MTL - Lord Highlander-Chapter 26 25. Suldak's promotion path
Chapter 26 25. Suldak's promotion path
It was not until Baron Sidney led the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion into the cave in the middle of the cliff that they discovered that the aborigines hiding in the cave between the mountain walls had already been emptied, leaving only the empty cave.
He Boqiang was not surprised. The aboriginals dug such a big hole for the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment. It's no wonder that the aboriginals didn't leave.
Soldiers lowered the rope from the top of the mountain, slid along the rope to the halfway up the cliff, and entered the cave through the ventilated stone passage on the mountain wall. The whole cave extends in all directions, and there are hundreds of stone chambers. These stone chambers are divided into living areas and combat areas. The rooms in the residential area are covered with soft dry grass, and it seems that there are traces of animal skins. There are even some graffiti and strange symbols on the stone walls. According to Suldak, these symbols are the indigenous people who record the seasons. Stock up on enough food before heading into winter.
The battle area is a row of lookouts, from which arrows can be shot into the mountain depression. If it is a long archer from the 57th regiment, then the range of the bow and arrow can cover the hinterland of the big mountain depression. It may be because of the The wooden arrows had little effect on the soldiers of the infantry regiment. These natives were forced to evacuate without shooting a single wooden arrow from here.
This should have been a natural cave originally, and the aborigines carried out N times of expansion on the basis of the natural cave, only to have the current scale.
The cave has a special canteen, toilets and long corridors. There is a two-meter-square pool near the cafeteria. A dark channel flows sweet mountain spring water into the pool. When the mountain spring water fills the pool, the excess water will flow into the ditch along the overflow channel.
Unexpectedly, the aborigines would have such a hiding place in this big mountain depression. Even Baron Sidney, who has the status of aristocrat, was amazed at the cave.
In fact, this cave can serve as a medium-sized defensive stronghold.
A total of 268 soldiers of the Fourth Battalion were killed this time, and Baron Sidney was in a very bad mood at the moment.
But he can't blame anyone. This time he fell into the trap of the aborigines, which was entirely caused by his own haste. None of the natives were caught. Baron Sidney's eyes were bloodshot and his lips were dry and cracked. Looking at it from a distance, he looked like a poisonous snake that wanted to eat people, and everyone dared not approach it.
"I hope the baron's sister's charm is strong enough." Suldak stood beside He Boqiang and said in a low voice.
"Will we be implicated this time?" Black boy Jie Longnan asked with lingering fear.
Suldak wiped his mouth with his hand, and said in a low voice: "Probably he will be held accountable. I guess he will be labeled as 'poor detection'."
Jie Longnan stared at his big round eyes, and said urgently to Captain Sam: "We have to find a way to do something, I don't want to be tied to a torture rack and whipped when I go back to the camp, that's really too much." Embarrassing."
Captain Sam kept a straight face, unwilling to say anything more: "We'll talk about it when we get back to the camp."
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Fortunately, the sixty soldiers of the First Squadron who stayed at the entrance of the cave below the cliff did not suffer any losses in this battle.
Last night, when the red-eyed hyenas swarmed over, the soldiers of the 1st Squadron also tried to kill the group of hounds.
But then saw the huge number of hyenas, and after sixty soldiers were exhausted, the captain of the first squadron, Jonah Knight, decisively decided that all the soldiers of the first squadron should hide in the cave, and the soldiers blocked the narrow entrance with stones. Dodged the attack of the hyena pack.
The soldiers of the No. 1 Squadron did not know that the aborigines in the cliff cave above their heads withdrew overnight. They never thought about going through a 100-meter-long vertical channel like a chimney to test the aborigines above their heads.
The cave built by the aborigines in the middle of the cliff has seven exits, four of which are in the open, and the other three passages are extremely hidden. Only when you enter the cave and carefully study the internal structure of the cave will you find all the exits .
It was two days later that He Boqiang followed the fourth battalion out of this big mountain col. Baron Sidney finally did not forget the soldiers who were buried by the rock flow, and spent a day and a half cleaning up the dirt and gravel on the mountain wall. After a while, more than 50 corpses were dug out inside, and then they returned to the camp with the corpses of these companions.
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Earl Mond Goss heard that Baron Sidney's fourth battalion fell into the trap of the natives and lost more than 200 soldiers in the mountains north of the forest farm, so he smashed a magic lamp on the ground On the face of Baron Sidney, the voice of scolding Baron Sidney could even be heard outside the camp. Baron Sidney was scolded head and face by Earl Mond Goss, but he did not receive any substantive criticism. punish.
This incident taught many smart people in the camp a truth: nepotism really matters.
After losing nearly half of the soldiers in the fourth brigade, new blood was needed to supplement the formation. The members of several squads were basically wiped out. Of course, the group of rookie soldiers who had just joined the army could not support a squad. Veterans need to impart some survival experience on the battlefield, so these veterans have to be drawn from some well-organized squads.
Captain Sam of the 2nd Squadron of the 6th Squadron received the transfer notice a week after returning to the camp. He was transferred to the 11th Squadron below the 5th Squadron as the captain, and also served as the deputy squadron leader of the 5th Squadron. A small step forward.
Captain Sam went to the Fifth Squadron to serve as the captain of the Eleventh Squadron, and also brought the Black Boy Jeronen and the veteran Ian there.
Suldak was successfully promoted to the captain of the second team, but this made Suldak a little bit surprised: before he was discharged from the army, he could still get a promotion. Although there was no military salary and no increase, his retired resume would be very impressive. a sum of money.
On the day when Captain Sam left the second team, the second team also ushered in two new recruits. These two recruits came from the city of Hailansa in the Tarapakan area. Suldak asked a lot of questions with great interest Regarding the situation in my hometown, when I heard the two recruits say that there was a severe drought last year, the crops in the field were reduced by nearly half, and they were inevitably worried about the situation at home.
It's a pity that these two recruits are not in the same village as Surdak, and even the two villages are far apart. They don't know the situation in Wall Village.
The second team was not held accountable this time, which surprised both Suldak and He Boqiang.
In this matter, I did not expect Baron Sidney to be a bachelor, and he took all the faults together. Seeing that his chief did not let himself take the blame, the soldiers of the Fourth Battalion suddenly felt that, in fact, the immediate boss Not bad, apart from the unique arrogance and prejudice of nobles, there are actually no major shortcomings.
The 286 soldiers who died in the Dashan Col had just been buried, and their relics had not been sent back to their hometown, and it seemed that people had begun to forget them.
After all, the living need to continue to struggle to live, and they need to continue to fight for the Green Empire after waking up in a new day.
What about the dead? Maybe he will fly to the kingdom of gods, maybe he will be reincarnated as an undead.
Because of Suldak's relationship, He Boqiang did not join the 57th Heavy Armored Infantry Regiment at the time when the new army was replenished. He still belonged to the free status of non-staff personnel.
Suldak has already started planning to apply for a second teleportation pass.
I plan to return to my hometown with He Boqiang after retiring.
(end of this chapter)
