Lu Ming

Chapter 198 Planter

Due to the remote location and traffic congestion, the process of "assimilating" the indigenous tribes along the Taitung coast by civilization is quite slow.

In the early 17th century, people from all walks of life came to cultivate and hoard, and it was not until the end of the 250th century, more than 19 years later, that Yilan in the northeast corner of Taiwan was officially "taken over" by the Manchu and Qing Fujian immigrants.

Therefore, the natives of Taitung, who are isolated by mountains and seas, have historically been quite difficult to deal with.Due to the lack of communication, these natives are more savage, more aggressive, and more difficult to tame.

In history, after the Penghu War, the Dutch hesitated and considered withdrawing to Dayuan or Taipei. A Chinese "Japitan" who came from Batavia gave advice: "Chicken coops and fresh water are not good anchorages. The people nearby are vicious and cannot communicate with each other."

Listen to people's advice and eat well.

The Dutch finally succeeded in the big players.Even after the buckskin trade ended, the Dutch quickly turned Tainan's white sugar into a flagship product.

The unbelieving Spaniards suffered a lot in Taipei.A place with 3000 mm of rain a year is not so easy to mix.The heat, disease, and uncompromising natives overwhelmed the Spaniards, who eventually withdrew from the territory.

Therefore, the reason why the Spanish chief mate regarded the natives killed today from the upper reaches of the Xiuguluan River as the Kavalan tribe entrenched in Yilan was because these people were so similar to the Kavalan tribe.

The same savage pig protrusion pattern, the same dress, including the battle patterns painted with various mud on the face, are very similar.

However, the two time travelers knew very well that these savages who suddenly jumped out were not from the Kavalan tribe.Pan Mingzhong and the others dared to come to Taitung for exploration, so they naturally had to read some indigenous materials beforehand.This is Xiuguluan Creek, not Yilan. The Kavalan people are still 100 kilometers away from here.

So these drifting warriors in front of them are mostly the plain branch of the Amis tribe.

The Amis are the most populous indigenous tribe in Taitung, with branches in both mountains and plains.Someone like this who can mobilize hundreds of soldiers to play tactical raids at any time is definitely not a small clan.

Of course, none of this matters now.

The important thing is to adjust your posture.

In the era of black powder, there was a headache: gunpowder smoke.When there is no wind or the wind direction does not match, the gunpowder smoke from the muzzles of the soldiers will soon permeate the battlefield, blocking the sight of one side or both sides.

As for the main battle gun type of the crossing forces: the 1-type rifle, because it far exceeds the rate of fire of the smoothbore gun, this problem is magnified instead.In the case of no wind, the visibility of the test team will drop sharply after 8 minute of shooting: the gunpowder smoke after firing [-] rounds at full speed is very thick.

When the line of sight is blocked, it must be the side whose weapons are behind. The crossing army, which is covered in black technology, will naturally try its best to avoid this from happening.

Therefore, in the latest infantry drill code compiled by the military, the troops' choice of the wind direction of the battlefield has already overwhelmed the demand for terrain.In other words, when there is wind, the army would rather endure the condescending charge of the opponent, but also adjust the wind direction to face or crosswind.

This is what Yuandou is facing now.

The wind was blowing from the direction of the North Yuandou's bow.Today's wind is not strong, only three or four degrees, that is to say, if the soldiers fire on the side of the ship, the machine gun position in the poop will soon become a fairy palace with white smoke.

Although by visual inspection, the soldiers on the boat can handle the natives on the opposite side, but who dares to guarantee the war?A few minutes ago, someone was being chased to the bum, so Yuandou is honestly turning around at this moment.

As for the dozen or so canoes rushing out of the stream, after bypassing the island in the middle of the river, the kinetic energy of the impact has been exhausted, and they are now moving forward by the power of the oars.

"It's almost done, let's do a few rounds of gun platooning first?" Lei Jian, who was lying in the machine gun nest, saw that the canoe had rowed within 500 meters, and couldn't wait to shout into the walkie-talkie.

"Don't worry, we'll talk about it when we turn around." Although Pan Mingzhong said that he guarded the coastal defense post for three years as a soldier, he still has some tactical skills: "If you get closer, you won't be able to escape!"

In order to ensure no accidents, the two traversers are now separated: one holds the machine gun at the stern, and the other holds the AK at the bow.

As time went by, the Yuandou finally drew a circle slowly on the sea, pointing the stern to the north.The native's canoe also approached within 150 meters of the Yuandou.

Seeing the canoes rowing towards them in a fan shape, and the ferocious-faced indigenous warriors waving spears all the time, the weapons on the Yuandou, they finally let out a roar at this moment.

The first three rounds of platooning completely suppressed the arrogance of the natives.The three rounds of guns fired by 15 sailors smashed the first canoe within half a minute into a coffin: the leader who was playing cool in the wind was blown out of the bow, and the rest of the paddling boys There were many casualties, the canoe had completely turned sideways, and the trough was filled with blood.

Just half a minute is naturally not enough to make some warriors who are in the midst of a pig's attack change their course, so the remaining canoes are still charging at the moment, but the various unique pronunciations full of folk customs used to communicate on the sea are now gone. A lot of low-key.

Another half minute passed.When the other canoe was knocked over directly in the sea, the contact sound floating on the sea finally uttered some terrified syllables.

There is no need for translation, the obviously slowed down boat speed and the obviously changed pitch can be felt by everyone on the sandboat.

There was confusion in the indigenous fleet at this time, and some people had stopped paddling—the enemy did not launch harmless iron balls like the traditional passing Spanish and Chinese ships, but used a strange weapon The two canoes were knocked down in an instant, which terrified the warriors.

The sinking of the third canoe helped the warriors decide to retreat.Although the nearest canoe had rushed to a distance of less than 30 meters from the Yuandou, the natives at the bow even tentatively threw a spear in the direction of the sand ship.

It's a pity that this is the bow of the ship shaking, so the javelin missed the point, and just stuck into the bulkhead of the Yuandou.The canoe that hit the "historic impact point" did not run smoothly like the submarine in later generations. The next moment, the canoe was smashed into a sieve by the rain of bullets close at hand.

Seeing the remaining seven or eight canoes start to make a cool U-turn in front of the enemy, standing at the bow with an AK in hand, Pan Mingzhong, whose face was blackened by the gunpowder smoke blowing in the wind, couldn't help laughing up.

The natives were not Togo Heihachiro, and the canoes were not gunboats in good condition, so when the canoes finally completed their tactical maneuvers and started running towards their hometown, they paid the price of three more canoes.

"Man Fan, catch up!" Pan Mingzhong gave the order at this time.

The sand boat quickly caught up.

Seeing the 5 canoes running away screaming and screaming, the itchy Lei Jian, regardless of Pan Mingzhong's scolding, finally fired 10 rounds of heavy machine gun bullets - the reason was to avenge the fright he had just received.

Only one of the 10 bullets hit the human body.

However, it was this bullet that caused the natives on the canoe to encounter the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" on the spot: candied haws on a string.

And after Lei Jian finished having fun, he was scolded.

Although the soldiers and sailors on the Yuandou were temporarily assigned to the exploration team, their files were all in the Ministry of the Navy.In other words, after returning to Hong Kong in the future, these soldiers will still be under the management of the navy.

Therefore, when reporting and summarizing the battle cases, the navy will inevitably know that the exploration team will still abuse imported ammunition after the enemy apparently escapes.
The next consequence is that the exploration team will be recruited by the Navy who has obtained the evidence, and then a part of the ration of imported materials will be cut. This is almost a must. On the road of competing for imported materials, there will never be friends.

The so-called masturbation is good for a while, and it is like a dog afterwards, which is the current situation.

So Lei Jian was scolded.While commanding the Yuandou to chase after the fleeing enemy vigorously, Pan Mingzhong scolded Lei a few times on the walkie-talkie.

After the chase and escape work was carried out near Hexin Island, it did not end.While the Yuandou was slowing down, Pan Mingzhong sent a signal to order the small boats behind the ship to approach, preparing to organize people to board the boats and hunt them down.

"It's not necessary, right? There are only two left, let him go?" Lei Jian looked at the canoe that had almost turned around Hexin Island, and asked in confusion.

"No, we must let the aborigines know that we have the ability to fight on land and hunt and kill." Pan Mingzhong said while stuffing magazines into the short vest on his body at this time: "This is already the case, we must let the aboriginals remember deeply, Otherwise, there will be no peace in the mines in the future!"

After speaking, Pan Mingzhong climbed the ladder and got off the boat.

Easy to come, hard to go.After bypassing Hexin Island, the aboriginal wooden boats no longer faced the downstream, but the upstream that required constant twists and turns.And just as they were struggling upward, the pursuers behind them also bypassed Hexin Island.

Five minutes later, the aborigines, who were hit by scattered bullets, threw the corpses on the boat, jumped out of the stranded canoe, stumbled and began to run upstream on their own two legs.

Meanwhile, the 5-member team led by Pan Mingzhong pulled over to the side of the boat unhurriedly at this time, and began to shoot the enemies in front one after another, like a cat chasing a mouse.

When passing by the canoe, a member of the team was going to replenish guns for two wounded natives on the shore, but Pan Mingzhong held him back: "Let them fend for themselves."

Of the more than 100 aborigines before departure, less than 10 escaped into the dense forest. The reason why they survived was because the AK in someone's hand did not fire, not because they ran fast.

And Pan Mingzhong did not open fire, not because he was kind, but because he needed these aboriginals to serve as planters and propaganda teams, and together with the struggling wounded on the bank of the stream, spread the horror of the crossing crowd, and reduce the number of people in the future. trouble.

(End of this chapter)