"This is the preliminary plan. It is imperative to suppress bandits. Suppressing bandits is just a means. In addition to money, food, soldiers, and weapons, the purpose is to win the hearts and minds of the people." Zhou Weihan said.
"Our New Second Regiment has just arrived. If we want to develop in the local area, the first thing we should consider is the relationship between the military and the people. Suppressing bandits can not only eliminate harm and win the hearts of the people, but also obtain money, food and soldiers. These two things the New Second Regiment is in urgent need of should be training. Why?
Are you happy but not doing it?" Zhou Weihan took a sip of water from the big teapot and continued.
"You go back and do a good job in the pre-war ideological work of the soldiers. As I said just now, Jing Dagang and Li Dagang will lead the investigation work." Zhou Weihan said.
In Zhou Weihan's own words, a commander who lines up his troops to fight without understanding the terrain near the battlefield is a fool.
He naturally made arrangements for such an important battle on King of Hell Mountain, otherwise he would not be at ease.
Early the next morning, Jing Dagang rushed back.
"Captain, I have inquired clearly. According to the folks near Yamawang Mountain, Yan Batian has more than 500 people, almost everyone has a long gun, and the leaders each have a box cannon." Jing Dagang reported.
"Today is Yan Batian's 40th birthday. All the bandit leaders nearby will be attending. This is a good opportunity to catch them all." Jing Dagang said anxiously.
"God is really taking care of us. Now that the opportunity has come, fortunately we have dealt with them in one wave." Zhou Weihan was overjoyed.
"Correspondent, let everyone gather at the threshing floor," Zhou Weihan said.
"yes"
By the time Zhou Weihan arrived at the threshing floor, all the soldiers of the New Second Regiment were already standing neatly and in high spirits.
Even Ding Dabapan's baggage company found a dozen mules and carriages to prepare to transport supplies back.
"Comrades, I believe you have all heard that our New Second Regiment is going to practice with bandits. How good are the bandits? They are a bunch of rabble. Our New Second Regiment can deal with them with ease." The instructor of the recruit brigade is giving the soldiers
Cheer up.
"Hahaha" the soldiers burst into laughter.
"Why are we dealing with these bandits this time? What are the virtues of bandits? You should know better than me. You must have been bullied by bandits before you joined the army."
"Those guys are using the banner of justice for heaven, but what they are doing is kidnapping, extortion and oppressing the countryside. The biggest victims are the common people. As long as we eliminate all the bandits nearby this time, the common people will definitely support us.
As long as we have the support of the people, our stagnant water will have a source of water and will never dry up!" the instructor continued.
"Instructor, our Wu'an Village has been oppressed by bandits a lot, and many people have died in the hands of bandits." said a recruit from Wu'an Village in the baggage company.
"Okay, then this time we will take down the bandits from dozens of miles around and do harm to the villagers." Zhou Weihan answered.
"I just heard your instructor say a lot of great truths. Now let me tell you something practical. From now on, whether our new second group will eat rice bran vegetables or drink alcohol and eat meat depends entirely on this time. Why do the bandits eat so much that their mouths are full of oil?
We have to go hungry, and we will treat others the same way they are treated and rob them of what they are doing." Zhou Weihan continued.
"Robbing him of his stupidity, robbing him of his stupidity" all the soldiers said in unison.
The three instructors of the recruit brigade looked at each other.
"Why do I feel that our group leader is more of a bandit than a bandit?" said an instructor.
"This is called fighting evil with evil. For bandits, we have to be dealt with by people like our group leader." Another instructor said.
"I order all the commanders and fighters of the New Second Regiment to set off with the target of Yamawang Mountain, fifty miles away." Zhou Weihan ordered.
The night is very quiet.
At this time, figures appeared one after another in the woods at the foot of Yama Mountain. These people were strong and moved very fast.
Suddenly, there was a meow from the front, and Jing Dagang, who was leading the team, made a stop gesture. Everyone stopped, and Jing Dagang also meowed.
The code was correct, Jing Dagang continued to lead the team forward, and soon joined the three or four people in front.
The troops stopped in a leeward ravine. Listening to the "thumping" and "thumping" gasps of the soldiers one by one, Zhou Weihan said: "Let the soldiers rest for a while and eat something."
"Where is Li Da's talent? Let him come to see me." Zhou Weihan looked at him for a long time but didn't see Li Da's talent.
"Captain, do you know? After Captain Jing left, Li Daben went to pay Yan Batian's birthday with a magnet and sweet potatoes. He couldn't stop him. He said that when the time came, the inside and outside should cooperate."
The die-hard brothers are lively and talk in dialect.
"Hey, this guy has a lot of clever ideas. What's going on now?" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
"Many people came to pay homage to Yan Batian today. There was a big banquet at noon, and a lot of wine was served in the afternoon. It didn't take long for them to calm down, and everyone probably drank too much." Heli reported today's situation truthfully.
In the cottage, all the bandit leaders in the hall were drunk and staggering around.
A group of minions outside the hall were also unconscious.
In the corner of the hall, Li Daben quietly raised his head and looked around.
"Okay, get up, your mouth is full of oil, as if you haven't eaten anything good in your life." Li Daben said to the sweet potato with a look of disgust.
"You're still talking about me, but you're not much better." Digua said.
"Don't talk about it, we still have business to do." The magnet said as he lifted the two of them up.
"That's right, let's get down to business first. I guess the leader and others are already waiting for us at the foot of the mountain." Li Da said calmly.
While Li Da was talking, the three of them went to the wine table, took a few jars of wine and some food.
The three of them walked towards the gate of the cottage with great swagger.
Because the head of the family, Yan Batian, celebrated his birthday today, most people went to drink, and only a few unwelcome minions patrolled near the gate.
"Whoever, don't move. If you do, I'll shoot." A small leader said warily.
"Brother, don't be nervous. I'm here to reward you on the orders of your boss." Mr. Li started to lie again.
"Your boss said that there are several brothers patrolling the gate of the cottage. But the other brothers have drunk too much, so we can only ask the three of us to bring you some food and wine to warm yourself up."
"The boss is still thinking of us. It's a bit cold tonight. Brothers, stop hanging around and come over and have a drink." He put down the gun in his hand and called for a few of his men to come over and drink.
"Brother, you look a little strange to me, who are you hanging around with?" the little boss looked up and down at Li Dajian and said.
"Our mountain top is called the Wild Wolf Team, and the shopkeeper is called Bai Qinghu." Li Da's ability is to just open his mouth and speak.
"Oh, I think I've heard of it." A few people drank three or four glasses of wine and were fooled by Li Da's ability.
"Hey, brother, you still have a Type 92 heavy machine gun here." Li Daben looked at the little devil's Type 92 heavy machine gun that was set up and said to the bandit leader.
"That's right. It doesn't matter who our leader is. We have to please the Japanese. From now on, we will also be a regular army."
"Brother, good brother. Follow me from now on, I won't let you down." The little boss put his arms around Li Daben and said affectionately.
Li Daben winked at Magnet and Digua, and these drunken bandits were eliminated in three strokes, five divided by two.
"This bunch of stupid bandits actually want to take refuge with the Japs and become traitors. I'm going to report the situation here to the group leader. You guys should keep an eye on it. If anything happens, use this guy to greet these stupid guys." Li Da capable of taking pictures.
Take a picture of the Type 92 heavy machine gun next to it.
The bandit leaders did not talk about defecting to the Japs in front of everyone, and Li Da was not high enough to attend the meeting, so he did not know about it.
With that said, Li Daben turned around and slipped down the mountain.