Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 746
Finding that the Ma'anguan channel was blocked and the Qing army was defending the shore, the reconnaissance team withdrew a kilometer, planning to find a place to conduct reconnaissance with drones.The place where they docked was located on the south bank of the Jianjiang River, next to a hill.

It is said that Jianjiang flows from south to north to the south of Teng County. Due to the obstruction of the mountains, it is forced to turn east and then turn north, thus forming a wide water surface.When we came to the highest point of the hill, we found that we could see the water fence of Ma'anguan without binoculars.

The reconnaissance team leader of the camp is called Chen Wenxiu, and his military rank is captain.This person's name is very delicate, but his appearance and personality are the opposite.There was a scar on his face from the knife he had fought with the Dutchman, from the corner of his left eye to his jaw, he looked very fierce and sturdy.The ancestral home of Zhejiang, his ancestors fled to Hoi An at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and became one of the "ten elders and six surnames" of Mingxiang Society.

"Release the 'Eye of the Sky'! I want to see who dares to stand in our way."

As soon as Chen Wenxiu finished speaking, a gray drone that shrunk to the size of a palm quickly rose from the hillside and flew in the direction of Ma'an Pass.

Today, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become the standard equipment of the Beihai Navy in combat. Except for the servants, the reconnaissance teams, artillery companies, and special warfare battalions at the level of all directly subordinate troops and regiments are all equipped.In order not to attract the attention of interested people, Zhao Xin asked his cousin to set up a drone technology company a few years ago, and with great effort, Bala obtained the authorization of the application platform of a drone manufacturer.After the establishment of the company, it claimed to provide industry application solutions. In fact, [-]% of them are self-produced, sold and used for their own use.

Specific to the combat troops of the Beihai Navy, both officers and soldiers like to call this thing "Sky Eye", but the real name "drone" makes people feel difficult to understand, after all, there are no planes in this time and space.

Due to cost issues, the UAVs used by the North Navy are mainly divided into two types: ordinary type and advanced type.For example, the artillery unit uses high-end products with telemetry functions, while the regiment-level reconnaissance units use ordinary products with handheld remote controls; they are small and easy to carry, and the only thing that almost makes sense is that the detection range is only two or three kilometers.

The UAV equipped by the reconnaissance team is marked in the instruction manual that it can fly up to 6 kilometers, but that can only be done if there is no obstruction on the ground. It is obviously not suitable in a mountainous environment like Guangxi, and it is usually released at the farthest. two kilometers.

The drone made a cheerful "buzzing" sound, skimmed over the emerald green river and green mountain forest, and then rose sharply, and the outline of the city wall on the hill west of Ma'anguan appeared in the uploaded screen.

This stockade covers an area of ​​only five or six acres, which is half the size of a football field.There are barracks to the north and west, and the gate opens to the south.On the east side of the stockade facing Ma'an Pass, there is a fort with a small cannon on the cannon mount. From the thickness of the cannon body, it looks like a second general's cannon. Several gunner-like guys are sitting nearby. Under the grass shed, it seems to be chatting.

The Beihai Navy has seized this kind of gun many times in previous battles. The gun body is 1.5 meters long and weighs about 120 kilograms. Two people can easily carry it away. If you are strong, you can carry it alone.Each time the fire is fired, the charge is eight taels to one catty, and the effective range is 1000 meters. The power is average, but it must be enough to hit wooden boats and bamboo rafts.

The camera zoomed in, and Chen Wenxiu noticed a black triangular flag standing on the fort. The flagpole was estimated to be about two meters high, and a streamer more than one meter long was attached to the crown of the flag.However, because it was noon and it was hot and windless, the flag could only droop listlessly.

Some people in later generations always say that the green camps in the Qing Dynasty were marked with green flags, but this is not the case.In the green battalion, generally only the flag of the governor and the Shichang flag of each battalion are green, and the flags of the camps and generals are all variegated flags.The specific color of the flag to use depends on what flag the enemy uses, so a contrasting color is used to quickly identify the enemy and the enemy on the battlefield.

For example, the Shandong Green Camp used to use red flags, but when they found out that the Beihai Navy that landed in Jiaodong was also flying red flags, they quickly changed to white flags and black letters.Incidentally, in the ancient Chinese army, flying a white flag did not mean surrender.

The camera zooms out again, and you can see that there are not many Qing troops active in the village, roughly estimated to be only about [-] people. On the contrary, there are figures shaking in the dense bamboo forest on the south side of the village. It is estimated that some Qing troops have gone into the forest to avoid the sun. .

Chen Wenxiu wiped the sweat off his face with his hand, and said to the soldier in charge of the operation: "Go to the east and have a look."

The drone flew over the river, and in a blink of an eye it came over the city wall on the east side.The specifications of the two villages in Ma'anguan are basically the same, and they are symmetrical from east to west. There is also a fort on the west side of the wall of the village, and there is a second general cannon.It's just that there are more Qing troops active in the walled city here, about [-] people.

A bit of disdain appeared on Chen Wenxiu's face, and she said to herself that this is all there is to it, and the 30 or so people she leads can be defeated in one charge without the need for the large troops behind, and the Qing army will surely escape.

At this time, a gust of wind suddenly blew from the northwest direction, the drone was blown, and the returned screen shook up and down. The soldiers who were operating waited to stabilize it, and soon noticed the black pennant on the fort. It was also blown open, and red writing was faintly visible on it.He hurriedly said: "Captain, look!"

Chen Wenxiu leaned forward, her eyes were almost glued to the palm-sized screen, but because the drone was flying high above the ground, even though the focal length of the lens was adjusted to the maximum, the words on the flag were still unclear.Seeing a chance to confirm which battalion this Qing army belongs to, Chen Wenxiu urged the soldiers operating the drone to lower the height of the drone.

"Pingle Xie. Come closer, come closer! Zuo Zuo Yingshou. Hey! What's going on!"

Just as Chen Wenxiu was about to read all the words on the pennant, suddenly, a black shadow appeared from the bottom left of the screen and quickly approached and grew larger. But before he could recognize what it was, he saw the shadow on the screen. The picture suddenly rolled and twisted uncontrollably, accompanied by violent shaking. After a few seconds, the picture finally stopped, and the screen was full of green branches and leaves, as well as a corner of the sky exposed from the gaps between the branches and leaves.

The drone of the reconnaissance team has blown up the plane!

The soldier in charge of the operation was already panicking at the moment, and he quickly pressed his hands on the control panel, but there was no response from the screen.Chen Wenxiu on the side was also dumbfounded, and hurriedly said: "You let it fly quickly! Fly quickly!"

"Captain, something seems to have bumped into it just now and knocked off the sky eye."

As soon as his subordinates reminded him, Chen Wenxiu also felt that something was wrong. He was frowning and thinking about it. Suddenly, the soldier in charge of the operation shouted again: "Captain, look!"

I went, only to see a big hand suddenly appeared on the screen sent back by the drone, and then the camera trembled and rose rapidly. As soon as the screen turned, the entire screen was instantly filled with a black face, but the face Only half of it is exposed, and the large pores and swollen beard are clearly visible.Soon, the screen began to flip again. This time, a gray-blue uniform of the Qing army appeared on the screen.

Needless to say, the dropped drone was picked up by the Qing army.Chen Wenxiu was very annoyed by this, because it meant that he had to get it back, otherwise he couldn't do business.

The UAV is a high-level control product in the North Navy, and the staff department has strict regulations on this; whether it is caused by operation, internal failure or external reasons, the wreckage must be found and brought back to hand in, and then you have to write A copy of the cause of the accident should be submitted to the supervisor for review and signature, otherwise don't even think about getting a new one.Of course, if it fell into the sea, it would be another story, but there must be other people to prove it.

The reason why there is such a regulation is not because the Manchus would pick it up and imitate it. After all, even if the skilled craftsmen from the manufacturing office came to things like chips and circuit boards, they would be useless.The key is to ensure the strict management system of military supplies by the various departments of the Beihai Navy, otherwise someone will sell a complete drone one day, and if there is another defector, it will be a lot of fun.

In the past ten years, there must have been at least two or three hundred drones in Beihai Town, especially the most damaged ones during the training process.Most of the reasons for the bombing are that they were attacked by a curious bird in flight, or because the signal was lost, and there are very few cases of being shot down.

Chen Wenxiu already had a premonition in his heart. He estimated that it was because he was eager to let the operator lower the height that the "Eye of the Sky" fell down.But what was the black shadow that flew over just now?

He didn't have time to think about it, and immediately led the people down the mountain and returned to the shore, and explained the situation to his subordinates.Then let the deputy and ten soldiers stay to guard the assault boat, and he took another 20 people and all the equipment, and went along the river bank to the Qing army camp on the east side of Ma'anguan.

At the same time, in the Qing army camp on the east side of Ma'an Pass, the drone with the broken rotor was carefully placed on the table. The leading guerrilla even dared to poke him a few times with his fingers.

Outside the door, there were crowds of soldiers looking around, curious about what was on the table.As people who have lived in the mountains of eastern Guangxi for many years, they have never seen any kind of bird, but this kind of gray and hard bird is really strange; it has no head, no feathers.But if you want to say that it is not a bird, everyone present saw that it was flying in the sky just now.

If it weren't for the buzzing sound of this thing that attracted the attention of Mr. Qian Meng Denggao who had just come back from the outside, and shot it down with an arrow, they wouldn't believe that there is such a thing in the world if they were killed.

Guerrilla, who is the battalion officer, looked at it for a while, but couldn't figure it out. He turned around and smiled and said to a six-foot-tall, stalwart young general: "Mr. I've seen such monsters before."

When the soldiers around the door heard Master Guerrilla say it was a "monster", they were all scared back a few steps.The guy who had just picked up the things excitedly turned pale immediately, and hurried to the sun, kowtowed to the north, and was still muttering.

Meng Denggao, the general manager of Zuoying Qian of Pingle Association, ignored the commotion outside the door, and saluted with his fists in his hands, "Thank you for your praise, my lord! The last generals are nothing more than trivial skills. Speaking of which, my lord's arrow skills are amazing. No one in Pingle Association knows."

"Why be modest." Guerrilla, who is nearly fifty years old, waved his hand and said, "In my opinion, not to mention Pingyuefu, the only one in Guangxi who can use a ten-power bow is probably you. Even in my prime, I am far inferior. Mr. Meng Qian If you take part in the provincial examination, you will definitely be able to pass the high school martial arts exams, and it will be no problem to go to Beijing to win the first prize in martial arts. Originally, the new emperor ascended the throne, and he would definitely open Enke next year, but now the enemy is coming, alas, what a pity!"

Meng Denggao said indifferently: "I don't think so. The ancients said that fame is only obtained from horses."

"Report~~~!"

Meng Denggao hadn't finished speaking when he saw a soldier running in from the door, knelt down on one knee, panting and said: "My lord, a group of more than 20 people came from the south. Like the Northern Pirates."

"What?!" Zhangying Guerrilla's complexion changed, and he asked: "Are you sure there are only more than 20 people?"

"How dare a villain deceive an adult. I would like to guarantee it with my life."

The guerrilla in charge of the camp said that twenty people dare to provoke, who are you looking down on?I have a thousand soldiers under my command, and there are another thousand soldiers and two thousand auxiliary soldiers in Teng County.

Thinking of this, he slapped the table and said angrily: "What a North Sea thief, you dare to bully me in Ping Lexie, you are extremely arrogant! Mr. Meng Qian, I ordered you to bring a hundred, no, two hundred wolf soldiers, I will give you another thirty shotgunners, and we must wipe out this group of thieves."

"Sign up and obey!"

230 to 20, although it sounds a bit like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, but the guerrilla in charge of the battalion still dare not be careless, because the reputation of the Beihai Navy is really too great.He was sent here by Zhu Gui's name, and he got enough reward money that made the other battalion leaders jealous, so he couldn't lose in the first fight.

On the other side, Chen Wenxiu was thinking about the words on the black flag she saw just now while walking.

Pingle Association Zuoying, that should be the Qing army from Pinglefu.In the regiment headquarters, he had carefully read the information on the green camps in various parts of eastern Guangxi. Among them, the Qing army in Pingle Prefecture had three battalions, including the Pingle Association Zuo Camp, Fuhe Camp, and Mailing Camp. The total number of registered troops was about 400. , of which the Pingle Association Zuo Battalion should only have four hundred troops.

It's a joke to stop me from setting up camp with just such a small number of soldiers!Let's see how I deal with you later.

Poor Chen Wenxiu didn't know at this time that the 4000 soldiers in the left battalion of the Pingle Association were just ordinary soldiers in non-wartime.After Zhu Gui, governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, issued an order to dispatch troops to aid Wuzhou, wolf soldiers and native soldiers in the entire east of Guangxi were quickly recruited, so the number of soldiers in Pingle Association skyrocketed to [-].

The "Association" of the Green Camp is actually called the "Association Battalion". It is generally composed of two to five battalions. Its number is not fixed, ranging from thousands of people to dozens of people. The distribution of troops is completely based on the local environment where they are stationed. .If there is no war, a few hundred people are enough, and once the station is transferred to fight across the border, the size of the battalion will expand.

The number of soldiers in the regular army cannot be increased or decreased at will, but the number of soldiers in the auxiliary army has never been controlled by anyone. Anyway, the imperial court does not pay food and salaries, and the generals who have the ability to command the army can be raised, so it has always been about the same.But this time Zhu Gui said that although the auxiliary soldiers are not paid, they can take care of the food, and there are rewards for going into battle.

Two hours later, Chen Wenxiu, who was eager to retrieve the wreckage of the bomber, led 230 of his men and [-] wolf soldiers led by Meng Denggao, finally collided head-on in the forest at the northern foot of Lingshan Mountain.

　In addition to the official name, the artillery in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is usually commonly referred to as "big general, second general, and third general" according to their size.If it is on a large fort somewhere, as long as it is second in volume and weight, it can be called "Second General".The heaviest Second General in the late Qing Dynasty was a 15-jin wine bottle-shaped front-mounted iron cannon with an effective range of [-] kilometers. It was located in Qikou Fort, which is now Huanghua Port.So don't think it's a fixed type of front-mounted gun as soon as you see the second general, no.

　　
　
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