This time, the gunfire was indeed the result of the fighting. [No pop-up novel network]

A small group of Green cult fanatics, unknown where they were hiding, suddenly emerged and launched an attack on the nearby white-clothed army. The weapons they used were all muskets financed by Europeans. These muskets were made by imitating the technical principles of the Yueyue Gun. Single shot, front-loaded, rifled, at a distance of fifty meters, the lethality is still very strong.

The surrounding white-clothed soldiers heard the gunshots and immediately outflanked them. The consequence, of course, is that all the Green Fanatics have been wiped out. However, under the surprise, three soldiers of the white-clothed army were unfortunately killed, and five soldiers were wounded. When Xu Canhuai and the others rushed out, the wounded had been sent for treatment as soon as possible, and the bodies of the victims were still lying on the bed. The military judge and the gendarme, who rushed to hear the news, are conducting a preliminary investigation into the matter.

Since going to the battlefield, Xu Canhuai saw his comrades sacrifice at close range for the first time. Although there were several battles on the way from Baghdad to Aleppo, many enemies were encountered. However, there were never any white-clad soldiers killed. Not even the wounded. This inevitably gave Xu Canhuai the illusion that the enemy was no longer able to inflict effective damage on the white-clothed army. But now, this delusion has been corrected. It turns out that the White Coats will also suffer casualties.

The three soldiers in white who died were all shot with muskets at close range. According to the investigation after the fact, the distance from which the fanatics fired was less than fifty meters. Shooting at such a short distance, the attacked person simply did not have any chance to react. And the thin military uniform, apparently, could not block the shot of the projectile. As a result, they were tragically killed.

Xu Canhuai deeply felt sorry for the sacrificed comrades. They should have been mentally prepared to sacrifice, but they should not have imagined that they would die here for no reason and without warning—in a narrow alley. If they had a choice, they would have died in battle rather than being attacked in this narrow alley where they didn't even know their names. To be honest, they did not deserve to die.

The comrades-in-arms of the same team and other officers and soldiers in white also deeply felt sorry for the three victims. The military judges and the gendarmerie, however, have a different view on the matter. Soon, news came out that the three victims would not be eligible for martyrdom. The seven injured people may also be punished. Because, there are ten of them in total, and they are obviously not on a mission. In other words, they had violated military orders and acted on their own.

And the worse news is circulating within a certain range. This squad of white-clothed soldiers entered this alley, apparently for some private purposes, and had nothing to do with the combat mission of the troops. At this moment, the surname of the incident completely changed. Violating military orders and acting privately is a very serious crime. Add to this the fact that the crime is even more serious when it is carried out without permission for private purposes. It is estimated that there is a possibility of being court-martialed.

Xu Canhuai, as a clerk, also roughly inquired about what happened, but the survivors were all vague, and the questions and answers between them were completely incompatible. Idiots can see that they are hiding something. From this, it was concluded that they had come to this remote alley, either for gold and silver wealth, or for women. And the former's possible surname is the largest. Because, after a careful search by the military police, there were only treasures and no women in this alley.

Needless to say, after this matter is investigated, the squad leader and squadron leader where they belong will be punished. If it is strictly investigated, the captain will be criticized. Xu Xingxia has always stressed that after the city is broken, special attention should be paid to the discipline of the troops, and the mistakes of the previous Huangchao should not be repeated. Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are both very cautious and cautious. As a result, I didn't expect that there were still people below who did sneaky things.

Two hours later, the outcome of the incident was announced. According to the final investigation results, this incident was completely caused by the greed of the gang leader. It was he who gave the order and led the whole group into that alley. The purpose is to privately find the wealth in the alley and keep it for yourself. There were four people involved in the plot. One died, and three more. It just so happened that all three of them were only slightly injured.

The Judge Advocate General's Office quickly made a preliminary determination that two of the three victims were eventually rated as martyrs and could receive generous pensions. The other person who participated in the plot was not named a martyr and was included in the list of accidental deaths. The injured can also be treated according to the standards of the wounded. However, the responsible gang leader, along with two other accomplices, was arrested by a military court. Obviously, what awaits them must not be good.

After figuring out the cause and effect of the matter, Xu Canhuai couldn't help but sigh secretly. He was indeed more emotional about this incident. They are all greedy and harmful. Xu Xingxia repeatedly emphasized the discipline after the city was broken, but they still didn't listen, and as a result, they gave away their lives in vain. It's nothing to give away your own life, but you also bury the lives of innocent people. That's the most infuriating. Hopefully nothing like this will happen again in the future.

The cruel facts once again prove that after the city is broken, if you don't abide by discipline and let yourself go, you will be comfortable, but it is very likely to bring disaster to yourself. In front of me, there are living examples, and no one can not believe them. Xu Xingxia's foresight is really not covered. Xu Canhuai admired his father more and more.

...... "these bastards." Li Zicheng frowned and said.

After receiving the handling opinions sent by the Military Judge Advocate General's Office, Li Zicheng was very unhappy.

The people below violated military orders and acted privately, causing unnecessary casualties to the troops, and of course they should be severely punished to set an example. However, in the city of Aleppo, there are still armed enemies, which cannot but be said to be a dereliction of duty. They thought the city was completely safe. It seems that it is necessary to further strengthen the comprehensive clean-up operation!

"The North Koreans are not clean, let the Malays go." Zhang Xianzhong said murderously.

Because of the emergence of this hidden enemy, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong ordered martial law in Aleppo. The Korean servants, who had been tasked with clearing the city of remnants of the enemy, were transferred to the north of Aleppo. The Malay servants, composed of Nanyangs, were transferred into the city to conduct another large-scale search of the city, making sure to find out all the hidden enemies.

In fact, Aleppo was already under martial law, and now it is just raising the level of martial law. The servant army from Nanyang and other places used a large number of explosive packs to forcibly explode any suspicious area, so as not to miss a single basement. Sure enough, after this explosion, a lot of "ground rats" were indeed cleaned up.

In addition to strengthening martial law, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong also ordered the reaffirmation of discipline. That hapless guy did hit the muzzle of the gun this time. After a trial by the Judge Advocate General's Office, he was sentenced to death. Immediately, he was publicly executed. Military judges and gendarmerie are on duty on the streets, and anyone found to have violated military discipline is arrested on the spot.

After such a toss, Lei Hu, Xu Canhuai and others naturally didn't have the heart to take a bath. They washed all the dirt off their bodies, changed into clean clothes, and hurried back to their camp to assemble. It's not safe outside, and there are a lot of gendarmes, so they don't want to make trouble. The military discipline of the white-clothed army is no joke. They can't afford to mess with it.

Fortunately, Lei Hu's squad has no combat mission for the time being, and can rest for a few days. They can sleep, they can play, they can relax. If it's really boring, it's okay to do something else meaningful. No matter what happens outside, as long as they stay safe and secure inside the barracks, there will be no trouble.

However, relaxation is a soldier's business, and for officers and non-commissioned officers, no combat mission does not mean nothing to do. They have a lot to do. One of the most important things is to sum up the combat experience of the past few days. What experience, what is worth promoting, what lessons are learned, what needs to be paid attention to, all must be filled in carefully. These report documents are fixed and cannot be ignored.

This kind of writing kung fu is naturally Xu Canhuai's strength. Lei Hu and others only knew a few men, and it was very difficult to write a report. As a result, when Xu Canhuai filled out the battle report, the eyes of Lei Hu and others focused on him. In the end, Lei Hu and several non-commissioned officers exchanged glances with each other, and finally showed a weird smile on their faces.

There is no doubt that in the eyes of Lei Hu and other non-commissioned officers, Xu Canhuai's performance on the battlefield was unsatisfactory. To be precise, it is very unqualified. As a clerk, maybe he barely got by. But, as a combatant, he is simply too rubbish. Lei Hu: They can't tolerate Xu Canhuai's performance being so rubbish. They decided to seize the time and give Xu Canhuai a make-up lesson. As long as it is useful, it is also good.

After Xu Canhuai finished filling out the battle report, Lei Hu immediately said: "Reg, you are out of the ranks!" ”

A man who was five big and three thick immediately appeared in front of Lei Hu, put his legs together, stood up and saluted, and deliberately shouted loudly in a super loud voice: "Here!" ”

This big man is called Reg, and he is a typical Northeast man. He is a native of Gaizhou, a native of Liaodong, who has been in the army for three years, and his current military rank is a second-class non-commissioned officer. When it comes to combat skills, Reg is not the best among several non-commissioned officers. However, his appearance looks the most ferocious, terrifying, and violent, therefore, when training soldiers, the effect is exceptionally good. Lei Hu and they want to train Xu Canhuai, and it is most suitable for Lei Ge, who is five big and three coarse, to come forward.

Lei Hu turned his head and glanced at Xu Canhuai meaningfully, turned his head to look at Lei Ge, and said solemnly: "Xu Wenwen's basic combat skills will be handed over to you." ”

Regg's face was solemn, he straightened up, and replied loudly: "Understood! ”

Only then did Xu Canhuai understand that he was in trouble. These guys probably found that their combat skills were rather rubbish, and decided to make up for themselves. Regg's size, at first glance, you know that he is the most terrifying instructor of that kind. In front of this kind of instructor, it is useless to say anything. Because, with one hand, he can beat you half to death.

However, Xu Canhuai happily accepted Lei Hu's arrangement and had no complaints at all. On the contrary, he was still a little grateful. After all, these guys care about themselves. None of them wanted to give away their precious lives on the battlefield. They don't know who they really are, they just do their duty as comrades.

This is a real battlefield, not a game, and it is not a child's play. If you're not careful, you'll die. The bullet will not deliberately turn to avoid him because he is Xu Xingxia's son. Just now, three fighters accidentally died. Good combat skills can obviously increase the insurance factor on your own battlefield and allow you to live longer.

In the next time, Xu Canhuai honestly followed Rege to learn various combat skills. Regg's training is indeed very rigorous, and it is indeed very hard. However, Xu Canhuai still gritted his teeth and supported it. If he can't do something that everyone else can do, it would be a shame. If you let your father know, most of them won't have a good impression.

If Xu Xingxia saw it here, he would also nod his head to express satisfaction. Xu Canhuai is indeed a little afraid of death. However, being afraid of death is not a bad thing. People who are afraid of death will know how to better protect themselves. A waste of life in vain is not a manifestation of bravery. Even Lei Hu and Reg have always been very careful and never reckless on the battlefield.

However, Reg's training for Xu Canhuai only lasted five days before it ended. Because, five days later, the Thunder Tiger squad received an urgent task, which was to go to the direction of Damascus, conduct combat reconnaissance, and control Homs and other towns by the way.

"The defenders of Damascus, it is possible to retreat. You must get to Homs before the enemy strengthens its defenses. If the enemy tries to pass through Homs, you must get stuck and must not let them pass! When the squadron leader Sun Dasheng explained the task, he said to Lei Hu and the others with serious instructions.

Sun Dasheng is, of course, a nickname. His original name was Sun Shenghai. It's just that because he usually likes to play Sun Wukong, he has a nickname called Sun Dasheng. Speaking of which, he is also a veteran of the White Army. When the Shooting Army attacked Yulin Town, he joined the army. Among the squadron leaders, his qualifications are quite old.

Sun Dasheng said that according to the information that has been detected so far, there should be differences of opinion among the defenders of Damascus, and there is a phenomenon of infighting. Some people advocate holding on to and waiting for reinforcements and fighting to the death with the white-clothed army. Even if all of them are killed in battle, they must pull a part of the white-clothed army to the bottom. Even if Damascus is burned, it cannot be left to the white-clothed army. Others advocated an immediate retreat, in Aleppo or elsewhere, to join the reinforcements arriving from Istanbul. In any case, they were unwilling to hold on to the empty city of Damascus.

"Understood! Yes, sir! Lei Hu replied loudly.

The troops immediately made preparations and made a hasty march in the direction of Damascus.

After two days of walking south from Aleppo, the Thunder Tiger team approached Homs. Homs is an important link between Damascus and Aleppo and is also quite a bustling city. At its peak, Homs was said to have more than 300,000 people. That was, of course, before the arrival of the White Army. After the arrival of the White Coats, all the people here moved to Damascus. Basically, Homs is an empty city.

At the beginning, the defenders of Damascus, in order to increase their own defense force and shrink the defensive line, also took the initiative to abandon Homs. Now, the retreating faction in the city of Damascus will definitely resend their troops to seize Homs. If they didn't even have Homs in their hands, they wouldn't have had a chance to evacuate Damascus safely. It can be inferred from this that the battle for Homs must be quite fierce, and there will be many dead.

When the Thunder Tiger team arrived in Homs, they found it quiet, and there was no one in the place. Since all the people of Homs had retreated, the whole of Homs seemed to be an empty city. Since there is no one to clean up the streets, the whole city, it is as if it is a huge garbage dump, and the streets are full of garbage. A large amount of wind and sand blew in, and all the buildings were covered with thick sand, and the original face could hardly be seen.

Of course, this is absolutely not to say that there are no enemies in Homs. In fact, the enemy is hiding in hidden places. Lei Hu and the others are all veterans, and they have a rich sense of battle. As soon as they approached Homs, they already sensed the danger. They searched carefully with binoculars, and soon found several hidden gunmen in hidden corners. They were waiting for the whites to come within range of their muskets, and then quietly shoot at them.

To put it bluntly, if Lei Hu and them rushed directly into the street, what was waiting for them would be a continuous burst of gunfire. The projectiles fired from the buildings on both sides of the street were enough to knock half of their squad on the street. Once the white-clad army is in chaos, more enemies will come out and take their lives.

Lei Hu consulted with several non-commissioned officers and decided to bypass the streets and attack from behind the enemy. If you want to talk about sneak attacks, Lei Hu and they are also veterans. The equipment of the white army is more suitable for long-range shooting than the enemy's. When the time comes, it will be up to who sneaks up on whom.

Xu Canhuai naturally followed Thunder Tiger's actions. Lei Hu led a few people and quietly went around from another alley and hid behind the enemy. Through the binoculars, the positions of those lurking enemies were basically exposed. At that time, there was not much professional sniper knowledge, and the musketeers of the Ottoman Empire knew how to ambush well.

The positions occupied by Lei Hu and the others are very advantageous and can effectively monitor the enemy's movements. The distance between them and the target is only about 100 meters. However, there is a problem, that is, Lei Hu and others are equipped with submachine guns, not sniper rifles. Obviously, submachine guns are not very suitable for sneak attacks. However, in the absence of sniper rifles, they only used submachine guns as sniper rifles.

"Da Da Da!"

Thunder Tiger takes the lead with a short shot that knocks the enemy behind the window over.

Several other people also shot one after another, knocking over all the enemies in the crosshairs.

With the sound of Lei Hu's gun, the soldiers in white clothes lurking in other positions also opened fire. For a time, the gunfire was quite intensive. The bullets stirred up a lot of dust.

The enemy, who had been caught off guard, immediately panicked, desperately ran out of hiding place, and fled south along the street. In the panic, they basically lost their cool. They never thought that if they ran away like this, they would send themselves to hell. They exposed themselves to the empty streets, didn't they deliberately send them up to strafe the submachine guns?

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da!"

The gunshots in the street suddenly rang out.

Those who escaped were killed in the streets.

Xu Canhuai finally had a chance to perform. After five days of rigorous training, Reg is finally not so flustered in shooting. In the face of the onrushing enemy, he was already able to shoot calmly and aim at the target as much as possible. For a soldier like him, a submachine gun is simply too handy and too suitable.

Although there is a waste of bullets, short bursts can easily turn into bursts, and the muzzle jump is also more serious, but Xu Canhuai hit several targets after all. Several of the enemies who rushed up to him staggered down in front of his guns. Their bodies erupted with dark red blood, and then they fell to the street, motionless.

While the Thunder Tiger squad opened fire to clear the lurking enemy, intermittent gunfire was heard in other directions of Homs and in other streets. This is another team of white-clad troops, clearing the enemy. Sporadic gunfire, indicating a small number of enemies encountered. If all of a sudden, there is a loud burst of gunfire, it is obvious that a large group of enemies have appeared.

Homs is actually quite large, there are many streets and buildings, and the Thunder Tiger team, only fifty or sixty people, obviously cannot control the huge town. Therefore, Li Zicheng transferred a brigade of troops, with a total strength of about 1,500 troops, all of which were deployed in Homs. It is estimated that as the war develops, as the enemy's counterattack intensifies, more troops will be invested in Homs. Thunder Tiger is just the vanguard.

With the arrival of more white-coated troops, the remnants of Homs's defenders were forced to retreat south. Lei Hu and the others did not chase after them, and let them retreat south. Anyway, Damascus in the south is a dead end. If the enemy wants to survive, he will have to go back. When the time comes, it's not too late to clean them up.

To the south of Homs, there is a small plateau, the relative height of which is about twenty zhang. Because the surrounding terrain is relatively flat, this small highland can overlook the surroundings. From a tactical point of view, this high ground is very important. The Thunder Tiger squad is stationed on this high ground. Xu Canhuai also followed them to garrison this high ground.

(To be continued)