The soldiers of the Fourth Brigade walked in the dense forest for most of the day without encountering a single native. Baron Sidney's face became increasingly gloomy.
The team stopped by a river in the valley, and Baron Sidney summoned noncommissioned officers above the squad leader level to make preliminary combat arrangements.
The rest of the heavy armored infantry fetched some water from the river and made a fire on the stone beach to cook.
The teams that go out on missions all carry very simple marching rations. He Boqiang has been eating these things these days. It is a food similar to rice noodles. It can be quickly melted into boiling water and cooked into a pot of porridge, and then paired with hard rice noodles.
Eat the toasted wheat cakes together. If you feel the wheat cakes are too hard, you can break them into pieces and soak them in the porridge to eat.
It's not unpalatable, but it's definitely not delicious. It's purely a convenient fast food to fill your stomach quickly.
Each piece of marching rations is wrapped in dry banana leaves, and you only need to tear the banana leaves apart when taking them.
Jie Longnan scooped a spoonful of sticky porridge into the wooden bowl. He stared at the porridge in the bowl without any appetite. However, Ian who was sitting next to him ate it with gusto. At the end of the meal, he even dropped the edge of the wooden bowl.
Also use your fingers to scrape clean.
Five scout teams left in succession, and the atmosphere in the team became tense, with no one even talking loudly.
He Boqiang didn't find this kind of marching rations very unpalatable. He silently ate the food he was given and sat down next to a big rock with his eyes closed to relax.
The black boy Jie Longnan refilled the marching water bottle with clear stream water from the stream.
Surdak squatted next to the fire and pressed the unburned charcoal with stones. Garcia came to him and asked curiously:
"Duck, what do you think Baron Sidney wants to discuss when he summons the captain and the others?"
Garcia is also a member of the second team, but everyone prefers to call him Red Socks because he has a pair of red socks that he wears on his feet all year round. Although the soles of his feet have been patched with patches, he is still reluctant to throw them away. It is said that these socks
His fiancée knitted it for him when he was in the army.
He is the best archer in the team. The team is equipped with a total of two alloy bows, one of which is on his body.
Suldak turned to look at Garcia and said:
"Who knows! But this place is still far away from the mountain col. We don't have to worry about being attacked from the dark by the indigenous hunters for the time being. It is indeed easier to blend in with a large group than to move on our own."
At this time, Captain Sam walked back from Baron Sidney. He sat down against the rock. Jeronan immediately ran back and handed the captain a specially left piece of food.
After the porridge in the wooden bowl cooled, it condensed into a lump. Sam pushed the wooden bowl aside, grabbed half a wheat biscuit and gnawed it.
Suldak said: "I always feel that something is not right. We must be careful on this road ahead,"
Sam tore off another piece of wheat cake, but did not rush to put it into his mouth, and asked Suldak: "What's wrong?"
Suldak glanced at He Boqiang and then said slowly: "I feel like these natives are trying to lure us over."
Sam pondered for a moment and said nothing.
However, Ian said from the side: "This time, all members of our fourth brigade are dispatched, and a squadron of long archers are seconded. It is more than enough to deal with the indigenous people. There is nothing to worry about."
Jellonan, Garcia and others obviously agreed with Ian's point of view and repeatedly agreed, thinking that Ian was right.
At this time, He Boqiang raised his head as if he was aware of it. He always felt that someone was peering through the dense woods. At this time, he couldn't find any convincing evidence.
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After resting for nearly an hour, the fourth group continued to move toward the mountain col along the dense forest.
In the afternoon, there were not many wild beasts in the forest, but some poisonous insects occasionally caused some trouble to the team. However, almost all the soldiers carried antidotes with them, and the team did not lose members due to poisoning.
At this time of day, it always feels muggy in the woods.
The team stretched for a long time in the forest, and the road was not easy to walk. The forest was filled with dead branches and leaves left over the years. When these leaves rot, they will turn into fertile leaf mold soil, but there are also some leaves that fell into the natural formation.
The deep pits are filled with withered yellow leaves and become many natural traps.
A heavily armored soldier was walking in the team. He happened to look up and saw a green snake crawling out of his head. The green snake was wrapped around a horizontal branch and kept spitting out snake messages. A pair of cold eyes stared down. The team
Passing under the horizontal branch where it was perched, the green snake drooped a trace of poisonous saliva. The soldier was startled by the green snake.
Just when I was thinking about whether to send a warning to my companions behind me, I heard the companions behind me shouting: "Hey, be careful..."
Before he finished speaking, the heavily armored soldier stepped on the ground, his body fell forward according to the inertia, and he plunged into a deep pit filled with dead leaves.
Fortunately, there was a thick pile of dead leaves under the deep pit, and there was nothing else. The heavily armored warrior was pulled out of the pit by his companions. He did not suffer any serious injuries, but his foot was sprained...
The team passed by a man-eating tree covered with sharp spikes. The man-eating tree waved its vines, and the heavily armored soldiers who were unable to react in time clung to them and dragged them towards the trunk. If not,
With the help of companions, I'm afraid I won't be able to break free on my own.
After entering the dense forest, such accidents always happened frequently, which invisibly slowed down the marching speed.
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It wasn't until it was almost dark that the fourth brigade arrived at the big mountain col where the indigenous hunters were hiding. Through the sunset, they could vaguely see a bare white rock wall appearing on the west side of the valley. According to Jie Longnan's previous reconnaissance
According to the intelligence, the group of indigenous hunters are hiding here.
Baron Sidney asked the Fourth Brigade to stop for repairs and conduct a sneak attack on the group of indigenous hunters after nightfall.
The five scout teams that left the main force at noon returned one after another, and Baron Sidney once again convened a meeting with non-commissioned officers above the level of team leader.
The camp is stationed on a forest slope in a mountain col, which is not too far from the valley in the mountain col.
The dinner was also much richer. There was a scout team responsible for hunting and they brought back two pine-skinned wild boars from the forest. The dinner was wild boar with some wild celery and white bread. According to Suldak, every time
Before the war, Baron Sidney always gave the soldiers a good meal, and it seemed that this time was no exception.
The battle horn sounded at the moment when the sky turned completely dark.
The second team followed the large army to the bottom of the cliff. There was only a cave for one person to pass under the cliff. They climbed up about two hundred meters along this rock tunnel to reach the natural cave in the center of the cliff. As long as there were two or three people,
By stationing at the exit above the cave, you can guard the passage.
Baron Sidney left the First Squadron here to guard the exit, and then personally led the Fourth Squadron to climb the mountain at night. According to the Baron's plan, after the assault team reached the top of the mountain, they would lower the rope from the top of the mountain.
, the soldiers would be hoisted along the rope to the mountainside and sneak in through the vents on the mountainside.
This area is full of cliffs. If you want to climb this cliff, you have to go around to the back of the col.
The mountain road became more difficult to walk at night, and Baron Sidney had to give up riding and follow the group to climb the mountain on foot.
He Boqiang followed the team and felt uneasy for no reason.
After nightfall, some faint firelight shone from the cliff halfway up the mountain. It was not difficult to see that there were indeed people living on the cliff. It was just that these indigenous people seemed to be so calm. When the fourth group entered the mountain col, they encountered no one at all.
Seeing the resistance of the indigenous people, He Boqiang felt a little worried.