Although the Trincomalee military port has undergone a major expansion, there are so many ships inside and outside the port, and more and more troops are gathering outside the military port. First of all, the large ships anchored at the wharf of the military port were all given priority to board the ships by cavalry, artillery and other troops.

A large number of infantry troops outside the military port simply took a small boat parked on the shore and slowly rowed to the sailboat on the sea in the distance. Countless boats filled with officers and soldiers from the Far East kept going back and forth on the sea, and the dense boats were almost all over the sea.

The sailing ships on the sea also laid down jute rope nets on both sides of the ship's side, and the Far Eastern Army in small boats leaned on and climbed onto the warship with difficulty along the rope nets.

There was a lively scene everywhere in the entire military port wharf and the sea, but there was not the slightest chaos, all the troops were boarding the ship in an orderly manner, and occasionally a few Far Eastern Army soldiers fell into the sea from the rope net because of nervousness and other reasons when they boarded the ship, which caused the soldiers who boarded the ship next to them to laugh.

Hikten led his horses and trotted along the long dock to a huge sail transport, where several officers were waiting for the boarding troops.

The staff of the port immediately walked over, took out a work notebook, and after a brief communication with several officers on board, the captain of the sail transport took out a whistle and blew it quickly.

The officers and men of the navy on the large sail transport ship also immediately took action, only to see that a few planks on the starboard side of the ship were slowly turned to flatten, and the laborers who had been waiting on the dock for a long time put long pedals on the deck of the ship, forming several passages for embarking on the ship.

At the same time, the right side of the hull suddenly moved twice, and two two-meter-wide planks were slowly lowered and placed on the embankment of the pier. Two two-meter-wide gates seem to open at the front and back of the hull.

Guided by the officers and men of the ship's navy, Hikten carefully led his horse along the pedals to the deck of the ship. There were also some cavalrymen who led their horses and boarded the ship directly through the two gates in front and behind the hull and entered the cabin.

Admiralty large sailing ships can be used in various forms such as modular standard components to carry personnel, cargo, etc. In just a few hours, the modular standard elements in the cabin can be easily dismantled and quickly converted between people and cargo.

When performing military missions. The standard loading method is to carry the strength of an infantry reinforced battalion of the army, as well as a full set of equipment and supplies, to meet the combat needs of the reinforced battalion for three months. And it can guarantee self-sustaining power at sea for 150 days. It has the ability to deliver more than 10,000 nautical miles, and can rely on the supply of materials loaded by ships to carry out several high-intensity battalion-scale battles.

This time, because the transportation distance was relatively short, and the supply of the troops had been stockpiled in various trading posts along the coast of India, each large sail transport ship was loaded with the strength of a cavalry battalion. It is a short-distance extreme transportation.

Each large sail transport ship was loaded with a cavalry battalion, a total of more than 500 officers and men and more than 500 war horses, the deck and the fourth deck were loaded with war horses, and the third deck was loaded with more than 500 officers and men.

But the loading of more than 500 horses was not to be carried lightly, and the cabins and decks were equipped with rows of stalls. Each horse has a separate space and is stocked with a few days' worth of concentrate and clean drinking water. The horse pen on the deck is also covered with canvas. It is used to shelter from sea breezes and torrential rain.

Hickten led the horse to the deck, and under the guidance of the officers and men of the Admiralty on board, he led the horse into a stall, tied the horse to the stall, removed the harness and bridles, and placed it on the shelf behind the stall. Then tie it up with a rope and fix it.

Then he came to the side of the war horse, hugged the head of the war horse, and gently comforted the somewhat frightened war horse. After a while, the war horse's mood calmed down. Hickten took out a carrot from his pocket and stuffed it into the horse's mouth.

Wait for the war horse to finish eating the carrots. Hikten fed the horses some more water, and then went down to the third level of the cabin. This is their abode. In order to accommodate more officers and soldiers, a total of five additional folding sleepers have been installed in this cabin, but there will still be a small number of officers and soldiers who need to lay bunks.

Of course, the non-commissioned officers and cadres of the cavalry battalion are all laying on the floor, and their usual treatment is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, but on the battlefield, all the hardest and most dangerous work must be carried out at critical moments.

After all the personnel and horses boarded the ship, the hull of the ship shook a few times with a few dull loud noises. Then there was a loud roar, and the huge sail transport, led by a small boat, slowly left the military port of Tingkemali.

On the beach outside the military port, there are also three landing ships of the combined fleet of the Admiralty of the Far Eastern Army, as well as a large number of offshore and inland river barges.

A large number of Far Eastern officers and soldiers are also gathered here, and Qiao Haipeng leads the theater command and various directly subordinate units, including the armored brigade and the automobile brigade, to board the ship here.

Qiao Haipeng stood on the bridge of the flagship of the United Fleet, watching the BTR-60 armored transport vehicles, UAZ-469 jeeps, UAZ-452 light off-road vehicles and KAMAZ trucks roar along the front tongue door into the cabin of the landing ship.

Qiao Haipeng turned to Lin Hua, chief of staff of the theater next to him, and said: "The barge fleet needs to sail along the coast of India, and the speed is relatively slow, so let the offshore and inland steam deck barges be loaded and unloaded as soon as possible, and then quickly form a barge fleet and immediately advance to various landing points." Along the way, let the Combined Fleet send patrol ships to escort it. ”

When he said this, he immediately asked again: "Lin Hua, how long will it take for the first batch of landing troops to be loaded onto ships?" ”

Lin Hua thought for a moment and said, "It is estimated that it will take two days at the earliest, and the first batch of landing troops will be fully loaded." The time for the departure of the combined fleet was supposed to be in the early morning of the third day. ”

Li Yukun next to him nodded and said: "The speed of the troops boarding the ship is fast enough, I just went to the military port dock to take a look, and the speed of the various troops at the dock is very fast, and there is no trace of chaos." ”

Everyone looked at the countless warships on the sea near the coast of Tingkemali, as well as the dense number of Far Eastern officers and soldiers on the shore, this spectacular scene made their hearts stir.

Starting with the teaching team in Vladivostok to today's three major field armies, the Far Eastern Army has finally begun to take shape after ten years of construction.

Li Yukun said with emotion: "We finally have a decent armed force, and in the near future, our Far East Army will set foot in all corners of the world, so that all the nations of this world can see the great might of our Chinese nation." ”

Qiao Haipeng took a deep breath, calmed down his excitement, and then said in a deep voice: "Who is the sword immediately, only I am the Far East Tiger!" (To be continued.) )