Chapter 680: Ambush

In the past two years, prisoners detained here have actually initiated many escapes due to various reasons, and there are many examples of them being able to escape Haihan's pursuit afterwards - of course, most of the time the pursuit was

It's just symbolic. But these people who successfully escaped often disappeared without a trace, and no one knew whether they escaped or died quietly in the mountains.

However, in subsequent prison escape records, it is extremely rare for dozens of people to escape at one time. Generally speaking, anyone with a little bit of intelligence will not organize so many people to escape together, because this will greatly reduce the chance of success.

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First of all, when there are more people, it is difficult to avoid leaks. Among the prisoners, there are quite a few people who betray their companions in order to gain personal points. Moreover, there are regulations in the hard labor camp. Anyone who exposes the illegal behavior of others will be able to get the person exposed.

Personal points deducted. For a serious crime like escape, you can get at least one month of points for exposing one person. If you expose a group of people at once, you might be released directly. So even if someone plans to escape from the hard labor camp, they will usually be controlled.

Within a limited number of people to avoid getting into trouble.

Secondly, when there are more people, it is easier to attract the attention of the guards when escaping, causing the operation to fail. If there are only one or two people, it is easier to use the gap between the guards to escape.

In addition, even if multiple people escape from prison and can escape from the surveillance area, the supplies that the fugitives can obtain in the no-man's land outside Shilu are extremely limited, and it is impossible to achieve a completely even distribution, which is very likely to

Causes internal strife among fugitives. When there are more people, it will become more troublesome to hide the team's whereabouts and avoid being pursued by guards.

A year ago, when the preliminary construction of the Shilu Mining Area was just beginning, there was a mass escape incident due to the negligence of the guards. At that time, more than 80 prisoners took advantage of the guards' unpreparedness and escaped into the dense forest near the construction site. Qiao Zhiana happened to be there.

When Shi was also at the construction site, he immediately led a platoon of militiamen to chase them down. As a result, many people were killed and injured one after another during the pursuit. In the end, only a dozen people managed to escape, but these dozen people never appeared again.

Within the jurisdiction of Haihan.

Having learned from the past, Qiao Zhiya is not too surprised that something like this happens again in the mining area. Due to limited conditions, the mining area has not built any isolation facilities on the periphery. As long as the prisoners feel at ease and want to escape, they do have this opportunity. Qiao Zhiya

The so-called "follow the procedures" means to let the people below to find out the situation first. It is impossible for so many people to escape without any signs. Some useful information will always be found. Taking advantage of this time, the people stationed here

The militia group will immediately assemble a team and send out troops to pursue in several possible directions.

If this group of people is lucky and escapes fast enough, they will be lucky, but if they are caught, they will be sorry. The hard labor camp always pursues escapees regardless of life or death. Even if they are captured alive, they will not be able to survive.

They will be publicly executed in a hard labor camp to serve as a warning to others.

Qiao Zhiya can now be regarded as a high-status official, and there are so many guests here, so naturally he will not take off to deal with this matter personally. There was no problem with his response, but the subsequent development of things was unexpected.

met his expectations.

After receiving the order, the militia stationed in Shilu immediately organized manpower and prepared to go into the mountains to pursue them - no matter whether they could catch them or not, they still had to do what they should do, otherwise how could they calm down the prisoners who were eager to move. And the police

They also quickly gathered together the two hard labor teams with the missing persons and began to interrogate their confessions.

Almost all the people left behind in these two teams were timid and dared not run away. Naturally, they would not have any cover for their comrades who had already fled. They quickly explained everything. It turned out that the thirty-year-old escaped

Many of them are Li people, and most of them were imprisoned in hard labor camps due to various misbehaviors in the Haihan area. However, there is not a single Li person who stayed, and they all suffered the death of this group of Li people.

Threats, so no one dared to report them before they took action - there were at least two to three hundred Li people in this hard labor camp, and no one knew if they had any accomplices left here.

But when these people started to connect in series, the remaining prisoners are not known at all. The only useful clue is that someone heard that this group of Li prisoners planned to escape to the mountains to the east, because they were dozens of miles away

There was Li Dong - maybe there would be someone to pick them up outside the mining area, because the gang didn't even take water with them when they escaped.

However, this information was intentionally or unintentionally ignored by the militia platoon leader who was among the first batch of vanguard troops to set out and was eager to lead the pursuit. After all, it was rare that Director Qiao and Chief Gu from Sanya were both here. This was a great opportunity to make a meritorious deed. The platoon leaders gathered.

The men and horses, after receiving weapons and ammunition, immediately set off into the mountains.

An hour later, intermittent gunfire rang out in the forest east of Mine No. 1. At this time, the entire pursuit force had not yet set off from the station. This is not surprising, as the pursuit of fugitives has always been regarded as a militia.

Live-fire training is conducted, and the commander can decide whether to fire - most of the time the commander will choose to give the soldiers a chance to shoot at a live target.

But something soon went wrong. A signal flare was raised above the mountain forest where gunshots were heard - this is one of the configurations of the field troops. It has a bamboo tube shell and is hand-pulled. The airborne time is very short, but it can basically meet the tactical requirements.

Logically speaking, when chasing fugitives, the armed forces basically chase them one after another. It is difficult for fugitives who lack weapons to fight back. Therefore, in addition to placing road signs along the way, it is generally unlikely to use flares, because this

The only function of a signal flare trailing black smoke is to warn and call for help.

If the first one was fired by mistake, the second one two minutes later would obviously not be fired by mistake. This shows that the vanguard troops most likely encountered some trouble in the mountains and forests, which made it difficult for them to resist.

The militia did not dare to neglect, and immediately informed Qiao Zhiya of the news. Qiao Zhiya also woke up after hearing the news. He had drawn up the rules for the use of flares. Only in emergencies, the soldiers would fire two consecutive rounds.

A signal flare - this is no longer a warning, it is a cry for help!

"I have some things that I need to go out to take care of. You are responsible for taking good care of the visiting group... Also, find an excuse to cancel all the afternoon visiting itineraries and send the visiting group back to Changhua as soon as possible!" Qiao Zhiya calmly continued his eloquent words.

Gu Kai pulled him aside and whispered a few words to him.

Of course, Gu Kai could tell that Qiao Zhiya was not joking, and quickly asked: "Is the matter serious? Do you want to contact the garrison in Changhua by phone?"

"No need for the moment. By the way, after sending the visiting group away, you stay here and wait for me to come back." After Qiao Zhiya finished speaking, he patted Gu Kai on the shoulder and turned around to go out.

"This guy has been talking for a long time as if he didn't say anything..." When Qiao Zhiya disappeared, Gu Kai came back to his senses and realized that he still didn't know anything. He couldn't help but curse a few words. But even if Qiao Zhiya didn't say anything, Gu Kai

He also realized that the matter was not trivial. There were seven to eight hundred militiamen and police stationed here in the mining area, and Qiao Zhiya actually asked him to stop the tour and take the people away. Apparently there was some uncontrollable situation outside.

Although Gu Kai's guess is not very accurate, it is indeed very close to the truth. If measured according to standard combat effectiveness, a platoon of militia soldiers should be able to deal with at least two to three times the number of opponents when fully armed. As for

Fugitives who are desperate to choose their own way can at least double the number on this basis. However, a platoon that set off early encountered difficult problems in the mountains and forests. This was probably not something that thirty or so fugitives could do.

After Qiao Zhiya heard the report, he realized that the situation had to be brought under control immediately, so he chose to take action personally.

Qiao Zhiya has a good habit of bringing his personal weapons and equipment with him wherever he goes. Even when he comes to Shilu for inspection, he does not forget to ask the orderlies to load all the large and small boxes of weapons onto the train and transport them over.

However, in order for Qiao Zhiya to change gear and choose weapons, the already prepared militia troops had to be delayed for another ten minutes. At 2:15 in the afternoon, an hour and a half after the vanguard set off, Qiao Zhiya finally set off from the mining area with a company of reinforcements.

He plunged into the forest.

Although the platoon leader who set off with the vanguard was eager to perform his duties, he did not forget the results of his usual training. He made direction marks along the way in accordance with the standard regulations. However, there was often a distance of tens of meters between each mark, so Qiao Zhiya

The reinforcements he leads will definitely move slower than the former.

During the march, sporadic gunshots could still be heard from the mountains and forests to the east. Although Qiao Zhiya was anxious, there was no other way to think of. The vanguard was not equipped with communication equipment such as radios, and the ones here were

The natural environment is a dense forest that has not been mined. Even if Qiao Zhiya holds the best telescope, he cannot see what is happening several miles away.

After marching hastily for half an hour, the scouts walking in front finally saw the people in the vanguard. Surprisingly, the people in the vanguard were not chasing the fugitives at this time, but were fighting and retreating.

"They are Li people! There is an ambush among us!" After seeing his comrades in the reinforcements, a soldier with an arrow stuck in his shoulder hurriedly told everyone the truth.

In his desperation, Qiao Zhiya did not care to ask further questions, and immediately ordered the troops to form a defensive formation, and accepted the soldiers who had retreated in front into the formation to rest and recuperate.

Soon, rustling sounds could be heard from all directions in the nearby mountains and forests, but Qiao Zhiya would not wait stupidly for his opponent to appear automatically. After he estimated that the opponent had entered the shooting range, he ordered to fire - no specific aim was required.

He relied on the density of firepower to target the target. This move had an immediate effect, and people in the distant bushes let out pitiful screams one after another.

The other party obviously realized that they could no longer hide their tracks, so they emerged one after another and launched long-range attacks at Haihan with bows, arrows and short spears. However, their weapons also faced the same problem as the Haihan militia in this kind of woods.

Most of them are blocked by trees, and very few can actually play a role.

At this time, Qiao Zhiya also noticed the number of enemies attacking from three sides. It was indeed quite a lot. A rough estimate was that there were at least two to three hundred people. There might be follow-up troops in the distance. No wonder the vanguard of only about forty people would

He was chased back all the way. However, the reinforcements he led were not at a disadvantage in terms of strength and weapons. Therefore, Qiao Zhiya did not panic and asked the troops to organize a defensive front in platoon units and use muskets to stop the opponent within five seconds.

Sixty meters away - at this distance, the Li's bows, arrows and short spears could hardly cause trouble to the militia.

At this time, Qiao Zhiya finally had time to check the casualties of the leading troops. Of the forty-three people who set off, only seventeen people have retreated here to join the group. Even the platoon leader who led the team has disappeared. According to an injured

According to the soldier's report, the platoon leader had been hit by at least two arrows when he last appeared. Although he did not continue to talk, it was obvious that this meant that there was a bad news. Qiao Zhiya found a squad leader among the surviving personnel and then

Finally learned what happened to them.

After the vanguard entered the dense forest, they quickly discovered the traces of the fugitives in the forest, and then followed them all the way to a cliff about three or four miles ahead, where they were ambushed by Li armed forces.

An attack was launched. Caught off guard, several people fell to the ground on the spot. The platoon leader found that he was outnumbered, so he decisively ordered to release a signal flare to call for help, and then fought and retreated. But the opponent was obviously worried about this time.

They were fully prepared for the ambush. The weapons of this militia did not help them gain much advantage in the encounter. Some people were injured and fell along the way. If Qiao Zhiya had not brought reinforcements to respond, the remaining ten

It’s hard to say how many of the seven people will be able to escape back to Shilu alive.

"It was actually a premeditated action..." Qiao Zhiya was still a little shocked by this fact.

Although there are many Li and Miao villages in the Qiongzhong Mountain area that are not cold towards Haihan and are even hostile to Haihan, they rarely take the initiative to take offensive actions, let alone collude with the Li people in the hard labor camp.

, the Han militia group who attacked the sea laid an ambush. And as far as Qiao Zhiya knew, there were no Li caves within twenty or thirty miles near Shilu. It was obvious that these Li people came from farther away and set up an ambush here to kill the sea.

Han people.

But Qiao Zhiya couldn't think of the purpose of the Li people for a while, because there seemed to be no record of armed conflict with the Li people in recent months.
Chapter completed!