"It's great, but I've been waiting for you to come. Because of the destruction by the lake bandits, I can't complete the plan of raising the boat. It would be great if you came, and my confidence has increased again.
You are the professional bandit suppression force? How many people have you come?" "About 4,000 people."
"There are only so many people. Isn't there a little less?"
"Is it useful to have more people? Hasn't there been a large army encirclement and suppression? Is it effective? It may not be easy to do things with many people, and it may not be impossible to do things with few people."
"Hehehe----I'm just kidding. It's not that I can't trust you. After all, I haven't seen you before. After all, you are still a professional team. You are already well-known."
"Secretary Tie, let's not say more. We have to go back and make preparations. I will tell you if necessary. Please also ask the military region to organize manpower and be on standby at any time in case of emergency."
Shuirou returned to the station and immediately called all the team captains to the conference room. Ruan Bailang also arrived at the venue. Jiang Shuirou asked Ruan Bailang to tell all the captains of the army about lakes and reed marshes. For everyone
Pre-combat training.
Reed marshes can be divided into dry marshes and wet marshes. Dry marshes are solid ground on which people can build houses and cultivate wasteland.
It's different when you're in the water. You'll feel like it's a solid ground when you look at it, but as soon as you step on the ground, you'll sink down and sink into the mud until you're topless.
There are also differences between river branches, including live and dead branches, as well as prevention of water snakes, leeches, small bites, and mosquitoes. Even these special forces are worried.
Fortunately, there will be one of Ruan Bailang's brothers following each boat. It's not a big problem. They are good at making waves, and they are also dragons in the water. They are the patron saints of the special operations forces. They are also the navy commanders of the troops.
"Comrades, this time we, the eldest girls, get on the sedan chair and take the lead in fighting water battles and suppressing water bandits. This is a new topic for us. We must be fully prepared mentally and operationally.
Don't be careless. When you go back, you must convey your experience well and be fully mentally prepared.
The front line is waiting for our victory, where a large number of ships are needed to cross the river. We must work a hundred times harder to complete the task. Are you confident?"
"Yes - yes - yes -!" everyone answered in unison.
After everyone separated, Shuirou immediately called the staff to formulate a battle plan. Water warfare was also a new topic for them. After all, the Water Bandits were familiar with this place. Shuirou's troops were outsiders. Even with Wei
The navy in Shanhu and the battle in Weishan Lake were still unfamiliar and had many disadvantages.
They started with a visit, divided into three groups, and guarded the water all the way. They were formed in a mixed formation by Ruan Bailang's people and people from the special operations force. They took advantage of the Japanese assault boats and patrol gunboats captured by Jiang Shuirou, a total of more than 250.
First, focus on pulling the net to sort out the island in the middle of the lake. We plan to gradually clear out the water bandits from the inside to the outside. Then, people from the mixed force will patrol the water day and night to monitor the water surface so that they cannot cross the wide water surface and reach the island.
Avoid, do evil, and escape encirclement and suppression. Since the boats of the water bandits are all hand-paddle boats and move slowly, it is not easy to escape on the wide water. Once discovered, they will be sunk immediately.
The rest of the troops charged into the assault boats and concentrated on monitoring the reed swamps. They were also equipped with radio direction finders to find the location of the lake bandit's radio station. When the gunboat saw smoke, it would fire bombardments to drive people out. At least the bandits inside should be restrained.
their lives.
Although the method is a bit clumsy, after all, we cannot let them rest.
Then we went all the way to the lake to visit old lake residents and learn about the situation in the reed marsh and the banditry.
The last route is for the Shadow Wolf troops to cross the Yuxi River and penetrate into the mountainous area southwest of Chaohu Lake. They will find out the bandit's lair in the mountainous area. Three approaches will be taken.
The life of the water bandits in Chaohu Lake is not easy, as if their hands and feet are tied up. But they don’t know the situation outside the reed marsh.
"I asked Commander, do you need to send someone out to take a look? We don't understand the situation outside at all now. We are blind."
"How are you going to send them? Go out and arrest them one by one. You haven't seen that the Communist army has sealed them so tightly. Do you think they haven't been arrested enough?"
"Then go out pretending to be a couple. The communist army won't even arrest people's couples' boats. They have to let people live on the water."
"Then I'll do as you said and prepare a few boats to go out."
The water bandits had no choice but to send people out of the reed swamp to nearby towns to understand the situation and collect intelligence.
In order to avoid the investigation of the People's Liberation Army on the water, the water bandits formed a husband and wife team. Because in Chaohu, there are too many people living on the water, and they all rely on the water. They often come in and out of the reed swamps, and these people just get out of the boat.
River branches and reed swamps were intercepted by patrolling troops.
First ask where you live. The name of the couple, the boat registration number, nail the sign and then centralize management. Once you leave the reed marsh, you are not allowed to enter the reed marsh in the lake. Those who have homes in the reed marsh can go home.
, moving out with their families and living together completely stopped them from thinking about returning to the family.
This move cut off the bottom of the fire, cutting off the lake bandits' living supplies and the source of intelligence. In desperation, they sent multiple reports and ordered the intelligence stations on land to provide intelligence on the communist army. Frequent telegram exchanges exposed the whereabouts of the lake bandits.
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Shuirou's troops first determined the location of the Lake Bandits radio station. More than 100 assault boats loaded with mixed formations immediately rushed to the location of the radio station.
Ruan Bailang led his troops in an assault boat and quietly entered the secret camp in the reed swamp. After a brief exchange of fire, the lake bandits relied on their familiarity with the terrain and escaped. They ran towards the prepared camp.
"Damn it, the Communist troops came too fast. Fortunately, they are familiar with the terrain."
"I finally escaped, but the base in the reed swamp is finished."
"Yeah, that's a base we've been operating for a long time, and most of the supplies are stored there. With this loss, we don't have much supplies. I'm afraid we won't have enough supplies in the future."
"That base is so secret, can it be found by the communist army?"
However, due to the sudden incident, the radio station in the bandit camp was seized by the anti-bandit forces. There were also a large number of documents and code books that had not been destroyed in time.
This was a fatal blow to the bandits. Of course, there were also a large amount of food, medicine, weapons, ammunition, and a large amount of money. They could not be taken away, and they were all seized by the anti-bandit combat troops.