Veterans who have spent more than three years in special operations camps are almost entirely aware of what intensive special training arrangements mean. Even if the big man above doesn't announce any battle plans, the veterans can clearly tell the difference between daily training and combat readiness training. Of course, they are also very aware of the rules in the army, and before the commanders have come up with specific operational arrangements, they cannot inquire about these military secrets at will, let alone discuss relevant affairs in front of their subordinates.

Of course, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and veterans will still have news spread privately among each other, Chen Yixin took a reconnaissance platoon to Taipei to carry out a secret operation a few days ago, and many people already know about this. The chief personally led the team to the front line to reconnoitre, and it is conceivable that he attached great importance to Cheng Dù, and a series of subsequent preparation training has verified the veterans' speculation that the next step will be to attack Tamsui.

For the special operations battalion that has been idle for a long time, this is of course a rare opportunity to make meritorious contributions, but the veterans know very well that if they want to grab combat merits in the next combat missions, the most effective way is not to rely on drilling the camp, but to train their subordinates well, so that they can be fully prepared and show themselves on the battlefield. The officers promoted by Qian Tiandun himself were all obtained by virtue of their real combat exploits and outstanding battlefield performances, and it was basically impossible to get out of the special operations camp by relying on crooked ways and evil ways.

When the decision to attack Tamsui was issued by the Executive Committee, Haihan, the most efficient fighter plane of the era, was set in motion again, and all relevant departments immediately adjusted the resources at hand and gave priority to military use.

On 2 February, the Haihan Fleet stationed on Hong Kong Island dispatched four warships, two supply ships, two troop transports, and two companies of land forces to coordinate operations in the name of the exercise. However, after the fleet went to sea, it sailed all the way east, and their goal was not to conduct military exercises in the waters of the Pearl River estuary, but to go to Penghu and Kaohsiung to replace the local special operations battalion garrisons, so as to free up elite troops to participate in future military operations.

The armed fleet was accompanied by another cargo fleet belonging to the Ministry of Shipping, which contained a shipment of war materiel originally stored at the Hong Kong Island naval base, including 500 kilograms of new explosives and four 48-pound large-caliber siege guns. These are the materials and equipment required in Qian Tiandun's battle plan, in case of attacking Tamsui according to diǎn¥dǐng¥diǎn¥小¥, .23.o★s_ (); If the times don't go well, you may have to use these unconventional means.

Beginning on 10 February, the Penghu garrison carried out a relatively intensive change of guards, with troops from Guangdong taking over the garrison of the special operations battalion in Kaohsiung, and the local defense of Penghu was gradually handed over to the friendly forces in Guangdong and the second batch of recruits recruited locally in Penghu.

Because Sun Zhen's group had enlisted more than a month earlier, they had already been assigned to various companies in the special operations battalion, but there was no need to stay in Penghu like their subsequent batch of recruits. As one of the members of the main combat force, Sun Zhen will also have the honor to participate in this combat mission.

On February 14, Penghu again sent a reconnaissance ship to Tamsui to conduct a second reconnaissance of the local area. This time, the leader of the team was replaced by Minami Takahashi, who needed to make a final revision of the battle plan through Guò's field trip.

On 20 February, the special operations battalion submitted a revised combat plan to the Central Military Commission. However, this battle plan did not target the port of Jilong, because Qian Tiandun believed that the chances of using blitzkrieg to take the Tamsui Fortress were not very high, and the special operations battalion would be unable to sustain itself if it wanted to attack two places at the same time due to the lack of troops. Therefore, Qian Tiandun only took the attack on Santo Domingo City in Tamsui as the main goal of this operation, and whether to attack Jilong Port next was to wait for the results of Tamsui to come out before making a decision.

On 25 February, the Penghu base received an approval from the base camp to implement the battle plan and give the special operations battalion the right to decide for itself whether it needed to pursue and dispose of local prisoners and other booty after conquering the area.

On the evening of the next day, Qian Tiandun summoned Xu Jiaqi, the representative of the Fujian military in Penghu, and informed him of the decision of the Haihan Executive Committee to go to war. Although Xu Jiaqi was greatly shocked by this, he did not think it was a big deal to see the excitement, and instead of raising any questions, he asked Qian Tiandun whether he would allow the Fujian military to send military observers to participate in the operation. However, this request was finally rejected by Qian Tiandun, as the trump card unit in the militia group, the weapons and equipment and tactics used by the special operations battalion are somewhat different from other units of the militia group, and this is also one of the military secrets that the special operations battalion needs to keep.

On the 26th, the Penghu base held a pre-war mobilization meeting, and Qian Tiandun personally delivered a mobilization speech. He did not try to find a high-sounding reason for the war, but simply and crudely classified it as the "will of the Executive Committee", which was enough for the war-spirited soldiers.

In the early morning of the 27th, the troops preparing for the expedition assembled on the military dock at Magong Port. Nearly 40 participating sailing ships will deliver more than 1,200 special operations battalion fighters, a portion of heavy weapons and equipment, and supplies to the target area at a time to complete at least five to seven days of combat mission. The heavy equipment and supplies had been loaded on the ship one after another the day before, and after the personnel had boarded the ship today, the troops would immediately set off for the battlefield.

Although during the recruit training, I was fortunate to follow the veterans to carry out a reconnaissance mission in the Muddy Water River in central Taiwan, during which I also saw how the veterans used their weapon advantages to beat the local natives who tried to use force, but this is still the first time that Sun Zhen participated in a real combat mission, after all, the recruits did not directly participate in the battle in the last mission, but were just bystanders. Sun Zhen was so excited that he barely slept the night before, and he was still in a state of high spirits until this time.

It was late winter and early spring, and it was really cold on the beach in the early morning, but there was a fire burning in Sun Zhen's heart. Yesterday, before the lights went out, there was a small mobilization meeting in the class, and the squad leader clearly told everyone that after this time to beat the fresh water, they would soon continue to beat the Spaniards at another port in Taipei. As long as these two places can be defeated smoothly, the possibility of winning collective military merits is very high. A newly enlisted soldier like Sun Zhen can only truly gain the approval of his fellow veterans after he has passed the test of the battlefield.

The commander of the operation, Takahashi Minami, gave an order, and the squad leaders of each squad began to count the number of people, inspect the equipment, and then report it level by level, and finally the company commanders summarized the situation to Takahashi Minami.

"Report to the chief, the troops have been assembled, please instruct!" Gao Qiao Nan saluted Qian Tiandun and asked for instructions.

Qian Tiandun raised his hand to return the salute, then took the military flag from the guards next to him and handed it to Gao Qiao Nan: "I wish the soldiers success!"

"Chief Xie!" Takahashi Nan took the military flag with a solemn face, and then waved it to the troops gathered on the dock, and suddenly there was a thunderous cheer on the dock.

Sun Zhen couldn't help but feel excited, and raised the rifle above his head with all his might, shouting loudly with the people around him. For the people of the special operations battalion, stepping on the battlefield does not mean a dangerous journey that may lead to death, but rather a great opportunity to make a contribution. They are not reluctant to fight, but wish they could have more opportunities to express themselves.

When the Haihan militia set out on the expedition, there was no complicated ritual of worshiping heaven and earth, and it was always a simple handover of military flags, and this expedition to Tamsui was no exception. After completing the simple departure ceremony, the troops began to board the ships one after another.

Takahashi Minami stood at the bow of the boat, taking advantage of the cool sea breeze to calm his feelings. Although he kept as calm as possible in front of Qian Tiandun, his heart was already full of enthusiasm. Being able to lead the troops alone this time, in addition to Qian Tiandun's trust in him, also symbolizes that his status in the army has reached a certain height. Although he has no second thoughts about Qian Tiandun, being able to obtain such command is still a rare honor for a soldier. For this reason, Takahashi Minami has spent more than five years, but fortunately, this achievement did not disappoint him, and he was able to become the first naturalized officer with independent command at the battalion level, which is a supreme honor that many people cannot win.

Of course, with great power comes great responsibility, and this truth Takahashi Minami has long understood in the process of promoting his military rank. For the success or failure of a war, victory will become the honor of the commander, but if it fails, the pot often has to be borne by the commander. Although the unit led by Qian Tiandun has never been defeated in past battles, and has always been able to crush the opponent on the battlefield with a relatively obvious advantage, Takahashi Minami still does not dare to be careless, if he lets the glorious war history of the special operations battalion end in his own hands, it will really be a hundred deaths.

After Gao Qiaonan went to Tamsui to reconnoiter a few days ago, he came to the conclusion that it was similar to Chen Yixin's view of Diǎn in the previous time, and that due to the obvious geographical advantage of the local Diǎn, it was difficult for the attackers to launch artillery attacks directly from the Tamsui River, but the troops landing on the nearby river bank would be within the range of the castle's artillery. In this way, the special operations battalion's plan to simply rely on its equipment superiority to directly bombard the city with gunboats will not be realized, and it must carry out a siege war in a down-to-earth manner.

The combat environment in which the special operations battalion excels is mountains and jungles, and now there is an amphibious landing, but due to the limitations of equipment and tactics, the siege warfare on the normal battlefield is not the director of the special operations battalion. This attack on Tamsui by the Spanish according to Diǎn, can be regarded as the first time that the special operations battalion has undertaken the task of siege operations alone. Of course, it may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that the siege of the city is only a Spanish naming convention, and in the eyes of Takahashiminami, it is just an armed castle with a structure of earth and stone, far from being enough to be called a city.

It is not difficult to defeat this base, but the difficult thing is to take it quickly and steadily, and to avoid large casualties as much as possible. After conducting reconnaissance on the ground, Minami Takahashi had to admit that the difficulty factor of this mission was not as low as he initially expected. If you ask for fast, it seems that you can only be tough and tough, which is bound to be difficult to control the number of casualties, and the demand for stability is the siege strategy, but no one can say for sure how long it will take. If there is enough food in the city, it may take a month or two or more, and this is obviously not what the chiefs want to see.

Therefore, for Minami Takahashi, this independent command of the operation is both an opportunity and a test. And whether he can pass the test smoothly, he is actually not completely sure now.

The landing time set by Takahashi Minami in the battle plan was early morning, so the fleet did not rush to complete the voyage of more than 100 nautical miles at full speed, but slowed down the speed to about six knots, so that it could reach the mouth of the Tamsui River in the early morning after a day of departure.

The journey was uneventful, and the fleet arrived at the mouth of the Tamsui River in the early morning of the 28th. Takahashinan ordered six "Expedition-class" warships to be left here to block the mouth of the Tamsui River and prevent the enemy from escaping. Other boats sailed into the estuary and sailed upstream, heading upstream of the Tamsui River.

Takahashi's battle plan was to block the two ends first, cutting off the possibility of people in the city fleeing or sending reinforcements from the outside world, and then the army's siege of the city. For this reason, he specially found another suitable place for landing, about three or four miles upstream of the pier built by the Spaniards, which was roughly the location of the Tamsui MRT station in another time and space.

While it was still dark, the fleet quickly crossed the river south of the city of Santo Domingo, and no one in the sleeping castle was aware that such a large fleet had sailed into the Tamsui River. After arriving at the destination, a small group of soldiers rowed the dinghy to the shore first, and then lit torches on the shore to make a docking mark to guide the fleet to the shore.

Not all ships would dock here, and two troop carriers carrying a company and war materiel continued their journey upstream, escorted by an "Exploratory-class" warship. The team's destination was the upper reaches of the Chicken Coop River, a tributary of the Tamsui River, with the aim of blocking the only land passage between the two places in Chicken Coop and Tamsui. Whether it is the escape of the Spaniards from Tamsui or the reinforcements sent by the chicken coop, the Haihan militia stationed here will take advantage of the dangerous geographical advantage to repel them.

Back to the downstream landing diǎn, the speed of the personnel landing was very fast, but the entire landing process was inevitably slowed down by the unloading of equipment and supplies. In particular, the heavy 48-pounder cannon to be unloaded from the ship to the shore, must be completed by dozens of people to work together, not only do there be no hoisting equipment on the riverbank here, but the soil on the riverbank is also very soft because of the long-term erosion and sedimentation, which also greatly increases the difficulty of the baggage unloading ship and subsequent transportation.

The landing time of the combatants was only ten minutes, but it took more than two hours to basically complete the hoisting of various supplies on board the ship, and the sky had begun to gradually brighten up at this time. Takahashi Minami was anxious, but he couldn't accuse his subordinates of not being angry, after all, this was an obstacle caused by the objective environment, not the fault of the soldiers.