The person who spoke was a sergeant from the Fubo Army. Yang Erdong saw that he couldn't afford to offend him, so he had to shut up. But he saw another group of Fubo Army coming. The mark on the collar badge was different from Lieutenant Mi and others. I don't know where the new one came from.
team, secretly wondering.
After a while, Mi Longtao and the Zuolu team also returned. The team was beaming when they came back, escorting the prisoners and carrying various trophies. The enemy fled from the village and had their pockets set up within a few miles.
Mi Longtao's team was wiped out in one fell swoop, and they captured more than seventy prisoners alone. The rest were all turned into corpses scattered in the paddy fields.
Mi Longtao was beaming with joy and repeatedly praised Zhu Si and the others for "a good fight" when they attacked Liwei cleanly and forced the bandits out of the village with three strikes, five by five and two by two.
"To be honest, I was a bit distrustful of your squadron at first. I didn't expect that this guy is really a talent!" Mi Longtao praised Zhu Si profusely. "I also know that the team you led is a temporary ragtag group that can go into battle."
, being able to charge and kill is considered a superior performance - to be able to fight like this, I take the greatest credit."
Zhu Si was flattered by his praise and quickly became humble, saying that it was Mi Longtao who "planned the strategy" and he was just "resolutely executing" it. Although Mi Longtao did not answer his words, there was a hint of confusion on his face.
The smiles were quite bright. However, Yang Erdong and the others were quite aggrieved: Captain Li had obviously come up with all this, but Zhu Si was so calm that he considered it his own.
There is no injustice, they are just ordinary soldiers, and they have been influenced by the culture of "officials and senior officials crushing people to death" for many years, so naturally they dare not comment casually. However, they still have to murmur a few words in private.
Liwei suffered a lot of damage from bandits, and except for a few abducted women who were left behind, there were no residents anymore. It was already dark, it was inconvenient to defend here, and it was far away from Xijiang. Mi Longtao decided to withdraw his troops immediately
Return to Xugang.
Xugang Village is still heavily guarded. Although the Fubo Army won the battle, the tense situation caused in these days still continues. After nightfall, there are no traces of people on the streets. Only the joint patrol team composed of regiment members and the National Army patrols everywhere.
Torches and lanterns were lit at intersections and bridges, and horse barriers were set up.
Many people came to seek refuge from around Xugang. Mr. Xu did not dare to openly evict the Australians because they were in the village, although he was worried about insufficient food, so they were sheltered in several temples and ancestral halls.
Because the external banditry was unclear, in order to maintain the status of being able to mobilize at any time, each team did not have separate houses, but camped together in order to be able to mobilize at any time. The Wuzhou Squadron was still placed on the threshing floor. Several bonfires were lit at night.
The dew was heavy, so he wrapped himself in a blanket.
Xu Gang sent a few old men and women to help them boil water and cook. Because they rescued the siege and annihilated many bandits, this dinner was Xu Gang's "reward". Not only was there enough rice, but it was also delivered
Chicken, duck and fish.
After a whole day of continuous fighting and marching, the relationship between the comrades who were somewhat estranged from each other has improved a lot, and the nervousness of entering the battlefield for the first time has also disappeared. The soldiers put their spears together and sat around the campfire and wolfed down their meals.
They brag to each other about their own achievements and the fools others have made. Especially the few unlucky guys who disappeared during the landing battle - they wandered back and forth between the mountains and the riverside, tired and scared, and finally reached Xu Gang.
One Fubo Army soldier who saw him standing guard at the entrance to Xugang Village burst into tears.
Speaking of which, I can't blame them for getting lost in this unfamiliar place. If they encounter bandits, it's self-evident. When they were training in Wuzhou, they heard a lot of news about the brutal acts of bandits. Those who fell behind or lost their way were ambushed.
Polish soldiers, lone naturalized civilian cadres...all will surely die if they fall into the hands of bandits.
Li Pudun finished the rice in the lunch box in a hurry, then went to the big pot and scooped out another lunch box full of vegetable soup.
"You eat so much, be careful not to hold on." Luo Mao said with a smile.
"The food in Wuzhou is so bad, it's rare to see meat or fish." Li Pudun groaned, "That mushy food will kill me..."
From the departure from the Guangzhou recruit camp to the end of the training in Wuzhou, the main food of the National Army was "military rations" - most of which were produced during Operation Engine. There were no consumed refugee relief rations - only the refugees who were about to starve to death did not dislike it.
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"Uncle, your place is a good place!" Li Pudun was in a good mood after eating.
"It wouldn't be bad if there were no bandits." The old man said with a grimace. "With the bandits, the land will not be stable for planting, and we won't dare to pick mulberries. This year's silkworms will not be raised. We will lose a lot of potential.
The apportioned expenses have actually increased a lot - life is sad now!"
"Wouldn't it be better if we wiped out the bandits?" Luo Mao said, "I don't think the bandits are that good, they are very sparse!"
"Deputy! You have guns and cannons, so you are naturally not afraid. But when the word 'Big Sky Er' is mentioned, we ordinary people feel as if they have seen a ghost. Even though we have recruited some regiments, we have never fought a war.
I’ve seen blood—if you hadn’t come today, Xu Gang would have been in great trouble!”
He said that because of the bandit troubles these days, neighboring people have fled to Xugang, the largest and most powerful place in the area. Thousands of people have gathered in the village, many of them women, children, old and young. He went on to talk about the bandits'
The atrocities happening nearby made me feel angry and sad at the same time.
Those who died, those who were injured, those who were robbed or raped, even though they were all unrelated to me, I didn’t recognize them. But when I thought about it, they were all ordinary people like me. They ate, worked and slept every day.
...The days are passing day by day. It's hard to say it's hard, but at least I can still live it... Now people are being indiscriminately causing harm to them - some even belong to the same family... I feel uncomfortable just thinking about it... Ordinary people don't long for beautiful clothes and jade.
Food, I just want peace! Peace is so difficult!"
When he said this, the soldiers also sighed. Luo Mao quickly comforted him: "Don't be sad, uncle, our Fubo Army is here! When we wipe out all the bandits, everyone will naturally live a stable life."
"... If the bandits really broke into the stronghold today, it would be a disaster... You would have committed a crime..." The old man sighed with gratitude, "You have accumulated great virtues by doing good deeds, and you will be rewarded with blessings in the future..."
"What are you talking about?" Everyone was a little embarrassed. In their hearts, they felt the sense of honor and responsibility of soldiers for the first time. When the training team was studying politics, the officers repeatedly taught "Fubo Army is the son of the common people.
To safeguard the foundation of the country and protect the people." Everyone listened and listened, and now they suddenly understood: why they came here to fight.
"Password!" the sentry on the threshing floor suddenly shouted.
"Pursue!" Li Dong's voice came, and the soldiers were all excited and stood up one after another. In today's battle, the right wing team repeatedly performed extraordinary feats, and Li Dong's prestige has been established among many soldiers.
Li Dong and Zhu Si had just attended the officer meeting hosted by Mi Longtao in the Xu family ancestral hall. Now, in addition to the troops brought by Mi Longtao from Fengchuan and their Wuzhou integrated squadron, Xu Gang also came from Sanshui.
A company came.
This company was preparing to reinforce Lianzhou and Hezhou's suppression troops: it was composed of a Fubo Army infantry platoon and a National Army squadron. They originally headed to Fengchuan County to rest and recuperate before moving along the Lianjiang River. However,
An order was received on the way: According to the latest intelligence, a large number of bandits were found gathering at the junction of Fengchuan and Yunan counties, and they were ordered to participate in the encirclement and suppression battle. Therefore, the detachment came to Xu Gang according to the new order, and met Mi Longtao's troops
Convergence.
Because of this action, Zhu Si's Wuzhou Integrated Squadron was also relieved of its patrol and escort mission, and was instead commanded by Mi Longtao to carry out cleanup activities.
The captured prisoners were interrogated by the trainee officers who accompanied the team, and a lot of useful information was obtained from them. According to the leader's confession, they were gathered from all over the place just over ten days ago - the leaders were mostly local powerful men and bandits."
They were responsible for providing wages, food, and some firearms. In addition to local gangsters and bandits, most of the members were ruffians from the Ming army who had been scattered in various places. Some Yao people even came.
"This shows that the bandits that the intelligence department has deduced now are political. Someone is secretly instigating and providing support behind the scenes." Mi Longtao said at the meeting, "Now it seems that the Yao chaos in Badai Yao District is
There is a tendency to merge with the bandit riots in the Xijiang River Basin."
The situation was very tense, and the campaign of suppression became very urgent. At this moment, Zhu Si was holding a combat meeting in the ancestral hall, and Li Dong was ordered to come back to rectify the troops and prepare for battle.
He was not in a relaxed mood. The performance of the integrated squadron today was very eye-catching and was unanimously recognized by Mi Longtao and others at the combat meeting. However, the casualty figures were not good: six people were killed in the squadron and more than 20 were injured.
The integrated squadron only has more than 120 people, and the actual casualties have exceeded 10%. This is very detrimental to the morale of the new unit.
Many problems were exposed during the battle. He originally suggested that Zhu Si hold a squadron combat summary meeting, but Zhu Si was obviously not interested in this. Besides, he wanted to stay at the headquarters to discuss the details of the operation with Mi Longtao and others.
Ask him to go back and hold this meeting.
In fact, he had just listened to the soldiers' chatter in the dark for a while - this kind of "eavesdropping" could truly know the soldiers' thoughts and morale. Now that he listened to everyone's discussion, he felt that his worries were somewhat unnecessary:
It seems that not only have the soldiers not wavered, but they are much more willing to fight than in previous days.
It seems that fighting can train the troops! Li Dong thought to himself that no matter how rigorous the training was in Wuzhou, the performance of the troops after boarding the ship was still unreliable. However, after the whole day of fighting today, they became more calm and calm.
Now - like a soldier.
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