Age of Rebirth

Chapter 320: Bloodshed in the Salt Pond ([-])

Professor Ouyang and his party of the joint exploration team were suddenly attacked by horse bandits. Fortunately, Tang Qiuli made arrangements for possible unexpected situations in advance, and specially sent two detachments of the special warfare detachment to be responsible for the protection task Well, there are two special operations teams with a total of [-] people. However, their equipment is tailored according to the nature of the troops. There are only a few heavy weapons, and they don't have much advantage in firepower.

The soldiers of the special warfare detachment are extremely capable of individual combat. This kind of field defensive battle is not their specialty, and the number of horse bandits is far more than three times their number, and most of their energy is allocated to take care of them. The pressure on dozens of combatants can be imagined.

Because it is the purpose of exploration, the special operations team does not carry much medicine, but more supplies, instruments, and equipment. If they fall into a hard fight and the medicine runs out, it will be the time for the collapse of this valuable exploration team.

The horse bandits should all be cavalry. On the dangerous saline-alkali flats, the cavalry is no less than a disaster for troops lacking heavy weapons. As long as the horse bandits charge in a group, the soldiers of the special warfare unit can only die. Fight, but what about Professor Ouyang and the others?It can only be the end of being slaughtered. [

Tang Qiuli was sweating profusely. In all these years, he had never encountered a crisis that made him fearful but had a good strategy.

He thought of asking for help from the Red Army, but according to the innkeeper, the nearest Red Army was about a hundred miles away, and it would take half a day to go back and forth.

There is no other way, but the 32 people of my own are going to serve as reinforcements. The ridiculous thing is that I donated all the shell guns in the hands of the soldiers. Deal with more than 1000 armed horse bandits?

Tang Qiuli was so anxious that he walked around the room, he gritted his teeth and could only take a dangerous move.

He called the innkeeper in, cut straight to the point, and asked him directly if he could buy guns, medicines and horses in this town. The boss hesitated for a moment and said, "Guest officer, horses are easy to talk about. Every household here has fast horses, so it's not a problem." , but guns and medicines are not easy to talk about. Since the Red Army arrived here, they have confiscated all the weapons scattered among the people!"

Tang Qiuli told the boss to prepare 32 fast horses, and the price is negotiable. As for the guns and medicines, you can think of a way. Then, he told the boss that the danger encountered by the joint exploration team was not hidden from the boss, and begged the boss to help find a way .

The boss was shocked when he heard this, and only then did he understand why Tang Qiuli was in a hurry, and immediately readily agreed to help.

He also told Tang Qiuli that before the Red Army arrived here, this area was often ransacked by horse bandits from Ningxia and Gansu. These guys murdered and set fire, robbed property, and robbed women. Died at the hands of horse bandits, the common people in this area are hated by many horse bandits.

Since the arrival of the Red Army, they have dealt several heavy blows to the horse bandits who ran in here, and drove these destructive animals back to Gansu and Ningxia, so that the common people lived a stable life, although life was hard Some, it's safe at last, isn't it?

After the boss finished speaking, he hurried out to get what Tang Qiuli wanted, but Tang Qiuli could only wait anxiously. Taking advantage of this time, he wrote a letter to General Xu Haidong, the commander of the 25th Red Army. Explain the reasons for not being able to attend the appointment on time.

Afterwards, he found a young man who looked very smart, gave him two oceans, let him ride a horse, rushed to the Red Army station at the fastest speed, and handed the letter to their chief.

Watching the young man beating the horse like flying, and disappearing in the blink of an eye, he felt a little comforted in his heart. It seems that the people in this place grew up on horseback, and their riding skills are quite good, so there is no shortage of good horses.

The owner of the inn acted quickly, the horses were ready, and he said that he believed in the guest officer. When you come back, even if you count the money to hire the horses, you will encounter difficulties. You can't let you spend a lot of money to buy horses, right?

These words moved Tang Qiuli very much. I was just a flash of thought. I gave the boss some more money in exchange for such a big help. The people in this place are really kind and simple, and it is not difficult to understand. , Why do their hearts turn to the Red Army, as long as whoever treats them well, they will get several times the return.

However, Tang Qiuli couldn't laugh or cry when the boss got the weapon.

There are all kinds of weapons, and there are all kinds of weapons, but none of them are suitable for the hand. There are shotguns made of iron sand, and there are birdcracks, but there are a few rifles, all of which are old, the rifling is worn out, and the bolts are straight down. Lose.

There was still a sub-captain of the special guard who asked the boss if there were any cold weapons such as bows and arrows and crossbows, and reminded the dreamer that every family had these things when the boss slapped his thigh.

After working for a while, the 1000 soldiers of the special guard were finally fully armed, carrying blunderbuss, shotguns, bows and arrows, and crossbows, and riding horses of various colors. Tang Qiuli never dreamed that his most elite special The soldiers of the guards will one day be equipped with such weapons to face more than [-] horse bandits.

Fortunately, the soldiers of the special guards have a habit of carrying eight grenades with them at all times. This is Tang Qiuli's current strength. He has 10 horses, but he has to use these ancient weapons to deal with the vicious horses. bandit. [

The troop had just left the town, and there was the sound of horseshoes behind them. Everyone reined in the horses, turned around and saw a cavalry behind them. There were a total of 80 people. They were all strong men. The leader was exactly The innkeeper, with a shotgun in his hand.

Tang Qiuli was puzzled, and the boss explained that these were the family members who had been harmed by horse bandits. Some of them were wives who were robbed, some daughters were spoiled, and relatives were killed. There are few officials, and they all came here voluntarily. That's not full of hatred.

Here are a few more salt porters who have been in Yanchi area all year round, selling salt to Yan'an. They are familiar with the land there, so they can be guides. Tang Qiuli said that he could touch the banks of the ditch there with his eyes closed.

The innkeeper talked about your humanity, so he can't watch you guys die, and it's not the rule of Jintang Town.

Tang Qiuli's voice was choked, he couldn't mention money in front of these simple folks, this wasn't going to the market to join in the fun, it was very likely that someone would throw their lives on the salt flats, he really didn't know how to express himself With gratitude, he jumped off the horse and bowed deeply to all the villagers.

Then, he divided the villagers into groups of ten and divided them into eighteen teams. Each team sent a special guard soldier to serve as the captain. Everything must be under the command of the captain. The remaining special guard soldiers formed the core attack force.

The strong team started on the road again, galloping towards the direction of Yanchi against the loess constantly blowing up outside the Great Wall, leaving soaring dust along the way.

The sky gradually darkened, and the wind picked up, blowing up particles mixed with salt and alkali, which made the face a burning pain, riding on a galloping horse, I could only tilt my head sideways, half-closed my eyes, and the green color gradually became scarcer. What I saw was a fluffy gray-red soda grass, sparsely dotted with the desolate wilderness.

The half-grown old man who was the guide jumped off his horse from time to time to check the terrain, and commanded these horse teams, which were definitely mobs, to go around tall or low sand dunes, or small lakes with alkali flowers.

Tang Qiuli and the others walked towards their destination along the remnants of the ancient Great Wall. The more they walked, the more desolate they became. The green color finally looked like a shy girl. Occasionally, they saw a little face. What came into view was the endless sand and white The salinity of flowers.

The guide suddenly reined in the horse, jumped off the horse, climbed up a sand dune, listened quietly for a while, ran down the sand dune, and said to Tang Qiuli nervously that not far ahead, he could already hear To the gunshots, judging by the gunshots, it was no more than seven or eight miles away.

Tang Qiuli immediately ordered that according to the grouping in advance, each team approached the horse bandits surrounding the survey team in secret from different directions. After approaching, they had to hear their own gunshots before launching an attack.

Climb up to the top of a large sand dune, and the battlefield below can be seen at a glance. In the dim twilight, more than 1000 horse bandits are attacking. The pouring rain draws a dark red road and shoots at the target. The horse bandits are well equipped. At least there are three heavy machine guns and ten light machine guns. Fortunately, there is no heavy firepower such as mortars, otherwise, the place under attack would have been razed to the ground long ago.

The two captains of the special warfare detachment are veterans who have been on the battlefield and have rich combat experience. The sentinel was shot by a sudden shot just as the sentinel sounded the alarm. It showed that one person, with injuries, blocked more than 1000 horse bandits for a full [-] minutes, and at least [-] horse bandits were killed by his gun. In the end, he slammed his body The grenade, and the horse bandits who surrounded him died together.

The dust from the explosion of the grenade submerged seven or eight horse bandits. The blocked horse bandits had to find favorable terrain to hide from the deadly gunmen.

The soldiers of this special operations detachment used their precious lives to win more than 20 minutes of precious time for the brigade. This precious time is enough to save the lives of all personnel.

The two team leaders did not have time to shed tears for the sacrificed comrades, immediately protected Professor Ouyang and more than [-] scientists, and withdrew into the nearest soil enclosure to them.

As soon as he entered Tuweizi, the sky was full of yellow dust behind him, and the wild and rough shouts of the horse bandits sounded outside, and the bright sabers shone with a piercing cold light under the reflection of the setting sun.

Hearing the shouts of the horse bandits and seeing the momentum of more than 1000 cavalry charging, Professor Ouyang and the others couldn't help but look pale, especially the young girls in the exploration team, who huddled in the corner of the wall with their arms tightly hugged to their chests. shivering.

The soldiers of the Special Warfare Detachment aimed at the sights of their muzzles, and the ferocious faces of the horse bandits became clearer and clearer in the sights.