Chapter 1040 Escape

Sun Zhen really wanted to say some heroic words at this time to show his courage and determination, but his physical strength was so exhausted that he couldn't even think about it. However, he didn't have much sense of despair on the verge of death.

There is a sense of relief that the war is over. Although the mission was not completed satisfactorily, the records of the investigation near Maolishe have been brought back by those who previously retreated. The purpose of the investigation can be regarded as achieved, but in the end

It was a bit regretful that Meng Gui and Liu Da couldn't leave because they were dragged down.

Although Meng Gui and Liu Da were not seriously injured and would not hinder their movements, 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. The three of them cuddled up against each other behind the big rocks 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 cross again, and they will never let themselves go in this already dominant situation. The remaining time may be

It was five minutes, maybe ten minutes, but it was running out anyway. 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 there was 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 in Luhuitou Peninsula in Sanya, there is also a large-scale Martyrs' Shrine. Most of the Haihan soldiers who died in the battle are buried here. Even if the bones cannot be brought 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 enlisted in the army in Penghu. This was the first time they went to Sanya, the "capital" of Haihan, during this founding celebration. Naturally, during their stay there, they also had to visit the Martyrs' Shrine to pay homage to the martyrs. Sun Zhen and others were watching with their own eyes

After witnessing the treatment of the fallen soldiers of the Haihan Army, the belief in my heart became stronger. As a soldier, after death in battle, he can receive military honors recognized by the country, he can enjoy the worship of his descendants as a hero, and his family can also receive proper arrangements and generous benefits.

The pension 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 smiled and retracted his body and said:

"Now I can take care of it for a while."

With the current physical condition of the three of them, there was no way to open up the situation and fight 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 they could not make the natives retreat, they could at least maintain a temporary situation.

An Ning. But there is another situation that Meng Gui did not inform his companions. Most of the natives on the other side have dispersed, and only a dozen people are still watching and watching. It is obvious that the natives have given up on crossing the river here.

Instead, they 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 sat up straight: "Reinforcements have arrived!"

It had been nearly two hours since their teammates had left first. It seemed that they had successfully returned to the camp and brought reinforcements back. Sure enough, not long after, the sound of a steam engine was heard downstream. It seemed that the reinforcements were traveling upriver on a steamboat.

Came here.

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 they had already bumped into the Haihan army before they succeeded. The reinforcements coming this time were not just a few people. Chen Yixin

and Morgan personally went out and led a company upstream by land and water respectively. The waterway boat arrived first, and the people on the boat opened fire as soon as they saw the natives. The place where the reinforcements met the enemy was not far away from Sun Zhen and others.

The man's hiding place was less than a mile away, so the sound of gunshots came along the flat terrain of the valley.

For the trio who were basically desperate, 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 approaching reinforcements see this signal flare, they will naturally know their location.

The natives knew that they could no longer keep these thorny heads, so they did not hesitate this time. After shouting for a while, they retreated and disappeared into the mountains and forests. Soon Morgan rushed to their hiding place by boat and rescued the three of them.

.Seeing the three people lying slumped on the bank of the stream covered in blood, Morgan was surprised and quickly led the medical team forward to provide treatment.

Fortunately, among the three of them, only Sun Zhen was seriously injured. The other two suffered minor skin injuries. However, the battle lasted too long and his body had lost strength. He temporarily had no strength to move on his own. Sun Zhen was hit by an arrow in his arm.

It was not too heavy. After Morgan confirmed that no blood vessels were injured, he immediately removed the bamboo arrow, sutured and bandaged the wound, and then ordered people to carry the three people onto the boat and transport them away.

It's just that 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.

In the opposite direction, more than a dozen people pulled and pulled, and it took a 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 indigenous armed forces who fled into the mountains. 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. Seeing Sun Zhen and others 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 just eaten a few bites of fried noodles. You can give us some to fill our stomachs first."

"No hurry, no rush, you eat slowly." Now that the people have been rescued, Chen Yixin is not in a hurry to question them at this moment. Moreover, the most critical information has been drawn on paper and brought by the previously returned personnel.

When we come back, we can say 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 their experience of being chased by native armed forces from the time they retreated from Maolishe. Although the fighting lasted only half a day,

The dangers involved are quite thrilling. Although Morgan and Chen Yixin have not experienced it personally, after listening to the three people's accounts, it is 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 fair to the leader, the three of us have just decided 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 on the shoulder hard, 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, the three of us were able to escape today because of Meng Gui's contribution. 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.

Seventy-eight people got hit."

Liu Da also responded: "The villain and Squad Leader Sun were protected by Meng Gui along the way, so they were safe. 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 filled with joy, 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

It was cleared."

One of the reasons why Meng Gui followed Chen Yixin to Sanya this time was because he was one of the sniper trainees recommended to Morgan by the special operations battalion. However, Morgan's trainees had extremely strict assessments and had to compete with many professional snipers.

The pressure was also very high. Meng Gui failed in the assessment because of his nervousness, so he 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 wait for you to recover from your injury and come to my place for another trial training."

Meng Gui said happily: "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 the reinforcements arrived was remarkable and they achieved considerable results. Although their actual results cannot be verified for the time being, this will not hinder the next step.

Special procedures for declaring military merit for them. If nothing else happens, these three people will at least receive third-class personal merit awards for their performance this time.

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 stronghold No. 1."

Compared with Sun Zhen's group, the three teams marching from the other direction are undoubtedly the lucky ones. Although their marching direction is the area where Maolishe natives have the most frequent activities, the chance of being discovered is much higher.

, but it happened that their side was fine, but Sun Zhen's team was exposed early and had to fight with the natives to get a chance to retreat. The positions of the other three teams were far away from Sun Zhen and others at the time of the incident.

, unable to carry out rescue in a hurry, and could only evacuate individually 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 fighting methods of the natives. 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 Maolishe is defeated, there is still Dajiashe in the upper reaches of Houlong River waiting for the army to enter the mountains to solve it. Although Wang Tom intends to train 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 leave 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 strongholds via fleets, and the battle was about to begin.
Chapter completed!