184 Be the first to strike
Thinking of this, Lin Fei hurriedly asked, "Where is that force?" ”
The soldier who reported the news pointed to the east with his hand and said, "It's over there." ”
Lin Fei looked to the east, only to see three or four hundred meters away, a group of people were approaching the Spaniards' barbed wire, the number seemed to be one or two hundred, Lin Fei raised the binoculars and looked, and found that these people were not wearing green camouflage uniforms, and the guns in their hands were not the standard rifles of their own army, Lin Fei put down the binoculars and said to the people around him: "They are not our people." ”
Zhang Chuang, Xu Deping and others were stunned, and asked one after another, "What?" Not one of ours? So who are they? ”
Lin Fei shook his head and said, "I don't know their identities either, they are all wearing ordinary people's clothes......"
"I'm going to stop them..."Zhang Chuang was about to rush out of the dirt slope where he was hiding before Lin Fei finished speaking, Lin Fei reached out and pressed his shoulder, held him down stiffly, and said in a deep voice: "I can't go over..."
Zhang Chuang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although they are not our people, but they want to fight the Spaniards, don't you often say that the enemy of the enemy is a friend?" Look at the Spanish defense line, there is barbed wire in front and a fortress in the back, people rushing over it are a death, we can't watch our friends die, right? ”
Lin Fei accentuated his tone and reprimanded, "Do you know them? You don't even know who they are... Why should they listen to you? If you rush out like this, not only will you not be able to stop them, but you will have to pay for them. ”
Zhang Chuang looked anxious, but what Lin Fei said was reasonable, and he was powerless to refute, so he could only sigh and smash his fist on the ground.
Lin Fei followed the sound and looked into the position of the Spaniards, only to see that a fortress was constantly spewing fire, Lin Fei's heart moved, and secretly thought, it seems that it is the Maxim heavy machine gun newly equipped by the Spaniards.
The group of people began to retreat after a large area of falling, and in the process of retreating, people kept falling, and after throwing down a piece of corpse, they finally hid behind a small dirt slope, which was a little higher than the ground, and the people hid behind, and the bullets just flew over the slope, and they couldn't hit the people hiding below.
The bullets hit the top of the slope "poof", kicking up clouds of dust, and not a single person below the slope moved.
Xu Deping whispered beside Lin Fei: "This time, the Spaniards' bullets can't hit the people who charge, I hope those people don't charge again, so the charge will be sent to death..."
Lin Fei nodded silently, and when the gunshots stopped, Lin Fei let out a long breath and said, "That group of people seems to be safe, Zhang Chuang, go over and contact them......"
Before Lin Fei finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "boom" from behind the Spanish position in the distance, and everyone followed the sound to see a cloud of smoke rising from the depths of the Spanish position, and then, the terrible sound of shells breaking through the air flew from far and near, towards the place where the group of people were hiding.
Zhang Chuang hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there are cannonballs, let's hide." ”
Lin Fei waved his hand and said, "It's not necessary, stay away from us." ”
Lin Fei and the others didn't dodge at all, the pitch of the sound of breaking the air became higher and higher, and it stopped abruptly at the highest point, turning into a "boom" sound, along with this sound, Lin Fei and the others felt the ground shake slightly, and then saw a black cloud rising from behind the dirt slope where the group of people were hiding, Lin Fei hurriedly raised the telescope and looked over, only to see that the black smoke was full of corpses that had been blown up to a bloody blur.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of shell explosions sounded behind the dirt slope, and the sound of screams and cries was faintly heard, and everyone was stunned and whispered: "The Spanish artillery fire is very fierce." ”
When Lin Fei heard everyone's discussion, he suddenly thought of something, stretched out his hand and patted Xu Deping's shoulder, and said, "Write down the place where the smoke rises from the Spaniards' position, which is the enemy's artillery position." ”
Xu Deping woke up like a dream, hurriedly took out the ranging and direction finding instruments with his subordinates, and began to calculate the direction, the shelling lasted for a minute and then stopped, the group of people threw down the dead bodies and fled into the distance, Lin Fei whispered: "Everyone hide first, and when it gets dark, we will go to the group of people to have a look." ”
Everyone agreed, and it was getting dark soon, Lin Fei waved his hand, and led a few people to approach the small dirt slope where the group of people were hiding just now, and smelled a smell of blood from a distance.
Lin Fei led everyone around to the back of the small dirt slope, and a stump appeared in front of him, with black blood clots on the limbs, revealing white bones, and internal organs scattered on the sides of the limbs.
Xu Deping felt that his face was gloomy, and said to the two soldiers in a low voice: "Hurry up and let Your Majesty see what it looks like?" Xu Deping said as he went to pull the two soldiers, and secretly looked at Lin Fei with his eyes, for fear that Lin Fei would find out the cowardice of the two soldiers, but he was stunned when he saw Lin Fei, only to see Lin Fei half-kneeling beside the corpse, sometimes looking at it carefully, sometimes grabbing the sand and sniffing gently, as if he was in the middle of an evil spirit, and his expression was also very solemn.
When Xu Deping saw Lin Fei's appearance, he didn't dare to disturb him, stretched out his hand to pat Zhang Chuang, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”
Zhang Chuang shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "How can I guess Your Majesty's thoughts." ”
At this moment, Zhang Chuang's face suddenly changed drastically, his body was half kneeling on the ground, and then he stretched out his hand to pull Xu Deping and said, "Hurry up and hide." ”
Xu Deping squatted down with Zhang Chuang's strength and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Zhang Chuang pointed to the outside of the dirt slope with his hand and said, "The Spaniards are coming, they must have come to check the results." After Zhang Chuang finished speaking, he said to Lin Fei: "Your Majesty, let's hurry up, the Spaniards are here." ”
Lin Fei nodded lightly, said "Okay", and led everyone to quietly come out from behind the small dirt slope, return to the woods where the horses were placed, ride the war horses, and run towards the camp, on the way Zhang Chuang and Xu Deping asked one after another: "Your Majesty, you didn't look right when you reconnoitred the situation just now, is there anything strange about those corpses?" ”
When Lin Fei heard this, a layer of dark clouds covered his faces, and Zhang Chuang and Xu Deping's hearts also hung up, and they were a little curious about those corpses, Lin Fei said at this time: "Let's go back to the camp." ”
Zhang Chuang and Xu Deping didn't ask any more, and when the group returned to the camp, Lin Fei called the staff officer He Kaisheng to the front and ordered: "Go and find Zhao Menggang." ”
Zhao Menggang walked in after a short time, Zhang Chuang and Xu Deping secretly told Zhao Menggang about Lin Fei's appearance just now, Zhao Menggang was also very strange, Lin Fei heard the discussion of the three of them, and said: "Everyone thinks that the appearance of the corpse I just checked is very strange, right?" ”
Everyone nodded, Lin Fei smiled, and said: "On the way, Xu Deping and Zhang Chuang both asked me what was strange about the corpse, in fact, there was nothing strange about the corpse, those people were ordinary people, there were no guns around the corpses, obviously the living people took the guns away, and they didn't bring the corpses with guns, which means that these people are very short of guns, so they should be members of 'Katipnan'." ”
The "Katipunan" was a non-governmental organization in this era that demanded the independence of the Philippines and resisted the Spaniards by force.
Lin Fei continued: "What makes me feel strange is the enemy's artillery. ”
Zhao Menggang frowned and said, "Your Majesty, what's so strange about the enemy's artillery?" We've captured their field artillery and shells, and we've studied them almost, so there's nothing strange about it, right? ”
Lin Fei shook his head thoughtfully and said, "The artillery behind the Spanish position is not the same as the one we captured. ”
Zhao Menggang said in surprise: "Could it be that the enemy has a new artillery?" ”
Lin Fei said: "I am not sure if there is new artillery, but I can be sure of one thing, that is, the artillery behind the position is extremely threatening, first of all, the enemy's shells have been replaced, the original shells, which are filled with black powder with very low explosive power, and now they are filled with picric acid, you should all see me kneeling on the ground and smell the sand, I am determined that the enemy replaced the explosives through the difference in smell." ”
"Second, the enemy's artillery is very high, and the comrades who saw the enemy's artillery today should have noticed that the enemy's first shell fell on the side of the crowd, causing a lot of casualties to the crowd, so the artillery behind the position is our fierce enemy, and we will strike first and kill them..."
When everyone heard Lin Fei's words, they couldn't help but look at Zhao Menggang, Zhao Menggang stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, our artillery regiment will definitely live up to its mission and kill the enemy artillery." ”
Lin Fei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Killing the artillery is the first step in our battle plan this time, and then we will fight forts, barbed wire, trenches, and finally take Manila..."
Everyone was enthusiastic by Lin Fei's words, and their eyes showed excitement, Lin Fei looked at Xu Deping and said, "Didn't I ask you to calculate the location of the enemy's artillery position today?" How's the measurement? ”
Xu Deping replied: "It's basically calculated, but we use the triangulation method, and the distance from the baseline is relatively short, so the error may be relatively large......
Lin Fei interrupted Xu Deping with a light cough and said, "I don't need to talk about the surveying and mapping terms I taught you here, just tell your measurement results directly to Commander Zhao Menggang." ”
Xu Deping smiled apologetically, took out a copy of the text, and said, "The measurement results are all on it." After speaking, he handed Wen Jiàn to Zhao Menggang, Zhao Menggang stretched out his hand to take Wen Jiàn, Lin Fei said on the side: "Binggui is fast, Zhao Menggang, you will lead the artillery battalion to act tonight, take the first shot, and kill the enemy artillery..."
Zhao Menggang frowned, and said resolutely: "Not tonight... Absolutely not..."
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