C1666 The Remnants of the River Knife (1/2)
By the side of the river where his blade ended, nearly ten thousand broken Cossack troops were resting briefly in the dense forest. The exhausted soldiers were nestled behind the trunk of the trees, chewing on something in their mouths.
In the distance, surprised soldiers were chasing rabbits and sika deer. After the sound of the guns, they slaughtered all the prey in the forest like locusts.
Continuously dragging and sawing away at their patience, their battle force, which had lost their supplies, was getting weaker and weaker. If it were not for the fact that they still had a little bit of pride in their elite troops, they would have probably scattered by now.
As the commander, Guo Geli and Fu Mannuofu did not receive any special treatment at the moment. The two of them sat next to a bonfire, roasting pine nuts on top of two pieces of broken rocks.
If it was in the past, who would have thought that the grand Cossack Regiment Commander would eat such a thing, wasn't this the rat's food? But now, there was no one left to pick on. Last night, his subordinates caught a few squirrels, and these two officers' barbecued meat was also eaten.
When humans were at their hungriest, their minds were usually the clearest. Many times, the brain circuit that was blocked by the meat and wine was opened up again. The strangeness of this war gradually surfaced before their eyes.
”Guo Geli... Do you think we've been fooled? ”Why is it that during this period of time, the defensive tactics of the troops defending the Haishenwai have been different every day, and the coordination of the troops has been very stiff …”
”According to normal combat experience, even if they are a group of new recruits, they are just a group of farmers. After such a long battle, they should also be veterans of the new army, gaining more and more experience …”
Hearing Fu Mannuofu's words, Guo Geli nodded his head, ”Yes, I also have this strange feeling, as if every day when we attack, we are facing a whole new batch of defenders …”
”Their teamwork is very unfamiliar every day, but their stamina has always been extremely exuberant. There isn't the slightest trace of exhaustion from a long battle …”
”In addition to their clumsy spear techniques and flustered formation, if not for the fact that we have the advantage in numbers, I'm afraid our defensive line would have already been smashed countless times …”
Fu Mannuofu gloomily used her bayonet to dig the soil, and their cannons, they were shot too accurately, I never thought that these thugs would have such powerful artillery, it's simply unbelievable …
Guo Geli let out a long sigh: ”What dog shit of a loyal army, that's the regular army of the Chinese, this land will belong to Xiao Letian sooner or later, I finally believe it now, back then the Poo War, this group of Chinese did not come to join in on the fun, all the rumors were true …”
”Damn it!” Fighting with the French and targeting us in Russia? You're too arrogant, His Majesty the Tsar will definitely punish him … But why is Fajeev still not here yet? Could it be that there's a problem with him as well? ”
”No, that's not possible. Who can stop the thirty thousand strong Cossack? Even if the Chinese regular army is powerful, they are all being held up here. Who can go up north to block our main force? ”Don't worry …”
Just as the two of them were comforting each other, several security guards carrying over ten pounds of venison walked over. ”Sir, we've hunted a deer, and today we have venison to eat …” ”It's a pity that we don't have salt. What a pity!”
It was already good enough for them to have meat to eat. How could they expect to eat salt? Just like when the starved ghost was reincarnated, the two teachers snatched the venison and placed it on the bonfire with a string of bayonets before slowly roasting it.
The thick aroma of meat was extremely tempting. The two of them could not wait to roast it all, so they took out their knives to cut off a layer of it and stuffed it into their mouths, making them cry out in pain.