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Monday, March 24, 1625, Guadeloupe.

The tropical jungle temperature rises to nearly 30 degrees during the dry season, and the ambient humidity created by the transpiration of plant water vapor can cause any adult who spends hours in the woods without hydration to collapse from heavy sweating.

Deep in the dense forest in the northwest of the East Island, beside a pile of rocks in the forest, around an underground spring, scattered about 100 people of all ages and young Caribbean natives. Almost everyone, young and old, men and women were skinny, and the slightly stronger men had stripes of dried blood on their bodies; The men, spears and hunting bows, were vigilant around the spring, and several even climbed into nearby trees to look; The children in the women's arms were holding their mother's body, staring at her face with tears of hunger; A few elderly people washed the tubers of unknown plants in the spring water, and then divided them into several portions and quietly passed them to the women around them; A number of seriously ill or wounded people leaned against the trees near the spring like dead men, and several women fed themselves water with leaves.

A few U.S. Army special operators dressed in forest camouflage uniforms, covered in all kinds of messy nets and leaves, and smeared with black mud on their faces, were quietly lurking in the woods less than 100 meters away from this group of outlaw Caribbean natives. The camouflage, which blended in with the surrounding environment, kept the Army Special Operators under the noses of the Caribbeans for almost two days.

The general distribution of the targets was verified again with the scope of a sniper rifle, and a sergeant whistled in imitation of a bird's sound, only to see one of the special operators closest to the Caribbean rest ground begin to slowly crawl through the fallen leaves. It climbed until it was about forty meters. Only then did the special combat team slowly take out a smoking stick from their waists. Pulling the lead and throwing it hard, the ignited smoke stick was thrown directly into the pile of rocks near the spring by the strong special combat team, and then puffs of pink smoke came out. The soldier who had finished throwing the smoke flare curled up and retreated at a rapid speed. At the same time, the remaining special operators raised their rifles or regents and aimed them at the Caribbeans, who had begun to disorganize by the spring.

Brightly colored smoke swirled upward, and soon emerged from the dense forest, forming a clear column of smoke. The Caribbeans near the spring were like fryers, and the men shouted nervously. The sentry in the tree jumped under the tree despite the scraping of the spikes of the branches, and then retreated with weapons in hand to protect the women and children; The women hugged the children tightly, or helped the sick and wounded, while still packing up the few belongings; A few of the old men staggered towards the open area as if inspired by something, as if intending to use themselves to lure away the intruders who were stalking them like ghosts.

A kilometer away, on a wooded slope, two 60-mm mortars were ready to fire, and in the woods below the slope, at least a platoon of army soldiers were crouching. Second Lieutenant Silent held his binoculars and quietly looked at the column of colored smoke rising in the distant forest. An arm was raised. The muffled sound of the expansion of mortar shell firing packets sounded, and a test-fired shell flew out of the chamber.

When the smoke of the explosion rises. The error was quickly adjusted, and in half a minute, two mortars fired 10 shells.

The shrapnel and shock wave of the explosion crushed the rocks near the spring, splashing even more powerful rubble, and several Caribbean men and women who had almost escaped from the terrifying smoke field fell to the ground with terrifying screams, blood instantly smeared the stones and fallen leaves on the ground, and the children who had lost their mothers burst into tears, pulling their parents' arms and crying.

The sniper rifle went off, and several elderly people who were running towards the special operators in a panic were shot and fell to the ground with low cries of pain. Then more young people in the back began to adjust the direction of their escape, and ran west with the remaining dozens of survivors, where there was a small river at the edge of the forest that was about to dry up, and along the small river could lead to a dense forest valley.

On the outskirts of this jungle, the officers and men of the Chinese and US Army, whose strength reached a lightly armed battalion, formed a large encirclement under the guidance of a special operations group. For half a month, several other directions have been for this group of hidden and fugitive Caribs. A lot of dead and wounded have been paid, and it is impossible to go anyway.

They couldn't understand why the alien invaders knew their stealth route all the time, and almost every three rests, there would be such a terrible and beautiful pillar of smoke. And then there is the heartbreaking artillery fire that even the opponent can't see.

Today, along the small river that these Caribbeans saw as a way of escape, two platoons of Chinese Army soldiers lined up in an improvised blocking position. Fighting deep into the forest, without the daunting organ-lined machine guns, more than 60 Army soldiers snuggled up to a rudimentary sandbag fortification, obscured by a large number of leaves, and quietly waited for their opponents to appear.

A sparse noise sounded in the woods in the distance, and Lieutenant Scott of the 5th Infantry Company and Lieutenant Liu Chenxu, staff officer of the 2nd Operations Battalion and commander of the 11th Infantry Company, stood motionless less than ten meters behind the soldiers, staring at the end of the almost completely depleted, gravel-strewn winding river.

"Ready to shoot!"

"Get on the bayonet!"

Makarov and Maddy, two sergeant major figures, issued different orders to their subordinates almost simultaneously. As two of the Army's most experienced European sergeants, the rivalry between them has been a long-standing rivalry on Guadeloupe, and now that two companies have a platoon of troops gathered here, it is only natural that both sides have to show their abilities.

"It's annoying, should I listen to Sergeant Major Makarov, or that Mai or something?" Yu Shan pulled the bolt safe, took out the bayonet from his waist and buckled it under the barrel, and complained to Qiao Yan beside him, "The boss deceived everyone, we have been here for more than half a month, just to deal with a group of wild people who don't even have clothes!" ”

"Don't make a sound, the two chiefs are watching behind you......" Qiao Yan didn't turn his head to look at his companion's expression, just quietly checked the rifle and narrowed one eye. From the crosshairs, he looked at the bend of the river.

Slowly, the miscellaneous voices got closer and closer, and I saw more than 80 young and strong Caribbean men and women supporting each other on the side of the river in despair.

The Caribbean, who was only thinking about running with his head down, suddenly found that only a few dozen meters away from him, there was a blocking line that stretched to the forest on both sides, and behind the blocking line were dozens of familiar foreign invaders.

Before people could think about the next step, a dense platoon of guns appeared, and the dozen or so Caribbean soldiers running in the front row of the crowd seemed to crash into an invisible stone wall, blasting blood holes in their bodies one by one, and then slammed back a few steps and fell.

The woman's cry exclaimed. The man's angry roar suddenly appeared in the crowd at the same time. The Caribbean warriors, armed with hunting bows and spears, had no way to retreat, and they all hoarsely screamed, summoning the last courage to charge towards the line of the foreign invaders.

It only took three seconds for Yu Shan to reload his bullets, press the muzzle slightly, and aim at a wizened Caribbean soldier who had rushed to less than twenty meters from the blocking line. As soon as his fingers were clasped, his shoulders paused slightly, and a blood mist erupted from the chest of the savage in the crosshairs. At the same time, Qiao Yan beside Yu Shan also put down another Caribbean who was about to shoot a bow and arrows. After the gunshots rang out. Both of them simultaneously pulled out a grenade from their waists.

But most of the recruits who have only been in the army for less than a year can't be as calm as veterans like Yu Shan. After Yu Shan fired the second shot, many people were even scrambling to reload.

"Attention! Hand grenade! Qiao Yan and Yu Shan shouted at their comrades at the same time, and then suddenly pulled the lead and threw out their grenades, and then the two of them pressed down their bodies and shrank behind the fortifications.

The blast wave of the explosion blew open the branches used to cover the fortifications, and a bloody Caribbean arm flew behind the fortifications, splashing blood on Yu Shan's face. This time, though, the nervous corporal didn't panic as much as he did two years ago. Instead, he lifted the rifle in a crouching position and made a good jump before stabbing.

The revolver shotgun fired, firing dense fire at a distance of more than ten meters, **'s body was beaten into a bloody hornet's nest by countless shotguns, and the shredded minced meat and bone chips were raised like spray, but there were still more figures running through this terrifying fog barrier.

More than 10 Caribbean fighters finally crossed the last line of fire made by grenades and shotguns and smashed into the lines of the alien invaders with unprecedented courage.

Spears and bayonets stabbed into each other's bodies almost simultaneously. A Chinese Army soldier and a Caribbean soldier fell to the ground in unison, but the few Caribbean soldiers no longer had much hand-to-hand combat in front of the physically strong and prepared Chinese Army soldiers.

A wooden spear flashed sideways past his opponent, and the bayonet of Yu Shan's rifle was picked and flicked, and the short, thin Carib man in front of him clutched his chest. With a pair of red eyes open, one hand clutched the sharp bayonet, and slowly fell; Qiao Yan was more direct, and instantly flew a Caribbean's weapon with his rifle, and then smashed his opponent's face with the butt of the gun.

In just a few tens of seconds, more than 10 Caribbean soldiers who rushed into the defense line fell to death in hand-to-hand combat with bayonets, while the soldiers of the Chinese and US Army were only seriously injured and two were slightly wounded.

Finally, 30 or so young Caribbean women and wounded men shuddered at the edge of the woods, watching in horror at the layers of shiny bayonets slowly surrounding them. Unintelligible whimpering mutters slowly appeared, and a few women were still crying quietly with the baby in their arms.

The soldiers in the surrounding area kept their guns raised, and they also secretly looked at each other, none of the soldiers knew what to do next, and several non-commissioned officers frequently looked at the two officers behind them.

"Sergeant Major Makarov, take your men out and search the nearby forest."

Lieutenant Liu Chenxu, who had been watching the ambush battle as a bystander, kicked away the corpse of a Caribbean face down, only to see that the other party's jaw was all shot by bullets, leaving a disgusting blood hole, and his brows couldn't help frowning slightly, "Gather the corpses and burn them, send a signal to the other troops, and the battle is over." ”

Lieutenant Scott also walked over at this time, crouched in front of a young Caribbean mother, and looked at the hungry and dying baby in her arms. A few seconds later, Scott pulled a piece of bread wrapped in paper from his pocket and slowly handed it to the already thin Caribbean woman, whose chest was shriveled like a leaky water bag.

Staring blankly at the tall and stocky alien intruder in front of her, the Caribbean woman opened her mouth and bit Scott's wrist in one bite. It let out a hoarse cry like a beast.

Scott didn't even frown, just quietly maintained the posture of his arm, and blood oozed from the wrist bitten by the other party.

"Oh, my God! It's a madman, what the hell! ”

Sergeant Major Maddie, who was waiting on the side, was suddenly furious, and kicked the Caribbean woman who was still "continuing to fight" on the shoulder, directly kicking the opponent's weak body to the ground and rolling several times.

The baby and the bread landed on the ground almost at the same time, as if the child had been woken up, and there was a weak cry. The 30 or so Caribbean female captives all showed blood-red hateful eyes, but at this time they had no room for resistance. The body was surrounded by a dense network of bayonets.

"Sergeant Major Maddie, don't deal with minor injuries, take them back with them, and provide them and their children with half a portion of provisions......" After saying the instructions, Scott stood up with his wrist covered, glanced at Lieutenant Liu Chenxu, who had been looking at him, and turned around and walked out of the group of soldiers with his head down.

At night, in a makeshift camp between the jungle and the river, about three companies of officers and men were resting. The officers and soldiers were in high spirits and gathered around the campfire to smoke. Roasting Guadeloupe's endemic short-necked mallards and porpoises, or feasting on wine from a jug, a few special operators sit in a lonely corner, silently eating the disgusting canned beef.

Unlike the ordinary officers and soldiers who were relaxed, Captain You Nanzhe, the staff officer of the 1st Combat Battalion, was sitting in a tent, writing a battle report on a kerosene lamp.

“…… As of today, 37 people have been sick, wounded, killed, and missing, and the loss of troops has been lower than expected. However, there is still a shortage of medicines to prevent tropical mosquito infections...... Lieutenant Scott's tactics were so effective that during the dry season in Guadeloupe, the Caribs could be caught like moths by holding on to the few fresh water supplies in the western part of the island. Combined with the tracking and guidance of the Army's special operations team, we have made great progress in the division and containment operation, and I personally predict that the number of Caribbeans in the entire East Island should be less than 1,000, probably distributed in the area of the last Tamsui River in the north...... We will try to get ahead of the rainy season in July. They were driven to the northernmost part of the island and isolated. ”

When You Nanzhe wrote this, he couldn't help but let go of his pen and exhaled easily.

"Hey! Brother You, are you still writing war reports? "The tent was lifted. Lieutenant Liu Chenxu walked in with a roasted duck in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other. The wine bottle was placed heavily on the table, and the young lieutenant showed a happy expression: "That Lieutenant Scott has been so sentimental this year, is it true that all married men are like this?" However, he is also vicious, taking advantage of the scarcity of fresh water in the dry season of the East Island to shade these Caribs, and the natives killed this month can basically be counted on him. But today he spared the wounded and women of the indigenous Caribbeans, and I am afraid that he will cause unnecessary divisions in the troops. ”

"Because he's more like a normal military man." You Nanzhe stared into his companion's eyes and slowly said an ambiguous sentence.

"More like? Aren't we? The young Lieutenant Liu Chenxu was slightly stunned, and the chewing movements in his mouth slowed down.

"We are the invaders of this island, and we are the invaders of this historical time and space, and in our eyes, except for ourselves as human beings, everything else is some kind of game creature." A self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of You Nanzhe's mouth, and his eyes looked at the half-written battle report, "In contrast, it is easier for us to ignore the feelings of others and lose our humanity." Once this feeling spreads, we may not get the future we want. Lieutenant Scott has a sharp military acumen, as well as emotions that we have overlooked most in this plane. He doesn't have the historical memory in our minds, he's experiencing it, and we're just 'copying'. ”

The wine that ......was put to his mouth suddenly stopped, and Liu Chenxu looked at the ground silently, and didn't say a word for a long time.

In one corner of the camp, two non-commissioned officers were sitting by the campfire, carefully cleaning their weapons, and one of the corporals had deliberately pulled his bayonet out of his waist and carefully wiped it with a cloth.

"Yu Shan, do you have something on your mind?" Looking at his companion's somewhat different appearance during this time, Qiao Yan couldn't help but ask, "If Sergeant Major Makarov sees your serious appearance now, he will definitely think that he is dazzled." ”

"That's because you don't know me." Yu Shan blew on the shiny bayonet, inserted it back into his waist contentedly, and then pulled out a cigarette. lowered his head and smoked, "Sergeant Major Makarov, that big monkey, knows 'charge' and 'fight' with a full mind, what is it called, and his EQ is very low?" ”

"Hehe......" Seeing Yu Shan so skillfully using many novel words, Qiao Yan could only smile awkwardly.

"Hey, Qiao Yan, did you find out?" Yu Shan suddenly raised his head and pointed to the ground under his feet very mysteriously, "Do you know where this is?" ”

"Butterfly Island. The whole country knows it. Qiao Yan thought about it for a while, and gave an answer very solemnly, which attracted Yu Shan's big eyes.

"That's why I said you're stupid!" Yu Shan shook his head with hatred, not taking the countryman in front of him who was already destined to become a second lieutenant in the army one day in the future.

"We went south from the city of Twin Bays in Bermuda, and when we got here, I calculated the schedule, and a few more days further south, that's it...... Brazil? Yu Shan leaned in towards Qiao Yan and pointed to the south. Remember a few years ago, it was there that we settled down to change ships? Then to the mainland. ”

Qiao blinked, but he still looked puzzled.

"Alas...... What do you want me to say about you! Yu Shan frowned, and lowered his voice again, "Some time ago, I secretly heard Lieutenant Liu and Captain You chatting, do you know why the Army Command is attacking here?" Sue sù you, in order to be more convenient in the future from Da Ming La people! Not only here, but in the future, we will continue to go southeast and occupy another piece of land in that Africa! ”

Qiao was stunned. It took a long time to come to my senses, and I stood up at once.

"Got it? We're fighting in the direction of Daming! Yu Shan's face was flushed, and his eyes were shining, as if he had been intoxicated with some kind of fantasy, "In the future, the navy will be able to drive directly to Daming!" I'll have a chance to meet my mother! ”

Listening to Yu Shan's description like this, slowly, Qiao Yan calmed down. I picked up the canned fruit from my side, opened the can, and ate it carefully, without expressing an opinion.

"Aren't you happy?" Yu Shan saw that his companion seemed to have something on his mind. snatched the can from the other party's hand and looked at the other party's eyes, "Don't you want Cuiya?" ”

"Yu Shan, you're right, it's been three years since we left Daming, and Cuiya must have married early." Qiao Yan's eyes were red, and his feelings were low, "I don't know if the village of Liuao is still there...... Yu Shan, do you want to go back to Daming? ”

“……”

This time it was Yu Shan's turn to be speechless, he looked down at the canned food in his hand, and only after a long time did he shake his head gently: "I don't know, I just want to see my mother's ......"

Three years have passed, and the two former bad brothers, even though they are still the identity of the big head soldiers, are running for their lives in a strange land, but more often than not, they are living a very nourishing life in the Chinese Army with no worries about food and clothing. He has the status of a soldier who is loved by the people, has a salary that others envy, and has a status that makes people feel awe-inspired. Naturally, the soldiers couldn't really understand the historical feelings that the people who traveled through this country were worried about, and they just vaguely felt the distance of that distant homeland.

"Qiao Yan, take your platoon to assemble immediately!"

A sharp whistle sounded, waking up the two young men who had fallen into silence, only to see Sergeant Major Makarov striding over, the expression on his face particularly terrifying against the background of the old scars.

"Hell, another idiot from the 4th Company is missing! I hate these noobs! Gather your troops and set out with me to search the river in the east! Makarov stood in front of Yu Shan and Qiao Yan, and pointed viciously at the dark eastern forest, "Not even a single monkey is allowed to be spared, if there are monkeys here!" ”

The special combat operation launched at the end of February 1625 had a very good effect, and with the cooperation of the navy in the early stage, the visible villages of the Caribbeans in the coastal plains of the East Island had been cleared.

Even if the Caribbeans are familiar with the environment and try to rely on the tropical jungle to continue their resistance, they must live along freshwater rivers or springs to survive for a long time. There are actually only a few rivers in the East Island, and all of them are concentrated along the west coast of the East Island, and they are even largely depleted during the dry season, and there is not much fresh water in the forest areas in the central and southern regions. Therefore, the actual combat range of the Chinese and US Army will not exceed 100 square kilometers, and most of them are within the strike range of naval guns.

The two battalions of the Chinese and US Army units continued to launch artillery harassment beyond visual range by using the tactics of steady tail pursuit and interception, and under the guidance of the special combat team, they began to advance from the southwest to the north, taking advantage of the cooking smoke exposed by the Caribs when they were resting and cooking, or the signals and instructions of the special combat team, to constantly launch artillery harassment beyond the visual range, breaking the already scattered Caribs even more to pieces, and driving them towards the predetermined encirclement.

By the end of March, two waves of Caribbean migration groups of several hundred people had been annihilated, making a good start to ending the clean-up of the East Island before the rainy season arrived.

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(To be continued)