Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2167 New Battle
The permission arrived yesterday, and shortly after arriving, ships successively brought over the weapons and prisoners seized in the battle.

Among these weapons, there are quite a few well-made firearms, especially a dozen bird guns and light Buddha wolf cannons.This is very rare for bandits.

Bandit firearms were also seized in the war against bandits before. Most of them were crude tube-shaped firearms made by blacksmiths in villages and towns. The shape imitated the firearms of officers and soldiers, but the texture was extremely rough and the shape was not accurate.At first glance, it is a fake and shoddy product.Even for the sea lord Zheng Zhilong and his like, there are quite a few very rough private castings for the artillery and guns on the ships under his command.

The weapons used by these bandits are obviously the standard weapons of the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!

Could it be that the bandits are all supported by Xiong Wencan?After thinking about it, it might be possible to support, but Xiong Wencan probably doesn't have the ability to directly provide weapons to the bandits—these things were probably captured from the Ming army, or simply brought by the collapsed Ming army.This is reflected in the confessions obtained from the initial interrogation of the captives. About one-third of the captives were officers and soldiers.

The Yao Rebellion destroyed many Ming army camps and camps, and captured many counties. A large number of officers and soldiers' firearms were scattered, not only captured by the Yao people's armed forces, but also flowed into the bandits along with the dispersed officers and soldiers.

No wonder the current law and order war situation has become so complicated.Xu Xu thought that the scattered soldiers and lost firearms had directly or indirectly strengthened the bandits and Yao people's armed forces.Back then, Li Zicheng's most effective unit was also a mutinous battalion of the Ming army in Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.

These complements of personnel and firearms are not only reflected in equipment, but also in combat: these wooden cannons are proof.

It was the first time for him to see a wooden cannon—he had heard of this primitive firearm: the bore was pulled out from the trunk of a hardwood tree with a large diameter at breast height, and it was used as a cannon.Old elm is mostly used in the north, and iron wood and lychee wood are mostly used in Guangdong and Guangxi.

These non-metallic guns were found in both Asia and Europe.The North Korean army used bark guns during the Imjin Japanese Invasion, and the Swedes and Russians used leather cannons.Whether it is leather or hardwood, it is not as strong and tough as copper and iron, so this type of gun cannot be filled with too much gunpowder, and the size of the shells that can be fired is not large.It is mostly used to shoot shotgun shells. Even if a 4-pound shell is large, the range is not far.And most of them are not durable, and they will deform and crack after a few times.North Korea's Famuyan also had a bombing accident during the battle, so the officers and soldiers they encountered before were not equipped with this thing.

The wooden cannons in front of him are lychee wood - a common tree species in the local area. The barrels of the guns are well dug, obviously not made by hand, they should be dug out with some kind of hand drill.After touching it, the inner wall is smooth, probably polished, although compared with the outer diameter, the inner diameter of the barrel is pitifully small, and it can fire about a 4-pound shell.A few iron hoops were added to the wooden cannon.

Although the manufacture is quite elegant, the processing of wooden cannons is much easier for bandits than iron cannons. Lychee wood and iron wood can be seen everywhere in the local area.If you don't use it, just throw it away if it breaks.

Although this thing is crude and heavy, as long as it is properly arranged and the timing of firing is well grasped in battle, it can still achieve results.Although the bandits sank the gunboat in this ambush, although the luck of the blind cat dragging the dead mouse was included, the effect was still obvious.

"...There is no doubt that the bandits we are going to face are not ordinary gangsters or local gangsters, but more irregular troops mixed with soldiers from the Ming army. They are much stronger than ordinary bandits in terms of equipment and combat effectiveness. "Xuan concluded, "Summary of the recent public security battle report, we can see that the military quality of the bandit leader is also good-it is very likely that there is a general of the Ming army."

"At the moment, it's a three-part partnership to deal with our family." Bei Wei smiled, "But that's okay, the reason why the bandits are difficult to deal with is that they are small, scattered, and scattered. Now they want to join forces to do big things, but instead they will suppress us. There are benefits to banditry."

Xu said: "However, if they continue to attack cities and villages, it will have a negative impact on our political reputation on both sides of the Xijiang River, so political factors must also be considered."

Bei Wei nodded: "So we still have to follow Xue Ziliang's method."

"Gather villages together?"

"Yes, our troops are too small to protect every village," Bei Wei pointed to the map under the glass panel, "Big villages, with many adults, can defend themselves, and small villages are almost defenseless. Small villages Merging into a village with better defense conditions and organizing a militia can form a certain self-defense capability, so that we can effectively prevent bandits from being harassed, and we can free up our hands to hunt down bandits—otherwise the troops will be exhausted.

"The two sides of the Xijiang River are our key security areas, and they are also the main agricultural areas in these counties along the river. Most of the population and fields are accumulated, so our focus of security is here." Bei Wei said here and glanced at the three naturalized people. civilian officer.The considerations on the battle originally didn’t need to be mentioned in front of the naturalized civilian officers, but he thought it was better to say something so that they could build up a sense of the overall situation from now on, “You should have a sense of the overall situation now, don’t just limit yourself to the captain of the guard. Or a role like an infantry company commander."

"Yes!" All three of them stood at attention.

Next, Bei Wei announced a new order: Mi Longtao was appointed as the captain of the three counties of Cangfengyu County Police Mobile Team, and was fully responsible for the security battle in these three counties.Unified mobilization and command of the garrison troops in these three counties to fight, with Li Shenggang as the deputy captain.

"...As for you, you still lack actual combat experience, but your squadron has performed well, and you will have more experience with the two captains."

Zhu Si secretly complained, this is the rhythm to keep him.He originally wanted to find a reason to go back to Wuzhou, but he didn't dare to say it directly, so he quickly saluted: "Report! Thanks to the chief for cultivating me! It's just that I am still the captain of the Wuzhou National Army Garrison Brigade. If I stay in the mobile garrison, Do you want to go through the relevant procedures..."

"Don't worry about this matter." Bei Wei smiled slightly, "Isn't there a Li Squadron Leader who came out with you on the cruise this time? I heard that his performance is also good. I will let him take over your position temporarily."

Zhu Si hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." But he felt uncomfortable for a while.

The analysis meeting lasted until noon, and discussed the joint security mode of the three counties.Including key alerts in the direction of Wuzhou.The meeting made a decision that all the current reconnaissance forces in the three counties were dispatched to collect surrounding intelligence.Focus on collecting intelligence in the direction of Yunan County and Wuzhou, and ensure that once a large number of enemies gather in this area, they will concentrate their forces to attack.

The field hospital in Fengchuan County is located in the Confucian Temple in Fengchuan County. Fengchuan is a small place. Although there are many temples of various kinds, most of them are small in size. The only available house with more buildings is the Confucian Temple.

Confucian temples in prefectures and counties are not only places for worship, but also houses of prefectural schools and county schools. There are many houses, which are convenient for the placement of the sick and wounded.So Lin Motian, who was in charge of field rescue in western Guangdong, set up the field hospital here.

Lin Motian is a surgeon. He originally applied to Guangzhou to establish the Provincial Hong Kong General Hospital and a medical school, but now the frontline urgently needs experienced medical staff. "Are.

"The conditions here are simply unbearable..." Liu San, who visited the field hospital with Bei Wei, said to him.

Although Liu San is currently only in charge of the medical work in Guangzhou, he is actually the default person in charge of the health department in Guangdong.

"You should be mentally prepared." Lin Motian had a cigar dangling in his mouth - it is reasonable to say that smoking is not allowed in the hospital, but he has smoked it since he arrived in Fengchuan.No matter how much disinfectant was used in the hospital, the strong smell of blood could not be concealed.

"Yes, yes, I was indeed mentally prepared and knew that the situation would be very bad, but I didn't expect it to be this bad." Liu San breathed out, "I originally thought that the basic health centers we built in Hainan were already extensive enough. , I didn’t expect to go to the front line and see that the simple health center is simply a third-class hospital..."

In the entire field hospital in western Guangdong, there is only one veteran doctor, three naturalized doctor doctors, and ten "doctors"-these people are probably at the level of "barefoot doctors" in the old time and space.According to the standards of the old time and space, Lin Motian is the only one who can qualify as a "doctor".

Not to mention the level of medical staff, to ensure the wartime medical service of more than 1 naturalized civilian soldiers and civil affairs cadres deployed to western Guangdong, these people are just a drop in the bucket.

The front and rear halls and corridors of the small Confucian Temple have all become wards.Because there were too many inpatients, several other temples had to be requisitioned in the city. As the inpatient department, the inpatients for the lightly and seriously wounded and the sick were separated.

It's morning now, the last batch of wounded and sick sent last night has been processed, and no new wounded and sick have arrived yet, Lin Motian is temporarily free, and can chat with Liu San, who came to inspect .

"To be honest, our medical services are seriously under-prepared: personnel, materials, medicines... are all in short supply, but there is no shortage of systems." Lin Motian complained.

According to the health service regulations formulated by the Joint Logistics Headquarters "adapting measures to local conditions", the slightly wounded went to the battalion health station by themselves, where they were simply treated and bandaged and sent to the brigade field hospital; the moderately wounded were sent to the battalion health station by the stretcher team.Then send it to the brigade field hospital by boat or stretcher team.

Because the troops basically operate along the river, the distance from the combat area to the supply point on the river is no more than a dozen kilometers at most. As long as the stretcher team transports the wounded to the river, they can use the motor boats that deliver ammunition and supplies to return.Then to the field hospital at the brigade level for final treatment.Then evacuate for recuperation.

As for the treatment process for the critically wounded, it is not in the regulations.With their current support equipment and medical level, the seriously wounded would not survive to the evacuation assembly point.
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