Chapter 349: A False Alarm
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"What Mr. Maruyama said," Ito nodded, "then set up camp on the spot and prepare for the night." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"No," Maruyama hurriedly interrupted, "The specific situation here is unknown, and the woods on both sides are too close to the official road, and there is no wide area for tens of thousands of people to spend the night. And even if the other party does not attack, and puts a fire in the vicinity, there are only two ways for us to retreat, and they are very narrow, and once panicked, the trampling of our own people can cause thousands of injuries. β
"Mr. Maruyama is a lesson," Ito nodded hurriedly, "so what should we do with Mr. Maruyama's observations?" β
"It's still early then, and it should be about an hour and a half after dark," Maruyama Naoki looked up at the sun, "According to the marching map, there should be an empty field six miles ahead, which can provide a place for tens of thousands of people to rest and camp." Ito hurriedly waved at the herald beside him, but was stopped by Maruyama, "No, no, although it is suitable there, but in fact it may not be suitable, and it will take me at least an hour to get there, and in addition, it takes a lot of time to set up camp and set up a village, and I am afraid that it will be too early by the time it is completed." β
"What is Mr. Maruyama's opinion?" Ito couldn't help but be a little depressed, didn't he say that there was a place ahead? Why don't you go? Maruyama paused and said, "I passed through an open meadow around noon, and I looked down that it should be suitable for a large army to camp, and the place is relatively wide, so I can choose there. β
"Go back?" Ito asked, a little confused, "Why are you going back?" β
"We're in the front army, let the herald send a message back at this time, so that the Chinese army can start camping there, and we'll wait for the march back, and the terrain along the way will be well known," Maruyama said, "and send a few more troops to camp outside at night, and if there is a night attack by the enemy army, it is better to give early warning." In addition, the grain and grass of our army are all in the position of the Chinese army, and the food and grass can be prepared at the same time as the camp, so that the soldiers can eat hot meals earlier. β
Ito Otaku only nodded again and again at this time, Maruyama Naoki has always been the brain trust of the Ito Army, and he has shown his extraordinary wisdom in many battles, at this time he said it in such an orderly manner that Ito couldn't refute it at all, so he nodded while giving orders to the heralds beside him.
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"What the hell is going on up ahead?" Beiwei was unable to leave his current post because he was leading troops, so he sent two members of the naturalized special reconnaissance team to reconnoitre. As soon as the two special investigators returned, Beiwei asked impatiently, "Tell me, what's going on?" How's it going? β
You must know that the disguise of Yiyang Muqin and the special investigator is impossible to be detected by the enemy on the road, and if the gun is used at this time, then there must be a very urgent danger. Beiwei is most worried about this now, if Yang Muqin's life is in danger, then the special investigation team will be in big trouble.
"Two people died, their heads were cut off, and they hung on trees by the side of the road." The special investigator who came back to report gasped and replied, "There are too many enemies in the vicinity to get close to check." β
"What? Got your head chopped off? Beiwei sighed in his heart, this is over, I am really afraid of something, if Yang Muqin is really cut off his head, it will really be over.
"Chief, there is an enemy." The special investigator in charge of the guard on the side hurriedly warned in a low voice, "There is a cavalry who is rushing to the east. β
Beiwei was confused, and turned his head to look at the cavalry who was galloping to the east on horseback. "Damn, the people who killed us have to let them know the consequences of hurting the patriarch." As he spoke, he turned to the special investigator who had just come back from reconnaissance and asked, "Did you count how many of them there were?" β
"I didn't see it too clearly, there were a lot of people, and it was very noisy, it seemed that an order was being given, and I couldn't understand what they were saying."
"How many people haven't written it down?" Beiwei obviously has a bad complexion, as a member of the special reconnaissance team, even if it is urgent, he should always have a number of enemies in his heart, why didn't he write it down at all? I couldn't help but yell at him in a low voice, "What are you eating?" As a member of the special investigation team, the minimum skills of the special investigation team have not been practiced? Count the heads! Can't count? How did the culture class go? β
"Right...... I'm sorry, chief, I took a cursory look, there should be more than seven hundred people," the special investigator was obviously frightened, and his speech was a little shaky, "but there must be a large army behind, and I didn't count the troops behind." β
"Chief!" The special investigator in charge of surveillance reminded in a low voice again, "New enemy situation. The eyes of the people followed, and sure enough, two more horsemen rode fast horses to the east.
What the hell is going on? Did Yang Muqin really sacrifice? No, even if the situation is urgent, his Bayi rifle is a fully automatic weapon, even if he pulls the trigger and doesn't let go, he won't only shoot three shots. If not, then why did the enemy suddenly send three men to the front to inform the scouts?
Beiwei decided to wait a little longer, even if the enemy really killed the special investigators of the Senate, it would not be possible to spend a day here, it was already about four o'clock in the afternoon, if nothing else, the enemy should start to choose a place to camp, this kind of forest path is definitely not usable as a camp, even if it is only a thousand people, it is impossible to be stationed in the forest.
Sure enough, after a while, the scouts from the front followed the three heralds and began to rush back, and they did not drive their horses very fast, about twelve to fifteen kilometers per hour, and the expressions on their faces did not look very anxious.
"It looks like they're not in a hurry, they should be looking for a place to camp." Beiwei looked at the soldiers with the back flags, and his heart was full of disgust. However, all the elders always have a more or less disgust for the Japanese, especially their murderous nature in battle, and they especially like to torture and kill prisoners, rape and plunder, and the Japanese have done absolutely a lot.
"Chief, if it's looking for a campsite, why don't they go ahead and go back instead?" A corporal next to him asked softly.
"It's very simple," Beiwei took a few deep breaths, and then suppressed his sadness about the possible loss of Yang Muqin, a good assistant, and explained to him, "The area in front is not familiar, just like the way I usually choose the camp when I teach you a lesson, do you remember?" β
"Remember," another corporal quickly interjected in a low voice, "after choosing a campsite, first move forward three hundred meters, and then circle around the camp in a clockwise direction to make sure that there is no threat." β
"Yes, the army is similar, the front army is mainly responsible for exploring the road, the middle army is to choose the right camp along the way, and the rear troops are mainly carrying grain, grass, baggage and other items. After the Chinese army chose to camp, they began to set up camp directly, while the front army began to retreat, and the baggage team also accelerated into the camp and began to prepare food and grass for the night. Beiwei said, habitually patting this corporal on the shoulder, but he immediately remembered the first time he took He Yayun and Yang Muqin to Anyun to lurk, and couldn't help but feel sad on his face, but fortunately his face was painted with thick oil paint, which did not make people see.
"If they're camping, are we going to harass them?" The sergeant in charge of leading the troops asked curiously, "Chief, this is a great opportunity, if you don't bother like this, you will be too sorry for the Yang detachment leader." β
Beiwei nodded, "Okay, then let's check the weapons and go to the place where the shootout took place in front first." β
It was already an hour after they arrived at the point of fire, and the previous large army of the enemy did not leave, but cut down wood in the jungle on both sides of the official road. A number of samurai, who looked better dressed, were directing Ashigaru to cut down trees and build them into obstacles.
"What is this for?" A recruit next to Beiwei couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's the use of being like this?" β
Beiwei was stunned and smiled, "It's actually a rejection of horses." β
These wooden horses were like the Germans on the Normandy beachhead to prevent the Allied tanks from landing, and they were still several miles away from their camp, and if the hostile forces had cavalry, they could advance quickly along the official road and break through the defenses of the outer troops in a short time. However, with the presence of these rejects, the cavalry must be delayed for time, slowing down the march, and giving the troops behind enough time to defend. Even if the infantry raids, if you want to raid the camp of these tens of thousands of people, it will take about 10,000 people to say the least, and these rejection horses can not only reduce the speed of the horses, but also reduce the speed of people on the official road, so that the troops in front have the ability to warn.
However, instead of a large cavalry or a large number of infantry, they were now facing twelve or thirteen special reconnaissance officers. These special reconnaissance team members are slowly advancing in the woodland at this time, the weapons in their hands are nervously facing the direction they need to take care of, they have been told that the comrades who died in the battle in front of them may be their comrades, so these enemies will definitely not have the slightest softness against themselves, once there is a real exchange of fire, the special investigation team must be full output firepower, not allowing the enemy to have the ability to approach.
"Where is the head you saw earlier?" Finally rushed to the periphery of the tree cutter in full swing, and asked the special investigators who had come to reconnoiter before. "Why didn't I see that?"
"There, chief, but now the tree is gone." The special investigator pointed to a piece in the distance with an aggrieved face, and Beiwei picked up the telescope and looked cautiously over there, there were indeed a few pools of blood on the ground on the side of the road, and now it had all penetrated into the mud, and several corpses were lying on the ground crookedly, all of them with their heads cut off. At this distance, he couldn't see the corpses clearly with a telescope, not to mention that the corpses had been stripped naked, and there was no trace on his body.
Beiwei finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, "It's okay, it's okay." The special investigator next to him asked with a surprised face, "Why did the chief say it was okay?" β
"It's simple, it's all their people who die." Beiwei breathed a sigh of relief again, and although the bodies had been almost stripped naked, the lower limbs clearly showed signs of sunburningβit was basically impossible to get a tan from the sun in this part of Annam. And the lower body position is obviously able to see the traces of the crotch cloth, although he has not seen Yang Muqin's bare buttocks, but it is certain that Yang Muqin, a dung green patriotic thief in the old time and space, will definitely not wear the iconic crotch cloth of the Japanese devil to sunbathe.
At this time, his chest was as relaxed as if he had put down a large rock, and he gestured to a few of the special investigators around him, and pointed to the west, "Let's go to their camp." β
Yang Muqin was now walking in the woods with the special investigator. He was so frightened by the sudden encounter that he ran through the woods with his men, and by the time he came to his senses, he didn't know where he had come. Now he is simply disgraced, because he is now facing the most terrible thing - getting lost.
There are many things to say about in the primeval jungle, such as encountering quicksand, swamps, encountering fierce beasts, being bitten by mosquitoes and contracting malaria dengue fever...... But these are pediatrics compared to getting lost. By the time Yang Muqin came back to his senses, he didn't know how long he had been running in this direction. Generally speaking, it is necessary to avoid getting lost, or choose a relatively high mountain, or a relatively obvious tree, but this is located in a relatively large plain area, there is no particularly obvious reference, to say that the tree is a thing, there is one after four or five steps, the size is simply towering into the clouds, it is not easy to climb up, let alone identify the direction. Because the trees were so tall that they couldn't see the sun when they looked up, and it was impossible to tell the extent of the foliage, the road through the canopy was blocked.
In order to prevent irreparable losses caused by accidental drop and damage of mobile phones in combat or training, all the veterans of the military department were required not to bring mobile phones into the battlefield and training grounds, so the compass app on Yang Muqin's mobile phone was useless. He rummaged through his body and couldn't find a compass, and the special investigator next to him was even worse than him, and he didn't even know what a compass was.
At the moment, Yang Muqin was dumbfounded, there was no public phone booth here, let alone a charging socket, and the radio was no longer usable. But even if he could use the radio, he couldn't tell where he was. "What are we going to do? Heads? The special investigator asked with some trepidation, and he looked up at the sky, and although he could not see the sky, he could keenly sense that night had come from the change in light. Yang Muqin's eyes glared at him, and his mouth trembled, "I don't know ...... either"
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