1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1037
Sun Zhen went to see the captives in the coastal camp, and had a general impression of the appearance and attire of the Shetu people in Maoli. When they came, the two people had dark complexions, tattoos and chalk-painted totems on their faces, and necks. There is a wild boar tooth pendant in the middle, a deerskin apron on the waist, straw sandals on the feet, long hair tied in a ponytail behind the head, and the appearance is roughly the same as the captives Sun Zhen has seen.

However, Sun Zhen and the others were all lurking in the bushes, and the two natives didn't notice their existence at the first time. Of course, they probably didn't expect their opponents to come to their door at all.The two were talking on their own, not even noticing that the danger was so close to them.

Sun Zhen gestured to the subordinates beside him, and then slowly drew the dagger from his waist.Now that the two had collided, Sun Zhen didn't intend to let it go, so as not to leak his whereabouts, but if he shot at this place, it would undoubtedly startle the snake.Sun Zhen wasn't afraid that the natives of the village would come out, but he didn't want it to affect his unfinished tasks, so he planned to use quieter means to solve his goals.

These natives who have been active in the wild all year round undoubtedly have a beast-like intuition. Although Sun Zhen and the others did not make the slightest sound, the two still seemed to sense something wrong when they were five or six meters away from the bushes where they were hiding. , slowed down in unison.The two looked around suspiciously, trying to find the source of their uneasiness.One of them inhaled repeatedly through his nose, as if he smelled a strange smell from the air.

Sun Zhen has never been a person who takes chances when he does things. Once he saw the two slow down, he knew that it would be difficult for his team to hide any longer, so he decided to launch an offensive immediately.He took the lead and rushed out of the bushes, taking two or three steps with his long legs, he had already stepped in front of the two natives.Although the two met suddenly, they didn't just stay there, the one who took the lead lifted the bamboo spear in his hand and stabbed it between Sun Zhen's chest and abdomen.

Sun Zhen turned slightly to one side, letting the spear tip pass, but the dagger in his hand had been cut directly along the shaft of the spear. If the opponent did not let go of the spear, his fingers would be cut off in one blow.The native probably didn't expect Sun Zhen to react so quickly in such a big man, he lost the chance to change his move after a moment of hesitation, so he could only let go and retreat, getting out of the way of the dagger in Sun Zhen's hand.

Another native was about to pounce on him, but Sun Zhenfei kicked him in the chest and flew upside down.Before landing, several soldiers rushed past Sun Zhen.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the native turned around and wanted to flee into the village, but Sun Zhen would not let him go, so he chased after him with two strides, stretched out his left hand, grabbed the back of the man's neck and pushed him back. drag.The man moved forward under his feet, but he couldn't break free from Sun Zhen's big hand at the head and neck, and was immediately dragged into the air.

Sun Zhen caught up with another half step, and continued to pull back with his left hand, while the dagger in his right hand had already moved from top to bottom, and it had been inserted into the man's chest before his body fell to the ground.There was a plop, as if the man had been nailed to the ground.Sun Zhen was afraid that he would scream, so he covered his mouth with his left hand. The man grabbed the dagger on his chest with both hands, and seemed to want to pull it out, but Sun Zhen had half of his body pressed against it, making him unable to move. Strength, and soon there was no strength left to struggle.

Sun Zhen didn't relax, let the blood drip from his hands, turned his head to look at the battle on the other side, only to see that four or five people had turned over another native and pressed him to the ground, and someone had already stuffed something into his mouth , leaving him speechless.

"Retreat!" Sun Zhen knew that someone might pass by this place at any time, if there were a few more passers-by, it might not be possible to bring them down in time before the other party called the police. The most important thing at the moment is to clean up the two people at hand .

Although Sun Zhen led this team as "new recruits" in the special warfare battalion, it was not the first time that he had carried out a similar investigation mission. Sun Zhen dragged the native man he stabbed to death upside down into the bushes, and someone else took a branch and swept away the messy footprints and blood on the ground.Fortunately, the ground is muddy, so if you just sweep it a few times and scatter some branches and leaves, you won't see the traces of the struggle just now.It won't take long for the rain from the sky to restore the place to its natural appearance.

However, the traces visible on the ground are easy to cover, but the smell of blood in the air cannot be dissipated immediately, especially these natives are good at hunting in the mountains and forests, and their sense of smell is extremely sensitive.The only way is to drag the people away and keep the source of the bloody smell as far as possible from the roads around the village.

Sun Zhen and the other two dragged the native's corpse far away, found a pit and threw it down, stroked a handful of grass, roughly wiped his dagger, and then inserted it back into the cowhide scabbard on the side of his leg.At this time, several other people brought another native, and asked Sun Zhen how to deal with it.

No one in Sun Zhen's team could understand the language of the natives, and it was quite troublesome to escort the prisoner back to the camp.Sun Zhen saw that this native was dressed in the same way as the dead one, and he probably couldn't be any important figure in the tribe. He hesitated for a moment, then cut his throat to his subordinates, signaling to dispose of him.This native has no prominent status, and it is a burden to carry, and it is impossible to let him go to report the news, so it is naturally the safest to execute him on the spot.

Immediately, someone pulled out the dagger, leaned down to kill it, and pushed the corpse into the pit, and then everyone cut some branches and leaves nearby to cover it. Hiding two dead bodies.

From the sudden encounter with the enemy to the clearing of the battlefield, it took only three or four minutes. Fortunately, no natives appeared inappropriately during this period, allowing Sun Zhen and others to dispose of the corpses and leave more calmly.However, their reconnaissance mission did not end here. Sun Zhen decided to continue marching according to the original plan, and surveyed and recorded the environment on the southwestern sides of Maolishe.

Detour from the west side of Maolishe to the south, and basically march on the hillside throughout the whole journey. It is undoubtedly a relatively difficult route, but it has a relatively good view. Compared with the plains on the eastern route, you can definitely observe the situation in the tribe more comprehensively. .However, after learning the previous lessons, Sun Zhen consciously kept the team farther away from the tribe, so as to avoid accidentally encountering the natives who were active outside the village.

Sun Zhen will not be merciful to these natives, because he is also very clear that if these natives have the opportunity, they will also kill himself and other partners without hesitation, just like what he did just now.The reason why I am worried about meeting other natives is that I don't want to affect my mission because of this unexpected factor.

Although the route taken by Sun Zhen's team is more difficult, it is actually safer than the route on the east side. The scope and frequency of activities of the natives in the valley and plains are obviously larger than those in the mountains on the west side, so in addition Several teams are actually more likely to encounter natives who go out for activities.But it is a little regretful that the rain makes their observation vision not very clear. From the mountain forest to the tribe downhill, the visibility is estimated to be less than 300 meters. If you want to see the scale of the tribe and the distribution of buildings, you really have to walk slowly on the periphery. It can only be done by going around slowly and looking at it from an angle.

Judging from the scale of the villages that can be observed so far, Sun Zhen speculates that the population of Maolishe should be less than a thousand people. Usually, after the population reaches a certain number, there will be full-time soldiers and even troops in the social system. This standard is still far away.This also lowered Sun Zhen's assessment of the danger level of Maolishe by another level. After all, a tribe with a size of a thousand people, no matter how brave the young and strong men are, they are still amateurs in combat, and they continue to fight against Haihan. If you go down, you will only be slaughtered.Moreover, the tribe only has so many people, and the number of casualties is so large that even if Haihan doesn't take action to wipe out them, the entire internal social system will collapse after the population ratio is seriously out of balance.

As long as the location and approximate size of an indigenous tribe with a relatively low overall combat effectiveness like this is confirmed, the ending is basically locked.Sun Zhen even felt that the transfer of a battalion of the army this time was really a bit of a fuss, and at most two companies would be enough to wipe out the tribe.Of course, Sun Zhen can more or less guess that the chief mobilized troops to Taiwan Island, not just to wipe out an indigenous tribe that has little power to fight back, but also to give the troops a chance to train before going north. .

Although it is publicized that the purpose of this army battalion going north is to go to Zhejiang to replace the current special warfare battalion stationed there, in fact, both units will go north to the Yellow Sea to the Denglai area.And the only opportunity for this army to train before going north is probably on the island of Taiwan.Otherwise, to fight a few indigenous tribes, how could it be necessary for Admiral Wang Tom to take a special boat to Miaoli to supervise the battle.

Although Sun Zhen thinks that such an arrangement is more or less overkill, but the task is the task, even if it does not seem so challenging, Sun Zhen will not be careless because of it.

In the afternoon, Sun Zhen led the team to the south side of Maolishe. According to the map, they only need to continue eastward for about five miles, and they will see Houlongxi.At that time, if you walk north along the bank of Houlongxi River, you will be able to join the troops who came to meet you.

But things did not go as planned after all. Just when Sun Zhen's team was about to leave the outer area of ​​Maolishe, they encountered a group of natives in the forest. the presence of the other party.

There are about 20 natives in this group, and they are all carrying bundles of freshly felled bamboo. It seems that they are planning to transport them back to the tribe.These bamboos may be used to build new huts, and of course they may be used to make hunting and killing weapons.But these speculations are not important, because the natives have already thrown the bamboo on the ground and grabbed their weapons when they saw them.

Maybe the natives don't know who these uninvited guests in cloaks and raincoats are, or maybe they don't care about it at all, because as long as strangers appear in this area, they will become intruders in their eyes.The natives have only one attitude towards the invaders, and that is to fight to the end.

The battle broke out almost immediately after the two sides met each other. More than 20 people rushed forward with spears and machetes. There was no way to attack, and they probably wanted to smash the opponent directly from the front with the courage of blood.

Sun Zhen and his partners were not stunned, and they didn't care about exposing their whereabouts at this time. It was impossible to kill so many natives silently, let alone saving their lives.The rifles in their hands were already loaded. When Sun Zhen gave an order, a column immediately changed into a three-row line. The front row raised their guns without even aiming. After the sound, the people in the front row immediately withdrew to the rear to give up their shooting vision, and the second row followed suit and retreated immediately after shooting.

Although this rotating shooting method is not good at the special warfare battalion, it is still relatively smooth to use in actual combat, and in order to maintain the advantage of firepower by keeping the distance, each row of soldiers retreats several meters after firing. , In this way, during the continuous retreat, the combat distance between the two sides will not be reduced to zero in a very short period of time, and this is very important for Haihan's side to give full play to the advantages of weapons.If the two sides enter the stage of hand-to-hand combat, the rifles in the hands of the soldiers are not necessarily much better than the spears and machetes in the hands of the natives. Weapons are much heavier, and physical exertion is greater in close combat.

Although this kind of hasty salvo of several people in a row has almost no time to aim, but fortunately, the distance to the target is extremely close, and the guns at this distance have no shooting accuracy to worry about. The natives who rushed up were caught off guard and ate several rounds of bullets one after another, and six or seven people were shot and fell to the ground immediately.Although the rifles used by the Special Operations Battalion are single-shot, after using fixed-loading ammunition, the speed of reloading the ammunition is enough to maintain the frequency of rotating shooting without stopping for too long, allowing the opponent to rush to him for close-to-hand combat.

However, Sun Zhen did not covet merit and love to fight just because his side had the upper hand in the battle. Instead, he continued to fight and retreat, taking turns firing while retreating to the west mountain.He knew very well that once the gunfire was fired, the native warriors in the tribe would soon be attracted. Although they had sharp weapons in their hands, if dozens or hundreds of people from the other side swarmed up, these guns alone would definitely not be enough to watch.So Sun Zhen decided to get rid of the pursuit of the natives as soon as possible, retreat to the mountains and then plan the follow-up retreat route.

During the retreat, Sun Zhen took out a bamboo signal flare from his backpack, looked at the color, and then decisively launched it towards the sky.The signal flare flew into the air with a slight whistling sound, and exploded with a bang at a height of about 30 meters, bursting out a cloud of green sparks.If the people in the other teams are within two or three miles, they should be able to see the signal flare, which means that the launcher has encountered the enemy and will retreat as planned.

(End of this chapter)