Looking at their equipment, the double-barreled shotguns in each hand are much more impressive than the rows of spears, which caused the recruits to whisper - the same National Army, still with "Shan Yao", "
Seedlings", but they all have guns!
Li Dong has been in battle for a long time and knows that although the shotgun they use has a short range, it is very powerful in close combat in the mountains. From a distance of dozens of meters, he does not need to aim and shoot at the opponent. The opponent will be killed or injured. If he is lucky, one shot can
He killed and wounded several people. It was much easier to use than the spear that was difficult to use in the mountain jungle.
"We are all local recruits here - we only have one month to complete the training." Li Dong said with regret, "How is it? Are there many casualties?"
"It's not small," Zhen Huan said with an unhappy look on his face, "The command boat was hit by a cannon and the boiler exploded."
"Lieutenant Nami..."
"We still don't know his condition. The command boat has sunk. We are rescuing the lucky one." Zhen Huan said, "You guys set up defenses here now, and I will go to pick up the brigade."
After Zhen Huan finished speaking, he led his soldiers to the riverside. Here they heard the assembly call, and the soldiers who were missing during the battle also came back one after another. After a final count, no one was killed, and the four people who were hit by arrows all
They are still alive, and most of the ten missing people have returned. Only three of them are missing. I don't know if they ran away or were injured.
While Li Dong arranged the soldiers to line up to prepare for the enemy's sudden counterattack, he also asked a few soldiers to make stretchers with spears and carry the wounded to the shore to wait for the ship. Although there were medical soldiers, his ability was at best to apply dressings to the soldiers.
Medicine bandaging and slightly more complicated treatment techniques will not work.
The medical soldier comforted them: "Everyone of them is humming like a girl. One arrow is nothing, just treat it as a mosquito bite. I will send you to Fengchuan County, just a few miles away!"
There are field hospitals, doctors, and nurses! Just lie down and recuperate and enjoy yourself..."
Li Dong watched as a wounded soldier with an arrow in his chest was carried off. The bandage on his chest was stained red with blood. He was gasping for air and spitting blood from his mouth... He knew that this man would not survive, and he felt in his heart.
a little sad,
It is common to go into battle and witness the death and injury of your comrades, but this time it was different. These people died under his command, and I couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
"Is there an order from Captain Zhu?" Li Dong asked. He had just sent a signal soldier to send a signal to the No. 1 command boat.
"No, the left wing team is following the main team."
Milongtao's ship was directly hit by a cannon less than 20 meters from the shore. More than a dozen soldiers gathered on the deck were swept away by the passing shells and were either killed or injured. He was on the control tower at the time.
, survived. Then the shock wave of the shell knocked him off the command tower. When he got up, the deck was already in a mess. Smoke filled the air, and there were only intensive gunshots and shouts of death in his ears.
Mi Longtao supported his body with his command knife, still a little confused. Suddenly, one of his platoon commanders emerged from the thick smoke covered in blood:
"Lieutenant! We were ambushed!" The platoon leader was probably injured and was limping on one leg. "All the brothers on the ship were killed. Let's withdraw first and regroup."
Mi Longtao opened his eyes wide and looked at the situation outside. The river was almost surrounded by thick smoke and he couldn't see anything. He could only hear the "whoosh" sound of projectiles passing through the air. He heard the sound of falling.
The Polish army's shouts of killing and the distinctive crisp blast of Mini's rifles told them that their team was not out of control and was continuing to fight.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew away the smoke, and he saw smoke from gunfire constantly emerging from the shore. His fleet was trying to sail towards the shore - but there were large shoals on the shore in this area, and he could not
Arriving straight to the shore, the soldiers could only disembark in shallow water.
The soldiers staggered forward in the shallow water, braving the fire of bows and arrows and cannons on the shore. Fortunately, there were artillery on each ship, and they were all firing at this moment, maintaining the posture of suppressing the shore.
"Good shot." Milongtao said, wanting to take a picture of the side of the ship, but then he realized that he could not lift his arms. He wanted to give an order, but saw that the signal soldier was already lying on the deck unable to move, and the helmsman was also dead.
.On the deck, apart from the severely wounded men who were still groaning, there were only three or four people still standing and firing.
At this time, several sailors covered in black came from below the deck and shouted: "Get off the ship quickly! The boiler has cracked! It's going to explode!" As he said that, he jumped into the water.
Upon hearing this, the few remaining soldiers on the boat were about to jump into the water. Mi Longtao stopped them: "Take all the wounded! We must let them die on the shore!"
Mi Longtao's arm was probably broken, and he couldn't use any strength at all. He could only get into the water with the help of the platoon leader. Within a moment of entering the water, the boiler exploded, and Mi Longtao and the others were pushed violently by the waves.
I was almost pushed to the bottom of the water. Fortunately, the flood season had not yet arrived, and the river was neither fast nor deep. After a few fierce struggles, my feet touched the bottom of the water.
When he climbed ashore, all the enemies on the shore had run away. The health worker came to check him and found that his arm was broken, so he fixed it with a splint. Mi Longtao saw that he was soaked, and his clothes were in pieces and black.
, It’s so embarrassing and embarrassing. This time the losses are heavy! He thought angrily, these bandits are really disgusting!
Looking at the river, the command boat of the Central Artillery had completely sunk. Only part of the chimney and mast were exposed on the water. White water vapor was still rising from the chimney, which seemed to be a dying breath. Various debris and the corpses of soldiers were on the water.
floating on.
"Report, Lieutenant..." Zhen Huan came to his side and was about to salute.
"How is the situation?" Mi Longtao ignored this and interrupted his "report".
"The enemy has run away. Preliminary counting showed more than thirty corpses, and also left behind cannons and many firearms." Zhen Huan reported, "Thanks to the Wuzhou Squadron this time, they detoured from the flanks and dispersed our frontal pressure.
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"Beat the rallying drum, and form the whole team. The whole team will start fighting formation and go to Xugang. If there is no trace of the enemy, the team will temporarily enter Xugang to rest."
"Yes!" Zhen Huan saluted and was about to leave, but was stopped by Mi Longtao, "I am injured and have difficulty moving. From now on, you will take command for me."
Zhen Huan hesitated, and Mi Longtao smiled and said, "Why, you have been a company commander for several years, and you don't dare to take on this responsibility?"
"No...I am a lieutenant of the National Army..."
"You are from the Fubo Army of the National Army. You are an officer of the Senate. If you are asked to take command now, you represent the Senate. What are you afraid of? Go ahead and do it!"
He sent Zhen Huan away and saw Zhu Si coming over accompanied by several soldiers. This young man's appearance and demeanor were superior to Zhen Huan's, but his expression was unusually nervous. Mi Longtao noticed that he kept looking around in private.
The neck still shrinks down from time to time.
He is an inexperienced recruit...
Mi Longtao thought to himself that he looked like he had no actual combat experience, but his roundabout move just now was very decisive, allowing Zhen Huan to quickly reverse the passive situation - he is not a mediocre person, and he can become a qualified one with more experience.
An officer.
"Lieutenant Mi..." Seeing Mi Longtao's appearance, Zhu Si's nervous words became incoherent - this Mi Longtao was just black all over, but his face and clothes were stained with blood, which looked shocking.
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Mi Longtao shook his head and sighed: "It doesn't matter to me. This is all the blood of comrades... We suffered heavy casualties this time."
"I didn't expect the bandits to have cannons!" Zhu Si said bitterly. When Mi Longtao's command boat was hit by a bullet just now, he was so frightened that he could not speak. Several times the signal soldiers reported to him Li Dong's request for instructions.
He didn't come to his senses, and only when asked by the helmsman did he give the order "Follow the group."
"Yes, I really didn't expect it." Mi Longtao looked at him, "But you guys have done a lot of credit this time."
Zhu Si was furious. He remembered the signal Li Dong sent to him just now. It was broken! He thought that Lieutenant Mi must be dissatisfied with Li Dong's unauthorized actions. He secretly cursed Li Dong in his heart for "having enough to hold on".
"What a great achievement." He quickly stood up and bowed: "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have acted without authorization! This is all..."
"No way!" Mi Longtao waved his hand, "If you hadn't acted decisively and taken the initiative to hold the enemy from the flanks, our attack here would probably have to pay a higher price - you commanded it very well!"
Zhu Si originally thought that he would be scolded by Mi Longtao, and if he wrote something in the battle report, his future would be in jeopardy! Unexpectedly, Mi Longtao actually praised himself, and he couldn't help but feel energetic. He quickly stood at attention and bowed:
"This is all due to the strong command of the commander and the bravery of the lieutenant to kill the enemy..."
"Okay, okay, don't be so polite." Mi Longtao was a little unaccustomed to Zhu Si's "standard doctrine etiquette" and felt uncomfortable all over, so he quickly interrupted him, "Assemble your team immediately to clean the battlefield.
All the wounded, prisoners and trophies were sent to Fengchuan County by fleet."
"Yes, Lieutenant!"
"Organize soldiers to retrieve the bodies of the fallen soldiers as soon as possible. Bury the bodies on the spot and mark them. Try to retrieve as many things as possible."
Zhu Si saw that Zhen Huan's team had assembled and started to set off for Xugang, and felt a little envious: his team only did odd jobs!
Mi Longtao arranged the specific affairs and asked the soldiers to help him up. He wanted to take a look at the bandits' ambush position.
The position is located in the woods not far from the river. There are no conspicuous earthen forts, trenches or the like. It is simply a fort made of earth bags and a cannon is set up.
Mi Longtao stood on the gun position and looked towards the river. The position was indeed very clever. Because of the shoal, the fleet had to sail close to the shore channel when sailing here. The straight-line distance between the two was less than 50 meters, and from
From the dry bank of the river to the channel, there are large flat shoals stretching as far as the eye can see.
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