Lu Ming

Chapter 639
It was night, with the Milky Way above their heads and the sea of ​​sand lying on their backs, the 80 pioneering team members huddled on the coast of the savages in South Asia were not sleeping soundly.

The third master, who was in the center of the defense line, couldn't sleep at night.Looking around with the telescope again, he stood up under the brilliant starlight and put his hands in his arms.The next moment, with a soft "click", the third master opened the cover of the pocket watch.

This is already the No. 18 time someone looked at his watch after dark.

Copper case pocket watches are the standard items that the military distributes to mid-level officers.This kind of "domestic product" is huge and simple in craftsmanship. It doesn't even have a second hand, and it is full of rough features of early industrial products.

But a philosopher once said: what can pull out pus is a good plaster.

The domestic copper case pocket watch is stupid, black and thick. From another perspective, the leather is durable and can be used as a protective goggle at critical moments.For the third master, it is indeed a good product for the military.

When the case is opened, there is no need to rely on the fluorescence on the hour hand, and the brilliant stars above the head illuminate the dial.

"It's the beginning of ugly times!"

After discovering the enemy's situation for the first time in the morning, for some reason, the third master always had a premonition that the enemies in the dense forest would not appear in large numbers during the day.So after dark, he ordered the cessation of all construction activities and ordered his men to be on alert.

However, I was tense for several hours, until after 10 o'clock in the evening, the coast was always calm and nothing happened.

Human attention is limited, and it is impossible to maintain a high level of alert for a long time.At this time, the third master had to start arranging overnight: he ordered two-thirds of the staff to lie down and rest on the spot.

The equatorial belt in South Asia is hot all year round, and sleeping is the only thing you don’t have to worry about: the warm beach and sea breeze, the waves gently shake the warship, and the young sailors sleep with their heads resting on the sand and show a terrifying expression.

Considering the capacity of the hastily completed position and the total amount of materials temporarily transported ashore was insufficient, only 80 personnel remained on the shore to watch the night.

These 80 people are all veteran players of the Blazers.However, because they are veteran players, they also know what they are going to face tonight.

Waiting for the unknown is the most frightening thing, so most of the people who were ordered to sleep did not sleep well.

In the final analysis, this is still a manifestation of lack of actual combat experience.

Since its establishment, the Pioneer Army has enjoyed the pervasive benefits of industrialization in all aspects.With all kinds of inconspicuous advantages combined, the Pioneer Army has become a seemingly powerful armed force.

However, from the beginning to the present, apart from the crushing bandits, the longest battle the pioneering army has experienced is nothing more than a few soy sauce fights after the North and South Vietnam War.As far as this is a flat trip with sufficient logistics and intelligence support, there is no pressure at all.

So this group of people has diarrhea today, and they can't do the tactical action of going to sleep as soon as they say sleep.

So to a certain extent, Wang Bo's previous opinion is correct: there must always be some difficult environment to hone the troops, otherwise when the more difficult time comes, the hope can't be counted on, and it will be a bad thing. up.

"Oh, it's a hard night!"

Today, the third master is still not used to Arabic numerals.The first time he saw the dial, he automatically switched the time to the familiar Chinese hour.

Choushichu: 1 o'clock in the middle of the night.

According to the calculation of dawn at 6 o'clock in the morning, there are still 5 full hours before dawn at Choushi, and Wu Meng feels that the time is very difficult at this time.

Looking down at the "fake sleep" people lying in a pile under his feet, Wu Meng lit another cigarette irritably, and sat on the sandbag to smoke violently.Even so, his eyes did not dare to leave the dark jungle opposite him for a moment.

Time passed quietly, and before I knew it, a long time passed.When the third master took out his pocket watch for an unknown number of times, he found that it was Yin Shizhong.

In Yin time, it is 4 o'clock in the morning.

At this time, it was less than an hour before dawn.According to the count of "Laoszi Arabia" on the dial, it is less than two hours.

After looking around again and confirming that there is a gentle breeze on the beach, the moon is shining all around, and there is no discordant movement around, even the old Wu Sanye has a little bit of doubt: "Is it an accident? Didn't intend to come here?"

When things got to this point, the third master had to consider another possibility: the casualty incident during the day was just an accidental conflict, and the savages did not have a large tribe nearby, nor did they have any hostility. Perhaps the encounter between the two sides was just an accidental stress response .

"What if"

Thinking of this, the third master's mood suddenly improved a lot, and the high-intensity guard mentality that had been high all night also relaxed a lot.

The third master, who was in a better mood, silently smoked another cigarette.After another half an hour passed, the third master looked at his watch, kicked the man on duty half squatting behind the sandbag with a musket, and said in a low voice, "Dongguan boy, it's time, call someone to change the whistle."

The subordinate turned his head and saw a young and handsome face: "Understood, Third Master!"

After receiving the order, Dong Guanzi bent down and crawled around in the crowd with hands and feet, rousing some people to be on duty.

And the person who was on duty before, didn't pick and choose at this time, just found a place to lie down and sleep.

The young man was nimble, and it only took a few minutes for Dongguan Tsai to change the staff at all the posts on duty in the five small sandbag nests.

Seeing Dongguan boy who ran back to his life out of breath, the third master smiled for the first time tonight.Patting the young man on the shoulder, the third master said in a low voice, "Boy, being diligent is a skill. Follow your third master well, and you will be the boss one day in the future."

Being able to sneak into the core sandbag enclosure where the third master is, Dongguan boy is naturally a smart person.Born as a gangster, he smiled and patted the boss's chest: "Third Master, if you say that we have dozens of human guns, I don't want to be afraid of those local ghosts."

Speaking of this, Dong Guanzai looked bullish, and patted the musket resting on the sandbag: "Just rely on my two fast and slow guns, you always look good, when the time comes, the soil ghosts will come and kill one by one!"

"Hmm. Young boy."

The third master glanced at the two muskets on the sandbag.These two are the standard muskets of the Great Yan Kingdom, and one of them is a musket issued to the Pioneering Army, which is now loaded with shotguns.There is also a breech-loading Minigun specially transferred from the main force before departure to cooperate with this expedition. The single bullet in it is also loaded and ready to fire at any time.

These two guns were called "fast and slow guns" by soldiers because of their different loading methods.

"Boy, I will teach you to be good today."

Looking at the young man's proud face, the third master took out a cigarette and said, "But in this forested land, a knife is better than a gun! You have to know that there are unpredictable things!"

God seemed to have heard the words of the third master. The next moment, Dongguan boy put his hands together and handed the match to the third master, and it suddenly went out.

"Um!?"

After a few seconds, after touching the water droplets on his face, Wu Meng finally realized: Is it raining?
Yes, it rained suddenly.

As a tropical island located in the equatorial belt, rain is a very reasonable and logical thing.This sudden rain, not only fell, but raindrops appeared under the clear night sky full of stars.

This climate phenomenon, which is completely different from that in the north, is actually very common in tropical ocean areas.

Looking up at the sky and stretching out his hand, the third master felt the intensity of the rain.Fortunately, the dripping water droplets are not big, just ordinary drizzle, more like a burst of rain and fog blown by the sea breeze.

The sudden rain also woke up most of the people lying on the ground, and they sat up cursing one after another.

At this time, the third master was calm, and he reacted immediately: "Dongguan boy, go, bring someone to add firewood, and let me burn the fire!"

On the short tens of meters of beach between the outskirts of the beachhead and the dense forest, fires have been burning since nightfall.

These fires were scattered and scattered, illuminating all areas of fire between the beachhead and the dense forest.

After seeing the rain, the third master immediately thought of the problem of the fire.Sure enough, by the time Dongguanzai rushed out with a big green iron pot, the flames had already been watered down by the rain.

The ignition team ran out, and the two leaders quickly picked up firewood by the fire and set it on the fire.

These tree trunks are fresh firewood from the rainforest before, and it is difficult to burn when wet.

This kind of situation was difficult for the ancients to deal with, but Dong Guanzai has a cross-plane artifact in his hand: the oil pot.

The oil jug is filled with military high-grade No. 65 gasoline.

Gasoline produced by county-level chemical factories is also gasoline.I saw the oil pot in Dongguan Zai's hand lightly shaken, and the fire immediately lit up brightly, and at the same time, a large amount of white smoke came out.

In the dark night, the shadows are dim, and in the eyes of the onlookers, the Dongguan boy shuttles through the smoke flickering, as if he is changing into a living person.

Just when there was a lot of murmurs and confusion on the beach, cold sweat dripped from Wu Meng's head.

Having experienced various crises over the years, Wu Meng has a beast-like intuition for danger.Although he didn't have time to reason about the relationship between the rain and the enemy, at this moment his hairs stood on end, and the familiar feeling of impending disaster flooded his whole body like an electric shock.

Third Master Wu, who believed in his instincts, swung his fist without hesitation and hit a person beside him.At the same time, he yelled sharply: "Enemy attack. Everyone be alert!"

It was He Biandan who was smashed.He and several other tall and burly members of the hand-to-hand combat team were sleeping on sandbags.

Awakened by the third master's punch, He Bian sat up reflexively. Before he opened his eyes, he opened his mouth and started yelling: "Put it on for me, put it on!"

The training of the past played a role in this moment.After the other people around woke up, no matter what happened outside, they rushed to help the hand-to-hand combat team put on the armor immediately.

The third master's hunch was correct.

At the same time as he shouted sharply, many people in the fortification saw a strange scene: a short spear whizzed out of the dense forest, and flashed in the swaying firelight.

The short spear passed through Dongguan Tsai who happened to be lying down, and pierced straight into the chest of a member of the burning team behind him.

The member who had been pierced through the chest by the wooden spear screamed for a while, and then the sound stopped abruptly.The body fell face up on the fire, splashing a spark.

Immediately afterwards, a huge and continuous strange cry came from the forest.Accompanied by beast-like roars, dense figures emerged from the forest.

In the hazy rain and fog, the people who passed through the fire were reflected with strange images, like devils.

The next moment, a huge electric current overwhelmed the devil's roar.The third master's calm voice came from the loudspeaker: "Everyone, fire fast and slow fire!"

(End of this chapter)