Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 721: Chase and Howitzer Bombing
Chu Qianqian took out the rocket launcher, pointed it at the last truck, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

A rocket roared toward a truck dozens of meters away. Under the horrified eyes of a dozen Tianzhu artillerymen, it hit the truck compartment in the blink of an eye.

The violent explosion forced Chu Xiangqian to quickly put away the rocket launcher and steer the motorcycle off the road with both hands to avoid being hit by the debris of the explosion.

Then he simply stopped on the hillside on the side of the road, took out the rocket launcher and loaded a rocket grenade again, and hit the second truck that was still driving.

With a distance of more than a hundred meters, it only took two or three seconds to catch up with the truck.

This time, there were a few Tianzhu artillerymen who jumped out of the truck without caring that the truck was still running.

Unfortunately, the rocket exploded too close, and the shock wave generated by the explosion was enough to damage the ears of these people, or even deafen them.

Moreover, once the flames and gasoline from rocket bombs and truck explosions are contaminated on the body, they are as deadly as incendiary bombs.

Chu Xiangqian didn't care whether anyone was still alive, put away the rocket launcher, and continued to chase on his motorcycle.

However, after chasing for more than ten seconds, he had to slow down again.

The Tianzhu artillerymen on the two trucks quickly shouted 'rockets'.

After a series of explosions, when the dust and smoke cleared, only one truck remained that had not been hit.

Holding on to the pain all over his body, he ran or crawled to both sides of the road.

Even if you rely on walking, you will have no water or food for several days. Without thermal insulation equipment such as tents and sleeping bags at night, the probability of survival is basically zero.

But that didn't stop him.

There were even two rounds that exploded within 3 meters. The Tianzhu soldiers on the truck suddenly suffered heavy casualties.

While Chu Xiangqian was secretly happy, the pupils of the Tianzhu soldiers on the two trucks shrank.

Moreover, there are a lot of gravel on the road on the plateau. When driving at high speed, if you turn the steering wheel left or right, there is a high probability that the car will overturn.

Although the truck was bumpy and the hit rate could only depend on luck, Chu Xiangqian did not dare to take the risk.

This time, the target was placed at the front of the convoy and three more rapid fire rounds were fired. Several drivers were frightened and subconsciously wanted to move around in a snake shape.

In just two or three minutes, Chu Xiangqian easily shot and killed five or six Indian soldiers one by one.

Chu looked forward with a rocket launcher on his shoulder, and fired a rocket at the truck leading on the winding mountain road.

Sure enough, the grenade fell directly into the bed of the truck. After the explosion, the few Tianzhu people who could still move immediately stopped pretending to be dead.

So Chu Xiangqian didn't even look at the casualties and continued to chase on his motorcycle.

To be honest, Chu Xiangqian was indeed more confident in throwing grenades than in hitting the target with mortars.

Although the truck was not directly hit, because the two trucks were forced to stop, all six rounds were basically fired within 6 meters of the truck.

The cars in front also didn't dare to delay at all.

Unfortunately, there is very little room for avoidance on this winding mountain road.

Chu Xiangqian immediately picked up the shell again and slightly adjusted the mortar's bombardment coordinates. This time it was not three rapid fires.

Then he continued to chase south on his motorcycle.

Either it crashes into the mountain, or it rushes off the road and overturns, rolling down the middle of the mountain.

But in their panic, these people completely forgot that this road was said to be kilometers, but in fact it was just a gravel road.

But when the motorcycle was still a hundred meters away from the three trucks, the guy thought for a moment, took out a grenade with one hand, bit open the safety cover, and threw it at a still intact truck.

After determining the distance and coordinates of the bombardment, three rapid-fire rounds were fired. Although they did not directly hit the truck, the continuous explosions around the truck scared the driver and stepped on the accelerator desperately.

When Chu Qianqian saw this, he was not angry but happy.

Sure enough, before Chu Xiangqian fired the third time, a truck hit a volleyball-sized rock while turning its front wheels left and right. The truck suddenly lost control and overturned.

So the driver could only move closer to the mountain on the right, but Chu's forward rocket gave him an advance and actually hit the front of the truck directly.

Unfortunately, within a few seconds, several gunshots were fired, and Chu Xiangqian easily killed all these people with his rifle.

He fell so hard that the two cars behind him had to brake suddenly.

The Tianzhu soldiers in the car fell directly from the car.

This time the hit rate immediately increased by several percent.

Instead, he shot out all 6 remaining shells in a box.

Chu smiled forward, took out a rocket, loaded it, and fired it again at the second stopped truck.

Not only did this blow up the truck, it also blocked the path of the truck behind it.

Then he put away his rocket launcher, took out his rifle, and fired condescendingly at the artillerymen who jumped out of the truck.

Two trucks were blown up in succession, and the Tianzhu artillerymen on the other trucks, no matter how stupid they were, knew how to shoot at Chu Qianqian.

Twenty minutes later, on a mountain bend, Chu Xiangqian finally caught up with the two trucks that were continuing to run away on the winding mountain road.

The remaining people hiding behind the ruins of the truck thought that there was nothing Chu Qianqian could do, but they didn't expect that with this guy's arm strength, a distance of one or two hundred meters would be nothing.

As for the remaining Tianzhu people, they are basically waiting to die on this plateau at an altitude of six or seven thousand meters without transportation.

Get out of the car and use a motorcycle to block your view, take out a mortar from the novice village, and roughly estimate the distance and the speed of the truck.

Chu Xiangqian did not hesitate, took out a box of shells again, and shot out all 12 rounds.

He took out a few grenades, pulled the safety, and threw them one by one, just enough for the grenades to hit the ground and roll a few times before exploding.

The remaining Tianzhu soldiers were not given any time to escape.

After cleaning up this group of people, Chu Qianqian continued down the mountain on his motorcycle.

When he arrived at a temporary checkpoint, Chu Xiangqian knew that all the sentries guarding the place had run away, but he still stopped.

I got off the motorcycle and walked to the checkpoint, to the huge water tank specially designed to replenish water for passing military vehicles.

In trucks these days, the engine needs to be cooled by a water tank.

In addition, the march of the army requires a lot of water resources, so campsites must be replenished along the way.

In addition, the temperature on the plateau is very low at night. If no one lights the fire, the water tank will definitely be filled with ice.

Moreover, most places on the plateau are barren mountains, and there are very few places with water.

There is a self-flowing mountain spring next to this checkpoint, so the checkpoint and water replenishment station were set up here.

Chu climbed forward to the huge water tank, opened the lid and looked inside, seeing that the tank was empty.

I couldn't help but curse secretly.

I jumped down and looked around the water tank, and soon I saw someone close to the mountain opening the water valve with a thick arm.

Needless to say, the soldiers at the checkpoint must have received the news that the army on the plateau had been annihilated or captured. When escaping, simply open the water valve.

Chu stepped forward and closed the water valve, jumped on the water tank again, reached into the lid, and threw four 1 cubic meter water balls into the storage compartment.

The water tank was quickly filled to two-thirds.

Two more were thrown in. Now this water tank alone should be enough to provide water for several thousand people.

Then Chu Xiangqian let the chickadee fly back, flying dozens of kilometers along the way. He was sure that there was no Tianzhu soldier to escape, and then he felt relieved.

But after thinking about it, he took out the radio and sent a report to Qian Guotai.

Tell him that he has asked people to set up several water replenishment stations on the way south.

But the real water replenishment point is not at the Tianzhu people's checkpoint. Instead, there are many 50-liter iron water tanks placed 100 to meters to the left or right of the checkpoint.

After sending the report, Chu Xiangqian went directly to Novice Village and used the stored iron ore to refine the iron in the blacksmith shop.

Then make a water tank out of iron blocks.

There is so much iron ore that making iron water tanks only requires silver coins, and you can make as many as you need.

Chu Xiangqian looked around the checkpoint through the tits, and quickly placed 10 water tanks behind the pile of rocks 50 meters to the right of the checkpoint.

Even if there were Tianzhu soldiers who arrived at the checkpoint after he left, they would at most empty the water tank in the checkpoint.

After doing this, Chu Qianqian rode his motorcycle again and headed south.

I actually encountered two more checkpoints along the way, and they were basically set up where there was water.

It seems that these checkpoints were mostly established to replenish water for the soldiers.

Another 20 water tanks were placed in hidden places, which should be enough for tens of thousands of troops. They no longer have to worry about lack of water during the descent.

Chu Qianqian then drove his motorcycle toward the southeast.

More than an hour later, after walking about forty or fifty kilometers, I saw a small border town in the distance.

The warehouse district he was eyeing was located in a military camp more than ten kilometers outside the small town.

Only the four brigades on the eastern front of Tianzhu with 1.6 troops were all on the plateau. The number of troops stationed in this military camp was only about one battalion.

Although the military camp looked a bit chaotic, the defenders inside did not flee without a fight.

Chu looked forward and looked at his watch. It was already past 3 p.m. when it got dark, he sneaked in and crawled into the warehouse. Even if everything was gone, he wouldn't be discovered so quickly.

In other words, as long as Chu Qianqian is given an hour or two, everything in this warehouse group will disappear.

However, Chu Xiangqian still had some scruples about such bizarre things.

Although the more bizarre it is, after it is reported to the upper echelons of Tianzhu, those who are actually in power in Tianzhu will be less convinced by the reports below.

But in front of a battalion of guards, emptying so many warehouses did seem a bit overconfident and brainless.

So Chu Xiangqian thought for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly had a solution in his mind.

Entering the Novice Village, seeing that it would still be dark for three or four hours, I simply refreshed all the wild monsters and supplies that were refreshed today, and then went to Middle-earth.

I had dinner with that girl Luna, and then I took Luna on a tour around Stromgarde, talking to several key managers about business first, and then just chatting.

At 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening, after returning to the castle with Luna, this girl took the initiative to hug Chu Qianqian and extended an invitation to play a friendly match.

Waiting until about 3 a.m., Chu Xiangqian returned to Tianzhu, rode a horse for a few kilometers, and then quietly approached the warehouse area on foot.

It took a lot of effort to infiltrate this time. By the time we entered a warehouse, it was already 4 o'clock in the morning.

Seeing that there were more weapons and ammunition in the warehouse, Chu Xiangqian didn't even notice how many guns and ammunition there were, and he put them all into the Novice Village warehouse.

Then he took out a large number of empty boxes that had previously contained guns on the plateau and put them back into the warehouse.

A lot of hay was thrown in, and then he continued to enter other warehouses.

When encountering the granary, Chu moved forward and left it to serve as supplies for the Chinese troops heading south.

All other military supplies were put away in one fell swoop.

At around 5 o'clock in the morning, Chu Xiangqian left the warehouse area, avoided checkpoints and hidden sentries, rode a red rabbit and flew towards the hills in the distance.

Ten minutes later, four or five kilometers away from the warehouse area, Chu Qianqian dismounted and fired a BL-type 140mm howitzer.

After thinking about it, Chu Xiangqian took out another artillery piece.

Then he took out the operation manual and controlled the two artillery pieces by himself.

He aimed at the warehouse area four or five kilometers away, and it was also a warehouse containing hay. Chu Xiangqian directly carried a 40-kilogram shell into the barrel, and then placed an 8-kilogram propellant pack.

After confirming the aiming coordinates again, he pulled the gun rope fiercely.

There was a loud bang, which made Chu Qiang's ears ring a little. Fortunately, it only took two or three seconds for him to recover.

And a flame had already lit up a few kilometers away.

However, this was the first time Chu Xiangqian used a 140mm howitzer. The shell hit the warehouse area, but it was at least a hundred meters away from the target Chu Xiangqian hoped to hit.

This is still only four or five kilometers away from the target. If it is ten kilometers away, the deviation distance will be even greater.

Chu Qianqian muttered and cursed, but was not discouraged. He once again loaded a 40-kilogram shell into the barrel, and then loaded it with a medicine bag.

Moreover, Chu Xiangqian estimated that the Tianzhu people's counterattack would be very slow. Maybe even if they were bombarded, they might not know which direction the shells came from.

The location of the two artillery pieces is a depression, and there is a moderately high hillside dozens of meters away, which can block most of the fireworks produced by the artillery pieces.

Sure enough, after the two artillery guns were loaded with shells, Titmouse's sight showed that the warehouse area was just in chaos, but no one took any counterattack measures.

Chu smiled forward and slightly adjusted the firing angle of the artillery. Then he held two gun ropes with both hands and pulled the firing device at the same time.

With the sound of two shellings, Chu Xiangqian immediately focused his attention on the tit.

This time the two artillery pieces were aimed at the same target at the same time. Sure enough, one shot missed and the other hit the target warehouse exactly.

The huge explosion not only opened a huge gap in the target warehouse, but also ignited the hay inside.

Another cannonball landed in the open space of the warehouse, sending a group of Tianzhu soldiers who were running to nowhere directly to see Lord Shiva.

Now that he had hit, Chu Xiangqian was naturally more motivated, and this guy was so powerful that he could load the shells and medicine packs by himself without any auxiliary tools.

The reloading speed was actually faster than an artillery team of seven or eight people. In just one minute, both artillery pieces were reloaded with shells.

Then it fired again. This time Chu Xiangqian did not deliberately pursue the target, as long as the shell landed in the warehouse area.

If he is unlucky and burns down the grain warehouse in the warehouse area, he will at worst wait until the Tianzhu people run away and take out hundreds of tons of grain from the Xinshou Village warehouse to serve as fodder for the troops going south.

(End of this chapter)