With the heads of Dang Namen, his three gangsters, and a group of petty leaders hanging at the gate of the county town, the work of suppressing bandits in Lingao was launched in full swing.
Suppressing bandits is a combat operation that requires long-term investment. Most of the time, the bandits have the advantage of the right time and place, and sometimes there is peace, whether it is a real "peace" or a coercive "peace." When a large force is dispatched, it is
It has no effect and consumes too much. From the beginning, the General Staff decided to focus on small and strong teams, capable of both reconnaissance and fighting, reconnaissance and fighting at the same time, using the traversing group to improve communication, mobility and reconnaissance capabilities.
to offset the bandit's advantage.
Specially formed anti-bandit detachments for this purpose. Each detachment has no more than one hundred soldiers, including infantry, snipers, scouts and engineers. Artillery is only temporarily strengthened in battles that require fortification. Each detachment consists of two or three soldiers.
They are commanded by an officer, usually selected from the special reconnaissance team. Each detachment carries a 2-watt radio and a number of homing pigeons to maintain contact. In addition to standard Minie rifles, the bandit suppression detachment is also equipped with a large number of hand-held shotguns and
Grenades are used as fire support.
The soldiers of the detachment were drawn from various companies in a round-robin battle. The soldiers drawn included both veterans and new recruits. Ma Qianzhu requested that if possible, all soldiers should participate in an anti-bandit detachment.
As an experienced officer, Huang Xiong was among the first to be selected into the bandit suppression detachment, and five detachments were established during the same period. At the same time, suppression activities were launched in adjacent areas.
The suppression activities are irregular. No matter day or night, they will set off once they receive an order. They don't even know where they are going. Only the "special reconnaissance soldiers" wearing colorful clothes know - Huang Xiong is here
Having been in Liaodong, I know that the so-called special reconnaissance troops are the Australian "night guard" - they are obviously much smarter than their counterparts in the Ming Dynasty. They can accurately lead the troops to the place even in the pitch black night.
Won't get lost.
Many years later, in Huang Xiong's memory of the anti-bandit battles, there were very few grand battles in full battle formations, and even very few battles to attack the mountain siege. Most of the battles took place at dawn, dusk and midnight. The detachment suddenly
Attack the sleeping bandits, and most of them will be killed before they even have time to react.
Sometimes the battle will be fought by two or three detachments. Huang Xiong has seen that the Australians do not rely on any strategy, but rely on the tactics of watches, maps, compasses and radios. No matter how complicated or difficult the coordination of multiple troops is, they can defeat them.
It's easy to say.
The battle is ruthless, and there is no mercy towards the enemy who has fled. Once the enemy is bitten, the detachment will chase the enemy all day and night. Not giving the enemy any chance to breathe is the tactic of the detachment commander.
Huang Xiong never knew that humans could have such great potential. They could eat dry food and drink water while walking, march in the mountains all night, and go into battle at dawn.
Although the soldiers in pursuit had traveled a long distance and consumed a lot of physical energy, they were eating the specially distributed Cao Cao No. 9 high-calorie dry food. The flour fried with lard not only added salt necessary for the human body, but also added fish meal.
Dried fruits, sugar and dried vegetables. Although they don’t taste good, they can provide soldiers with more than 4,500 calories and sufficient protein and vitamins every day.
This kind of compressed biscuits packed in cartons can be eaten while walking with water, or can be cooked into easier-to-swallow batter during a short break. This allows soldiers to stay longer during high-intensity anti-bandit campaigns.
Maintain adequate physical strength and health over time. In contrast, it is difficult to obtain food on the escape route. Even if you get food, it is often too late to cook it before the bandits have to embark on the escape journey again. They live a half-starved and half-fed life.
, his body collapsed after two or three days of pursuit.
Even bandits who claim to be familiar with the road often cannot escape such a tenacious and cold-blooded pursuit. Whether it is an official army or a local hero, they will withdraw their troops when they win. They lose their will before they are defeated. In the pursuit battle
Huang Xiong has more than once seen bandits collapsed on the road, tortured by hunger, fatigue and terror, allowing their pursuers to hack and kill them at will.
Huang Xiong never figured out how the "chiefs" knew the bandits' lairs and campsites, and how they found the bandits' movement routes at night. He just followed the orders of the "chiefs" and led his soldiers in the mountains, forests and riverbanks.
, at the seaside, in the wilderness, in the market towns and villages, fighting bandits, surrounding, annihilating, defeating, chasing, fighting endlessly, without mercy - the soldiers all know that once they fall into the hands of the bandits, they will
Killed in the most brutal way. Soldiers quickly grow up in such battles, and those who survive will become resolute, courageous and ferocious enough.
Suppression of bandits first depends on the accuracy of intelligence work. The suppression of bandits headquarters obtains intelligence through several channels at the same time. First, the social work department obtains basic information from village liaison officers and county offices in advance; secondly, it obtains information from local townships.
Yong, provided by the common people - since the annihilation of the gangsters of the Party in World War I has achieved remarkable results, all villages that were originally not enthusiastic about suppressing bandits have actively provided information, and villages with local Yong have also expressed their original intentions.
Provide guides for the bandit suppression detachment and send brave men to assist in operations. The last and most important thing is the "spies" sent by the Intelligence Committee, who walk through the villages and alleys in the image of small businessmen and hawkers to collect intelligence. The special reconnaissance team members of the bandit suppression detachment will also
Often separated from the main force to conduct field reconnaissance.
But this alone is not enough. Bandits are not stupid. They will also use harassment tactics and attack villages unexpectedly to burn, kill and loot. Not only can they make a profit, but they can also make the bandit suppression detachment exhausted. Therefore, the bandit suppression headquarters has decided to
The tone is: "Enter an area, clear an area, consolidate an area."
In addition to the Thirteen Village Task Force that Du Wen is responsible for, the Executive Committee also organized several other similar task forces. Once the bandit suppression detachment annihilates or expels active bandits in the area, the task force immediately enters the area: Suppression
The bandit headquarters selects a strategically located village in the suppression area to station a working team. It is equipped with a 2-watt radio station and a number of guard troops. The intelligence data collected through various channels in the suppression area is uniformly reported to the Lingao suppression team via the radio station.
The bandit headquarters will conduct a comprehensive analysis and then mobilize troops based on the current location and mission performance of each detachment. In this way, each new movement of the bandits will take no longer than 6 hours, and can be suppressed in as little as half an hour.
The bandit headquarters knew that the troops' reaction speed was very sensitive.
In addition to restoring order as quickly as possible, the work team also helped set up self-defense organizations in each village. Villages that did not have earth fences began to build simple earth fences - those who could not afford to build earth fences at the moment had to build at least a bamboo fence. Regulations
The communication signals between the villages were established. When a village was attacked, they set off fires at night and lit cigarettes and sounded gongs during the day. They approached each village and mobilized Dingzhuang to rescue them. The newly formed township warriors had no weapons, so the work team asked the local people to teach them.
People cut bamboo spears, soaked them in urine, and dried them with fire to make strong and durable weapons. Japanese farmers in this time and space could use them to fight samurai, and Ming farmers could also use them to fight bandits.
The security detachment of the work team is responsible for training these temporarily formed village warriors every day so that they are familiar with the weapons in their hands and can advance and retreat according to the sound of the gong and form a queue.
On that day, Xin felt that he was going to die. Since he was lucky enough to escape from the raid of the bandit suppression detachment because he went to meet his sweetheart, he immediately joined another group of gangsters with a few of his brothers who had escaped.
.With his sharp tongue and the qualifications of the four great kings under the party, he actually managed to get into the position of a leader again.
However, it is very difficult to be the leader now. Under the constant attacks of the anti-bandit detachment, there is almost no day when the gangsters are not moving around. In the past, they ate wherever they went. Villages without local warriors were simply put on the chopping board.
The meat is the same. When entering the village, pigs and chickens are killed, and the women sleep freely after they are drunk and full. Even in a village where there are village braves, if the big leader shouts when passing through the gate, the village must at least provide them with a meal to send them away.
Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer villages like this. The villages with earth fences will give them a beating without ceremony, while the villages without earth fences will send sentries everywhere, and they will beat the gongs when they see the bandits coming.
Although these mud-legged peasants used to be frightened out of their wits when they heard the word "bandit", now they have guys in their hands and "bandits" to support them. Although there is no way to fight,
They were extremely ferocious, and falling into their hands was even worse than falling into the bandits' bandits - prisoners were often cut into pieces.
On the way to escape every day, they lost the supply of local villagers. It was difficult for the gangsters to obtain food. Even raising a fire to cook became a luxury - because fireworks often attract nearby farmers. The thieves made a promise
A bounty of 100 "big catties" of millet was given for a bandit's head. The armed farmers saw chasing and killing the bandits as a way to make money. There was even an armed fight between two villages over the battle for the head and the body.
The common method used by bandits to escape into the mountains is not possible - bandits are not Sun Wukong and can sleep in the open air. They also need food, clothing and shelter. And cottages that can provide all these are the key targets of the bandit suppression team. Most cottages have already
After being breached by the bandit suppression team, hiding in the mountains may be safe for a while, but over time, you will just starve to death.
There are fewer and fewer men under him. The bandit leader is becoming more and more neurotic. He gets angry and curses and beats people every day. The result is constant conflicts among the gangs. Yesterday, the gangsters who could not bear the oppression attacked the bandit leader and killed him and his cronies.
They killed them all and put Xin Nari on the throne of the boss, with a yellow robe coming to wear him.
If Zhao Kuangyin is a bit hypocritical, Xin Nari really doesn't want to be the leader at all. He is completely forced by the gangsters below. He is different from ordinary bandits. He has been hanging out with people in the yamen for a long time.
No matter who becomes the emperor, when it comes to suppressing bandits, "the culprit must be punished, regardless of the threats." If he becomes the leader, he becomes the "chief culprit". Needless to say, if he falls into the hands of the Australians, he will lose his head - he doesn't want to
Just like Dang Namen, hang your head at the gate of the county town and let the crows peck at it.
But the gangsters came forward together, and if I didn't obey, I was afraid that I would be the first to die. On that day, Xin picked up this gangster with more than 40 people, and for a while he didn't know what to do.
The best strategy is to run out of Lingao to Danzhou or Chengmai - the Australians don't necessarily want to cross the border to kill, right?
But the reason why banditry is called "local" is that it has to operate locally. Once they leave their hometown, they can't have much to eat. And their colleagues in the places where they go may not welcome them. Even if someone is willing to accept them into the gang, they
This boss will most likely be destroyed by fire.
In the panic of helplessness, he sent the spies back to the Thirteenth Village area to report back. He heard that all the gangsters were fine. The Australians only sent two "female officers" to Daolu Village, and they only had 20 people.
.His heart couldn't help but move.
If he could make a comeback at this time and catch those two women - he had long heard that there were very few women among Australians, and their status was quite high, and they were on an equal footing with men - he would have a good relationship with the Australians.
That's a lot of bargaining power.
"Where is Zhao Dachong?" he asked.
"It's fine. I'm hiding in the house and can't come out." The spy added flatteringly, "Miss Xin is fine too. She is in Uncle Zhao's house every day..."
Before he could finish his words, he received a sharp slap in the face. The spy suddenly realized that this girl was a problem for the leader, and he quickly covered his face and kept silent.
"Where are everyone's homes?" he asked about the families of other bandits.
"Everything is fine!" the spy quickly replied, "I want to ask if you are safe now and when can I call you back. They don't even dare to wear filial piety now - they are afraid that the Australians will find out and take them away."
"The bald thief doesn't do anything?"
"No, I saw Tian running around in front of the ancestral hall. There are also people wandering around outside talking about ancient times. The two female officials didn't even go out of the door."
"Hmm!"
"No!" the spy replied firmly, "it's just that the work team requisitioned some food for meals, and the people who bought things gave them coupons."
"Strange!" Xin Nari wondered what they were doing by sending this Lao Shizi work team to the village? Whether it is the government or the green forest heroes, the only thing that controls a place is money, food, and people. If the Australians want these, they will send food in the past.
We did not go against their wishes when sending missions.
It was really unpredictable. Thinking of this, Xin Nari was a little scared. However, the current situation was desperate. I was thinking about it, thinking about it, and now this strategy is "seeking life in death". So I sent another person back to the village,
Go and contact Zhao Dachong to see if there is any means of coordinating internal and external cooperation - he really doesn't have the confidence to do it with less than fifty people under his command.