Chapter 1030 Hope Oilfield (4)

This wave of attacks launched by the natives did not bring substantial trouble to the Haihan Army. On the contrary, it was wiped out in an instant. The Haihan camp seemed to be exposed in the open, but in fact it was

It is a trap that is difficult for the opponent to detect, and Morgan and others have already determined their attitude towards dealing with the natives. They have no intention of leaving any chance for the opponent to struggle and resist. Once launched, it will be thunderous and merciless.

After the short battle, the soldiers quickly cleaned up the fighting area outside the camp. A total of 17 people were killed on the spot and 38 were captured alive. However, two-thirds of the prisoners captured alive were injured to some extent.

It may be mild or severe, and it is still unknown how many of them will survive in the end. Although Morgan is a licensed physician, he will not waste his precious time and energy treating the injuries of these prisoners who are of little use. He must seize the time to treat the prisoners now.

Conduct a surprise interrogation to find out the origins of this group of natives who came to camp in broad daylight and whether they have any other plans.

Before determining the offensive strategy of the natives, Morgan did not dare to relax his vigilance for the time being. He still ordered his troops to continue to maintain combat readiness and take turns to be responsible for vigilance. In addition to Liu Shanxia continuing to direct the engineering team to build the camp, Bai Kesi and Tian Yeyou also participated.

During the interrogation of prisoners.

However, they soon discovered that this task was far more troublesome than commanding their subordinates to build a camp. Although they had Tainan natives who had taken refuge in Haihan as translators, they still had to deal with these trembling natives who were already a little delirious with fear.

Communication was still a very difficult thing. The interrogation lasted until dark, when the three of them gathered together to summarize the situation, and finally used the fragmented information given by the prisoners to piece together the general situation of the matter.

These natives indeed belong to the tribe that Morgan discovered in the upper reaches of Houlong River. Their tribe is called Dajiashe. How long this tribe has existed in the local area, these natives who do not have a clear chronology cannot tell clearly, but it is said that

The birthplace of the three generations of old people is the current location of the tribe. However, these natives of Dajia She are also illiterate like the previously captured natives of Maolishe, and they have no clear units of weights and measures. For the tribal people,

The most critical information, such as population size and scope of daily activities, cannot be described concretely and accurately.

Fortunately for Tian Yeyou, he has been in the gold mines of Taipei for almost a year, fought with the local indigenous tribes for several rounds, and has a better understanding of the problems of the natives. But Bai Kesi rarely leaves Hainan Island, which is still

It was his first time to come into contact with the Taiwanese natives, and this congenital defect made him laugh and cry. It seems that just as Tian Yeyou once said, these captured native captives did not have anything other than being thrown into the mines as coolies.

There is no other use for it.

However, this interrogation did clarify a question that has troubled Morgan for many days, that is, why there are no boats from the indigenous tribes on the Houlong River - the canoes of the Dajia Society have not been launched recently due to the rainy season, because once

As the rapid water of Houlong River reaches the lower reaches, it becomes difficult to row the boat back to the upper reaches of the mountainous area by human power. The reason is actually simple, it is just that Morgan did not think of that layer for a while.

The people of Dajia Society had already noticed these outsiders intruding into their territory when Yu Yao led his team to inspect the mountains last month. However, at that time, the team led by Yu Yao only stayed on the river bank of Chusulangkeng.

They evacuated in two days, so the natives did not have a head-on conflict with them. A few days ago, Morgan led a team here again to inspect, and also destroyed a hunting trap set by a hunter from the Dajia Society in the mountains, which once again caused the natives to quarrel.

people's attention.

From that time on, Dajia Society deployed manpower in the mountains to monitor the movements of the valley. The reason why they did not go to the lower reaches of Houlong River to track down the origins of this group of uninvited guests was because of the differences between Dajia Society and Maoli Society.

The demarcated territory is the junction between the mountainous area and the valley plain outside the mountain. After exiting the mountain along Houlong River, it is the territory of Maolishe. Breaking in hastily will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.

Sure enough, within a few days, Haihan's large army broke into this place again, and began to cut down the surrounding forests and build camps. It seemed that they would take root for a long time. Dajia Society would naturally not turn a blind eye to the intruders. Today,

They had already sent a team of people to the hillside near the Haihan camp to detect the enemy's movements, but they never thought that this opponent would also set up a guard post in the mountains, and injure one person with a single move, leaving the rest panicked.

He didn't dare to resist and fled all the way back to the tribe.

When the elders of Dajia Society heard that they had taken action, and that there were still people on their side who were in front of the formation, they naturally refused to give up. They immediately organized some of the young men in the tribe, took weapons and rushed here again.

.However, these natives do not have much planning in doing things. They only think about starting a war. However, they do not have any detailed battle plan on how to defeat an opponent whose strength is unknown. That is, after arriving at the place, they rely on their knowledge of the terrain.

They were familiar with it, so they forced themselves to touch it. However, Haihan had already set up a trap and waited. Their primitive attack method finally failed to even touch the gate of the camp, and was beaten to pieces by continuous volleys of muskets.

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Battle plan? No. Follow-up plan? Zero. If we must say what backup plan the natives have prepared, it is to leave two and a half men in the forest so that if something happens, they can run back and report the news in time. But previously

With such a loud noise during the battle, those who stayed in the woods must have been frightened and fled. It is not a big deal that someone fled back to report the news, but I don't know if the Dajia Club still has enough courage and manpower to organize it.

A round of offensive.

Although the Turkish offensive was defeated relatively easily this time, Morgan could not confirm from the prisoners' confessions whether they would make a comeback. Theoretically, this possibility is very high, after all, Haihan's move was

Ruthless hands, it is unlikely that the hatred between the two parties will ever be resolved. If Dajia Society does not intend to give in and move far away from this place, it will definitely continue to look for opportunities to seek revenge against Haihan. And

Morgan couldn't just sit back and watch a time bomb that could explode at any time so close to the Hope Oil Field. Sooner or later, he would have to take the initiative to send troops to eliminate the hidden danger. However, there was only one company in the garrison at the moment, and if he divided his troops, it would inevitably cost him.

The camp's defenses became weak.

"Old Bai, what do you think? Should we take action as soon as possible, or wait until the camp is settled?" The action plan was related to the safety of the camp. Morgan could no longer make the decision without authorization, so he took the initiative to seek Bai Kesi's opinion.

Baikes made a decision without thinking for too long: "Safety comes first, safety first. Our overall strength has an absolute advantage, and the longer we stay here, the greater the advantage. There is no need to take risks to grab this opportunity."

The timing. I think we can wait until the camp is stabilized before mobilizing troops to go into the mountains and take down this Dajia Society in one fell swoop."

Tian Yeyou has been dealing with the natives on the island of Taiwan for a longer time, but he is not as optimistic about this as Bai Kesi: "Mr. Bai, the best we can do is to expel them from this area. It is difficult to achieve the goal of eradicating the indigenous tribes."

Baikes said: "We don't want to drive all the natives away, as long as they stay far away from here and don't hinder the production and operation of our oil fields. There are more than 80 kilometers of mountainous areas from here to the east coast. They can move wherever they want.

OK."

Tian Yeyou smiled and did not answer his words. Although the mountainous areas on the island of Taiwan are large, they are not all unclaimed land. Those areas with better terrain are often occupied by tribes. For example, this

The river valley where Dajiashe is located is where three water veins meet. It is definitely a golden treasure in the mountainous area. If they are forced to move away from here, it will be difficult to find a place with similar conditions. Besides, these indigenous people

The hasty relocation of tribes cannot have the mobilization ability of Haihan to arrange colonial operations, transporting all needed materials to the destination at any cost. If they are expelled from their homes, the fate of these indigenous people is likely to be no worse than that of their captured compatriots.

How much better.

Bai Kesi has lived in Sanya for a long time, and the indigenous people he has come into contact with are at most the semi-Chinese Li and Miao ethnic groups on Hainan Island, and they are basically naturalized people. He does not know much about the cruel competition in the living environment of this era, and Tian Yeyou

I don't want to reveal the inside story to him, lest if he becomes sympathetic after hearing this, the matter will be difficult to handle.

Of course, it is understandable that Bai Kesi strives for safety. After all, ensuring the smooth progress of the oil field mining work is the first priority of this team, and when the existing troops are not large, it is indeed risky to divide the troops to go to unfamiliar areas to clear out the indigenous tribes.

There are certain risks, whether public or private, Bai Kesi probably does not want to bear this responsibility.

Since no action will be taken against Dajia Society for the time being, I hope that the existing troops in the oil field camp can only remain on alert and wait for the subsequent supplies and personnel to be stationed before planning the next move. Although the fleet had already set foot before today's incident

Return, but the next batch of materials and personnel will probably have to wait until tomorrow night at the earliest. Baix specially sent a telegram to Yu Yao who was stationed at the coastal camp, asking him to arrange more lumberjacks among the next batch of people entering the mountain, so as to speed up the process here.

The speed of forest clearing.

By evening, seven more of the captured prisoners died of their injuries. Morgan asked the soldiers to take several uninjured prisoners to the river beach outside the camp to dig a big hole overnight and dig all the corpses of the natives.

Buried in. In order to prevent the natives from coming back to cause trouble at night, Morgan also specially sent twice as many night sentries, and at the same time, the lights in the camp were extinguished early to avoid exposing the target in the dark. Morgan also kept vigil until two in the morning.

, I changed my shift with Tian Yeyou and went to rest.

However, perhaps it was the tragic losses during the day that made Dajia She unable to recover for a while. The natives did not take any action that night, and the night was uneventful. The next morning, without warning, the police were called again.

However, this time the incident occurred not near the oil field camp, but from the No. 2 River Bend stronghold ten miles away.

Because the Ministry of National Defense attaches great importance to this operation, almost all military supplies are over-provisioned, even advanced equipment such as radios are no exception, so the No. 1 and No. 2 strongholds along the Houlong River are also equipped with

The radio station required for communication. It is precisely because of this advanced equipment that the oil field camp was able to receive the warning information from the No. 2 stronghold more than ten miles away at the first time.

There is currently a platoon of Army troops stationed at Stronghold No. 2. The sentry discovered about a dozen unidentified people wandering nearby early in the morning. After learning about it, the platoon leader quickly assembled the team and entered combat readiness. Although the peripheral defenses of Stronghold No. 2 are currently completed

The speed is only less than 20%, but the well-trained Haihan troops are not worried about enemy attacks. After all, Haihan's only opponents in this area are the local indigenous tribes, and the equipment and combat skills of the indigenous people are very poor.

It is quite limited. As long as the Haihan troops are well prepared, it can be said that the native armed forces are nothing to worry about.

The subsequent small-scale conflicts between the two sides also confirmed this point again. The Haihan garrison waited until the opponent was approaching the stronghold camp and was ready to launch an attack before opening fire to resist the enemy, and successfully repelled the Turkish offensive. There were zero casualties on our side.

, and the natives paid the price of three deaths and five injuries in the battle.

However, the people who appeared outside Stronghold No. 2 were not the natives of Dajia Society, but the same family as the natives who attacked the coastal camp before. They were both from the Maoli Society in the mountains on the west bank of Houlong River.

"It's this Maoli Society again!" Morgan couldn't help but sigh after learning the news: "It seems that we are really not welcome here. Two tribes have already attacked us."

"There is nothing we can do about it. After all, to these natives, outsiders like us are equivalent to invading their homes. Naturally, they will try to drive us away." Tian Yeyou understands the intentions of the natives relatively well. In fact,

The resistance he encountered from the natives during his mining operations in Taipei was even more intense. The number of native warriors involved in the battle at that time reached three figures. Of course, the outcome was actually the same as the natives who attacked the oil field camp yesterday, except

The scale of group destruction is just larger.

"Can stronghold No. 2 withstand it?" Bai Kesi is more concerned about security issues. After all, the size of the garrison there is four times different from that of the oil field camp, and there are no time travelers to take command. If there is a large-scale attack, there are still certain risks.

security risks.

"If the natives can organize five or six times the force and launch a charge against the stronghold, there is still hope of breaking through the defense line." Morgan responded directly to Baikes' doubts: "But I don't think a single tribe has the ability to organize and command such a scale.

fighting unless any of them have received formal military training."
Chapter completed!