The two sailing ships, like two ghost ships coming from the darkness, arrived quietly at the foot of the cliff on the north side of Guri Port in the middle of the night.
Since this area is where the Folangji military port is located, there is no trace of any local people within a radius of dozens of miles.
Even though the relationship between the Jialuo Empire and the Folangji people is intertwined, this does not prevent the Folanji people from wantonly bullying the people of the Jialuo Empire. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, it is best to stay away from them.
The sailboat slowly approached the shore. The rugged rocks and shoals forced the sailboat to stop on the water more than a hundred steps away from the shore. Black shadows began to descend from the ship into the waist-deep water. Several boats The lifeboat was loaded with bundles of canvas and bamboo poles and carried to the shore until it was under the cliff.
Zhang Yanling waded into the water and came under the cliff on the shore. While putting on his armor and weapons, he looked up at the cliff on the coast. The cliff looked extremely tall in the darkness, like giants standing on the shore. The rocks on the side are slippery, covered with moss and few vegetation. It is not easy to climb up.
More than two dozen soldiers with good climbing skills started climbing with long ropes tied around their waists. They climbed up the cliff and slowly climbed up like geckos. Zhang Yanling waited below and looked up to watch them disappear. In the darkness, I felt very nervous. If I fell down, I would definitely be dead. This kind of climbing in the dark was risking my life.
But in fact, the entire battle plan is risking one's life, and this is just the beginning.
After a stick of incense, the hanging rope began to shake. That was a signal that they had reached the top. The next step was to pull up a dozen woven rope ladders with ropes and hang them on the cliff. Zhang Yanling and Chen Shi waited a hundred. The rest of the people climbed up to the top of the cliff carefully along the rope ladder.
It looks calm down below. In fact, the wind on the sea surface is not strong, which makes people think that the wind is not strong tonight. But once you stand on the top of the high cliff, you can immediately feel that the wind is really strong. Howling night The wind blew everyone's hair buns flying and their cloaks rustled. Sometimes the gusts of wind could make people feel their bodies being pushed.
Zhang Yanling frowned. He knew that for these hang gliding beginners, this kind of wind would have a great impact. It might even cause great danger. This is a troublesome thing. However, at this time, Even if you are worried, you can only bite the bullet and do it. The arrow has to be fired when it is on the string.
When they climbed to the top of the cliff and stood on the top of the cliff looking towards the south coast, all the soldiers who climbed to the top of the cliff let out a sound of exclamation. They also completely believed that Guri Port could not be captured by force at all. .
A few miles away, the lights in the harbor city in the middle of the high cliffs were dim. From the scattered lights, the outline of the entire city could be seen. The tall and solid city walls could probably run several carriages on them. The continuous enemy forts were The buildings stretch continuously. The city gate faces the sea. Outside the city gate is the huge dock square, and down the stairs is the dark and wide harbor bay. Although this port is not the best deep-water port, it is not due to its excellent On waterways and trade routes. But the natural topography of this port is definitely an excellent place for a military fortress.
No wonder the homeport of the Eastern Fleet of the Franco Kingdom is located here. This is indeed an impeccable fortress from a military perspective.
Huo Shijian directed everyone to pull up the canvas bundles, bamboo poles and other items from the bottom of the cliff. These were all cut, but they had to be assembled at the top of the cliff. Fortunately, although the top of the cliff was rugged with rocks and overgrown with vegetation and thorns, the area was small.
It is small and wide enough to be more than a hundred paces long, so it can be used widely.
Zhang Yanling and Chen Shiyi led a few guards to the top of the cliff. Naturally, they did not dare to get too close to the port. There was still a few miles away from the southern end of the cliff. Zhang Yanling wanted to find it.
To find a suitable place to glide, you must also clearly see the layout of the entire city and determine the landing point so that you can launch an attack immediately.
There are only five hundred troops. Even if the divine soldiers descend from the sky to catch the opponent by surprise, the number of troops is still too small. This kind of battle must be well planned. The first thing to attack after falling must be the enemy's vital parts. It must be in
It causes chaos in an instant, confuses the enemy's hearing and hearing, and causes them to get into chaos. Once the number of people is figured out and the enemy reacts, they will quickly fall into passivity.
This is actually a special operation. It must be precise and ruthless, eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible, paralyze the enemy's command ability, and seize the most advantageous control position.
The two of them walked around for a long time. There were sparse trees in front of them, and the cliff dropped sharply, forming a break. Below was a beach covered with rugged rocks and the north side of the port bay.
Looking at the entire Guri Port from this angle, its outline and pattern can be seen more clearly. At the same time, the solidity and grandeur of the entire city are even more jaw-dropping.
"There are seven forts on both sides of the dock in front of the city gate, three in the south and four in the north. That is the most ferocious firepower to block the bay. Combined with the eight forts on the city wall, it forms a three-dimensional three-sided firepower, covering the sea within a radius of five or six miles.
.This is the distance that surface warships must reach if they want to attack the city. Blocked by fifteen heavy guns, this kind of firepower is a nightmare for surface warships." Zhang Yanling held up a telescope and observed carefully.
Chen Shiyi also saw it clearly, nodded and said: "It is indeed vicious. Sir, why don't they set up a fort on the cliff where we are standing? With this height and position, it can cover a large area at the entrance of the bay and even the outer sea.
Wouldn’t it be better?”
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "I thought so just now. However, I figured it out later that they don't have this need. The cliffs on both sides are far away. It is seven or eight miles away from the city. Setting up forts will not play a role in protecting the city. At most, it is
Attack ships at sea. However, the firepower in the port is already very powerful. There is actually no need to do this here. Besides, it is necessary to transport heavy artillery of several thousand kilograms or even tens of thousands of kilograms up such a cliff. Do you think it is feasible?
Is it possible?"
Chen Shiyi smacked his lips and said, "That's true. Luck can be brought up. At most, we can just dig a ladder to go up. But there is no need."
Zhang Yanling shook his head and said: "Dig the stairs up? Then the cliff has lost its value as a natural barrier. Once there is a road, the opponent also has a way up, but they have to spend energy to defend, which is counterproductive. It is better to keep the cliff as a natural barrier.
, even if someone climbs up, there is no threat to the city."
Chen Shi suddenly realized that this was indeed the case after thinking about it carefully.
"The castle in the middle of the city should be the governor's palace and the place where the generals of the garrison garrison live. That's the No. 1 target. To capture the thief first, capture the king. First occupy the castle and kill all the leading officers of the Folanji garrison.
.For a period of time, the enemy was leaderless and no one gave orders, which was beneficial to me." Zhang Yanling pointed his telescope at the huge castle in the middle of the city and said while observing.
Chen Shiyi nodded heavily and said solemnly: "I personally led the first team to attack the castle."
Zhang Yanling said: "Let me go. That location is far away, about seven or eight miles away. If you are heavy, you may not be able to fly. I am sure. You must fly to the castle to succeed. Otherwise it will be useless."
Chen Shiyi was stunned, but had nothing to say. Chen Shiyi was burly and had no talent in operating hang gliders. He was among the last batch of students to graduate from the afternoon training. It was really difficult for him to glide so far.
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"You lead the second team to fly to the east city wall. You must capture the city wall turrets as quickly as possible. Then blow out the seven turrets on both sides of the pier. That is the most direct threat. Then you can use the turrets on the city wall to attack the city.
Carry out bombardment at key positions. Each team will give you a signal, and you can conduct bombardment according to the location of the signal. Brother Chen, you are not only the backing of everyone's firepower, but you are also the first to suffer the enemy's counterattack. This position is not yours.
None other than. Your team needs fifty more brothers." Zhang Yanling said.
"My lord, you can rest assured that there will be no mistakes in your humble duties." Chen Shiyi said in a deep voice.
Zhang Yanling nodded and reached out to pat Chen Shiyi's arm. There was no need to say anything more.
"The southwest corner should be a warehouse, and those rows should be warehouses. Yes, those are grain stacks. That's where the third team will fly down, burning grain and warehouse supplies, creating chaos and cutting off supplies."
Chen Shi nodded. He turned to a general beside him and said, "Lao Liu, this is your mission. Do you remember it?"
The general said solemnly: "I understand this humble position."
Zhang Yanling's telescope continued to wander, and he pointed at a location on the west side and said: "That should be a military camp. There is a large school field, military camp buildings, walls, and military flags hanging on flagpoles. It must be a military camp."
The scale is not small. Well... Huo Shijian's fourth team landed on the street at the exit, blocking the exit of the military camp. If there is chaos in the city, Fo Lang's troops will be dispatched. Huo Shijian and the others will give them a banquet.
, let them eat their fill first. This also buys time for the rest of our teams. Where is Huo Shijian? Where are the others?"
"He's directing the men to move the flying wings upwards. I'll call him." One of the guards said.
"No need to call, I'm here. Sir, General Chen, I heard it. I will definitely live up to my mission." Huo Shijian's voice came, and people rushed over.
Zhang Yanling nodded, pointed to that direction, handed him the telescope and said: "Take a good look at that position, don't make a mistake. Your team will also have fifty more brothers, block the Folangji people, don't
Let them quickly reinforce everywhere. The blocking is only temporary and buy time for our other teams."
Huo Shijian looked at the prescription and said in a deep voice: "I understand, Lord Duke, I can rest assured. I will definitely stop them."
Zhang Yanling said softly: "Don't fight to the death. If the situation goes wrong, retreat. In guerrilla warfare, annihilate the enemy first. Harassing them can also slow down their movement."
Huo Shijian said again: "I understand the humble position."
Zhang Yanling used the telescope to observe for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Just these four places. We have too few troops, so we can only attack these four key points first. Don't be stingy with ammunition and grenades. Burn if you can, kill if you can, in short
The more chaos it creates in the city, the better."
Chen Shi asked: "Don't we need to capture the gate in the west city?"
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Are you worried about them escaping? Wouldn't it be better to run away? Surrounding three buildings and one is to leave the west gate for them to escape. You still expect us more than 500 brothers to annihilate all the tens of thousands of defenders?
No? If they escape, that's what I want to see most."
Chen Shiyi chuckled and said, "That's true, I don't have that big of an appetite either."
Zhang Yanling smiled and said softly: "It's almost time. It's almost the fourth watch. We have to take action. Are everything ready? Everyone, form your team immediately and prepare to glide in the order of first far and then near."
Chen Shiyi, Huo Shijian and the general named Ma Laoliu all raised their hands and solemnly agreed.