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Chapter 5: Bandits are infested (2)

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When the sun was west, Zhao Zhenzhong came to the base of Dazhu Mountain.

The troops in the Dazhushan base are now relatively empty, including the players in the training camp led by Liu Chengshan, Li Yunhai and others. There are only about 100 players left in the entire base. Of course, there are more than 200 newcomers selected to receive further training after selection training in the training camp.

The new recruit selection training was completed at the end of August. After the initial 600 years of Zhao Zhenzhong's attack in mid-August, Gu Haichuan, Liu Chengshan and others strictly screened them, sending away some teenagers who were not orphans or were unwilling to stay. In the end, only more than 390 people were left and completed the selection training. More than 200 people were selected from the more than 390 people to stay for further training, Zhao Zhenzhong added more than 180 other people to the guards of the Dazhushan Quarry at the end of August, led by Lin Haijiang and Wang Tieshan.

Although the base's troops seem a little empty due to the many Rangers being drawn to perform tasks, the base and the surrounding areas still have a total of more than 600 troops, which can ensure the safety of the base. Moreover, if the new and old team members in the base can successfully complete the ongoing training, the base's armed forces will be greatly improved.

In addition to carrying out various trainings in the Dazhushan base, new and old team members with a total of over 300 training in accordance with the original requirements of the Rangers every day, they have also added a new training content: artillery operation training.

Gu Haichuan, who was in charge of the base, now works with Liu Chengshan, Li Yunhai, Liu Haidong, Yang Tianming and others to study the artillery training scripts written by Zhao Zhenzhong. After strictly following the artillery training techniques and artillery structure diagrams, several people pass on these skills to other new and old team members who are trained.

The more than 100 veterans who were trained in the training camp and were selected to fail to perform tasks in the Yimeng Mountains were originally a little disappointed, but after seeing 8 75-caliber artillery guns and learning that they and others were going to start learning artillery operation training first, they swept away their depression and burst out with great enthusiasm for training. After nearly 20 days of training, although they were still too far from the artillery building army and had not fully mastered the shooting skills of artillery, under Gu Haichuan, Liu Chengshan and others' training strictly according to Cao Dian, these more than 300 people already had some shadow of the future artillery troops.

On the road to the base, Zhao Zhenzhong found that all aspects of the alert measures were in place. When he met some team members on duty, Zhao Zhenzhong also praised him a few words, and then went directly to the command center of the base.

Since its construction, the Dazhushan base has strictly distinguished the living area and the military area in accordance with Zhao Zhenzhong's requirements. Those children and other personnel who came to the base for development and construction all live in living areas such as Zhushan Xiugu, while the Rangers and the teenagers who were originally undergoing selection training all live in military areas. The command center of the base is also located in Shimen Temple in the military area.

Standing outside the command center gate, Zhao Zhenzhong met Gu Haichuan, Liu Chengshan, Li Yunhai and Jiang Yishan who had specially rushed back from the Yimeng Mountains.

Liu Chengshan and Li Yunhai looked much more steady than before, and Gu Haichuan and Jiang Yishan seemed to have made rapid progress after this period of hard work. However, Gu Haichuan and Jiang Yishan were much thinner, and there were a lot of blood in their eyes, especially Jiang Yishan, who had been a "bandit" in the Yimeng Mountains for nearly a month, looked even more sloppy. Of course, the few of them were very energetic.

When Zhao Zhenzhong approached the door, Gu Haichuan and others were arguing fiercely about the sand table inside the house.

"It's too risky to do this. Uncle Master finally built this team. You can't just consume it in such a meaningless way." Li Yunhai shouted loudly at Gu Haichuan.

"Mr. has always taught us that 'everything is for the people, and the interests of the people are above everything else'. Not only did Mr. said that, but he also did so. Isn't it the case for us orphans and rescued disaster victims over the years? And now we have the ability to rescue those people from the plunder of bandits and the exploitation of the government. Why can't we do it?" Gu Haichuan was a little excited and argued with reason.

"Although we have some teams now, it is difficult to deal with many bandits and soldiers for a while. Not to mention the strong soldiers and the powerful soldiers, the large and small bandits entrenched in the Yimeng Mountains, how long will it take for our team to fight less than 800 now? Besides, the bandits will stay there honestly and let us touch the hill to fight? Our team will not be damaged? Don't forget that those large bandits have thousands of people! Don't stop the bandits from fighting by then, but will lose all their own wealth." Liu Chengshan reminded calmly.

"Oh..." Jiang Yishan on the side sighed and said, "After I led the team into the Yimeng Mountains, after so long reconnaissance, I heard and witnessed the evil deeds of some bandits, and I really wish I could kill them thousands of times. I also led the team to eliminate several small groups of bandits with a total of 3,400 people. But the bandits are familiar with the environment and fight against us with their advantage in geographical advantages. More than 10 of our team members suffered injuries of different severity. If we calculate according to the current playing style and injury ratio, our team will be exhausted before the Yimeng bandits have been eliminated."

Although I understood what the few people said, Gu Haichuan couldn't help but want to eliminate the bandits that harmed Yimeng as soon as possible. Thinking of his experience with some other Yimeng team members, Gu Haichuan couldn't help crying: "You don't know the suffering of the people of Yimeng. They not only have to endure constant natural disasters, but also suffer from the rampage of bandits and soldiers. My family of more than a dozen people, two uncles and grandma, were killed by bandits very early, while grandpa, my parents, my elder brother's family, younger brother, and sister were killed by the soldiers who cleared the bandits under Zhang Shuyuan."

"Those beasts are nominally called to wipe out bandits, but every time they are far away, they will fire guns and scare the bandits away, and then they will rush into various villages and plunder them. My mother and sister-in-law, who had just passed the door, were targeted by several beasts and wanted to do something bad. My elder brother, father, and they fought desperately, but they were all killed by them. Even my 8-year-old twin brother and sister were not spared. I went to the nearby mountains with a few friends to pick wild fruits, and then I escaped by luck. But when I went back, I found that the house was burned, and my parents and relatives were all in a pool of blood. My home was gone..."

"The surviving people in the village told me what happened and helped me bury my family. I followed the adults who had encountered the same experience and fled to the famine. In the end, when I was about to starve to death, I was rescued by Uncle Kuang and Mr. Kuang. When Mr. Mr. taught us skills, we learned very carefully, and thought that one day we must clean up the bandits and soldiers!"

After talking about his hatred with tears, Gu Haichuan wiped his face with his sleeves and said with red eyes: "What you said makes sense. It's not easy for sir to create this team, but I'm too anxious."

"Haichuan, don't worry, we can definitely eliminate the bandits and the officers and soldiers." After persuading, Jiang Yishan sighed and asked again: "No wonder Zou Degui and Xu Chaoyuan, the two guys, were desperate for their lives when they saw the bandits. They and you were the first to be taken in by your husband, and they were all from Yishui. They wouldn't be like you, right?"

"It's almost the same. We were both affected by the disaster at home in 1918 and were then bandits and Zhang Shuyuan's officers and soldiers raged one after another, losing their relatives at home." Gu Haichuan said in a low voice: "If it weren't for being rescued by Uncle Kuang and taken in by his husband, we would have long been hungry on the roadside. Now we would have been a pile of bones."

Gu Haichuan was feeling sad, and suddenly felt someone patted his shoulder with his hands. A familiar voice heard in his ear: "Haichuan, we will get back the pain that the bandits and those reactionary officers and soldiers have brought us one day. Now cheer up and think about how to eliminate bandits more effectively and save ourselves better."

Gu Haichuan wiped his eyes of blurry tear, raised his head and shouted in surprise: "Sir, you are back. We are exploring how to deal with bandits in the Yimeng Mountains."

"Go and wash your face well, you're almost like a flowery cat." Zhao Zhenzhong joked: "Prepare for dinner, and we'll make a good plan after dinner."

"Oh!" Gu Haichuan agreed with embarrassment and went out to work hard.

"How is it? It's been smooth for you to enter Yimeng? How is the situation investigation?" Zhao Zhenzhong asked Jiang Yishan on the side.

"Sir, come and look at the sand table." Jiang Yishan said with a wry smile.

Zhao Zhenzhong stood in front of the sand table and looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but sigh: "Okay, this is simply a few green and red in the mountains. Let's talk about it in detail."

"The small blue flags on this sand table are the bandits we have roughly explored. These two small red flags are the places we occupied after we eliminated the bandits. The two small red flags over there are Lu Village and Shiqiao, where the gentleman led his men to take charge." Jiang Yishan made a rough explanation and continued: "About this month, we have found out the details of more than 50 bandits of all sizes, and also eliminated several small groups of habitual bandits who were extremely guilty. A total of more than 370 bandits were eliminated. We also had more than 10 team members injured, but fortunately, there have not been any sacrifice yet."

"However, according to our understanding, there are almost bandits everywhere in the Yimeng Mountains. There are one or two thousand people in the big gang, and more than a dozen people in the small gang. It is really hard to explain how many stocks there are. But from the perspective of clear exploration and preliminary grasp, the total number of bandits in the entire Yimeng Mountains should be no less than 20,000 to 30,000. Moreover, most of them occupy the dangerous terrain and it is extremely difficult to attack."

"As for the bandits' equipment, most of them are imitated with German Mauser rifles. The Mauser pistols are made of Japanese weapons. Many bandits do not have guns at all, relying on big knives, spears, etc., so far, no heavy weapons such as machine guns, artillery, etc."

"The distribution area is not easy to determine. Except for the most fundamental and dangerous old nests, most bandits are roaming and not going to be fixed."

"What are they snatching now?" Zhao Zhenzhong asked.

"These bandits are simply locusts. As long as the people have something in their homes, they will not rob them. Except for the houses that cannot be moved away, they will take away all the people's homes, and they will not even leave pots and pans, or even chopsticks." Jiang Yishan was a little angry and continued: "However, in addition to paying more attention to property, the bandits are particularly concerned about food. After all, there are few lands in the Yimeng Mountains, and there are many stones, and the bandits are not willing to reclaim wasteland for farming. If there is no food, the bandits will not be able to stay on the mountain."

"That's it..." Zhao Zhen asked again after he had a conspiracy in the center: "Then you can explore the entire Yishui area and how many bandits are there in the northern part of Mengyin?"

"Now the exact number of Yishui is hard to say in the entire northern part of Mengyin, but there must be more than 5,000 bandits, but there will not be more than 10,000." Jiang Yishan scratched his head in a dilemma. "The number span is a bit large because some of them are villagers who are forced to live. They farm during the day and turn into bandits at night, robbing passers-by near the countryside. Most of these people do not have firearms, and it is the most difficult to detect and understand."

"It's the damn world in front of you. The honest farmers can't survive and are forced to become part-time bandits." Zhao Zhenzhong sighed a little and continued: "In addition, Zhang Mingrui and his friends discovered more than 4,000 bandits near Lu Village, Shiqiao, Laiwu and Linqu. The confirmed number is about 10,000. With such a large number, hard attacks are not a solution. If you think of a way, let the bandits come out on their own initiative."

"If you find a way to pull out one or two bandits, it's possible, but it would be too difficult to pull out dozens of bandits that are not subordinate to each other in different regions." Jiang Yishan said with a bitter face.

Liu Chengshan and Li Yunhai were standing beside each other, and they also scratched their heads.

Seeing Gu Haichuan bringing the food prepared in the canteen with two team members, Zhao Zhenzhong interrupted the thoughts of the people: "Eat first, and think of a solution after the meal."
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