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" and "Miao Zi" ", 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. He does not need to aim and shoot at a distance of tens of meters. The opponent will be killed or injured. If he is lucky, one shot can Killed and injured several. It is much easier to use than the spear that is 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 river. The assembly call was heard here, and the soldiers who were missing in the battle came back one after another. At the last count, no one was killed. The four people who were shot by arrows were still alive. Most of the ten people who were missing were back, and only three of them were back. His whereabouts are unknown. 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 dressing to the soldiers. Medicine bandaging and slightly more complicated treatment techniques will not work.
The medical soldier comforted them: "Every one 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 comrades, but this time it was different. These people died under his command, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
"Does Captain Zhu have any orders?" Li Dong asked. He just sent a signal soldier to send a signal to the No. 1 command boat.
"No, the left team is following the main team."
Milongtao's ship was directly hit by a cannon less than 20 meters away from the shore. More than a dozen soldiers gathered on the deck were wiped out by the passing shells and were either killed or injured. He was on the conning tower and survived. Then the shock wave of the shell knocked him off the conning tower. When he got up, the deck was already a mess. The smoke filled the air, and only the sound of gunfire and shouts of death could be heard.
Mi Longtao supported his body with his command knife, still a little confused. Suddenly, a platoon leader under him 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. All you could hear was the "whoosh" of projectiles tearing through the air. He heard the Fubo army's killing cry and the distinctive crisp blast of the Mini rifle, and knew that his team had not lost control and was still fighting.
Suddenly a gust of wind blew away the smoke, and he saw smoke from gunfire constantly coming out of the shore. His fleet was trying to sail towards the shore - but there were large shoals on the shore, and he could not Straight to the shore, the soldiers could only be disembarked in shallow water.
The soldiers staggered forward in the shallow water, braving the 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." Mi Longtao said, wanting to take a picture of the side of the boat, but then he realized that he couldn't lift his arm. He wanted to give an order, but saw that the signalman was already lying on the deck unable to move, and the helmsman was also dead. Apart from the severely wounded men who were still groaning, there were only three or four men on the deck who were still standing and firing.
At this time, several black-clad sailors 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 ship 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. Just a moment after entering the water, the boiler exploded. Mi Longtao and the others were pushed violently by the waves and were almost pushed to the bottom of the water. Fortunately, the flood season had not yet arrived, and the river was neither fast nor deep, so they struggled violently. In just a few strokes, my feet touched the bottom of the water.
Climbing ashore, all the enemies on the shore have fled. The hygienist came to check him and found that his arm was broken, so he splinted it. Not only did Mi Longtao see that he was soaked, but his clothes were all in pieces and pitch black, he really looked so embarrassed. This time the losses were heavy! He thought angrily, these bandits are so 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, and a preliminary count 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. "
"Beat the rallying drum, and the whole team will form. The whole team will form a 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 on my behalf."
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. Now you are asked to take command. You represent the Senate. What are you afraid of? Go 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, with blood stains on his face and clothes, which looked shocking. .
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. broken! He thought that Lieutenant Mi must be dissatisfied with Li Dong's unauthorized actions. He secretly cursed Li Dong for "having a full meal to hold on" and "what a great achievement." He quickly stood up at attention and bowed: "I'm sorry, we shouldn't have acted without authorization! All this is wrong." yes……"
"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. He couldn't help but become more energetic. He quickly stood up and bowed: "This is all because the commander commanded powerfully and the lieutenant fought bravely 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 will be 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 what can be retrieved."
Zhu Si saw that Zhen Huan's team had assembled and started to set off for Xugang, and he 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 earthen bags. A cannon was 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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