Even if you can't see the coffin without shedding tears, you will definitely not be able to convince the saltmen to surrender just by talking nonsense. The political offensive must be backed up by thunderbolt means.
An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and there was no intention of surrendering in the compound. Mere words without practice would not be able to sway Yan Ding.
In order to strengthen the frontal offensive, Gao Feng also transferred the three flying thunder cannons from the militia company. He was ready and was waiting for Shi Lei's order.
As soon as the time came, Shi Lei gave the order to fire without hesitation at all.
"Boom boom boom!"
Three explosive packets were thrown out and flew towards the gate of the Zhang family. What they exploded was the tall gate that Zhang Shijie was proud of.
"Boom boom boom!"
Three violent explosions sounded. The Zhang family's gate, which had cost 2,000 oceans to build, was completely destroyed along with the surrounding wall. The dozen saltmen who were defending against the wall were all shocked to death. , was buried in the ruins.
Everyone, including the well-informed Zhang Shijie, was shocked. They had never seen such a powerful artillery piece. The Zhang family's wall was no different from paper in front of the Eighth Route Army's giant artillery.
This round of artillery fire shattered the illusions of everyone in the Zhang family. The Eighth Route Army did not brag, and the high wall of the Zhang family was nothing in front of them.
"Brothers Yanding, you should have seen that it is easy for our Eighth Route Army to eliminate you. God is kind and will give you another chance. If you surrender your guns and do not kill, our Eighth Route Army will treat the prisoners preferentially!
From now on, I will give you ten more minutes. Those who are willing to make meritorious deeds and those who are willing to surrender, please make up your mind quickly.
In ten minutes, we will blow up the entire Zhang Family Courtyard! "
The loudspeaker of the Eighth Route Army sounded again, and this time no one doubted that they were just talking words.
Zhang Wenlong, who was supervising the battle, noticed that the salt men looked at him with a different taste. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that the Zhang family could no longer defend it.
"Brothers, our Zhang family treats you well. You can't be ungrateful. As long as you stay in the courtyard and receive 100 oceans per person, our Zhang family will have plenty of money..."
"Young Master, I'm sorry for you. You have to earn this money, and you have to spend it with your life."
After a saltman finished speaking, he put down his gun and was about to go out and surrender. Zhang Wenlong shot him casually and the saltman fell down.
Zhang Wenlong said with a ferocious look:
"This is the consequence of betraying the Zhang family! For so many years, you have followed the Zhang family to enjoy the good things and drink spicy food. Now that the Zhang family is in trouble, you want to abandon the Zhang family. There is no way."
Zhang Wenlong was used to being arrogant and domineering. These salt men all had a great respect for him. Coupled with Zhang Liang and other die-hard supporters, the salt men were leaderless and were intimidated by him. No one came out to resist.
Time passes minute by minute, and the deadline given by the Eighth Route Army is getting closer...
"Brothers Yanding, I will count down to ten, and when the time is up, I will fire and level the Zhang Family Courtyard. This is your last chance!
There are two or three hundred of you, why are you afraid of a few people from the Zhang family? "
"ten"
"Nine"
"eight"
…
When the loudspeaker counted to "five", a saltman quietly raised his gun...
Just when Zhang Wenlong was about to attack the salt man, another salt man suddenly pulled the trigger.
"Snapped!"
Zhang Wenlong was shot in the back
"Pah! Pah! Pah"
More saltmen aimed their guns at Zhang Wenlong and his iron rod, and Zhang Liang was also shot several times...
"It's gone!"
A fire began to break out in the Zhang family's inner courtyard. Zhang Shijie looked crazy in the fire. Zhang Wenhu's body was lying on the ground. The entire Zhang family's inner courtyard was covered in blood.
Crazy Zhang Shijie killed several of his wives, concubines, and several children, and then set the inner house on fire.
"Hahaha, no one can get it! I won't give it to you even if I burn it on fire!"
Gunshots erupted in the Zhang family compound like fried beans. The dozen or so loyalists loyal to the Zhang family were quickly wiped out, and the fire in the inner house began to soar into the sky with the help of the wind.
The remaining saltmen escaped from Zhang's house and surrendered to the Eighth Route Army. Zhang Shijie's madness made Gao Feng sigh, and he immediately organized personnel to put out the fire.
Since it was winter and the weather was dry, the fire was so intense that the inner house could not be saved at all, and only the outer house was saved.
The fire in the inner house burned for a full day and burned to a white ground before it was extinguished. The Zhang family completely disappeared in the dust;
Along with the fire, the huge wealth accumulated by the Zhang family over hundreds of years was also reduced to a stick. No one knows the exact amount.
A few days later, while dealing with the funeral affairs of the Zhang family, they accidentally unearthed an underground secret room, which contained a large amount of silver coins and gold bricks, as well as various calligraphy, paintings, and antiques, with a total value of more than 300,000 silver dollars.
As the saying goes, the Zhang family has been selling illegal salt for hundreds of years, and they have squeezed out a lot of people's wealth and wealth. They can't all be hidden in the Zhang family compound. As for where they are hidden, only Zhang Shijie knows, and he brought this secret to hell. .
"The Zhang family's wealth was stolen by selling private salt. They have more wealth than they can use up in a few lifetimes;
Even so, they did not hesitate to collude with the bandits for a little personal gain, intending to bloodbath Black Spring Town. The greed of human nature is so insatiable. Such a vampire family should go to hell and never be able to stand up again!
Shi Lei, this wealth is registered and handed over to the regiment headquarters, which will handle it. It will be used to fight the Japanese in the future. It can be regarded as the Zhang family's contribution to the Japanese army.
A week later, after Xiong Jun integrated and absorbed the captured bandits, he sent troops to annihilate Fatty Liu's Heiyun Village and two other cottages, and seized a large amount of gold and silver jewelry with a total value of more than 80,000 silver dollars.
In addition, there is a large amount of food and daily necessities. Sure enough, there is still a future for suppressing bandits.
More than 600 bandits were captured, of whom more than 300 were women and Confucians, many of whom were civilian girls who had been robbed by the bandits.
What the bandit leader Fatty Liu likes to do most is to steal money, food, and women. He has as many as a dozen wives in the village;
Another bandit likes to steal money, and the gold, silver and jewelry in the cottage are piled up like mountains. This time, in order to save his life and perform meritorious service, he took the initiative to lead the Eighth Route Army to raid his lair.
Because this kid knew very well that seventy or eighty of his minions were captured by the Eighth Route Army. If he didn't take the initiative to take them over, others would take them over;
Rather than letting others make meritorious deeds, it would be better for him to do it himself and copy his own lair. He is probably the first one.
This time the bandits were suppressed, the first battalion made a lot of money. After removing the bandits and prisoners, there were still more than 500 people left.
Gao Feng was an old man from the Seventh Company, and he was very familiar with the development model of Liu Town. After capturing Heiyun Village, he had the idea of locating the battalion headquarters in Heiyun Village.
He knew in his heart that once the Japanese freed up their men, they would definitely organize heavy troops to raid the base area. Heiquan Town might not be able to hold on, so that battalion must have a stable old camp, and Heiyun Village was the most suitable.
Purple Mountain, where Heiyun Village is located, has a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Although it is impossible to build an old camp like Shenxian Ridge, it is still no problem to hide hundreds of troops on it. It can be used to injure the Japanese at critical times.
After the Zhang family's cancer was removed, the Wangcun base area was on the right track;
Gao Feng evacuated Wangcun, and Wangcun was handed over to the platoon leader Deng Wu, who served as the captain of the armed workers team and the commander of the militia company.
In order to confuse the Japanese, the original designation of the 882nd Regiment's First Battalion was no longer disclosed to the public, but was renamed the Purple Mountain Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Brigade, which sounded a bit like a bandit force.
Gao Feng serves as the team leader, and Liu Jingyu serves as the instructor (students of the first phase of the political work class of the instruction team)
He captured more than 500 bandits and formed 4 reserve companies, named Preparatory Company 1 to Preparatory Company 4;
He selected a squad of veterans from each of the three main companies to serve as squad leaders, for a total of 39 squad leaders.
The candidates for platoon leader and company commander will be the first batch of students from the teaching team. The 200 graduates from the teaching team that Li Qing asked Chu Xiong have already arrived;
The first battalion has been assigned 50 people and is on its way to Purple Mountain. This will be the cornerstone for the future development of the first battalion.
These students of the teaching team were trained in the old camp of Shenxianling for two years. They were trained by Chu Xiong according to the standards of school students. After they came down, they happened to serve as company and platoon leaders.
Gao Feng planned to keep them all in Heiyun Village, and first transform these more than 500 bandits into real Eighth Route Army soldiers.
The artillery company attached to the battalion also stayed in Heiyun Village, so Heiyun Village became the old camp of the entire guerrilla brigade. A base area with Zijin Mountain as the center and covering twenty or thirty surrounding villages was gradually formed.
