Chapter 2992

When Zheng Agui woke up, he heard the chirping of the evil birds coming from outside the house. He felt as if he had returned to Banji's barracks. But he soon woke up. Although there were also evil birds where he was, but here

Bangui is about two thousand miles away, and we won't be able to go back for a while.

Although the Haihan Army has cleared out all the Spanish temporary settlements that can be found so far, it cannot guarantee that no fish will slip through the net. Therefore, after the withdrawal of the large forces, a small number of personnel will still stay in these settlements to avoid letting the remaining

The Spanish, hiding in the nearby mountains and forests, continued to use this place.

Zheng Agui's company is one of the remaining troops. The place where they are stationed is two full days' journey from Cebu City, which is considered a relatively remote settlement. The original residents here were less than two hundred people.

They were all escorted back to the city a few days ago.

This settlement is not large in scale, but according to the prisoners, it has just been built and put into use not long ago, and the houses are all wooden houses newly built this year. In addition to residences, there are also facilities such as sentry towers, stables, and warehouses.

The refugees fleeing the war here probably haven't had time to open up wasteland and grow food. The food piled in the warehouse is also of all kinds, some in clay pots, some in cloth bags, including corn, rice, soybeans, potatoes, etc. These foods must be

Each family brought it here on their own, and then the officials gathered it together for unified distribution, but now it has become military rations for the Haihan Army.

There is also a lake with an area of ​​about thirty acres next to the settlement. Using the fishing nets and sampans left by the Spaniards, a lot of fish and shrimps can be caught from the lake every day, which is enough to supply the company's food needs.

The mission of the remaining troops is very simple, which is to patrol the surrounding area with a radius of ten miles every day, centered here, to ensure that there are no more Spanish activities nearby.

The headquarters did not specify the duration of this task. It may be ten days and a half, or it may last several months. In short, it depends on the situation. But for the troops left behind, it is actually a vacation in disguise.

Are there any Spanish activities nearby? In fact, you can get a general idea of ​​the situation by patrolling two or three times. Even if there are sporadic Spaniards running around here, they will just hide quickly when they see that this place has become the headquarters of the Haihan Army.

If you stay far away, you will never come to seek death.

Therefore, the daily patrols of the left-behind troops have become hunting activities, and the patrol tasks are carried out in turns by each platoon, which means that there is no need to be on duty every day. When you work for one day, you have two days off. What is the difference between this and a holiday?

The only thing I'm a little unhappy about is probably that this place is too quiet, with a ten-mile radius of primeval dense forest, and you can't find a place to spend money for entertainment.

Today it was Zheng Agui's team's turn to be on patrol. After breakfast, Zheng Agui and his men set off.

Zheng Agui's patrol direction today was a highland south of the station. The headquarters had designated it as a key area a few days ago. The reason was not that there were still Spanish people hiding there, but because a copper vein was discovered there.

Although the copper mine is not yet ready to be mined, the command believes that it is necessary to take some measures to ensure the safety of this area.

In addition to guarding against the Spanish sabotage, Haihan also had to guard against the indigenous tribes on the island declaring it their own territory. Although the fighting power of these natives was far from comparable to that of the Spaniards, if there was a dispute over land ownership, it would eventually

causing trouble for future mining activities.

This was not the first time that Zheng Agui led a team to patrol this area. He led the team to the destination with ease. He confirmed that all the markers left here by the previous patrol team had not been damaged, and he felt relaxed.

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Many deep holes have been dug into the ground nearby, and there are even shafts several feet deep. It is said that these are traces left by the ore samples that were mined earlier.

There are also several cabins built by the Spanish here, presumably as residences for miners, but these facilities have been idle since the Haihan Army found this place.

Qin Bo asked: "Squad leader, when I was delivering things to the company headquarters a few days ago, I heard someone say that we went to Cebu just for this mine. Is this true?"

With Zheng Agui's level, how could he have access to such inside information? Naturally, he couldn't give a definite answer: "You ask me, who should I ask? But having said that, if you want to mine here, you have to build a road to the seaside."

Okay? If such a large project were left to the Spanish, it would probably take ten or eight years to complete. Only when this mine is handed over to us can it be fully utilized."

While they were talking, a sharp whistle sounded. This was a signal from Qiu Yong, who was responsible for the lookout from a high place, indicating that unknown persons were approaching. Everyone quickly threw away the cigarette butts in their hands, grabbed their rifles and entered combat mode.

After a while, the alarm was lifted. Those who appeared nearby were not Spaniards or locals, but a naval patrol from the town of Toledo on the west coast.

"Aren't you guys patrolling at a different time from us?"

After the meeting between the two parties, Zheng Agui posed a question to the naval officer leading the team. According to the arrangements of the headquarters, Zheng Agui's patrol of the mining area was conducted every other day, and on this interval, the naval patrol stationed in Toledo Town

Responsible. Since the Army is on patrol today, it stands to reason that we won’t encounter a Navy patrol here.

"The mission has changed." The other party replied calmly: "Yesterday, during our patrol, we found signs of Spanish activities. In order to confirm the situation, we will continue to perform the patrol mission today. We will continue to keep an eye on it here. If you are okay, you can come early.

Go back and rest."

But Zheng Agui got a taste of the other party's answer: "It's worth sending a special patrol here to stay here. I'm afraid what you found are not ordinary Spaniards, right?"

The naval officer just smiled, but did not answer Zheng Agui's question.

When Zheng Agui saw this, he was even more sure that the other party was hiding something. The previous rhetoric was just to send him away, so he immediately ordered: "Since the brothers in the navy have discovered the enemy's situation here, it is our duty to stay and cooperate with each other."

Sure enough, the naval officer's expression became a little embarrassed, and it seemed that he did not welcome Zheng Agui and his team to stay and assist him.

Zheng Agui didn't care what the other party's reaction was, and immediately called his men to hide in a nearby vacant wooden house. Seeing that they refused to evacuate, the naval officer had no other choice but to lead his team to hide in the forest.

Zheng Agui watched the naval patrol disappear in the forest and snorted: "I want to see if there is anything weird here! Keep an eye on me and don't stray!"
Chapter completed!