Chapter 21: Quelling the Rebellion (I)
The violent explosion of the cluster grenade not only killed the room where the guard in the Yellow Sea was and several rebels who did not have time to escape, but also the room was blown to pieces, many wooden components were ignited, and smoke billowed from the room. The masonry of the house was blown up and splashed in all directions, and many rebels around were hit, and the small courtyard suddenly screamed again and again. Xiang Botong was not spared, although he was somewhat prepared when the rebels in the house fled, and fell to the ground as fast as he could, still being hit in the waist by the falling rubble. Although it did not hurt the muscles and bones, the pain was inevitable.
After a while, the rebels in the courtyard saw that there were no more explosions, so they helped each other to their feet. Xiang Botong was also helped up by his own soldiers, holding his waist while looking around. At a glance, he realized that there was no Cao Bao, his absolute confidant, among the rebels who escaped from the house. Slightly stunned, Xiang Botong hurriedly ordered someone to look for it.
There was not much time, and his subordinates came to report that Cao Bao and the four rebel soldiers had not escaped from the house. At this time, the entire house has been blown up, and it is estimated that the bodies of several people are difficult to find. Xiang Botong was angry and shocked when he heard this, and he was angry because Cao Bao was one of the absolute main forces of his rebellion, and he was also one of the few confidants and cronies he could trust. Now that the rebellion has just begun, Cao Bao has been blown to pieces, causing him to lose a general, how can he not be angry.
And Xiang Botong was surprised, but because he had a feeling of being designed and led into a trap. There was no one else in the house where Huang Hai and the others lived, except for a personal guard, indicating that the other party had prepared for his rebellion, or that his rebellion had been known to the other party. But the other party did not panic, but calculated it. Except for the guards who were kept to serve as the dead soldiers, in order to confuse themselves into believing that their actions were still secret, so as to lead themselves into a trap.
Thinking of this, Xiang Botong suddenly felt terrified, and hurriedly ordered his own soldiers to find the three squad leaders of the second platoon, and he wanted to give instructions to these three people about their next move.
A moment later, the squad leaders of the fourth and fifth squads came to Xiang Botong and reported to him that the squad leader of the sixth squad had been hit in the head by the debris that had just exploded, and he was already unconscious, and he could not follow the orders of the island master for a while.
Despite the bad news one after another, Xiang Broadcom has no time to complain about his bad life. He ordered someone to find the deputy squad leader of the sixth squad, and immediately appointed the deputy squad leader as the main squad leader, and then instructed the three of them: "The three of us should already be very clear about the current situation, but I am afraid that our move to stand on our own mountain this time is not secret, and the news is known by the Huanghai guy." Knowing that they couldn't afford to fight us face to face, they sneaked away while we were preparing to start an incident, leaving a dead soldier as a cover to cover up his escape and wait for an opportunity to put his owner to death. Fortunately, the owner of the island was blessed with a great life, and he was not injured by this dead soldier, but it was a pity for Platoon Commander Cao and the five brothers.
Now, since our incident has been discovered by the Yellow Sea, it is obviously impossible to kill the Yellow Sea and ask the younger brother of the island owner. For now, we can only evacuate this place immediately and go to sea to take refuge in the pirates' sea dens for a while. You immediately went to gather the soldiers of your squad who were still capable of fighting, and withdrew to the beach with the owner of the island, where they joined the three platoon commanders. β
"Little obedience" The three squad leaders agreed in unison and turned around to gather people.
Xiang Botong turned around and instructed one of his own personal soldiers: "You quickly go and inform the sophomore in charge, and order him to quickly take the pirate captives who can drive ships to the beach to join the owner of the island." β
The pro-soldier nodded yes, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped again. Xiang Botong groaned slightly, and said: "You tell the sophomore head of the high school that before he leads his troops to leave, he can release all the pirates who are imprisoned." And make it clear to these captives that those who are willing to go back to the island with us can go together, and those who are not willing to go with us can fend for themselves. β
"Yes, the little one understands," the soldier agreed, and turned to find the high trance to give the order.
This side sent the pro-soldiers who gave the order to Botong, and the three squad leaders over there had also gathered their soldiers. said that there were three classes, but in fact, there were only a little more than two classes that could be gathered together to walk with Xiang Botong. Although the fourth and fifth squads were also injured in the explosion, except for a few two or three soldiers, they were basically skin wounds and did not affect the operation. And because the sixth squad was the main force that entered the house to arrest the dead soldier, after the killing of the guards and the explosion of the cluster grenade, now including the newly appointed squad leader, only three can still follow Xiang Botong to act. ,
Although there are still more than 50 rebels under the command of Xiang Botong, including the personal soldiers, logistics troops, and company service soldiers, less than 35 of them can go into battle. In other words, the dead soldier of the Yellow Sea alone reimbursed a quarter of the soldiers under the personal command of Xiang Botong.
Looking at the uneven subordinates, Xiang Botong couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and he was a little less confident in his future future. However, he knew that now was not the time to be sentimental, and that he must sail out to sea at once, or he would die without a place to bury. Therefore, after calming his mood a little, he waved his hand with a serious expression and ran towards the beach with these dozens of rebels.
At the same time, two miles from the coast, three large ships lowered their sails and anchored, and floated quietly on the surface of the seaβthis is the edge of the bay, and it is also the outermost side that the three ships can now reach when they are safe, and further out to sea, they will encounter the frozen sea.
At this time, on the string of the ship facing the shoreline, the Yellow Sea held the ship's plank, and stared unblinkingly at the column of smoke in the distance that rose to the sky and was immediately dispersed by the howling north wind. The dull "thunder" that came just now, as well as the huge pillar of smoke, indicated that the guard, who had volunteered to leave behind to confuse the rebels, had pulled off the cluster grenade and died with the rebels, as he had decided before.
This guard has been with Huang Hai for almost three years, and since he is also surnamed Huang, Huang Hai usually treats him as his own family. And this Huang Qinwei has long regarded Huang Hai and Huang Hai's cousin Huang Shan as his master in his heart, and when there are no outsiders, he usually calls the two masters, rather than the twelve and twenty-first masters like other guards.
Looking at the pillar of smoke rising in the distance, thinking about the situation before Huang Qin's health in his mind, Huang Hai's eyes moistened a little. It was only then that he realized that he was not as hard-hearted as he imagined, and that there was still a soft and sensual side under his strong and fearless appearance.
Just when Huang Hai was sighing for the sacrifice of his own guards, Xin Feiyu walked up to him and said, "Brother Huang, Brother Zhong has just received a telegram from the salt farm, and the third batch of counterinsurgency teams have set off. This group had two companies, all infantry, and were mainly responsible for searching for caught fish, rounding up escaped pirate captives, and cleaning up the battlefield. They are expected to arrive in the bay at noon tomorrow, and the Zeng-brothers will arrive with the troops. β
Hearing Xin Feiyu's report, Huang Hai hurriedly pulled his thoughts back from his sadness, he settled his mind and said: "The rebels are only two platoons, and having the first batch of ranger squads and cavalry companies to pick them up is enough to clean them up. Even if the cavalry unit was not suitable for deployment in a place with many buildings and complex terrain such as the bay, the second batch of 'wolf's fang' squadrons would not be able to fight these two rows of rebels. At this time, a third group of men and horses were sent, which was really a bit of a fuss. In particular, this third group of men and horses are infantry, and let them march fifty miles in half a day, but there is no battle, I am afraid that many officers and soldiers will scold their mothers. β
Xin Feiyu shook his head and said, "Brother Huang's words are wrong. This rebellion against the Eighth Company led by Botong was actually the first rebellion of the 'Flying Dragon Army' and its predecessor, the 'Flying Dragon Pioneer Battalion', since its establishment four years ago, and it was impossible for the Zeng brothers, who were in charge of commanding this task of exterminating pirates, not to pay attention to it. Moreover, after the matter was reported to the 'Qingyuan,' the first reply sent by the fifth brother also made it very clear that the people of the 'naval base survey team,' especially the personnel within the team, would never allow any losses, and the officers and men of the 'Flying Dragon Army' who participated in the rebellion were not allowed to let go of one, especially the culprits Xiang Botong, Xiang Boyuan, Gao Yuan, Cao Bao, and that Shen Chong. In order to complete the task given by the fifth brother, it is also reasonable for the Zeng brothers to send these many people to quell the rebellion. β
Speaking of this, Xin Feiyu paused slightly, recalling his feelings when he learned the news of Xiang Botong's imminent rebellion, as well as all kinds of thrills in the process of getting out of danger, and then continued with emotion: "Looking back now, if it weren't for the secret agent planted by 'Dark Feather' in the Eighth Company to spread the news of Xiang Botong's intention to launch a rebellion through Chang Mao's kid, we are only afraid that we will either be shot into a sieve by random guns, or we will be caught by the rebels and taste the feeling of being imprisoned." β
"Yes" Huang Hai nodded at Xin Feiyu and agreed, "I didn't expect that the platoon commander of the third platoon of the Eighth Company was actually a spy of 'Dark Feather'." Less than half an hour after the secret meeting with Broadcom to summon these platoon commanders to discuss the rebellion, he managed to come and warn us. It's also thanks to him, otherwise our brothers and those shipwrights and sailors will only be afraid that they will be doomed again. β
After speaking, Huang Hai once again turned his gaze to the direction of the coast, and said to himself: "I don't know what happened to the Yin attack on the third platoon leader's side?" β
Just when Huang Hai was worried about whether the third platoon of the Eighth Company would be able to withstand the attack of the other two platoons, dense gunfire and explosions suddenly sounded in the direction of the coast.