PNB Chapter 120: The Battle of Yiyang
Chapter 120: The Battle of Yiyang
"Okay, it's okay. Just stay here, we will definitely drive away the bandits," Du Chenyu comforted.
Lei Jianqin also led the team in the middle to quickly clean up the front. It was already the third day of the bandits' looting. It was estimated that almost no family was spared, but as many families as possible would be saved, as the bandits would be dispersed. Eliminating some of them would also recover some of the losses.
"Mr. Chenyu, this is Enyang area, the person in charge of the White Dove Organization, Lu Yimin. Everyone calls him Lu Laoyao. He is a native of Enyang. He has something to report to you," guard Du Qian came over with a middle-aged man. Du Qian is now in charge of the staff department and is responsible for the arrangements with the White Dove Organization personnel.
"Greetings, Mr. Chenyu, this is some information I have about Zheng Qihe," please take a look.
Zheng Qihe came from Yingshan and looted Wufengbao and Liulinbao along the way, and then started the attack the day before yesterday afternoon. In the Enyang town district, the Enyang local joint defense brigade also had 300 people. They put up fierce resistance but failed to break through. It was not until yesterday morning that Zheng Qihe surrounded all four sides and started a full-scale attack. Due to the opponent's strong firepower, heavy machine guns, and artillery, with no less than 500 people and strong combat effectiveness, the joint defense brigade's resistance lasted less than an hour before the bandits broke through their defense line. Then the joint defense brigade also began to retreat. Zheng Qihe led his team into the district. Once they came in, there was no restraint at all. He let his soldiers rob whatever they saw, including food, cloth, salt, pigs and cattle. Of course, the most important thing was to rob money. If there was no money, they would "fatten pigs" (kidnap people) and ask their families to raise money to redeem them. If there was no money, they would kill the hostages.
So far, there are less than 100 people left in the joint defense brigade, and they have retreated to the Dongjialiang area in the north. Zheng Qihe is stationed at the foot of Yiyang Mountain, waiting for each family to pay the ransom. There are also many bandits looting the surrounding areas.
Du Chenyu read the basic situation in one breath, "Manager Lu, what are the losses and casualties on the street at present?" Since the joint defense brigade is guarding, it is estimated that many people still ran away.
"My dear Master Chenyu, knowing in advance the brutality of the bandits, some timid merchants ran away. However, most of them were still hesitating and missed the best time to escape. They could only flee in a hurry at the last minute. As a result, all major merchants, warehouses, and banks were looted. The bandits robbed gold, silver, and valuables worth no less than 50 million oceans, which was not a bad amount of goods. In addition, some ruffians took advantage of the situation to rob last night, so the merchants on the street suffered even more serious losses," he introduced while calculating.
"Okay, now you take the team to help search for the bandits who are wandering around and restore the local order. Robbery is strictly prohibited. Once discovered, they will be shot directly. We will gradually surround Yiyang Mountain," Du Chenyu ordered.
Looking at the ruined streets everywhere, I don't know when the former prosperity will be restored. The murder and arson and the golden belt, their years of development have not yet accumulated as much wealth as Zheng Qihe's robbery. It is no wonder that after Zheng Qihe plundered Enyang, he occupied Qu County, expanded his forces to several thousand people, appointed himself the commander of the National Protection Army in northern Sichuan, and began to attack Liu Cunhou. This robbery brought him enough wealth and strength.
An hour later, the reconnaissance team and the 1st squadron arrived by land. The arrival of the cavalry team of the reconnaissance team accelerated the elimination of scattered bandits in the surrounding areas. It also increased their strength and accelerated their speed to surround the Yiyangshan bandit base in the south.
At 3 pm, the bandits and thugs on the periphery were basically cleared out, and order on the streets was basically restored. Some team members were left on duty to guard, and they gradually surrounded the periphery of the bandit base camp.
"Master Chenyu, the defenses of the bandit camp are very solid, and we don't have enough manpower. Now our military strength is almost the same as theirs. How do you think we should attack?" Hu Laosi ran over and asked.
"It's impossible to wipe them out. They have been fighting with Feng Yuxiang's Beiyang regular army for more than a year and have not been wiped out. Do you think we can wipe them out? Our current task is to rescue the civilians abducted by the bandits and try to recover some of their property. After all, they can't run away with a lot of property," Du Chenyu explained the purpose of the operation clearly, and everyone knew what to do.
"Mr. Chenyu, get ready immediately. I need to feel first whether the opponent is a soft persimmon or a tiger's butt. Everyone, get ready to fight," Hu Laosi began to command the team's actions.
"4th Squadron will attack the first wave, 7th Squadron will provide cover and prepare for the second wave, and 1st, 10th, and 11th Squadrons will prepare for support." He assigned the two most elite squadrons as the main attacking force.
As the starting gun sounded, the three teams formed three attack arrows, and advanced in sequence from the river on the left, the rice fields in the middle, and the hillside on the right; the three sub-teams of each team formed a bulge in the middle, with support and cover on both sides; the three people at the front of each sub-team were commandos, led by the deputy sub-team leader as the attack arrows, with a sniper in the middle behind, and three people on each side assisting in the advance. This is the "three-three system" of future generations of soldiers studied by Du Chenyu. All attacks were in a triangular shape. As two veteran teams, they had practiced no less than a hundred times, crawling all the way under the cover of three light machine guns.
"Da da... da da..., brothers, charge!" Chen Jinhu attacked as a forward in the middle without any hesitation.
The attacking distance between the two sides was no less than 600 meters, and the attacking side was relatively flat, especially the team in the front, which could only use some field ridges and straw piles as cover. The attack was a bit slow. The team on the far right was led by deputy captain Zhang Qingyun. After graduating from the military academy, Zhang Qingyun participated in special service training. He had good skills and accurate shooting skills.
"Bang... Bang...", Zhang Qingyun used a stone to pull the bolt twice in two seconds, and fired two shots at random. The opponent's machine gunner in the log bunker was exposed and killed.
He put away his gun, touched the ground with the butt of the gun, bent his waist, and soared more than 1 meter high. Then he tilted his head to the left, jumped over the stone, rolled in the air and landed in a small earth pit. "Throw..." He called on the covering players on both sides and threw three grenades together. "Boom..." The grenades exploded almost at the same time, and the dust was flying. "Advance..." Taking advantage of the flying dust and the pause of the opponent's machine gun, he advanced another 6 meters. "Da da... Da da..." After 5 seconds, the opponent suddenly hid his heavy machine gun and began to spit out fire snakes, sweeping the ground and splashing dust all the way. "Hide..." Zhang Qingyun gave an order and rolled under a mound of earth to avoid the sweep of the machine gun. The bodies of the following people were torn apart in an instant, and flowers of flesh and blood flew everywhere.
"Whoosh... whoosh... boom boom..." The enemy's mortars began to be used. At first it was a test firing, and most of the shells fell behind the attacking team. Because the team was dispersed, there were not many casualties.
"Be careful to hide...", Hu Laosi shouted.
Du Chenyu was on a high place, observing the surroundings in front of him with a telescope. The enemy's camp base was built on the mountain. In the front was a row of logs to form a defensive position, and outposts were set up around it. However, the outer outposts were basically wiped out in the first round of attack.
At present, it seems that the team led by Zheng Qihe has tight defense and is well-prepared. They are equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars. Although the coordination between infantry and artillery is unfamiliar, it is quite capable. It is basically impossible to rescue the enemy relying on these six or seven hundred people. They can only find a way to complete the rescue mission.
"Give a message to Hu Haisheng to change the combat method, like this..." Du Chenyu said to the messenger beside him.