Escaped from such a bandit force, of course, Luo Yue did not dare to despise it, because such a bandit force can still cause serious damage, so Luo Yue immediately organized troops to search in Mount Tai, but after searching for three days in a row, only found a secret stronghold of bandits, killed more than 20 of the bandits, and captured 17.

According to the confession of the captive bandits, they were sent by Lin Shenwang the day before the cottage was breached, evacuated from the cottage to the stronghold to hide, and waited for orders, and they didn't know that there was such a secret stronghold here. In addition, as far as they knew, there was more than one such secret stronghold, because the family members of Lin Shenwang and other leaders who evacuated the cottage with them did not go all the way with them. This proves once again that the escape of this group of bandits is a completely organized, planned, and purposeful operation, and therefore they must be found and eliminated.

However, in the next search, the People's Army captured more than 10 scattered bandits, as well as a few small villages scattered outside Mount Tai, and did not find other bandits' hiding places, after all, the range of Mount Tai is hundreds of miles, and the mountains are high and dense, the number of the People's Army is not large, and they are not familiar with the terrain, so it is reasonable to find it.

Luo Yue's troops could not be stationed in Mount Tai for a long time, in addition, the damage to Mount Tai was not serious, most of the houses were intact, and there were hundreds of acres of reclaimed land outside the village, it would be a pity if Mount Tai Zhai was easily destroyed, so Luo Yue wrote down some situations in the report, and forwarded them to the Military Commission by the division headquarters, which was decided by the Military Commission or the Executive Yuan.

Two days later, the Military Commission replied to the division headquarters and Luo Yue, Taishan Dazhai could be retained, and the Qingdao garrison sent a battalion of troops to guard, slowly search for Taishan, and then gradually immigrate here, and after the handover of a regiment, it can return to Jinan to garrison, and in addition, it is necessary to strengthen the garrison of various villages to prevent the retaliation of bandits.

It turned out that after receiving Luo Yue's report, the Military Commission believed that although the strength of the fleeing bandits was not weak and could not be underestimated, there was no need to be too nervous, after all, the bandits lost Dazhai, that is, they lost their own foundation, although the secret stronghold could be used for the bandits to settle down temporarily, but it could not replace the functional position of Dazhai, so the bandits who lost Dazhai could only decline, of course, this also has an important premise, that is, to completely cut off the bandits' source of materials and personnel. The land reform carried out by the East China government can basically cut off the source of bandits, after all, the vast majority of people have fields, who will be bandits?

The bandits' material sources are mainly two, one relies on looting, kidnapping and other income, and the other relies on trading to buy; because the cottage wants to be maintained, food, salt, cloth, and medicine are necessities, but looting may not necessarily be able to really grab these necessities, and the kidnapping is silver, so it is necessary to exchange for the necessary goods required by the cottage through trading, and the general bandits will have several fixed trading channels, if these two material source channels are cut off, the bandits will completely lose the source of materials, and they will naturally destroy themselves without a fight.

After receiving the order of the Military Commission, Luo Yue made a relationship with the army that came to take over Taishan Dazhai, and then took the army and escorted the captives and residents of Dazhai to leave Taishan Dazhai and return to Jinan Mansion.

And the troops on the way back caused a huge sensation, because the bandits of Mount Tai have existed for more than 50 years, although the people in a radius of dozens of kilometers have suffered from it, but they have also become accustomed to it, and even many old people think that this gang of bandits will exist forever, but they did not expect that overseas China will be wiped out. On the one hand, the common people were amazed by the strong military power of the overseas Chinese, while on the other hand, they were also rejoicing, and this group of bandits was destroyed, and they could rest assured from now on. Moreover, the vast majority of families have already been allocated to the fields, and it seems that the days of peace have indeed come.

Although the large army did not stay, Luo Yue still left Jiang Haidong's troops in Beiya Village, and took Sun Xianlu's family, who had helped the People's Army, back to Jinan Mansion.

As soon as the troops returned to Jinan Prefecture, Luo Yue received a notice of a meeting of the Jinan Municipal Government. It turned out that the city government had also received a notice from the Executive Yuan, asking all local governments and the military to cooperate and coordinate to prevent the bandits' retaliation. Therefore, Mayor Wang Shengcai invited the high-level personnel of the Jinan garrison to participate in the discussion, and Luo Yue was the military leader of this anti-bandit operation, so he naturally wanted to attend this meeting.

In fact, for how to prevent the invasion of bandits, Luo Yue already had a complete plan in his heart, of course, the completion of this plan cannot be done by the army alone, and it must have the full support and cooperation of the local government, and now the local government has taken the initiative to cooperate with the military and the locality, so Luo Yue also laid out his plan at the meeting.

Through these battles with bandits, Luo Yue also summed up several characteristics of the bandits, first of all, the bandits are basically still an army with cold weapons, and their military quality is not high, they have no tactics in war, and their ability to attack tough problems is not strong; In addition, the bandits' ability to move is relatively strong, and they are familiar with the terrain and have strong mobility ability.

In view of the situation of these bandits, Luo Yue believes that each village must build a certain amount of fortifications, and it does not have to be very strong, and rammed earth is fine. In addition, each village should build a beacon tower for communication and alarm, and each village should also improve the organizational structure and training of the militia, and do a good job of guarding the village, which is the night guard work, so as to ensure that when the bandits attack, there is a certain resistance, and they can hold on to the help, even if it is lost, it can also cause greater casualties to the bandits, and the bandits cannot withstand such consumption.

In fact, many villages have already built facilities such as walled walls and earthen fences, and at the same time as the land reform, the East China government has also set up militia organizations in each village, so it only needs to be strengthened and improved to a certain extent.

Second, it is necessary to do a good job in the deployment and defense points of the People's Army, and to disperse the People's Army as much as possible, and the number of troops is not too large, as long as one platoon is enough, to ensure that after receiving the alarm signal, the nearby People's Army garrison can rush to the rescue within two hours. And as long as you can defeat the bandits, you can take as many prisoners as possible, find the bandits' strongholds from their mouths, and then send a large army to conquer them.

Some people also asked Luo Yue whether it was necessary to provide guns and ammunition to the militia, but Luo Yue believed that there was no need for the time being, because the quality, organization, and ideology of the militia were insufficient, and it was not necessarily advantageous to provide them with guns and ammunition, and it was easy to cause weapons to fall, so it was necessary to train the militia for a certain period of time, and select a group of personnel with good quality and reliable thinking, and organize them according to the model of the reserve army, so that they could be equipped with regular weapons.

After listening to Luo Yue's plan, Wang Sheng and the others thought it was feasible, so they decided to take Luo Yue's plan. Subsequently, the two sides discussed some details, as well as the division of labor and cooperation between the two sides. The bandit captives captured this time, as well as their family members, were all moved to Dongying Farm and settled on the farm in a half-incarcerated, half-working mode.

So the next day, the Jinan municipal government officially ordered to strengthen the security work in the villages. Villages that have already been walled and enclosed are further strengthened, while those that have not been built are immediately reinforced, and a beacon tower is built in the center of each village.

It is now the slack season after the autumn harvest, and at this time, the villagers will go to the city to work part-time to earn some income to supplement their families' lives, but this year it is obvious that they cannot go to the city to work for short-term jobs. However, because the land reform has just been carried out in Jinan, the peasants not only have their own land, but also have no exploitation by the landlords, and there are no other excessive taxes on gold and miscellaneous taxes, so the income of every household has increased to some extent, so that there is no need to go to the city to do short-term work to subsidize the family, and the construction of village walls and earth fences is also to protect their own safety.

In villages that have already been walled and enclosed by earthen walls, the villagers cannot be idle, and they are all being trained by the People's Army, and although they cannot be equipped with guns and ammunition, they must be provided with sufficient cold weapons such as spears and broadswords.

Although the cultural quality of the peasants is not high, because he has participated in labor for many years, and after the land reform, he can basically ensure that he has a full meal, although the nutrition is not balanced, but it is still much better than before, so the basic physical quality is still passable, in addition, the peasants also have the advantages of bearing hardships and standing hard work, strong obedience, especially now the peasants have a good understanding of the East China government, He is a young man of about 20 years old, and his passion has not been wiped out by life, and he still has illusions about the future, especially when he hears that he is well trained, he can also sign up for the People's Army and become a real soldier.

In fact, the village formed a village to protect itself against bandits and robbers, which was a common thing in ancient China, and the villagers were accustomed to it, and no one blamed the government for being ineffective, not to mention that the government came forward to organize and provide weapons, which was very good, so almost all the peasants were full of gratitude to the government.

At the same time, the Jinan government also issued an order strictly prohibiting anyone from trading with bandits, and violators were dealt with as bandits; at the same time, they also rewarded the bandits' secrets, information, and group defense, and once they found any suspicious situations, they immediately reported to the garrisons of the villages, and rewarded those who provided the information and reported the situation.

After more than one month of preparation, the construction of village walls and earthen enclosures in all villages in Jinan Prefecture has been basically completed, and the militia has also received a certain amount of training, and now they are only waiting for the bandits' actions.