Heiquan Town, 1st Battalion and 1st Company Headquarters of the 882nd Regiment
After Xiong Jun detained the Zhang family's private salt, he had been silently paying attention to the Zhang family's reaction.
Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. Private salt is the foundation of the Zhang family. They have continuously confiscated the Zhang family's private salt. There is no way they will not react;
Private traffickers are in the business of beheading. Zhang Jiaguang has no less than 300 armed salt soldiers. They are well-equipped with fast guns and even a few Czech-style light machine guns. These are not used to bluff people.
"Company commander, according to reports from Wangcun's informants, the Zhang family's salt and fire fighters are still in Wangcun. They are still afraid that we on the Eighth Route Army won't see them, so they pull them out from time to time and sneak around the village."
After the second platoon leader Shi Lei walked into the company headquarters, he reported the information to Xiong Jun.
After the first company in the town was adjusted, the three platoons were designated as second platoon, fourth platoon, and fifth platoon, plus a firepower platoon;
The newly formed fourth platoon leader and fifth platoon leader were each promoted to the position of a squad leader.
After hearing this, Xiong Jun smiled and said to Shi Lei:
"Platoon Leader Shi, the Zhang family is trying to cover up the truth. They are just trying to do this in front of our Eighth Route Army.
They must be hiding an ulterior move, notifying the four platoons on the perimeter and placing the guard posts five kilometers away;
Once you discover the enemy, just take the initiative to move out of the way, let them come over, and send someone to pass the news back;
The second and fifth platoons guard the town, while the fourth and fire platoons are responsible for poking the enemy in the butt. "
More than ten kilometers away, an armed group of bandits marched toward Heiquan Town. The leader was none other than Fatty Liu, the head of Heifeng Village.
The Fatty Liu Gang in Heifeng Village is a fierce bandit active in the Zijin Mountains. They often rob passing merchants, especially the official salt caravan, but they have never robbed the Zhang family's salt team.
Many people thought it was because the Zhang family's escort team was so strong that Fatty Liu bullied the weak and feared the strong, and did not dare to stroke Zhang Shijie's tiger beard;
Only the Zhang family knows the real reason. Fatty Liu and Zhang Shijie have a deep friendship.
Fatty Liu helped Zhang Shijie deal with his competitors, cut off the official salt, and resold it to the Zhang family;
The Zhang family gives Fatty Liu a large amount of grain, ammunition and silver coins every year. These are all bought back from the Central Plains at a high price after selling private salt.
It can be said that they are a pair of communities of interest, businessmen and bandits collude, and work together in collusion.
Fatty Liu's job was to lick blood with the tip of a knife. The Zhang family paid 5,000 yuan to hire them to cleanse Black Spring Town, but he used people's money to eliminate disasters for others. The Eighth Route Army No. 100 and others didn't take it seriously.
Fatty Liu's gang has more than 300 people, well-equipped and powerful. He also attracted two other groups of bandits. With promises of benefits, he gathered more than 500 people with guns and a cannon, and they went hunting together in Heiquan Town. .
"Steward Zhang, are you sure there are only more than 100 Tubal Roads in this town?"
Fatty Liu asked again worriedly. He took people's money to eliminate disasters, but that didn't mean he was willing to build his own cottage for the Zhang family. If his idea was too tough, he would suffer big losses.
Zhang Zhong patted his chest and said:
"Master Liu, how dare you joke about this? My Zhang family has spies all over Black Spring Town, and we know the strength of the Eighth Route Army clearly;
There used to be only a few dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers in the town, but later they recruited dozens more Kuhaha in the town, who couldn't even fire a gun. "
Fatty Liu felt relieved after hearing this. In his opinion, the dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers had tougher ideas, and the dozens of Kuhaha. When he saw them coming, it would be good if he didn't scare them to the point of peeing.
He turned to the other two bandit leaders and said:
"What do the two masters think?"
One of the bandit leaders named Huabaozi said:
"Mr. Liu's family, our three families have five to six hundred men and guns, so it's no problem to deal with the Eighth Route Army No. 100. Heiquan Town is originally the territory of the Japanese. They won't be able to stay in Heiquan Town for long. As long as Mr. Liu and the Zhang family keep their word, that's all." .”
The Yuci area has always been a security area for the Japanese, and the Eighth Route Army has almost no influence, so these bandits have no fear of the Eighth Route Army. The ignorant are fearless!
Zhang Zhong struck while the iron was hot and said:
"You two, please rest assured. After the matter is completed, our Zhang family will not treat the two leaders badly."
The Zhang family's generosity is also well-known on the road. Although they are just a housekeeper with red lips and white teeth, the two of them still have no doubts. The Zhang family's generosity is also recognized by friends on the road, and they have never broken their promises.
Bandits were always bandits, and they had no sense of confidentiality when marching. They marched towards Black Spring Town with almost fanfare, reaching the extreme of arrogance.
When they entered the security area of the second company, they were quickly discovered by the security posts of the fourth platoon of the second company;
Except for the fourth platoon leader who sent a scout to quickly return to the town on horseback to report the news, the others cleared the road and let the bandits go to Black Spring Town.
Ten minutes later, Xiong Jun, the commander of the second company, had received the intelligence of the intrusion of the bandits, and immediately notified the commanders of the second platoon and the fifth platoon to come to the company headquarters to discuss matters;
The military situation was urgent, so Xiong Jun said directly to the two of them:
"Shi Lei, Ma Jun, I didn't expect that the people who moved here from the Zhang family this time were actually a group of bandits. It seems that they have been colluding with the bandits for more than a day or two;
If they were just selling private salt, we might still let them go, but now that they are colluding with bandits, the cancer of the Zhang family can no longer be kept.
This time, the bandits were dealt with at the same time, saving us the trouble of going to the hills one by one to suppress the bandits. "
Shi Lei and Ma Jun couldn't stand it anymore and said excitedly:
"Company Commander, just give the order. This time, these bandits will never come back. They are so damn arrogant!"
Xiong Jun nodded and said:
"Although there are five to six hundred bandits, they are all a mob. In order to wipe out all these bandits, I decided to show the enemy's weakness, let some bandits in, and then give them a thunderous blow;
After defeating the bandits, the four platoons and the fire platoon attacked from front to back and made bandit dumplings together!
Capture the thief first and capture the king first, then arrange for two snipers to kill the bandit leader..."
The Xiong Army quickly deployed. The fifth platoon was responsible for evacuating the people near the town entrance to the center of the town, freeing up a battlefield with a depth of more than 300 meters. The Xiong Army prepared for the bandits in an open area more than 200 meters away from the town entrance. A big surprise.
More than an hour later, the bandits swarmed to the entrance of the town and encountered dozens of defending Eighth Route Army troops.
The bandits didn't have any tactics at all, they just liked to go straight. When Fatty Liu saw there were dozens of gangsters at the entrance of the town, he didn't take them seriously at all and shouted loudly:
"Brothers, there are dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers on the opposite side, rush over and kill them all!
Go into the town and steal money, food, and women!
"Kill"
The mobilization of bandits is so simple and crude, but it is indeed very effective.
"Kill!"
"Grab women!"
"Kill everyone!"
…
The bandits rushed towards the Eighth Route Army at the entrance of the town like a group of wild animals.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"Bagou! Bagou!"
The Eighth Route Army began to fire at the swarming bandits. A dozen of the bandits who rushed in front fell down, and they were immediately filled with bandits catching up from behind. There were too many people, and the Eighth Route Army's firepower could not stop it...
In less than five minutes, the Eighth Route Army was defeated. They retreated and ran towards the town. This made Fatty Liu particularly excited and shouted:
"Brothers, the Eighth Route Army has escaped. Fight in and steal money, food, and women!"
"Kill..."
The bandits swarmed into the town, and Fatty Liu led the way...
