As the head of the reconnaissance operation, Luo Yue did not have to go ashore to conduct on-site reconnaissance in person, and just stayed on the warship to command remotely. Because this place is Russian territory, this reconnaissance is quite dangerous. Although the soldiers of the special forces are all elites, there are less than 100 people after all. Once they are discovered by the Russians and mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress, there is a danger of annihilation of the entire army.

In addition, even if there is no threat from Russia, the climate in this season is another terrible enemy of the reconnaissance personnel. The average temperature in Vladivostok is -10 degrees, and at night, the lowest temperature can reach -30 degrees, which is enough to freeze people to death overnight.

Luo Yue is not an ordinary soldier now. From his position, he is at the level of a general. Even in war, he will not go to the front line to fight, so there is no need to reconnaissance in person. In case of an accident, it will be a considerable loss for the People's Army and the Marine Corps.

But Luo Yue was considering that the attack on Vladivostok that he would carry out in the future was basically determined to be personally commanded by himself. Therefore, it is absolutely necessary for him to personally understand the terrain, fortresses, and even the defense of the troops in Vladivostok, so that he can have a clear idea, and be able to make targeted plans, and be at a clear mind when commanding in the front line.

Luo Yue didn't care much about the extreme weather in Vladivostok. Although he has been promoted to the level of the rank of the general in recent years, he is less than 30 years old. Moreover, Luo Yue has not relaxed his physical training in recent years. Luo Yue completed the training of the Marine Corps with the soldiers. In the winter training not long ago, Luo Yue soaked in the sea and slept in the snow like ordinary soldiers. Therefore, Luo Yue's physical fitness is not inferior to that of ordinary soldiers at all, and he has full confidence to complete this reconnaissance mission.

Seeing that Luo Yue's attitude was firm, the others knew that he had decided, so they were not good at persuading him anymore. So they also prepared a set of time-travel warrior clothing and equipment for Luo Yue to act with the special forces.

It was around 12 o'clock in the evening, and there was a faint starry moon in the sky, making the sea surface bright. Because the Kunming ship had to approach the shore to scan the seabed terrain, it could only move at night. The temperature now was - 18 degrees, almost dripping water turned into ice. Everyone walked out of the helicopter hangar in turn and came to the helicopter platform. They also clearly felt the biting cold. They were covered with snow lichens. In fact, it was a hooded hood. One side was white and the other side was green. They were all made of tarp cloth, with a layer of cotton intertwined in the middle. When walking on the snow ice surface, the white side was facing outward. After going ashore, they turned over to play a better concealment role. When camping in the wild, they could also be used as a paving.

The Kunming ship had prepared six small boats on the side of the helicopter platform, two of which were sent from the Huaihua ship. The soldiers followed the gangway and went down to the small boat. Then the small boats left the Kunming ship in turn and sailed towards the Russian island first.

In fact, the Kunming ship was only more than 2,000 meters away from the frozen surface at this time, so it didn't take long for the boats to get onto the ice. Luo Yue touched the ice layer with his hand, and the thickness was estimated to be about 20 cm. The two soldiers first jumped onto the ice surface, walked back and forth on the ice surface several times, and then stepped on the ice surface a few times. It was confirmed that the ice surface was very strong and could be used. Yang Rui ordered: All personnel, all of them, were onto the ice. The other soldiers boarded the ice surface one after another, and the six boats returned to the Kunming ship on the same route.

After a little trimming, the soldiers sorted out their weapons and equipment before the team set off again. Although the number of people in this small team was not large, the firepower was not bad. All soldiers were equipped with rifles of the Type 01 rifle, with a total length of only 96 cm, a weight reduced by 600 grams, and it was more convenient. In addition, each person was equipped with a Type 96 pistol for combat in jungles or cities. In addition, there were 6 grenade launchers, 3 60 mortars, and 3 general-purpose machine guns. The firepower was quite strong, and each person also brought 5 days of rations.

Yang Rui set up a team at a distance of 1,000 meters in front, left and right as a warning before setting off for Russia Island.

The shape of the Vladivostok area is like an inverted "m", while the Russian Island is a small point under this m. The longest is about 18 kilometers, the widest is about 13 kilometers, with a total area of ​​97.6 square kilometers. The highest point on the island is the Russian Mountains, with an altitude of 291.2 meters. It is separated from Vladivostok by the East Bosphorus Strait, which can be said to be the maritime gateway to guard Vladivostok. Therefore, the Russian Island is also part of the Vladivostok defense system. Russia has built a small fortress on the Russian Mountains, which is equipped with 2 280mm caliber heavy artillery and 8 152mm caliber* guns, and it is in a mutual response to the Vladivostok fortress. Russia is the first gateway to the defense of Vladivostok, and most of the artillery in Vladivostok can cover the entire Russian Island and cover the Russian Island.

Of course, like Vladivostok, Russia Island was also a land of China before. It was originally named Lefu Island. "Lefu" was Manchu, and the Chinese meaning was bear. It turned out that when China and Russia signed the Treaty of Beijing in 1860, they decided that the island belonged to the "land of flag-giving and fishing" and was not within the scope of ceasing, but they were forcibly landed on the island and occupied by Russia. The Qing court was unable to recover it, so they had to default to it and became Russian territory. As a result, it has now become Russian territory.

Of course, the so-called East Bosphorus Strait is actually less than 2,000 meters wide, so the Russian Island and Vladivostok can be said to be close to each other. During the freezing period every year, the entire strait is basically frozen and can be directly passed. After Russia occupied Vladivostok, it is naturally necessary to include the Russian Island. If you want to capture Vladivostok, you must first capture the Russian Island.

The places where Luo Yue and others were on the ice were mostly more than 1,000 meters away from Russian Island. Although they dared not walk quickly on the ice, they only took half an hour to complete the ice and reach the land. The island of Russia is basically covered with ferns, and the trees are mainly broad-leaved trees. Although it is now the season for thousands of wood carvings, it can still provide many places for Luo Yue and others to protect them.

Luo Yue, Yang Rui and Zhou Xinghan all opened the electronic map and confirmed that their current location was about the southeast of the Russian Island. The three of them negotiated and decided to divide into three routes. Each of them led a squadron. Yang Rui went left and Zhou Xinghan went right to survey the island. Luo Yue also led a squadron, crossing the entire island and leaping over the Russian mountains. The last three routes of people gathered in the northwest, which took 2 hours.

In fact, the East China government has geographical data from more than 100 years later, and has used drones to scan the entire island, so there is no need to conduct careful surveys. Just check the terrain details and determine the location of the Russian army's fortress and the castle.

After the dispatch was completed, the three routes of personnel immediately took action. Luo Yue led a squadron to the direction of the Russian Mountains. There were no permanent residents, and a few fishermen would temporarily live on the island before. However, after Russia decided to transform the fortress of Vladivostok, they destroyed all the temporary houses on the island and did not allow residents to come to the island again. However, due to the garrison, some simple roads were still avoided, and basically the fortress on the top of the mountain was arranged in a firing manner.

Although the light tonight was average and the visibility was only 5 or 60 meters, the People's Army had night vision equipment, and each team had a night vision goggle, which could see a distance of about 300 meters, which also provided great convenience to the People's Army. However, Luo Yue still did not dare to be careless. Since he was walking along the road, he was likely to encounter Russian soldiers patrolling, so he was very careful along the way and sent a team to go first. After walking about 300 meters, he was on guard on both sides of the road, so the others followed and then advanced one after another.

I walked like this for about 40 minutes, but I didn’t encounter Russian soldiers patrolling, but I was about 500 meters away from the fortress built by the Russian army. There were a few electric lights hanging on the fortress, so I could see it clearly without night vision goggles.

Everyone hid their figures. Luo Yue took out the telescope and looked at the fortress. With the light meters, it can be basically seen that the area of ​​the fortress is not large and round. The wall is made of bricks, with the front and the back low. The height is about 4-5 meters high and the rear half is about 3 meters high. There are more than 10 turrets on the front, but only two are fully enclosed turrets, and the rest are all open-air turrets. About 100 meters in front of the fortress, four small fortresses were arranged. Luo Yue determined the altitude of the fortress and recorded the relevant data.

On the wall of the fortress, there were only a small number of soldiers at night, but most of them were sleeping. Although there were a small number of soldiers walking around the wall, they did not seem to be patrolling, but to drive away the cold. Some soldiers were walking while tilting their necks, probably filling wine.

Overall, the location is similar to that of the drone shooting. Moreover, the guard soldiers are also very relaxed. Luo Yue estimated that if he could bring a battalion tonight, even if he had only two companies of troops to launch an attack on the fortress, there would be no big problem to take down the entire fortress. However, there would be an extra tactical choice for the future attack on Vladivostok.

In fact, at the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, the Japanese fleet attacked Vladivostok, so Vladivostok's defense was much stronger. Russia had to conduct at least two island patrols around the island at night, but then Japan did not attack Vladivostok again, and the main battlefield was far away from Vladivostok, so the entire Vladivostok's defense was much relaxed. Because it is now cold and the sea water near the coast is frozen, it is even more impossible for the Japanese to attack Vladivostok again. Therefore, not only did the night patrols be cancelled, but the troops that were vigilant were greatly reduced, and the soldiers who were vigilant were not so strict.
Chapter completed!