Chapter 2945
Chapter 2945
Chapter 2945
The bombardment broke the barrier first, and then the grenade cleared the field. This style of play obviously did not intend to save lives, and the cleaning work after the battle also confirmed this.
The more than 20 resistance members who hid in the house were all killed, and many of them didn't even have a whole body, probably torn apart by the shells that passed through the house earlier.
The weapons of these people were only more than a dozen long and short muskets. Although they were just some junk in the eyes of the Haihan army, the battalion commander ordered them all to be collected and transported away.
After that, a comprehensive search will be conducted on the entire town of Masbate to clean up all kinds of weapons among the people.And these confiscated weapons will eventually become part of the military exploits of Bangui Camp in this campaign.
Of course, the most important goal is to capture the local colonial manager, which is of great significance to both Haihan and the local settlers.
Several servants who were captured by the Colonial Steward were also brought to the scene to allow them to identify if any of the resisters were the Steward himself.However, the result was a bit disappointing. The official who managed the local area on behalf of the Spanish colonial authorities was not among the corpses.
The battalion commander refused to give up, and asked these handymen to look at the corpses at other battle scenes, but the result was still the same.Obviously, the official either escaped from the encirclement before the Haihan army landed and slipped into the forest on the island, or he was still hiding somewhere in the town and was not found.
If they had already escaped, the hundreds of people from Bangui Camp alone would not be able to clean up Masbate Island, which covers an area of more than [-] square kilometers, and it would be almost impossible to capture them back.
Even if the Bangui Battalion successfully captured the town of Masbate, if the "bandit leader" was not captured, the mission would not be considered complete after all.
At this time, the sky will be dark. If it is delayed until tomorrow, there may be other variables.The battalion commander thought about it, and ordered a thorough search of the town overnight, trying to solve the problem tonight.
The road leading to the island's mountain forest on the south side of Masbate Town, as well as all the piers and fishing ports near the town, are listed as key surveillance areas.
Residents in the town were asked to leave their residences and spend the night at a designated assembly point near the coast. After dawn, they registered their identities before returning home.During this period, the Haihan army conducted a thorough search of all houses in the town, confiscated weapons, and arrested fugitives.
Considering that the troops had already entered the fighting state at noon, and most of the soldiers were already hungry by this time, the battalion commander still ordered to have dinner first, and then carry out the clean-up operation.
The town has been completely occupied by the Haihan army. The kitchen and ingredients are ready-made, and the pressure on logistics and cooking is not great. It is not a problem for the soldiers to have hot food for this meal.It's just that the time is tight, so naturally they don't enjoy the celebration banquet. Each person has a bowl of rice and a spoonful of stewed chowder. After eating, they have to go on to perform the task.
Before dinner, the battalion headquarters notified the combat units at all levels of the results of the operations so far.
During the operation, the Haihan army killed and wounded 170 or four resisters, and captured 82 armed prisoners who were regarded as resisters.This number is far lower than the MIB's estimate of the local armed forces before the war.The battalion headquarters believed that the raid had a deterrent effect, which made many locals give up the idea of taking resistance measures.
In the Bangui Battalion, only 17 people were wounded in the battle, and no one was killed.This number of casualties should be regarded as a good performance for the Bangui Battalion, which has been in battle for a long time.
Zheng Agui, one of the seventeen wounded, put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, then stood up and ordered, "Let's go, work!"
Everyone hurriedly dug the food in the bowl into their mouths two or three times, but Qiu Yong, who was the most delicious, still held a big bowl full and refused to put it down.
Zheng Agui went over and kicked him and said, "We all eat one bowl, but you eat three bowls alone, a starving ghost reincarnated, right? Don't eat, it's time to do something!"
Qiu Yong, an aborigine, didn't understand what the starving ghost meant, but he also knew that military orders must not be violated, so he put down his bowls and chopsticks resentfully, grabbed his backpack and rifle and followed the team.
According to the data currently available, there are about [-] households in Masbate Town, and the number of buildings in the entire town is similar to this.To conduct a thorough search here at night is indeed a time-consuming and laborious task, and requires a lot of lighting as an aid.
On the ground next to the temporary cafeteria, there were a large number of torches, hundreds of them.It is said that it was found from a warehouse somewhere in the town, and it should be used by the local security team to patrol at night, but it just came in handy, saving the trouble of making homemade torches.
Zheng Agui and his subordinates each received two torches, which were enough to last until midnight.At this time, another seven or eight sailors were arranged to join their team, all under the command of Zheng Agui.
With the strength of the Bangui Battalion, it is still a bit difficult to search the entire town. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of the operation as much as possible, the troop carriers and warships that cooperated with the Bangui Battalion to attack here also carried out temporary mobilization, sending most of the crew and sailors ashore. Complete the search mission.
In fact, it didn't take much effort to search the house, and a lot of time was spent driving the residents away, letting these residents assemble on the street, and then escorting them to the predetermined location.
In order to save time, the attitude of the soldiers gradually became rough, punching and kicking were indispensable.However, Zheng Agui had been instructed before the action, and he would still speak out to restrain the behavior of the soldiers.Because the purpose of this operation is not only to destroy the rule of the Spaniards, but also to officially bring this place under the rule of Haihan. Regardless of their ethnic origin, the local residents are very likely to change their nationality in the future and become Haihan citizens.
But Zheng Agui's team did not find many valuable things. Weapons like muskets, bows and arrows are rarely seen, and most residents even have very few valuable metal objects in their homes. It can be seen that the immigrants who settled here The standard of living is not ideal.
"It is said that these Spaniards have to sail tens of thousands of miles on the sea, and it took half a year to come to this place, and they ended up living like this? How hard is it in Spain to drive these people to this point!"
This family didn't even have a few decent pieces of furniture, and the daily necessities were just a pile of clay pots and jars, not even a porcelain bowl. Zheng Agui looked at the shabby furnishings in this room resentfully, and couldn't help expressing emotion.
"I was tricked by the government and the nobles by painting big cakes!" Qin Bo knew a little about this: "These people think that the east is full of gold, and they can get rich when they come here, but they are placed on these islands. I regret wanting to run, and there is no way out.”
(End of this chapter)
The bombardment broke the barrier first, and then the grenade cleared the field. This style of play obviously did not intend to save lives, and the cleaning work after the battle also confirmed this.
The more than 20 resistance members who hid in the house were all killed, and many of them didn't even have a whole body, probably torn apart by the shells that passed through the house earlier.
The weapons of these people were only more than a dozen long and short muskets. Although they were just some junk in the eyes of the Haihan army, the battalion commander ordered them all to be collected and transported away.
After that, a comprehensive search will be conducted on the entire town of Masbate to clean up all kinds of weapons among the people.And these confiscated weapons will eventually become part of the military exploits of Bangui Camp in this campaign.
Of course, the most important goal is to capture the local colonial manager, which is of great significance to both Haihan and the local settlers.
Several servants who were captured by the Colonial Steward were also brought to the scene to allow them to identify if any of the resisters were the Steward himself.However, the result was a bit disappointing. The official who managed the local area on behalf of the Spanish colonial authorities was not among the corpses.
The battalion commander refused to give up, and asked these handymen to look at the corpses at other battle scenes, but the result was still the same.Obviously, the official either escaped from the encirclement before the Haihan army landed and slipped into the forest on the island, or he was still hiding somewhere in the town and was not found.
If they had already escaped, the hundreds of people from Bangui Camp alone would not be able to clean up Masbate Island, which covers an area of more than [-] square kilometers, and it would be almost impossible to capture them back.
Even if the Bangui Battalion successfully captured the town of Masbate, if the "bandit leader" was not captured, the mission would not be considered complete after all.
At this time, the sky will be dark. If it is delayed until tomorrow, there may be other variables.The battalion commander thought about it, and ordered a thorough search of the town overnight, trying to solve the problem tonight.
The road leading to the island's mountain forest on the south side of Masbate Town, as well as all the piers and fishing ports near the town, are listed as key surveillance areas.
Residents in the town were asked to leave their residences and spend the night at a designated assembly point near the coast. After dawn, they registered their identities before returning home.During this period, the Haihan army conducted a thorough search of all houses in the town, confiscated weapons, and arrested fugitives.
Considering that the troops had already entered the fighting state at noon, and most of the soldiers were already hungry by this time, the battalion commander still ordered to have dinner first, and then carry out the clean-up operation.
The town has been completely occupied by the Haihan army. The kitchen and ingredients are ready-made, and the pressure on logistics and cooking is not great. It is not a problem for the soldiers to have hot food for this meal.It's just that the time is tight, so naturally they don't enjoy the celebration banquet. Each person has a bowl of rice and a spoonful of stewed chowder. After eating, they have to go on to perform the task.
Before dinner, the battalion headquarters notified the combat units at all levels of the results of the operations so far.
During the operation, the Haihan army killed and wounded 170 or four resisters, and captured 82 armed prisoners who were regarded as resisters.This number is far lower than the MIB's estimate of the local armed forces before the war.The battalion headquarters believed that the raid had a deterrent effect, which made many locals give up the idea of taking resistance measures.
In the Bangui Battalion, only 17 people were wounded in the battle, and no one was killed.This number of casualties should be regarded as a good performance for the Bangui Battalion, which has been in battle for a long time.
Zheng Agui, one of the seventeen wounded, put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth, then stood up and ordered, "Let's go, work!"
Everyone hurriedly dug the food in the bowl into their mouths two or three times, but Qiu Yong, who was the most delicious, still held a big bowl full and refused to put it down.
Zheng Agui went over and kicked him and said, "We all eat one bowl, but you eat three bowls alone, a starving ghost reincarnated, right? Don't eat, it's time to do something!"
Qiu Yong, an aborigine, didn't understand what the starving ghost meant, but he also knew that military orders must not be violated, so he put down his bowls and chopsticks resentfully, grabbed his backpack and rifle and followed the team.
According to the data currently available, there are about [-] households in Masbate Town, and the number of buildings in the entire town is similar to this.To conduct a thorough search here at night is indeed a time-consuming and laborious task, and requires a lot of lighting as an aid.
On the ground next to the temporary cafeteria, there were a large number of torches, hundreds of them.It is said that it was found from a warehouse somewhere in the town, and it should be used by the local security team to patrol at night, but it just came in handy, saving the trouble of making homemade torches.
Zheng Agui and his subordinates each received two torches, which were enough to last until midnight.At this time, another seven or eight sailors were arranged to join their team, all under the command of Zheng Agui.
With the strength of the Bangui Battalion, it is still a bit difficult to search the entire town. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of the operation as much as possible, the troop carriers and warships that cooperated with the Bangui Battalion to attack here also carried out temporary mobilization, sending most of the crew and sailors ashore. Complete the search mission.
In fact, it didn't take much effort to search the house, and a lot of time was spent driving the residents away, letting these residents assemble on the street, and then escorting them to the predetermined location.
In order to save time, the attitude of the soldiers gradually became rough, punching and kicking were indispensable.However, Zheng Agui had been instructed before the action, and he would still speak out to restrain the behavior of the soldiers.Because the purpose of this operation is not only to destroy the rule of the Spaniards, but also to officially bring this place under the rule of Haihan. Regardless of their ethnic origin, the local residents are very likely to change their nationality in the future and become Haihan citizens.
But Zheng Agui's team did not find many valuable things. Weapons like muskets, bows and arrows are rarely seen, and most residents even have very few valuable metal objects in their homes. It can be seen that the immigrants who settled here The standard of living is not ideal.
"It is said that these Spaniards have to sail tens of thousands of miles on the sea, and it took half a year to come to this place, and they ended up living like this? How hard is it in Spain to drive these people to this point!"
This family didn't even have a few decent pieces of furniture, and the daily necessities were just a pile of clay pots and jars, not even a porcelain bowl. Zheng Agui looked at the shabby furnishings in this room resentfully, and couldn't help expressing emotion.
"I was tricked by the government and the nobles by painting big cakes!" Qin Bo knew a little about this: "These people think that the east is full of gold, and they can get rich when they come here, but they are placed on these islands. I regret wanting to run, and there is no way out.”
(End of this chapter)