Chapter 6: Zhang Wang Waiting (2)
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During dinner, Zhang Mingrui brought the No. 90 people back to the camp with dust. After washing up, everyone let go of their stomachs and filled them up.
After dinner, Zhao Zhenzhong called Ding Yicheng, Han Tiezhu and Zhang Mingrui to learn about the situation and assign tasks.
"Is there any new situation in the bandits around these two days?" Zhao Zhenzhong asked Zhang Mingrui first.
"It's still the same way as before, and there is no major change. But today is the fifth day of the lunar calendar, and it is close to the Mid-Autumn Festival. Judging from the bandit conversations I heard during the reconnaissance, several nearby bandits will take action before the Mid-Autumn Festival. However, the exact trend of the bandits has not yet been discovered." Zhang Mingrui told the general situation.
"The bandits don't need to explore the next moves. I promise they will take action against us. Because we have already drawn up a relevant action plan." Zhao Zhenzhong said affirmatively. Then, Zhao Zhenzhong took out the combat plan and circulated it for the three of them.
After watching the three of them, they all felt a sudden enlightenment. It turned out that the battle could be fought like this. Ding Yicheng and Han Tiezhu were very excited, while Zhang Mingrui, whose hometown was originally in the middle of Yishui, was destroyed by natural disasters and man-made disasters, and in addition to being excited, he felt that he could finally take revenge on the bandits.
"I've finished reading the plan, so I'll talk about our arrangements and arrangements below." Zhao Zhenzhong looked at the three of them and continued: "However, before talking about arrangements and arrangements, I'll report the results of Jiang Yishan's team's activities in other places in Yimeng..."
After talking about the progress of Jiang Yishan and others' activities in the Yimeng Mountains, the situation related to the bandits they discovered, and the news that some team members would leave the team due to disability, Zhao Zhenzhong warned the three of them again. Then he emphasized: "In order to eliminate the bandits in the Yimeng Mountains as soon as possible, we have formulated these action plans. Although this plan is feasible in theory, whether we can achieve the results we want in the end depends on the efforts of our personnel."
"In terms of the number of personnel, the number of bandits that can be dispatched is estimated to be at least 8,000, while the overall number of bandits is only more than 1,100, and the number of bandits is close to 8 times ours. Of course, in the early stage of the operation, the gap between the number of enemies and us will be even greater. Lu Village and our total number of more than 500 troops will face the attacks of more than 8,000 bandits. Whether our more than 500 people can withstand the attacks of more than 16 times the bandits and win depends on our various arrangements and arrangements in the future."
Seeing the three people's serious expressions, Zhao Zhenzhong explained: "We are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of the number of personnel, but we also have our own advantages. If we play well, we can leave the vast majority of bandits here forever with this little force."
The three of them were a little unbelievable, and Han Tiezhu even asked: "Can we more than 500 of us fight more than 8,000 bandits?"
Zhao Zhenzhong glared at Han Tiezhu angrily and said, "This era is no longer the time to decide the outcome of the war by relying on the number of personnel and personal courage in the era of cold weapons. In addition to the comprehensive capabilities of combat personnel, the quality of weapons and equipment and the performance of equipment will affect the outcome of the war to a greater extent. There are many bandits, but they lack formal training, and the quality of equipment is uneven. Some bandits are even holding big swords and spears. No matter how many such bandits are, they only have more targets in front of heavy firepower such as machine guns."
"Look at our side, although there will be only four companies of merchant regiments and a small half of the company's rangers in the early stages of the battle, with a total of more than 500 troops, the training of these people is far beyond those of the rabble bandits. In addition, we are well-equipped and sufficient firepower, which can completely make up for our disadvantage in the number of personnel. Moreover, we are prepared for defensive operations, so we don't have to be afraid of those bandits at all. Don't forget that what you hold is the most advanced weapons in the world, not fire sticks! You also need to be afraid of bandits holding big swords and spears in your hands? For example, even if there is only one tiger, will it be afraid of thousands of rabbits? In the face of our absolute advantage in firepower, those bandits are not much better than those rabbits, but they are just targets."
After hearing Zhao Zhenzhong's words, the three of them had significantly increased their confidence and their expressions began to relax. Han Tiezhu, who had a little big nerves, even smacked his lips and said with some regret: "It would be great if the 8,000 bandits were really 8,000 rabbits." This made several people laugh.
Zhao Zhenzhong also smiled and shook his head, and was also a little helpless towards this "silly" Tiezhu.
"Okay, since you have understood the combat plan and have some confidence in this battle, I will arrange the tasks for the future."
"Zhang Mingrui continues to lead a team of 90 people to monitor the situation of the surrounding bandits, and must effectively grasp the movements of bandits of all sizes within a 15-kilometer range nearby."
"Ding Yicheng, Han Tiezhu, except for leaving two platoons to be responsible for the factory area's warning every day, the other people will carry out engineering operations according to my arrangements. If there is insufficient manpower, you can draw the workers who mine quarries to supplement it. Within 5 days, I will turn the factory and surrounding areas into a strong barbed fortress."
In the following days, Zhao Zhenzhong and others began to get busy.
On the morning of September 24, a train loaded with 500 tons of rice, more than 240 workers and other materials drove into Boshan Station. Then, with the personnel sent from the Lucun Coal Mine, transported the rice and other materials to the Lucun Coal Mine, and then escorted to Shiqiao by the rangers waiting there and workers drawn from the cement factory. Starting from the morning of September 24, it was busy until the night on September 27 that more than 200 guards and more than 700 workers were mobilized to transport more than 60 rubber wheel trucks, which was considered to have transported all of these materials to Shiqiao Cement Factory.
On September 28, Zhao Zhenzhong took some workers on holiday by taking the excuse of the need to repair and clean up production equipment before the factory was officially mass production. Then, using the excuse of the approaching Mid-Autumn Festival, he invited American technicians who were conducting production guidance in the cement factory to taste traditional Chinese food at Sihai Restaurant, and sent a group of old foreigners who were full of holidays and could taste Chinese delicacies to Qingdao onto the train to Qingdao. In this way, there were only two and a half companies of guards left on the entire Shiqiao Cement Factory, as well as a total of more than 400 workers left in the factory. Of course, more than 240 of these workers were dressed up as workers, and this time, two business groups from Qingdao came with rice and other supplies.
Also on the morning of September 28, Lucun Coal Mine also put the workers on holiday on the pretext that the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching and the production suspension inspection was about to be carried out. Subsequently, more than 200 rangers from the coal mine also gathered at Shiqiao to prepare for the escorts and workers to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with them.
Just when Zhao Zhenzhong was busy and busy, a piece of news was widely circulated among many bandits in the Yimeng Mountains after the efforts of "sentient beings", from September 24: the cement plant and coal mine in the north transported a train of rice and grain, as well as many other supplies. This news was not only spread among the bandits near the source of Yishui, but also among the bandits in the entire Yishui area and the surrounding Mengyin, Linqu, Laiwu, Xintai and other places. At first, it was said that it was a train of rice and grain, but later it was spread, and it was invisibly exaggerated into ten trains of rice and various daily necessities.
The bandits in the entire Yimeng Mountains were excited. Ten train rice? That's a huge amount of food! If they were snatched back, they wouldn't have to worry about food and drink for many years. Even if they couldn't grab them all, they would be able to grab half of them, right? If they couldn't grab half of them, they could always be able to grab rice from a train? If they couldn't even grab food from a train, they would always have to grab enough food this winter and next spring.
For a time, bandit leaders of all sizes all started to make plans. Many small and medium-sized bandits began to form cliques, hoping that they could get a share of the transaction after they formed a group, so as to solve the problem of food this winter and next spring.
Julianggu is located at the western foot of the main peak of Yishan Mountain. It was later under the jurisdiction of Jiushan Town, Linqu County. The straight-line distance here is about 15 kilometers from Shiqiao Cement Factory. If you walk around the mountain road, it is only more than 30 kilometers. In the dangerous place Julianggu, an elderly bandit Yin Laihao, entrenched in Linqu.
On the morning of September 28, the elderly bandit was discussing with a tall, scarred man in a house in his old nest.
"Boss Yin, what is the news you are investigating?"
"I got reliable news from Boshan Railway Station that at least one train of grain and other materials were transported to Shiqiao Cement Plant. I heard that nearly a thousand people were dispatched from the cement plant and coal mine, and more than 60 rubber wheel trucks were used to transport the items until last night."
"Isn't it a ten train?" The big and strong man was a little disappointed, but then he came back to the taste: "There are many young people in one train? More than 60 rubber wheel trucks and nearly 1,000 people have been transported for 4 days in a row? Then these foods are at least enough for our brothers, who have eaten and drunk for nearly 2,000 years. Will you do this business by Boss Yin?"
"How can such a good thing be spared in vain? But I think it's better to be careful." Yin Lai was a little hesitant.
"What else can I worry about?" The big man said impatiently: "Boss Yin and I, Wang Si, have nearly 2,000 people. As long as we join forces, in Linqu, Yishui, who dares not look at your face and speak? The hairy children with less than 500 people in the cement plant and coal mine still want to fight us? You are thinking too much, right?"
"I wonder why the factory transported so much food and other materials for no reason. I always felt that things would not be so simple." Yin Lai was a little puzzled.
"I heard that there are almost thousands of workers in cement plants and coal mines over there, and there should be more than 1,400 guards on both sides, right? Is it strange to transport more grain to eat now? Could it be that when the roads are covered with ice and snow in winter, they are hungry? Besides, people who open factories have money, so it is not uncommon to prepare more grain." Wang Sida disagreed and asked: "You, Boss Yin, are you talking about whether you are doing this business?"
"Of course we have to do it!" After hearing what Wang Sida said, Yin Lai thought it was indeed reasonable, and hesitated no longer. He gritted his teeth and decided to say, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival, and it's time to take action on the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Let's prepare first, and it's better to catch the food and celebrate the festival."
Chapter completed!