Chapter 1038 Retreat

For various unexpected situations that may arise during the operation, each team has multiple emergency plans. Although this retreat seems a bit hasty, it is not chaotic. The soldiers fired in batches to cover the retreat of their comrades.

The natives were not afraid of death, but under the suppression of firepower, they found it difficult to rush close to fight with the Haihan soldiers. After several rounds of shooting, nearly half of the more than 20 natives on the opposite side had fallen, and the remaining people

After feeling the powerful taste, they didn't dare to rush forward and die, so they hid in the grass behind the trees and used natural obstacles to bypass and attack.

After Sun Zhen fired the signal bomb and saw that the distance between the two sides had widened, he ordered an accelerated retreat without stopping to shoot at the pursuers. At this time, the village of Maolishe heard the noise, and someone was already heading towards the place where the accident occurred.

After arriving, within a short time, hundreds of young men had already gathered. Seeing that there were several casualties on their side, they were unwilling to give up, so they immediately chased Sun Zhen's team in the direction in which they retreated.

The team led by Sun Zhen was far away from the other three teams, so there was no other better way besides firing signal flares to notify friendly forces during the retreat. Moreover, the natives had blocked the route to Houlong heading east.

Xi's retreat route, currently they can only retreat into the Maoli Mountains and use the mountains and forests to get rid of the pursuers.

Sun Zhen had several options before him. One was to find a place nearby to lurk, and wait for the storm to pass before trying to march eastward to the scheduled rendezvous point again. However, this carried the greatest risk. As long as the natives were not out of their minds, they would definitely seal off the vicinity of the tribe.

area, the possibility that they could arrive at the rendezvous point on time before dark was extremely slim.

The second option is to follow the map markings and travel northwest from the current area, crossing the entire Maoli Mountain area longitudinally and returning to the coastal camp. This route does not look very far from the map, with a straight-line distance of less than twenty miles.

But because there are continuous mountains and hills in the middle, the actual marching distance is likely to be more than twice this number. Considering that the supplies carried by the soldiers are only enough for one day, the risks of this retreat route are also not high.

Small.

There is also a third route, which Sun Zhen felt was the safest when formulating the action plan before departure, which is to cross Maoli Mountain to the west. There is a mountain stream about ten miles away leading to the north, sharing the same path with Houlong River.

The mouth of the sea. If you can successfully reach this unknown stream, you can try to make one or two bamboo rafts to go down the river. The marching speed will definitely be much faster than traveling vertically across the entire Maoli Mountain.

However, there is an obvious problem with this route, that is, no one knows the specific conditions of this stream. The local garrison has not been to the upper reaches of this stream to conduct reconnaissance. It has only marked such a water vein on the map.

and the general flow direction. As for why there is such a stream on the map that no one has visited on the spot, Sun Zhen doesn’t know the inside story. He only knows that the Ministry of National Defense has a large amount of detailed map information on places that Haihan has not yet set foot on.

, and the accuracy of these maps is very high, which can save a lot of pre-war reconnaissance work. Sun Zhen has participated in various combat missions along the coast of Taipei and Zhejiang in the past year, which has fully proved the reliability of these map data.

, so he decided to use this route as his first choice to retreat to the coastal camp.

Before setting off, Sun Zhen carefully studied the large contour map provided by the headquarters, and marked the route in advance on the small military map he carried at all times. What he has to do now is to lead his team along the map drawn up.

The march route leaves here.

From the location of Maolishe to the nameless stream in the west, there are hills between one and two hundred meters above sea level. If you want to go in a straight line to the target area, there are too many hills that need to be climbed continuously.

. Although these hills are not high, they will definitely waste a lot of physical strength and precious time of the soldiers. If you don’t have this map as a reference and just look for the direction to go west, then it is very likely that you will not be able to get rid of the familiar terrain.

People arrived one after another. The route marked by Sun Zhen on the map went through the hills. The entire route was almost at the same height. There was no need to climb uphill or downhill. It seemed to be winding, but the marching efficiency was not.

Much better than traveling in a straight line.

It was precisely with such adequate preparations that Sun Zhen boldly chose to give up rendezvous with the large army and evacuate the dangerous area from the mountainous area alone. However, Sun Zhen also knew that the natives would probably chase them out immediately, so there was no way to deal with it calmly.

With the footprints left along the way, we can only move forward in one breath, trying to put as much distance between the two sides as possible.

As Sun Zhen expected, these natives who are good at hunting prey in the forest are also very capable of tracking in the wild. Relying on the direction of the footprints left in the mud by their opponents during the evacuation process, hundreds of native warriors still refused to follow

He chased him out without mercy.

The equipment load of an individual soldier in Sun Zhen's team is about twenty kilograms. This is also thanks to the command that the mission can be completed in just one day, and it is only a peripheral reconnaissance, so a lot of equipment and supplies were omitted, otherwise Sun Zhen would not be able to carry it.

It is very likely that we will have to order to abandon some of the equipment and move forward lightly. But compared to the group of natives behind who chased them with only weapons and water bags, the soldiers' loads are still quite heavy, and they will still be dragged more or less during the long march.

Slow speed.

At this time, the field training they frequently conducted in the past came into play. Armed cross-country and forced marches are training subjects that every special operations battalion soldier must complete regularly. At first, they were on Jiba Island in Annan, Luhuitou in Sanya, Penghu in Fujian, and Zhejiang.

The exercises carried out in Zhoushan and other places really came in handy at this moment. I basically walked at a trot along the way. Only when I needed to re-identify the direction and confirm the route, I would stop for half a minute to drink water.

Take a breather and take a break.

Some of the pursuing natives were familiar with the terrain and fast on their feet. However, running too fast at this time was not necessarily a good thing. When they got close, they were fired upon by the prepared special operations battalion team.

They were knocked down directly. In the next two hours of chasing each other, the natives paid another four or five casualties. However, this only made their desire to fight stronger. Instead of giving up the pursuit, they stepped up the pursuit.

Footsteps. Every time Sun Zhen and others stopped to rest, they could even hear the sounds of natives shouting to communicate with each other in the forest a few hundred meters behind them.

When Sun Zhen and others saw that the nameless stream really appeared in front of them, their hearts were relieved. This showed that the mark on the map was accurate. As long as you follow this stream to the north, you can return to the coast.

in the camp. But new problems also emerged. Although the stream had certain navigable capabilities, they did not have enough time to make vehicles such as rafts and bamboo rafts here because the urgent pursuers were far away from them.

The current location is probably less than a mile away, and it only takes a moment to catch up, so there is no time to stop and do other things.

Sun Zhen also found that some people in his team had begun to show obvious physical decline. Although the rest of the journey only required advancing along the valley instead of climbing over mountains and ridges, there was still more than ten miles between the destination and the destination.

The distance is so long that if you have to run back in one breath, you are afraid that some people will be exhausted and fall behind halfway. Now you must try to hold off the pursuers and let those with weaker physical strength evacuate first.

Taking advantage of the short rest, Sun Zhen issued new instructions to his subordinates: "Meng Gui and Liu Da will stay and join me in blocking the pursuers. The others will each keep ten rounds of ammunition, and keep the excess ammunition."

Come down to us, find a place to wrap your backpack and other supplies in a tarp and hide them, then go north along the stream and continue moving!"

Meng Gui and Liu Da, whom Sun Zhen named, are both physically strong and experienced in combat in his team, and they still have enough energy to carry out combat missions. Of course, this does not mean that others cannot continue.

In terms of fighting, only considering the combat effectiveness and the safety of the team, Sun Zhen did not intend to leave everyone behind to fight a blocking battle in which he might not be able to escape completely.

Someone tried to speak out against this arrangement, but Sun Zhen decisively ordered: "There is no time to discuss the battle plan here right now. The sooner those who evacuate first return to the camp to ask for help, the greater our chance of getting out safely."

Following the military orders, the others quickly sorted out their equipment, leaving enough ammunition for Sun Zhen and the others, and then took away their backpacks and found another place to hide them. In this way, the three of them were surrounded by

With only sidearms and ammunition and a small amount of dry food and water left, the load was suddenly reduced by half, making it easier to move around.

"We still follow the standard procedure, shoot in turns, retreat one after another, and cover each other." Sun Zhen warned the other two people: "Each person can fire at most two shots. Don't be too lazy to fight. Try not to fire blanks. Only by ensuring the hit rate can we be saved.

life!"

"Don't worry, squad leader!" Meng Gui patted the barrel of the gun in his hand: "After all, he is someone who has taken sniper classes for a few days. I will show you my skills later!"

"Come on, weren't you sent back because you failed the assessment?" Liu Da and Meng Gui have known each other for a long time, and they immediately exposed his shortcomings.

"That's an abnormal performance!" Meng Gui defended: "If Chief Morgan can give me another chance, I will definitely pass the test!"

"Okay, get ready to fight!" Sun Zhen stopped the two from continuing to argue and asked them to get ready quickly. Now the firepower output has been reduced from ten guns to three, but the number of enemies has increased several times. For them,

The requirements for shooting accuracy are even higher.

They did not wait too long, and several natives with pheasant tail feathers on their heads appeared in sight. It was obvious that these natives who had been active in the mountains all year round were also a little overwhelmed by this pursuit trip.

After running on the mountain road for more than two hours at a stretch, they were sweating and panting. They really couldn't figure out why these foreign invaders were so familiar with the terrain around Maolishe and ran so fast and in the same direction in the mountains.

The feeling is very clear, even more than that of the indigenous people living here.

But no matter what, the pursuit must continue. Maolishe will not let go of any opponent, not to mention that these guys have killed many tribesmen in front of their own homes. So even though they chased them for more than ten miles from Maolishe

They still couldn't catch up with each other on the mountain road, but the natives still didn't give up and continued to follow at a distance. They had enough confidence in their physical strength. Even if it took three days and three nights to catch up, they would definitely catch up with these daring people.

invaders, punish and retaliate against them.

In the past hour or so, the opponent had not stopped to organize an attack, so the natives did not expect to encounter another ambush here. Sun Zhen waited patiently for the leading natives to enter the 30-meter area before launching his attack.

The target fell down with the gun, and the remaining people quickly lowered their bodies and looked around where their opponents were hiding.

Sun Zhen took the time to change the bullets, found a target closest to him, took aim and fired again, but this time it missed the target by a slight margin and hit the tree trunk next to the target. Sun Zhen cursed angrily.

He uttered a curse word, but he was not eager to fight. He picked up the gun and ran back.

Immediately after this movement, some natives saw his presence, and several people shouted and chased him. However, these people only chased him twenty or thirty meters away. They clearly saw the target in front of them still running, but they didn't know it.

Another gunshot came from somewhere, and one of the three people was shot and fell.

Small groups of troops or even individual soldiers can run through each other, cover each other, advance or retreat one by one, these are all combat skills that the Haihan Army must master, and the special operations battalion has slightly upgraded this skill to allow the soldiers to

This tactic can be used to the extreme in a mountain and forest environment. Three people and three guns maintain a triangular formation in constant motion, and the natives will also find that the opponent fires in a different direction every time.

It became increasingly difficult to judge the strength and deployment of the opponent. When tracking a certain target, the next shot came from another direction, which made it difficult for the natives to even launch an effective counterattack.

Although Meng Gui was an "unqualified product" eliminated in the sniper selection, his marksmanship was indeed the strongest among the three. He fired five shots in three rounds, hitting three of them, while the other two

During this period, the total number of people achieved the same result. This kind of cold-blooded sparrow battle was undoubtedly a method that was difficult for the natives who lacked military literacy. The two sides fought for only a moment, and the pursuit team of up to a hundred people had been defeated.

He suppressed his traveling speed and did not dare to rush forward rashly.

Of course, using this tactic is not without cost. The three of them must constantly run and intersperse. They must maintain a clear awareness of the direction of travel and the positions of their teammates and enemies. Their physical strength is consumed much faster than simply

The march was getting bigger. However, in just a short moment of fighting, the three of them were already so tired that they were panting.
Chapter completed!