Chapter 1040 Escape
Sun Zhen really wanted to say some heroic words at this time to show his courage and determination, but his physical exertion was so severe that he couldn't even think clearly. However, he didn't have much sense of despair about dying. Instead, he had a sense of relief that the war was over. Although the mission was not completed satisfactorily, the records of the investigation near Maolishe were brought back by those who had previously retreated. The purpose of the investigation was achieved, but in the end Meng Gui and Liu Da were unable to leave. , it’s still a bit regretful.
Although Meng Gui and Liu Da were not seriously injured and would not hinder their actions, they were also unable to fight anymore. The high-intensity mobile battle for several hours had exhausted their physical strength. Even if Sun Zhen ordered They left, and they no longer had the energy to run away again. The three of them cuddled up against each other behind the boulder by the stream, waiting for the last moment with a wry smile on their faces.
Although these natives have not crossed the stream yet, the three of them all understand that as long as the opponent's strength recovers, they will forcefully cross again, and they will never let themselves go in this already dominant situation. The remaining time may be five minutes, maybe ten minutes, but it's not much. The three of them loaded their rifles with bullets, fixed their bayonets, and prepared for the final fight.
From the day they entered the special operations camp, they were constantly instilled with the concept of sacrificing their lives for Haihan. After years of brainwashing, they did not have much fear of dying on the battlefield, but they died in the hands of enemies of the same caliber as the natives. Somewhat unwillingly.
"It seems that we are going to enter the Martyrs' Temple in Sanya!" Sun Zhen was in a desperate situation, but at this time he had a smile on his face: "I only visited last month, I didn't expect it would be our turn to go in so soon! ”
In addition to the Army Base on the Luhuitou Peninsula in Sanya, there is also a large Martyrs' Shrine. Most of the Haihan soldiers who died in the battle are buried here. Even if the bones cannot be transported back, there will be at least one memorial tablet for worship. . In the past, public memorial activities were arranged at the Martyrs' Shrine for anniversary celebrations and for new recruits to join the army. This is also one of the patriotic education methods that the Haihan military has always adhered to.
Sun Zhen and others all joined the army in Penghu. This was the first time they went to Sanya, Haihan's "capital", during the founding celebration. Naturally, during their stay there, they also had to visit the Heroes' Shrine to pay homage to the martyrs. After Sun Zhen and others witnessed with their own eyes the treatment of the fallen soldiers of the Haihan Army, their beliefs became firmer. As a soldier, he can receive posthumous military honors from the country after his death in battle, he can be worshiped by his descendants as a hero, and his family can also receive proper resettlement and generous pensions. This is indeed a very satisfactory treatment.
However, Sun Zhen fled to Haihan alone, and no family members were able to enjoy the various pension benefits after his death in battle. Of course, from another aspect, he was alone and had nothing to worry about. Time can be regarded as a psychological advantage.
Meng Gui muttered: "Squad leader, you are so big. If you enter the Hall of Heroes, the tablet must be a larger size, right?"
When Sun Zhenzhen was about to scold him, Meng Gui had already stood up, stretched out his head, and fired a shot towards the other side. There was a faint scream, and judging by the sound, he must have hit the target. Meng Gui retracted his body with a smile and said: "Now I can take care of it for a while."
Due to their current physical condition, the three of them could not open up the scene to fight with the natives on the other side. They could only step aside from time to time and fire cold shots to scare the natives from crossing the stream. Although the natives could not be forced to retreat, they could at least maintain temporary peace. However, Meng Gui did not inform his companions of another situation. Most of the natives on the other side had dispersed, leaving only a dozen or so people still watching and monitoring. It was obvious that the natives had given up on crossing the river here, and instead I moved upstream and downstream to find another place to cross this small natural chasm. As long as the natives came to the creek bank, the resistance the three of them could offer was 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, right? I heard it too." Liu Da, who was lying on the ground, also muttered.
Of course there wouldn't be so many coincidences, and soon more frequent gunshots came from far downstream. Sun Zhen immediately sat up straight: "The reinforcements have arrived!"
It had been nearly two hours since their teammates had left first, and it seemed that they had successfully returned to the camp and brought reinforcements. Sure enough, not long after, the churning sound of a steam engine was heard downstream. It seemed that the reinforcements should have come upstream on a steamboat.
Although the natives had already taken a detour downstream to find a place to cross the stream, they were obviously still a step too late and ran into the Haihan army before they succeeded. The reinforcements that arrived this time were not just a team of a few people. Chen Yixin and Morgan both personally dispatched and led a company upstream from the land and water routes respectively. The water route boats arrived first. As soon as the people on the boats saw The natives then shot directly. The place where the reinforcements met the enemy was less than a mile away from where Sun Zhen and others were hiding, so the gunshots also came along the flat terrain of the valley.
For the trio who were basically in despair, the sound of gunshots symbolized an opportunity for survival. Sun Zhen hurriedly took out the signal bomb, without bothering to distinguish the color carefully, and pointed it at the sky and pulled the rope ring to launch it. go out. When the arriving reinforcements see this signal flare, they will naturally be able to grasp their location.
The natives knew that they could no longer keep these thorny heads, so they did not hesitate this time. After a while of shouting, they retreated and disappeared into the mountains and forests. Soon Morgan rushed to their hiding place by boat and rescued the three. Seeing these three people lying slumped on the bank of the stream stained with blood, Morgan was surprised and quickly led the medical team forward for treatment.
Fortunately, among the three of them, only Sun Zhen was slightly seriously injured. The other two suffered minor skin injuries. However, the battle lasted too long and their bodies had lost strength. They temporarily had no strength to move on their own. The arrow in Sun Zhen's arm was not too heavy. After Morgan confirmed that no blood vessels were damaged, he immediately removed the bamboo arrow, sutured and bandaged the wound, and then ordered people to carry the three people aboard. Transport away.
However, the water surface of the stream here is relatively narrow, and it took a lot of effort for the steam tugboat, which is more than seven meters long, to turn around here. There are people at the bow and stern holding poles to help, and there are many people on the shore holding cables to help adjust. Direction, more than a dozen people pulled and pulled, and it took a full cup of tea to turn the bow of the boat around.
Seeing that dusk was approaching, the Haihan Army did not organize a pursuit of the native armed forces who fled into the mountains and forests. After rescuing the trio, they quickly organized and retreated downstream.
On the way back, Chen Yixin also boarded the boat to check on the injuries of the three people. Looking at Sun Zhen and others who were devouring food, Chen Yixin couldn't help but dumbfounded: "You guys have such a good appetite..."
Sun Zhen responded vaguely: "Chief, from noon to now, we have only eaten a few bites of fried noodles. Please let us eat some to fill our stomachs first."
"There's no rush, don't rush, you guys eat slowly." Now that the people have been rescued, Chen Yixin is 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 previously returned personnel. It can be said that the mission has been successfully completed.
After the three of them ate for a while, they regained some of their energy, and then they briefly told Morgan and Chen Yixin about their experience of being hunted down by native armed forces from the time they retreated from Maolishe. Although there was only half a day of fighting, the dangers involved were quite thrilling. Although Morgan and Chen Yixin did not experience it personally, after listening to the three people's stories, it was not difficult to imagine the scene of their fighting with the natives. . "Then if we had arrived a little later, you would have been surrounded by the natives, right?" Chen Yixin asked after patiently listening to the three people's stories in turn.
Sun Zhen responded: "To be honest with you, the three of us have already determined to die and have not made any plans to survive. We are just waiting for the natives to surround us and fight with them to die together!"
"Okay! You are worthy of being a member of our special operations camp!" This expression of loyalty made Chen Yixin feel good. He couldn't help but slap Sun Zhen hard on the shoulder, which hit the wound on his arm. He grinned in pain. But he didn't dare to complain out loud.
Chen Yixin quickly took his hand away, smiled apologetically and said, "As soon as I get back, I will write a report to thank you for your credit!"
Sun Zhen said: "Chief, Meng Gui's contribution to the three of us being able to escape today is indispensable. If it weren't for his excellent marksmanship, killing and wounding the natives along the way, we probably wouldn't have been able to hold on until the reinforcements arrived."
Chen Yixin said: "Meng Gui, have you calculated the results yourself?"
Meng Gui responded: "Before crossing the stream, the villain hit a total of seventeen targets. However, the situation was too tight to verify the results. After crossing the stream, he felt that there was no chance of survival, so he gave up counting, but thinking about it, there should be some hits. Seven or eight people.”
Liu Da also responded: "The villain and Squad Leader Sun were protected by Meng Gui along the way. What Meng Gui said is true."
"It's amazing!" Chen Yixin was quite surprised after hearing this result. He was able to use that old-fashioned flintlock gun to hit more than 20 targets in a mobile battle while escaping. This is probably something that many veterans of the special operations battalion are unable to do. achievements achieved.
Morgan suddenly interjected: "Meng Gui... I really want to have some impression of you. Did you come for a trial some time ago?"
"Sir, you still remember the villain!" Meng Gui's face was happy, but his mood soon became depressed again: "The villain did go to the superior to receive trial training before, but... he failed to pass the first test, so he Retired.”
Meng Gui followed Chen Yixin to Sanya this time. One of the reasons was that he was one of the sniper training students recommended to Morgan by the special operations battalion. However, Morgan's students had extremely strict assessments and had to compete with many professional snipers. The pressure is also very high. Meng Gui failed in the assessment due to nervousness, and was sent back after only a few days under Morgan.
Morgan nodded and said: "Although your assessment results on the shooting range are not very good, your actual results are indeed good. Let's do this. After you recover from your injury, come to my place for another trial training."
Meng Gui said with great joy: "Thank you very much, chief!"
Morgan and Chen Yixin also admired the courage of these three people for daring to stay behind and block the enemy's pursuit. Being able to make such a decision during the war also shows that they have firm beliefs and sufficient confidence in their own strength. confidence. Although they almost overturned at the last moment, at least their performance before reinforcements arrived was remarkable, and they achieved a considerable record. Although their actual results cannot be verified for the time being, this will not hinder the subsequent procedures for specifically declaring military merit for them. If nothing else goes wrong, the performance of these three people will at least be rewarded with third-class individual merit.
Only then did Sun Zhen remember and asked: "Chief, have the other teams returned safely?"
Morgan responded: "After seeing your warning signal flares, the other three teams had already evacuated from the east of Maolishe, successfully rendezvoused with the troops that responded to them, and then withdrew to the No. 1 stronghold for garrison."
Compared with Sun Zhen's team, the three teams traveling from the other direction were undoubtedly the lucky ones. Although their marching direction was the area where Maolishe natives had the most frequent activities, and the chance of being discovered was much higher, they were fine there. However, Sun Zhen's team had their whereabouts exposed early and had to fight with them. The natives fought to gain an opportunity to retreat. The other three teams were far away from Sun Zhen and others at the time of the incident. They were unable to carry out rescue in a hurry and had to evacuate separately 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 and discussed with everyone the next action to attack Maolishe.
At present, Haihan's investigation of Maolishe has come to an end. He has a relatively clear understanding of its location, population, surrounding environment, and armed strength. Moreover, after today's scene, which lasted for several hours and covered dozens of miles, After the pursuit, we had a clearer understanding of the natives' fighting methods. The next thing to do is to command the troops to encircle and suppress Maolishe and its surrounding areas to eliminate this indigenous tribe that threatens the safety of the Miaoli oil project.
With Haihan's current military strength, it is more than enough to deal with the native armed forces of Maolishe. The main issue that needs to be considered is how to catch them all in one fell swoop, without too many fish slipping through the net, and at the same time reduce unnecessary casualties and ammunition consumption on our own side. , to solve the target quickly. After defeating Maoli She, there is still a Dajia She in the upper reaches of Houlong River waiting for the army to enter the mountains to deal with it. Although Wang Tom intends to train his troops, he does not want to stay in Miaoli for too long. He hopes to deal with the opponents here as soon as possible, and then Leaving this place - entering Taiwan to fight during the rainy season is really a chore.
The next 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 about to break out.
(End of chapter)