Chapter 60 The War of the Crowd
The big bandit Liu Heiqi's hometown is Fei County, and many of the backbone of the bandits are also Fei County. The bandits have a characteristic of burning, killing, looting outside, and returning home to pretend to be good people, spending some money casually. Some ignorant people think that these bandits are righteous bandits, heroes, and robbing the rich and helping the poor, ignoring the essence of the bandits.
It was already noon, almost two o'clock, everyone was hungry, and all the people were coming, gathering outside Shaoyao Mountain, with more than 300 soldiers and thousands of people, and the order was basically good. Liu Tianling arranged for Chai Fei to lead more than a dozen soldiers to investigate. Then he answered Duan Xuewen's phone call: "The situation is a bit bad. Liu Heiqi went crazy while running away. In order to escape, he actually sent a small group of bandits to slaughter the village. Nine villages suffered varying degrees of blows."
"What?" The black line at the other end of the phone was Duan Xuewen. "The regiment commander doesn't have to blame himself too much. How about our soldiers' casualties?"
"There are more than 100 casualties. Among the Liu Heiqi bandits, there is a group of bandits equipped with Japanese equipment. The guns are powerful and accurate, which is a headache. I won't say much. There are not enough medical soldiers. You can quickly call at least twenty doctors and nurses to come, bring enough medicines, and many people injured in the village. In addition, let the literary and artistic propaganda team come over to promote Liu Heiqi's bad things."
"Okay, I understand, I will arrange someone to go there immediately." Duan Xuewen put down the phone and started preparing.
During lunch, Zhao Lianyi led the 200 cavalry company to arrive, and their company also suffered casualties. When searching for the remaining bandits, several cavalrymen accidentally fell into the trap. The people were fine, but the war horses were dead.
After a while, Chai Fei brought people back. The location of Lao Xiong Nest was clearly found. At least more than 300 bandits entered there, and the original bandits were probably no less than 500.
Under the shade of the big tree, Liu Tianling held a simple meeting.
"Company Commander Liu, Company Commander Qu, your company has suffered heavy casualties. Can the soldiers continue to fight?" Liu Tianling asked.
Qu Weimin's neck turned red: "Captain Liu looked down on me, and was injured more than 30 times and died ten times, so why can't he be beaten?"
Liu Tianling patted Qu Weimin on the shoulder: "Company Commander Qu thought too much. Your company did not participate in the unified military training, and the combat effectiveness was the weakest, and the soldiers could not bear the psychological endurance. In this way, you and your company retreated from the battle and rested on the spot."
Although Qu Weimin still wanted to fight, he was very grateful. He knew very well what his soldiers were like. If he continued to fight, the team would be in chaos. Instead of being a deserter on the battlefield and being shot, it would be better to correct it now. The most taboo thing about deserters when fighting a war, and once he escaped at the battle, he would die.
Liu Tianling turned around and looked at Liu Erniang: "What's the situation with you?"
Liu Erniang said: "We have no problem even. There are more than 70 people who can fight. It's okay to get minor injuries."
"Okay, bring your people and the guard company into the mountains. Qu Weimin and Li Xiniu, you are here to maintain order and send a few cars to wander around nearby. When you encounter gangsters who dare to take advantage of the situation, you will be shot on the spot."
"Where are we?" Zhao Lianyi asked.
Liu Tianling called Zhao Lianyi over and gave in his instructions. Zhao Lianyi left happily.
The team was going to go into the mountains to suppress bandits. At this time, the people nearby had to follow him. They were determined not to let go, but were afraid that the people would be disappointed. Liu Tian stood on the roof of the car with a loudspeaker and shouted loudly: "Friends, we went into the mountains to fight bandits and avenge the dead. These bandits killed by heaven have done too many bad things. Today is their doomsday."
"Yes, we will kill them and avenge the villagers. We will all go together."
"I understand that everyone wants to take revenge. Many of my brothers have died. Look at these soldiers, they are all injured, and some are almost out of reach. But going to the mountains to fight is not a joke. We have to make three rules."
"Okay, Commander Liu just say that as long as we go into the mountains to fight bandits, it's fine."
"First, only men, over 18 years old and under fifty years old, and those who are too young and too old are allowed to stay. Second, any weapon that enters the mountain has at least one weapon, swords and guns, and those who hold wooden sticks are allowed to go. Third, all actions are followed by commands, and those who do not obey orders are engaged in accordance with military law."
Everyone was silent, but they didn't expect that there were so many rules to fight a bandit. At this time, an old man stood up and said, "Friends, Captain Liu is right. It's like us, a man in his sixties and seventies, and he's breathing all the way. How can he fight? Let these young young people come to war. If you follow the orders and arrangements, you won't say anything. Everyone wants to take revenge, not to die, and how can you do it if you don't obey military orders."
Everyone nodded and immediately selected the team of people to strengthen their strength. There were about 500 people, all of whom were strong mountain people. The leader was a hunter named Lei Hu. He was a man of 27 or 28 years old with a scar on his face. It is said that he was caught by a tiger. The mountains have not been destroyed yet, and it is not uncommon to have a tiger.
Liu Tianling waved his hand: "That person, come here."
Lei Hu pointed to his nose: "Did you call me?"
“Yes, yes.”
Lei Hu came over, a little nervous.
"Haha, I heard you have great prestige among the people nearby, right?"
Lei Hu scratched his head: "That's right, I've got a wolf in the past few days. I led my men to kill more than ten wolves. The villagers respect us. If you like it, let me take the lead."
"Is the gun accurate?" Liu Tianling asked.
"It's okay, rabbits more than 100 meters away basically shoot one at a time." Lei Hu shook the earth gun in his hand.
Liu Tianling shook his head: "Your gun is just a troll. You don't have rifle. If you don't have a distance, you won't be able to hit it. Come and try my hand how about it?"
Liu Tianling took a Mauser rifle and handed it to Lei Hu. He was not unfamiliar with the gun Lei Hu. He had played Hanyang and skillfully pulled the gun bolt. A big tit flew over from the sky, and Lei Hu hit it with a bang.
Lei Hu scratched his head: "That, commander, I'm sorry, my hands itched, I accidentally fired a shot."
The iron man glared: "Who told the bird to kill? Haven't you ever been to the literacy class? Birds eat insects."
Liu Tianling smiled and said, "Okay, it's okay. I'll lend this gun to you first. You must understand this matter. Untrained people fighting bandits have no meaning except for increasing casualties. So when fighting war, you take the villagers and hide away."
"I understand. To be honest, I don't want them to join in the fun. There is no way. Every family has dead people, and their anger is hard to subside. I will take care of them."
Liu Tianling carefully reminded the villagers that after the battle, the army entered the mountain. Shaoyao Mountain was only a small mountainous area compared to Baodugu. It was more than ten miles long and there were many ancient wood and wolf forests. Lao Xiong Nest was located in the hinterland of Shaoyao Mountain. The hill was not big, but the mountain was steep. There was only one road up the mountain, and the others were steep slopes with dense trees on it. This season, you can only use a machete to open the road.
More than one hundred soldiers and five hundred Minzhuang stopped two miles away from Lao Xiong's Nest.
A fellow villager asked: "Why don't you leave? How can you fight bandits as timid as you?"
"If you don't believe me, try to throw a stone." Chai Fei said.
The fellow villager picked up a big stone and rolled forward. A big pit appeared on the seemingly flat road surface. The bottom of the pit was sharp wooden sticks. If a person fell in, he would immediately become a dead body. No one said anything now. Beating a bandit is very relieved, but his life is also important.
"Plant the cannon, hit hard." After Liu Tianling said that, these officers went to rest next to him. Tiehan and more than 20 guards soldiers were busy building five mortars.
Liu Erniang insisted on taking someone to watch because he knew that they might even be equipped with such weapons.
The iron man was also happy to teach and said with a smile: "The cannon is powerful and can hit far, but he must learn to master the angle when he walks."
"What is the angle?" Liu Erniang asked.
Tiehan scratched his head, thought for a while and said, "It's the level of lifting up. Look, the cannon head pointed diagonally at the old bear's nest, the shells came in, and they hit it in an arc."
I didn't understand what I said, I didn't understand what I heard.
Liu Tianling asked someone to give the trumpet to Lei Hu, asking Lei Hu to persuade the bandits to see if anyone is willing to surrender. Most of these bandits are from the people of Fei County and the villagers.
Lei Hu shouted for more than ten minutes, his voice was hoarse and no one paid attention to him.
"Three-point shooting." With the order of the iron man, five cannons started to thunder. The shells drew arcs. After more than ten seconds of flying, they fell inside and outside the village wall two miles away. Some of them missed and some were straightened. Several bandits without any hiddenness were beaten to death on the spot.
But more shells just blow up the stones.
In the cave, Liu Heiqi and the bandit leaders were drinking in big mouthfuls of meat and bowls: "Come on, everyone eat and drink. Let the militia's poor group fight. How many people can die until dark? All of us brothers hide."
The shells were hit slowly, and then they shot one by one minute and two by one minute.
Liu Erniang was anxious and asked by Liu Tianling who came to ask: "Captain, isn't this a waste of shells? I guess the bandits have long been hiding."
Liu Tianling pointed to the old bear nest: "Look at this mountain, the mountain is steep and you can rush up. Needless to say, bandits can shoot, just roll a few stones to kill people. If these local bandits could have existed for so long?"
Liu Erniang's eyes rolled: "How about this, find a familiar mountaineer to sneak up with the team."
"Didn't I understand what I said just now? The mountain is steep, but a single mountain has the meaning of defense. As long as we surround the place, the bandits will starve to death. So Liu Heiqi will definitely break through the small path, and it will be very fast. You must know that this cannon has a very shocking effect."
Lei Hu came over and said, "This is hard to say. There should be their warehouse and cave in this mountain. What if they have enough food, what should we do? Will we besiege him here for a few months?"
Liu Tianling thought to himself that if there were a few planes, even helicopters would be fine.
"Well, Chai Fei, immediately send someone to the commander's car to put a big basket in the back seat." Liu Tianling slapped his head and came up with a good idea.
Chapter completed!