Under the blue sky is the vast sea, with the salty and wet sea breeze blowing slowly. In the shaking waves, there are two silver-gray ships painted in large and small, with slender and beautiful lines slashing the waves, moving forward in formations one by one, one behind.

The warship sailing in front was the Yueyang ship, and the one behind was the Xiangyang ship. The sharp bow of the ship cut through the blue sea surface into a human-shaped cut. The snow-white waves churned with fine waves and dragged long trails. Walking forward under the sea and sky, from time to time, several seagulls flew past the bridge, and made crisp and crisp sounds. And in the distance of the bow, the outline of the gray-blue coast could be vaguely seen.

Wang Hailong, the captain of Yueyang ship, looked at the beautiful scene of the sea and sky through the porthole in the bridge, and said, "You can see the land, it should be almost the same. Report our speed and direction. How long does it take to get close to the coast?"

Immediately in the bridge, someone said: "Report the captain, the speed is 18.2 knots, the direction is 285.6 degrees, and it is expected that there will be twenty minutes left to approach the coast and implement the landing."

Wang Hailong nodded and said to Luo Yue beside him: "Planer Luo, you still have thirty minutes left. I will ask someone to prepare a charge boat for you and you will land soon."

Luo Yue saluted Wang Hailong and said, "Yes, we are ready to log in soon."

At this moment, only a sound came from the commuter, saying, "Report to the captain, and found something on the shore."

Wang Hailong frowned. This was a signal sent by the lookout Bai Peng. Although modern warships use radar as the main search and detection method, each warship has set up a lookout platform and is equipped with an electric high-power telescope for visual observation. Therefore, Wang Hailong immediately said: "What's the situation?" He said that, and picked up the high-power binoculars on the operating table and looked out of the ship window.

Although his high-power binoculars are not as equipped with electric high-power binoculars on the Yueyang ship, it also has a distance of twenty times. Now the Yueyang ship is only about 12,000 meters away from the coast, so using the high-power binoculars can generally see the scene on the shore.

Through the high-power binoculars, Wang Hailong saw a small village not far from the sea, where more than a dozen wooden fishing boats were moored by the sea. However, there were several fires in the small village, and people kept running around. In addition to ordinary people, there were also some soldiers wearing military uniforms and holding rifles, chasing the people everywhere, and some were smashing doors and setting fires. It was just because the distance was too far, even if they couldn't see their appearance with the telescope, they looked at them from the military uniform. It was certain that this was definitely not the Qing Dynasty army.

Wang Hailong put down his telescope, his face was solemn, and said, "This must be the Eight-Nation Alliance burning, killing, looting, but I don't know it's the army of which country."

Luo Yue said: "Captain Wang, what should we do now? You can't watch the Eight-Nation Alliance kill us Chinese."

Wang Hailong said: "Planer Luo, you should go and prepare to log in. I will contact the Kunming ship immediately and ask the headquarters for instructions."

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Yes." He saluted Wang Hailong, then left the bridge command room and walked towards the tail of the ship.

After a while, Luo Yue came to the helicopter platform at the stern of the ship. At this time, all the soldiers in the platoon suddenly gathered on the helicopter platform, including two Qing people from this time and space, namely, two fishermen, He Xing and He Ping, rescued from the sea by Luo Yue and others.

It turned out that after inquiring, the brothers He Xing and He Ping lived in a place called Hejiawan Village, about 30 kilometers north of Dagukou. The village was not big, with only a hundred families, mostly He's surname, and they all focused on fishing and a small amount of land. Each family had fishing boats, two of which had two larger fishing boats that could go out to the far sea to fish. Therefore, Zhao Weizhong went to Hejiawan Village to sell boats and fled to Shanghai by sea.

After Xiao Jianjun learned this information, he believed that he could use Hejiawan Village as a land base to attack Dagukou to transport the Marines and armored troops to the shore and gather in Hejiawan Village. In this way, he attracted the attention of the Eight-Nation Alliance fleet with maritime attacks, and then the Marines attacked from land and occupied Dagukou in one fell swoop. This was the plan to attack Dagukou formulated by Xiao Jianjun. Luo Yue's sharp knife platoon was the vanguard of land. They first landed in Hejiawan Village to understand the details of Hejiawan Village, and then sent large troops to land.

The brothers He Xing and He Ping are not old. He Xin is sixteen years old this year, while He Mingcai is only thirteen years old. The two brothers' father has died and there is only one mother left in the family. Because the family lacks labor force and both brothers are underage, the family's living conditions are very poor and they can only avoid forced life.

Zhao Weizhong went to Hejiawan Village to sell boats and fled to Shanghai by sea, and needed sailors, but most of the fishermen in Hejiawan Village were unwilling to leave this trip. First, because it was too far from Shanghai, and the risk of running this trip was too high; second, the current situation was not good, and if they met foreign iron-clad ships, they would be over. Therefore, the owner of the ship was unwilling to go out to sea and only sold the boat to Zhao Weizhong at a high price. Zhao Weizhong had to make a lot of money in the village to recruit other fishermen to be sailors.

Because of his poor family, the brothers He Xing and He Ping were employed by Zhao Weizhong at the price of fifteen taels of silver and sailed out to sea. The other people who went out to sea were also poor people in the village. In Zhao Weizhong's opinion, fifteen taels of silver were not much, but it was enough for He Xing. He Ping's family had lived in nearly two years.

After going out to sea, we arrived very smoothly. We did not encounter foreign iron-clad ships, but when we drove out of the Bohai Sea, we still had an accident when we entered the Yellow Sea. We were hit and sunk by an iron-shelled ship that suddenly appeared. If we had not happened to encounter the evacuation fleet crossing the nearby waters, we would probably have to be buried in the sea. However, there were 18 people in the whole ship, and only seven were rescued, including six fishermen employed by Zhao Weizhong, only He Xing and He Ping brothers survived.

After being rescued, the brothers He Xing and He Ping were very grateful to the officers and soldiers who crossed the fleet. Moreover, the two brothers were not old and had no scheming. Because they learned that the officers and soldiers who were crossing the fleet were going ashore to fight foreigners, both of them agreed very much, so they were willing to lead the way to the village for the crossing fleet.

When Luo Yue arrived at the helicopter deck, the two brothers were chatting with several soldiers. It turned out that the first squad leader Liu Tie and the third squad deputy Wang Jianhui were all from Tianjin and could talk directly with them in Tianjin dialect. The Tianjin dialect of this era is similar to that of later generations, so the two brothers felt very intimate and unconsciously eliminated a lot of strangeness with the soldiers.

Seeing Luo Yue coming, the first squad leader Liu Tie immediately came up and said, "Platform Commander, how about it?"

Luo Yue said: "Get together now and prepare to log in."

After hearing this, the soldiers immediately lined up according to their squad and lined up. He Xing and He Ping brothers also stood up, feeling a little at a loss.

At this time, the side door of the helicopter hangar opened, and a soldier came out of the hangar and said, "Plane Commander Luo, the captain ordered us to not move forward anymore. You should land on the assault boat immediately. The assault boat has been ready. And the captain is also talking to you immediately, please come with me."

After hearing this, Luo Yue hurriedly followed the soldier to the front of the display screen in the helicopter hangar. At this time, Wang Hailong was displayed. Luo Yue said: "Captain Wang, what instructions do you have?"

Wang Hailong said: "I just spoke to the Kunming ship. The headquarters ordered the Yueyang ship that the Xiangyang ship must not be near the shore anymore. You should land on the assault boat immediately. After you get ashore, find out the number of enemy troops. If there are not many people, destroy them immediately. If there are too many people, don't disturb them. Repay the Yueyang ship immediately and wait for the next instructions from the headquarters. It is for them to pay attention to protecting He Xing and He Ping's safety. We are here to wait for you and be careful to maintain contact with the Yueyang ship at any time."

Luo Yue hurriedly said, "Yes, I guarantee to complete the task."

After saying that, he immediately returned to the helicopter platform and arranged the team again and said, "Comrades, I just found that it was suspected that the enemy was plundering in the village where we were going to land. Therefore, now we are about to land on a assault boat, prepare for battle and set off."

After hearing this, the soldiers immediately lined up and arrived at the place where they boarded the assault boat. At this time, Luo Yue came to He Xing and He Ping's brothers and said, "You two brothers should go ashore with us, but don't go to the front of your village, but lead us a little far from the village, and don't be discovered."

He Xing said timidly: "June, is it a foreign ghost who came to our village?"

Luo Yue said: "It should be."

He Ping immediately cried and said, "My mother is still in the village? The foreign ghost will not harm my mother, right? Jun Ye, you must save my mother."

Luo Yue said: "Nothing is useful now. Let's talk about it when you get ashore. However, after getting ashore, danger may occur. Therefore, you must obey our orders and don't run around, do you understand?"

He Xing hurriedly grabbed his brother and said, "Yes, Junjun, we will follow your orders."

Luo Yue nodded and said, "Let's go."

When Luo Yue brought his brothers to the location where he boarded the assault boat, the other soldiers had already boarded the assault boat.

The Yueyang ship is equipped with four assault boats, each of which can take ten people, including two pilots, with a maximum speed of forty knots. A 12.7 mm caliber machine gun can also be installed at the head of the assault boat.

The platoon-level organization of the Marine Corps is the same as the Army platoon. The platoon consists of three squads, each squad has nine soldiers. The platoon only has one platoon leader, and the deputy platoon leader is also the squad leader. Therefore, the total number of people in the platoon is twenty-eight, plus the brothers He Xing and He Ping, a total of thirty people. Therefore, all four assault boats equipped on the Yueyang ship were used.
Chapter completed!