Chapter 2036
Chapter 2036
Chapter 2036
After receiving the report, Azig immediately called Bayano and went to the scene in person to check the temporary base built by the Haihan Army in the mountains.
As reported by the subordinates, the living traces and supplies left by the Haihan army here have shown that they have been lurking here for far more than a day or two.
Azig carefully inspected the camping stove in the temporary base with a gloomy face, and even reached into the stove and took out a handful of stove ashes to check.The structure of this field smokeless stove is no stranger to Azig, and the Qing army also adopted this kind of strategy to cover up the whereabouts of the troops when marching and fighting.
The locations of these camping stoves are all selected on the slopes, and they are dug neatly. There are at least four diffused flues outside each stove, and there are big trees next to them to cover them. Basically, they can be used without light and smoke. , it is difficult to find it in a place a little far away, and the Qing army has not deployed guard posts near here, and the patrol team will not go deep into the mountains and forests. If it is not for this incident, it is estimated that Haihan may not be found in a few months. The army is lurking here.
Judging from the level of construction and the stove ash in the stove and the sintering of the stove wall, it is obvious that these camping stoves have been used for a long time.Moreover, when the Haihan army withdrew in too much haste, the large iron pot and other kitchen utensils on the stove were directly discarded because they were too heavy-these things are definitely not necessary for carrying out a quick raid mission, they can only be lurking here for a long time will come in handy.
The camp has all kinds of ingredients including rice, bacon, and vegetables. It is obvious that the Haihan army stationed here enjoys a fairly good standard of food.No matter which details you look at, it shows that the former residents here did not just come and walk around.
Azig asked with a sullen face: "Since the enemy fled in such a hurry, have you found the weapons and ammunition they used?"
It is impossible to leave weapons like rifles to the Qing army. There are still some ammunition that cannot be taken away when retreating. Can't use it anymore.If it weren't for the fear of revealing their whereabouts prematurely and causing the Qing army to pursue them, the few people evacuated from the base actually planned to use the gunpowder to burn all the materials that could not be taken away here.
The Haihan army left a lot of supplies in this place, but there were not many things that could really be used by the Qing army, especially the weapons and equipment that Azig wanted, but none of them could be found.
Of course, the point of searching this temporary base is not to pick up junk, but to figure out why the Haihan Army sent such a force to lurk in this place.According to the Haihan army's past harassment tactics, they have always gone ashore to fight directly, and then retreated immediately after the fight. They rarely even spend the night on the shore, let alone build temporary bases near the shore.
Looking at the scale of this place, the living area, cooking area, warehouse, outpost, and fortifications are all available, and even a latrine was built, and the outer perimeter of these temporary buildings was camouflaged with branches and snow. The amount of construction is by no means a day's work.If it hadn't been for the battle with Bayano's troops yesterday, this Haihan army might have been able to hide in this place for a whole winter.
In Azig's view, even with the strength of the Haihan army, it is not easy to build such a temporary base in the wild environment in winter to risk entering the area controlled by the Qing Dynasty. The Haihan people never do nothing. What is the purpose of sending a team of elite soldiers here for a long time at any cost?
In fact, Azig already had a calculation in his heart, but he did not express it directly. Instead, he threw this question to Bayano and asked him what he thought about it.
Bayano is not lacking in combat experience. He has actually noticed the details that Azig observed, and the answer to this question is not so difficult to guess.
"I think...the Haihan people should have come for the Musketeers!" Bayano's face was very ugly. He had already realized that the battle that happened yesterday was not a coincidence. here.
If not, there would be no need for the Haihan army to suddenly expose their whereabouts, and they could continue to lurk in this place with sufficient supplies and shelter from wind and snow.And they waited here silently for several days, probably waiting for a chance to do something.
Bayano clearly remembered that in the past month, the Musketeers had never been far away from the Qing army camp, and yesterday was the only time they went out for training in a month. The Haihan army raided.He had always thought yesterday that it was an accident, that the destruction of the musketeers was just bad luck when they encountered the Haihan army who landed nearby, but after seeing this place today, he knew that the opponent had come prepared.
As for how the other party was able to grasp the whereabouts of the Musketeers, Bayano was not surprised. If he was performing the same task and had such a long time to slowly scout, it would not be easy to grasp the rules of action of the Musketeers. not difficult.Perhaps the traces of Haihan people's activities could be found near the shooting range where the Musketeers practiced daily.
After listening to the translation, Azig nodded in agreement with Bayano's judgment: "Whether they came for the Musketeers, we will find more evidence soon."
In fact, Azig also thought of this, so he has sent another team to search the forest near the shooting range.If the Haihan Army came to the Musketeers, then they must have put the Musketeers’ daily training under their own supervision before they acted. They are very clear about the size and actual combat capabilities of this army, otherwise they cannot explain Where did they have the guts to show up and launch an attack when they ran into a Qing army in the wild?What the other party did was not so much a reckless attack due to a chance encounter, but more like a surprise attack decisively carried out after a long-term observation of the Musketeers.
Bayano and Azig knew very well that once Haihan found out that there was such a musketeer team with relatively advanced equipment and tactics in the Qing army, they would definitely regard it as a thorn in their side, and they must get rid of it quickly.Therefore, from formation to training, this unit has always been very low-key, trying to avoid attracting attention from the outside world.
Since the formation of this musketeer team, the only combat operation it has participated in was the ambush of a Haihan cavalry patrol at the end of last year.Although the ambush operation was a complete victory, it did not completely wipe out the opponent, and several Haihan cavalry managed to escape.Thinking back now, it was probably that action that exposed the existence of the Musketeers and made the Haihan people suspicious of the patrol being attacked.
How the Haihan people tracked down this matter, Azig and Bayano knew nothing about it.If it wasn't for yesterday's incident, they probably thought that Haihan didn't take the patrol team too seriously, because after all, the Haihan army didn't take any countermeasures after that, and the cavalry patrol team didn't take any countermeasures. It's just that the patrol route is far away from the Qing army's defense line, which seems to be handled as an ordinary small-scale conflict.
But since the other party came to this musketeer team intentionally, there must have been a lot of investigation and preparation work in the middle of this, and then the risky infiltration operation was carried out.Then the question arises, if the Haihan army wants to send suitable troops to sneak into this area to take countermeasures, then how did they confirm in advance the organization, training status and garrison location of the musketeer team? How much is known about the source of the weapons, and whether further countermeasures will be taken, these are issues that Azig must clarify as soon as possible.
Another team sent to search near the shooting range soon discovered that they found several well-disguised hidden observation points in the mountains and forests less than a hundred feet away from the shooting range.In order to better cover the wind and snow, these observation points are shelters built with off-white triangular tents, and the outside is covered with branches and other objects, so that the original outline cannot be seen at all from ten feet away.The search team even found a small amount of dry food left by the Haihan Army in one of the tents, as well as cigarettes used to refresh themselves-this stuff has flowed into the Qing Dynasty through some inland trade channels in the past two years. There are not many people with this thing.The word "Military Supply" printed on the cigarette package fully proves that this is a material from the Haihan Army.
At this point in the search, it can be basically determined that yesterday's battle was not an accident, but a combat operation that the Haihan Army spent a long time carefully planning and preparing for.If Azig's response to the decision to send troops was slower, or Bayano and others were not lucky enough to escape, then this Haihan army could even retreat calmly after completing the mission.
Of course, Bayano decided to take the troops to a place far away from the camp for training, which undoubtedly gave the opponent a chance to do it. If he insisted on letting the troops train at the shooting range not far from the camp, maybe they would Let the opponent have nothing to take advantage of.But things have already happened, and it is impossible for Azig to place all the responsibility on Bayano. Besides, if Bayano is convicted and disposed of, who will continue to train musketeers for the Qing army?
And the debate about whether it is worthwhile to invest a lot of resources in training Musketeers, and whether it can pose a sufficient threat to the Haihan Army can be stopped from now on.The Haihan army has put so much effort to deal with the Musketeers, which shows that the opponent has already felt a great threat. This incident itself is enough to prove the value of the Musketeers.
Judging from the results of the battle, it was not too bad for the Qing army. After cleaning the battlefield, the Qing army found 27 corpses of the Haihan army. This figure does not include those who were eventually taken away by the Haihan army. Soldiers killed and wounded.This record is the battle that the Qing army caused the largest casualties to the Haihan army since the end of the Korean war last year.Considering that the opponents who fought yesterday must be the ace troops of the Haihan Army, and there is fire cover from the sea, it can be considered as hard work to have such a harvest in the end.
What Azig regretted was that no one was caught alive in the end, and these dead people didn't have much practical effect except to chop off their heads to ask for credit and boost morale.If there is someone alive, the Qing army may be able to figure out how the Haihan people noticed the existence of the Musketeers, how they made the decision for yesterday's attack, whether there will be any next steps, and so on.
As for the loss of personnel of the Qing army itself, it was indeed much greater than that of the opponent. After the Musketeers were raided by the Haihan army, there were only a dozen or so lucky ones left.In the subsequent pursuit battle, the Qing army killed nearly 300 people, and two-thirds of the casualties occurred on the beach. The environment without shelter and bunkers certainly exposed the opponent to the outside, but it also made the Qing army The army has become a living target for guns.Moreover, the bombardment from the sea in the final stage was too violent, and a shell that flew into the Qing army's formation would often kill seven or eight people in an instant.
Among the casualties involved in the pursuit were two Niulu Ezhen and more than a dozen Bayala fighters.In addition, many Qing soldiers who were originally eligible to receive Azig's reward failed to leave the battlefield alive in the end.However, in the eyes of Azig, who has been dealing with Haihan for several years, this level of casualties is actually still acceptable.
Although it is unlikely that the Haihan army will go back and return, Azig still carefully arranged about seven or eight guard posts on the nearby coast to prevent the opponent from invading again without noticing.
"The Haihan people are so afraid of our Musketeers, and the enemy is afraid, it means that our approach is right! So we have to try to retrain a stronger Musketeers as soon as possible!" On the way back to the camp, Ah Ziger once again made a serious request to Bayano: "We need more help! If your country wants to maintain an ally relationship with our country and want to join us in dealing with the Haihan people, then send us more as soon as possible arms!"
Bayano can only respond with a wry smile: "I will mention these requirements in the report sent to the Philippines, but the journey is long, and this may not be something that can be done in the short term."
Azig said impatiently: "Although it is cooperation in name, our country buys your weapons with real money, do you understand? I don't want to know what kind of difficulties you have, but fighting will break out here at any time, and many The heroic fighters just fell under the guns of the Haihan army. If you could do business more happily, they would have had a chance to blow the heads of the Haihan people with better weapons! As long as you provide enough weapons to our country, we will You can beat the Haihan people so hard that they don’t have time to look back and pay attention to what happened in the South China Sea! You write what I said into your report and send it back as soon as possible!"
Bayano knew that what the Qing prince said was actually correct, but he did not dare to tell the other party the fact that the Philippine authorities could not provide a large number of weapons, which would probably lead to the immediate collapse of the current fragile cooperative relationship.He could only hope that the middleman would be more efficient and send his report to the Philippine Islands as soon as possible, so that the colonial authorities could keep abreast of what happened in Liaodong.
(End of this chapter)
After receiving the report, Azig immediately called Bayano and went to the scene in person to check the temporary base built by the Haihan Army in the mountains.
As reported by the subordinates, the living traces and supplies left by the Haihan army here have shown that they have been lurking here for far more than a day or two.
Azig carefully inspected the camping stove in the temporary base with a gloomy face, and even reached into the stove and took out a handful of stove ashes to check.The structure of this field smokeless stove is no stranger to Azig, and the Qing army also adopted this kind of strategy to cover up the whereabouts of the troops when marching and fighting.
The locations of these camping stoves are all selected on the slopes, and they are dug neatly. There are at least four diffused flues outside each stove, and there are big trees next to them to cover them. Basically, they can be used without light and smoke. , it is difficult to find it in a place a little far away, and the Qing army has not deployed guard posts near here, and the patrol team will not go deep into the mountains and forests. If it is not for this incident, it is estimated that Haihan may not be found in a few months. The army is lurking here.
Judging from the level of construction and the stove ash in the stove and the sintering of the stove wall, it is obvious that these camping stoves have been used for a long time.Moreover, when the Haihan army withdrew in too much haste, the large iron pot and other kitchen utensils on the stove were directly discarded because they were too heavy-these things are definitely not necessary for carrying out a quick raid mission, they can only be lurking here for a long time will come in handy.
The camp has all kinds of ingredients including rice, bacon, and vegetables. It is obvious that the Haihan army stationed here enjoys a fairly good standard of food.No matter which details you look at, it shows that the former residents here did not just come and walk around.
Azig asked with a sullen face: "Since the enemy fled in such a hurry, have you found the weapons and ammunition they used?"
It is impossible to leave weapons like rifles to the Qing army. There are still some ammunition that cannot be taken away when retreating. Can't use it anymore.If it weren't for the fear of revealing their whereabouts prematurely and causing the Qing army to pursue them, the few people evacuated from the base actually planned to use the gunpowder to burn all the materials that could not be taken away here.
The Haihan army left a lot of supplies in this place, but there were not many things that could really be used by the Qing army, especially the weapons and equipment that Azig wanted, but none of them could be found.
Of course, the point of searching this temporary base is not to pick up junk, but to figure out why the Haihan Army sent such a force to lurk in this place.According to the Haihan army's past harassment tactics, they have always gone ashore to fight directly, and then retreated immediately after the fight. They rarely even spend the night on the shore, let alone build temporary bases near the shore.
Looking at the scale of this place, the living area, cooking area, warehouse, outpost, and fortifications are all available, and even a latrine was built, and the outer perimeter of these temporary buildings was camouflaged with branches and snow. The amount of construction is by no means a day's work.If it hadn't been for the battle with Bayano's troops yesterday, this Haihan army might have been able to hide in this place for a whole winter.
In Azig's view, even with the strength of the Haihan army, it is not easy to build such a temporary base in the wild environment in winter to risk entering the area controlled by the Qing Dynasty. The Haihan people never do nothing. What is the purpose of sending a team of elite soldiers here for a long time at any cost?
In fact, Azig already had a calculation in his heart, but he did not express it directly. Instead, he threw this question to Bayano and asked him what he thought about it.
Bayano is not lacking in combat experience. He has actually noticed the details that Azig observed, and the answer to this question is not so difficult to guess.
"I think...the Haihan people should have come for the Musketeers!" Bayano's face was very ugly. He had already realized that the battle that happened yesterday was not a coincidence. here.
If not, there would be no need for the Haihan army to suddenly expose their whereabouts, and they could continue to lurk in this place with sufficient supplies and shelter from wind and snow.And they waited here silently for several days, probably waiting for a chance to do something.
Bayano clearly remembered that in the past month, the Musketeers had never been far away from the Qing army camp, and yesterday was the only time they went out for training in a month. The Haihan army raided.He had always thought yesterday that it was an accident, that the destruction of the musketeers was just bad luck when they encountered the Haihan army who landed nearby, but after seeing this place today, he knew that the opponent had come prepared.
As for how the other party was able to grasp the whereabouts of the Musketeers, Bayano was not surprised. If he was performing the same task and had such a long time to slowly scout, it would not be easy to grasp the rules of action of the Musketeers. not difficult.Perhaps the traces of Haihan people's activities could be found near the shooting range where the Musketeers practiced daily.
After listening to the translation, Azig nodded in agreement with Bayano's judgment: "Whether they came for the Musketeers, we will find more evidence soon."
In fact, Azig also thought of this, so he has sent another team to search the forest near the shooting range.If the Haihan Army came to the Musketeers, then they must have put the Musketeers’ daily training under their own supervision before they acted. They are very clear about the size and actual combat capabilities of this army, otherwise they cannot explain Where did they have the guts to show up and launch an attack when they ran into a Qing army in the wild?What the other party did was not so much a reckless attack due to a chance encounter, but more like a surprise attack decisively carried out after a long-term observation of the Musketeers.
Bayano and Azig knew very well that once Haihan found out that there was such a musketeer team with relatively advanced equipment and tactics in the Qing army, they would definitely regard it as a thorn in their side, and they must get rid of it quickly.Therefore, from formation to training, this unit has always been very low-key, trying to avoid attracting attention from the outside world.
Since the formation of this musketeer team, the only combat operation it has participated in was the ambush of a Haihan cavalry patrol at the end of last year.Although the ambush operation was a complete victory, it did not completely wipe out the opponent, and several Haihan cavalry managed to escape.Thinking back now, it was probably that action that exposed the existence of the Musketeers and made the Haihan people suspicious of the patrol being attacked.
How the Haihan people tracked down this matter, Azig and Bayano knew nothing about it.If it wasn't for yesterday's incident, they probably thought that Haihan didn't take the patrol team too seriously, because after all, the Haihan army didn't take any countermeasures after that, and the cavalry patrol team didn't take any countermeasures. It's just that the patrol route is far away from the Qing army's defense line, which seems to be handled as an ordinary small-scale conflict.
But since the other party came to this musketeer team intentionally, there must have been a lot of investigation and preparation work in the middle of this, and then the risky infiltration operation was carried out.Then the question arises, if the Haihan army wants to send suitable troops to sneak into this area to take countermeasures, then how did they confirm in advance the organization, training status and garrison location of the musketeer team? How much is known about the source of the weapons, and whether further countermeasures will be taken, these are issues that Azig must clarify as soon as possible.
Another team sent to search near the shooting range soon discovered that they found several well-disguised hidden observation points in the mountains and forests less than a hundred feet away from the shooting range.In order to better cover the wind and snow, these observation points are shelters built with off-white triangular tents, and the outside is covered with branches and other objects, so that the original outline cannot be seen at all from ten feet away.The search team even found a small amount of dry food left by the Haihan Army in one of the tents, as well as cigarettes used to refresh themselves-this stuff has flowed into the Qing Dynasty through some inland trade channels in the past two years. There are not many people with this thing.The word "Military Supply" printed on the cigarette package fully proves that this is a material from the Haihan Army.
At this point in the search, it can be basically determined that yesterday's battle was not an accident, but a combat operation that the Haihan Army spent a long time carefully planning and preparing for.If Azig's response to the decision to send troops was slower, or Bayano and others were not lucky enough to escape, then this Haihan army could even retreat calmly after completing the mission.
Of course, Bayano decided to take the troops to a place far away from the camp for training, which undoubtedly gave the opponent a chance to do it. If he insisted on letting the troops train at the shooting range not far from the camp, maybe they would Let the opponent have nothing to take advantage of.But things have already happened, and it is impossible for Azig to place all the responsibility on Bayano. Besides, if Bayano is convicted and disposed of, who will continue to train musketeers for the Qing army?
And the debate about whether it is worthwhile to invest a lot of resources in training Musketeers, and whether it can pose a sufficient threat to the Haihan Army can be stopped from now on.The Haihan army has put so much effort to deal with the Musketeers, which shows that the opponent has already felt a great threat. This incident itself is enough to prove the value of the Musketeers.
Judging from the results of the battle, it was not too bad for the Qing army. After cleaning the battlefield, the Qing army found 27 corpses of the Haihan army. This figure does not include those who were eventually taken away by the Haihan army. Soldiers killed and wounded.This record is the battle that the Qing army caused the largest casualties to the Haihan army since the end of the Korean war last year.Considering that the opponents who fought yesterday must be the ace troops of the Haihan Army, and there is fire cover from the sea, it can be considered as hard work to have such a harvest in the end.
What Azig regretted was that no one was caught alive in the end, and these dead people didn't have much practical effect except to chop off their heads to ask for credit and boost morale.If there is someone alive, the Qing army may be able to figure out how the Haihan people noticed the existence of the Musketeers, how they made the decision for yesterday's attack, whether there will be any next steps, and so on.
As for the loss of personnel of the Qing army itself, it was indeed much greater than that of the opponent. After the Musketeers were raided by the Haihan army, there were only a dozen or so lucky ones left.In the subsequent pursuit battle, the Qing army killed nearly 300 people, and two-thirds of the casualties occurred on the beach. The environment without shelter and bunkers certainly exposed the opponent to the outside, but it also made the Qing army The army has become a living target for guns.Moreover, the bombardment from the sea in the final stage was too violent, and a shell that flew into the Qing army's formation would often kill seven or eight people in an instant.
Among the casualties involved in the pursuit were two Niulu Ezhen and more than a dozen Bayala fighters.In addition, many Qing soldiers who were originally eligible to receive Azig's reward failed to leave the battlefield alive in the end.However, in the eyes of Azig, who has been dealing with Haihan for several years, this level of casualties is actually still acceptable.
Although it is unlikely that the Haihan army will go back and return, Azig still carefully arranged about seven or eight guard posts on the nearby coast to prevent the opponent from invading again without noticing.
"The Haihan people are so afraid of our Musketeers, and the enemy is afraid, it means that our approach is right! So we have to try to retrain a stronger Musketeers as soon as possible!" On the way back to the camp, Ah Ziger once again made a serious request to Bayano: "We need more help! If your country wants to maintain an ally relationship with our country and want to join us in dealing with the Haihan people, then send us more as soon as possible arms!"
Bayano can only respond with a wry smile: "I will mention these requirements in the report sent to the Philippines, but the journey is long, and this may not be something that can be done in the short term."
Azig said impatiently: "Although it is cooperation in name, our country buys your weapons with real money, do you understand? I don't want to know what kind of difficulties you have, but fighting will break out here at any time, and many The heroic fighters just fell under the guns of the Haihan army. If you could do business more happily, they would have had a chance to blow the heads of the Haihan people with better weapons! As long as you provide enough weapons to our country, we will You can beat the Haihan people so hard that they don’t have time to look back and pay attention to what happened in the South China Sea! You write what I said into your report and send it back as soon as possible!"
Bayano knew that what the Qing prince said was actually correct, but he did not dare to tell the other party the fact that the Philippine authorities could not provide a large number of weapons, which would probably lead to the immediate collapse of the current fragile cooperative relationship.He could only hope that the middleman would be more efficient and send his report to the Philippine Islands as soon as possible, so that the colonial authorities could keep abreast of what happened in Liaodong.
(End of this chapter)