Chapter 1446: Revealed Aggression
After arranging the next task, he left the rest of the matter to his adjutant Lin Youshu, while Bai Tu continued to meditate and recover.
Obviously, the short time last night was not enough for him to fully recover.
And no matter what happens next, it will always be a good thing for him to restore his magic power to its full state.
On Lin Youshu's side, after arranging the personnel for patrol and guard, he directly divided the idle troops into three teams. One team was responsible for cutting down trees, one team was responsible for processing wood, and the last team was responsible for moving the processed wood to the seaside for building the dock.
Their current situation is not enough to support them to build anything complicated, so their ideas are also very simple.
The trunk of the tree is sawed into wooden stakes of appropriate length, driven into the sea mud in shallow waters, and then wooden boards are laid on top of the stakes to form a wooden bridge-like structure.
In this way, they can cross the wooden bridge, avoid the threat of piranhas, and safely reach the area where the ship is docked.
However, although it is easy to say, it is not that easy to implement in practice.
The deepening water level as they went outside was enough to give them a headache.
Not to mention that they may face attacks from shoals of piranhas at any time.
In addition, the current conditions are limited and it will probably take a lot of time to officially complete the project. This is also the main reason why Bai Tu arranged this matter early.
During this time, the pterosaur rider continued to hover over the island, trying to see if there were any new discoveries.
The reality is that there is no...
"Reporting to the colonel, there is no discovery, and even the smoke from the cooking fires we saw before is gone."
Listening to the report from Pterosaur Rider Captain Gal, Bai Tu seemed to be thinking about something.
Generally speaking, there is no need to keep a fire burning in the tribal camp during the day, and it is not unacceptable to have no smoke.
But on the other hand, it is also possible that the other side has begun to guard against them, worried that the smoke from cooking will expose the location of their camp.
Little did they know that their position had been exposed long before they approached the sea area.
During the time that the pterosaur riders went for secondary reconnaissance, they had already made a very simple sand table.
On the island, three locations where smoke from cooking fires had risen had been marked by them.
However, in the short term, Bai Tu only asked his soldiers to strengthen their vigilance and still had no intention of launching further actions.
The most important thing for them right now is the construction of the docks and coastal camps.
Yesterday they had only set up a preliminary camp, but judging from the current situation, he would probably have to stay on this island for quite a long time.
Taking this into consideration, the construction of camp facilities is very important. After all, this is the foundation of their foothold on this island.
A week passed quickly like this. Bai Tu calculated the time. Logically, it should be autumn now.
But on this island, there was not much drop in temperature.
This is not surprising to Bai Tu. According to their Great Zhou, this is a tropical island, and the same is true for volcanic islands. The temperature is maintained at a considerable level all year round, and there is basically no low temperature.
And it is precisely thanks to this that the pterosaur riders, as lizardmen, can act with confidence.
Taking into account the long-term use, building the camp and the dock requires a large amount of wood. According to the efficiency of their Great Zhou soldiers, a large area of trees on the outskirts have already been cleared by them.
Not only did we obtain wood, but we also expanded the space for setting up the camp.
During this period of time, the primitive tribe on the opposite side had not made any movement, and Bai Tu basically gave up hope.
I just thought that if everything went well, I would wait until I finished the things at hand, and then find an opportunity to make arrangements and go get them.
Unexpectedly, the tribesmen on the other side didn't want to wait any longer...
A scream from the logging area completely broke the peace of the past few days. A soldier who was logging was shot and fell to the ground!
"Beware of enemy attacks!"
With a loud roar, the sword and shield soldiers deployed on the periphery quickly entered a state of alert.
But it was during this attack that one of the shortcomings of the matchlock gun was exposed.
That is, when faced with emergencies, the counterattack efficiency is too low.
Unlike bows and arrows, once attacked, they can shoot back with a hail of arrows.
However, the cost of training archers is too high and there are also requirements for soldiers. It is meaningless to worry about this now.
During this period, the attacks from the jungle did not stop, and arrows continued to fly out from it one after another.
"The logging team evacuates this area!!"
Amid the roar, the sword and shield soldiers hurriedly raised their shields to block.
While fending off the arrow attacks, they obviously did not intend to just passively take the beating.
Now that they knew that they were just a group of tribal natives, they had to admit that they did not take them seriously.
In addition, the other party attacked first and injured their brothers, so they became angry and chased directly into the jungle.
As a result, the pursuit led to trouble.
During the week when the Great Zhou troops were busy setting up camps and docks, the other side was apparently not idle either, and set up a large number of traps in the jungle.
The Great Zhou Navy under Bai Tu's command clearly lacked experience in jungle warfare and suffered a great loss as soon as they entered the jungle.
"We didn't see anyone on the other side, but more than a dozen people were injured!"
Inside the tent, Bai Tu was speechless when he heard the report, but at the same time he was helpless.
Because he knew that although the troops under his command had been trained for some years, they had essentially never been on the battlefield and had no battlefield experience at all.
This was also the fundamental reason why he did not immediately launch an offensive when facing the jungle in front of him.
He originally wanted to take it step by step, but the other party couldn't wait and took action first.
They need a lot of timber at this stage, and it is unrealistic not to cut down trees.
Once they get close to the woods, the enemy can take advantage of the environment and attack them.
Given the aggressiveness shown by the opponent at this stage, he would undoubtedly have to do something.
[Unfortunately, the Dragoon is not here...]
The jungle environment is nothing for the Dragoons, but since the Lizardmen's living environment is mainly in tropical areas, their resistance to cold is very low.
The fleet tasked with the pioneering mission did not know what kind of environment they would face next.
If they brought a large-scale Lizardman army with them, and encountered a cold current or severe cold weather at sea, wouldn't they just be defeated? Considering this potential risk, the pioneering fleet, except for a small number of pterosaur riders who were responsible for aerial reconnaissance missions, was composed of human troops.
Facing this situation, Bai Tu felt a little troubled, but he did have a solution.
(End of this chapter)
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