Chapter 1037 Silence
Sun Zhen went to see the prisoners held in the coastal camp, and had a general impression of the appearance and dress of the Maoli She natives. The two people who walked over had dark skin, with tattoos on their faces and chalk totems on their necks. There was a wild boar tooth pendant hanging from his waist, a deerskin apron around his waist, and straw sandals on his feet. His long hair was tied into a ponytail behind his head, and his appearance was roughly the same as that of the captives Sun Zhen had seen.
However, Sun Zhen and others were all lurking in the bushes. The two natives did not notice their presence at the first time. Of course, they probably did not expect that their opponents would come to the doorstep. The two of them were talking to themselves, not noticing that the danger was so close to them.
Sun Zhen made a gesture to the subordinates next to him, and then slowly took out the dagger from his waist. Now that these two people have collided, Sun Zhen is not going to let it go, lest his whereabouts be leaked, but if he shoots in this place, he will undoubtedly alert the snake. Sun Zhen was not afraid of the natives of the village coming out, but he just didn't want to affect his unfinished mission, so he planned to use quieter means to deal with the target.
These natives who have been active in the wild all year round undoubtedly have beast-like intuition. Although Sun Zhen and others did not make the slightest sound, the two people still seemed to sense something was wrong five or six meters away from the bush where they were hiding. , and invariably slowed down. The two looked around suspiciously, trying to find the source of their uneasiness. One of them inhaled continuously through his nose, as if he smelled a strange smell in the air.
Sun Zhen was never a person who took chances in doing things. When he saw these two people slowing down, he knew that it would be difficult for his team to hide any longer, so he immediately launched an offensive decisively. He rushed out of the bushes at once, took three or two steps with his long legs and already stepped in front of the two natives. Although the two people encountered an unexpected situation, they did not stay there. The first one picked up the bamboo spear in his hand and stabbed Sun Zhen between the chest and abdomen.
Sun Zhen turned slightly to let the tip of the spear pass, but the dagger in his hand had already been cut directly along the shaft of the spear. If the opponent held on to the spear and did not let go, his fingers would be cut off in one stroke. The native probably didn't expect that such a big man like Sun Zhen would be so responsive. After a moment's hesitation, he lost the chance to change his moves and could only give up and retreat to get rid of the dagger in Sun Zhen's hand.
Another native was about to pounce, but Sun Zhen flew up and kicked him in the chest, sending him flying backwards. Before he could land, 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. He chased after him with two big steps, 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 his head and neck could not escape from Sun Zhen's big hand, and he was immediately dragged into the air.
Sun Zhen caught up 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 had already been inserted into the man's chest before he landed. There was a thumping sound, as if the man was pinned 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. However, half of Sun Zhen's body was pressed against it, making him unable to do anything. He quickly lost the strength to struggle.
Sun Zhen did not relax, letting blood seep out from the seams of his hands. He turned his head to look at the fighting on the other side, only to see that four or five people had turned another native over and pinned him to the ground, and someone had stuffed something in his mouth. , leaving him speechless.
"Evacuate!" Sun Zhen knew that someone might pass by this place at any time. If there were a few more passers-by, he might not be able to knock them down in time before they called the police. The most important thing at the moment was to quickly deal with the two people at hand. .
Although the team led by Sun Zhen were relatively new "recruits" in the special operations camp, this was not the first time they had carried out a similar reconnaissance mission. They were familiar with how to deal with such situations, so they immediately came over to fight with them. Together with Sun Zhen, he dragged the native he stabbed to death into the bushes. Someone else brought branches and swept away the messy footprints and blood stains on the ground. Fortunately, the ground is full of mud. If you sweep it casually and scatter some branches and leaves, you won't be able to 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 visible traces on the ground are well covered, but the smell of blood in the air cannot be dissipated immediately, especially since these natives are good at hunting in the mountains and forests, and their sense of smell is also extremely sensitive. The only way was to drag the person as far away as possible, so that the source of the bloody smell was as far away from the roads surrounding the village as possible.
Sun Zhen and the other two people dragged the native's body far away, found a pit and threw it down. They picked up a handful of grass and roughly wiped their dagger, then inserted it back into the cowhide scabbard on the side of their legs. At this time, several other people carried another native over and asked Sun Zhen for instructions on what to do.
No one in Sun Zhen's team can understand the native language, and it is quite troublesome to escort the prisoner back to the camp. Sun Zhen saw that this native was dressed just like the dead one, and he was probably not an important figure in the tribe. After a slight hesitation, he made a gesture of slitting his throat to his men, signaling to get rid of him. This native had no prominent status and was a burden to carry around, and it was impossible to let him go to report the news. Naturally, it was safest to execute him on the spot.
Immediately, someone pulled out a dagger, leaned down to kill the body, and pushed the body into the pit. Then everyone cut some branches and leaves nearby to cover it. If you didn't have the intention to turn it over, it would be difficult to think of the pit when passing by. Two bodies were hidden.
From the sudden encounter with the enemy to the clearing of the battlefield, it only took three or four minutes. Fortunately, during this period, no natives appeared again at the wrong time, allowing Sun Zhen and others to deal with the corpses more calmly and then leave. However, their reconnaissance mission did not end here. Sun Zhen decided to continue marching according to the original plan and survey and record the environment on the southwest sides of Maolishe.
Detouring from the west side of Maolishe to the south, the entire journey is basically marching on the hillside. It is undoubtedly a more difficult route, but it has a relatively good view and can definitely observe the situation within the tribe more comprehensively than on the plains on the east line. . However, after learning from the previous lessons, Sun Zhen consciously moved the team farther away from the tribe to avoid accidentally encountering natives operating outside the village.
Sun Zhen will not be merciful to these natives, because he also knows very well that if these natives have the opportunity, they will also kill himself and other partners without hesitation, just like what he just did. The reason why I was worried about meeting other natives was because I didn't want such unexpected factors to affect my mission. Although the route taken by Sun Zhen's team is more difficult to travel, it is actually safer than the route on the east side. The range and frequency of native people's activities in the valley plains are significantly greater than those in the mountainous areas on the west side, so in addition Several groups of people are actually more likely to encounter natives who are out for activities. But it is a little regrettable that the rainfall made their observation field unclear. Looking from the mountain forest to the tribe down the slope, 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 clearly, you really have to be on the periphery. You can do this by slowly circling around and looking at it from different angles.
Judging from the size of the village that can be observed so far, Sun Zhen speculates that the population of Maolishe should be less than a thousand people. Usually, only after the population reaches a certain number, there will be full-time soldiers or even armies in the social system, and Maolishe is far away This standard is still far away. This also caused Sun Zhen's assessment of the danger level of Maoli Society to drop by another level. After all, for a tribe with a thousand people, no matter how brave the young men are and are not afraid of death, they are still only amateurs in combat, and they continue to fight against Haihan. Going down will only lead to massacre. Moreover, the tribe only has that many people, and if the number of casualties reaches a certain level, even if Haihan does not take action to eliminate them, the population ratio will be seriously imbalanced, and the entire internal social system will collapse.
For an indigenous tribe with relatively low overall combat effectiveness, as long as its location and approximate size are confirmed, the outcome is basically locked. Sun Zhen even felt that the transfer of a battalion of the army this time was really a fuss. At most two companies were enough to wipe out the tribe. Of course, Sun Zhen could more or less estimate that the chief's purpose of mobilizing troops to come to Taiwan was not just to annihilate an indigenous tribe that had little power to fight back, but also to give the troops a chance to train before heading north. .
Although it is publicized that the purpose of this army battalion going north is to replace the special operations battalion currently stationed in Zhejiang, in fact both units will go north to the Yellow Sea to the Denglai area. The only opportunity for this unit to train before heading north is probably on the island of Taiwan. Otherwise, to attack several indigenous tribes, there would be no need for Navy Commander Wang Tom to specially take a boat to Miaoli to supervise the formation.
Although Sun Zhen thinks that this arrangement is somewhat overkill, the task is the task, and even if it does not seem that challenging, Sun Zhen will not be careless about it.
In the afternoon of that day, Sun Zhen led his team to the south side of Maolishe. According to the map markings, they only need to continue traveling eastward for about five miles and they will see Houlong River. At that time, if you walk north along the bank of Houlong River, you will be able to meet the troops coming to meet them.
But things still didn't go as planned. Just when Sun Zhen's team was about to leave the outer area of Maolishe, they encountered a group of natives in the forest. Both sides found each other almost simultaneously at a distance of about twenty meters. the existence of the other party.
There were about twenty natives in this group, all carrying bundles of freshly cut bamboo. It seemed that they were planning to transport it back to the tribe. These bamboos may be used to build new shacks, or they may be used to make weapons for hunting and killing. But these guesses were not important, because when the natives saw them, they had already thrown the bamboo to the ground and grabbed their weapons.
Maybe the natives didn't know who these uninvited guests in cloaks and raincoats were, or maybe they didn't care at all, because as long as strangers appeared in this area, they would become intruders in their eyes. The natives had only one attitude towards the invaders, and that was to fight to the end.
The battle broke out almost immediately after the two sides met. More than 20 people armed with spears and machetes swarmed forward. There was no way to attack. They probably just wanted to defeat the opponent from the front with their bravery.
Sun Zhen and his friends did not stand still. They did not care about exposing their whereabouts at this time. It was impossible to kill so many natives quietly, let alone save their lives first. The rifles in their hands were all loaded. When Sun Zhen gave the order, one column immediately changed into three rows. The front row raised their guns without even taking aim. Sun Zhen shouted "release" and fired. After the sound, the people in the front row immediately moved to the rear to give way to the shooting field of view. The second row also followed suit and immediately retreated after shooting.
Although this rotational shooting method is not what the special operations battalion is good at, it is still relatively smooth to use in actual combat. In order to maintain a distance and maintain the firepower advantage, each row of soldiers has to retreat several meters after firing. , so that 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 crucial for Haihan's side to take advantage of their 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. Although a portable dagger can be mounted on the muzzle as a bayonet, the corresponding weight is also larger than that of the opponent. The weapons are much heavier and the physical exertion in close combat is greater.
This kind of hasty volley of several people in a row is almost too late to take aim, but fortunately the target is very close, and the shooting accuracy of the muskets at this distance is not easy to worry about. Basically, it means hitting where, swarming. The natives who rushed forward were caught off guard and received several rounds of bullets. Suddenly, six or seven people were shot and fell to the ground. Although the rifles used by the special operations battalion are single-shot, after using fixed-loading ammunition, the speed of loading bullets is enough to maintain the frequency of rotational shooting without interrupting it for too long, allowing opponents to rush in front of them for close combat.
However, Sun Zhen did not covet the victory because his side had the upper hand in the battle. Instead, he continued to fight and retreat, taking turns to fire while retreating to the west mountain. He knew very well that the sound of the gunshots would soon attract the native warriors from the tribe. Although they had sharp weapons in their hands, if dozens or hundreds of people from the other side swarmed forward, these guns alone would definitely not be enough. Therefore, Sun Zhen decided to get rid of the pursuit of the natives as soon as possible, retreat to the mountainous area, and then plan the subsequent retreat route.
During the retreat, Sun Zhen took out a bamboo flare from his backpack, checked the color, and then decisively fired it into the sky. The flare flew into the air with a slight whistling sound, and exploded with a bang at a height of about thirty meters, blooming into a ball of green sparks. If people from other teams were within two or three miles, they should be able to see this flare, and what it means is that the launcher has encountered the enemy and will retreat as originally planned.
(End of chapter)