Chapter 19 Swimming and Landing on the Island
Compared with the wind and wave resistance of ordinary fishing boats, the tonnage of the freighter purchased by Hu Biao for the Seahawk Commando is naturally much stronger than that of the fishing boats. Even if the sea has already blown, the freighter is still heading towards the destination.
Lin Haoyuan and his comrades, who had already figured out the route a few days ago, were able to sail without turning on the lights. Weizhou Island is not too far from Haikang City, and Hu Biao did not consider it and asked the freighter to send them directly to the island.
Standing on the undulating freighter, Hu Biao looked at the sea in the distance with a quiet face. All the task force members who had boarded the ship also began to paint the special battle oil paint under Qin Tianyou's order. Later, they had to swim for a distance to land on the island.
In order to avoid the discovery of the Japanese army on the island, the freighter stopped nearly five nautical miles away from Weizhou Island. Standing on the freighter, you could vaguely see the lighthouse on the island ahead. This is enough to show that Lin Haoyuan did not drive the ship off.
As the freighter stopped moving forward, Hu Biao immediately said: "Prepare to go into the sea! Follow the previous preview and start disembarking!"
The swimming nearly five nautical miles is also a considerable physical burden for the combatants of the task force. Even if they were in the sea before, they had already previewed several times. However, previewing and actual combat are different.
Secondly, the wind and waves and sea areas during preview are completely different from the sea areas they are in at this moment. In addition, the rising waves are surging, and the danger of going into the sea in the dark can be imagined. If you are not careful, they may be buried in the sea before they can get on the island.
But Hu Biao's orders had been issued, and the task force members who were used to obeying could not tolerate any hesitation. They began to throw the tied tire raft off the boat, and then the team members began to jump into the surging sea along the rope.
These rafts tied with tires are also tools used by Hu Biao to hold weapons. In the era when rubber boats were not yet used in the field of military operations, Hu Biao could only make simple rubber tire rafts in this way.
In addition to these tied tire rafts, Hu Biao also prepared a pneumatic tire for each of the task force members. With such a rubber tire, you can also take advantage of it when swimming to avoid the team members being buried in the sea when they are in danger.
When Hu Biao went into the sea, Lin Haoyuan said with a little concern: "Wolf head, be careful!"
"Have you been here! This little storm cannot stop me! After we leave, you will return quickly and bring the reserve team over. Remember, you didn't see the signal from me, so you are not allowed to land on the island without authorization. Have you heard it clearly?"
"I'm clear! Take care!"
Originally, according to everyone's intentions, they didn't want Hu Biao to take this risk. But everyone else knew that in terms of combat and command ability, Hu Biao was definitely the strongest among them. Except for Hu Biao, they didn't have much confidence in completing the task.
Only Hu Biao, the commander, can often achieve unexpected results and victory every time he leads everyone to fight against the Japanese army. In order to defeat the Japanese army on the island of Weizhou, everyone can only choose to let Hu Biao continue to serve as the vanguard and commander-in-chief.
After entering the sea, looking at the task force floating in the waves, Hu Biao immediately said: "Each team reports on the situation!"
After confirming that all the team members entered the sea safely, Hu Biao said without much hesitation immediately: "Go away!"
Following the ocean current, Hu Biao and his team pushed the tire raft and began to swim towards the isolated island in the distance. During the swimming process, many team members could not help but suffer the choking of water. Fortunately, the team unit would not leave the team.
As Hu Biao and his party got closer and closer to the island, the waves became more and more surging. Feeling the impact of the waves, Hu Biao shouted: "Hold on the tire raft, don't let go, float along the waves! Don't disperse!"
"clear!"
When Hu Biao pushed the tire raft and successfully stepped onto the beach swept by the waves. Looking at Tian Tiezhu and others beside him, Hu Biao quickly said: "Pick up the tire raft and land quickly! I'll go and see the others!"
"Yes, wolf head!"
Although it took not much time to swim, everyone also consumed a lot of physical strength during the fight against the waves. Fortunately, every task force member was carefully selected and trained, and he still had this ability to withstand it.
As the tire rafts were washed ashore, the soaked task force members didn't care about the coldness that was shaking by the sea breeze, and quickly carried the tire raft and ran away from the sea water and waves.
After confirming that all personnel are logged in safely, Hu Biao immediately said: "Take off your clothes and put on clean clothes! Take a ten-minute break and then start the action. Here is a little distance away from the Japanese airport!"
"Yes, wolf head!"
After logging in safely, all the players participating in the battle breathed a sigh of relief. When they were drifting on the sea, many players were worried about being swept into the seabed by the waves. Fortunately, the rubber tires had good buoyancy, and even if they were flooded into the water, they could eventually float up again.
Removed the sealed clothes and weapons from the rubber tire raft, and all the combat team members began to change out of the wet clothes. But it has started to rain on the island now, and wearing raincoats affects the battle. I am afraid that the clothes I change will not be much and will be wet.
Fortunately, after changing into dry clothes and warming up the body, many team members felt that their physical strength and spirit had recovered a lot. Seeing that each team had finished dressing up, Hu Biao immediately ordered to sneak towards a place with lights on the island.
As the largest island in the Qiongzhou Strait, many people were also living on this island. There were even churches built by foreigners on the island. During the process, Hu Biao also sent corresponding reconnaissance troops.
Arriving outside the temporary airport established by the Japanese army, looking at the Japanese patrolmen, Hu Biao called Qin Tianyou and several platoon leaders to his side and ordered: "Did you hear the barking of dogs? The Japanese have dogs, and they must first get rid of those dogs!"
For the task force, dogs are also very threatening. In many cases, dogs have a more sensitive sense of smell than humans. In order to avoid early exposure, Hu Biao planned to solve the Japanese patrol teams on the periphery first and then solve the dogs who cooperate with the patrol.
After some planning, the combat team members scattered in platoons began to wipe out the patrol sentries on the periphery. Before the attack, the combat team members first sent a team member to lure the Japanese patrol team to chase them, and then rounded up and killed them.
With crossbow arrows shot through the chest and throat of the Japanese sentry, the hunting hounds were also killed by the task force. After dealing with a patrol team, the task force quickly changed clothes and reappeared in the patrol area.
If you look closer, the patrol team that walked out of the darkness again was no different from the previous patrol team except that they were missing a dog. In addition, the island was stormy tonight, and the Japanese soldiers who were not on duty were basically hiding in the barracks to rest.
After solving the patrol team, Hu Biao and his party, who tore open the defense hole, successfully entered the alert area raised by the Japanese army. Just when Hu Biao was curious about why he could not see the people living on the island, the reconnaissance team quickly discovered it.
"Wolf Head, there are important discoveries in the north! There are many sheds built there, with a large number of people imprisoned inside, and there are sentries of Japanese devils on the outside. In addition, there seems to be a situation on the church!"
"Follow the Japanese military camp and airport, and report any situation at any time. The rest of the people and I will first deal with the Japanese outside. Especially on the other side of the wharf, those ships docked at the wharf should not let the Japanese pass!"
"clear!"
The task force was divided into two, Hu Biao was responsible for the core area centered on the church, and Qin Tianyou led a group of people to deal with the Japanese detachments at the dock. Before this, Hu Biao made some additional preparations.
He summoned Tian Tiezhu and his guard platoon to an open space next to the church, pointed to more than a dozen guns that suddenly appeared and said: "Your mission is to be optimistic about these guns and be ready to shell the Japanese airport at any time!
If our raid is exposed, you must destroy the Japanese radio station as soon as possible. Do you see that house with antennas? Once the battle begins, blow the house up as soon as possible!"
"clear!"
Seeing the sudden appearance of artillery, Tian Tiezhu and the officers and soldiers of the guard platoon were once again shocked. When they landed on the island, they did not carry heavy weapons, and it was even more impossible to carry the heavy artillery.
But now several mortars and infantry cannons are placed in the open space, as if they appear out of thin air. How can they not be shocked? Fortunately, they have experienced such a lot before, and they dare not ask more questions even though they were shocked.
For Hu Biao, he had the confidence to seize the confidence of Weizhou Island, which was the space he carried with him. In the space, he still stored a large number of heavy weapons and ammunition. If these weapons and equipment were taken out, the Japanese army would undoubtedly be defeated.
After finding an uninhabited house, Hu Biao asked Zheng Jingwu to say: "Xiao Wu, now we will start setting up a radio station to see if we can contact Haiying and the others? If we can contact us, ask about the current situation at sea!"
"Yes, wolf head!"
Looking at the radio station placed in the private house, Zheng Jingwu, who had not seen the radio station before, was naturally confused and confused. Fortunately, Zheng Jingwu knew that there were some things that he could not inquire about, just complete his own tasks.
As Hu Biao's most trusted radio operator, Zheng Jingwu often participates in the military training of the task force when he has time. His combat capability may be worse than that of the task force, but compared with many anti-Japanese officers and soldiers, his strength is not weak at all.
After the radio was set up, Zheng Jingwu began to try to send telegrams. After sending them several times in a row, a faint reply came. This situation can only indicate that the weather conditions tonight have affected the normal transmission of telegrams.
By drawing this conclusion, Hu Biao also realized that whether we can take over Weizhou Island tonight will also rely on the task force that lands on the island. The subsequent reserve team will become very difficult to land on the island under such weather conditions.
"It seems that the plan is not comprehensive enough! I just hope that the current storm at sea will not cause too much impact on the subsequent reserve team. Otherwise, even if Weizhou Island is taken down, it will be difficult to emptie it in a short time!"
Chapter completed!