"Keep searching."
"Group of three. Must be visible to each other."
Zhou Yang ordered.
The guard platoon then spread out towards the reed marsh.
Groups of three were divided into groups of more than a dozen. Start your search carefully.
Be very alert.
The insurance of the flower mechanism has been opened long ago.
Everyone's finger was on the trigger. If there is a situation, fire immediately.
Fortunately, in the reed swamp, the submachine gun is actually quite useful.
As long as you see the target, it's a shuttle.
This kind of close-range shooting is still very advantageous for flower traps.
Zhang Yong followed the team.
He held the shell gun in his hand. Uses a 20-round long magazine. For fear of insufficient firepower sustainability.
He didn't dare to take it lightly in such a dangerous place.
The display distance with a radius of 200 meters actually cannot completely ensure safety. There is still a possibility of being sniped.
Even without a scope, some Japanese invaders could shoot from 200 meters away.
The Japanese veterans in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War were all perverts. It cannot be measured by ordinary people.
Zhou Yang also gradually fell behind the team.
He also saw danger.
The enemy may be hiding in the reeds and shooting black guns.
His guard platoon only has flower traps and may not be a match for the enemy. The flower trap's range is too close.
"Sir!"
A second body was found.
Still shot in the back. Also fatal with one shot.
After digging out the warhead, it was also a bullet from the 79 rifle. The warhead was also cracked.
"Stop!"
Zhou Yang felt uneasy. The search cannot be continued.
He only had a guard platoon of thirty men. Facing the vast reed marsh. There is simply no way to search them all. Going in was a waste of effort.
If the enemy sneak attacks and kills several people, the loss will be huge.
Now that it is determined that all the patrol team was killed. The next thing is how to end it.
Ordered to slow down and stop advancing.
"There may be two murderers." Zhang Yong said after considering.
"How do you know?" Zhou Yang was confused.
"My guess."
"That's two people."
"Yes."
Zhang Yong did not explain.
Zhou Yang completely believed it.
Zhang Yong calculated it from the perspective of shooting.
There is a map display, which is very convenient to calculate the shooting angle. There are also obvious footprints on the beach.
If there is only one murderer, after killing the security soldier, he must walk a long distance before he can reach another angle and shoot the last security soldier. Obviously, there was not enough time.
Unless there are two people. One chased out from the left. One chased out from the right. The angle between them is about 30 degrees.
Sure enough, as I continued walking forward, I discovered two rows of completely non-intersecting footprints.
At the same time, two more bodies were found.
Still shot in the back. It means the murderer is after them.
Then, the remaining five people must be in front. Deep in the reeds. It's more dangerous over there.
At this point, no one dares to move forward.
Zhou Yang waved his hand quietly. Guard platoon soldiers pulled the bodies out.
The Hanyang-made rifles carried by the security regiment soldiers were also collected.
Zhang Yong checks the rifle.
Both rifles showed signs of being fired.
All five bullets in the gun chamber have been fired. But no new bullets were loaded.
Presumably he was in panic. Didn't have time to reload.
Check the body again. There are indeed five more magazines. Five rounds each. Twenty-five rounds in total.
When setting off on patrol, each person carries five magazines. There were five rounds of ammunition loaded in the chamber.
What does this mean?
It indicates that the engagement time should be short.
Otherwise, there will be no time to load bullets. Loading a magazine is not difficult.
look up.
Hold up your telescope and observe.
Only dense reeds can be seen. There are also crooked "channels" among the reeds. Maybe it was stepped on by the patrol soldiers.
Other than that, there are no other clues.
The murderer may be gone. But it is also possible to remain hidden among the reeds.
It is basically certain that the other patrol soldiers should have died inside. Even if no body is found yet. Keep going and you'll definitely find it.
However, therein lies the weirdness of the matter.
What is the murderer's purpose?
In other words, why did the murderer do this?
Simply to shoot nine soldiers on patrol?
It doesn't seem necessary.
Frankly speaking, the soldiers of these nine patrols are worthless.
They are all ordinary soldiers. This has been investigated before. No one has any special background. Killing them makes little sense.
If you say you want to demonstrate, how can you demonstrate if you kill people in a reed swamp like this?
You see, no one heard the gunfire.
What a demon!
So. Is the murderer simply bored?
Do you just want to kill a few people and vent your sins?
Can't figure it out.
There must be something crucial in the middle...
"Who would usually come and go in the reed swamp?" Zhang Yong asked casually.
Looking at the sky east of the reed field. Gloomy.
It seems like a storm is coming?
Behind the reed marsh, there should be the Yangtze River estuary.
The map shows that there seems to be a large island in the middle of the Yangtze River Estuary?
Is it Chongming Island?
Unfortunately, the map does not show place names yet.
Just blank map. There are no place names.
"Except for the occasional pirates." Zhou Yang replied, "But there is no road here, and the pirates are too lazy to walk."
"Pirates?" Zhang Yong seemed to have heard a very strange term.
What year is it? And pirates?
It seems to be the twenty-fourth year of the Republic of China. There are actually pirates at the mouth of the Yangtze River?
"You're weird?"
"Is not it?"
"Where are there no pirates on the coast now?"
"real?"
"You are so ignorant."
"Well……"
Zhang Yong was taught obediently.
He really has little knowledge. Not even knowledgeable.
After coming to this era, many things subverted his understanding. Pirates are one of them.
"The war is now in chaos. Think of the bandits everywhere."
"That's right. Bandits. Pirates..."
Zhang Yong understood immediately.
Yes, banditry is very serious everywhere now.
In almost any remote place, there are bandits running rampant. Some have two to three hundred people. There are also cannons.
As long as you have a few guns in your hand, you dare to dominate the mountain and become the king. Robbery and looting of homes. Killing and selling goods.
Put this situation at sea. And so on. No wonder.
The backer eats the mountain. Draft by water. Since on land, grass can be turned into bandits. Of course it's also possible at sea.
"There are several bandit troubles on Chongming Island."
"you know?"
"I know!"
"Then why don't you go clean it up?"
"Why go for a cleanup?"
"Why……"
Zhang Yong was asked.
Unable to answer.
You are the staff officer of the Garrison Command, and you ask me why?
What the hell...
You are an officer and a soldier! Isn’t it a matter of course for officers and soldiers to suppress bandits?
Still want to ask why?
If you are a team of teachers, with your level of consciousness, you must write at least a 5,000-word self-reflection letter...
"Pirates are the Navy's business. What does it have to do with us?"
"No. The navy..."
Zhang Yong was speechless.
Just the navy with a few broken ships?
Expect them to suppress bandits?
But I have to admit that there is really a huge division here.
No matter how many soldiers there are, there is no way to go to sea without ships. No matter how elite the troops are on land, they are all landlubbers when it comes to sea. The combat effectiveness is zero.
The ocean is a bottomless pit.
No matter how many armies are filled in, it will not be enough.
You mobilize elites like the 87th and 88th Division to eliminate pirates. Otherwise, it would be suicide.
The Japanese army will feel this deeply in the next few years.
Those fierce and deadly main divisions of the Japanese invaders, on land, one division can defeat 100,000 national troops. But on the ocean, the combat effectiveness is zero. A few bombs can send a regiment to feed the sharks.
During the huge Pacific War, tens of thousands of Japanese troops were sunk into the sea during transportation.
In terms of establishment, there are at least fifteen main regiments.
If it were on land, it would be too difficult, too difficult, too difficult to eliminate a main force of the Japanese invaders.
But when it comes to the sea, it's just a matter of taking advantage of the situation.
US military planes bombed back and forth, and the Japanese transport ships sank one by one. No matter how many Japanese army soldiers there were, they would not be enough to kill them.
The same goes for the national army.
Who will use the army to eliminate pirates?
That's a Navy thing.
However, the navy only has so few people and so little strength, how can it be wiped out?
Even an important waterway like the Yangtze River Estuary. As long as the pirates are not targeting important ships, the navy basically doesn't care. I can't control it even if I want to. There is no such strength.
The result is……
Pirates are lawless!
As long as you don't target an important goal, it's basically fine.
but!
The problem is still not solved.
What is this patrol doing here? No motive!
What did the pirates do to the patrol?
If the patrol had not come here on their own initiative, no matter how arrogant the pirates were, they would not have been able to go to Baoshan County to kill them.
So, there must be some reason for this...
Suddenly, a red dot cuts into the edge of the map from the east.
Zhang Yong suddenly became alert.
There are Japanese people!
Was it really the Japanese who killed him?
I couldn't help but grab a handful of Hanyang products. This is the standard equipment of the national army.
Except for a few main German weapon divisions, which are equipped with original Mauser 98K, the ones used by other general troops are all made in Hanyang. Used but not old.
Oh, a special mention. After the last explosion at the Jinling Arsenal, Zhang Yong learned that the official Chinese rifle had not yet been officially put into production.
The production line has not yet been fully deployed. It may not be officially put into production until the end of the year.
The output is not high either. Three thousand a month.
If everything goes well, it will be 30,000 pieces a year. Yield is very low.
Therefore, two years later, when the all-out Anti-Japanese War broke out, the number of official rifles in China was less than 100,000.
Most of the troops use weapons made in Hanyang. Or other homemade rifles.
Compared with industrial powers, this rifle output is really shabby. Not even a fraction of others.
The famous Garand M1 semi-automatic produced more than 5 million units.
Another M1 carbine, produced in greater quantities. More than 6 million pieces.
The famous Bobosha is also cruel, with a price of more than 5 million at every turn. It was simply terrifying.
"what you do?"
Zhou Yang noticed Zhang Yong's actions.
Without thinking, Zhou Yang himself grabbed a handful of Hanyang products.
He was aware of the subtleties and sensed danger from Zhang Yong's movements.
"There are Japanese people."
"What?"
"I smell his breath."
"Where?"
"To the east, about fifty feet away."
"Back up!"
Zhou Yang immediately ordered.
It was too dangerous to fight the Japanese invaders in the reed swamp.
Quickly retreat to the reed field.
Zhang Yong retreated. Came to a pile of sand. There happens to be a shooting position here.
He lay down. Set up the Hanyang-made rifle. Aim at the location of the Japanese invaders. Finger on trigger. Quietly waiting for the Japanese invaders to approach.
Unexpectedly, the second red dot entered the edge of the map.
Haha, there are really two Japanese invaders.
They should be the ones who killed the patrol.
Perhaps, by capturing them alive, we can know the answer.
(End of chapter)
