Chapter 69: The Vast Meadow (Enemy Attack)
In the afternoon, smoke rose from the meadow, and the soldiers of the three regiments, who had marched dozens of miles again, stopped and began to eat.
But it was this moment of relaxation, and the unexpected happened, which was unexpected by everyone.
A few dozen miles away, a reactionary herdsman of about a few hundred men appeared on the horizon.
The leader, dressed in animal skin clothes, stepped on military boots, and rode a red and brown horse, looking nondescript.
"Boss, there's smoke in front of you, it looks like someone!" The sentinel returned from riding and reported the situation to the leader.
The animal fur coat looked up and looked at the faint cooking smoke that was still rising in the distance, as a man who lived in the empty grassland all year round, he knew the message of cooking smoke well.
In addition, as a leader, he not only has the combat power to convince the public, but also has an excellent mind, the animal skin coat pondered for a while, pointed the horsewhip forward, and ordered: "Brothers, the troops of the national army will not come to this place where birds don't, according to my estimate, the front is likely to be the communist bandit in the mouth of Chairman Jiang."
When the time has come for us to make meritorious contributions, we should all pay attention to avoid the swamp and let us kill them by surprise. ”
"Whoa......"
Hundreds of herdsmen cheered together, and Kaka's hand was full of Hanyang, it can be seen that although these people are not regular troops, they are not inferior to others in terms of momentum, and once they break out, they will also be a force to be reckoned with.
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In the grassland, the soldiers of the three regiments sat in twos and threes, holding all kinds of "tableware" in their hands, including porcelain bowls and copper bowls...... Even half an empty gourd is used as a tableware for eating.
However, this is the case, because the porcelain bowls in the regiment are limited, and a lot of them have been broken during the march, many soldiers are still waiting, watching their comrades drink that little bit of soup and water, and their mouths are full of longing saliva.
Tie Niu was lucky, divided a porcelain bowl, and put a big bowl of rice porridge from the old king's head, the more he drank, the more fragrant it became, and he simply made a sound of "chirp, chirp".
Shi Wen, who couldn't get the dishes and chopsticks on the side, and was waiting to take over the iron bull class, was not happy, you fucking ate slowly and ate a lot, just make such a loud noise, deliberately angry with me, isn't it!
"I said Iron Bull, can you hurry up? You're in the second bowl......"
“…… Uh-huh...... Woo...... That's it...... Here you go. ”
Tie Niu muttered a few words indistinctly, then took a few sips, drank the soup in the bowl, and even couldn't help but add a few mouthfuls before handing over the porcelain bowl.
Shi Wen took the porcelain bowl and glanced at Tie Niu speechlessly, your last action is a heart! But for the sake of finally having a bowl, he didn't care, took the porcelain bowl and ran in the direction of the big iron pot. I don't dislike this porcelain bowl at all, and it has been used by several comrades before this.
"Uncle Wang, give me a bowl full of it."
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At the same time, Han Xin ate half of the barley cake, and did not join in the "frolic" with everyone, he was watching the comrades eat excitedly, tired for so long, once he relaxed, he would always be unusually happy, and his guard would be lowered.
Seeing that everyone put their guns on the ground indiscriminately, rushing and queuing up for dinner, Han Xin's brows furrowed, no matter when, whether there is an enemy or not, it is always good to be prepared, this is the basic principle of an army.
But Han Xin didn't say much after all, everyone has been tired for so long, it's time to relax, and the head of the regiment, Lin Dashan, didn't say anything, so why should he do it.
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As natives born on the grassland, this meadow seemed to them like an ocean, and they were the fish in this ocean.
Like a fish in water, indulge in galloping on the grass that seems to others to be dangerous, but will not fall into any quagmire, dozens of miles, in the blink of an eye.
This is a pack of hungry wolves on the steppe, fierce and treacherous, and this is their home field, with animal skins and herding horses, approaching the three regiments of the Red Army, which are still unsuspecting.
Although their steps were uneven, they were very orderly, and when they were about to approach the soldiers of the three regiments, they stopped riding their horses, pulled the reins of their horses, and let the horses under their seats move slowly, mostly leaning behind the grass tufts around the waists of the Qi people, and moving forward from time to time.
Therefore, even though they were close to the third regiment, the whereabouts of this group of reactionary herdsmen were not discovered by any Red Army soldier.
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The soldiers were still laughing happily, and most of the meal had been going on, and Shi Wen finally picked up the rice porridge that he had been gluttonous for a long time.
A fresh breeze blew, and in the afternoon, the July meadow brought a few wisps of coolness with a bit of dryness and heat.
The grass clusters are moving, the white clouds are fluttering, the Red Army is laughing, and the cheers are getting louder, which is a harmonious scene, but it is particularly "quiet" at this moment.
"Flutter! Fluttering! ”
The rare flying bird flew up from behind a dense tuft of grass, as if it was frightened by something, and the war horse on the side suddenly began to circle inexplicably, and began to pant irritably, Han Xin stood up suddenly, and an extremely uneasy feeling arose.
There was silence and a gentle breeze, but Han Xin's heart was beating even more, and he knew that this feeling was definitely not groundless......
"Alert!"
Han Xin roared, picked up the submachine gun in his hand, and went down without warning at the dense grass tufts.
Bang bang......
A series of bullets flew up, the people and horses were shocked, after all, the soldiers of the three regiments had been baptized by the fire, and their reaction power was extremely fast, and they didn't care about the dishes and chopsticks in their hands, so they threw them directly and replaced them with guns as quickly as possible.
Shi Wen quickly put aside the rice porridge that had not had time to move with a sad face, and when he saw that he was accidentally kicked over by another soldier, the soup was spilled, and he suddenly wanted to cry without tears.
The scene was quiet for a while, and everyone was surprised, "Where did the enemy come from, they didn't see it at all!" But out of trust in Han Xin, the measures that should be taken did not fall behind in the slightest.
Everyone believes that Han Xin is definitely not untargeted.
Sure enough, as Han Xin's shuttle bullet was fired, several horses suddenly neighed from behind the dense grass clusters, followed by a voice of surprise and anger.
"Damn, this kid is a sharp-eyed kid, he actually hurt my BMW, brothers, come on, give Lao Tzu this little bastard a big mess."
"Kill, kill, kill, kill ......"
A shout of killing sounded, and hundreds of herding horses suddenly rushed out from the grass clusters everywhere, and began to shoot at the soldiers of the three regiments on their war horses.
"Enemy attack!! It's an enemy attack! ”
Suddenly, the three regiments of soldiers who did not react were killed seven or eight in an instant, and then they began to fight back in shock, but the turbulent waves had already turned up in their hearts, when did these enemies sneak over?
If there is no advance warning from Han Xin...... It's unimaginable.
"Damn, this is really a bed bug from drinking water, where did all these herdsmen come from? Dare to attack Lao Tzu, it's really tired and crooked. ”
Lin Dashan scolded and rushed out, snatched the light machine gun from the soldier next to him, shouted: "Give Lao Tzu a stand", and then he grabbed the soldier's shoulder and fired wildly.
But unfortunately, these herdsmen seemed to be proficient in horsemanship, coming and going like the wind, and only a few unlucky guys were swept away by Lin Dashan and rolled off their horses.
Lin Dashan found out that although the other party was not many in number, it had a huge advantage in cavalry, and the soldiers had no experience in dealing with strange soldiers.
"Replace the target with horses, and don't aim at the enemy for the time being", Han Xin killed an enemy with precision again, yelling to remind everyone that he had discovered the problem.
The marksmanship of the soldiers was not very accurate, and they were enough to choke on the enemy's moving targets on weekdays, but now they are replaced by high-speed moving surprise soldiers, which makes it more difficult to hit the target, while the horses are different, the target is larger, and it may be effective.
Sure enough, the warriors moved and aimed their guns at the horses under the enemy's crotch, and soon many enemy mounts were hit.
Some of them were fatal, and fell directly to the ground, and with their masters, they fell to the ground fiercely; Most of the horses were wounded, then neighed and jumped wildly, either throwing off their owners on their backs or plunging headlong into the swamp.
The enemy has already been defeated.
"Damn, withdraw!" The beast skin coat glared fiercely at Han Xin, who had already killed several herdsmen not far away, and gave an order hatefully.
Coming and going like the wind was the advantage of the strange soldiers, and the reactionary herdsmen retreated, and soon disappeared from everyone's field of vision, and although they were indignant, they were not able to stop them at all.
But this enemy raid deeply shocked everyone, the horror of the enemy, look at the corpses of dozens of fallen comrades next to them, everyone can understand.
"Damn, no matter what time in the future, you will do a good job of guarding me again, this kind of thing must not happen again."
As the head of a group, Lin Dashan quickly discovered the loophole this time, and he suddenly had a palpitation, if it weren't for Han Xin, this would ...... We must do a good job in the work of the guards.
(To be continued)
Addendum: There is an error in the previous explanation, the Red Army did not enter the meadow from Banyou, but Banyou after crossing the meadow.