XLIV. Iquique
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"It's not as as good as us!" A burly, dark-faced escort soldier picked up the Spencer rifle scattered on the ground, and after looking at it twice, he muttered disdainfully and put it on his back: "What's the use of keeping these messy burning sticks?" ”
"Why do you talk so much? Don't pack it up quickly, it's delayed believe it or not, I'll let you go back to the ship! The corners of Zhao Long's eyes twitched, and a black line hung down from his forehead, kicking the muttering warrior away.
These bastards are all raised by the young master! I really don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, you must know that this time I came to Chile, but the young master is helping people fight with money! Besides, this Spencer rifle is also the world's first repeating rifle, and it is not used in many places, although it is not as good as the new Mauser, but it is not a gain to sell it for money, or for training.
Zhao Long's words made Ouyang Xiu, the commander of the second battalion beside him, smile, this man in his thirties, who looked as elegant as his name, raised his head and looked at the Chilean militia who were cleaning the battlefield in the distance, and set off from Pisagua, with them, to fight here, and frowned.
Looking at the militiamen who were holding old-fashioned single-shot rifles and even arquebuses, dressed in all kinds of clothes, unkempt, and glancing at himself and the soldiers of the escort team, while happily holding the captured Spencer rifles, he really couldn't figure it out. How did it get bad here?
Zhao Longyang, who had a dry mouth, raised his hand, took the kettle from the guard's hand, and moistened his throat, he didn't care about Ouyang Xiu and his soldiers now, he only wanted to rush to Iquiq as soon as possible.
But to be honest, from the moment he boarded Pisagua, he was also like Ouyang Xiu and others, he was uneasy, and even prepared for major sacrifices in the troops, but he didn't expect to find out after going ashore that there were less than 100 soldiers of the political axe army in this small coastal city in the far north of Chile, and they were not even counted as tooth sacrifices.
Is this also a war?
But even so, Zhao Long and all the soldiers didn't dare to be careless, after all, they had the intention to sneak attack, and they had a numerical advantage, but the battle that had just ended really surprised everyone, and it also made the escort team rise up to him, and from top to bottom, they were full of gratitude for the new training method compiled by Young Master Li.
You know, they were facing a whole thousand Chilean troops blocked on the train line before, and their purpose was to completely block the navy's use of sea superiority to land in the north and outflank along the railway line from north to south, but they didn't expect to run headlong into Zhao Long who was anxious to get south with his soldiers.
An encounter took place, but the process and the outcome were beyond everyone's expectations.
The Chilean Army soldiers, dressed in bright uniforms and with their chests puffed out, were still blocking with old-fashioned three-stage shooting, and they were simply live targets for the convoy, plus the gap between Spencer and Mauser, not to mention the convoy's splashing grenades!
Lowering their bodies, the formation spread out, and according to the training, the escort, which was covered by small mountain bags, stones and even train cars, ended the battle in only half an hour, paying the price of only seven dead and more than twenty wounded. And from beginning to end, the improvised Chilean militia did not even play, a result that stunned the accompanying Chilean naval liaison officers, especially the skillful dispersal, cover, outflanking, interspersing, shooting, and other novel and never-before-seen tactical maneuvers of the convoy soldiers, which opened their eyes.
Sure enough, it is an elite warrior from the mysterious and distant Qing Empire!
The Chilean Navy liaison officer glared, but he didn't know that the real army masters of the Great Qing Kingdom were probably inferior to them in war, and the tactical literacy displayed by these soldiers from the "Qing Empire" in front of him was the result of Master Li's shameless pirated modern military training methods.
After the first battle, the troops survived the first hurdle and knew their abilities, and now everyone is full of confidence, and they only hope to get to Iquique as soon as possible, and then go south, and then go south!
As the wheels of the train began to turn again, Zhao Long looked up at the sun rising in the sky, and he didn't know if Luo Feng's kid had arrived in Iquique and how he was doing.
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"Phew! Fuck you! Luo Feng took a sip, although he didn't know that the young master was always you, me, what did this mean, but it sounded quite exciting, so he didn't forget to study hard when he pulled the trigger, and with the movement of his fingers, the figure in the bright red military uniform of the crosshair immediately raised his head and fell.
"Battalion commander, quasi!" The soldier who was crouching behind a pile of rubble raised his thumb, threw a cigarette roll that had not yet come out of the unlucky man's arms, and handed it to Luo Feng.
Luo Feng retracted his head and lit the cigarette roll, this thing is much stronger than the dry tobacco in his hometown, you don't need to roll it yourself, it tastes fragrant, since the young master brought back a lot from the United States, this thing has become the best "ration" for the soldiers. ”
Especially after training, take a sip of the race fairy.
"Battalion commander, what do you mean by these foreign hairs? I didn't know how to find cover when I started a battle, so I ...... straight and straight. Before the soldier could finish speaking, he saw another Chilean soldier leaning out, hurriedly putting his cigarette on the ground, and raising his hand to shoot it.
"Grandma, it's empty!" Seeing that the gun hit the opponent's feet, the warrior screamed angrily, but fortunately he used Mauser, which was much faster than Spencer on the opposite side, and quickly pulled the bolt, and two more shots before the other party hid.
Seeing that a ball of blood rushed up on the opponent's thigh and hid behind the stone, the soldier slapped his thigh in annoyance, and then resumed the topic just now: "Just rush over so straight, this is not looking for death." ”
"You didn't hit it if you were straight and looking for death!" Luo Feng smiled and patted the soldier's shoulder and encouraged, "Next time aim at the point." ”
"Yes, Battalion Commander." The soldier picked up the cigarette butt again, pursed his lips self-deprecatingly, patted his rifle again, and then asked: "Battalion commander, why don't we rush, I don't think those guys will last long." ”
"Rush? Rush what! Luo Feng looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "What if you rush too quickly and scare them away?" There are a few more cannons out there! "At the thought of the cannon, Luo Feng and all the battles swallowed their saliva, if they could capture these big guys, it would be worth the trip!
Just when everyone fantasized about grabbing the cannon and giving each other a "big meal", suddenly, a burst of screams sounded again, and the Chilean army position in the distance began to roar again.
The dog said, there will be a few cannons soon!
Luo Feng shook the cigarette butt and shouted, "Get ready, ready to open meat!" ”
The barrage of explosions not only did not panic the soldiers, but after a night of fierce fighting, they were accustomed to this kind of shelling, and knew that as long as they survived the first few minutes, the Chilean soldiers in red uniforms would stand straight and wait to be shot again.
"Wait for Lao Tzu to get a few cannons in the future, and also play with the kind of artillery suppression that the young master talked about!" Luo Feng licked his lips, looking at the artillery position with puffs of black smoke rising from time to time in the distance, his eyes turned green, and he licked his lips.
Far behind the command post of the Iquique Fortress, two streets away, Melino. Japa listened to the sound of the cannon, looked at a battle report in front of him, and wondered if he had been too angry recently, and he was a little dazzled.
In a fierce battle, a full 430 enemies were killed and 280 were captured, except for a few dozen of their own men, most of them were done by this army from the distant Qing Empire, and they only sacrificed sixteen people!
The important thing is that they not only held the crumbling Second Street, but even launched two counter-charges, and used one outflanking to kill several of the cannons that burst forward, and if it weren't for the presidential army's death, those cannons might have turned their muzzles!
Of course, what surprised him even more was that at the beginning, these soldiers from the Far East of the "Qing Empire" had a lot of movements under the enemy's crazy attack, with his vision of many years in the army, most of these jerky were caused by lack of experience, if it was himself, he would definitely let the soldiers adjust a little in the attack, but the crazy young commander, not only did not order adjustments, but took advantage of the geographical advantages of the street to launch a counter-charge.
God, this adventure not only did not make those jerky soldiers retreat, but seemed to stir up something in their hearts, and in this way they fought more and more smoothly, and not only survived the night, but also achieved such great results in front of themselves!
"Major, who exactly found these Qing Empire soldiers? How could they do it? The adjutant's voice was hurried, and he didn't know if he would collapse under the fire of Luo Feng and the others, but in fact, he was also stunned by this battle result statistics.
"What a mysterious country!" Melino. Japa pulled out a new cigar: "If I have the chance, I'll definitely go there." ”
Listen to Melino. Japa's words, the adjutant was about to nod. Suddenly, a rapid, high-pitched, loud voice came from a distance, and in an instant, the entire sky above the fortress was only this blood-boiling sound!
Is that?
A short time later, a soldier who rushed in to command answered everyone's doubts.
"Mr. Major, here they are!"
"Them?"
"Yes, they, like those men, were probably a few thousand of them, and they charged behind the enemy!"
"God!"