The battle continued, and as time went on, the Hongtang players, better armed and more militarily trained, gradually gained the upper hand.

Even if the natives actually outnumbered the Hongtang troops, the natives were brave and brave and fearless of sacrifice, but with the power of the arquebus, they had to become the ghosts of the guns.

"Go, retreat!!"

Lake. Barry had already sensed that something was wrong, the gap between the opponent's strength and his own was still too big, although the fighters had done their best, but now they had to be pressed and beaten by the other side, and there were countless casualties.

If this continues to fight, I am afraid that the more than 2,000 men of the clan will all be lost here, and Barry, the commander of the wartime, will have to give the order to retreat.

With Lake. As soon as Barry's order was given, the natives, who had been struggling to support themselves, suddenly became frightened beasts and fled for their lives towards the mountain jungle.

No wonder the natives are not brave enough, the battle has been fought so far, there are not a few people who have died in the battle, even if it is the army of the Ming Dynasty, more than 1/3 of the entire army will become a plate of scattered sand, not to mention a group of aborigines who only know the courage of the horseman, can hold on to the present without defeat, and it can be regarded as their leader who has taught well.

But when Lake. After Barry's order to retreat was given, the natives could no longer stand the breath of death, and they all turned and ran, not even the swords in their hands, just thinking about escaping from this killing place.

No one was able to gather this group of fighting natives anymore, not even the one who had just given the order. Barry can't either. The defeat was like a mountain, and the Hongtang team originally wanted to pursue, but under the strict orders of Lu Qi and Yamamoto, they fought and finally gave up this plan.

Except for firing a few shots at the figure that was gradually disappearing into the jungle in front of him, and hoping for luck, only a small number of melee combat team members followed the opponent's defeated team and pursued it upwards for dozens of feet.

Until the sound of crackling branches breaking suddenly came from the top of the mountain, Hong Tang's cautious attitude once again allowed them to escape, and the natives came to this mountain in advance in the past few days, and the last killer weapon prepared for Hong Tang once again failed.

The mountain is full of stones collected by the aborigines in the past few days, ranging from large, medium and small, just to wait for Hongtang to hit the top of the mountain, and suddenly make it, so that the Hongtang team members can't eat and walk around.

It's just that this last chance to hit Hong Tang hard didn't succeed, Lake. Barry looked at the few results below, his heart was full of anger and remorse, the tactics and vigilance of this group of Hongtang people were too strong, and they did not give the natives a chance to defeat the strong at all.

I thought that my side would fight back desperately and persist until now, this Hongtang would not let go of the opportunity to chase down their remnants no matter what, but who would have thought that the commander of the other party would be able to endure it and no longer pursue. And this group of Hongtang people is also very good, even if they kill the red eyes at this time, they can still listen to the order, and they did not pursue in vain. Barry's high-hopes scheme was easily resolved.

"Find cover, find cover!"

The Hongtang team members who pursued out in front of them ran back in despair, followed by piles of large and small stones that fell from the sky and rolled down.

However, in this vine-covered and tree-lined primeval mountain forest, after losing the open area specially cleared by the top of the mountain, most of the stones rolling down from the top of the mountain were blocked by the vines and trees in the forest.

However, Hongtang also lost his best chance to pursue the natives, and under the cover of these falling rocks, this group of unknown natives, just as they came, disappeared into the back of the mountain in the blink of an eye, and were never seen again.

"Clean up the battlefield, Yamamoto, you take five hundred people to seize the mountain first, and see if there are any remnants of the natives on it!" Lu Lu was in high spirits at this time, he had revenge for being ambushed by the natives, and almost had the revenge of the big basket, which eliminated so many natives, and he showed his face when he went back to the war report, and even when he was a few days late in meeting with Bengang I, he had a reason to distinguish a few words.

There is no trace of the natives on the top of the mountain, except for a mess and scattered stones and fires, and from these traces, it is no longer a matter of a day or two for this group of natives to hide on this mountain, but at least four or five days. Yamamoto observed the traces left by the natives and had a defensive line built on the top of the mountain, and they camped on the top of the mountain after a fight tonight.

The cleaning of the battlefield on the mountainside has also come to an end, in fact, there is no medicine to clean, except for the corpses in one place, the natives have nothing of value on them, and even the bows and arrows and long knives that many people regard as treasures are mostly not in the eyes of the Hongtang team members.

However, the corpses left by the natives and the prisoners who were injured and had time to escape before they were injured still made Lu Yu very happy, and he fought several times before and after, and more than 1,000 aboriginal corpses were left here, and at the same time, there were more than 200 injured aboriginal captives, who were also in danger of life after being treated by Hongtang's military doctors.

These results at least made everyone write a strong military merit on their war resumes, and with this result alone, their battle this time has completely been able to make up for their previous unfavorable mistakes.

Of course, if you hurt 1,000 enemies and lose 800, the natives have lost more than 1,000 people, and the losses on the Hongtang side are not small, and the Hongtang soldiers who are 2,000 smaller, only 13,400 people can stand on this hill in the end, and the rest have become martyrs.

If it weren't for Yamamoto's caution, I'm afraid Hong Tang's sacrifice would have been much greater, just a group of natives who didn't even have steel weapons to match, and let them all lose so much, then in the next trip, maybe what kind of situation will happen.

While rejoicing, Lu Yu learned the lesson of his previous impetuousness, and this time he took advantage of everyone's rest to pull Yamamoto and other non-commissioned officers, as well as the staff of the Aircraft Department, and began to discuss the next action.

"My fear is that the other side is not a group of ordinary natives, otherwise their will would not be so strong, and their actions are obviously carefully planned, if it weren't for our luck this time, we might have suffered a big loss!" In the temporary tent, Lu Lu first had doubts about the origin of this group of natives, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this group of people was not good people.

"I agree with the regimental commander, according to my observations, this group of natives has been in ambush on this mountain for at least four or five days, and the traces of their bonfire on the top of the mountain, and the large number of stones and other fortifications they have prepared, cannot be prepared in a day or two." Yamamoto Fifty-six still had a calm and solemn face, echoing Lu Yu's words approvingly, and at the same time put forward some opinions of his own: "What makes me most curious is that this group of natives seems to be quite familiar with the arquebuses and Franc cannons we use, unlike the natives we met around the chicken coop port before, who will be frightened by our artillery fire!" ”

This opinion put forward by Yamamoto made Lu Yu and the other Hongtang team members stunned for a moment, and then recalled that when they fought with the follow-up on this day, the other party's performance began to appear on their faces.

"Yamamoto, if you don't say that I have ignored this problem, now that I think about it, this group of natives does not behave like a group of natives who have never seen the world when facing our artillery shells!" Lu Kui thought about it meaningfully, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it was: "If it is put on the natives near our Chicken Coop Harbor, then forget it, those guys have either been taught by us, or they are observing us at all times, and they know a little about artillery and muskets, so it is understandable to sleep, but where is this place, it is the Ali Mountain Range, which is at least two hundred miles away from our Chicken Coop Harbor, how can the natives here know about muskets and artillery?" ”

"Dong Haoran, what is the reason for the abnormal situation of their group of people?" Lu Kui turned his head and threw this problem to his staff team, since Xiao Xiurong was taken away by Wu Daofu, the new Dong Haoran, as the director of the Whale Department's Aircraft Division, has not made any achievements, which makes Lu Kui somewhat complain.

"......" Dong Haoran was named by Lu Yu, so naturally he was speechless, just as he communicated with a few companions around him, and after sorting out the opinions in his mind at this time, he spoke: "Commander, according to the unexpected reaction that we have from these natives in the airport, in fact, it can't be said within these two frameworks in the final analysis. ”

"First, this group of natives has a lot of communication with outsiders, which is not impossible, and it is only a hundred miles to the north, in fact, you can see the sea, so as long as this group of natives has a heart, they can naturally get the advice they need from the sea."

"The second is that these natives themselves have been watching our chicken coop harbor, otherwise they wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to ambush us in this dangerous area. This also shows why these natives were able to maintain their fighting ability in the face of our artillery fire, instead of being frightened by our artillery fire like our opponents we had encountered before! ”

"However, in our analysis of the aircraft, this group of natives is more convincing than the first case, but the second case."

As the think tank that Hongtang was equipped with for Lu Yu, although Dong Haoran did not have the slightest fame before, but now that he can be promoted to this position, he naturally still has a certain strength. Judging from the conclusions he summed up at this time, they are not untargeted.

(End of chapter)