[Maggit Island]

The sentry is slacking off in the outpost located at the southern end of the shore defense position.

For this young man who had never left the mountain in the past, the dark night in the country of galloping horses made him frightened, and only the cramped trenches could give him a sense of security.

The narrow space, slightly warm felt blanket, and fatigue that penetrated deep into his bones made him yawn quickly.

Just as the sentry was half asleep and half awake, a low collision sound suddenly came from the direction of the water fence.

The sentry woke up instantly, quickly pulled out the whistle from his clothes, and bulged his cheeks and was about to blew it.

But just before warning, he was a little more careful, holding his breath, quietly poking his head out of the trench and taking a look.

The river surface was pitch black, and the crows were silent.

The sentry finally let out a long breath, and then he realized that he was shocked and sweated all over.

"Waterbird?" the sentry thought.

Just as he was hesitating whether to go out and take a look, two muffled sounds came from the upstream and downstream directions of the river.

This time, the sentry heard it sincerely - the sound was dull and heavy, and it was definitely not the movement of the wild ducks.

But he hesitated for a moment and still did not whistle and warn.

Because the whistle sounded, the whole island would wake up.

In order to guard the rebels, the sentry and his comrades struggled until midnight and finally got time to rest. At this moment, the others probably just closed their eyes.

If you pull everyone out of the bedding at this time, you will find that you are just making a fuss. Even if the superior does not punish you, you will inevitably be blamed by your companions.

Besides, there are various situations in Yegang. Although the night is quiet, it is not completely silent.

In addition to the noise interference from the natural environment, during these days, the rebels would float down from the upstream to harass the island guarding officers and soldiers in the middle of the night.

Therefore, if there is any turmoil, you will whistle and alert, which will fall into the trap of the rebels.

Thinking of this, the sentry raised his whistle and decided to go to find the officers in Yegang first.

Not long after, the star officer followed the sentry to the outpost, but it was dark and stood in the trench, so he couldn't see clearly the situation on the water.

"Light," the lieutenant who was worthy of the star gave out a brief order.

The sentry took out the scythe and flint, and after a few crisp knocks, a warm bright yellow flame filled the outpost.

The sentry buckles the lampshade back, and the outpost is engulfed again by the darkness. In order not to expose itself, the military lanterns issued by the United Provincial Army all have a special lampshade that can adjust the light and darkness.

The sentry put away the scythe and flint, and prepared to go out to find out.

But the star official picked up the lantern first.

"You stay," the official of the Star Value still cherishes his words like gold. "If there is any situation, please call the alarm."

After saying that, the lieutenant who was on the verge of stardom drew out the trench.

After leaving the outpost, the lieutenant did not turn on the lampshade as soon as possible. He went down to the river beach in the dark, and then walked for a distance, and came to the water fence.

Then he opened a small gap in the airtight lampshade and carefully searched along the water fence.

Soon, the lieutenant, who was on the verge of the star, found the target he was looking for: a raft, hanging on the water fence.

The dull sound the sentry heard just now should be the sound of the raft hitting a pointed wooden stake.

After a glance from a distance, the young lieutenant had already determined that the raft was from the rebels.

Because only the rebels who lack ships and oars will sail on the Shijian River in a shabby manner with simple rafts.

When he approached the inspection, the lieutenant became more confident: the rafts hung on the fence were tied with logs and barrels, which was the type used by the rebels to smuggle supplies to the Bishop's Fort every night.

It's just that the whole body is painted black, no wonder it can't be seen clearly in the outpost.

In addition, compared with the rafts seized before, this time, the rebels' raft had an extra mast on the raft, and a hard sail that was also dyed black was hung on it.

The lieutenant then remembered that the wind was northwest tonight, and the northeast wind was blowing a few nights ago.

I think it was the rebels who used the wind to let the raft float quietly to the island.

The lieutenant remembered again, and the sentry reported that he heard three dull sounds.

He looked around, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything clearly.

Just when the lieutenant was considering whether to ask someone to remove the raft now or wait for dawn to deal with it, he suddenly found that the rebels' raft seemed to be "hanging" extremely firmly on the water fence.

In the past, the rebels' rafts were pushed by the current of water and leaned loosely on the water fence. As long as they pushed the rafts out, they could push them downstream.

And this time, the dark raft was close to the pointed wooden stakes, and the waves were still motionless.

He bent down and looked carefully, and finally found out the reason - the raft used by the rebels this time was a circle of cold steel nails on the edge than the previous raft.

The young lieutenant was stunned for a moment and suddenly realized that the rebels wanted to nail these black rafts firmly to the pointed wooden stakes.

Several terrible possibilities emerged in his mind. He turned his head and wanted to warn him, but it was too late.

Just before the young lieutenant, the dark raft burst into the fireworks of death and exploded with a bang.

The flames swallowed the lieutenant and strangled his shouts into his throat. The shock wave shattered the lieutenant's body, and threw his body and tons of river water into the sky.

Even the sentries in the trench were blown away by the air.

Immediately afterwards, the dripping water drips wrapped in meat and wood chips fell into the trench, like rain.

There is no need for warning, because everyone on Maggit Island was awakened by the deafening explosion.

Even the citizens and soldiers far away in the Kings Fort heard the thunder coming from the upstream.

Even the officers and soldiers of Tiefeng County who were ambushing behind the river embankment smelled the smell of gunpowder and sulfur, like breathing from hell.

In the fortifications on the river bank, Mason, who had been staring at the Nuren Bell in his hand and prayed desperately that the delay device would not fail, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"My God! So great!" The battle-torn Geisa Adonis was shocked by the movement Mason made, "Major, how much gunpowder did you...have you... used?"

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Mason was a little ashamed, "I don't know what the effect of blasting in the water will be, and there is no time to experiment. Just in case, I just used more... If all three delay devices fail, it will be a big loss."

"Failure? Didn't it explode very loud?" Geisa laughed, "You did a good job, major. I think, after this battle, your rank will be higher than that of Boy Venetta."

Mason was even more ashamed, "Actually... there was still something wrong... the explosion time was much later than expected... the delay device was still too unreliable. I thought at least one of the three could take effect. Now it seems that one of the three could take effect is good luck..."

"Okay," Geisa waved her hand, "It's so awkward. There's only success or failure on the battlefield, no luck. Send a signal to let the fleet go."

"Yes." Mason raised his hand to salute.

On the river bank, the beacon fire that had been prepared was immediately ignited.

But in fact, there is no need to send a signal at all. The earth-shaking explosion is the clearest command.

...

[Upper Stream River, a very far place]

As soon as Samujin heard the muffled thunder coming from afar, he immediately rushed to the deck.

"Beat the drum!" he shouted loudly, "Rise the anchor!"

The deafening sound of war drums sounded on the river.

"Anchor!"

"Anchor!"

"Anchor!"

The sound of repeated orders by the officers of each ship echoed on the water

Seven warships from Tiefeng County, modified from flat-bottomed barges - also the only water force of the new army - no longer hide their heads and tails.

The sailors shouted trumpets and turned the winch, and the rusty anchors surfaced with the sour and inverted wood moans.

Pads stretched out from the oar holes on both sides of the ship's side and began to hit the water surface.

Amid the drums that were urging people to row hard, the "Navy" of the Palathu Republic, who was in the first formation, went downstream and headed towards Maggit Island in a mighty manner.

On the warship led by the leader, Lannis, the commander of the Fifth Battalion, walked onto the deck and stood side by side with Samujin.

...

At the same time, a shocking battle cry broke out on the west bank of the Shijian River.

A short figure jumped out of the river bank and shouted loudly: "Fight for - Blood Wolf!!"

Countless people responded in the same high voice, as if shouting on the river bank:

“Uukhai!”

“Uukhai!!”

“Uukhai!!!”

The short figure carried a sampan from the ground and rushed to the other side of the river first.

Behind him, hundreds of soldiers were carrying large boats, boats, and sampans, and rushed down the river bank and rowed hard to the other side of the river.

...

Gaisa, who was personally supervising the battle, heard the battle cry of the first battalion of the Tiefeng County regiment, and was so angry that she hummed, "Can you shout like this if you haven't come?"
To be continued...