1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 884 Midnight Shadow
After escorting a few dejected captives onto the ship, Sun Zhen's company completed its combat mission for the day.On this day, they walked dozens of miles of mountain roads in full armor, and had to search along the way. It would be a lie to say that they were not tired. The soldiers ate their dinner hastily, and then got into the marching tents.During camping in the wild during wartime, soldiers need to be responsible for security duties in batches, and being able to sleep for an extra hour or two is also a very important means of physical recovery for them.

Sun Zhen was lucky, and got the third batch of duty in the lottery, so that he could sleep in one breath until the middle of the night.Although the taste of camping in the wild was not pleasant, his physical exhaustion still made him sleep very deeply.In his sleep, he returned to his hometown in Dengzhou, Shandong, but this time he did not go back alone with his bare hands, but appeared in front of Kong Youde's rebels together with his comrades armed with rifles and artillery.In the rebellious army, he saw a general riding a horse. Although he couldn't see the man's face clearly, he knew that it was Kong Youde, the chief culprit of the Dengzhou Rebellion. He raised his rifle and shot the man off the horse. When verifying his identity in the past, he was awakened from his sleep.

"Sun Zhen, get up and be on duty!" The platoon leader's call made Sun Zhen immediately open his eyes and sit up. This is a conditioned reflex formed after he joined the special warfare battalion. He must be woken up in the shortest time when he is sleeping. Recover sobriety, because it is very likely that you will enter the fighting state immediately after waking up.

Sun Zhen quickly tidied up his outfit, took his weapon and tiptoed out of the tent. With the help of the bonfire outside which had not been completely extinguished, he touched the guard post outside the camp and completed the handover post with his comrades.

Holding his rifle, Sun Zhen looked at the dark forest nearby, but he was still thinking about the dream just now.When he escaped from Shandong, he only knew that his home was destroyed by the rebels and his family was caught in war, but he didn't know what the rebellion of Kong Youde's tribe meant to this era.After joining the army in Penghu, listening to the political cadres in the army explain the general situation of the world, I finally knew the ins and outs of the Wuqiao Mutiny. This was not the result of a wrong decision by one person, but a series of serious mistakes in domestic and foreign policies of the Ming Dynasty over the past few years. one of the consequences.

If Ming’s military attitude towards Liaodong during the Tianqi period was firmer, if Yuan Chonghuan hadn’t rashly killed Kong Youde’s immediate superior, Mao Wenlong, if Denglai governor Sun Yuanhua hadn’t taken the initiative to accept Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng and other old Liaodong generals, if the government could Solve the problem of the placement of Liaodong soldiers in Shandong, and perhaps the situation in Denglai will not deteriorate to what it was later.But all these "ifs" did not happen in reality. The rebellion of Kong Youde and others caused great chaos and losses to the Jiaodong Peninsula. Thousands of victims like Sun Zhen were displaced and left their homes.

The cause of this situation is not only the responsibility of several rebel generals, but also the problems of the Ming Dynasty court itself that have driven the situation to deteriorate step by step. The committee and the Haihan militia fighting for the executive committee—this is Sun Zhen’s understanding of the current situation after half a year in the army. Although he has already entered the Haihan nationality, he still hopes that Daming can settle down, maybe wait until When I am old, I can return to my roots.

Sun Zhen thought that it would be very difficult for him to get revenge. Before setting off from the Penghu base, the political cadres explained the current political news for the last time. Liao people outside the pass.Sun Zhen had no doubts about this news. After all, the heads of Haihan were all well-informed, and the news they had was sure to be credible.This group of people fled to Liaodong and probably never came back.

Sun Zhen believes that although the executive committee is willing to accept refugees from Shandong, it may not be interested in occupying the area. After all, the Jiaodong Peninsula has been in constant war in the past period, and many places have become ruins and no-man's land. It doesn't seem to make much sense, but instead requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to rebuild.As for the distant Liaodong, that kind of bitter cold place probably won't be favored by the chiefs. It seems that this group of soldiers who betrayed Ming Dynasty are destined to get away with it.

It is precisely because of this that Sun Zhenxin has always been obsessed with revenge in his heart, hoping that a miracle will appear one day.He also knows that he is a soft-spoken person now and does not have any influence on the decisions of the chiefs, but in the environment of the Haihan Militia, it is not uncommon to be promoted quickly by virtue of military exploits. Even Gao Qiaonan, the commander of the special warfare battalion, joined the Haihan Min The time of the regiment was only about five years.After reaching the level of Takahashi Minami, he can formulate combat plans with the chiefs, and the opinions expressed have stronger influence.If Sun Zhen wants to avenge his hatred, the most feasible way is to rely on his military exploits to rise all the way up, and after he has a certain level of military rank, he will advise his superiors to march north.

Of course, before that, Sun Zhen must first complete the task at hand and seize every opportunity to make meritorious deeds.He once had the honor to hear Gao Qiaonan say: "Only a soldier who has been winning battles, what he says can deter the enemy and be credible to his comrades." He hopes to be able to influence the decision-making of the chiefs in the future , Sun Zhen must first prove his own strength.

In the mountains at night, only the occasional chirping of birds and insects and the sound of the wind sweeping through the trees can be heard. There are no predators on Zhoushan Island, and the only thing to be careful of is the poisonous snakes swimming in the grass.However, the soldiers of the special warfare battalion are all equipped with special snake repellent, and the possibility of being actively attacked by poisonous snakes is extremely small.

Sun Zhen really wished he could find some time to catch some snakes and improve his food.In the dinner last night, there were a few snakes that the soldiers caught when setting up the camp.

I don't know if it was because he thought of the snake, but Sun Zhen felt as if he heard a rustling sound coming from nearby.The post he was at was on a tree branch more than three meters high, so he was not worried that the snake on the ground would suddenly jump up and bite him.But he quickly determined that the sound was not made by snakes or other small animals, because he saw a figure slowly appearing from the bushes seven or eight meters away, and then appeared in a file behind him The second, third, fourth person...

Not only did Sun Zhen not have the slightest fear, but he immediately became excited.He clenched the rifle tightly in one hand, and reached out to the side of his leg with the other hand to touch the place where the bayonet was hung, and then slowly raised the rifle and aimed down.It would appear in such an inaccessible place in the middle of the night, and the whereabouts were so sneaky, the only possibility was the pirates and bandits on the island.Although there were four people on the other side, Sun Zhen was not nervous, but felt that this was a military exploit sent to his door.

The people below obviously didn't expect that there was an ambush in the tree. They just stared at the place where they could see the remnants of the bonfire, and moved step by step towards the camp of the special warfare battalion.Sun Zhen aimed at the person furthest away from him, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

The gunshot startled countless birds in the silent mountain forest, and the Haihan camp was immediately activated from a dormant state. The soldiers grabbed their rifles and rushed out of the tent, and immediately entered the predetermined defensive position.They will not leave camp without a clear signal or order to strike.

After Sun Zhen fired the gun, before the people below recovered, he jumped off the tree and smashed the person closest to him with the butt of his gun at the same time.As soon as the unlucky ghost heard the noise from above, he just looked up, and saw a black shadow descending from the sky, and then he lost consciousness with a headache.

After smashing No.1, Sun Zhen did not pause at all. He pulled out the bayonet from the side of his leg and screwed it to the buckle on the muzzle of the gun, and then rushed towards the other person with a spear in both hands.Although the man also had a weapon in his hand, under the sudden situation, he wanted to turn around and run away.Sun Zhenren was tall and had long legs, so he rushed forward in three or two steps, poked the man's thigh, and immediately rolled to the ground with a scream.

Sun Zhen didn't care about the injury of this person, and immediately turned back and rushed to the fourth person. This person had already found that his three companions had all fallen in one encounter, but he hadn't even seen the true face of his opponent.Seeing a group of Haihan soldiers in the camp in front of him searching this way, this man simply stopped running, and knelt down on the ground with a plop, begging for mercy repeatedly: "Master, please spare me!"

Sun Zhen originally planned to kill him with one move, but he didn't expect that this guy would drop him directly. Now he couldn't hold back his forward momentum and was about to bump into him, so he could only stretch out his long legs and kick this guy on the shoulder , and kicked him three or four meters away.

After finishing the four in one go, Sun Zhen called his companions who had just rushed over to escort these guys back to the camp.The man who was shot by Sun Zhen was shot in the back, and the bullet came out from the left chest, and there was only air coming out but no air coming in.He jumped down from the tree and smashed the man's head and opened it. His forehead was full of blood and he was still in a coma.Only the remaining two were in better condition. The third person had a transparent hole poked in his thigh, but his life was not in danger. In the end, although the person surrendered in time and saved his life, he was broken by a heavy kick from Sun Zhen Scapula, can't even stand up.

"Your attack... is too ruthless." After the platoon leader came to check the injuries of several people, he not only shook his head: "They are all injured like this, and they can't be taken away. Hurry up and ask If the whereabouts of their accomplices cannot be revealed, they will be dragged to the beach and killed at dawn, so as not to waste food."

For the special warfare battalion, capturing prisoners is not their top priority. Cleaning up the bandits on the island is the purpose of this operation. special restrictions.They would execute the criminals on the spot without any trouble, which was one of the main reasons why Sun Zhen dared to act boldly.Having said that, if these captives can't provide valuable information, it is indeed worthless to Haihan. Instead, they have to spend food to let them recover slowly. This is obviously a very low cost-effective option. It's better to kill it directly.

The two prisoners who were still able to speak heard his words nearby, and they were so frightened that they stopped screaming and begged for mercy.One of them shouted: "The villain knows Wang Jialin's whereabouts, please spare my life!"

"Oh?" The platoon leader turned around to leave, but when he heard this, he turned and squatted down, reached out and patted the man's head and said, "You'd better not lie to me, or I will find out that you are lying, and I guarantee that you will die." Worse!"

"The villain also knows Wang Jialin's whereabouts. The military master can interrogate us separately, and we can tell the truth by comparing them! I only hope that the military master can save our lives!" The other person was much more clever, and even offered to interrogate his enemy The suggestion of the method seems to be doing whatever it takes to survive.

The platoon leader muttered: "It's a good deal to sell teammates...Sun Zhen, you are in charge of one, and I am in charge of the other. After asking, we will have a confession. If it is not right, the two of them will be dragged out together and killed! "

Sun Zhen responded, grabbed one of them by the collar, and dragged him to a nearby place like an eagle catching a chicken, and began to ask for a statement.Seeing that his life was hopeful, the man didn't care about other things, so he quickly told what he knew.

They were all bandits who fled into the forest when the Haihan militia attacked Dinghai Fort. There were hundreds of them. However, after hiding in the forest for several days, the supplies were gradually exhausted, and the opinions of the people also diverged.Some people proposed to save their strength and wait for the opportunity to regain the territory, and wanted to find a boat to escape from Zhoushan by the sea as soon as possible; They have already abandoned themselves and fled alone, so why bother to work for the Zhoushan Ship Gang? Haihan people occupy Zhoushan, so they need someone to run errands for them. It is better to demote Haihan directly, maybe you can get some errands to do.

These factions had different opinions, and it was inevitable that they would fight a few times in the mountains and forests, and finally went their separate ways.Of course, only a very small number of people can escape from the island. Except for the road of surrender, most people can only continue to hide in the mountains and forests, hoping that after a period of time, the Haihan people will relax their vigilance and go out to get a boat to leave Zhoushan. .

But Wang Jialin, the leader who had disappeared for many days a few days ago, reappeared in front of them. Although Wang Jialin is just a down and out fugitive, some members of the Zhoushan Ship Gang still have lingering prestige in their hearts, so they quickly regrouped A group of people obeyed his orders.Wang Jialin's attitude is also to preserve his strength as much as possible, so he didn't take this group of people to Dinghaibao to fight with the Haihan people, but led them gradually to the northern coastline where Haihan's defenses were weaker, hoping to find a way to leave here. Opportunities on Zhoushan Island.

(End of this chapter)