For the next three days, "bang bang" gunshots rang out every day on the beach south of the camp. This is Wang Yuanfang and the others getting familiar with firearms.
The refugees gradually became familiar with this sound, and no one shouted "The general has sent troops to arrest us" anymore.
Seven of Katsu Kaishu and the others went to see it once, and they were all frightened by the power of this new continuous-fire iron cannon. Especially Jiuzang, who practiced martial arts the hardest, he realized that the knife in his hand was completely vulnerable to this kind of weapon, so wouldn't all his hard work these days have been in vain?
Zhao Xin doesn't dare to let Sheng Haizhou and the others come into contact with guns yet. Who knows what will happen to these islanders after they get powerful weapons. He doesn't want to put his life on these people yet.
But Zhao Xin knew that if Wang Yuanfang and the others continued to fight like this, their bullets would not be able to keep up. He only bought a total of 30,000 rounds of rifle ammunition. If he had known it, he would have multiplied it ten times. It seems that I have to go to the other side of the ocean again.
The most painful thing for people like Li Ji was the Chinese class that Zhao Xin opened on the third day after arriving.
Zhao Xin did not dare to call more people. Counting the Seven Samurai, he only found twenty people to teach the class for the first time. He didn't have any teaching materials in his hand, so he just stood in front of twenty people and opened his mouth. The first thing he taught these people was to learn to read their own names.
My lord, my lord, gives me a lesson. What an honor it is. The refugees were discussing this matter privately, and were extremely envious of the thirteen extra people who were selected. Most of these thirteen people have worked as craftsmen. For example, carpenters, charcoal burners, people who can weave straw mats... There is no way, there are too few refugees now, and there are even fewer men, so Zhao Xin can only call those who can weave straw mats.
There is also Wan Zao's son here. Zhao Xin named this child Wan Haiyang. This made Wan Zao and his wife burst into tears. They both said that they had never seen any feudal lord give names to the farmers below.
Zhao Xin laughed and scolded them both: "You are really worthless. You are farmers, and you want your snot-nosed son to be a farmer all his life?"
Wan Zao's wife looked at Zhao Xin with wide eyes and said, "Isn't this what it should be?"
Therefore, Wan Haiyang reluctantly gave up his unrestrained life every day and went to class with his father after breakfast every day. As long as he dared to sneak away, Wan Zao's wife would soon be beaten with a stick, making him cry like a wolf, and finally return to class with tears and snot in his nose.
As for A Miao, when Zhao Xin was in class, she was holding Duofu the tabby cat, sitting aside and following along.
A few days later, Wang Yuanfang and the others wore all-terrain tactical camouflage uniforms every morning and began running fully armed with heavy loads. In order to save his life, Zhao Xin could only run with heavy loads; after finishing the exhausting run, he had to continue class after breakfast.
However, after living such a regular life for several consecutive days, Zhao Xin felt that his physical strength had improved a lot.
After dinner every morning, Wang Yuanfang and the six of them began restorative military training. If there was a lack of venue equipment, Zhao Xin would arrange for carpenters to do it. Anyway, the wood piled outside the camp was enough for them to work on.
The Spring Festival is coming soon, and Zhao Xin estimates that Yalha will come again before the first month. But if he is not prepared, it will be bad for him to hear the gunshot.
With Wang Yuanfang and the other six training in the camp every day, Zhao Xin decided to send someone out to investigate. He ordered Mosuke and Kokichi to take two people with them, and at dawn the next morning, they would set out from the camp to the west until they were twenty miles away, and investigate everything.
The four men didn't come back until dark that day. They reported that they only found Yalha's footprints and horse hoof prints along the way, not even a human figure.
Zhao Xin was still uneasy. At noon the next day, he launched a drone to explore the entire island again.
Under Liu Sheng's operation, half an hour later, traces of a fire were found in the middle and northwest of Bear Island, and even a straw shed made of tree branches was seen.
"Pull closer and take a closer look." Wang Yuanfang and others surrounding him said quickly.
Liu Sheng zoomed in and found that the empty hut was quite large and could accommodate at least three or four people. The fire outside the hut had been extinguished, leaving only ashes.
"Isn't this where the hunters who came to the island live?" Zhao Xin thought it was possible, but he probably couldn't figure out the reason because of language communication problems with Yalha.
By this time, the whole island was almost visible, and the battery of the drone was almost running out of power, so Liu Sheng had no choice but to take the drone back.
Wang Yuanfang watched Zhao Xin mark the location of the hay shed on the map, and then said to Zhao Xin: "Give me the map, and I will take a few of them there to have a look tomorrow. It's a training by the way."
"Brother Wang, you have to be careful. There are bears on this island, and maybe there are also tigers and wild boars."
"Yes, before Zhao Xin and I went to the island for the first time, we saw bears, two big, two small and four." Liu Sheng added quickly.
"Don't worry, we'll bring our guns. Everyone, be careful along the way. This will have to be done sooner or later." Wang Yuanfang means that he can't always stay near this camp, but it's time to go out and check the situation on the island.
Wang Yuanfang decided to let Ding Guofeng, Deng Fei and Liu Sheng go with him to investigate the situation, while the others stayed behind, but the other two also wanted to go.
Okay, take it all. Zhao Xin told them to stay as far away as possible without shooting, so as not to alarm the people in the fishing village to the north.
The six people set out early the next morning before dawn.
According to the map, they first walked northeast for more than five miles, then climbed up a small hill northeast of the camp and followed the ridge of the hill to the north. The highest hill here is only over 200 meters high, and going down this hillside is where we found the hay shed yesterday.
Wang Yuanfang and the others slowed down when they were going down the mountain. This place has been uninhabited for a long time, and the forest on the hillside is very dense. Although it is already winter, the large area of fir trees is still green.
They haven't performed a mission together for many years, and they have been away from the army for so long, so their cooperation is inevitably a bit unfamiliar. Everyone came out together this time in order to gradually regain the feeling and keep working together again.
These six people were divided into two three-three groups, with Deng Fei, Wang Yuanfang and Liu Sheng on the left, and Zhao Liang, Wu Siyu and Ding Guofeng on the right.
In Wang Yuanfang's group, Deng Fei was walking slightly ahead. Wang Yuanfang was five meters behind him on his left, and Liu Sheng was five meters behind him on the right. In this way, the three people formed a herringbone inclined plane search formation. The purpose of this is to facilitate the search for targets by spreading left and right. Once there is an emergency, they will fight together. Of course, if it is a two-person team, they will march in tandem. Zhao Liang's group was ten meters away from Wang Yuanfang and the others. In this way, the two groups formed an oblique tactical team.
This is just a tactical formation in the mountains and forests of the cold temperate zone. If it is a glacier and snowfield area, they should move in a column, whether in a straight line, diagonal line or horizontally. They should also move in a linear manner at intervals of five meters so that they can respond to each other.
Wang Yuanfang and the others were feeling nervous and excited at the same time. As a former veteran, they can finally engage in their favorite profession again.
At this time, Deng Fei, who stood out the most, suddenly squatted down and made a fist to signal. The other five people immediately squatted down. Deng Fei turned around slightly and gestured to everyone.
Everyone understood that the target was found ahead. So after getting up, I stepped more lightly and moved slowly towards the target...
In the hay shed, Lu Shoushan was looking worriedly at Pan Xiucheng and his two children who were playing tricks in front of him. Xu Funan also fell ill and developed a high fever.
Yesterday at noon, four people who were warming themselves by the fire accidentally saw a strange bird floating in the distance. The fugitive life these days has made them very nervous, and they will immediately hide and hide at the slightest sign of trouble.
So Lu Shoushan quickly extinguished the fire with earth and hid in the thatched shed. Later he saw the strange black bird flying towards their thatched shed, so Lu Shoushan took the other three people and hid nearby. In a cramped rock cave.
It wasn't until dark that they emerged from the cave.
Pan Xiucheng had been ill for many days, and Lu Shoushan had no good solution. All he could do was to pull out a lot of hay and spread it on Pan Xiucheng's body; he also found more dry branches and branches to keep the hay shed. The fire outside will not go out.
Xu Funan's arm was cut by a tree branch when they went to the fishing village to steal food a few nights ago. Now it's as swollen as a steamed bun. He had had a fever since the day before yesterday, and it became even worse when he came out of the cold cave.
As for his younger brother Xu Shounan, he stayed beside his brother and covered his forehead with his cold hands.
"Uncle Lu, I'm hungry." Xu Shounan turned around and said to Lu Shoushan eagerly.
All the ginseng seeds were eaten before reaching the island. The four of them have been relying on frozen fish stolen from the fishing village and a small bag of sorghum to survive these days. And I finished eating this bit yesterday.
Lu Shoushan sighed and said to Xu Shounan: "Master Shounan, be good and hold on for a while. When it gets dark, I will go to the village to find food for you."
After Lu Shoushan finished speaking, he turned around and left the hut. He stood outside the hut, facing south, and knelt on the ground with a "pop". Choking with sobs, she said: "Master, madam, I'm sorry for you."
When Xu Shounan in the hayloft heard Lu Shoushan's cry, he ran out of the hayloft, threw himself on Lu Shoushan, and cried, "Uncle Lu, stop crying! I'm not hungry anymore, I'm not hungry anymore!" "
Lu Shoushan cried and said, "Master Shounan, I'm sorry for you!"
When the two of them were holding each other's hands and crying, the leaves around them shook, and with the sound of slight footsteps, six people suddenly appeared from behind the tree, surrounding the straw shed and Lu Shoushan.
When Lu Shoushan heard the rustling of leaves, he suddenly looked up and saw the people in front of him wearing clothes he had never seen before. Their whole bodies were bulging; their heads were wearing hats that looked like they were tied with leaves or rags, and their faces were covered Wearing a mask, only his two eyes were exposed; he was holding a strange iron tool in his hand, with the pipe opening on the iron tool facing him.
