But he was wrong, completely wrong! Jia Liu, who was eager to prove his own worth, did not expect that the seemingly easy reconnaissance operation on the island would hit a hard nail on the indigenous savages he despised. The Kurut aborigines on Gejia Island were not what they imagined at all. The native chickens and dogs! Although these savages have not received any special training and the weapons in their hands are not very sophisticated, their strong combat effectiveness developed through long-term hunting, robbing merchant ships, and fighting with other Mamat tribes makes them battle-hardened and brave even against Jia Liu. The elites of the Qi family army who are good at fighting are not inferior at all, let alone these mountain bandits who are not even as good as ordinary officers and soldiers.
Moreover, what is even more speechless is that these shameless savages are obviously powerful enough to crush people like themselves head-on, but they do not follow common sense and like to sneak in and ambushes! My group of four or five people had just arrived at this low slope. Before I could stop and do anything, there were dozens or hundreds of people with dark skin, shirtless, covered in oil paint, and with scars all over their faces (Note 1) The savages suddenly shouted and rushed out from behind the rocks, waving heavy stone axes and snake spears in their hands. People like themselves were caught off guard and were immediately caught off guard! Fortunately, the advance team was not completely unprepared. They had received guidance from the painting officer Yan Si before setting off. In order to prevent possible dangers, they also carried a dozen explosive cartridges and seven or eight wine bottle bombs with them.
Therefore, when the savage hedgehogs gathered together to attack themselves, the advance team immediately lit the two remaining explosive barrels, and everyone stepped forward and fired a round of volleys, which was able to block the crazy attack of the natives. A wild attack. However, the advance team of only seven people no longer had the strength to take the next step. Before they even had time to rescue their injured companions, they were compressed to the bottom of the short slope by the tide of barbarians.
What's more, what makes people's scalp numb and frightening is that these brave and capable natives who are not afraid of death are still increasing their troops in a steady stream. Before long, they (including ordinary men and slaves of the Kurut tribe) The number of people successfully exceeded the hundreds mark! As soon as the commander of the advance team, Jia Liu, saw that the situation was not good, he no longer cared about any reconnaissance missions. He immediately blew a loud whistle and withdrew to the top of the slope with the remaining dozen team members. Rely on the steep terrain and wait for help.
Explosive barrels, wine bottle bombs, flintlock guns, rolling stones and wood, the advance team tried their best to stop the incoming savages, but the effect was not very satisfactory! First of all, the explosive barrel is an area-killing weapon. When fired, although the porcelain pieces are iron-clad, the lead pellets fly in all directions, and the thick smoke billows, it is a spectacular sight, but is it lethal? Haha, I can only describe it as haha. Anyway, as long as If you are not unlucky enough to be hit directly by it, then nothing will happen. Secondly, although the killing power of wine bottle bombs is still so-so, in order to go into battle lightly, each person in the team only carried three bombs, which made it difficult to actually fight a battle. It’s not enough, and besides, the humidity at the beach is very high, and the gunpowder fuse that is dry when setting off often needs to be baked with a fire when it is used (I don’t know what this is, but it’s black-gunpowder bombs actually need to be baked with an open flame) The dry powder line) can be successfully ignited, and in this way, the power of the wine bottle bomb is greatly reduced without realizing it; finally, let’s talk about the flintlock gun. Although the flintlock gun used by the advance team is rewarded by the system, However, their appearance and performance are different from the flintlock guns used by European and American ghosts on the American continent. Yan Si, a firearms expert under Conlin, once studied this system-rewarded flintlock gun, and finally discovered that this flintlock gun It turned out that the system was lazy and was directly modified from the shotgun of the Ming Dynasty. The only difference was that the ignition device was changed from a match rope to a flint, but at the same time, the successful ignition rate was also reduced accordingly! Therefore, the advance team, who used all kinds of unreliable weapons, had to turn their attention to the nearby rocks and trees. They quickly moved the large and small rocks to the temporary position and piled them up. Wait for the native savages to push the rocks down as soon as they touch them. Facts have proved that the role of primitive weapons like stones is much stronger than those unreliable firearms. Basically, as long as the native savages dare to take the lead. They would be attacked by the defenders with bottle bombs and stones, and the Kuruts did not want to lose too many people, so the situation became strangely stalemate.
However, the Kurut indigenous people would not allow things to develop like this. Repeated attacks to no avail made them lose face in front of the slaves. In order to save their last glimmer of glory, more than a hundred Kurut indigenous people with topless bodies and ferocious faces Under the strict orders of their leader, they divided into four teams and attacked continuously towards the top of the hillside. This time they will use wheel tactics to deal with the foreigners on the top of the hillside regardless of their own losses (in previous battles, the Kuruts In order to show their strong force, they did not shamelessly use wheel battles to deal with Jia Liu and others, but the long-term attack made them lose all their patience), and once the guards showed any sign of weakness under their fierce attack, then Kulu The special supreme commander would order all the combatants to press forward together and submerge the aliens guarding the top of the slope into a sea of people!
"Hold on, hold on, wait until the savages come up and then push the rocks down. Don't waste the limited rocks..." On the top of the slope, Jia Liu and others who had used up all their ammunition threw away the flintlock guns they were holding and roared. He rushed towards the place where the rocks were stacked. The war has reached this point, and they no longer have the idea of retreating intact. They hold on to the idea of killing one to be enough and killing two to gain profit. This group of former bandits finally broke out. They ignored the sharp arrows of the natives and killed their own people. Tragically, he struggled to push the heavy rocks and smashed them down at the swarming natives!
"Ah..." The heavy stone rolled down quickly with a thunderous sound. It didn't stop even after knocking down a dozen indigenous warriors who were rushing forward. It still jumped and rolled down until more people were knocked down. Only after more indigenous people were blocked by trees and rocks did they consume all their kinetic energy. During this period, the unlucky ones who were touched by this thing all suffered broken bones and tendons, screaming and fell down on the charging road. Among them, those who were directly killed were considered lucky and did not suffer any consequences, but those who were not directly killed were collapsed. It's really bad. Whether it's a broken hand, a crushed foot, or even half of the body being crushed into a meat pie, no other natives can get treatment (Note 2), and they can only live in heart-wrenching misery. Howling while quietly waiting for death to come!
But even this kind of casualties did not affect the attack of the Kurut natives! These pale-faced aboriginal men did not retreat down the slope. Instead, they deftly avoided their companions who were screaming in pain on the ground. They raised their weapons and continued to rush towards the aliens on the top of the slope. They had to use their numbers. The superiority offsets the terrain advantage occupied by the foreigners. I still don't believe it. With more than two hundred tribal warriors under his command, he can't defeat only three or four foreigners who are defending in danger. Today, he will use his life to pile up Kurut. People also want to grind them all into powder!
"Brothers, draw your knives, let's fight with the natives!" As the last stone was thrown down the mountain, Jia Liu and others who were guarding the hillside all pulled out the long knives at their waists. They understood that their last moment had arrived. , without firearms and stones to suppress the natives, the barbarians can quickly rush to the top of the slope, and the only thing they can do at this moment is to use their last strength, wave their swords fiercely, rush into the enemy crowd, and die like a man. battlefield!
But just when Jia Liu and others rushed towards the Kurut natives and prepared to fight to the death, the situation on the battlefield suddenly took a shocking turn! With a burst of "crackling" gunfire, the main force of the Chiyang fleet and the backup team led by Dong Jimao finally arrived in time!
The sun sets in the west, and the battle near Tutou Short Slope has come to an end!
The hastily organized Chiyang reinforcements landed on the beach in batches in small boats under the leadership of the team officer Fan Huzi, and then joined Dong Jimao's team who had previously gone to the island to fetch water. They went into battle when the situation was most critical. After a fierce battle, they had The Chiyang infantry team with more advanced weapons finally defeated the unprepared natives in one fell swoop!
The Chiyang fleet, which had been planned for a long time, relied on deliberate calculations and unintentional calculations. Sixty or seventy fully armed infantry (composed of twenty-five temporary spearmen, twenty-five temporary matchlock gunners, and ten temporary gunners) fought with the artillery and Qiao Si. Under the cover of his spear-wielding sailors, he suddenly rushed out of hiding and defeated the indigenous people who had previously attacked the advance team with a continuous barrage of guns and spears. These barbarians who were still in the late primitive society had no idea at all. I have seen the power of dozens of matchlock rifles firing repeatedly, and the close-range bombardment of artillery. Although the Chiyang infantry only used squatting tiger cannons weighing tens of kilograms, the large and small lead bullets that were fired instantly performed an astonishing amount of damage within a distance of twenty or thirty steps. At least, based on the flesh and blood of the indigenous people, There is no way to withstand the hot lead bullets, and the matchlock gun used by Kang Lin's men is not the fire door gun used by Qiao Si and his group a few years ago. At a distance of twenty or thirty steps, the matchlock bird gun rewarded by this system It can even break through iron armor easily, so the defeat of the Kurut natives is not unjust. Besides, there are nearly a hundred sailors temporarily mobilized by Chiyang reinforcements and Qiao Si, and they are all new and cutting-edge people waiting for work. It is not unusual for the army to defeat the natives in one fell swoop when they are unprepared.
Note 1: According to the custom of the Mamat people, when a man reaches adulthood, he has to go to a hostile tribe or a foreign settlement to hunt a human head as a sign of adulthood. At the same time, he has to cut the skin on his face with a knife to show his bravery. Only a tribal man with three scratches on his head can be called a warrior.
Note 2: The Kuruts do not have doctors who treat injuries. They only have primitive and ignorant priests and wizards, so they are unable to treat injured tribesmen at all.
