Chapter 318: Snow Night Raiders
When Achong arrived at the camp, the gunshots had stopped and the fires in the camp were extinguished. Under the moonlight, all the carriages were surrounded by the tent, forming a square bunker, and Timur was directing everyone to hide behind.
Seeing A Chong come back, Naya flew over and threw herself in A Chong's arms excitedly, hugging him tightly: "Brother Chong! You're back! I thought you..."
Seeing that there seemed to be tears flashing in the corners of Naya's eyes, A Chong asked hurriedly: "What happened? Seniors and the others... are all okay?"
He saw a few pools of red blood on the snow, and it seemed that someone had been killed.
"Bad is fine. Two people patrolling outside were shot, and several horses were also killed."
Naya took Achong's hand and took him behind the bunker. Two corpses were lying on the ground. Seeing Timur holding Arislan and sitting there safely, Achong felt a little relieved.
"Do you know where the gun was fired?" A Chong asked.
Timur shook his head and said, "It was our own people who fired the gun. We don't even know where they are..."
It turned out that after Naya returned to the camp, she ran to Timur to tell him about Jing Wuming's challenge. As the two were talking, they suddenly heard a sound of dog barking outside. When Naya ran out to check, she saw two sentries patrolling outside lying in a pool of blood.
Timur also walked out and was stunned when he saw the corpse on the snow. When the two were stunned, they could hear a whizzing sound in their ears. A horse in the camp suddenly fell to the ground.
After all, Timur was more experienced and could tell at a glance that there was a sniper ambushing him. He immediately ordered Naya to be careful and shouted all the tribe members loudly.
At this time, two more horses were hit and fell down. It seemed that the purpose of this sniper was not to kill people, and he was more interested in killing horses.
The dizzy tribe members didn't know where the enemy was, so they had to raise their guns to shoot around.
Timur knew that he was in the clear light of the enemy, and if such a group of people were wandering around like headless flies, the people would be killed by snipers before dawn. He immediately ordered everyone to extinguish all the torches, then piled up the carriages and commanded everyone to hide behind the bunker.
The sniper seemed not in a hurry to attack. After seeing everyone set up their defensive formations, they suddenly stopped.
Surile, Ke and Daiqin waited for a while and saw that there was no movement. They couldn't help but take a few people to chase...
Looking at the blood all over the ground, A Chong frowned and asked, "How is the casualties?"
"Three people fell down, and five horses were all hit in the head with bullets and shot to death." Timur said with a sad expression.
He finally realized the strength gap between the enemy and us. The opponent's tactics were very clear. The sniper's primary target was not people, but horses. When the horses were killed, they lost their mobility. The remaining group of people ran on the snowfield and could not run away, and they had nowhere to hide, and they all became living targets.
And they fought for a long time inexplicably, and didn't even know where the other party was.
A Chong frowned and looked into the distance. The night was dark and his vision was limited. He could only see a string of scattered hoof prints sprinkled into the distance on the snow. It should have been left by Dai Qin and the others who were chasing them.
"I'll go out and have a look!"
A Chong was worried that Surile and Ke and the others would encounter another ambush, so he led a horse and turned over and rode up, and chased him along the hoof prints left by Surile and Ke and the others.
After running for a while, a few riders suddenly appeared in front of him. Judging from the outline, it should be Surile, Ke and Daiqin.
A Chong accelerated and ran over.
"It's me! A Chong!"
Seeing that it was A Chong who was riding a horse, Dai Qin and others put down the raised guns.
"Where did you go just now?" Dai Qin muttered dissatisfied. Obviously he didn't know that Jing Wumeng had come to the camp. He thought Ah Chong secretly hid because he was afraid of something.
"Have you found anything?" A Chong had no time to explain to Daiqin, and dismounted and asked Surile and Ke.
Surile and Ke stood beside him and lowered their heads to ponder, raised their eyes and looked at A Chong and pointed at him and said:
"There is a snow nest here, which should be the location where the sniper was lying just now. You see, there are traces of gunpowder here, which should be left behind when the gun was fired."
A Chong looked at the camp in the distance and calculated silently in his mind that the distance from the camp here is at least 1,500 meters. At such a distance, he could hit the head with a gun, which shows how accurate the opponent's shooting skills are.
"We didn't hear the gunshots. It might be that the enemy added a silencer to the gun. There was no bullet case left here, which means he took it away. The other party looked very professional." Surile and Ke said in a silence.
"But we have searched back and forth here just now. There is no footprint of anyone except our horseshoe prints. Could this person go to heaven and earth?" Daiqin wondered.
"It is unlikely that it will fly on the snow?"
Surile, Ke and Daiqin communicated in Mongolian. A Chong searched around with vigilance, and snow kept floating in the sky, which brought great difficulty to their tracking.
Surile and Ke translated the conversation they had just had with Daiqin to A Chong.
A Chong shook his head and said, "It is almost impossible to carry heavy equipment like a sniper rifle and move on the snow in such a short time without leaving any traces - perhaps he is using a special sled board."
Surile, Ke and Daiqin looked at each other: "Then let's continue chasing!"
"Can't chase after you!" A Chong shook his head, "The night is so dark, it's hard to find the other party just by looking for a piece of snow. We have limited staff, so it's dangerous to chase after you. You can go back to the camp first! Protecting the tribe is important!"
"What about you? Wouldn't you go back with us?" Surile and Ke stepped on their horses and said to Ah Chong.
"You guys go back first, I'll go around and come back!"
"good!"
Surile and Ke had seen Achong's ability and knew that he was too strong and had too many people. They immediately took Dai Qin and others to the camp.
A Chong rode his horse back to the place where he had fought with Jing Wuface just now and found that Jing Wuface had disappeared. A Chong patrolled around for several more times, but did not find any trace of him. He knew that he might have been rescued by his accomplices.
At this time, goose-feather-like snowflakes fell from the sky again, and the footprints on the ground were smoothed by the snow in a while. A Chong was concerned about the situation in the camp and did not dare to stay for a long time. He turned around and rushed to the camp.
When he returned to the camp, he saw that everyone was hiding behind the carriage and did not dare to move. Naya had already told everyone about A Chong's pursuit of Jing Wuface. Surile and Ke also told everyone about the process of searching for the sniper.
After meeting such an elusive enemy, they lost so many people without even meeting each other. Everyone was panicked and had no idea for a moment, and looked at A Chong together.
Perhaps the only one who can save everyone is this mysterious and cold young man.
"At present, there are only two people on the other side. I injured one of them. They shouldn't come again tonight."
Seeing Achong's confident look, Timur turned his head and told everyone, "You heard it, everyone should go back to their tent to sleep first! Get off early and set off tomorrow morning!"
Achong nodded to Timur: "I'll be vigil tonight."
A Chong knew that the shadow warrior was elusive. Although Jing Wumeng was seriously injured by him, he was not sure whether another person would come back to attack him again, not to mention that the person who had not yet appeared was a sharpshooter who could kill him with one blow 1,500 meters away.
But he could not tell others about this worry. The most important thing now is to stabilize the morale of the army and not allow the panic to continue to spread.
After everyone returned to the tent, A Chong inspected the corpses on the ground again. There were three people and five horses, all of whom were shot in the forehead and their heads were almost broken by bullets. A Chong found two 7.62mm bullets on the nearby ground. The warhead had been crushed, probably because of the impact. A Chong stared at these warheads and showed his destiny.
At this time, Naya walked out of the tent and sat silently beside A Chong. After a while, she spoke, "Brother Chong, will those people come back?"
"It's okay, with me here, they dare not do anything."
A Chong wanted to comfort her for a few more words, but when he thought of being killed by someone tonight, he couldn't help but speak in a while.
Both sides of this attack suffered casualties, so what about the next time?
The sniper obviously wanted to kill all the horses first and then slowly erode the rest. If he aimed all the guns at people, their casualties would be severe.
Naya didn't notice the change in Achong's expression, and snuggled to him and said, "Brother Chong, after meeting with the elder brother and the others this time, can you persuade Dad to stop arguing with him?"
"Me? What's the point of my words? This is your family matter..." A Chong couldn't help feeling embarrassed.
"Dad will listen to you, dad believes in you the most! Dad also told me that if he has anything to do, let me take Arislan with you...you will take care of us."
Achong avoided Naya's gaze and turned to look at Timur's tent, and suddenly felt extremely sad.
The old man had realized that this was a battle with huge strength, and such a surprise attack made them helpless. He might have expected his death.
But, can I really protect Naya and Arislan?
...
Early the next morning, Timur and his tribes got up and started to clean up the camp. Most of them stayed up all night, and everyone was busy in an orderly manner. The white snow was covered with blood, and several horses and the bodies of the three dead fell to the ground.
Timur ordered Surile and Ke to change into a new set of clothes for the three dead, digging a hole on the spot to bury them. After a brief breakfast, the team drove the camp eastward.
Because they were missing a few horses, they had to reduce some weight, and except for food, fuel and tents, unnecessary things were abandoned on the spot, and everyone was light and simple.
The snow was getting heavier and the white-haired wind was blowing violently. The white-haired disaster had lasted for a week. This was a huge disaster for the herdsmen and made the Timur tribe more difficult to move forward. However, no one in the team had any complaints, and everyone was silent and rushing silently in the bitter cold wind.
A Chong rode a horse and followed the team at the end, Dai Qin and a few people were scouting in front.
When it was almost noon, the weather showed no sign of getting better, and the wind became stronger and stronger. The strong wind blew the snowflakes, covering the vast gray area between the world, visibility became extremely low, and even breathing became difficult.
At this time, Dai Qin, who was in front of the team, suddenly turned around and ran back. Seeing this, A Chong hurriedly rode his horse to meet him, "What's wrong?"
"There is a camp ahead!" Dai Qin shouted in the wind, pointing his finger to the distance.
A Chong was stunned. From the map, this place was a wasteland and there shouldn't be a camp.
Chapter completed!