Although these officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment had been slacking off and relaxing for a few months, don't forget that they are not new recruits to begin with. They are almost all veterans who have experienced countless battles. After two trainings by the mercenary regiment's instructor team, and the mercenary regiment's consistent live-fire training model regardless of cost, the marksmanship of these veterans was no better than that of a regiment of infantry.
Therefore, the ending of these water bandits can only be described as horrific.
Many of the water bandits on the ship raised their hands and knelt down loudly to beg for mercy, but they were answered with ruthless bullets and cannonballs.
Many of the officers and soldiers on the ship were actually a little intolerant. Although they were veterans who had experienced countless bloody battles, they were no strangers to killing people. But this is the first time that someone else has knelt down to beg for mercy, but still had a hard heart to kill him.
But even though they couldn't bear it, they still carried out their commander's orders to the letter. The best we can do is to hit the vital points of these water bandits as much as possible when shooting, so that they will suffer less before they die.
Moreover, so many of them were crowded into a narrow and hot cabin for nearly 10 days. Their physical endurance and mental will were severely tested. After so many days of hardship, isn't this the moment you've been waiting for?
At this time, Bi Shunyi was frightened out of his mind by the tragedy in front of him. Fortunately, his boat was located at the rear of the fleet. When he saw something was wrong, he immediately started to turn around. But even so, the ship he was on was attacked by Maxim's heavy machine gun.
The little guy who was flattering him just now was unfortunately shot. He was lying in the cabin now, vomiting blood and foaming, and he was dying.
But Bi Shunyi was lucky. Several cannonballs fell around and blew up the ships next to him. However, his ship was under his personal command, plus a dozen of his minions. Using all his strength to paddle, he finally got out of the area with the most intensive firepower.
However, before the frightened Bi Shunyi could take a breath, he heard one of the minions shouting again: "Master, the boat has moved, the boat has moved, and it is chasing us."
Bi Shunyi turned around and saw that the soul of the dead suddenly appeared.
I saw a thick black smoke rising from the steamer's chimney again, and the steamer began to move slowly.
"Pull quickly, if you don't want to die, then paddle for me. As long as we are caught up, none of us will survive."
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It was an hour after the battle ended that Zhou Wen received the telegram from Xu Dacheng from the ship.
At this time, he was leading a team of brothers to train at the newly built Lujiaqiao base.
If Mr. Du came to Lujiaqiao at this time, he would definitely not recognize that this was the village he bought back then.
At this time, Zhuangzi was surrounded by tall and strong earth and stone walls. The west entrance of Zhuangzi was the Zhangjiabang River, which has now been transformed into a small wharf. The east entrance is connected to a large training ground, which is equipped with a playground and a shooting range.
Now the brothers of the mercenary group in Shanghai are taking turns to come to this new base for training to maintain their physical condition and various military skills. Recently, they have been training on bodyguard knowledge and skills.
When Zhang Xiaoping sent the message, Zhou Wen was doing standing aiming training with his rifle. At this time, he did not fire, but held his rifle flat and aimed at the target 300 meters away.
Since the telegram was only for Xu Dacheng to report the battle situation and not an urgent military situation, Zhang Xiaoping just stood aside quietly and did not disturb Zhou Wen's training.
Zhou Wen had been standing in this position for about 20 minutes before. With his current shooting level, of course he is not practicing the skill of holding the gun smoothly, but communicating with his rifle on a spiritual level (haha, isn't it a bit metaphysical?), which is actually to find the feeling.
By adjusting your breathing and spirit, you enter a state of concentration and calmness. Don't think about anything, just focus on your rifle and the red heart in the middle of the target.
Zhang Xiaoping, a master of marksmanship, naturally knows that his senior brother is practicing his gun sense, which is also something he must do every day.
At their level of shooting, no matter how much live-fire training they do, they won't improve much. Accurate shooting is no longer their goal. Shoot fast, shoot as you please, be able to shoot with a gun in any situation, and shoot accurately. This is the purpose of their training.
With Zhou Wen's strong physical condition, he stood like this and aimed for dozens of minutes, and his head began to sweat slightly. It can be seen that this kind of training is very hard on the mind.
A few minutes later, Zhou Wen put down his rifle, let out a breath, and then turned to Zhang Xiaoping and asked, "It's a telegram from Dacheng."
"Yes, Dacheng and the others played beautifully and achieved the expected results." Zhang Xiaoping said as he handed over the message.
Zhou Wen took the message and chuckled: "Haha, what's so beautiful about a battle of this level? The key is to make it work."
After that, Zhou Wen read the telegram.
The content of the telegram was quite long, and Zhou Wen was a little confused about whether to laugh or cry.
This great achievement actually used his habit of bragging in battle reports.
Most of the entire text was about how he showed the enemy weakness, and then how he deployed firepower, cross-firing, and artillery coverage. People who didn't know it thought that Mr. Xu was commanding a huge battle.
Then he rarely praised the performance of Liu Afu and the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment, saying that the quality and execution of individual soldiers were no less than those of ordinary soldiers of the First Regiment. It can be seen that the performance of Liu Afu and his officers and soldiers has made him somewhat impressed, unlike before, he always had some disdain for the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment.
After the battle, he didn't have the nerve to brag anymore. He just reported that he had killed nearly 200 water bandits, and a considerable number of those who fell into the water did not know whether they were alive or dead. Then he pursued the fleeing water bandits on the river for dozens of miles, killing without calculation. So much.
But when Zhou Wen saw the number of enemies killed, he knew that Xu Dacheng and Liu Afu had carried out their orders to kill them all to the letter.
You must know that with the current combat power of the mercenary group, fighting a group of water bandits who can only be regarded as a ragtag group is like a later professional basketball team competing with an amateur student team. It is a completely dimensionally reduced attack.
I'm afraid that within a minute of the gunshot, someone would be crying and calling for Grandpa to spare his life.
But under this circumstance, they still did not capture prisoners but killed nearly two hundred people, which shows that their execution ability is still very strong.
In fact, the only thing Zhou Wen was worried about was that these men would show mercy to the water bandits who had stopped resisting. In the end, they would not be able to achieve the effect of knocking down the mountain and shaking the tigers and killing people to establish their authority. In that case, all the previous arrangements would be in vain.
