Chirp - snap!
As a ball of fire with an obvious flame reaction rose into the sky and exploded.
On the shore of the sea.
A fleet of forty sailing ships was immediately notified by the lookout.
"Report——!"
"A flare is raised at beacon three!"
"Report——!"
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This fleet is naturally the logistics team responsible for supplying the new army.
They who took the sea route arrived at this bay several times earlier than the New Army who took the land route.
And also left beacon points along the shore, marking the area with a coordinate system.
Now as soon as the new army released the signal flare, their lookouts immediately discovered the source of the signal flare and figured out which area it was located in.
"Lower the sails and dock!"
"Beacon area three, move forward!"
"promise!"
Following the fleet commander's order, the captain's ship hoisted two flags and lowered the sails.
Seeing the movement of the captain's ship, the other ships naturally started to move as well.
In fact, the fastest way to attack North Korea is by sea.
But as luck would have it, the Marine Products Department and the Navy both received new orders from Zhang Qi, and there was a gap in the number of sailing ships.
Helpless, Hu Luqi could only mobilize forty sailing ships to load supplies, and the new army could only rely on two legs to reach the border of North Korea.
Coastside.
The twelve soldiers in the two corps breathed a sigh of relief after watching the bright red signal flare take off.
At their feet, there were as many as seven or eight cracked paper tubes, but without exception, the mouth of the paper tube was slightly black, but the main body of the paper tube was still intact.
This is a failed flare.
Although the research on gunpowder in the riding and slashing world has continued, in order to prioritize the progress of the steam engine, Zhang Qi transferred a large number of scientific researchers to the steam engine unit, while the gunpowder team only had a dozen or so people.
Therefore, the quality of the gunpowder in Zhang Qi's hand is not very good. There is a lot of black smoke after ignition, but there is no obvious deflagration phenomenon.
Zhang Qi actually doesn't know much about these. They all talk about mononitrate, disulfide, and charcoal, but it is not that simple to synthesize usable gunpowder.
At present, they are not even skilled in the use of flares, that is, fireworks. Often, only five or six of ten flares can be used normally.
Currently, the weapons used by Zhang Qi's army are all produced in the world of cavalry and slashing, and there are no gunpowder workshops established in the outside world.
This thing is too dangerous. If it is leaked, it will be a serious harm to Zhang Qi.
So regarding gunpowder, Zhang Qi was relieved to put it in the world of riding and slashing where no one could go.
"It can be considered as a lift into the sky, phew."
Seeing a bright red fire explode in the air, the two soldiers below let out a sigh of relief.
If all ten failed to launch, they would have to run another ten miles to return to the military camp.
Going back and forth can be exhausting to death.
They all breathed a sigh of relief. A bearded man even wiped the sweat from his forehead, took out a beige stick from his waist and took a bite.
"Lao San, you are still eating this stuff. You have been eating it for a month. Are you not tired of it? The supply ship is about to arrive. Don't be unable to eat other things later, haha."
The fellow soldiers laughed out loud when they saw the man called Lao San eating his marching rations.
The old man grinned.
"You guys have been starved, how can this baby get tired of it?"
Ignoring the ridicule of his colleagues, the third child continued to bite the marching rations.
This thing is emergency food produced by Zhang Qirang in Changchun, Liaoning.
Belongs to the category of high-energy foods.
Made from starch, syrup, oats, meat floss, etc.
One stick weighs almost half a kilogram and is tightly wrapped in brown paper. One stick can last a soldier for two days.
This time the new army marched without baggage or supplies. Each person brought his own equipment, weapons, and marching rations.
There are twenty pieces per person, weighing ten kilograms. Usually, one is taken out and inserted into the belt buckle, and the others are stored in the backpack together with the equipment.
The New Army was also the first army to experiment with backpacks. These backpacks, which were made of linen with leather edges, had a carrying capacity of thirty to forty pounds.
It is indeed of great benefit for marching, and the chest and abdominal buckles can also save a lot of effort.
However, the new army generals discovered through the data collected during this period of march that the backpacks were a burden during battle.
The soldiers could not fight flexibly with their rucksacks on their backs and needed to remove them before the battle.
Now, even the two groups of soldiers sent out to release the signal bombs were ordered by the new army general to take off their backpacks before setting off.
There are pros and cons, but it is still a good piece of equipment.
This is the evaluation of backpacks by the new army generals.
"coming!"
A soldier who was staring at the sea first spotted the supply ship and warned loudly.
Two soldiers lit the bonfire they had prepared, and then used a pile of wet firewood to smoke out the black smoke.
"First officer! The collision angle was 40 degrees to the left. Black smoke and twelve soldiers were found!"
On the lookout pole, the lookout hand promptly informed the chief mate at the helm below.
"Is he one of our own?"
"Too far away to confirm!"
"The flagman gave a signal to the ships behind to slow down. Let's move over and take a look!"
"promise!"
As the first sailing ship got closer and closer to the coast, the lookout also saw clearly the equipment of the soldiers on the shore through the telescope.
"First mate! Identify your own people!"
"good!"
"The flagman gives the signal, dock!"
"promise!"
The flag bearer, responsible for relaying messages between ships, came to the stern.
Inside was a candle, enclosed in glass.
There are also metal plates polished until shiny.
A short dot signal of opening and closing by opening and closing.
The light and dark signals allowed the ships following the first ship to receive signals that they could dock.
The ship's speed slowly slowed down.
The helmsman controlled the rudder, causing the sailboat to stop sideways on the shore.
Unfortunately, there is not enough deep water here, so only two ships can dock at a time. Other ships have docked in the surrounding waters, waiting to unload.
"Password!"
"The sun and moon are in the sky!"
"Reply the order!"
“Cola chicken wings!”
The secret message was correct, and everyone on the ship breathed a sigh of relief.
The captain got off the boat first and came to the two soldiers.
He hit his chest with his left hand.
"Captain Li Qing of the 1st Battalion of the Materials Department's Marine Logistics Group!"
The two captains on the shore returned the military salute.
"Mu Dan, commander of the new first army!"
"New First Army Wu Commander Lou Shu!"
"Thanks for your hard work."
"Awaited."
Both parties exchanged simple greetings.
Seeing the soldiers behind the two captains looking at the ship and swallowing their saliva, Li Qing quickly turned around and ordered.
"Unload the ship first, load the truck, don't let the brothers of the new army go hungry!"
"promise!"
After receiving the captain's order, the two hundred or so crew members on the ship immediately took action.
Li Qing looked around and asked the two corps commanders.
"The person transporting the supplies hasn't arrived yet?"
"The military camp has just been stationed. The commander asked us to confirm first. I will go back and pass the news soon."
(End of chapter)
