Boss Wei entered the conflict group in the eleventh year of Chongzhen.
When he first joined the regiment, Boss Wei still had the illusion that he could become an officer in the Tiger Troop Division and recruit all the children in his village into the division in a few years. However, he did not expect the reality to be so cruel. After Boss Wei joined the army, it took him three months to distinguish between left and right, and to figure out whether to turn left or right. The so-called idea of becoming a private first class and becoming a squad leader was ultimately proven to be a fantasy.
It had been more than a year, but Boss Wei had never been a first-class soldier. He was still a low-level soldier. Boss Wei slowly accepted the fact that he did not have the ability to be an officer. He no longer boasted to the children when he returned to Wei's house.
Boss Wei slowly felt that there was nothing bad about being an ordinary soldier. He had two to three months 'worth of money every month. Last month, his parents arranged a marriage for Boss Wei. The bride was the most beautiful girl in the neighboring village. In April next year, Boss Wei would go back and get married.
However, before the wedding, Boss Wei went out to battle. This time, Boss Wei's company was transferred to the ship and came to Little Liuqiu. Eight hundred craftsmen came with Boss Wei's troops, saying that they were going to open up a " colony ".
The so-called " colony " was a new term used by Governor Ming. As the name implied, it was a place to breed people. It was said that the Viceroy was going to gradually transport more farmers over and plant all the places in Little Liuqiu that could be farmed to become overseas land for the Han people.
The Viceroy also called Little Liuqiu Taiwan, saying that the name would cause misunderstandings. In the future, this island would be called Taiwan Island.
Opening up colonies sounded like a good thing, but in reality, it was a very troublesome thing.
Boss Wei followed the three big ships to the north of Little Ryukyu and landed on a bay. After getting ashore, Boss Wei followed the squad leader to survey the terrain and draw a map. In the end, he rejected the idea of boarding at 6 o'clock and followed the boat to the south for 50 miles. It was still not good when they arrived at the new place, so they drove another 50 miles south.
After a few days of tossing and turning down five or six places, Commander Zheng finally chose a place and let the craftsmen and soldiers go ashore to work.
First, it was the burning of wasteland. The commander chose a small hill by the river that was higher than the surrounding land. He asked the soldiers and craftsmen to cut down trees at the foot of the hill to create a barrier. Then, he set fire to all the dried trees on the hill. The fire burned for two whole days, leaving a charred and empty land on the top of the mountain.
On this empty scorched land, a thousand people disembarked and set up camp. After setting up the camp, the bricksmiths went to find clay, and the lime smiths went to find limestone.
Boss Wei followed the squad leader out to search the surroundings, confirm the surrounding terrain, and draw a map.
On this day, Boss Wei's squad walked into the depths of the forest and found a foreign camp.
The natives were the natives of Taiwan, and their civilization was still in the stage of fishing, hunting, and farming. There were different ethnic groups in Taiwan. Boss Wei's group lived in houses made of bamboo and straw. The house was made of thick bamboos that were inserted into the ground to make a roof frame. Other bamboos were placed on the bamboo frame to make the ground and the walls of the house. Then, the roof was covered with straw to make the roof.
Those foreigners wore colorful clothes, and both men and women wore skirts. Their faces were tattooed with various colors, and the color of their skin could not be seen.
After Boss Wei showed these foreigners, the foreigners soon showed Boss Wei's squad of eight soldiers. These foreigners were very unfriendly to outsiders. The moment they saw Boss Wei and the others, the 30 barbarians howled and charged forward with their swords and spears.
Boss Wei's squad leader ordered the soldiers to shoot at will.
Boss Wei had already loaded his rifle with bullets. He raised his rifle and aimed at a barbarian leader who was charging at him from a hundred steps away. The leader looked older and held an iron spear in his hand. The other barbarians surrounded him.
Boss Wei pressed the trigger, and sparks flew out from the muzzle. With a loud bang, the entire rifle was pushed back, and flames and smoke spewed out from the muzzle. Boss Wei's shoulder was pressed against the butt of the rifle. At this moment, his shoulder was hit by the recoil of the rifle. When Boss Wei raised his head to look at the barbarian leader again, he was already twitching on the ground.
Boss Wei shouted excitedly,"I killed the leader!"”
However, no one paid any attention to Boss Wei. Everyone was shooting and reloading. Boss Wei quickly started reloading.
The soldiers on this side quickly fired more than a dozen shots, almost killing a barbarian with each shot. Soon, the firepower frightened the barbarians. They left the wounded on the ground and fled far away.
The squad leader didn't chase after these natives. Instead, he led the team back to the camp and reported to Commander Zheng.
When Zheng Hui heard that there were barbarians nearby, he frowned. In order to prevent any accidents, Zheng Hui had the soldiers set up sentry posts outside the camp, monitoring the safety around the camp day and night.
The three ships had already returned, and all the supplies on board were piled up in the tent. The camp on the hill was the core of the first batch of immigrants. They could not lose it.
The surrounding terrain was basically clear, and the map had been drawn. There was no need to go out and investigate. From then on, Boss Wei never left the camp. He only did some basic training every day and spent the rest of his time digging trenches to protect the camp. Sometimes, he would go down the mountain to cut down trees with his comrades, build roads to clay mines and lime collection points, and do other miscellaneous things.
On the 24th of December, Boss Wei and a comrade were cutting wood at the foot of the hill.
"Boss Wei, what do you think of Little Liuqiu, no, Taiwan Island?”
Boss Wei slashed the pine tree in front of him and said,""This island is pretty good. There's sunlight and water. It's just that"
Boss Wei slashed at the cedar tree again. He paused for a moment and said,"It's just too desolate! What…" Boss Wei slashed at the tree again." There's nothing but trees…" "What is this called? This is called a place outside the human domain!"
"Aren't there savages?"
"Are those savages considered humans? You don't even know how to speak…" "We will return after four months. When that time comes..." "At that time, we won't have to stay in this place!”
"Are you going to get married when you go back?"
"My wife, that's ten miles away…" "A pretty girl from all over the country, only..." "Only I am worthy!"
Boss Wei's comrade smiled and said,""I heard that when Boss Wei first entered the camp, you said that you would become an officer in a year!”
Boss Wei's face turned red and he stood there speechless for a long time. He slashed the cedar wood and said in a deep voice,"I was not sensible at that time…"
The two of them were chopping wood when they suddenly saw smoke rising from the police post in the east.
Soon, the horn on the mountain camp sounded. Boss Wei and his comrade looked at each other, threw away the logging knife, and ran up the hill.
Boss Wei ran into the camp. The company commander was already reorganizing the troops. Not long after, the sentries from the various police outposts all ran back. The sentinel and Commander Zheng were reporting something. Commander Zheng walked in front of the soldiers with a serious expression and said loudly,"The barbarians are attacking us! Everyone, get into position!"
Not only did Boss Wei neglect him, he took the rifle from his back and began to load it. After loading the ammunition, he stood behind the trench and prepared to fight.
Three deep trenches were dug outside the camp, and it was expected that the foreigners would not be able to rush up.
Boss Wei waited for 15 minutes before he saw the foreigners at the foot of the mountain.
In twos and threes, those foreigners walked out of the forest and stood at the foot of the mountain. They looked at the camp on the top of the mountain for a while. Seeing that there was no danger at the foot of the mountain, someone ran into the forest, probably to report the situation. After a while, a few burly barbarians wearing colorful hats with long feathers on them walked out. They were obviously the chiefs. Following behind them, more and more barbarians walked out and gathered at the foot of the mountain.
Boss Wei quietly held his rifle and waited for the foreigners to gather. In the end, there were more than 2,000 foreigners who came. They were all wearing colorful dresses and coarse hats. They held swords and spears in their hands and kept roaring as they gathered, as if to encourage the people around them.
After shouting at the foot of the mountain for about fifteen minutes, the courage of the natives reached its peak. A tribal chief shouted and pointed his spear at the top of the mountain. The barbarians grabbed their weapons and walked toward the Tiger Troop Division on the top of the hill.
From three hundred steps to two hundred steps, Boss Wei aimed at a barbarian who was walking at the front. The barbarian was wearing a round hat with a long feather pinned to it. He looked very strong.
A hundred and forty steps away, Boss Wei's platoon leader shouted,""Fire!"
Boss Wei pressed the trigger and heard a loud bang. Boss Wei's body was sent flying backward by the recoil. The muscular barbarian wearing a feathered hat in the distance fell to the ground with blood spurting out of his body.
Boss Wei smiled and gave up the shooting position on the left, retreating from the right. He retreated to the last row of the three rows of guns and loaded his rifle as quickly as possible.
The moment Boss Wei reloaded, the two rows in front had finished shooting. They walked behind Boss Wei and finally let Boss Wei move to the front.
Boss Wei raised his rifle and aimed it at a shirtless, short, and stout barbarian. The barbarian seemed to be stunned by the gunfire on the mountain. He kept looking around at the corpses around him and only took a few steps forward after a long time.
"Shoot!"
Boss Wei pressed the trigger, and the rifle was pulled back by his shoulder, messing up Boss Wei's vision. When Boss Wei looked forward again, he saw that the short barbarian had already been shot. He was clutching his stomach and lying on the road up the mountain.
It was as if they were defeated by Boss Wei's shot. The moment Boss Wei finished shooting, the two thousand barbarians started to run away. When had these barbarians ever fought against such a powerful enemy? They were like a group of frightened goats, running down the hill in a panic.
The chieftains at the foot of the mountain also turned around and fled back the way they had come. Soon, the two thousand barbarians had all escaped and disappeared into the forest.
The Breaking Ranks soldiers on the mountain peak laughed when they saw how easy the battle was.
Boss Wei patted his rifle proudly, took out a bayonet, and carved a horizontal line on the handle of the rifle. There was already a horizontal line on it, and with this horizontal line, there were two horizontal lines.
A comrade on the left looked at Boss Wei's gun handle and asked,""Boss Wei, didn't you just kill two of them? Why did you only carve one?"
"How can these barbarians compare to the Tartars?" Boss Wei raised his head. One tartar stood horizontally, and the three barbarians also stood horizontally. These days, he had killed three barbarians, which was just enough to carve a horizontal line.”。
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