Qilangzhai, a very famous group of bandits in Huizhou Prefecture, gathered hundreds of desperate people and had the record of breaking through many landlords and large estates. There were countless caravans robbed by the government forces several times and survived tenaciously.

Generally speaking, Qilangzhai will only attack landlords and caravans. Everyone knows that poor people have nothing to grab, but when Qilangzhai encounters difficulties, they will also grab poor people in the mountains and outs in order to survive.

It can be said that people in villages near Qilang Village have always lived a worried life, afraid that the bandits from Qilang Village will attack. Even if they are not killed or injured, their food will be taken away, it will be equivalent to half of the lives of poor people.

However, today, the good days for the bandits of Qilangzhai are over, and a special team has touched the surroundings of Qilangzhai.

"Report to the battalion commander, the situation around Qilang Village has been clearly understood, and the bandits are very cautious. There are more than twenty open and secret whistles around Qilang Village." After investigating the situation in Qilang Village, the reconnaissance squad came back to report to Battalion Commander Wang Shengrong.

"There are so many open and secret whistles, it is very difficult to sneak attack Qilang Village. If you can't sneak attack, you can only attack with force. The number of bandits in Qilang Village is more than us. However, as long as it is not a close battle and the distance is wide, our soldiers can fight five of them, and they can surround Qilang Village in a company, launch an attack together, and try not to let an enemy run away."

Hearing the report of the reconnaissance squad leader, Wang Shengrong thought about it and said to the battalion instructor Gao Wei and deputy battalion commander Xiong Jian. Listening to the battalion commander's analysis, Gao Wei and Xiong Jian nodded in agreement.

Wang Shengrong is the battalion commander of the First Battalion of the People's Army, a student of Fang Nan. He is already 22 years old. Gao Wei and Xiong Jian are younger than Wang Shengrong. They are both students taught by Wang Shengrong's senior brothers. Gao Wei is 18 years old and Xiong Jian is 19 years old.

In today's People's Army, positions above the platoon leader are basically occupied by three-year education graduates. Their age is not as good as those of non-three-year education graduates, but they have to be far beyond their knowledge. As an officer, what is more important is the command ability. It doesn't matter if the personal force is poor.

The First Battalion was the first battalion of the People's Army to complete the expansion, and it was also the first battalion to complete the initial military training. After completing the training, the First Battalion did what the People's Army had to do when there was only one company, encircled and suppressed bandits in the mountains, and further improved its own strength in the battle.

Qilang Village is already the third group of bandits encircled and suppressed by the first battalion. It has the experience of encircling and suppressing the first two bandits. Even if Qilang Village is stronger, the soldiers of the People's Army of the first battalion are confident that they will take Qilang Village at a relatively small price.

Wang Shengrong is the battalion commander, but he will not act arbitrarily when commanding battles. He often discusses with the battalion instructor and deputy battalion commander. If they have no objection, they will formally issue combat orders.

Gao Wei and Xiong Jian basically would not make any opinions that were contrary to Wang Shengrong, but instead checked for omissions and made up for the shortcomings based on Wang Shengrong's opinions and assisted Wang Shengrong.

The plan for the First Battalion of the People's Army to encircle and suppress Qilangzhai was soon decided. Wang Shengrong convened three company commanders of the First Company, Second Company and Third Company to hold a meeting and issued a combat plan. After receiving the orders of the battalion commander, the three company commanders returned to their respective companies to hold a small meeting for the officers in the company, and then the battle to encircle and suppress Qilangzhai officially began.

Wang Shengrong led the first company to attack Qilangzhai from the front, Gao Wei led the second company and Xiong Jian led the third company to attack Qilangzhai from both sides.

When the People's Army soldiers appeared in the eyes of the bandits who were watching the Qilang Village, the bandits were shocked. They immediately ran towards the village and told the leader that the enemy was attacking, and some bandits did not leave immediately. After observing some of the enemy's situation, they quickly returned to the village with intelligence.

"The king is not good, the enemy is coming."

"King, there are enemies coming, and there are not many, only more than one hundred people."

The bandit leader: "Only more than 100 people? I dare to attack my Qilang Village. The young men, pick up their weapons and follow me!"

The battle is about to break out. On the front battlefield, more than 130 people from the People's Army's first battalion and one company fought against more than 300 bandits in Qilangzhai. No bandits from Qilangzhai came over and were worried that there would be enemies in other directions.

The People's Army adopted a three-stage shooting tactic, with the platoon as a unit. The soldiers of each platoon then stood in three horizontal rows according to the squad. If the terrain was not expanded, they could stand a little bit. However, the bandits of Qilangzhai adopted a swarm of bees. The bandits, led by the leader, raised their weapons and rushed towards the People's Army directly.

The battle officially began. When the bandits rushed to the position of the People's Army only 100 meters, Wang Shengrong issued a fire order. With black smoke and sparks coming out, rows of lead bombs were shot at the bandits who rushed over without fear of death. In just a few seconds, the bandits in Qilangzhai, which had one-third of the leader's casualties, were directly defeated.

"Pret! Those who resist will be killed without mercy!"

Under the encirclement of a battalion of the People's Army, the bandits of Qilangzhai, who had been scattered in Huizhou Prefecture for more than ten years, were completely destroyed in less than an hour.

The People's Army only sacrificed two people, mainly because when searching for bandits in the house, they were severely injured by bandits who suddenly rushed out. More than ten other people were injured, and no serious injuries were caused.

Although there were casualties and injuries, the battle of the First Battalion of the People's Army to wipe out Qilangzhai was a relatively perfect battle. The casualties and injuries were within an acceptable range. If the official army came to encircle and suppress Qilangzhai, even if the number of people was ten times that of the bandits, the casualties would be several times or even more than ten times that of the People's Army. In the battle, the fierceness of the bandits in Qilangzhai impressed the People's Army soldiers.

The People's Army seized a lot of grain and grass, more than a dozen horses, antique calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, gold, silver and other worth nearly 10,000 taels of silver.

There were also prisoners of the bandits who were taking many evil deeds and killed them. The remaining bandits were less than 150, and there were no innocent ones. This shows how many evil deeds the bandits in the Qilangzhai were doing.

The First Battalion of the People's Army rested for a day in Qilang Village, brought all valuables and food that could be brought with him, and escorted the bandits and their families back. The final destination was not the garrison of the First Battalion, but Hutou Village. The bandits and their families were basically placed in Hutou Village.

The First Battalion's destruction of Qilangzhai was just a routine expedition by the People's Army. The People's Army began to expand, and after four months of training, the companies that completed the expansion chose bandits for practical training.

There are many villages among the mountain people in the mountains, and there are many villages of bandits. The People's Army has wiped out several groups of bandits, which can prevent mountain people and poor people outside the mountains from being attacked by bandits.

By destroying a group of bandits, the People's Army can also gain more or less. Money is one aspect, and manpower is also very important.

Because a large number of bandits and their families moved into Hutou Village, Hutou Village has almost become a small town in the mountains, with a population increasing, exceeding 4,000.

The increase in coolies has caused the steel production in Hutouzhai to rise rapidly, and the production of tiger-headed guns and tiger-headed cannons is also increasing. However, in order to prevent bandits from escaping or storming, Hutouzhai took out a batch of pig iron to create shackles to lock the coolies' feet. At the same time, it formed a cold weapon guard in Hutouzhai to guard Kuli.
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