Chapter 344 Action Begins
However, this time it was still early, so they were not allowed to visit the village. They were just allowed to rest for a while and then continued on their way. From this location, there were still many mountain roads to go to Tieshan Village.
Theoretically speaking, Hongshi and the others could not be unfamiliar with the road to that area, but considering that the location had been moved, according to previous practice, Huangshan Village still sent a guide to them.
The next part of the journey was a journey of hardship and exposure. After crossing mountains and ridges, they finally arrived at Tieshan Village, the border village of their Great Zhou! "The new recruits squadron, squadron leader Hongshi and all 20 new recruits are reporting in!"
The previous training was not in vain, even Hongshi is now doing things in a methodical manner.
As the highest-ranking military officer in Tieshan Village and even in the entire mountainous area, Shi Lei nodded with satisfaction.
"Thank you for your hard work on this journey. I have arranged accommodation for you. Go down and rest first."
"yes!"
After leaving Shi Lei's office and walking outside, Hongshi, as his deputy captain, Hei Mu came over and poked him twice with his elbow.
"How about it?"
While asking the question, he also made faces at him, which made Hongshi couldn't help but glare at him fiercely.
"What are you poking?! I'm your superior, behave yourself!"
After saying that, she ignored him and turned away.
Of course Hongshi knew what Hei Mu was talking about. When they first fought, he and Shi Lei were rivals. Later, he was defeated by Zhou Chongshan and became a prisoner, while Shi Lei suddenly became his superior.
It would be a lie to say that he didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
But he is not a fool. From the moment he was captured, this identity was destined.
He can now serve as the captain of a squadron of rookies and face Shi Lei in this capacity instead of as a slave. This is already a great favor from their leader.
Although Hongshi's character is sometimes a bit straightforward, he is not stupid, nor is he ungrateful.
What Hongshi didn't notice during this time was that Shi Lei smiled as he watched him turn and leave.
Based on Hongshi's strength and character, Shi Lei had long expected that he would join the army sooner or later, but he did not expect that day to come so soon, and that he would directly become a squadron leader.
Thinking back to the other person's previous appearance, and then looking at his current stern appearance, after comparing the before and after, Shi Lei felt very strange.
But no matter what, this time, he has more redstone under his command, which always makes him feel more confident.
Their leader's order came faster than that of the recruit squadron, so while the recruit squadron was still on the road, he had already launched a search operation.
After all, as a high-ranking official of the Great Zhou, Shi Lei was well aware of the current situation. He knew that their leader's actions had to be carried out against the clock, the faster the better.
Earlier, considering that Tieshan Village had not yet been completed and there was not enough time to do a lot of things here, their strategy had always been to guard their own piece of land and try not to cause themselves any trouble.
Now that Tieshan Village has been basically completed, and having received an order from their leader to recruit the population, Shi Lei will naturally not hesitate in taking action.
Other primitive tribes are different from them. They rely on the food they have stored in advance in the autumn, so they basically don’t need to go out hunting in the winter.
Under normal circumstances, people spend the winter comfortably in the village, recuperate, and then start working hard again in the spring of the following year.
But the food problem of other primitive tribes could not be solved. In winter, their hunting pressure would increase day by day, and they had to go out hunting frequently.
In addition, it has snowed recently, and thick snow has piled up everywhere in the mountains. Whether it is people or animals walking on it, the traces are too obvious.
This allowed the scouts who were responsible for the reconnaissance mission to lock the target's location relatively easily and report it to Shi Lei.
After confirming the news, Shi Lei made a rough estimate in his mind and let the 20 new recruits who had just arrived here rest for a night and officially set off early the next morning.
After all, according to their leader's intention, this operation, while recruiting the population, also requires training this group of new recruits so that they can accumulate some experience.
But in fact, in this era, it is unrealistic to say that anyone has no fighting experience at all, let alone Redstone and the others. This makes them not appear too nervous because of the upcoming battle to a large extent.
Not counting the newly arrived squadron of recruits, the original garrison strength in Tieshan Village was thirty people, twenty of whom were regular soldiers from ordinary troops, and ten were rattan armor soldiers equipped with rattan armor, who were elite combat forces.
Normally speaking, if they focus on defense, even if the opponent has fifty or sixty people, as the defending side, they can defeat the opponent relatively easily.
But once they are required to take the initiative and become the attacker, the situation will be different.
Taking into account some unexpected situations, out of caution, Shi Lei will definitely not let all the troops in his hands go out. He will have to leave some people to guard Tieshan Village just in case and make sure their retreat is not cut off.
So, Shi Lei thought about the allocation of offensive and defensive forces and finally decided to let 20 regular army soldiers stay in Tieshan Village to ensure the stability of the village.
Under this premise, ten rattan armor soldiers led the squadron of new recruits to carry out the recruitment mission. In addition, they brought twenty militiamen to assist in the operation.
This militia was temporarily recruited. They went along with them, but their main task was not to fight, but to guard the captured prisoners after the battle.
Otherwise, with only thirty people, they would have to fight, recruit people, and guard the prisoners, which would definitely be too much to handle.
The next morning, the operation officially began.
Since the scouts had already marked the spot first, they had a clear goal when they launched the action and headed straight for the enemy camp.
During this period, the people from the opposite tribe should have discovered some traces of their scouts and obviously increased their vigilance, discovering them before they got completely close, causing the battle to break out prematurely.
"Emergency formation!"
The small unexpected situation did not throw Hongshi and his men off balance. After all, they were serious practitioners before they were recruited.
As the squadron leader, Hongshi quickly gave the order to form a formation, just like he did during the previous tactical formation training.
However, the ten rattan armor soldiers led by Shi Lei did not make much movement.
Hongshi saw this scene, but there was not much surprise on his face.
Long before they set out, Shi Lei had already made it clear to him that this time, while carrying out the task of recruiting them, they were also training them.
The presence of him and the rattan armor soldiers is to add a layer of protection for this operation. Unless something beyond their control happens, he and the rattan armor soldiers will not take action easily! (End of this chapter)
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