inspire-indiana Chapter 192: Playing a trick to pretend to build a plank road and secretly attack Chencang, and put
Chapter 192: Playing a trick to pretend to build a plank road and secretly attack Chencang, and put
Inside the gathering hall of Xiaoyun Village, a fierce battle had just taken place. All the leaders of Xiaoyun Village were captured in one fell swoop, leaving only 16 bandits kneeling tremblingly, kowtowing and begging for mercy to Xie Baoqing and others, hoping to keep their lives.
"All of you, get up! From now on, you are all members of the Black Cloud Village. I am Xie Baoqing, the head of the Black Cloud Village. As long as you obey my orders, I will take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks. But if anyone dares to have second thoughts and do something treacherous, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless!"
Just as Xie Baoqing was about to say a few more harsh words, there were fierce gunshots and screams at the entrance of the village. Xie Baoqing was about to take people to see what happened when Shanmaozi came running in from outside, panting and saying, "Boss, the independent regiment sent people to attack Xiaoyun Village, saying that the bandits in Xiaoyun Village participated in the battle of Erchaling, and they said they wanted to wipe us all out. Don't they intend to leave us any chance of survival?"
"Boss, let's run quickly. As long as we have the green mountains, we will never be short of firewood. This time the independent regiment has also used artillery. If we run slower, we will be blocked on the mountain!"
Zheng Dapao no longer pretended to be a big shot at this time, and quickly agreed: "Master Xie, it's already this late, what are you still hesitating about? Let's run!"
Xue Lao San also stood up and agreed, "Thank you, Boss. I also agree that we should leave now. But before we leave, these people in the hall cannot stay. If they reveal our whereabouts, we will be in real danger!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Laosan ordered his men to open fire, and the 16 bandits who kowtowed and begged for mercy were killed in front of everyone. However, no one cared. After all, Xue Laosan's approach was for everyone's good. When they attacked the mountain stronghold before, they did not reveal their names. Now, if they kill all those who knew about it, maybe they can get away with it!
Just as Xie Baoqing and others were leaving from the back mountain, the monk and Duan Peng led people into the meeting hall of Xiaoyun Village, only to see corpses all over the floor. Wei Dayong's face turned ugly, and he said gloomily: "Duan Peng, it seems that we are a little late, and the bandit leaders have already escaped!"
Just when Duan Peng was about to speak, they heard gunshots coming from the back mountain. The two did not dare to delay and immediately led the team to the back mountain. As a result, when they arrived, Xie Baoqing and others had already escaped from Xiaoyun Village, which made Duan Peng and Wei Dayong so angry that they started cursing. After cursing for a long time, Duan Peng spoke: "Monk, let's hurry up and clean up the bandits in Xiaoyun Village, leaving a platoon of soldiers to guard it. There are several mountain villages ahead. We must clean up all the mountain villages within two days. The college students gave us a death order before they came, and we can't let them down at this time!"
Wei Dayong knew that what Duan Peng said was true, otherwise he would have already led people to chase Xie Baoqing and others. In order not to delay Lin Zhenhua's next plan, he could only swallow his anger temporarily.
"Duan Peng, I am not a person who does not know the importance of things. I will never make a mistake in this matter. I never thought that there are still so many remaining bandits. We have to change our strategy. We should not divide our troops to attack the bandit strongholds, but merge them into one place to clean up all the strongholds. It would be better to let the college students send more people over. One platoon guarding one stronghold is indeed a little weak. Although I don't know what the college students are planning this time, I know that these strongholds must be very important to our independent regiment!"
Duan Peng nodded in agreement. He agreed with Wei Dayong's opinion very much and arranged for a squad of soldiers to go back and report the news. He and Wei Dayong began to conduct a careful cleanup of Xiaoyun Village. As a result, they actually found two hiding bandits. After arresting these two people, the entire Xiaoyun Village truly fell into the hands of the Independent Regiment.
After taking over Xiaoyun Village, Wei Dayong and Duan Peng did not stay for long. They arranged two platoons to garrison there and then led the large force to the next village.
Xie Baoqing and others who had escaped from Xiaoyun Village before were like dogs that had lost their homes. They ran for their lives desperately, and only dared to stop and rest after they found that there were no pursuers behind them.
Xie Baoqing looked at the remaining 50-odd people with a look of wanting to cry but unable to do so. He had finally expanded the number of people to more than 180 from other places, but ended up returning to the situation before liberation overnight. More importantly, the independent regiment had no intention of leaving them a chance to survive. It was really a difficult decision as to what to do next.
"Boss, we can't go back to Black Cloud Village. If we really go back, I'm afraid none of us will survive. I think we should go to Yushuling and hide for a while. It's a no-man's land there now. Only by escaping there can we survive!" Shanmaozi suggested somewhat listlessly.
Zheng Sanpao did not object this time, and immediately agreed, "Thank you, Boss. I know Yushuling well. We just need to secretly capture one of the small strongholds, and then slowly annex the surrounding strongholds. In less than a year, we can have a team of 500 to 600 people. By then, whether we join the devils or the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, we will have bargaining chips in our hands, and we will no longer be hated and abandoned like we are now!"
Xue Laosan had no objection. He also felt that they could not stay in the territory of Heiyun Village any longer, otherwise their lives would be in danger. He only said one sentence and made Xie Baoqing make up his mind.
"Thank you, Boss. You should have heard about what kind of person Li Yunlong is. He is a wolf and will take revenge. The last time we ambushed Li Yunlong, the news has already been spread by the Japanese. If Pi Dan is caught by Li Yunlong, do you think we can survive?"
Xie Baoqing knew that what Xue Laosan said was true. The current situation did not allow him to hesitate, so he could only agree and said in a hateful tone: "We will meet again someday. Li Yunlong will fall into my hands one day, and then I will torture him severely! Brothers, let's go to Yushuling now, and follow closely. Don't fall behind and get caught by the Independent Regiment. You should know the consequences very well. People like us who have committed heinous crimes will never be spared by the Independent Regiment!"
Xie Baoqing warned his bandits before leading them to Yushuling. Thanks to Xie Baoqing's help, Wei Dayong and Duan Peng took over the remaining six strongholds without much effort. They only encountered some resistance when attacking Heiyun Stronghold, but after using artillery, the remaining bandits in Heiyun Stronghold were quickly wiped out, and all eight bandit strongholds fell into the control of the independent regiment.
When Lin Zhenhua received the news, he was so happy that he almost jumped up. With these eight bandit strongholds as transit stations, most of the division's equipment and more than 30 machine tools could finally be safely transported into the base.
Lin Zhenhua immediately informed Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang of the news. After learning about Lin Zhenhua's idea, they couldn't help but marvel at how smart Lin Zhenhua was. There was absolutely nothing wrong with transporting equipment and machine tools under the guise of suppressing bandits.
Li Yunlong took out the map and looked at the locations of the eight strongholds carefully. He had an idea in mind and said in a brisk tone: "College student, Lao Zhao, it is indeed a bit of a waste to use these eight strongholds only to store equipment and machine tools. We can use these eight strongholds as places to raise troops. There are two roads in and out of our base, one is the one in Xiaozhang Village, and the other is the one in Erchaling."
"We don't have to worry too much about Xiaozhang Village. We have already built our frontier positions to Zhaojialing. As long as we can hold Zhaojialing, the Japanese won't be able to enter our base. But for Erchaling, because it is close to Xue Changkun's 726th Regiment, we only deployed one company to defend it before. Now the 726th Regiment has surrendered to the Japanese. We must strengthen the defense on this line. These eight mountain strongholds are right on this line. We can rely on these eight mountain strongholds to build defensive fortifications and use the tactics of blocking layers to achieve great results at the lowest cost. The terrain advantage here is very good. If the Japanese really want to attack through this road, it will be a good thing for us."
After listening to Li Yunlong's analysis, Lin Zhenhua and Zhao Gang nodded in agreement. The betrayal of the 726th Regiment would have a relatively large impact on the Independent Regiment. It was necessary to make major adjustments to the defense of the base to deal with future threats.
"College student, it's already this time, you shouldn't hide anything. How are you preparing to transport the weapons and machine tools?" Li Yunlong asked seriously.
Zhao Gang also looked at Lin Zhenhua, waiting for his answer. Seeing that the two men were focusing their attention on him, Lin Zhenhua replied calmly, "Lao Li, Lao Zhao, I have been secretly preparing for this six days ago. I have already repaired and maintained all the trucks, including the four armored vehicles and two tanks. At the same time, I have secretly mobilized all the carriages of our independent regiment to carry out this secret transportation mission!"
"In order to ensure the smooth completion of this mission, I plan to dispatch the Armored Battalion and the Artillery Battalion to be responsible for the transportation of materials. The Second Battalion will be responsible for the escort mission this time. My plan is to complete the transportation of equipment and machine tools within six days!"
Li Yunlong listened to Lin Zhenhua's arrangement, knocked on the table and said, "College student, it is impossible for such a big move of yours not to spread some news. In order to cover your action this time, I plan to send a battalion to Erchaling near Yushugou to conduct an exercise there to attract the attention of the 726th Regiment."
"Lao Zhao, contact Lao Xu again and tell him that we will send him two doses of magic medicine in five days. We have to find something for the devils in Ping'an County to do, so that they won't keep an eye on our independent regiment all day long!"
"As for the Japanese in Zhangzhuang, I will arrange a battalion to conduct a tentative attack. After a round, no one will pay attention to the bandits' strongholds. The college students will be able to transport the equipment and machine tools into the base without anyone noticing. We can just pretend to build a plank road to attack Chencang secretly and get everyone in!"