Volume 1 Chapter 93: Suppressing Bandits
The cannon fired.
With a loud bang, the gate of the village was immediately collapsed by artillery fire, and the wood was torn into pieces.
The gate of the village was wide open.
Many of the bandits at the village gate were directly knocked over by the gust of air and fell off the roof. Their limbs were broken and they were lying on the ground screaming.
Xie Baoqing is even more miserable, he is already in his fifties.
He was holding a white flag and begging for mercy.
There was absolutely no protection when he fell.
How could his old bones withstand such a heavy fall? He almost lost his life.
Xie Baoqing was almost crying.
Why am I so stupid?
When we saw the 358th Regiment coming to attack us, we should have surrendered decisively.
It's all over now!
Black Cloud Village is finished!
Xie Baoqing and his gang are just a bunch of bandits. They rely on the geographical advantage to bully the puppet army and security groups.
Meeting the powerful 358th Regiment is like hanging yourself - seeking death!
Just one shot was fired, which blew open the gate of the village.
Not even a heavy machine gun is needed.
The light machine gun was set up and fired at the mountain pass.
The bandits, who were already frightened out of their wits by the mountain artillery, were now completely furious.
They were as frightened as pheasants hearing firecrackers, and ran all over the mountain.
It really wasn't hard for the soldiers of the 3rd Battalion to attack the mountain stronghold.
But catching these bandits who are hiding is really hard.
Water tanks, under beds, on trees, on beams...some people even hid in pit toilets.
There is nothing they dare not hide, only things they can't imagine.
The soldiers of the 358th Regiment are not good-tempered at all. They will do anything once they are caught.
Don’t say anything, just beat him up first!
It took 3 minutes to attack the stronghold and half a day to find the person.
Now all 170 bandits were squatting in the open space, and people like Xie Baoqing were lying directly on the ground, breathing in but not out.
The battalion commander of the third battalion, Sun Jiang, was sitting on the chair. The deputy battalion commander, Xue Wen, had already sealed the warehouse and counted the spoils.
"Old Sun, we got quite a lot this time. I didn't expect these bandits to be so rich! Although their guns are very outdated, with only 6 box guns, 15 Hanyang-made guns, and 34 old-style guns! However, we found 7,000 silver dollars and 19,000 yuan in Jin banknotes. There are also more than 50,000 kilograms of grain. And..."
Sun Jiang became interested and asked, "Anything else?"
Xue Wen was no longer as happy as before, and said with a sigh, "There are still four women!"
When Sun Jiang heard this, he immediately understood why Xue Wen looked so depressed.
These people are all bandits and robbers.
Do we still expect these bandits to be kind and righteous and not rape or plunder?
That only exists in novels, not in reality.
Needless to say, Sun Jiang also understood what these women had experienced.
"Give them some money and let them go down the mountain!"
"Yes! I will talk to the captain!"
"No need. I believe the leader won't blame us for this!"
Sun Jiang looked at Xie Baoqing and the other bandits with unfriendly eyes.
Seeing the other party's unfriendly eyes, Xie Baoqing cried out: " General, in this chaotic world, my brothers and I have no choice but to become bandits. I, Xie Baoqing, have robbed the Central Army, the Japanese, and... I, Xie Baoqing, dare to pat my chest to guarantee that I have never robbed your 358th Regiment! General, even if you want to kill us, you must let us die with a clear conscience! How did I offend your army to make you so angry?"
Xie Baoqing still didn't understand why the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army went to Dagushan to fight them.
They suddenly came and attacked, and they were all wiped out with cannons!
This is so immoral!
"Stop talking nonsense. We are soldiers. You are thieves. It is natural for soldiers to catch thieves. What's there to say?" Sun Jiang pulled out his box gun and was about to shoot the other party.
Xue Wen said, "Wait! Old Sun. Don't forget what the commander said. Try to capture as many people alive as possible. He needs more people to do the work!"
Sun Jiang then put his gun back into the holster and shouted, "Lock them all up and wait for Chief of Staff Lin to come. Hand them over to him for punishment!"
"yes!"
Ignoring the wailing of these bandits, the soldiers forcibly detained them in the woodshed and the wing rooms.
The machine gun was mounted and the muzzle was aimed.
Anyone who wants to run will be beaten to death.
Lin Zhiqiang had been waiting with his men at the foot of the mountain and heard the message from the communications soldier who had run down.
He immediately took his men up the mountain.
If they only had two or three hundred guns and were poorly trained militiamen, he would have wanted to capture the stronghold long ago.
Along the way, he observed and thought.
In the future, this will be the reserve military camp. We need to set up visible and hidden sentries and build a pass to ensure safety.
Go up to the village and see the houses.
Lin Zhiqiang and the others were even happier.
We won’t have to live in a wooden shed anymore.
He came to Sun Jiang, saluted, and said, "Captain Sun, thank you so much! If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have been able to take this stronghold, and life would have been hard!"
Sun Jiang is not without tact.
He could see that.
Apart from Fang Ligong, the person the regiment commander values most is Staff Officer Lin Zhiqiang.
Otherwise, he would not have been sent to be in charge of the reserve team alone.
Everyone knows that the regiment commander is Commander Yang's trusted subordinate. It is only a matter of time before he is promoted to major general and becomes a division commander.
I'm afraid Lin Zhiqiang will also be promoted by then.
I'm afraid the regiment chief of staff is indispensable.
As long as I don't make any mistakes, there will be no problem with a regiment or even a brigade.
Sun Jiang was also envious of a capable adviser like Lin Zhiqiang.
Let’s build a good relationship now, maybe we will have a chance to win them over in the future.
Even if it's not possible, he is still a member of the General Staff. He is close to the regiment commander, so it would be good if he could say a few good words for me.
Sun Jiang smiled and said, "Staff Officer Lin is too polite. We are all family, why should we distinguish between us? I am afraid that our regiment will not be able to use these captured guns. Let's put them here for the time being. I will go back and advise the regiment commander to keep them in the reserve team!"
The reason why the reserve team is called the reserve team.
That means all the good things should be put aside.
There were nearly 2,000 people but only 300 guns. There was not even one gun for every three people.
The whole team was short of guns.
Although these guns are made in Hanyang style and have old cylinders, they are still guns!
Lin Zhiqiang said happily: "Thank you so much, Captain Sun! We are in need of just that!"
"You're welcome. Next time when the General Staff draws up a tactical plan, Staff Officer Lin can speak a few good words for me in front of the regiment commander and let our battalion launch the main attack!"
Lin Zhiqiang said. "Sure! Sure!"
…
Modern warfare is fought with logistics.
There is nothing wrong with this.
I need trucks, I need medicine, I need ammunition, I need pack horses, I need oxen, I need a hoe…
The list of logistical supplies I need could fill this room.
But I have none of these.
So I just had to figure out how to get these.
When the 3rd Battalion attacked Heiyun Village, Chu Yunfei was in his study with an account book, calculating all the assets of the 358th Regiment.
Now that we have a big family and a big business, we need money everywhere.
You should always know how much you have now so that you can make plans.
Take the account book and do the calculation.
After deducting the rewards, the pensions and resettlement allowances were distributed.
There were only 37,000 silver dollars, 8 large yellow croakers, 10 small yellow croakers, and 150,000 French francs left in the 358th Regiment's warehouse!
The reserve grain amounted to 1.34 million jin. One third of it was stored in Wuzhai Town, and the rest was stored in various camps.
14,560 pieces of cotton cloth and 131 pigs.
Among these supplies, 8 large yellow croakers and 10 small yellow croakers are hard currency. Chu Yunfei intends to use them in emergencies and cannot move them easily.
Only 150,000 French francs and 37,000 oceans were available.
So little!
They couldn't even buy a few rifles, not to mention the iron weapons that Lin Zhiqiang wanted in 1942.
After closing the account book, Chu Yunfei pinched his nose bridge with his hand.
So poor!
It is not easy to develop a grain production base.
The initial investment alone requires a considerable amount of money.
I was sitting in the study, thinking about where I could get the money.
Yu Manli ran over excitedly.
"Brother Chu! Brother Chu! Your novel is going to be published!"
She ran all the way to the study, holding a telegram and happily saying, "Brother Chu, Mr. Yuan Yeyu, the editor-in-chief of the Central News Agency, sent a telegram agreeing to publish your novel!"
Chu Yunfei raised his head and said, "Oh. How much did he pay for the manuscript?"
