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Chapter 162 Yi'an Army

On the last day of early February, the gunboat took off from Hangzhou with all crew members and Zhou Changfeng and others hitchhiking, and arrived at Hanyang Airport after a flight of more than three hours.

After returning to the army, the First Marine Regiment continued on the road, taking a train all the way west to Yiling Prefecture.

The Sichuan-Han Railway passes through Yiling Prefecture, which is very convenient for dispatching troops.

Since the order of the Ministry of War has been issued, a large area from Guizhou in the west, Yuan'an County in the north, and Zhijiang County in the east has been designated as a military control area. The military police.

As far as the eye can see, there are piles of sandbag bunkers and Yi'an army soldiers with live ammunition.

"It's all under martial law, it looks like it's serious." Xie Wancheng got off the train, looked left and right twice, and said so.

The Yi'an army and the normal field troops are two different systems. If we insist, they should be regarded as today's "guard soldiers".Historically, after the fall of the Weisuo system, the Ming Dynasty gradually adopted the battalion system of recruiting soldiers on a large scale, and the Weisuo system and the battalion system have been in parallel since then.

Later Ming naturally did not expect the soldiers of the guards to be able to fight in the field, so they simply re-defined their responsibilities-farming and drills were divided into six and four, and they were responsible for maintaining local security.

At the same time, they don't expect their military settlements to be able to feed back. They can grow as much as they want, and they can be self-sufficient for their own consumption.

Because the nature of the task has completely changed, many guards have also been abolished. For example, Baoding Mansion originally had five guards in the front, back, left, right, and middle of Baoding, but there are only two guards left after all. After all, it is not necessary to maintain public order. many people.

Since the establishment of the constitution, the guards in various places have been unified and reorganized into the Yi'an Army, which is responsible for security and defense in their respective defense areas.

Last year, when the Third Mixed Brigade passed the Nujiang Suspension Bridge on its way to Lingzhi, a unit of the Yi'an Army was stationed there.

In order to affect the lives of the people in Yiling City as little as possible, Zhou Changfeng set up the regiment headquarters in a warehouse in the northern suburbs, and all units camped nearby.

"This group of bandits disappeared after the last attack, hiding in the mountains and lurking, and their movements have not been discovered yet." Zhao Hanfeng said.

The regiment headquarters has not yet been established, and the communication platoon is still laying out telephone lines and switches, but the preliminary meeting has already been held.

"This is to avoid the limelight, it's normal." Xue Can said disdainfully: "Now it's a game of cat and mouse."

Everyone chattered for a while, but didn't say anything.

During this period, Zhou Changfeng kept looking at the map. After a while, he picked up the baton and said: "There is nothing to say about the overall strategy. In order to expand the search area, we will spread out in teams, and each team will get another point." For two, to ensure self-defense capabilities."

If the number is too small, such as a platoon, it is easier to be ambushed in a hasty attack, so there should be more.

In order to further enhance his own firepower advantage, Zhou Changfeng temporarily borrowed 14 submachine guns and [-] automatic guns from the No.[-] Infantry Division of the Army stationed in Wuhan to ensure that each squad has at least four or five automatic weapons. .

"...The four support plans and support plans are determined like this? All ministries have to see clearly and remember carefully."

After announcing the order to advance and suppress, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of something, looked at Xie Wancheng, and asked, "The troops have just arrived, and they are easy to get lost in rushing up the mountain. Are there any local people who are willing to be guides?"

The latter shook his head, and replied regretfully: "I don't want to. The local people are afraid of bandits like tigers. There are not a few people who have been killed and retaliated by bandits for leading the way in the past ten years... Let's not force them to go."

Frowning Fan Qijin asked: "Is it okay to be anonymous and cover your face?"

Yao Liangchuan glanced at him, and replied helplessly: "You don't know, the thieves here really dare to slaughter the whole village. More than ten years ago, at least three villages were slaughtered, and no one was spared. It was extremely tragic. .”

Everyone was silent.

"So vicious and brutal, if you are caught later, can you not send him to prison?" Han Yi, the captain of the reconnaissance team, said suddenly.

Li Bin couldn't help laughing. He joked, "What? Are you planning to burn them alive again?"

"If you learn well, you will definitely not die in our hands, but there are quite a few ways to choose without killing you."

"indeed."

Zhou Changfeng shook his head slightly, waved his hands and said: "It's useless to say these things, the premise of dealing with them is to find them first."

In order to cooperate with the first regiment of the Marine Corps to enter the mountains to suppress the bandits, the Hubei Dudu Mansion also specially dispatched a military dog ​​unit to help, a total of six groups, twelve military dogs and more than [-] officers and soldiers.

However, due to the limited residual time of the smell, it will dissipate in a few hours, so the premise that military dogs can be useful is to be able to find the latest traces of bandit activities, and then track them all the way.

There are many dog ​​breeds used in the military dog ​​units of the Ming army, but usually Xiasi dogs, Qingchuan dogs, and Shaanxi fine dogs are the main ones.

Xiasi dog is produced in Majiang County, Guizhou Province. It has white coat, thick head, well-developed limbs, fast running speed, strong endurance and explosive power. It is a very good hunting dog.

Qingchuan Dog is produced in Qingchuan County, Sichuan, and is also called Mountain Dog. Its head is inverted triangle, quite flexible, with good speed and endurance; while Shaanxi Fine Dog has a longer history, with a slender head and a slender body. Is a very good hunting dog.

It can be said that this group of bandits headed by "Wan Tianhu" caused a catastrophe. In order to completely wipe them out, the court paid a capital that did not meet its scale.

Zhou Changfeng felt that careful planning should not be done in this regard. This kind of extremely harmful banditry should be resolved as soon as possible no matter how much it costs. As a government, it would be too irresponsible to consider the cost.

On February [-]th, the two infantry divisions deployed on the outer line were all in place, basically blocking the possibility of bandits fleeing in this area for hundreds of miles, and the first marine regiment had also completed the preliminary reconnaissance.

The highly anticipated gunship has also not been idle for the past few days, and has been flying back and forth over the mountains, familiarizing itself with the terrain and areas with reference to the map.

At the same time, at the foothills to the northeast of the main peak of Lijia Mountain...

The trees and shrubs here are so dense that it is almost impossible to walk. You have to cut and walk with a machete to pass.

However, several figures were exceptionally abnormal. They shuttled nimbly through it, as if they knew where there was a pre-opened path.

Walking along the path for hundreds of steps, it suddenly became clear that the shrubs within a radius of tens of meters had been cleared, and many trees had been cut down, making it quite spacious.

Twenty or thirty tents were set up here, and there were bandits eating barbecue and drinking wine all the way, laughing and cursing endlessly, and their weapons were neatly crossed and placed aside.

Going further ahead is the mountain wall, but there is a cave here, which is neatly tidied up, including beds, cabinets, and chairs.

"...For the past two days, the planes of the government and army have been flying around in the sky. I'm afraid there will be some big moves."

A few leaders-like guys inside were talking, when a short man came over.

As soon as he came in, he stepped forward boldly and said, "That's right, the brother who went to investigate is back, and the officers and soldiers are about to enter the mountain."

　The Chapter 2 card has been reviewed, it will be later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)