Ruan Lai and his Jiaozhi Assault Battalion had just occupied the port when two huge motorboats appeared on the sea not far from the port.

Traditional shipbuilding methods can only produce wooden ships, while motor-driven sailboats combine the two power modes of steam engines and sailboats.

This kind of merchant ship has two steam engine boilers as power and a sailboat as auxiliary power. The hull is made of wood. During ocean voyages, the sails can be set up and sailed with the help of the sails. If the wind is against the wind, the ship can be lowered.

The sail uses a steam boiler for propulsion.

In addition to being economical, the motor-sailboats also increased the speed of maritime transportation, which can be said to be a model of economic benefits. The huge hulls can carry huge amounts of cargo. Calculated based on displacement, these motor-sailboats all exceed the three thousand ton level. Li Xiu recruited the two largest ships

The troop transport ship has reached a scale of 5,000 tons.

The huge sail fell quickly, and the captain immediately ordered the two engines to reverse. When the distance was about 300 meters, the experienced captain immediately ordered the full left rudder. The mountain-high hull made a beautiful drift on the sea and stopped steadily.

On the pier, when the sailboat dropped the cable, the battle over there to besiege the customs building had just ended.

There are corpses everywhere in the corridors, offices, and dormitories. When your feet step on the blood, they make the sound of "Zira" and "Zira", which is very uncomfortable to hear. There are Gurkhas, Tamils, and Indians.

Of course, the Jiaozhi people were also indispensable. Ruan Lai's men suffered more than 60 casualties. The wounded were lined up outside. After being briefly bandaged by the medical soldiers, they were prepared and sent to the ship, and then transferred to Singapore for treatment.

The motorboat lowered the gangway, and groups of heavily armed Cochin soldiers ran down. The mechanical crane on the merchant ship frantically lifted ammunition and weapons downwards. Strong Korean civilians also went down the gangway to carry ammunition to the dock.

Goods yard.

The two teams seemed very harmonious, and no one interfered with the other. At this time, the language barrier turned out to be a benefit. Anyway, if you don't understand what you say, it would be better not to say anything.

The sky was getting brighter and brighter. Li Hu saw the motorboat docking at the dock through his telescope, and he banged the side of the boat in excitement.

"Damn, that's great. Half the battle is won if the motor boats go up!" The two motor boats carry 2,000 infantrymen, as well as mortars and a huge amount of ammunition. As long as they land, there is no way to defend the port.

Children's problem.

As long as the port is defended, a steady stream of soldiers and weapons will land. Once all 50,000 of his troops land successfully, Colombo will become his own. Colombo is known as the key to the island of Ceylon. As long as Colombo is captured, the entire

Ceylon is only a matter of time.

Smooth! This raid can only be described in two words, that is, smooth. Whether it is the sneak attack by the Japanese or the landing of the Jiaozhi people, it is remarkable. The casualties are not known yet, but in Li Hu's eyes, as long as the landing

Success, there will be no problem even if these two commandos are all dead.

The unloading of the ship was very smooth. One thousand Cochin soldiers and five hundred Korean civilians disembarked quickly. In just half an hour, a whole shipload of arms was transported off the ship. The Korean civilians pushed the carts and moved the ammunition to the ship.

Inside the warehouse seven or eight hundred meters away.

Ammunition cannot be piled up at the landing site. If a shell comes at this time, the entire dock will be blown into the sky. Without the dock, how can we fucking land?

The first motor-sailboat left the dock, and the second motor-sailboat hurriedly docked to continue unloading the cargo. There were also a thousand Cochin soldiers, 500 Korean civilians, and the same amount of ammunition.

When the light came out, the rain had subsided a lot. Two boatloads of people had already been transported up. At this speed, five thousand people could be transported up before the sun came up. With five thousand people guarding a port, it shouldn't be a problem.

Now that the sky was about to get brighter, the only two wooden boats carrying stones no longer had any concerns. The two boats were wandering around on the sea, constantly exploring unknown waters, hoping to encounter unexploded mines.

The armored ship commanded by Li Xiu also came closer, its black muzzle pointed at the city of Colombo. The shells were already in the barrel, just waiting for Li Xiu's order to fire.

The city of Colombo didn't know that the dock had fallen. When the sun was just rising, soldiers patrolling the city could be vaguely seen. There were even dock workers who had had breakfast, walking in groups towards the dock.

, ready to start the day's work.

All military operations have accidents. Li Hu had already thought of various accidents and made various arrangements to cope with these accidents. Li Hu never expected that the landing operation would go so smoothly that Li Hu could not believe himself.

Such good luck.

But the accident still came. Even if Li Hu was killed, he would never have imagined that the accident came from the sea.

This time, in order to transport a large number of landing troops, Li Xiu mobilized many civilian ships. There was nothing he could do about this. It was impossible to transport so many troops and military supplies by warships alone.

One motor-sailboat left the pier and another motor-sailboat entered the port.

As a rule, two ships will blow their horns to greet each other when they meet. This is a sailing etiquette unique to steam engine ships!

This is a military operation, and the emphasis is on sneaking into the village to shoot. But a steam engine ship suddenly sounded its whistle.

The sound of the whistle continued to echo on the sea and could be heard clearly from ten miles away. Li Hu's face immediately darkened, and soon Li Hu knew that he was already dark.

The ship on the opposite side didn't know which string was wrong, and actually gave a whistle. If this was the Port of Singapore, there would be no problem at all. But damn, this is the Port of Colombo in Ceylon. Here.

There are so many steam engines and ships!

The whistle didn't seem to attract the attention of the defenders in the city, but there was another fucking whistle.

"I'll fucking kill him!" Li Hu pointed at the two damn motorboats and gritted his teeth with hatred.

Turning his head to look at the half-rising sun, Li Hu gritted his teeth. With such a huge fleet appearing at sea, it was impossible to hide it.

"Bring up the arsenal ship." Li Hu walked into the Jian Bridge and growled to Li Xiu.

"Arsenal ship? What are you doing? We have an agreement with the Tamils. We cannot bombard...!" Li Xiu was startled by Li Hu's words. He knew what using the arsenal ship meant.

The arsenal ship has only one weapon, which is the heavy rocket launcher. The rocket launcher is damn inaccurate and can only be aimed at one direction for coverage shooting. If this thing is aimed at the city of Colombo and fired, countless people will be killed.

Buried by artillery fire.

Li Yongfang secretly bribed Tamil elders and gained the support of the Tamil people. If a large number of Tamil casualties were caused, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"Can we care so much? The docks at the landing site are full of ammunition. If we don't bombard the city of Colombo and fire a volley of rocket launchers in the city, as long as one of them detonates the ammunition at the landing site, the five thousand people we landed on will never come back.

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"Don't worry about this, their artillery shells can't hit the landing site." Hearing Li Hu's worry, Li Xiu smiled lightly and took out a map from the desk!

"I just picked up two Tamil elders on the ship. They helped point out the location of the military camp and the location of other artillery. According to what they said, the rocket launcher should be at this location. I asked the calculation soldier to calculate it. The front main gun of the ironclad ship is definitely enough.

Get it.”

"Then let's fire!" What Li Hu fears most now is the rocket launcher. This thing basically depends on his character. If one of the rockets gets into the temporary arsenal, the entire dock will be blown up.

"Don't worry, lift the airship up. Without them directing the landing point of the artillery shells, how can we hit it accurately?" Li Xiu confidently pointed to the inflating airship. According to the navy's practice, the airship must always stay on top of the fleet's head for observation.

.Now that the wind on the sea is lighter and the rain is not that heavy, there is no problem at all for the airship to take off.
Chapter completed!