When Baron Sidney led the soldiers of the fourth group into the cave in the middle of the cliff, they found that the indigenous people hiding in the cave between the mountain walls had long since disappeared, leaving only the empty cave.
He Boqiang was not surprised. The natives dug such a big hole for the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment. It would be strange that these natives did not leave.
The soldiers lowered the rope from the top of the mountain, slid along the rope to the halfway up the cliff, and entered the cave through the ventilation stone path on the mountain wall. The entire cave extends in all directions and has hundreds of stone chambers. These stone chambers are divided into residential areas and combat areas. The rooms in the residential area were paved with soft hay, and there seemed to be traces of animal skins. There were even some graffiti and strange symbols on the stone walls. According to Suldak, these symbols were used by the indigenous people to record the seasons. It is necessary to store enough food before entering winter.
The combat area is lined with rows of lookout points. From the lookout points, arrows can be fired into the mountain col. If it is the long archers of the 57th Regiment, then the range of the bow and arrow can cover the hinterland of the mountain col. This may be due to consideration. Wooden arrows had little lethality against the soldiers of the infantry regiment. These natives were forced to evacuate without firing a single wooden arrow from here.
This was originally a natural cave. The indigenous people expanded it N times on the basis of the natural cave to reach its current scale.
The cave has a special canteen, toilets and a long corridor. There is a two-meter-square pool near the canteen. An underground channel flows into the pool with sweet mountain spring water. When the mountain spring water fills the pool, the excess water will overflow. The stream flows into the ditch.
Unexpectedly, the aborigines would have such a hiding place in this big mountain col. Even Baron Sidney, who had a noble status, was amazed by the cave.
In fact, this cave can serve as a medium-sized defensive stronghold.
A total of 268 soldiers of the Fourth Brigade were killed this time. Baron Sidney was in a very bad mood at the moment.
But he couldn't blame anyone. The trap he fell into this time was entirely due to his eagerness to advance. What Baron Sidney couldn't accept was that this operation to encircle and suppress the indigenous people in the mountain col failed even once. Not a single native was caught. Baron Sidney's eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes and his lips were dry and cracked. From a distance, he looked like a poisonous snake that preyed on people, making everyone afraid to get close.
"I hope the charm of Baron's sister is strong enough." Suldak stood next to He Boqiang and said in a low voice.
"Will we be implicated this time?" Black boy Jie Longnan asked with lingering fear.
Suldak wiped his mouth with his hand and lowered his voice and said: "You will probably be held accountable. I guess you will be labeled as a 'poor investigation'."
Jie Longnan stared at his big round eyes and said anxiously to Captain Sam: "We have to find a way to do something. I don't want to be tied to the rack and whipped when I return to the camp. That's really too much." It’s embarrassing.”
Captain Sam had a straight face and was unwilling to say anything more: "We'll talk about it when we get back to the camp."
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Fortunately, the sixty soldiers of the First Squadron who stayed at the entrance of the cave below the cliff suffered no losses in this battle.
Last night, when the red-eyed hyenas swarmed over, the soldiers of the First Squadron also tried to kill the group of hunting dogs.
But then seeing the huge number of hyenas and the sixty soldiers being exhausted, Jonah Knight, the captain of the first squadron, decisively decided to hide all the soldiers of the first squadron in the cave. The soldiers blocked the narrow entrance with stones, and everything went smoothly.
Escaped the attack of the hyena pack.
The soldiers of the First Squadron did not know that the indigenous people in the caves on the cliff above their heads had evacuated overnight. They did not think about testing the indigenous people above their heads through a hundred-meter-long vertical passage like a chimney.
The cave built by the indigenous people in the middle of the cliff has seven exits, four of which are in the open, and the other three passages are extremely hidden. Only by entering the cave and carefully studying the internal structure of the cave will you discover all the exits.
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It was two days later that He Boqiang walked out of this mountain col with the Fourth Battalion again. Baron Sidney finally did not forget the soldiers buried by the rockslide and spent a day and a half cleaning the soil and gravel from the mountain wall.
After a while, more than fifty corpses were dug out, and then they returned to the camp with the corpses of their companions.
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When Count Mond Goss heard that Baron Sidney's fourth group had fallen into the trap of the natives and had lost more than 200 soldiers in the mountains north of the forest farm, he directly smashed a magic lamp on it.
On Baron Sidney's face, the voice of angrily scolding Baron Sidney could even be heard outside the camp. Baron Sidney was scolded by Count Mond Goss, but he did not receive any substantial response.
punish.
This incident made many smart people in the camp understand a truth: nepotism is really important.
After the Fourth Brigade lost nearly half of its soldiers, it needed new blood to replenish its strength. The members of several squads were basically wiped out. Of course, the newly recruited rookie soldiers were unable to support a squad. They
Veterans need to impart some survival experience on the battlefield, so these veterans must be drawn from some well-organized teams.
Captain Sam of the second squadron of the sixth squadron received the transfer notice a week after returning to the camp. He was transferred to the eleventh squadron under the fifth squadron as the captain, and also served as the deputy squadron leader of the fifth squadron. It can be said that
A small step forward.
Captain Sam went to the 5th Squadron to serve as the captain of the 11th Squadron, and also brought the black boy Jellonan and the veteran Ian there.
Surdak was successfully promoted to captain of the second team, but this made Surdak sigh: he was able to get a promotion before he retired. Although there was no military pay and no increase, his retirement resume would be very impressive.
of a sum.
On the day Captain Sam left the second team, the second team also welcomed two new recruits. These two recruits came to the city of Halanza in the Tarapagan area. Surdak asked a lot of questions with interest.
Regarding the situation in my hometown, when I heard the two recruits say that there was a severe drought last year and the crops in the fields were reduced by nearly half, I couldn't help but feel a little worried about the situation at home.
It's a pity that these two recruits are not from the same village as Surdak, and the two villages are even far apart. They don't know the situation in Wall Village.
The second team was not held accountable this time, which surprised both Suldak and He Boqiang.
Unexpectedly, Baron Sidney acted like a bachelor in this matter and took all the blame. Seeing that his superior did not let him take the blame, the soldiers of the Fourth Brigade suddenly felt that in fact, their immediate superior
It's not bad. Apart from the pride and prejudice unique to the nobility, there are actually no major shortcomings.
The 286 soldiers who died in the Dashan Col had just been buried, and their belongings seemed to have begun to be forgotten even before they were sent back to their hometowns.
After all, the living need to continue struggling to live, and they need to continue fighting for the Green Empire after waking up a new day.
What about the dead? Maybe they will fly to the kingdom of God, or maybe they will be reincarnated as undead.
Due to Suldak's relationship, He Boqiang did not join the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment when it was replenishing the new army. He still had a free status as a non-staff member.
Surdak has already begun planning to apply for a second teleportation pass.
After retiring, he plans to return to his hometown with He Boqiang.