Chapter 457: Scarecrow

Three days later, a stretcher was carried to the California Commander's Quarters.

Ji Aojian silently roasted the bayonet on the fire, lifted the white cloth, and quickly performed the operation again.

The boy in front of him was seriously injured, but the bullet only passed through the lungs and did not remain in the body, and if it did not cause complications or malaria infection, there was still a lot of hope for survival.

After the bandaging was completed, he couldn't help frowning as he watched the wounded man repeatedly try to lift his lips, "With your current situation, it's best not to speak." ”

"Sir, I have something very important to tell you. ”

In this era, there were no anesthetic drugs, and if the wounded did not faint in pain, they were operated on while awake. However, it is indeed a relatively rare thing to try to speak after the surgery.

"Do you want to tell me who hit you?"

"I don't know. ”

"And what do you want to say?"

The wounded man was sweating and asked weakly, "Sir, I didn't feel the murderous aura before I was shot, so I must pay attention to the person who hit me." ”

"Don't feel it at all?"

"yes. The wounded man affirmed, "My psyche did not even produce any alarm." ”

"So I know who he is. ”

"Sir, who is that?"

Ji Aojian had already stood up and lifted his special rifle, "It's time to say hello to him, he also owed me a shot before." ”

"Sir, be careful. The wounded struggled to remind, "It was as if the person didn't exist at all." When we shot back, we didn't see any traces exposed. ”

"Don't worry. Pagodas. Ji Aojian said lightly, "He didn't hit me last time." It's lost forever the chance to hit me again. ”

At dusk, a crisp gunshot rang out behind the American trenches.

"Hey, there's a guy in the back who shot us!"

"Damn, did anyone get hit? ”

"Like...... No. ”

The soldiers checked for a while, and finally confirmed that the shot had hit no one, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although no one was shot, there was a source of danger behind him, which was really terrifying. What's more. The hillside behind the trench should be guarded by its own people, how could it suddenly shoot a cold shot?

Everyone squinted, raised their heads, and looked carefully up the hillside.

In front of you, there are layers of terraced fields that are gradually planted along the mountains, and they are cultivated smoothly, and no agricultural crops have been planted, so it is not easy to hide yourself.

As they climbed to the top of the mountain, some alert people finally saw something unusual. There were a dozen or so scarecrows lined up, and in the afterglow of the twilight, they had turned into thick black shadows.

"When did these scarecrows plug in?"

"I don't know, isn't it just there?"

"Idiot. What kind of memory do you have! There were indeed some scarecrows in the terraces, but they were all scattered and not gathered together at all!"

"Ugh. You're saying someone pretending to be a scarecrow and shooting at us?"

"What do you think? Why else would these scarecrows get together?"

"It's a distance of more than a mile, so what's the use of shooting at us. Didn't you just put an empty gun......"

A gunshot echoed through the air, and the words came to an abrupt end.

“No~~~~”

The nearby soldiers shouted in horror.

The companions next to the deceased immediately examined and shouted, "It was the scarecrow!" ”

"Which scarecrow's position did that come from?"

"I don't know! At such a distance, every scarecrow has a shooting range. ”

"Well, where did that muzzle flame come from?"

"No smoke!"

"What did you say?"

"There wasn't any smoke, we didn't see anything. ”

“......”

After a moment of silence, a voice suddenly shouted, "In that case, we should fight back at all the scarecrows!"

"Yes! Yes!" all of them responded eagerly, agreeing with him.

The next moment, there was a crackle, and a string of gunshots like fried beans immediately rang out.

The gunfire gradually stopped, and someone couldn't help but ask, "That guy was killed, right?"

"I don't know, I think my bullet must have been blown off by the wind, after all, it's too far away. ”

"yes, I don't think the scarecrow I hit has been shot. ”

"I don't know who hit the scarecrow I was aiming at, but there was no reaction, and probably no one was hiding inside. ”

"So this guy should still be alive......"

There was a bang, and the speaker closed his mouth again forever.

"He's really alive!"

The crowd cried out in horror, scrambled to reload their bullets, and fired back.

As the gunfire became more and more subdued, a gunshot rang out again from the hillside, and another American fell.

"Bastard, how the hell did he do it, how did he definitely hit us?"

A group of people cursed, scrambled to reload again, and continued to fire back at the scarecrow.

"That's enough! You're going to do it to no avail!"

A tall, thin and straight figure appeared in front of the position, and the panicked soldiers seemed to suddenly have a backbone, and all of them calmed down at once:

"Mr. Simon!"

"Few of your guns are within range, and it's just a waste of bullets. And we have to stay up to the city of San Francisco and join the navy. ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little discouraged in their hearts: without supplies, and after being tightly blocked for so many days, can they really hit the West Coast?

If nothing else, these scarecrows are shooting down the hill now, and in a few days they will drag this army to the point of demoralization.

"Isn't his marksmanship very accurate?" Simon asked coldly, as if he had seen the psychology of everyone.

"yes. ”

"Do you feel murderous among these scarecrows?"

"No, these scarecrows are like they really don't have life. ”

In fact, when bullets are fired from the scarecrow's position, everyone is of course aware of their danger, but this danger feels like looking at flammable and explosive materials, rather than the danger of facing a powerful enemy.

The difference between these two senses of danger is that even experienced veterans can't detect the existence of life in any of the scarecrows.

"This guy on the hillside right now is really a nuisance. Simon spoke again, "But as soon as you remove him, the battle will be over immediately." ”

"Why?"

"Such a figure, there is only one opposite, and that is their commander. ”

Simon shouted, "Before it gets dark, fifty people will come and go up the mountain with me!" (To be continued......)