Chapter 599 Huge Crisis

The rain finally stopped the next morning, and the shoes were soaked. Jiro Niutou, who was huddled in the guardhouse, could not take off. The village was surrounded by forests, and the hot climate was a big test for the Japanese. It was spring now, and it was not the hottest time, and I couldn't count the bags bitten by mosquitoes on my body. The mosquitoes here are so powerful, much scarier than those natives. The team where Niutou is located is to guard this village and ensure the road to the next village is smooth.

It has been almost a month since I came to this village. The 100-person team is not counted as thirteen officers. The deaths of these thirteen people are all related to the woods. One was bitten by a snake while urinating beside the woods, and the other twelve were shot to death by cold arrows flying out of the woods. Now these mercenaries have learned their lessons and are reluctant to approach the woods and stay in the village.

The guardhouse where Niu Teng is located is at the entrance of the village. Even if he stares into a bull's eyes, he can't see any movement in the forest. But he dared not relax. Just the day before yesterday, three people died by carelessness. It was raining today, so it should be safer, but Niu Teng decided to be more careful for his life, so as not to die inexplicably.

The significance of defending this village lies in the land and resources near the village. After being driven into the woods, the indigenous people became even more cunning and kept playing sneak attacks. Although they could not change anything, there was a lot of mental pressure for the soldiers. Now these pressures fell on the heads of Japanese soldiers. Recently I heard good news that the garrison troops would launch a large-scale clearance battle before spring plowing, so that the indigenous people would dare to go out of this area.

Thinking of this news, Niu Fujiro's mood improved a lot. This village was just a supply point on a trunk road. Compared with his other compatriots, a town about thirty miles ahead was the frontier of the battle. I heard that more than a hundred people died the day before yesterday because an officer came down to chase him and was ambushed and killed in battle in the forest.

Thinking of this, Niu Teng Jiro was a little distracted. Hearing the footsteps, he turned around suddenly and saw that the officer Cui Hao, who was in charge of commanding them. This was a veteran of Dengzhou Camp, who had been fighting in this area for almost three months. He was supposed to evacuate, but who knew that Captain Li, the officer who led this team, was sent back due to an acute illness, had to stay.

"Hello, sir!" Chinese is not easy to learn, and many Japanese soldiers have not learned much. Jiro Niu Fuji has the talent in this area and can already have some simple conversations in front of him. Cui Hao is a very serious person with a gloomy expression on his face. The soldiers are afraid of him and dare not be arrogant in front of him. The general translation is a Nagasaki native named Masayoshi Kameda. It is said that his ancestors were a samurai, but his family was defeated and turned into a ronin. Because the Ming army wanted to recruit Japanese people who taught Ming Dynasty Mandarin, he signed up and passed.

Niu Fujiro didn't like this guy very much. When facing the Ming officers, he always looked like a slave, but when facing his compatriots, he looked fierce. He drank again and bragged to others that he had been to Huating with merchants in Nagasaki. Everyone thought he was boasting about it. In short, this guy has no popularity and no character.

"Is there no situation?" Cui Hao was in a bad mood. He didn't like this ghost place at all. Especially when the road through the village, three hundred meters ahead was a forest road, five hundred meters back, and there were woods on both sides. In order to solve this problem, Dengzhou Camp had cut down many trees before, but the trees that were cut down were covered with half a person-tall weeds. In any case, the great cause of cutting trees had to continue. However, according to the above instructions, some natives would be sent to be responsible for cutting trees.

"Nothing is there?" Niu Teng Jiro quickly reported. Just as he was reporting, Cui Hao suddenly widened his eyes. He seemed to have seen something in the grass less than 500 meters at the entrance of the village. "Fuck, how did so many people come here?" He looked carefully with a telescope for a while. Cui Hao cursed, turned around and rushed to the lower office, took out a whistle and blew hard. The sharp whistle instantly broke the tranquility of the village.

Cui Hao and several officers were discussing military information urgently. He was very calm, but the other officers were not that good. There were three assistants in total, all of whom were from three big families. Cui Hao simply told them: "About a thousand indigenous people came, coming from the river to the west of the village. Look at this, it was not the nearby tribe, but the Suka tribe from the farther east."

"They are not here to do business, are they?" A young officer from the Lin family said, and rolled his eyes when he ate Cui Hao.

"Okay, this is the situation now. One is that we give up the village and move closer to the town to the east. But in this case, we will be in trouble if we pass by the transportation team here in an hour at most. Now I decided to stay and guard the village. In addition, I will send someone to ride a horse to the north to inform the transportation team to speed up the marching speed and get closer to us immediately. Also, this person must come back and let the transportation team send someone back to report the message." Cui Hao said in one sentence that a young man surnamed Li was eager to try. These disciples of the three major families are not without outstanding talents, but they are not short of fucking guys. Just the day before yesterday, an officer from the Li family commanded his men to pursue the natives in a town with a very long name in front of him, and was beaten to ambush.

Jiro Niu Teng was selected to deliver letters. He was lucky. He just walked out ten minutes later and met a transport team. After informing the news, the transport team leader immediately decided to send someone back to report the message. The transport team quickly entered the village. The transport team had more than 300 people. The captain was a veteran of the Dengzhou camp. He brought 200 European soldiers and 100 Dengzhou soldiers to transport grain to more than 3,000 Japanese mercenaries in the town ahead.

After captain Liu Gang entered the village, Cui Hao immediately discussed with him how to deal with the indigenous people of the Suka tribe that had been expeditioned.

"I don't think things are that simple. It should be that some indigenous tribes have joined forces. Otherwise, the Suka tribe will walk at least 500 miles west of us. Even if it is taking a small boat, it will take several days. No wonder I passed by an indigenous village on the way, and I didn't see many people coming out of the village. It is probably because they learned the news and planned to wait and see." After Liu Gang's analysis, Cui Hao also felt that things were wrong.

"Judged from the distance, they can surround us in one hour at most. I even suspect that there are already people ambushing the road to Puwagada town in the east, so I hope we can go there." After Cui Hao said this, Liu Gang nodded and said, "Then prepare for the battle, just stick to this village, anyway, the food brings enough."

There were about 500 people on both sides. Liu Gang transported more than 100 vehicles of food and many animals. Before he could rest, the transportation team immediately put into combat preparations. The village was not big, but not small. The more than 500 people were divided into five infantry teams, guarding four directions, one team as a reserve team. The weapons and equipment were mainly smoothbore guns, and more than 100 rifled guns. Fortunately, the weather was clear, and the Dengzhou soldiers with more than 100 men could fully utilize the range advantage of rifled guns, so they were divided into five parts and joined other teams as the power of long-range strikes. Fortunately, Liu Gang also brought four three-pound cannons, which were weapons prepared to send to the Puwagada garrison ahead. Fortunately, four artillery instructors followed.

"You, you, you, come with me." More than a dozen Dutch people who were busy repairing fortifications were called out. They used to be sailors and claimed to be able to operate cannons. Liu Gang took four instructors and chose artillery positions. Finally, he thought that it would be better not to expose the cannon first. Just at the entrance of the village to the west, a hidden fortification was hidden. For example, the shed that used to sell tea in the entrance of the village seemed to be very good. The half-person-high bamboo and wood wall was piled with sandbags inside. When it was necessary to open fire, the bamboo and wood wall not high in front would not affect the shooting effect.

Barbed wire is an indispensable defensive equipment. Before, a barbed wire fence that surrounded the entire village. Now the veterans of Dengzhou Camp are busy pulling up a few barbed wire fences in some open areas. As for the approaching natives, these veterans are not afraid at all. It is impossible to launch an attack just now when the rain stopped. However, if the people here run away, they may be ambushed halfway. Even if they are not ambushed, they will not be able to march in this weather after the rain, they will not be able to escape the barefoot natives.

Cui Hao gave the translation to Liu Gang and asked Jiro Niu Fuji to act as a temporary translator for him. The translator looked afraid of death. Cui Hao was worried that he would hide or run away while delivering the letter. Seeing that Jiro Niu Fujiro had always been very serious, Jiro Niu Fujiro knew that something big was going to happen this time.

Before dusk, the natives suddenly disappeared among the grass and woods, and Liu Gang and Cui Hao were even more nervous. This is not a good phenomenon. If you fight night battles, the disadvantages are too obvious. There are many people on the other side. Judging from this, they have fought with the Dutch.

Several houses next to the village were demolished, and dry firewood was piled up. There was a fire a hundred meters away. When night fell, the fire was lit. It surrounded the wire mesh of the village, and there were also canned boxes that had been eaten. There were small stones inside. When the wind blew, it would make a slight noise, but if someone touched it, the noise would be huge.

All preparations are almost done. Cui Hao ordered a rest and it would be best to have a sleep. It is estimated that the battle will not be fought in the middle of the night. The rotating soldiers must watch the fire and add firewood in time. After the arrangement, Cui Hao and Niu Teng found Liu Gang. Neither of them had eaten, sat together, and simply dealt with a cookie, and discussed while eating.r1152

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