Volume 1 Tigers in Southeast Asia Chapter 19 Concrete Wall
However, this camouflage suit has a major disadvantage: poor air permeability and extremely hot. The island climate is hot, and people will definitely get dehydrated if they wear it for a long time. So Lin Fei and the five members of the sniper team carried the Gillette camouflage suits on their shoulders and prepared to set off. At this time, Lin Fei suddenly heard a soft call from behind: "Lin Feijun."
Lin Fei looked back and saw Chiyoko standing in the distance. Li Mingbai and the others laughed awkwardly. Lin Fei's face turned red. He walked a few steps closer to Chiyoko and asked, "Why are you here?"
Chiyomika asked quietly, "Are you going to the war?"
Lin Fei nodded, Chiyomika's expression darkened, she lowered her head and took out something like a rope from her pocket, handed it to Lin Fei with both hands, and said, "This is for you."
Seeing that Chiyo Mika actually gave him something, Lin Fei felt a little flattered. He quickly took the knot and asked, "What is this?"
Chiyomika said: "This thing is called 'Shimenawa'. In Japan, every household will hang it in front of the house on New Year's Eve. It can ward off disasters and bless the owner's safety."
Lin Fei felt warm in his heart, he put away the string of knots, put it in his pocket, and said with a smile: "It will definitely protect me. The military situation is urgent. I won't say any more. I'm going to set off."
After Lin Fei finished speaking, he smiled at Chiyoko and turned to leave. At this time, Chiyoko suddenly shouted, "Lin Fei-kun."
Lin Fei turned around and looked at Chiyomika, smiling, "What's wrong?"
Chiyomika shook her head slightly and said, "Nothing... nothing?"
Lin Fei smiled and said, "Then I'll go first." Then he walked towards the sniper team. Chiyomika looked at Lin Fei's back and thought to herself, "Lin Fei, I hope nothing happens to you."
Lin Fei returned to the sniper team and led everyone through the woods to the bushes at the dock. Lin Fei whispered, "There are more Spaniards than us, so don't fight to the death. When I tell you to retreat, you must retreat immediately. Our mission is just to harass the enemy. Do you understand?"
Everyone nodded, and Lin Fei led everyone to hide in the woods. Gradually, a warship appeared on the sea, flying a red and yellow Spanish flag. On the warship, a white-haired old man was holding a pair of binoculars, looking at Ibayat Island, and Colonel Denison stood beside him like a student.
The old man said leisurely: "Does Katipunan have the ability to occupy such a small island?"
Denison said, "Commodore, I think the person who occupied this island must be Katipunan."
The old man's name was "John Lacheno", he was the deputy commander of the Spanish army in the Philippines, with the rank of brigadier general. He sneered and said: "Fernand, that old fox, just didn't want to pay for the military expenses, so he made up the lie that Katipunan occupied the island."
Denison was struck by this and kept silent. Brigadier General Lacheno smiled and said, "I really want to meet these opponents on the island, but now we have naval guns, so we don't have to meet them. Chief of Gunnery, fire at the sugarcane plantation immediately."
This warship is the Spanish cruiser "Cuba", which has a displacement of 1,010 tons, is equipped with 6 120mm guns, and has a speed of 14 knots. In Lin Fei's time, it had participated in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. When the gunner heard the order, he went to command his subordinates to operate the 6 guns.
Denison saw this and said hurriedly, "General, please don't fire! The plantation is the hard work of our boss Fernande. Governor Sanders has also instructed us not to destroy the plantation!"
Brigadier General Lacheno nodded slightly and said, "Well, let's let the Royal Army attack. The Imperial Army is extremely powerful anyway. No matter who is on the island, they are no match for us." Lacheno pointed to the pier in front and said, "You and Major Raul were ambushed on that beach?"
Denison nodded and asked, "Should we land somewhere else?"
Lacheno smiled and said, "I'm worried that I won't be able to find their main force. If they dare to ambush my troops, I will surround them all and eat them all. Order the Madrid transport ship to dock and transport the first batch of soldiers aboard."
The Madrid troop transport ship moved forward quickly and docked at the pier. The soldiers got off the ship and immediately spread out in a skirmish line, heading towards the ridge ahead.
When Lin Fei saw these Spanish soldiers, his heart skipped a beat. He thought, "These soldiers are wearing neat uniforms and are deployed in several lines of skirmishers, with a distance of 50 meters between each line, so they can rely on each other. It seems that these Spanish soldiers are indeed elite soldiers, much stronger than those last time. The subsequent battles will definitely be more difficult."
Lin Fei waited until the Spanish soldiers approached within 300 meters, then he aimed at one of them and pulled the trigger. The soldier fell down. Lin Fei pulled the bolt, aimed at the next one and fired again. At this time, the other five soldiers also pulled the trigger, but their shooting skills were not as good as Lin Fei's, and not every shot hit the target.
Lin Fei thought that the Spanish soldiers would lie down and fight back, so that he could continue to kill them with his superb shooting skills, but he didn't expect that the Spanish soldiers would pounce on him like a group of hungry wolves! He ran and shot at the same , and the bullets whizzed past his head. Lin Fei thought to himself, these people dared to rush up, they are really a group of desperate criminals, we are few in number, we can't fight with them, let's go back to the ammunition depot first.
Lin Fei called out to the members of the sniper team: "Prepare to retreat!"
The members of the sniper team followed Lin Fei's orders and hurriedly put away their rifles and retreated back to the ammunition depot. The Spanish soldiers then occupied the ridge. At this time, Brigadier General Lacheno had already come to the land from the Cuba cruiser. At this time, an officer came over and said, "Report to the Brigadier General, five soldiers have been hit."
Lacheno looked at the ridge through the telescope and said thoughtfully: "Their shooters can actually hit our soldiers from 300 meters away . They are really a tough group of opponents."
At this time, a soldier came to report: "We have reached the outskirts of the plantation, but we found something strange. General, please go over and take a look."
Lacheno then climbed up the ridge, walked through the bushes, and looked into the plantation in the distance. He saw that all the sugarcane had been cut and fell to the ground. Lacheno asked, "What's the strange thing? Is it the sugarcane that fell to the ground?"
An officer came over and said, "General, we think the sugarcanes that fell on the ground were deliberately knocked down by the enemy in order to clear the firing range. This is not strange. The strange thing is..." After the officer finished speaking, he pointed into the distance. Lacheno raised the telescope in his hand and saw a wall-like thing appearing in the center of the plantation. It was gray-black in color, and the outer wall was uneven and very ugly.
Lacheno turned around and asked Dennison, "What is that wall?"
Denison shook his head and said, "I don't know. They must have newly built it. It didn't exist before."
Lacheno asked, "What's inside the wall?"
Dennison said, "It's the ammunition depot!"
Lacheno thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any building materials on the island?"
"There's only soil and trees," Denison said. "There are rocks, but they're all in the mountains and hard to mine."
Lacheno smiled happily and said, "So this wall is made of mud and wood, so it must not be strong!" Lacheno turned to an officer and said, "Take a hundred infantrymen and carry explosives to blow up the wall for me!"
The officer agreed loudly, took a hundred infantrymen, and rushed to the wall carrying explosive packs. Lin Fei and his men could see it clearly through the observation port behind the wall. Li Mingbai said to Lin Fei, "Captain Lin, shall we shoot?"
Lin Fei shook his head and said: "No, it's not the right time yet!"
Li Mingbai said in a trembling voice: "They all carry bags, which must contain explosives! What if they blow down our wall..."
Lin Fei laughed loudly and said, "Don't worry, they are still using black powder. The explosive power of black powder is definitely not enough to destroy our concrete wall."
As they were talking, the Spanish soldiers had already rushed to the concrete wall. Lin Fei waved his hand and said, "Get your harpoons and sharpened sticks ready!" The natives and infantry soldiers behind the wall picked up harpoons or sharpened sticks and stood guard at the holes in the wall. The moment the Spanish soldiers approached the concrete wall, Lin Fei shouted, "Stab them!"
The harpoons and sharp wooden sticks stabbed out at the same time, and the Spanish soldiers outside screamed in unison. Some pierced their chests, injuring their hearts and lungs; some pierced their abdomens, injuring their intestines... For a moment, the outside of the wall was full of blood.
The Spanish soldiers behind him were so frightened when they saw that this strange wall could actually grow spikes that they dared not approach it. They just lit up the explosive packs and threw them at the wall. Explosions sounded one after another, and thick smoke rose. Lacheno was very proud and thought to himself, "This broken wall should fall down, right?"
When the smoke cleared, the wall stood firm, shocking everyone. Lacheno turned around and angrily asked Denison: "Didn't you say that the only building materials on the island were clay and wood? Then how did they build such a strong wall?"
Denison was puzzled and speechless. At this time, an officer came to Lacheno aggressively and said loudly: "General, I am willing to lead my men and carry more explosives to blow up the wall."
Lacheno shook his head slightly and said, "That's too risky. We should think of a smarter way."
Lacheno pointed to several houses outside the wall and asked, "What are those houses used for?"
Denison said: "Dormitories and a cafeteria, and a warehouse."
Lacheno nodded slightly and suddenly laughed wildly. Denison asked hurriedly: "General, have you thought of a way to destroy them?"
Lacheno smiled and said, "Those houses will allow us to eliminate the people behind the wall without any effort!"
