I don’t know when it started, but the atmosphere on the Great Bitter Lake became a little subtle. The novelty when the combined fleet first entered the lake area gradually dissipated. The merchant ships watching the excitement also had their own things to be busy with, and it was impossible to stare at them all day. Take a look at the Zhiyuan.
The merchant ships waiting in line were nervously replenishing navigation supplies, repairing and sorting out the goods on their ships. Some merchant ships that had been waiting in line for too long would give sailors a holiday in turn, allowing them to go ashore to relax.
Wine and prostitutes are always much more attractive than battleships, and no one will come to watch the combined fleet.
Without the audience, there was no need for the soldiers to stand in military postures on the deck. The Chinese and British soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and dispersed back to the cabin.
But no one knew that Xiao Letian had already begun to give orders to the entire fleet, and all officers and soldiers secretly entered level three combat readiness.
On the surface, the Chinese army did not make any big moves, but the units in the cabin had already begun to gather members. They were organized based on company squads. Under the gathering of their respective commanders, they began to count the number of people and understand each person's body. situation.
Rifles have been distributed to everyone, but the bullets have not been distributed in full. According to the rules of the Chinese army, each soldier at level three combat readiness can only be allocated a minimum of five bullets, while the commander can follow the quota during the war. Reload.
The wooden door of the munitions compartment was opened, and the logistics director began to distribute weapons and ammunition according to the list. Under the third-level combat readiness, ammunition and equipment must be sent to the company-based troops.
The second-level combat readiness allocates ammunition to platoon-level troops, while the first-level combat readiness allocates ammunition directly to individual soldiers. This is a very systematic and scientific management system.
It not only ensures that it can cope with sudden wars, but also reduces the waste of equipment and ammunition, and also improves the safety level.
Touching the cold and heavy bullets, the soldiers in the cabin were all excited and excited. "Platoon leader! Is there going to be a war?"
"What are you asking? Have you forgotten military discipline? Just do whatever the order tells you to do. You can't guess at military orders at will!"
"Maybe it's a war, maybe it's just an exercise... Anyway, you all remember it, the closer we are to Europe, the more dangerous we are! Now everyone is starting to count the individual equipment..."
The platoon leader and the soldiers sat on the ground, and each squad took a roll call and counted the supplies. "The status of the rifle..." The squad leader roared, and there was a noise of pulling the bolt of the rifle below. Every soldier began to check the Mauser in his hand.
"No abnormality...no abnormality...no abnormality..." Every soldier must report the status of the rifle to the squad leader.
"Five bullets...check..."
"In full... in full... all in full..."
"Disposable first aid kit...engineer shovel...kettle...smoke bomb type 2...melon grenade type 3..."
"Full amount...no abnormality...full amount...no abnormality..."
Almost all the cabins were carrying out various tasks for level three combat preparations, and a tense atmosphere of war began to fill the air amid silent roars.
This is the strong army of the Chinese people. There is no laziness or disorder. The military style of the Green Camp of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty does not exist here at all. The entire army is connected by various strict disciplines. An army is A sophisticated machine.
This is what the Iron Army looks like. Soldiers and officers will never be in chaos at any time, because rigorous training has long given them plans to deal with various emergencies, and repeated drills have become a habit for them.
Xiao Letian once acted. When the Chinese army was upgraded from a peaceful state to a first-level combat readiness, a thousand soldiers could be pulled out in just five minutes.
It takes twenty minutes for an army of five thousand men to assemble and go into battle, while it takes about forty minutes for a regiment of tens of thousands of men.
The Navy is a little slower. After all, it requires the cooperation of various machines, but it can also deploy 10,000 Marines within an hour and a half and provide effective fire support.
This kind of efficiency is improved little by little through constant acting, constant training, and constant running-in between officers and soldiers.
Even the Prussian Army cannot achieve this kind of terrifying efficiency. This is the elite soldier Xiao Letian wants, which is completely beyond this world for an entire era.
The veterans and experienced officers on the British warships vaguely smelled this dangerous atmosphere. Veterans who had fought in mountains of corpses and seas of blood all their lives had a very subtle intuition.
They could feel the presence of murderous intent without looking at it with the naked eye. The Chinese were conducting secret war preparations in the cabin, but the British warships around them became unnatural.
The veterans immediately noticed that there was something different about the Chinese army. They whispered to each other, "There is something wrong with the Chinese! The soldiers on the deck had a strange expression... and I smelled a smell from the cabin!"
"You feel it too? I'm a little aware of it too, and I also feel that those French people on the sea are not normal. It seems that this trip to Suez will not be peaceful!"
In the end, even the British commander Major General Jason received a report from his subordinates. The nervous Jason asked the flag bearer to send inquiries to the Zhiyuan, but in the end what he got was just feedback from the Chinese army's daily training.
"Training? No training earlier, no training later, training now?" Looking at his pocket watch, it was already half past five in the afternoon, the sun had already set, and the northern entrance and exit of the Great Bitter Lake could be faintly seen in front of him, which is the third Five stops in the town and where is the canal entrance.
"Don't make any problems! My mission is almost over. As long as I send the Chinese through the last section of the canal and enter the Mediterranean, their safety will be taken care of by the Atlantic Fleet..."
"Don't make any mistakes at the end of my mission, God bless you!"
"Come here, continue to coordinate the order of warships crossing the canal..."
This time Xiao Letian visited Europe. In addition to the Zhiyuan, he also brought seven sail warships. In addition to transporting two thousand marines, the remaining cabins were all filled with supplies and used as supply ships.
There are a total of eight warships. According to Jason's arrangement, the British fleet will be divided into two parts in the Great Bitter Lake, because after passing the northern section of the canal, there is the Mediterranean Sea, and there is already a British fleet waiting there, so there is no need for all British warships. All entered the river.
It is enough to send nine warships to escort the Chinese fleet. One escort is enough to accompany the other. The remaining warships can go home to India.
But now the suddenly tense atmosphere made Jason undecided to pay attention. "Do the French really dare to take action? Do they want to add three or four more warships? It's nerve-wracking..."
At this moment, suddenly the voice of the messenger came from outside the cabin, "Report to the general, a small boat suddenly appeared on the Great Bitter Lake and was heading towards our fleet. Now it has got into our formation... That small boat is just on the way." Run for the Zhiyuan!"
"Huh? Stop him and ask them what they want to do..."
