afterglow

Chapter 168

It was still early, and with the help of the military dogs, most of those who managed to escape were captured or killed in the next few hours.

But the process was not smooth. For example, three people hid in a cave when they had nowhere to go. The soldiers blocking the outside ignored them no matter how they recruited them. Instead, they shot and shouted hysterically.

"Listen to the dog thing inside, come out honestly, and give you a good time!"

"Come in if you have the seeds!"

"Dog thing, come out!"

"Damn it, officers and soldiers of the son of a bitch, you are coming in!"

The two sides have been in a stalemate for a while, but they can't continue to waste here.

Since the cave was winding and complicated, the grenades thrown by everyone in it would not be able to hurt the bandits, and taking the initiative to clear them up might cause unnecessary casualties, so Zhou Changfeng immediately asked the anti-chemical platoon to help.

What could be more convenient and efficient than a flamethrower to deal with this kind of diehard guy who is stubbornly fighting in the cave?

Two soldiers with Type [-] flamethrowers cautiously approached the entrance of the cave, and then opened the safety. One of them turned sideways and aimed the nozzle at the cave, and then pulled the trigger.

Gasoline is jetted out under the impetus of compressed nitrogen, and the electric ignition device at the nozzle ignites it.

Dragon-like flames poured into the cave, and the roiling heat wave made the other soldiers around couldn't help frowning.

After spraying all the gasoline in one breath, the other person took over and poured flames into it for several seconds.

Everyone could vaguely hear the screams and coughs coming from inside, as well as the movement of struggling, so they aimed their guns at the entrance of the cave, ready to shoot at any time.

But no one escaped in the end, because the blazing flames exhausted the oxygen in the narrow cave in a very short time.

In the end, everyone only dragged out three charred bodies.

Although the attack on this bandit was not smooth, the speed was indeed beyond Zhou Changfeng's imagination. He thought it would take ten days and a half a month, but he didn't expect it to be over in two days.

"Is that the end?" He even felt a little regretful.

If it takes ten days and a half a month, it can be regarded as a sufficient and qualified actual combat exercise on complex terrain.

But it's only been two short days, so it's not interesting.

"Generation report, but let's not rush out of the mountain, and stay for two more days."

"Stay two more days?" Xie Wancheng, who was extremely puzzled, asked, "Shouldn't we be class teachers?"

"It's not easy to travel all the way. The terrain and climate characteristics here are somewhat similar to the Nanyang region. Let's practice for a while, it will be beneficial and harmless."

"But……"

"No, but," Zhou Changfeng waved his hand, pointing to his feet and said, "It's better to sweat and bleed here than to die without knowing why in the South Sea jungle."

"However, according to the confessions of the captured bandits, there are at least a dozen people scattered here in Lijiashan." Zhao Hanfeng agreed, "Let's practice for a few more days, and we can just find them out by the way."

After the previous encounter with the sweeping squad in the forest, some bandits ran away in the chaos and did not follow the others to the stream in the northwest, so they escaped unharmed and are still missing.

Simply and neatly beat up this group of bandits, the mood of the whole regiment of officers and soldiers was quite comfortable.

They piled up the corpses that were shattered by explosions and bullets by the side of the stream, but they didn't feel bloody, they just felt that they deserved it.

Wooden speedboats drove over one after another, transported the corpses out of the mountain, and then identified them one by one.

Just when everyone was preparing to join the class happily, their respective chiefs announced helplessly that they would stay in this mountain for five more days to carry out survival, search, camping, and combat training in complex terrain.

It can be said that although the efficiency of the bandit suppression was quite high this time, many problems were inevitably exposed in the whole regiment, and it is necessary to sum up experience and lessons.

When thousands of people from the First Marine Regiment continued to carry out the mighty military training in the Lijiashan area, the officials who learned the battle report were all surprised and puzzled.

Most of their first reaction is: It's only been two days since it started, why is it already "destroyed"?

It was already the morning of the next day when Cheng Han, who was in the Metropolitan Government's Mansion, learned of such layers of conveyance.

"So fast?" He took the telegram and glanced at it, and immediately ordered: "Send someone to check, and there must be no recurrence."

In fact, he was a little skeptical about this, because normally it would take a lot of time to check the bandits in the rolling mountains, and it would take ten days and a half months to say the least. Well, it will take a month.

This way, most of them were traced, and the direction of their escape was accurately predicted, so they set up an ambush in advance, which is really unbelievable.

If it's fake, wouldn't it be a big deal if it was played before the imperial court?
After struggling, he decided to hold down the battle report for a while, and wait for a call back to ask for confirmation before playing it.

This has nothing to do with factional struggles or political stances, not that he favors the navy, but that he simply believes that he should not be careless when encountering such an uncommon sense situation, otherwise it would be embarrassing for the court if he made a joke.

After a while, he received a call back, and the First Marine Regiment confirmed the results of the battle, and repeated the report that "the bandit leader and most of the rest were wiped out, and only a dozen people were scattered in the mountains. The staff department is carefully clearing them out, trying not to let any one go."

So far, Cheng Han reported the matter to the imperial court.

Obviously the emperor was quite concerned about this, so he carefully examined the battle report. After all, the extraordinary efficiency of suppressing bandits made him a little curious and puzzled.

The battle report was actually written by Yao Liangchuan. It has to be said that the ability of the civil servants in choosing words and making sentences is worthy of recognition. The condensed but simple hundreds of words tell the story before and after, and the description is vivid.

Because Zhu Lingjing had reminded her father that he didn't like self-proclaimed guys, Zhou Changfeng told Yao Liangchuan not to flatter himself when writing the battle report, so the battle report gave most of the credit to the military dog ​​units and gunboats, as well as the fact that he was not afraid of hardships. The whole regiment of soldiers.

As for himself, it is just "strategizing, not creditable".

It is true that "the barking team makes great contributions" and "the gunboats show their power" is true, but the commander who can coordinate and let them give full play to their abilities is also indispensable. This is the importance of generals.

After all, in history, there are examples of leading elite cavalry thousands of miles deep into Mobei to attack Huanglong and seal wolves and Xuxu, and there are also cases of leading an army to get lost in the desert.

But now, those cunning bandits who have been entrenched in the deep mountains and old forests for so many years can be accurately predicted. This is definitely a talent.

Zhu Shiyan was quite satisfied with Zhou Changfeng's humility—the last time this kid went to Batavia to make a fuss and then retreated leisurely, is he still capable?
From the current point of view, although I dare not jump to conclusions and say that Daming needs one more handsome talent, but a general talent is appropriate, wonderful!
(End of this chapter)