1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 1040
Sun Zhen really wanted to say some bold words at this time, to show his courage and determination, but now his physical strength is so exhausted that he can't even turn his mind.However, he didn't have much sense of despair on the verge of death. Instead, he felt a sense of relief that the war was over.Although the mission this time was not completed satisfactorily, the records of the investigation near Maolishe have been brought back by those who retreated earlier, and the purpose of the investigation has been achieved, but Meng Gui and Liu Da were dragged down in the end. , I still have some regrets.

Although Meng Gui and Liu Da are not seriously injured and will not hinder their actions, they are also unable to fight anymore at this time. The continuous high-intensity sports battles for several hours have exhausted their physical strength. Now even if Sun Zhen orders They left, and they no longer had the strength to run away.The three leaned on each other behind the boulder by the stream, waiting for the last moment with wry smiles.

Although these natives haven't crossed the stream yet, all three of them understand that as soon as the other's physical strength recovers, they will cross again by force, and it is absolutely impossible for them to let themselves go in this already dominant situation.The remaining time may be 5 minutes, maybe 10 minutes, in short, it is not much.The three of them each loaded their rifles with bullets, loaded their bayonets, and prepared for the final fight.

From the day they entered the special warfare battalion, they were constantly instilled with the idea of ​​sacrificing their lives for Hai Han. After years of brainwashing, they didn't have much fear of dying on the battlefield. They just died at the hands of an enemy of the level of the natives. Somewhat unwilling.

"It seems that we are going to enter the Hall of Martyrs in Sanya too!" Sun Zhen was in a desperate situation, but at this time there was a smile on his face: "I only visited it last month, and I didn't expect it to be our turn to go in so soon! "

In Sanya’s Luhuitou Peninsula, in addition to the army base, there is also a large-scale Hall of Martyrs. Most of the Haihan soldiers who died in the battle are buried here. Even if the bones cannot be transported back, at least one tablet will be enshrined .In the past, for the anniversary celebrations and recruits' enlistment, public memorial activities will be arranged at the Hall of Martyrs. This is also one of the patriotic education methods that the Haihan military has always insisted on.

Sun Zhen and others all joined the army in Penghu, and it was the first time to go to Sanya, the "capital" of Haihan, for the founding ceremony. Naturally, the arrangement to visit the Hall of Valor and pay homage to the martyrs was indispensable during their stay.After Sun Zhen and others witnessed the treatment of the fallen soldiers of the Haihan Army with their own eyes, their beliefs became stronger.As a soldier, after the death of the war, he can get the military merits recognized by the country after the battle, enjoy the worship of future generations as a hero, and his family members can also get proper resettlement and generous pensions. It is indeed a very satisfactory treatment.

However, Sun Zhen fled alone and came to Haihan alone, but no family members could enjoy the various pensions and benefits after his death in battle. How much time is also a psychological advantage.

Meng Gui murmured: "Squad leader, you are so big, and you entered the Hall of Martyrs, this memorial tablet should probably be a size bigger, right?"

Before Sun Zhenzhen could scold him, Meng Gui had already stood up and poked his head out, and fired a shot at the opposite bank. There was a faint howl, and it seemed that he had hit the target.Meng Gui shrank back with a smile and said, "Now I can take care of it for a while."

With the current physical condition of the three, there is no way to open up the scene to fight against the natives on the other side, so they can only withdraw from time to time and shoot coldly to scare the natives from crossing the stream.Although it is impossible to make the natives retreat, at least they can maintain temporary peace.However, there is another situation that Meng Gui did not inform his companions. Most of the natives on the opposite bank have dispersed, and only a dozen people are still watching and monitoring. Obviously, the natives have given up their plan to cross the river here, but Turned to the upstream and downstream to find another place to cross this small moat.As long as the natives came to the bank of the stream, the resistance of the three of them would be very limited.

After a while, Sun Zhen suddenly said, "I seem to be hallucinating, why did I hear gunshots?"

"It can't be such a coincidence, can it? I heard it too." Liu Da who was lying on the ground also muttered.

Of course, there would not be so many coincidences, and soon there would be more frequent gunshots coming from a distance downstream.Sun Zhen sat up straight at once: "The reinforcements have arrived!"

It has been nearly two hours since their teammates left first, and it seems that they have successfully returned to the camp and brought reinforcements back.Sure enough, not long after, the sound of a steam engine came from the downstream. It seemed that the reinforcements should have come upstream by steamboat.

Although the natives had already detoured downstream to find a place to cross the stream, they were obviously a step too late, and had already bumped into the Haihan army before they succeeded.And the reinforcements that rushed over this time were not just a team of a few people. Both Chen Yixin and Morgan dispatched in person, and led a company to rush upstream from the land and water respectively. The natives fired directly.The place where the reinforcements encountered the enemy was less than one mile away from the hiding place of Sun Zhen and others, so the sound of gunfire also came along the flat terrain of the valley.

For the desperate trio, the appearance of gunshots symbolizes the chance of survival. Sun Zhen hurriedly took out the signal flares, ignoring the careful distinction of colors, and pulled the rope ring to launch it at the sky. go out.When the reinforcements on their way saw this flare, they would naturally be able to grasp their location.

The natives knew that they couldn't keep these thorns behind, so they didn't hesitate this time. After a while of shouting, they retreated and disappeared in the mountains and forests.Soon Morgan rushed to their hiding place by boat and rescued the three.Seeing that the three of them were all bloodstained and slumped on the bank of the stream, Morgan was surprised and hurried forward with medical soldiers to treat them.

Fortunately, among the three, only Sun Zhen was seriously injured, and the other two had minor skin injuries. It was just that the fighting time was too long, and the body had already lost strength, so they had no strength to move around on their own for the time being.But the arrow in Sun Zhen's arm was not too heavy. After confirming that the blood vessel was not injured, Morgan immediately removed the bamboo arrow, sutured and bandaged the wound, and then ordered the three of them to be carried aboard. shipped away.

It’s just that the water surface of the stream here is relatively narrow, and it took a lot of effort for the steam tugboat with a length of more than seven meters to turn around here. There are people holding poles at the bow and stern to assist, and there are many people on the shore pulling cables to help adjust In the direction, a dozen or so people pulled and tugged, and it took a full cup of tea to turn the bow of the boat around.

Seeing that the twilight was approaching, the Haihan Army did not organize any more pursuit of the native armed forces who had fled into the mountains. After rescuing the trio, they quickly organized and retreated downstream.

On the return trip, Chen Yixin also boarded the boat to check the injuries of the three people. Seeing Sun Zhen and the others who were devouring food, Chen Yixin couldn't help crying and laughing: "You guys have really good appetites..."

Sun Zhen replied vaguely: "Chief, from noon until now, we have eaten a few mouthfuls of fried noodles, please introduce us to eat something to fill our stomachs."

"No rush, no rush, you take your time." Now that they had been saved, Chen Yixin was not in a hurry to ask them questions at this moment.Moreover, the most critical information has been drawn on paper and brought back by the personnel who returned earlier. It can be said that the mission has been successfully completed so far.

After the three of them ate for a while, their spirits also recovered a bit, and then they roughly told Morgan and Chen Yixin about the experience of being chased and killed by native armed forces along the way from the Maolishe retreat.Although there was only half a day of fighting time during the period, the dangers in it were breathtaking. Although Morgan and Chen Yixin did not experience it personally, after listening to the stories of the three, it is not difficult for them to make up the scene of their fighting with the natives. .

"Then if we had come a little later just now, you would have been outflanked by the natives, right?" Chen Yixin asked after patiently listening to the three people's narrations in turn.

Sun Zhen replied: "To tell you the truth, the three of us have already made up our minds that we must die, and have no intention of surviving. We just wait for the natives to surround us, and we will all die together!"

"Okay! As expected of a member of our special warfare battalion!" Chen Yixin was relieved by this expression of loyalty, and couldn't help but pat Sun Zhen's shoulder hard, which hit the wound on his arm, and immediately grinned in pain, But he didn't dare to complain.

Chen Yixin quickly moved his hands away, smiled apologetically and said, "After I go back, I will immediately write a report to ask for credit for you!"

Sun Zhendao: "Boss, today the three of us were able to escape from danger, thanks to Meng Gui's contribution. If it wasn't for his excellent marksmanship, it would be useless to kill and injure the natives along the way, and we might not be able to survive until the reinforcements arrive."

Chen Yixin said: "Meng Gui, do you have any statistical results?"

Meng Guiying said: "Before the villain crossed the stream, he hit a total of seventeen targets, but the situation was too urgent to verify the results. After crossing the stream, he felt that there was no life left, so he gave up counting, but thinking about it, there should be some hits. There are seven or eight people in the middle."

Liu Da also responded: "The villain and Squad Leader Sun had Meng Gui's cover all the way, so they could be protected. What Meng Gui said is true."

"It's amazing!" Chen Yixin was quite surprised when he heard the result. He was able to use that old-fashioned flintlock gun to hit more than 20 targets in the mobile battle while fleeing all the way. This is probably something that many veterans of the special warfare battalion cannot achieve. record.

Morgan suddenly interjected: "Meng Gui...I really want to have a little impression of you, did you come to try out some time ago?"

"Sir, you still remember the villain!" Meng Gui's face beamed with joy, but his mood immediately sank again: "The villain did go to the Commander's subordinates to receive trial training before, but... he failed the first assessment, so he will be was cleared."

One of the reasons why Meng Gui followed Chen Yixin to Sanya this time was because he was one of the sniper trainees recommended by the Special Operations Battalion to Morgan. It's also very stressful.Meng Gui failed the assessment due to nervousness, so he was sent back within a few days under Morgan.

Morgan nodded and said, "Although your test results on the shooting range are not very good, your actual combat results are really good. How about this, after you recover from your injuries, come to me for another trial training."

Meng Gui said happily: "Thank you, Chief!"

Morgan and Chen Yixin also admired the courage of these three people who dared to stay and stop the enemy's pursuit. Being able to make such a decision in wartime also shows that they have firm beliefs and have enough confidence in their own strength. confidence.Although they almost overturned at the last moment, at least their performance before the arrival of reinforcements was remarkable, and they achieved a considerable record.Although their actual combat results cannot be verified for the time being, this will not prevent the subsequent procedures for declaring military merits for them.If there is no accident, the performance of these three people will at least be rewarded with third-class personal merit.

At this time, Sun Zhen remembered and asked: "Chief, did the other teams return safely?"

Morgan replied: "After seeing your warning flares, the other three teams have already withdrawn from the east of Maolishe, successfully joined up with the troops that responded to them, and then withdrew to the No. [-] stronghold to garrison."

Compared with Sun Zhen and his team, the three teams marching from the other direction are undoubtedly the lucky ones.Although their marching direction is the area where the local people in Maoli are most active, the chance of being discovered is much higher, but they are all right there, and Sun Zhen's team has exposed their whereabouts early, and they have to fight with them. The natives fought for a chance to retreat.The positions of the other three teams were far away from Sun Zhen and others when the incident happened, and they could not carry out rescue in a hurry, so they could only evacuate according to the original plan.

When the team retreated to the coastal camp, it was already dark.After Chen Yixin arranged for Sun Zhen and others to rest, he rushed to the headquarters to discuss with everyone the next move to attack Maolishe.

At present, Haihan's investigation of Maolishe has come to an end, and he has a relatively clear understanding of its location, population, surrounding environment, and armed strength, and after today's scene that lasted several hours and traveled tens of miles After the pursuit battle, I also had a clearer understanding of the fighting methods of the natives.The next thing to do is to command the troops to encircle and suppress Maolishe and its surrounding areas, and destroy this indigenous tribe that threatens the safety of the Miaoli oil project.

With the current strength of Haihan, it is more than enough to deal with the natives of Maolishe. The main issue to be considered is how to catch them as much as possible, so as not to let too many fish slip through the net, and at the same time reduce unnecessary casualties and ammunition consumption , to solve the target in a quick way.After fighting the Maoli Society, there is a Dajia Society in the upper reaches of Houlongxi waiting for the army to enter the mountain to solve it. Although Tom Wang intends to train troops, he does not want to delay too long in Miaoli. He hopes to solve the opponent here as soon as possible, and then Leaving this place-entering Taiwan to fight in the rainy season is really a chore.

On the second day, the coastal camp began to dispatch troops to the two strongholds upstream to reduce the distance the troops needed to travel when launching an attack.At the same time, combat supplies were also transported to the stronghold through the fleet, and the battle was imminent.

(End of this chapter)