1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 807 Patient Hunter

When Delgado was learning hunting techniques when he was young, an old hunter taught him that the patience of a hunter is as important as the skill of hunting wild animals. Without enough patience, one cannot become a successful and good hunter.Delgado has always kept this in mind and has maintained this trait to this day.

Delgado asked Lopez to come out and give the start order to the two people in the last team, and then he followed behind and slipped down the city wall along the rope.Because the breakout route was drawn up by himself, even if he couldn't see the figures of the two cannon fodder in front of him in the dark, he could still accurately grasp their heading direction and approximate speed.Delgado fell far behind, carefully observing the surrounding wind and grass. He knew that there must be an enemy night sentry somewhere nearby. Since the enemy had already deployed troops to besiege the city during the day, he naturally thought that there might be people in the city. Go out at night to ask for help.And Delgado's plan is to numb the enemy's nerves, making the opponent think that they have already caught all the messengers for help before taking the opportunity to sneak out.

Before Delgado left the city, he heard sporadic gunshots coming from the fleeing direction of several other messenger teams.Obviously they were not able to successfully avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Haihan army, but it is not yet known whether any of them can successfully escape in the dark.However, this was originally expected by Delgado. The purpose of his sending multiple teams to break through from multiple directions was to expose the secret sentries of the Haihan army lurking in the night, and at the same time disrupt their deployment, making it difficult for them to attack. Determine the true intentions and direction of action of the defenders.

Delgado believes that even if the Haihan Army deploys some combatants outside the city, it can only block a few main passages out of the city, and it is unlikely to block the entire area as it did during the day—if the Haihan Army If the commander really did that, then probably no one would have enough energy to continue fighting during the day.If Haihan only deploys troops several times larger than his own in the surrounding area of ​​Santo Domingo, there is indeed a high chance that he can get away with it.Of course, the one with the greatest chance of success must be Delgado himself.

The two people who acted as cannon fodder in the front seemed to be lucky. After passing through the two high-risk areas that Delgado expected, they were still safe and sound. This made Delgado think that maybe the previous teams had played the role of turning the tiger away from the mountain. , Let the Haihan army transfer limited manpower to other directions to intercept the messengers leaving the city.Walk a short distance ahead, and you will be able to leave the most dangerous area and enter the dense forest. Even if the Haihan army finds their traces, they may not be able to catch them.

However, this idea did not remain in his mind for too long. Just when the two people in front passed through the middle of two bamboo and wood huts where farmers lived, and then they were able to sneak into the dense forest, a few black shadows came from nowhere. The place rushed out and threw fishing nets at the panicked two people in different directions.Without any suspense, the two people who were in shock didn't even have time to struggle, they were tightly covered by several layers of fishing nets, and they couldn't get rid of it at all.

Delgado didn't know how long these enemies had been lurking in the dark, but it was obvious that their patience was terribly good, because the two cannon fodder he had arranged had already been lurking in the dark for a long time before the last step. Time, make sure there is no movement around before starting the action.Unexpectedly, there are people who are more patient in the dark places they have not observed, and in the end they still cannot escape the fate of their prey.

Putting yourself in the shoes of the cannon fodder, if Delgado himself was in the position of the cannon fodder, he would probably relax his vigilance after observing for such a long time and choose to take a risk.He felt that if these secret sentries of the enemy army were to be hunters, they would definitely be very good candidates.Fortunately, I had considered enough and arranged for two people to go to mine in front, luring all the opponents who were lurking here to show up.Delgado believed that under such a sudden situation just now, it was unlikely that there would be someone lurking in the nearby darkness that did not activate.

These few Haihan soldiers who had been lurking for a long time were sure that the target could not break free, so they lit torches and slowly surrounded them.The leader of the soldiers looked at the prey in the net and muttered: "There is no right owner..."

The soldiers of the Special Operations Battalion now knew that the target of this mission was the Spaniards. Although none of them had dealt with the Spaniards before, they also knew that the Spaniards looked similar to the Portuguese through the popular science of their superiors.And these soldiers who are mainly of Annan origin are no strangers to the Portuguese. After all, before Haihan entered Annan, almost all the coastal ports of this country were the paradise of the Portuguese.

However, since the landing, the Special Operations Battalion has not even caught a single Spaniard. All the captured people so far are natives from various parts of Southeast Asia who belonged to Spain, and even Chinese.Faced with such a situation, the companies and platoons of the special warfare battalion were secretly competing to see who could capture the Spanish prisoners first.In order to boost morale, Gao Qiaonan also offered a reward of [-] yuan for this.

Since these two cannon fodder are not Spanish, they are of little value in the eyes of the soldiers of the special warfare battalion.Several soldiers untied the fishing net on his body slowly. At this time, one of them pulled out the dagger he was carrying with his backhand and prepared to fight to the death, but before he could dance the dagger, he was hit on the wrist by a Haihan soldier, poof There was a muffled sound, and the man suddenly screamed, probably the wrist bone was broken by this blow.

"Search carefully! Don't let them hide other weapons on their bodies!" The leading Haihan soldier gave orders.

The other people took ropes to tie the hands and feet of the two, and then searched them. Sure enough, a dagger with almost the same shape was found from the other person.

"It's not a big deal, but it has a lot of tricks!" The leader sneered and said, "Take them away and take them back to work. Although they are not Spaniards, the bounty of these two guys is enough for the brothers to have a good meal together." gone."

At this time, someone took out the handcuffs and shackles, and replaced the ropes used to bind them.Someone led the way with a torch, and the crowd pushed the two captives slowly toward the Haihan camp in the east.

Seeing the group of people escorting the captives further and further away, Delgado secretly rejoiced that his method worked.This group of people will definitely not return here in a short time, at least until they finish interrogating the prisoners and learn Delgado's overall plan before they will have a countermeasure.At this time, if you want to cross the blockade from this place, there is no difficulty at all.However, out of caution, he still waited for another stick of incense to ensure that there were indeed no other enemies lurking near this passage, then quietly moved his body, bent down and rushed out from the same position, and quickly passed the most dangerous area. into the woods in the open.

Although Delgado has had many adventures and even desperate experiences in the past, he has never felt so nervous that his heart would jump out just by passing through a no-man's land.These Haihan soldiers are undoubtedly extremely powerful hunters, but they still lack patience compared to themselves.After confirming that he had entered a safe zone, Delgado stopped to adjust his breathing, took out the water bag to replenish a little water, and then re-established the direction of progress.In the next journey, he still needs to deal with all kinds of poisonous insects in the forest and avoid the native tribes in the mountains, but compared with the difficult Haihan army, these guys are obviously much easier to deal with.

Almost at the same time, in the Haihan camp.Gao Qiaonan hadn't rested yet, and was listening to his subordinates' report on arresting the enemy's people who left the city.

"...According to the confessions of the captives, there were a dozen of them in total, and they were organized into multiple teams of two to three people. After leaving the city, they followed different routes to break through. Their task was to break through our army's blockade and cross the The mountainous area went to Jilonggang to ask for help. In addition, each of their teams has a letter, which has been read by the translator. It contains the identity certificate of the messenger, which saves us a lot of trouble in checking the identity. According to our current arrest situation , none of the people on the list escaped, but three of them were shot by the brothers and died on the spot..."

"Are there any Spaniards among the captives?" Gao Qiaonan asked.He didn't care about the life and death of these people, but paid more attention to their identities.

"No, they are basically Nanyang natives, but there are a few who understand Chinese."

"Since they can think of dispersing and breaking through, there must be a master and a master. Has the person who led this operation been caught?" Gao Qiaonan was not dazzled by the victory, and quickly grasped the main point.

"No..." The officer in charge of the interrogation also had a confused expression: "According to the captives, the person who planned and directed this operation was appointed by the Spanish officer in the city, but this person did not leave the city with them, nor did his name Appears in several of the letters we have in possession."

"That means this person may have acted alone?" Gao Qiaonan frowned: "And we haven't been caught yet."

"It's also possible that he never left the city at all..." His subordinates had different views on Gao Qiaonan's inference: "If he hadn't come out, of course we wouldn't be able to catch him."

Gao Qiaonan shook his head silently and said: "Why did he send so many teams of messengers? It is because he expected that we would deploy a blockade outside the city, so he wanted to disperse the encirclement. But even so, there is no guarantee that someone will be able to break through our blockade." , if I were to do this instead, I would definitely go off and participate in the mission myself just to be on the safe side. Look at the map..."

Gao Qiaonan said while pointing out several locations on the map to capture the messengers: "As we expected when we made the plan, they are all passages into the mountains, and the timing of their departure in batches is also very ingenious. , if I hadn't arranged enough manpower, it would be easy to form a situation where one loses sight of another. The person who can formulate this action plan, I don't believe that he will leave the result to luck. If my prediction is correct, he probably Already in the mountains."

"But the several main passages into the mountain are all stared at by us. How could he slip past us without making a sound?"

"No matter how hard you stare at it, there will be loopholes. Think about it, after you catch someone, what do you do next?"

"Take the prisoners back for interrogation..." The officer suddenly realized what Takahashi Nan was referring to when he said this: "Battle Commander, do you mean that after we take the prisoners away, the rightful lord will appear in the same place?"

"After all, our manpower is limited, and it is impossible to arrange several groups of people to squat in one place in the middle of the night." Gao Qiaonan said regretfully: "Hundred secrets and sparse ones!"

"Didn't the reconnaissance platoon go into the mountain this afternoon? Maybe they still have a chance to fill the hole." The officer still had hope for this.

"I arranged the reconnaissance platoon into the mountain because I wanted them to explore the range of activities of the nearby indigenous tribes first, and I didn't give them the task of intercepting the Spanish messenger... But it's hard to say, it depends on God's will." Takahashi Nan currently has no way to contact the reconnaissance platoon that has entered the mountain, and naturally it is impossible to issue new instructions to it.As for whether they can meet the Spanish messenger who escaped in the mountains, that is only a matter of chance.

For a soldier, it is really unpleasant to leave the outcome of the battle to God.As a commander, what he pursues is the pleasure of being in control of the changes in the battlefield. However, an uncontrollable situation like this is indeed unavoidable. Although Takahashi Minami feels helpless, he can only accept the facts.Fortunately, judging from the battle situation on the first day, Haihan has taken the complete initiative, and is very hopeful to win the city of Santo Domingo with extremely low casualties.Before the messenger brought reinforcements from Jilonggang, Gao Qiaonan thought he would have enough time to conquer the fortress here.

Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the courier can reach the chicken coop within a day or two, and the response speed there is fast enough to immediately organize troops to come to the rescue, Takahashi Nan is confident in repelling or even annihilating it.Regardless of land or water, Gao Qiaonan made corresponding arrangements in advance, in order to prevent the other side's reinforcements from copying his back.

But all the worries seemed unnecessary. Early the next morning, the reconnaissance platoon that entered the mountain suddenly returned to the headquarters of the Special Operations Battalion two miles east of Santo Domingo, and they were not empty-handed. When they came back, they also captured a dejected Spanish soldier—although the man was dressed in a local aboriginal attire, the reconnaissance platoon found a letter written in Spanish from him.

"...We met this guy when we were fetching water from a mountain spring in the morning. As soon as we saw us, he ran away. Seeing his reaction, I knew he was not a native of the mountain. This bastard ran quite fast , The brothers chased him for nearly ten miles on the mountain road before catching up with him, caught him and searched him, hehe, there is indeed something tricky!" The reconnaissance platoon leader proudly boasted of his experience to Gao Qiaonan.

(End of this chapter)