On the night of the order, the 1st Company of Rangers led by Zhao Qingyu, under the cover of night and the help of military dogs, easily bypassed the scattered sentry spies arranged by the Houjin Army around the three fortresses, and quietly stationed at the front line of the No. 1 fortress without alarming any enemy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside the fortress, in order to defend against the impact of the Jurchen cavalry of the Later Jin Army, there are potholes and horse traps everywhere, as well as a laundry song in the east, a large number of individual bunkers dug for the counterattack, which can safely move to the front line.

On this kind of terrain, even if it is an infantry, there will be problems when you go out at night, not to mention the cavalry, you can't even run at speed, and in the end you can only be caught up by the enemy cavalry, and it is possible to lose troops or even annihilate the whole army.

Therefore, that night, the 1st Company of the Ranger did not attack, but had a good night's rest.

The next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, the soldiers of the 1st Company of the Ranger quietly gathered at the south gate under the astonished eyes of a group of militiamen.

The crisp tweed uniforms were crisp and soft on the Ranger soldiers, much more powerful than the cotton uniforms of the Xuan Army's field troops, not to mention the militiamen who wore bloated cotton clothes purchased collectively.

The handsome military uniform, coupled with the felt military hat improved from the style of Fan Yangli, with reduced edges, and the cowhide military boots worn by the rangers, just looking at this military uniform, the two sides are simply not the same painting style.

The revolver hanging in the holster of the right thigh blinded the eyes of these militiamen, even the soldiers of the 1st Mixed Brigade were also a little red-eyed.

Revolver because gears and other parts need to be carefully polished, in order to prevent air leakage for the base and quasi-wheel but also to be finely crafted, strict control of product quality, so, the output has not been high, plus the black powder for the corrosion of parts is also very serious, a revolver life is less than 500 rounds, equipped with this pistol combat personnel need to replace the pistol from time to time.

Therefore, in the Xuan Army, except for some small-scale special units directly under the General's Mansion, the field troops can only be issued pistols if they are at least squad leaders or above, and the armed guard troops can only be issued pistols by company-level officers, and the militia is even more pitiful.

Now when I see a troop, even the soldiers are issued with revolvers, how can it not arouse everyone's discussion.

After standing for a while, I felt that I had finished showing the most handsome side of the 1st Company, and then I began to put various combat equipment on my body.

Body armor with steel plates, ammunition boxes, grenade bags and other combat necessities are all hung in the corresponding positions to ensure that they will not be thrown off when galloping on the war horse.

As for some other supplies carried by infiltration operations in peacetime, hoes, saws and other items, there is no need to bring them, only sapper shovels, as a necessary tool for placing black powder explosive bags, they need to carry them at any time.

With dozens of pounds of supplies less than usual, the rangers felt a lot more relaxed, and they were a little more confident in this battle.

At this moment, another wave of soldiers from the engineer company also came here to assemble, and it seemed that they were also the cooperating troops in this operation.

The logistics staff officer looked at the order he received yesterday, stepped forward to confirm the identities of the two companies, and after checking that it was correct, he turned around and went into the kitchen.

There is no way, the area inside the fortress is already small, plus the warehouses and hospitals occupy most of the land, the canteen is relatively compact, and there is really no place reserved for these foreign troops, plus, today's task is more urgent, so I can only temporarily grieve the soldiers of the Ranger Company and the Engineer Company to make do with it outside.

The officers of the two companies were in Chen Xin's headquarters, eating and receiving orders.

Chen Xin carefully briefed all the officers on the battle situation on the map.

Then he turned around and said to Zhao Qingyu, "In this operation, all units must cooperate closely, the 1st Company of the Ranger is the main attack, you have to carry a large number of explosives bags, after defeating the enemy's defensive forces, blow up those tunnels, as many as you can blow, this specific length, it is up to you to decide."

In fact, we don't need to completely blow up the trenches dug by the enemy, we are now buying time, as long as we can delay the movement of the enemy army a little, we can achieve the purpose of the operation.

Therefore, for this operation, I have only one request, not to be surrounded by enemy cavalry. Do you understand? ”

Zhao Qingyu carefully recalled the situation he had just heard, assured that nothing was missing, and saluted, "Yes, general, I understand." ”

Chen Xin nodded for a moment, and then said to the officers of the engineer company on the other side, "As an assistant, the work of the engineer company is also very important, and whether the Ranger company can successfully complete the task depends on you to a large extent."

The 1st and 2nd platoons of the engineer company were responsible for carrying planks and paving a path along the way that would allow the horses to pass quickly.

The 3rd platoon was responsible for the initial reinforcement of the road.

The 4th platoon carries the latest [broadsword], installed in the location area specified on the map just now, and covers the surroundings, once the enemy cavalry reacts quickly, before our troops can all enter the fortress, comes to the effective range of their bows and arrows, the fourth platoon will use the [broadsword] to deter the enemy cavalry, and buy time for the ranger troops.

Of course, the artillery and various weapons inside the fortress will also provide fire cover for outgoing friendly forces.

However, against the cavalry, there may be a hole in our firepower output, and you yourself should be careful, hurry up, and once the enemy reacts, abandon the mission and return immediately. ”

"Yes."

"Intelligence staff, tell me what you know."

"Yes, General." An intelligence staff officer came out and first saluted Chen Xin.

Then he spoke eloquently to the officers, "Please note that we do not have much time, and after observation, we find that as the weather gets colder and colder, there are serious problems with the changing of the enemy's guard in the morning.

Now during the day, the Jurchen cavalry and the servant army are on duty together, but at night all the servant troops are on duty.

After waiting for a while, there will be fighters, and during the two quarters of an hour of changing the guard, in the Houjin army, the time for the servant army to stand guard is up, but the Jurchens will not be punctual, for several days in a row, they have never been on time, and the servant army will not care about this, they will leave their posts on their own and go back to rest.

So there will be a gap between their two guards, and for at least two quarters of an hour, that section of the tunnel will be largely unguarded, and we can sneak in and bury explosives. ”