almost the best one.So he went directly to the local outdoor goods store in Budonggang and bought some of the most expensive compound bows; then he threw them to Wu Siyu for adjustment.

After the Seldan father and son figured out how to use modern compound bows, they fell in love with these two fifty-pound bows.The emerald arrowhead made of stainless steel can shoot through two layers of Qing army cotton armor with iron sheets inside.

Ding Guofeng, whose face was covered with camouflage camouflage, saw the three of Serdan, took out the camouflage pen, and began to paint the faces of the three of them.

Ten minutes later, the figures of the four gradually disappeared into the forest on the west side of the camp.

On the pier, Thor has already entered the "preparation" procedure.In addition to power supply preparations, the calibration of the clock, turning down the car clock, adjusting the rudder, and warming up the cylinders of the main engine must be carried out immediately; the preparations for each power system, cranking, rushing, and testing must also start in sequence.This set takes nearly three hours to do.

On the main deck, Zhao Xin took a dozen sailors and set up four "ZU-23" double-barreled anti-aircraft guns on the bow and the cargo compartment cover.Then began to disassemble the ammunition boxes one by one, and put the 23×152mm high-explosive tracer bullets on the belt.

After the 50 rounds of ammunition chains were filled and put into the ammunition box, Zhao Xin inserted the ammunition box into the magazine supply compartment on the side of the anti-aircraft gun. car.

"Come on! Anti-aircraft guns hit wooden boats without discussion!" Zhao Xin muttered while inserting the ammunition box into the magazine.

"Master Zhao!"

Zhao Xin looked up, and it turned out that Shen Jingdan brought Luyun, Shen Xuan, and Lao Huang to the deck.

"Boss Shen, why haven't you disembarked yet?"

With a habitual businessman’s smile on his face, Lao Huang bowed his hands to Zhao Xinyi, and said in a complaining tone: “I said Master Zhao, counting this time, you have conducted that exercise three times this month! We are not from Beihai Town. People, you don’t have to go.”

Shen Jingdan also continued: "Yes. My Luyun is pregnant, so it's really inconvenient to make such a fuss."

Zhao Xin said with a cold face: "Who told you that this is a drill? The Qing soldiers are here!"

"Ah?!" The merchant Lao Huang was so frightened that he immediately collapsed on the deck. "This is terrible!"

Zhao Xin sneered "hehe", looked at Lao Huang and said, "The blood of tens of thousands of people I killed in the Saga domain is flowing like rivers, and you dare to follow. Are you afraid of Qing soldiers?"

When Lao Huang, who was about to howl, heard this, he suddenly realized.The one in front of me is the one who killed the Quartet in Nagasaki.But the big deal is to run away in a boat. The Thunder God is faster than a horse, and the wooden boat of the Qing army can't catch up.

"Boss Shen, hurry up and gather on the river bank, and take a boat to hide in the mountains on the west bank."

"Leader Zhao Zhao, can't we stay on the boat?" A soft voice suddenly sounded, and they saw that it was Shen Xuan.

"Nonsense! We are talking about business, what are you talking about like a girl!" Shen Jingdan reprimanded.

"But" Shen Xuan hesitated to speak, then bowed her head and remained silent.

"Ah Quan... No~ Miss Shen, this... Once you hit it, the bullets don't have eyes. If you hurt yourself... then it will be bad."

Zhao Xin almost slipped his mouth.He originally wanted to say that it would be a pity if such a beautiful woman like you was hurt.

When Shen Xuan heard Zhao Xin call her baby name when she opened her mouth, her face turned red from embarrassment to the base of her ears.He said bitterly in his heart: "This man is so rude! It's a good thing Dad said he was a scholar a few days ago."

Speaking of Zhao Xin chatting with Shen Jingdan a few days ago, Shen Jingdan mentioned "Baihu Tongyi".Because Zhao Xin had read it, he made a show of it and denounced the theory in the book.When Shen Jingdan returned to the boat and chatted with Luyun, he sighed, he didn't expect this tall and burly Zhao Xin to have read a lot of books.

Seeing Shen Xuan's appearance at this time, Zhao Xin knew that he should not be called by her baby name, so he was a little embarrassed.So he smacked his face with his hands to cover up.Who would have thought that after tossing for a long time just now, his hands were covered with black engine oil, and after rubbing it, he made a big face.

"Puchi~" Shen Xuan raised her eyes and glanced at Zhao Xin, seeing that the other party suddenly looked like a big tabby cat, she couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing again.

The two didn't notice, Shen Jingdan and Luyun who were on the side saw this scene, they were stunned for a moment; then they looked at each other again.

Could it be that Zhao Xin treats Ah Quan...?But you haven't seen anything these days?This Zhao Xin usually does not see anyone for a few days, and the two of them only met a few times together.Besides, Ah Quan is a genius, can he do it?
Zhao Xin coughed twice, sorted out his thoughts, and said to Shen Xuan with a serious face: "Miss Shen, this place will soon become a battlefield. The sound of gunfire on this ship is too loud, and Miss Luyun is pregnant and can't conceive." It's frightening, and it needs someone to take care of it. Fighting is our men's business, so you and Boss Shen should go and avoid it."

"Yes, Ah Quan. Let's go." Lu Yun whispered to Shen Xuan.

"Lord Zhao, what an offense, let's get off the boat right away!" After Shen Jingdan finished speaking, he turned around and Lvyun pulled Shen Xuan away, while Lao Huang cupped his hands at Zhao Xin, and followed closely behind Shen Jingdan.

When Shen Xuan walked to the ramp, she turned her head and glanced at Zhao Xin, her watery eyes made Zhao Xin's heart flutter.

(End of this chapter)