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Chapter 18: Undercurrent Turbulence (4)

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Dazhu Mountain is located in the southwest of Qingdao, about 50 kilometers away, between Lingshan Bay and Guzhenkou Bay. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a majestic terrain, with a cliff standing on it, and only a small road in the northeast leads to land. The entire mountain range is about 20 kilometers long from north to south, about 5 kilometers wide from east to west, with a total area of ​​65 square kilometers, and the main peak Dazhaiding is 486 meters above sea level. In terms of product conditions and traffic location, the natural conditions are quite good.

In addition to the natural conditions of Dazhu Mountain that interest Zhao Zhenzhong, Zhou Tian and Zhou Hao, the three of them had another feeling for the nearby area. The seabed near Hat Peak in Dazhu Mountain was quietly lying down to take Zhao Zhenzhong and the other three to the ship in this world. Moreover, the shore near Hat Peak was steep and deep, which was suitable for building a large port terminal. The aircraft carrier base of later generations was located here.

However, there are now a group of more than 600 bandits entrenched in the Dazhu Mountain area.

Two years ago, although the large bandits controlled by Sun Baiwan were incorporated, some small bandits who were originally obedient to the order were not included and still operated in Qingdao and the surrounding areas. The bandits in Wang Gongshuang's army, who now occupy Dazhu Mountain, are one of them.

Since he pulled up a group of people to establish his own business in Dazhu Mountain two years ago, Wang Gongshuang has used the natural terrain of Dazhu Mountain to guard the danger. In addition to taking advantage of the relaxed defense of the military and police outside the mountain, he has also planted poppies in the mountains and sold drugs.

In July last year, Wang Gongshuang led more than 400 bandits under his command to capture Guojiabu, Zhucheng County, killed more than 40 residents, and kidnapped more than 100 people as "meat tickets".

The nearby military and police also had great headaches for this bandits, and they had organized forces to enter the mountains to clear out several times. However, when there were too many people, the bandits scattered in the mountains and had to hide them all over the mountains. With fewer people, they could not break through the guards set up by the bandits on the road to the mountains. Faced with the bandits who had the advantage of the terrain and were so cunning and difficult to deal with, the military and police were helpless. In the end, they could only strengthen defense outside the mountains, hoping to block the bandits in the mountains.

However, Wang Gongshuang also stocked up a lot of supplies in the mountains, and he could farm on his own, so he could basically be self-sufficient. He also went out to do something when the military and police outside the mountain were relaxed from time to time.

Now that the Zhili army was defeated, Zheng Shiqi dispatched troops and retreated most of the military and police blocked outside the mountain to carry out the mission, which made the bandits' arrogance even more arrogant.

Wang Gongshuang was very proud of her current state, but she didn't know that someone was planning how to destroy them and replace them dozens of kilometers away.

"Old Zhao, how do you want to take down Dazhu Mountain?" Zhou Hao was very excited and could finally do a battle with real swords and guns.

"According to our existing strength, there is no suspense to eliminate the bandits of Wang Gongshuang's troops and capture Dazhushan. Even if we only use the existing 258 people of the Rangers, there is no problem." Zhao Zhenzhong was very confident, "But in this battle, in addition to destroying all bandits of Wang Gongshuang's troops, we must also minimize or avoid our own losses as much as possible, and it is best to achieve zero casualties. In addition, the most important thing is not to alarm a small number of officers and soldiers outside Dazhushan who are guarding and defending."

"It's so troublesome to destroy bandits?" Zhou Hao went away a lot of excitement.

"Simply destroying bandits is simple, but our purpose is not to eliminate bandits, but to seize the territory and hide the truth, impersonate the bandits to establish their own base, hoard materials in the Dazhu Mountains, train and expand armed forces, and make full preparations for the next step of creating a base." Zhao Zhenzhong saw a lot.

"We must not only eliminate all the bandits but also reduce losses to avoid the outside world's awareness... There are so many concerns, this battle is not easy to fight." Zhou Hao began to grin.

"In order to achieve all goals in the future, you have to fight even if it is not easy to fight!" Zhao Zhenzhong made up his mind.

However, after discussing with Zhou Tian, ​​although the two decided on the corresponding development plan after seizing Dazhushan, they still had no idea how to seize Dazhushan under the limited conditions proposed by Zhao Zhenzhong. Finally, Zhao Zhenzhong decided to lead the members of the reconnaissance team to conduct on-site exploration and then determine the corresponding action plan based on the actual situation.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhenzhong and nearly twenty reconnaissance team members disguised themselves as vendors and went to Lingshan Island, which was across the sea from Dazhu Mountain to carry out operations in the name of purchasing sea goods. After two days of understanding and gaining some useful information, he drove the boat away. He drove the boat to the sea near Dazhu Mountain at night, and found a place that had been reconnaissance in advance to send more than ten people including Zhao Zhenzhong to the shore.

After the seven team members left by boat, Zhao Zhenzhong led the remaining 12 scout team members to carry their backpacks and entered the Dazhu Mountain Mountains in the dark.

When Zhao Zhenzhong was studying in Qingdao in the first place, he visited Dazhu Mountain several times during the holidays and was familiar with it. However, Dazhu Mountain in this era is very different from later generations. The mountains are very desolate, with no tourists but bandits, and the transportation is only rugged and difficult to walk in the mountains.

Everyone found a very hidden place in the mountains, set up a small camp, arranged the turn-by-stop and guard personnel, and then took a rest.

After a simple breakfast the next day, Zhao Zhenzhong ordered that except for the two left-behind personnel, the others explored the situation in Dazhushan in a group.

After staying for seven days, Zhao Zhenzhong and others had already figured out the distribution of more than 600 bandits from Wang Gongshuang's troops in Dazhu Mountain:

On the small path to the northeast, there were about a hundred bandits defending along the road; about 200 bandits were entrenched in Shimen Temple; more than 120 bandits were entrenched in Zhuchao Cave; in Zhushan Xiu Valley on the eastern foot of Dazhu Mountain, there were more than 200 other bandits and some meat tickets that were plundered. The bandit leader Wang Gongshuang is likely to be in Zhushan Xiu Valley.

After the situation was clear, Zhao Zhenzhong and others had another day and sneaked back to the landing site at night, boarded the ship that came to pick it up at the agreed time and returned to Nanyao.

Zhou Hao originally thought that Zhao Zhenzhong would arrange an operation after he came back from reconnaissance, but he waited for more than ten days and there was no news. He couldn't help it that day, so he went to Zhao Zhenzhong to ask for it clearly.

Zhao Zhenzhong and Zhou Tian are busy preparing the dividends of Sihai Industrial shareholders this year and their business plans for next year.

"Old Zhao, why haven't it been since he came back? It's almost half a month since it's been."

"What's the hurry?! It's not the Spring Festival yet."

"What does this action have to do with the Spring Festival?" Zhou Hao was a little surprised.

"Today is December 14th, and there are nearly 40 days left before the Spring Festival. Now it is time for everyone to buy New Year's goods. We should also talk about some human nature and make some time for Wang Gongshuang to buy New Year's goods?" Zhao Zhenzhong raised his head and said to Zhou Hao with a smile.

Zhou Hao was stunned at first, and after he understood, he couldn't help laughing happily: "You old Zhao, you are still so bad that people like it, not as good as those back then." Then he remembered something and sighed: "I just don't know where Wang Gongshuang is going to harm him again this time."

Zhao Zhenzhong snorted coldly and said, "It is not the summer and autumn harvest season. Bandits will not rob those poor people. They also rob those high-ranking families. These guys who are unkind deserve to suffer a little."

"Yes." Zhou Hao nodded and agreed, "This area has suffered such a serious disaster this year. In addition to the relief activities initiated by the Qingdao Chamber of Commerce, the wealthy families around him have never heard of many people paying for food to help the victims. However, I heard that many landlords and wealthy families not only did not reduce rent, but also took this opportunity to buy the land of the victims at a low price, and even bought the population. This is good. When the bandits robbed these wealthy families, we can steal the bandits and take them in and rescue many orphans and victims."

"In addition to this, there is another reason for me to suspend the action." Zhao Zhenzhong added: "Not to mention that bandits are looking for opportunities to 'buses' everywhere, it is difficult to concentrate on the New Year's goods. Even in Dazhu Mountain, they are not concentrated in one place. According to the reconnaissance results, they have at least four main dens in the mountains. If our team cannot block them in the dens, the search behind will be very troublesome. It is better to wait until they buy New Year's goods and go back to the mountains to gather together for the festival. This will be more conducive to leveraging our advantages and killing them all in one place."

Zhou Hao understood it and nodded repeatedly.

On the 20th day of the 12th lunar month, all the bandits under Wang Gongshuang brought all kinds of materials back to the mountains. After counting, they began to work hard to rectify the food and consumption during the New Year.

January 17, 1925, the Little Year of the Lunar New Year. That night, Wang Gongshuang and his bandits ate and drank in several halls in Xiu Valley, Zhushan, and his drunken opponent said, "Rongzhang, the benefits that should be given to your brothers during this holiday are distributed. Don't think about eating and drinking. Remember to arrange people to stare at the military and police outside the mountain."

The bandit named Xu Rongzhang, who was about thirty years old, was burping indifferently, and said, "Don't worry, the boss, the brothers on duty have all arranged it. Not to mention that the remaining few dogs outside the mountain are going to celebrate the festival. Just because of the ice and snowy mountain road outside, even if there are no brothers to guard them, they will definitely climb into the ravine once they come."

The bandits burst into laughter.

Wang Gongshuang thought about the remaining military and police officers outside the mountain, so she laughed with a few big yellow teeth, then turned around and lie down in the backyard.

On Nanyao Island, dozens of kilometers away, Zhao Zhenzhong and 258 Rangers who had eaten dumplings early gathered at the dock to prepare for departure. After re-checking the equipment, the operation code-named "Raging Tide" officially began with Zhao Zhenzhong's order. 258 Rangers took their respective weapons and equipment and sailed towards Dazhushan on six sailboats from Sihai Industrial.

Originally, when Zhou Hao asked about the code name of the operation, Zhao Zhenzhong casually gave the name "Snatch the Nest", but Zhou Hao asked to give a loud point, and not always use the code name that sounds close to the bandits. Thinking that the wave of change belonging to this era will soon begin to roar towards reactionary and corrupt forces, and his group will completely eliminate the bandits in Dazhushan, Zhao Zhenzhong gave the code name of the "Anger Tide".

After dinner, he set out at 7 or 8 o'clock. By about 2 o'clock in the second half of the night, Zhao Zhenzhong had already led a group of team members to marching hidden on the road to the bandits' nest. Several posts of the bandits who had been reconnaissance along the way were empty. On this cold winter night, it was Xiao New Year again. The bandits who were standing guard stayed for a while after eating and drinking, and then went to find a place to meet Duke Zhou.

Zhao Zhenzhong ordered two squads to set up three Maxim heavy machine guns at the post station set up by the bandits with danger to block the only passage from Dazhu Mountain to the outside world. The rest continued to head towards the bandits' nest.

For this operation, Zhao Zhenzhong and others were armed to the teeth. In addition to leaving two of the existing twelve heavy machine guns in the Nan Kiln just in case, all the other ten were brought to carry out the mission. In addition to a Mauser 98 rifle, each team member also had a 20 Mauser pistol and two homemade short knives.
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