1912 was the year of greatest social chaos caused by the change of dynasties. The last batch of local officials from the Manchu Qing Dynasty made a fortune when they left. Most of the new local officials in the Beiyang government were bought with money. Naturally, they made even more money after taking office. As a result, people in northern rural areas went bankrupt. In order to survive, young men became soldiers or bandits, young women became slaves in brothels or wealthy families, and women, children, the elderly and the weak left their homes and became refugees. The soldiers and bandits then went to cause harm to other places, creating more soldiers, bandits and refugees. There are three large-scale bandit groups in the Zhili Province alone. The strongest group is Sun Kuai's tribe in Motianling near Yanshan. There are more than a thousand minions under his command, but they only have more than 300 long and short guns. The rest are all It's a broadsword and a spear. Among them were more than a hundred cavalry. After Fei Bao, a member of the Flying Eagle Gang who slipped through the net, recovered from his injuries, he took Gou Zongwei to join Crazy Sun's tribe for revenge. Originally, there were three other gang members besides Gou Zongwei, but the three were unwilling to leave Beijing. When Fei Bao left Beijing to become a bandit, So he found an opportunity to escape from Fei Bao and joined another gang in Beijing.
When Wu Chunlei returned to the Sanjiadian military camp, he went back with Di Xiong's convoy. Several carriages were loaded with uniforms of the reserve army. Through Lan Jinping's relationship, the Weili Company became the supplier of the reserve army on the left. After receiving a large number of orders, including military uniforms, Di Xiong set up a clothing workshop in the Weili Textile Factory to directly make clothes from cloth. In this way, even if he did not compete with Dongya Factory for the cloth market, he could still make a steady profit.
A dozen vendors outside the military camp set up stalls selling needles, threads, brains and other groceries. When entering Feng Jishan's military camp, neither Di Xiong nor Wu Chunlei saw a pair of hateful eyes looking at them. It was Gou Zongwei, a bandit spy disguised as a hawker. Gou Zongwei has a thin face and a short stature. In fact, Gou Zongwei was often beaten, scolded and bullied by the bosses in the Flying Eagle Gang, but because Fei Bao had promised to reward Bai Xiuling to Gou Zongwei when he got tired of playing with it, Gou Zongwei went crazy wanting Bai Xiuling. , and Fei Bao saved him once, so he was very loyal to Fei Bao. After the demise of the Flying Eagle Gang, he found out that Bai Xiuling had become Di Xiong's woman, and believed that Di Xiong had taken his woman away, so he hated Di Xiong very much.
"Fourth Master! I saw Di Xiong and Wu Chunlei bringing three carriages of military uniforms into the front camp of the reserve army on the left. I heard that the commander of the former camp was named Feng Jishan. He had a very good relationship with Di Xiong, and Wu Chunlei also became his subordinate. Officer, Di Xiong often gives him things, it seems that Feng Jishan is Di Xiong's backstage supporter."
Even though Fei Bao is now just a minor leader under Kuaishou Sun, Gou Zongwei still calls him Fourth Master as before.
Fei Bao said: "In that case, I persuaded Master Sun to attack the Ordnance Bureau. Master Sun had been worried about the lack of firearms for his brothers. When he captured the Ordnance Bureau, he happened to kill Feng Jishan. Then he took care of Di Xiong. It’s much easier.”
After Fei Bao joined the Crazy Sun gang, he once had a firefight with a patrol of the Reserve Army and killed three soldiers. He believed that the Reserve Army's combat effectiveness was too poor. Although there were three battalions defending the Ordnance Bureau, it was necessary to It's easy to defeat them.
Crazy Sun's real name is Sun Jingfeng, and he is the younger brother of Sun Jingshan, the Northeast thief. At that time, Sun Jingshan, Zhang Zuolin, and Du Yuanshan were known as the three major bandit leaders in Northeast China. After Sun Jingshan was wiped out and killed by Zhang Shaozeng's 20-town Beiyang Army, Crazy Sun and his remnants fled to the Miaofeng Mountain area of Hebei to rob houses and houses, escaping several encirclements and suppressions by the army. Recently, he fled to the Yanshan area north of Beijing. His hometown was temporarily located in a cave on a peak in Yanshan. When Fei Bao went in to report, Crazy Sun was smoking a cigarette with several of his subordinates.
"What did you say? That battalion commander's name is Feng Jishan?" Lin Fang'er asked in surprise. Lin Fang'er is a beautiful woman in her twenties, with long eyebrows, very white skin, and is dressed in silver. She is the only woman in the village.
Fei Bao said: "Yes, it is indeed called Feng Jishan!"
Lin Fang'er said to Crazy Sun: "Master! When your eldest brother was fighting fiercely with Twenty Towns in Xinmin Mansion in the Northeast, he was hacked to death by a company commander of the Beiyang Army with a machete. That company commander was named Feng Jishan!"
Lin Fang'er was originally Sun Jingshan's concubine. After Sun Jingshan's death, she became Sun Crazy's wife.
Crazy Sun was a bald man with a big face and big ears. He was sitting on a big tiger-skin chair. He opened his eyes wide and said: "It turns out that he is the enemy who killed eldest brother. This battle will not only take the armory, but also kill Feng Jishan." , avenge my eldest brother!"
Three of his subordinates, including Liang Tuzi, also said: "I am willing to follow the leader of the village to take revenge!"
Fei Bao didn't expect Lin Fang'er's assist to successfully complete his plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife, and he couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
Of course Crazy Sun and his leaders didn't know that Feng Jishan's battalion was the strongest among the twenty-five battalions of the reserve army.
The night in June was not too hot, but there were more mosquitoes. Wu Chunlei happened to be on duty tonight, and he was bitten by a few mosquitoes, which made him unbearably itchy. Wu Chunlei took out a bottle of mosquito repellent and applied it on his body. After applying it, he felt that the itching was much lighter. Feng Zhian, who was on guard duty with Wu Chunlei, looked at his bottle with envy.
"Squad leader! What kind of potion are you talking about?" Feng Zhi'an asked. Thanks to Wu Chunlei's help, Feng Zhi'an had changed from a slave to a full-time soldier.
Wu Chunlei said: "This is the anti-mosquito liquid produced by the Weili Company Pharmaceutical Factory. It not only prevents mosquito bites, but also relieves itching. You can also apply it on it." He handed the anti-mosquito liquid to Feng Zhian.
Feng Zhi'an took the medicine bottle and said: "The medicine produced by Weili Company is really effective. The Weili scabies ointment you brought back last time, I only applied it for three days, and the scabies was cured."
Wu Chunlei said: "That's of course. Every drug in our pharmaceutical factory is launched, causing a rush to buy in the market. However, it attracts attention because it takes away the business of Japanese companies, which arouses the hatred of Japanese drug dealers. Japanese ronin came to the pharmaceutical company several times. The reason why the factory was causing trouble was because the security team was heavily guarded and the Japanese were not allowed to succeed. Now is the era of the jungle. No matter how good a company's business is, it will not last long without the protection of a strong army. This is probably why Brother Di sent me to be a soldier. That’s the reason, but it’s a pity that I’m only a squad leader so far.”
At this time, several dark figures quietly pounced on the two sentinels at the camp gate. The sound of frogs and insects at night covered up the footsteps of the dark figures. A noose was thrown at Feng Zhi'an's head. When Wu Chunlei saw it, he quickly shouted: "Get out of the way!"
After all, Feng Zhi'an had just become a regular soldier. After a few days of training, his reaction was a little slow and he was immediately put into a noose. The man in black who threw the noose tightened the rope. At this time, it was too late to pull the gun and shoot again. Wu Chunlei pulled out the sharp knife and rushed forward. His movements were so fast that the man in black had no time to dodge. The sharp knife stabbed his back and cut him open. Blood sprayed on Wu Chunlei's face. The man loosened the rope and his body slowly fell limp. Another man in black raised a big knife and slashed at Wu Chunlei's back. Wu Chunlei did not look back and kicked him first, hitting the opponent. The man in black was thrown three meters away with the knife. This back kick was learned from Di Xiong. Wu Chunlei suffered from the back kick when he first met Di Xiong.
"Bang! Bang" two gunshots rang out, the whistle opened fire, and the remaining two men in black who rushed towards Wu Chunlei were shot and fell to the ground. When Feng Jishan arranged sentries, he set up both light and dark sentries. Tonight, Wu Chunlei and Feng Zhian are on the alert, while Cao Fulin and Liu Ruming are on the cover.
Sun Jingfeng, who was five hundred meters away, cursed: "Bald Liang, you fool! You can't even touch a sentry post!"
Fei Bao said: "Fortress leader! The idea is very tricky. They have four people, open and covert sentry. Now they can only attack by force."
At this time, a spy brought good news: "Master! Leaders Zheng and Wang have each led a hundred brothers to capture the camps of Lu Chengwu and Dong Shilu. The officers and soldiers were defeated in one battle, and we captured hundreds of fast guns."
Zheng and Wang's troops were trying to feign an attack to prevent the officers and soldiers from supporting Feng Jishan, but unexpectedly they succeeded easily. This greatly increased Madman Sun's confidence. He shouted to his subordinates: "Brothers! The officers and soldiers of the two battalions on the left and right have already arrived. It's broken. As long as we break through the camp in front, all the weapons in the armory will be ours. Brothers, rush in! The first one to rush in will be rewarded with twenty yuan!"
Liang Tuzi, the leader wearing a helmet-shaped hat, took the lead in charging into the front camp with his gun raised, followed by a large number of bandits. Some of them were holding pine torches. Under the light of the fire, it could be seen that the bandits were dressed in different colors and were very tattered. Except for a few leaders who had ruddy faces, most of them had rosy faces, because they were refugees a month or two ago and were forced by hunger and cold. Later, he defected to the village and became a bandit.
After Wu Chunlei shot and killed the bandit who was kicked down, he saw the dark crowd coming and quickly retreated into the village gate with his three soldiers. At this time, the soldiers from the front camp who heard the gunshots took out their rifles and came out. In the barracks, under the command of the company commander and platoon commander, they rushed to the shooting position calmly. The effect of Feng Jishan's usual training was now revealed. Of course, there were a few who fled in panic. Yang Guisheng, the commander of the third company, took the lead in escaping, and some of his soldiers also followed. Feng Jishan, who was supervising the battle, immediately raised his pistol and shot Yang Guisheng down with one shot.
"Captain and company commander Yang Guisheng ran away from the battle and was executed on the spot! Anyone who dares to run away will suffer the same fate!" Feng Jishan said sternly. Yang Guisheng's soldiers quickly returned to the battlefield. Feng Jishan appointed Han Fuju as the acting company commander of the third company.
At this time, more than 300 bandits had already launched a charge towards the camp. The direction of the charge was the defensive position of the first company. Song Zheyuan commanded his soldiers to use the camp fence as an obstacle to block the attack. The enemy did not order to open fire until they were fifty meters away. After the crisp gunfire, dozens of bandits were shot and fell in a pool of blood. Others were frightened and retreated. Only corpses, seriously injured people and white gunpowder smoke were left on the position. Bald Liang shouted in the crowd, kicked and hit the retreating bandits, forcing them to rush forward, and shot and killed a retreating bandit. His performance attracted Song Zheyuan's attention.
Song Zheyuan called Wu Chunlei over and said, "Look at that guy in the helmet-shaped hat. He's obviously a leader. He's three hundred meters away. Take aim and knock him down, and I'll give you credit!"
