Chapter 174: Earthquakes and Arson

After capturing the Silver Mountain Shrine and defeating the enemy forces that came to help. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhao Qingyu sent two squads to block the village not far from the town, and one squad to block Datian Town, temporarily controlling all the entrances and exits, and not allowing personnel to enter and exit for a short time, although I don't know if this is useful, but I have to give it a try, the later your side is exposed, the more time you will act, and the more complete the task will be.

The rest, with the exception of a few soldiers in charge of guarding the Silver Mountain Commissioner, were all sent to collect possible reinforcements.

The Shinsengumi were called, and their task was to rummage through all kinds of documents and find the specific information of all the mines, and then take the soldiers of the 1st Company to destroy the mines one by one.

This time it was a mountain raid, which was not suitable for bringing war horses, but the 1st Company of the Ranger preferred to slow down the march, and still used the configuration of one man and two horses, just to transport some explosives bags in more camels.

A full 20,000 catties, that is, 10 tons of high-purity particle black powder, the destructive power is equivalent to one and a half tons of TNT, not to mention a few mines, even the entire mountain can be blown up.

Over the next few days, the 1st Company dispersed and captured all the mines, whether they were still mining or not, and blew them up. And the absenteeism in Iwami Silver Mountain mining is also divided into two ways to deal with it, those who come to serve the conscription are driven away, and those who are captured as slaves will naturally be liberated, these people are very good soldiers, and it is just right to fight against the Japanese state.

Every day, you can hear a loud noise coming from Mt. Iwami, which startles the Japanese people and the wild beasts in the mountains and forests in this area, and they are terrified all day long, and a large number of people flee from the area with their families.

In 1302 A.D., there was a record of silver mining in Iwami Ginzan, and after hundreds of years of large-scale excavation, it was actually dug with holes, and the ground was full of deep pits.

The country was originally a country prone to earthquakes, and such a large-scale blasting of mines deep into the ground directly caused several earthquakes in the Iwami area and several nearby countries, one of which was a large-scale earthquake, and even greatly changed the topography of this area, destroying the ecological balance here.

Ichiren and the Shinsengumi didn't care about this at all, they even felt excited about the earthquake they had caused, and in the next blast, they kept looking for the possibility of causing an earthquake, thinking about making the movement bigger.

The days passed, and by the time the falcons reported that the Japanese army was less than 10 kilometers away from Daejeon, it was already the morning of the sixth day.

At this time, the "Zhao Qingyu Temporary Detachment" had successfully completed the task and was disbanded, and all the members of the Eighth Team of the Xinxuan Group, after saying goodbye to Zhao Qingyu, took the liberated miners and took the military intelligence department's own traffic boat to the secret base for repairs.

This time the mission was completed very well, the eighth team will be rewarded by the military intelligence department, before the eighth team only Gu Shisanlang was awarded the rank of Xuanjun, after completing a series of training and testing, the others will also be officially awarded the rank and absorbed into the Xuanjun system.

And the 1st Company, after contacting the Sea Shark-101, which was cruising and waiting in the waters near Daejeon, also began to pack up and prepare to retreat.

Ye Meng packed his bags, saw that Zhao Qingyu was still there in a daze, walked up and asked, "Company commander, the enemy is coming, why don't you hurry up, what else are you looking at?" โ€

Zhao Qingyu's tone was a little hesitant, "Mengzi, I always feel that this mission is almost so meaningful." โ€

"Huh? The silver mine caverns have all been blown up, and there have been several earthquakes, so what's the difference? โ€

"The general said that if we want to use the Japanese as a raw material supplier, we must be prepared for a long-term war with the Japanese country, although the silver mine cave here has been bombed, but after the Japanese country uses a lot of manpower, it will be half a year at least, or a year or two at most, and a new mine will always be dug again. You can't do another raid. When the enemy is on guard, it is not easy to strike again. That's right, fire, set fire, we can set fire. As he spoke, Zhao Qingyu danced excitedly.

Ye Meng asked suspiciously, "Company commander, what does this have to do with fire?" โ€

"It's a big deal, it's the raw ore that was dug out of the mountain, right?"

"That's right."

"Raw ore cannot be used directly as silver, it must be smelted, what does smelting need?"

"It seems that coal is used in the administrative region of Hanbei?"

"Yes, we use coal, but the Japanese have no other resources except gold, silver, sulfur, copper, and lime, and they don't have coal, so they can only use wood as fuel." As he spoke, Zhao Qingyu's eyes drifted to the dense woods on the mountain.

Ye Meng immediately reacted, "Company commander, do you want to burn the mountain?" โ€

"That's right, I want to put a fire on it before leaving, and it's up to God how much it can burn."

Ye Meng was speechless, look at God? It's autumn now, the grass and trees are yellow, put a fire, the fire will rise when it sees the wind, it is definitely a catastrophe.

However, the company commander was right, in this raid, he sacrificed 1 soldier and injured 3 non-commissioned officers who took the lead, and the next time the enemy is prepared, how many comrades will have to be sacrificed.

Ye Meng's eyes were firm, "Company commander, I'll go and light the fire." โ€

"Wait a minute, you're just going to go?"

"Huh? What else do you have to do to ignite the fire? Wouldn't it be better to run to the mountains and light a few trees? At this time, the wildfires rise at the sight of the wind. โ€

"What's the point of a small fight, we go into the mountains, the current season, the wind is blowing from the sea to the inland, we go all the way, all the way along the wind direction to ignite the fire, everywhere we go to set up fire sources, so as to ensure that it will not be easily extinguished by the enemy."

"Company commander, you're so poisonous."

", you kid has itchy skin, don't you?"

"What about the enemy's side? The enemy vanguard is less than 10 kilometers away from us, and may be able to catch up with us this afternoon. โ€

"We are going to set fire now, then we have to go into the mountains, in the vast mountains, we rely on the falcon, we can keep an eye on the enemy's large army, what does the enemy rely on to find our small force? Eye? Or the nose? Such a large mountainous area, it is difficult for hounds to use. โ€

"Hahaha, this is a game of hide and seek."

"It's a pity that we don't have to have such good terrain, as long as we coordinate with the ships that meet us and ensure that they can come to the beach to pick us up at any time, there is nothing to worry about at all. When the enemy pursues us along the burning spot, we can at any time turn to the sea and leave by boat. โ€

"It's so funny."

"In this way, I will write a plan and let the falcon be sent to the receiving ship, and you will convey the order to the team to go to the mountain."

"Yes."

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The pilot's own ship drove slowly along the coastline, and watched a spectacular scene along the way.

For many days in a row, during the day, black smoke enveloped the entire Iwami Province, and against the thick smoke that could not be seen, it seemed to be in the middle of the night.

At night, the firelight illuminates the entire coastline, and the land is like a mythical and legendary hell of flames, as if the sky is burning, and it looks terrifying, and there are timid crew members who keep praying to be restrained, hoping to be able to sail a little farther away.

Although Kan Shu also wanted to stay away from this scorching coast, since he received the plan sent by the 1st Company with the Eagle Falcon a few days ago and agreed to Zhao Qingyu's plan, things have become uncontrollable.

The fire on the land is getting stronger and stronger, the air is too hot, the falcons dare not get close to the land, and the falcons of the 1st company should not be able to take off, and the two sides have lost contact for several days.

Now Kanshu really doesn't dare to let the ship stay away from the coast, in case the 1st Company needs to be rescued, but he doesn't see it, then the matter is big, it is a comrade-in-arms of an elite cavalry company on his side.

As a soldier, it is his duty to obey orders, but the captain disagrees, and the sailors of the whole ship can only endure the higher and higher temperatures and the torment of thick smoke.

This kind of torment lasted for 10 days, and if it weren't for the fact that the line of fire was still extending to the front of the coastline, Kanshu would have thought that 1 Company would have been killed in the sea of fire.

Finally, on the 10th day, the best lookout saw the red military flag fluttering on the shore not far away with a telescope, and he immediately informed the whole ship.

The shirtless crew wept with joy.

"Finally able to get out of this hellish place."

"I've never been this hot in my life."

"Hehe, my hair and beard are curly, almost like a sheep."

He put on the military uniform on the ship, walked out of the cabin, and said loudly, "What is the trouble, don't hurry up and dock the ship, do you still want to leave, I can't stay for a minute." โ€

Everyone hurriedly lowered the sails and went to control the human propellers in the bottom warehouse.

At this time, the voice came from the lookout post again: "1st Company encounters enemy troops, repeat that 1st Company encounters enemy troops." โ€

Kan Shu was startled, picked up the binoculars and looked at the shore, and saw that the black pressure was about a few thousand peasant soldiers, driven by the samurai, constantly charging towards the position formed by the 1st Company, and the posture looked like the two sides had a grudge against their father, which made Kan Shu look a little frightened.

Kanshu didn't know that the 1st Company had no leisure to light a fire except for a fire on the first day, and they had been driven by the flames for the past 10 days, dreaming of being able to board the ship and leave, the fire was too dangerous.

Zhao Qingyu was very depressed, he was really unlucky, he didn't expect that on the night 10 days ago, when he first started setting the fire, there was a gust of wind, and the fire was accidentally too big.

In the fire, the falcons did not dare to take off, and now they lost contact with the receiving ship, and the fire became bigger and bigger, and the 1st company of the receiving ship could not wait on the shore, so in order to avoid the fire, they could only continue to advance along the coastline.

Zhao Qingyu smelled the smell of burnt hair and beard, and lamented in his heart, "Next time there will definitely be no such bad idea, but who would have thought that the wind turned when the fire was set on fire, why did this damn wind chase after us." โ€