Dinghai Pier, frontal defense line
"Brothers, the Japanese pirates are about to land. Everyone, cheer up and do your job well! If anyone wants to take advantage of the situation, don't blame me for being rude."
Under the urging of the vanguard, a group of soldiers walked forward carrying a heavy bundle of arrows.
Everyone was so tired that they were sweating profusely.
Maybe it was hot or maybe he was weak, but when the last person didn't know where he was, he was out of breath and even more unsteady when he walked.
"Hurry up!" An angry voice suddenly came from behind, "You're dragging your feet, haven't you eaten?"
Before the soldier could realize what was happening, he was suddenly kicked hard in the butt.
Ouch.
He couldn't help but tilted his body and fell to the side of the road.
"you……"
The arrow was heavy, and it took a while before the thin soldier struggled to get up from below.
However, after seeing clearly the armor and sharp blade on the person who kicked him, he silently swallowed the words on his lips.
"Yes, yes, little one, leave right away."
The bodyguard who kicked him ignored him at all, and just smiled and guided Dai Puyu behind.
"General, please come this way."
Finally, she glared at him hard.
"What are you still doing lying there? Why don't you get up and send the arrows to the front? The Japanese pirates are about to land. If you delay the arrows in front, even if you have ten heads, they won't be enough to kill them."
"Yes Yes Yes."
The soldier did not dare to complain at all. He quickly picked up the arrow with all his strength and staggered towards his companion who was walking away in front of him.
Dai Puyu frowned, "Which bastard recruited this soldier?"
Why are you as thin as a stick?
Let alone letting him charge into battle, even moving something would be a problem.
If such a skinny monkey is recruited into the legion, wouldn't his quota be in vain?
"This..." The nearby guards all looked at each other.
The whole legion was so numerous that it was not necessary and almost impossible for them to recognize everyone.
What's more, in the battle at Dinghai Pier last year, the Central Army Corps lost troops and generals.
Afterwards, Feng Haohan could only re-deploy the personnel of each army. For example, he would send one person from the rear army of the Chinese army to fill the damaged front army.
In addition, Fang Yinbao kept an eye on "Chi Kong Xiang", and Feng Haohan could only desperately move things around and make up for things to make the account book look perfect.
Now the military personnel are in chaos.
It is even impossible for the generals to recognize every soldier under their command.
"That's all."
Dai Puyu knew some of the secrets, so he waved his hand and ignored it.
The group went up to the nearest watchtower.
Dai Puyu raised his telescope and looked toward the sea to the east.
"The artillery fire on the high ground is very intensive. How is the battle situation now?"
"Back to the general, so far we have sunk thirteen enemy ships and damaged countless others. However, the Japanese pirates are very close to the shore and are working hard to build a pontoon bridge."
"Build a pontoon bridge?" A guard smiled and squeezed over to compliment, "General, you are indeed from a family of generals. Some of the substances in your hands may seem useless, but they will always turn into magic in your hands. "
"For example, those broken ships, if the general hadn't ordered them to be collectively sunk and used as rocks, I'm afraid the Japanese pirates would have been able to dock directly."
Wear it a thousand times, but flattery never wears it.
Dai Puyu felt very happy and couldn't help laughing.
"Japanese pirates are raging and fishermen can't go out to sea. It's useless to keep fishing boats. We came all the way from Ruinan County to help. It's understandable that they sink some boats. There are talents and wealth."
"The general is wise."
Dai Puyu nodded, "This general orders me to tell you that the Japanese pirates are about to land, and all the ballistas, trebuchets, and bows and arrows in front are collectively aimed at the pontoon bridges. I want to compete with Fang Yuanwu above to see who has the stronger firepower!" "
"Yes!" The messenger hurried away.
"General," the guard came over with a smile, "Do you want to continue digging those trenches?"
Dai Puyu pondered and did not respond immediately.
He couldn't help but think of Lin Hanmo's sincere words before leaving.
"Cousin, the Japanese pirates' homeland has been destroyed, and they have no way to retreat. The fighting power and will they unleashed are by no means comparable to the remote barbarians we imagined in the past. Therefore, we must not be careless when fighting head-on. Be fully prepared.”
"...Especially the trenches. Based on last year's combat experience at Dinghai Wharf, every trench is an extremely cruel meat grinding ground. I hope you can pay more attention to it and make active use of it..."
The young guard didn't know what the general was thinking, so he continued to ramble.
"The front requires a large amount of strategic materials such as arrows, crossbows, stone bombs, kerosene, etc., but because of the messy trenches dug on the ground, the brothers have to climb up and down to carry the materials, which is very troublesome, and everyone complains..."
"How many trenches have we dug now?" Dai Puyu suddenly said.
The military advisor next to him quickly flipped through the record book he carried with him.
"Back to the general, each trench is of huge size. It is long, spanning the entire length of the pier from north to south; about two feet wide; and half a foot deep. With the piled up earth ditches, the total depth can reach over a foot."
"According to the plan, a total of six trenches of this size need to be dug, and three of them have been roughly completed."
"Very good." Dai Puyu nodded with satisfaction.
He raised his binoculars and looked ahead a few times, but there was too much smoke and he couldn't see anything clearly.
"When will the other three trenches be completed?"
The little military advisor quickly flipped through other data.
"Back to General, if we don't send more manpower, based on the previous excavation speed, it should take half a month to twenty days if nothing unexpected happens."
"So long?" Dai Puyu couldn't help but frown.
"That's right," the young guard from earlier came up again, "General, I feel that there is no need to dig those trenches anymore."
He counted on his fingers.
"From the start of the war to now, in less than an hour, the Japanese pirates have lost thirteen warships, which shows the power of the legion's baggage. At the same time, our side has almost no losses. It can be said that the casualties on both sides are not significant at all. Proportion."
"In addition, Ishikawa Taki has no food in his hands. As time goes by, they will be in a hurry to land, and the enemy ships will be crowded together on a larger scale. It will be easier for us to damage and sink them."
"And those trenches will have to be dug for half a month or even twenty days. Maybe the Japanese pirates will be dead by then."
"That makes sense."
"indeed."
Others also spoke out in agreement.
Dai Puyu couldn't help but raise the telescope again and looked towards the left wing high ground where Fang Yuanwu was.
Seeing the densely packed trebuchets constantly smashing down fireballs and stones, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Then don't dig. Order the frontline brothers to concentrate on sealing the coast. Everyone should not be stingy with the materials in their hands. The Japanese pirates must be killed one by one."
"yes!"
Dai Puyu's order was quickly transmitted to the front, and the sound of clanking stones stopped.
Phew~
All the engineers let out a long sigh.
Many people immediately threw the guy in their hands far away.
This is one of the top ten docks in Yunchui.
In order to allow the goods to circulate as quickly as possible, countless layers of Panlong Stone were buried under the entire Dinghai Terminal, and the surface was paved as hard as iron.
Not to mention digging a trench half a foot deep, even digging up the ground is not an easy task.
Now the vanguard asked to stop, and everyone couldn't help but want to cheer loudly.
During the Dinghai Wharf defense battle last year, Zhang Yang’s northern garrison troops were not large in number, and I don’t know how they dug these trenches...
"Kill."
At the same time, the first batch of Japanese pirates at sea officially rushed ashore.
(End of chapter)
