Chapter 884 Midnight Shadow
After escorting several dejected prisoners onto the ship, Sun Zhen's company completed its combat mission for the day. At the end of the day, they walked dozens of miles of mountain roads in full force, and had to conduct searches along the way. It would be a lie to say they were not tired. The soldiers hurriedly finished their dinner and then got into the marching tents. During wartime camping in the wild, soldiers need to be responsible for vigilance duties in batches. An extra hour or two of sleep 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 until the middle of the night. Although the feeling of camping in the wild was not pleasant, his physical exhaustion still made him sleep deeply. In his sleep, he returned to his hometown in Dengzhou, Shandong, but this time he did not go back alone with bare hands. Instead, he and his comrades appeared in front of Kong Youde's rebels with rifles and artillery. Among the rebels, he saw a general on horseback. Although he couldn't see the man's face clearly, he knew that it was Kong Youde, the culprit of the Dengzhou Rebellion. He raised his rifle and shot the man off his horse. When I went to verify my identity, I was awakened from my sleep.
"Sun Zhen, get up and go on duty!" The platoon leader's call made Sun Zhen immediately open his eyes and sit up. This was a conditioned reflex he formed after joining the special operations battalion. He must be woken up as soon as possible when sleeping. Wake up, because it is very likely that you will enter combat mode immediately after waking up.
Sun Zhen quickly packed up his gear, picked up his weapon and tiptoed out of the tent. Using the light of the bonfire outside that had not yet been completely extinguished, he reached the guard post outside the camp and completed the handover with his comrades.
Sun Zhen held his rifle and looked at the dark mountains and forests nearby, but his mind 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 the war. He did not know what the rebellion of Kong Youde's tribe meant to this era. After joining the army in Penghu, I listened to the political cadres in the army explain the general situation of the world, and finally understood the ins and outs of the Wuqiao Mutiny. This was not the result of one person's wrong decision, but a series of serious mistakes in domestic and foreign policies in the Ming Dynasty over the past few years. One of the consequences.
If the Ming Dynasty's military attitude towards the Liao Dynasty could be more resolute during the Tianqi period, if Yuan Chonghuan did not kill Kong Youde's immediate boss Mao Wenlong, if Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Denglai, did not take the initiative to accept Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, Li Jiucheng and other old Liaodong generals, if the government could If the issue of the placement of Liaodong troops in Shandong is properly resolved, perhaps the situation in Denglai will not deteriorate to the level it later became. But none of these "ifs" happened 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.
This situation is not only the responsibility of several rebel generals, but also the problems of the Ming Dynasty itself that have promoted the deterioration of the situation step by step. The savior who can save the dawn of the Ming Dynasty from the fire and water is undoubtedly the wise Haihan Zhi. Committee and the Haihan militia fighting for the Executive Committee - this is Sun Zhen's understanding of the current situation six months after joining the army. Although he has become a Haihan citizen, he still hopes that the Ming Dynasty can settle down, perhaps until When you get old, you can still return to your roots.
Sun Zhen thought that he would hardly have a chance to take revenge. Before setting off from the Penghu base, the political cadres explained the current affairs for the last time. They said that Kong Youde's rebels had been defeated in Denglai. Kong Youde and others fled across the sea to Liaodong and took refuge in Liaodong. A native of Liao outside the customs. Sun Zhen had no doubt about this news. After all, the leaders of Haihan knew everything about the world, and the information they had must be credible. This group of people fled to Liaodong and will probably never come back again.
Sun Zhen believes that although the Executive Committee is happy to accept refugees from the south of Shandong, it may not be interested in occupying the area. After all, the Jiaodong Peninsula has been in constant civil war for a period of time, and many places have become ruins and no-man's land. It doesn't seem to make much sense. Instead, it requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to rebuild. As for the distant Liaodong, that kind of bitter cold place is probably not favored by the leaders. These soldiers who betrayed the Ming Dynasty seem destined to go unpunished.
It is precisely because of this that Sun Zhen has always been obsessed with revenge, hoping that one day a miracle will happen. He also knows that he is a low-key person now and does not have any influence on the decisions of the leaders. However, in the environment of the Haihan Militia, it is not uncommon to receive rapid promotions based on military exploits. Even Gao Qiaonan, the commander of the special operations battalion, joined the Haihan Militia. The group only lasted about five years. After reaching the level of Takahashi Minami, he can work with the chiefs to formulate combat plans, and the opinions expressed will have a stronger influence. If Sun Zhen wants to take revenge, the most feasible way is to rely on his military exploits to rise all the way up. After he has reached a certain level of military rank, he can then advise his superiors to march north.
Of course, before that, Sun Zhen must complete the current task and seize every opportunity to make meritorious deeds. He once had the honor to hear Takahashi Minami say: "Only soldiers who have always won battles can have a deterrent effect on the enemy and credibility on their comrades." He wants to be able to influence the decisions of the chiefs in the future. , Sun Zhen must first prove his strength.
In the mountain forest at night, you can only hear the occasional chirping of birds and insects and the sound of wind sweeping through the trees. There are no predators on Zhoushan Island. The only thing you need to be careful about is the poisonous snakes wandering in the grass. However, special operations battalion soldiers are issued special snake repellent medicine, so the possibility of being actively attacked by venomous snakes is extremely small.
Sun Zhen really wished he could take the time to catch a few snakes and improve his food. Last night's dinner included several snakes that the soldiers had caught while setting up the camp. All of them were skinned and cooked into soup. They ate dry food with the delicious snake soup. It was also a pleasure to march in the wild.
I don't know if it was because he thought of snakes, but Sun Zhen felt like he heard a rustling sound coming from nearby. The sentry post he was at was on a tree branch more than three meters high, so he was not worried about snakes on the ground suddenly jumping up and biting him. But he quickly determined that the sound was not made by snakes or other small animals, because he saw a figure slowly emerge from the trees seven or eight meters away, and then appeared one after another behind him. The second, third, fourth person...
Instead of being afraid at all, Sun Zhen immediately became excited. He held the rifle tightly with one hand, reached to the side of his leg with the other hand and touched the position where the bayonet was hung, and then slowly raised the rifle and aimed downwards. He would appear in such an inaccessible place in the middle of the night, and his whereabouts were so sneaky. The only possibility was that he was a remnant of pirates on the island. Although there were four people on the other side, Sun Zhen was not nervous. On the contrary, he felt that this was a military achievement sent to his door.
The people below obviously didn't expect that there was an ambush in the tree. They just stared ahead at the place where the remaining sparks of the campfire could be seen, and moved step by step towards the special operations camp. Sun Zhen aimed at the person farthest away from him, and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.
The sound of gunfire startled countless birds in the silent mountain forest. The Haihan camp was immediately activated from its dormant state. The soldiers grabbed their rifles and rushed out of the tent, immediately entering the predetermined defensive position. They would not leave camp and attack without a clear signal or order.
After Sun Zhen fired the gun, before the people below had recovered, he jumped down from the tree and hit the person closest to him with the butt of his gun. The unlucky man raised his head after hearing the noise above and saw a black shadow falling from the sky. Then he felt a pain in his head and fell unconscious. After knocking over the first man, Sun Zhen didn't pause at all. He pulled out the bayonet from the side of his leg and screwed it onto the buckle of the gun. Then he rushed towards the other man with a spear in both hands. Although the man also had a weapon in his hand, he actually wanted to turn around and run away in this sudden situation. Sun Zhenren, who has tall legs and long legs, caught up with him in a few steps and stabbed the man in the thigh. He heard him scream and immediately rolled to the ground.
Sun Zhen didn't care about the person's injuries, and immediately turned around and pounced on the fourth person. This person had already discovered that his three companions had all fallen down in one encounter, but he hadn't even seen his opponent's true face clearly. Seeing that there were already groups of Haihan soldiers in the camp ahead searching for us, this man simply stopped running. He knelt down on the ground and begged for mercy: "Master, spare my life!"
Sun Zhen originally planned to kill him with one move, but he didn't expect this guy to fall down directly. He couldn't hold back his forward momentum and was about to hit him, so he could only stretch out his long legs and kick this guy on the shoulder. , kicking him three to four meters away.
After finishing four people in one go, Sun Zhen called on his companions who had just arrived to escort these guys back to the camp. The man who was shot by Sun Zhen was shot in the back, piercing through the left chest. He could only breathe out but not in. He jumped down from the tree, smashed the man's head and opened it. His forehead was covered with blood and he was still in a coma. Only the remaining two people were in slightly better condition. The third person's thigh was poked with a transparent hole, but it was not life-threatening. Although the last person surrendered in time and saved his life, he was severely kicked by Sun Zhen and was broken. I can't even stand up due to my shoulder blades.
"What you did... was too cruel." After the platoon leader came over 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. Quickly interrogate and ask questions. If the whereabouts of their accomplices cannot be revealed, they will be taken to the beach and killed at dawn to avoid wasting food.”
For the special operations battalion, capturing prisoners is not their first priority. Cleaning up the remaining bandits on the island is the purpose of this operation. As for what means to use and to what extent, the command will not impose any restrictions on them. Special restrictions. They wanted to execute the criminal on the spot without any trouble. This was one of the main reasons why Sun Zhen dared to take action boldly. Having said that, if these prisoners cannot provide valuable information, they will indeed be of no value to Haihan. Instead, they will have to spend food to let them recover slowly. This is obviously a very cost-effective option. Indeed, It's better to kill them directly.
The two prisoners who could still speak heard his words nearby and were so frightened that they stopped screaming in pain and begged for mercy. One of them shouted: "I know the whereabouts of Wang Jialin, please spare my life!"
"Oh?" The platoon leader turned around to leave. Hearing these words, he turned back and squatted down. He reached out and patted the man on the head and said, "You'd better not lie to me. Otherwise, if I find out that you are lying, I guarantee that you will die." Even worse!”
"The villain also knows the whereabouts of Wang Jialin. The military master can interrogate us separately, and we will know the truth and the false after comparing them! I only hope that the military master can spare our lives!" The other man was much smarter, and actually took the initiative to provide interrogation to his enemy. The suggestions for methods, it seems that they are doing whatever it takes to survive.
The platoon leader muttered: "It's quite smooth to sell teammates... Sun Zhen, you are responsible for one, and I am responsible for another. After we find out, we will compare the confessions. If they don't match up, we will pull them out together and kill them!" ”
Sun Zhen responded, picked up 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 confession. Seeing the hope of survival, the man didn't care about anything else and quickly told everything he knew about the situation.
They were all remnants of the bandits who fled into the mountains and forests during the Haihan militia's attack on Dinghai Fort. There were hundreds of them. However, after hiding in the mountains and forests for several days, supplies gradually ran out, and everyone's opinions became divided. Some people suggested conserving their strength and waiting for the opportunity to regain the territory, hoping to find a boat on the beach to escape Zhoushan as soon as possible; some people thought that instead of giving up everything, it would be better to go back and fight to the death with the Haihan people, and die happily; others thought that the big leader Wang Jialin and others They have already abandoned themselves and fled alone, so why bother to work for the Zhoushan Boat Gang? If the Haihan people occupy Zhoushan, they will need someone to run errands for them. It is better to surrender to the Haihan people directly, and maybe they can get some errands.
These groups had different opinions and inevitably had several fights in the mountains and forests, and finally went their separate ways. Of course, only a handful of people can escape from the island. Apart from surrendering, most people can only continue to hide in the mountains and forests. They hope that after a while, the Haihan people relax their vigilance and can go out and get a boat to leave Zhoushan. .
However, Wang Jialin, the leader who had disappeared for many days in the past few days, appeared in front of them again. Although Wang Jialin was just a down-and-out fugitive, he still had power in the hearts of some Zhoushan Boat Gang members, so they quickly regrouped. A group of people followed his orders. Wang Jialin's attitude was also to preserve his strength as much as possible, so he did not drag this group of people to Dinghai Fort to fight the Haihan people. Instead, he led them to gradually move to the northern coastline where the Haihan defense was weak, hoping to find a way to leave here. Opportunities in Zhoushan Island.
(End of chapter)