Chapter 1055 Pre-war deployment
For the enemy chief, having the opportunity to defeat our army, which is extremely famous internationally, will undoubtedly be the most colorful moment in his military career.

This powerful opponent had already defeated four of the five good men, and had never been defeated in overall strategy. It was the Gauls who were helped by them to defeat them.

Thinking of this, the enemy chief has already imagined his wonderful life after this battle, when he becomes famous.

"Sir, our troop transport has arrived!"

"Sir, their landing craft are starting to move!"

Hearing the report from his men, the enemy chief woke up from his sweet dream and grabbed the telescope.

Through the telescope, one of our landing craft was heading towards an island 3 kilometers away.

"Oh no, they want to occupy that island!" The enemy chief never expected that before they could launch an attack on our island, we went somewhere else first.

I don't know what the enemy is making a fuss about. These islands are ours and it's normal to land on any of them.

But when it comes to the enemy's ambitions, things are not quite like that.

"They want to land on that island and threaten the islands we control."

The island and the reef are not large. Although it has a small ridge, there is no large freshwater lens formed at the bottom. There is no large amount of fresh water on the island, so no one usually sends people there.

For the enemy, it is because the cost outweighs the gain.

For us, it means we are too close to the enemy and don’t want to alert them.

However, at this time, when the two sides were on the verge of a war, the small ridge on this island posed a threat to the enemy's occupied Sponge Island. The small ridge was also a reverse slope.

The small area hidden behind the ridge was invisible from Sponge Island, so it was impossible to fire accurately. Moreover, the distance was 6 to 8 kilometers, which was beyond the range of the enemy's mortars on the island. In addition to the mortars, the enemy's direct-fire artillery on Sponge Island could not pose any major threat to the troops behind the ridge.

But as long as they occupy that island, they will definitely be able to pose a threat to Sponge Island. The enemy is well aware of our abnormal pursuit of firepower.

A teacher is a teacher. At this moment, the enemy chief finally realized how the other party got started and where he learned his little skills.

"Order our troop transports to advance to the island west of Sponge Island immediately! We must occupy it before they do."

By the time the enemy's troop transport received the order and headed for the island, one of our landing craft was already closer to the island.

First, this landing craft is a new ship, and new machinery works well, just like a fat newborn baby who can withstand a ten-foot wind with just a pee.

Secondly, we are the ones taking the initiative, and the party that takes the initiative always has the upper hand.

As a typical example of good planning and consideration, we did not even consider putting an entire company of landing craft on that island, which was unnecessary, let alone an operation that could anticipate the enemy's actions.

The enemy watched us drop three platoons onto the island, one of which was a special firepower platoon, and nothing else. Those pipes that were a hundred millimeters thick looked familiar to them.

It can be said that the other two infantry platoons came down together just for this special firepower platoon, and these two infantry platoons even brought ammunition for this firepower platoon.

Our two platoons quickly climbed over the small ridge and disappeared on the front of the island. The remaining platoon stayed on the beach, and the remaining platoon on the landing craft also quickly came down and stood on the beach with the comrades of this platoon. The sea water was as deep as their calves and was rippling slightly.

The comrades' attire is very interesting, with all kinds of equipment on their upper bodies and only a pair of trousers with the legs rolled up to their thighs on their lower bodies. There's nothing they can do about it, it's still a bit hot in here.

The comrades held guns in their hands and glared at the enemy ships.

The enemy's troop transport finally landed on the island.

At this point, the enemy's lack of consideration is revealed, as if everything in the world must operate according to their ideas.

They only came with one troop transport ship, and once they got here, they couldn't go anywhere else. This was the first thing. The troops they used to show their attitude were passively compressed and could only be restricted to one place.

Secondly, they had a troop transport ship, but not a landing craft. If they had gone to Jinchen Island, which had a simple dock and a barely deep-water harbor, they could have gotten close enough. However, this island surrounded by reefs, even if the reef was not large, was an insurmountable barrier for the ship's draft. They could only lower a small boat on the edge of the reef and transport people to the island.

The enemy's actions were too much for our comrades to bear. The frontline commander was on the boat, watching all this with a telescope in hand, and asked the captain of 6304: "Why are they here?"

The captain of 6304 shook his head: "I don't know..."

At this time, our two ships, Tianyu 2407, received our coded messages. They were not data encrypted but simply encrypted. The militiamen on the ships had received relevant training and quickly deciphered them.

"Hahaha, Captain, let's go, go!" The militia comrades laughed happily.

"Leave? I want to stay here and help my comrades in the army!" The captain looked stubborn.

"It was our comrades in the army who asked us to leave, saying that we might be in danger soon. Danger, you know? If we squeeze together and lean on each other, we can still help. The comrades in the army said there is danger, you know what that means, right? We can only cause trouble if we stay here. If we are not in the right position, the comrades in the army will have to protect us, which will bring trouble to them instead. Let's go quickly."

The captain and other comrades on the ship were very surprised when they heard this: "Are we going to teach the little monkey a lesson today?" "I don't know, but the arrangements made by the comrades in the army always make sense. Let's go!"

"Okay, let's go, go, go a little further, even to listen to the cannon fire. We won't go too far, in case any comrades need our rescue." The captain "compromised."

"Okay, okay, anything is fine, just leave first." The militia comrade was coaxing him like a child.

Our two fishing boats took the initiative to leave, which made the enemy on the enemy flagship No. 210 smell something wrong.

"Their fishing boat has left. Did they receive any news?"

"We just heard the other side's calls on the maritime channel, but we didn't understand."

"You don't understand? Idiot, don't you understand Chinese?" The enemy chief was furious.

"But they are calling in code, I can't understand it."

This incident made the enemy feel a little strange, but the arrow was on the string and had to be shot, and this was their original purpose. I guess we asked the fishing boats to withdraw because we cared about the fishermen.

The enemy knew that this was the most normal operation for us, so they didn't feel anything special about it. Evacuating the people seemed to be a very normal thing.

Two 2800-ton enemy ships tried to get closer to the island, hoping to support the enemy who was about to land.

The situation at this time became that our four gunboats were holding off two enemy ships that were approaching the island we had just landed within the range of artillery firing, while the remaining three enemy ships were staring at our four large escort boats from a distance.

The enemies that got off the troop transports were charging towards our beach. The beach they could land on was limited in size, and they couldn't go around to other places. As for the small invisible ridge, they didn't dare to go behind it.

At this time, on boat 6603, the front-line commander was shouting to each boat.

This automatically encrypted digital radio station greatly reduces their workload and there is no need to use ciphertext!
"Attention, all boats, aim at one target each."

On the radio, the boats responded one after another.

"6303, missiles are targeting enemy ship 205."

"6311, missiles are targeting enemy ship 204."

"6312, missiles are targeting enemy ship 211."

The captain of the 6304 boat next to him whispered in his ear: "6304, the missile is aimed at the enemy ship 210."

The four escort boats were each assigned a target. Although it was not the time to fight yet, their respective radars had already locked onto the enemy ships several kilometers away.

It's locked tightly~~~~~
The farthest enemy ship, a 1700-ton 215 ship, was not within our lock range. This ship was very far away, even behind Sponge Island, and posed no threat to us.

It would be difficult for its artillery to be effective against our speedboats at this distance.

I'll come back to deal with it later!
"6205, aim your guns at the command bridge of enemy ship 210. 6206, aim your guns at the command bridge of enemy ship 211. We must suppress the command and firepower of the two largest enemy ships at the first moment of the battle. We cannot let them attack our comrades on the beach."

The front-line commander gave orders to the two artillery escort boats.

"6205/6206 Understood!" The voices of the two gunboats were very excited.

At this distance, their high-rate-of-fire small-caliber automatic cannons can completely disable the enemy in a short period of time.

As a navy that could even throw grenades at enemy ships, this task was no difficulty for them.

"6207, aim at the enemy's troop transport ship No. 228. Once the battle begins, even if it is their only cannon, you must not let their shells fall on the heads of our comrades on the beach!"

As a troop transport, the enemy's No. 228 had some armament, including a single 76.2 mm gun.

"6207 understands!" All the rapid-fire guns on the 6207 boat were pointed at the enemy's only 76 gun. As for the command and engine compartments, they were not considered at all.

"6208, your mission is to strike the enemy beachhead. Be careful not to accidentally injure your comrades."

"6208 understand!"

6208 approaches the beach. The closer the distance, the more accurate the hit.

The serious firepower overflow brought by the four escort boats made it very easy for the front-line commander on 4 to allocate troops. The four escort boats were responsible for sinking the enemy, and the four artillery boats were more responsible for harassing and suppressing the enemy's artillery to protect their comrades.

(End of this chapter)