It was night, with the stars above their heads and the sea of ​​sand lying on their backs, the 80 pioneer team members huddled on the savage coast of South Asia slept... not at all soundly.

The third master, who was in the center of the defense line and commanded, couldn't sleep at night. After observing the surroundings with a telescope again, he stood up under the bright starlight and stretched his hands into his arms. The next moment, with a soft "click" sound

, Third Master opened the cover of his pocket watch.

This is already the eighteenth time someone has looked at his watch after dark.

The copper-cased pocket watch is the standard product issued by the military to mid-level officers. This "domestic product" is huge in size and simple in craftsmanship. It does not even have a second hand and is full of the rough characteristics of early industrial products.

But a philosopher once said: What can pull out pus is a good plaster.

The domestically made copper pocket watch is big, thick and black. From another point of view, it is durable and can be used as a protective goggle at critical moments. For Mr. San, it is indeed a good product for the military.

When you open the watch case, you don't need to rely on the fluorescence on the hour hand. The bright stars above your head illuminate the dial brightly.

"It's time to be ugly!"

After discovering the enemy's situation for the first time in the morning, for some reason, Mr. San had a premonition that the enemies in the dense forest would not appear on a large scale during the day. So after dark, he ordered a halt to all construction activities and ordered his men to be on alert.

However, after several nervous hours, until about 10 o'clock in the evening, the coast was always calm and nothing happened.

Human attention has a time limit, and it is impossible to maintain a high alert state for a long time. At this time, the third master had to start making arrangements for the night: he ordered two-thirds of the people to lie down and rest on the spot.

The equatorial zone of South Asia has high temperatures all year round. Sleeping is the only thing you don't have to worry about: the warm beach and sea breeze, the waves gently rock the warship, and the young sailors rest their heads on the sand... Revealed in their sleep...

Horrible expression.

Taking into account the hastily completed position capacity and the insufficient amount of materials temporarily transported ashore, only 80 personnel remained on the shore to watch overnight.

These 80 people are all veteran members of the Pioneer Army. However, because they are veteran members, they also know very well what they will face tonight.

Waiting for the unknown is the most terrifying thing, so most people who are ordered to sleep do not actually sleep well.

In the final analysis, this is still a manifestation of lack of practical experience.

Since its establishment, the Pioneer Army has enjoyed the pervasive benefits of industrialization in all aspects. The combination of various inconspicuous advantages has turned the Pioneer Army into an armed force that appears to be powerful in combat.

However, from the beginning to the present, apart from the crushing bandit suppression, the longest battles the Pioneering Army has experienced are nothing more than a few soy sauce battles after the North and South Vietnam War. This is still a level battle with sufficient logistics and intelligence support, which is basically

There's no pressure to speak of.

So these people had diarrhea today and couldn't make any tactical moves like sleeping.

So to a certain extent, Wang Bo's previous opinion is correct: there must always be some difficult environments to temper the troops, otherwise when more difficult times come, you will not be able to count on them, and that will be a big deal.

Already.

"Oh, it's so hard to stay up in the middle of the night!"

To this day, Mr. San is still not used to Arabic numerals. When he saw the dial for the first time, he automatically switched the time to the familiar Chinese time.

At the beginning of the ugly time: 1 o'clock in the night.

According to the calculation of dawn at 6 o'clock in the morning, at Chou hour, there are still five full hours until dawn. At this time, Wu Meng felt that time was extremely difficult.

Looking down at the "sleeping" people lying in a pile at his feet, Wu Meng lit another cigarette irritably, sat on the sandbag and smoked hard. Even so, his eyes did not dare to leave the dark forest opposite for a moment.

Time passed quietly, and unconsciously, a long time passed. When the third master took out his pocket watch for an unknown number of times, he found that it was already Yin Shizhong.

Yin Shizhong is 4 o'clock in the morning.

At this time, it was already less than an hour before dawn. According to the "Raushzi Arabia" on the dial, it was less than two hours.

After looking around again and confirming that there was a gentle breeze on the beach, the moon and stars were shining all around, and there was no discordant movement around, even Mr. Wu, an old Jianghu man, had a little doubt: "Is it an accident? The natives are not here."

Didn’t you intend to come here?”

When the matter reached this point, the third master had to consider another possibility: the casualty incident during the day was just an accidental conflict. The savages did not have a large tribe nearby, and there was no hostility. Perhaps the encounter was just an accidental stress reaction on both sides.

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"If so...such..."

Thinking of this, Third Master's mood suddenly improved a lot, and his high-intensity alertness all night relaxed a lot.

The third master, who was in a better mood, silently smoked another cigarette. When another half hour passed, the third master looked at his watch, kicked with his toes, and whispered to the man on duty who was squatting behind the sandbag with a musket.

: "Dongguan boy, the time has come, call someone to change the sentry."

The subordinate turned around and saw a young and handsome face: "I understand, Third Master!"

After receiving the order, Dongguan Tsai bent down and crawled around in the crowd on both hands and feet, calling some people to stand guard.

The people who were on guard duty before were not picky at this time and just found a place to lie down and sleep.

The young man was quick with his hands and feet. Dongguan Zai only worked for a few minutes. In the five small sandbag nests, all the sentry posts on duty were replaced.

Looking at the panting Dongguan boy who ran back to life, the third master smiled for the first time tonight. Patting the young man on the shoulder, the third master whispered: "Boy, hard work is what makes you good. Follow your third master well, and in the future

One day I will be the boss."

Being able to sneak into the core sandbag circle where the Third Master is, Dongguan Zai is naturally a smart person. He was born as a gangster and patted his chest for the boss with a smile: "Third Master, if we have dozens of people and guns, we should not be afraid of those

Earth ghost."

Having said this, Dongguan Zai looked arrogant and patted the musket placed on the sandbag: "With these two fast and slow guns, you just have to wait and see, when the time comes, the local ghosts will come and kill them one by one!"

"Uh huh...youngster."

The third master glanced at the two muskets on the sandbag. Both of them were the standard muskets of the Dayan Kingdom. One of them was a musket issued to the pioneering army. It was filled with shotguns at the moment. The other one was for coordination.

For this expedition, the breech-loaded miniguns specially transferred from the main force before departure had the single bullets inside loaded and ready to be fired at any time.

These two guns are called "fast and slow guns" by soldiers because of their different loading methods.

"Boy, I will teach you to be a good boy today."

Looking at the young man's proud face, the third master took out a cigarette and said: "But in this land with many forests, a knife is better than a gun! You have to be aware that there are unforeseen circumstances!"

God seemed to hear the third master's words. The next moment, Dongguan Zai clasped his hands and handed the match to the third master to light the cigarette, but it suddenly went out.

"Um!?"

After a few seconds, Wu Meng touched the water droplets on his face and realized: Is it raining?

Yes, it rained suddenly.

As a tropical island located in the equatorial zone, rain is a very reasonable and logical thing. The sudden rain not only fell, but also raindrops appeared under the clear night sky full of stars.

This climate phenomenon, which is completely different from that in the north, is actually very common in tropical ocean areas.

Looking up at the sky and stretching out his hand, San Ye felt the intensity of the rain. Fortunately, the water droplets were not big, just an ordinary drizzle, more like a burst of rain and mist blown by the sea breeze.

The sudden rain also woke up most of the people lying on the ground. People cursed and sat up one after another.

The third master was calm at this time, and he reacted immediately: "Dongguan Zai, go and bring someone to add more firewood and make the fire brighter for me!"

On the beach, which is only a few dozen meters between the outer edge of the beachhead and the dense forest, there has been a fire burning since nightfall.

These fires were scattered and scattered, illuminating all areas between the beachhead and the dense forest.

After seeing the rain, Mr. San immediately thought of the fire. Sure enough, when Dong Guanzi rushed out with a big green iron pot, the flames had been dampened by the rain.

The ignition team ran out, and the first two quickly picked up firewood and set it on the fire.

These tree trunks are fresh firewood from the rainforest that was cut down before, so they are difficult to burn when wet.

This situation was difficult for the ancients to deal with, but Dongguan Zai had an interdimensional artifact in his hands: the oil pot.

The oil can is filled with military-grade high-grade No. 65 gasoline.

The gasoline produced by the county-level chemical plant is also gasoline. Dongguan Zai shook the oil pot in his hand, and the fire suddenly became bright and white smoke emitted.

There were shadows in the dark night, and in the eyes of onlookers, Dongguan Zai flickered in and out of smoke, as if he was changing into a living person.

Just as there were mutterings and a slight confusion on the beach, cold sweat dripped down Wu Meng and Wu Sanye's head.

The various crises he has experienced over the years have given Wu Meng a beast-like intuition for danger. Although he had no time to reason about the relationship between rain and enemies, his hair stood on end at this moment, and the familiar feeling of impending disaster ran through his body like an electric shock.

Wu Sanye, who believed in his own intuition, waved his fist without hesitation and hit a person next to him. At the same time, he shouted sternly: "Enemy attack...all on alert!"

The one who was hit was He Biandan. He and several other tall members of the melee team were sleeping on sandbags.

Being woken up by the Third Master's punch, He Biandang sat up as a reflex. Before opening his eyes, he opened his mouth and started shouting: "Put it on me, put it on me!"

The training in the past worked at this moment. After the others around them woke up, no matter what happened outside, they immediately rushed to help the melee team put on their armor.

Mr. San's hunch was correct.

Just as he shouted sharply, many people in the fortifications saw a strange scene: a short spear whizzed out of the dense forest and flashed in the swaying firelight.

In a flash, the short spear passed through Dongguan Zai, who happened to be bending down, and plunged straight into the chest of a member of the fire-making team behind him.

The member whose chest was pierced by a wooden spear screamed briefly, then the sound suddenly stopped. The body fell on the fire on its back, throwing up a cloud of sparks.

Immediately afterwards, huge and continuous strange screams came from the forest. Accompanied by wild beast-like roars, densely packed figures emerged from the woods.

In the hazy rain and fog, the crowd passing through the fire were reflected in strange images, making them look like devils.
Chapter completed!