After consultations between Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, and Wang Yunpeng, it was decided to hand over the combat mission of attacking Wangjiazhai to the first battalion.

Letting a battalion with the strongest combat effectiveness in the People's Army fight a militia-style local armed force is, of course, a knife to kill chickens, but Wangjiazhai is the closest to Luoyue's defense area, and the reconnaissance mission is mainly completed by the soldiers of the first battalion, so this task can only be handed over to the first battalion. At the same time, the command headquarters also put forward three requirements to the first battalion: First, the losses should be minimized and the results should be maximized; second, the battle should be fought quickly and resolved without delay; and third, the military discipline should be respected and no offense should be committed in the autumn.

However, considering that the defense area for which the first battalion is responsible is already the largest, and the establishment of the first battalion has not yet been replenished, it is indeed a bit difficult to attack Wangjiazhai again, and after the capture of Wangjiazhai, it is impossible to ignore it, after all, it is necessary to carry out a pilot of the land system here, so the Qingdao command decided to assign an artillery platoon to the first battalion, equipped with three Krupp Type 1896 77mm rapid-fire guns. After the capture of Wangjiazhai, the militia can be organized on the spot and assigned to the task of guarding Wangjiazhai, of course, the militia is also managed by a battalion. In addition, the headquarters will also organize a medical team and a working group to rush to Wangjiazhai as soon as the battle is over to assist the first battalion in handling the follow-up work.

After receiving the order from the Qingdao headquarters, although the strength of the defense area is weak, Luo Yue still decided to transfer two platoons from each of the three subordinate companies, plus the guard platoon of the battalion headquarters to participate in the battle, because although it is a chicken killing, it is necessary to use a knife and an overwhelming absolute advantage to break through Wangjiazhai in one fell swoop. Although in this way, there will only be one platoon left in each defense area, and the defense force will be greatly weakened, as long as the fighting is ended as soon as possible, at most one or two days, at least one platoon will be rushed back in each defense area, so this is actually the least risky plan.

After the soldiers were determined, the next step was to formulate tactics, because the People's Army had an overwhelming advantage, so Luo Yue decided to set the main attack direction at the south gate of Wangjiazhai, and the troops dispatched were the guard platoon of the battalion headquarters, a combat platoon and an artillery platoon, and in the east, west, and north, each set up a platoon, as a coordinated force, this battle to strive to completely annihilate the forces of Wangjiazhai, and could not let go of a single person. Of the remaining two platoons, one platoon is used as a mobile force to support the battlefield at all times, while the other platoon is responsible for defending logistics and the tasks of the medical team and the team.

Li Zhuangyong and more than a dozen of his Boxer brothers lived in Yinghai Town for the past two days, conducting some basic training with the People's Army, and also doing some manual work, and this time, General Luo Yue also took them and let them act with the artillery platoon. Because the artillery platoon has to carry a little more than the rest of the troops.

At 5 o'clock in the morning of the next day, before dawn, Luo Yue announced the mission plan for this battle in public, and at the same time counted the evil deeds of the Wang family's father and children in the local area, indicating that the People's Army's action was to eliminate harm for the people, not to rob and raid homes.

The soldiers of the People's Army are basically from poor people, and in this era, there are landlords and bullies, and every soldier has encountered it, but it is only to the extent of their own, so these evil deeds of the Wang family father and son have indeed aroused the righteous indignation of the soldiers. In the past, these soldiers were just powerless peasants, and although they were resentful of these landlords and bullies, they were powerless, but now they are different, they have guns in their hands, and there are large troops, of course, they can get rid of these scourges.

And Li Zhuangyong and others were even more excited, they gathered more than 600 people to attack Wangjiazhai, but they were beaten to only more than 10 people now, and now the People's Army is going to attack Wangjiazhai, they can also breathe this breath. However, Li Zhuangyong also has some doubts, can these more than 200 people defeat Wangjiazhai?

At the same time, Luo Yue also emphasized three points of discipline: First, after the capture of Wangjiazhai, all the items in the village are trophies, and no one is allowed to damage them, let alone collect them privately; second, except for the stubborn enemy, innocent people must not be killed indiscriminately, and there is no infringement on the ordinary residents in Wangjiazhai, and it is strictly forbidden to enter the people's homes without the consent of the chief, and it is even more strictly forbidden to take a stitch and thread from the people's homes; third, the family members of the Wang family, since they are old, weak, women and children, if they do not resist, are not allowed to be harmed, and they are repeatedly supervised and dealt with by the command headquarters。 Violation of these three disciplines will be punished severely.

Most of the soldiers of the People's Army have been in the army for nearly three months, and in addition to training, they usually hear the most about discipline, and they have also seen many examples of being punished for violating discipline, so there is no discomfort in Luo Yue's repeated emphasis on discipline before leaving.

Only Li Zhuangyong and a dozen other people came for two or three days, although they heard Jiang Haidong say that the military discipline of the People's Army is strict, but they were also skeptical, but they were thinking in their hearts, there is such a good army, but after all, they are newcomers, so they are also very honest in the past few days.

After listening to Luo Yue's emphasis on military discipline, Li Zhuangyong's heart was quite disapproving, the first article is good to say, it is estimated that the official will take the lion's head, and after taking it, he will distribute it to the soldiers below; and the second article is a bit of a problem, helping the common people to eradicate the bullies who bully them, what is it to take a little thing in their house, and even the people's homes are not allowed to enter, this is too strict; the third article is even more nonsense, what should the Wang family do, and protect his family, should they be killed and killed, is it so difficult that they are still waiting for them to take revenge? Of course, if it's a young woman, you don't have to kill it so quickly, you can play first. In the past, when Li Zhuangyong was in trouble with the Boxers, he did such things a few times. So are these overseas Chinese really stupid or have other intentions?

Just when Li Zhuangyong was thinking wildly, the various teams had already started one after another, because Li Zhuangyong and his party were following the artillery platoon and were the last to pull out, so they did not move. At this time, I saw Jiang Haidong hurrying over, and Li Zhuangyong hurriedly greeted him and said, "Brother Jiang." ”

Jiang Haidong said: "Brother Li, I'm going to set off with the troops, but in a word, I also want to tell you, the discipline announced by the battalion commander just now, you must not take it as a child's play, there was an incident when I was in Qingdao, a few people drank a few more glasses, and as a result, they smashed a tavern and killed a guy in the tavern, as a result, the chiefs were furious, and shot three people in public, and fired two, and it is not easy for anyone to intercede, so you must not make a mistake, and I will not be able to save you at that time." ”

Li Zhuangyong nodded and said, "Brother Jiang, I know, it's rare that you still come to remind us, don't worry, we won't make trouble." ”

Jiang Haidong said: "That's good, I'll go first, you guys can do it well." After finishing speaking, Jiang Haidong turned around and left in a hurry.

A Boxer gathered up to Li Zhuangyong's side and said, "Big brother, is the military discipline of the People's Army really so strict? If you smash a tavern and kill a guy, you will shoot three people." ”

Another group said: "This is not allowed to be done, that is not allowed to be done, then why are we still staying here, why don't we go here, let's go, change places and go to the group again." ”

Li Zhuangyong said: "Don't worry, you have to leave, and you have to wait until you knock down Wangjiazhai before leaving, let's go over and see how many people in the people's army can abide by these military disciplines, but you can all be honest, wait to see what others do, don't let people catch the handle first." ”

When the others heard this, they all nodded yes.

Because it was lightly armed, the speed of the march was very fast, and it took less than two hours to walk, and when it was less than seven o'clock in the morning, it arrived at Wangjiazhai.

At this time, the sky is basically bright, but most of the residents of Wangjiazhai are still asleep, and there is not a single shop open for business in the market outside Nanzhai. Luo Yue immediately ordered a squad of soldiers to guard the bazaar and forbid the residents to go out. There are only a dozen shops in the bazaar, and a squad of 12 people in the KPA is more than enough to hold the bazaar.

Luo Yue also received reports from other troops one after another, and all units had entered the predetermined positions, so Luo Yue immediately ordered the artillery platoon to push three Krupp Type 1896 77mm rapid-fire guns to the front of the formation and bombard the wall of Wangjiazhai.

Ten minutes later, the three Krupp Type 1896 77mm rapid-fire guns were ready, so Luo Yue immediately ordered to fire.

Krupp 1896 type 77mm rapid-fire gun is currently the standard field gun assembled by the German army, in this era, the armies of all countries advocate the principle of attack, the common popular assembly of small and medium-caliber field rapid-fire guns, the most typical representative of which is the French 1897 type 75mm field gun, these guns are characterized by the power is not large, but it is better than light and flexible, conducive to rapid layout, due to the use of new tube and bolt technology, the rate of fire is extremely fast, and the operation is simple, the general novice can quickly get started, mainly used on the battlefield to shoot close to the enemy's position, in order to in the shortest possible time, to the enemy position to pour the most firepowerto embody the principle of active attack.

Although the overall performance of the Krupp Type 1896 77mm rapid-fire gun is inferior to that of the French Type 1897 75mm field gun, it also conforms to the characteristics of small and medium-caliber rapid-fire guns, with a total weight of only 1.73 tons, a projectile weight of 6.85kg, and a theoretical rate of fire of 20 rounds per minute.

These guns were naturally captured from the German fleet, but because the KPA artillery is a novice, it can only reach an average level of about 12 rounds / min in peacetime training, and there is another break on the battlefield, in the battle of Qingdao, the average rate of fire of the Krupp 1896 77mm rapid-fire gun used by the KPA is 7.28 rounds / min.

But for Wangjiazhai, this is already an anti-heaven level artifact, three artillery pieces lined up, launched a continuous bombardment of the earthen wall, in just 10 minutes, more than 200 shells were fired.

Although the power of the Krupp 1896 77mm rapid-fire gun is not great, it cannot withstand the large number of shells fired in a short time, and the wall of Wangjiazhai is only made of earth, so after a round of shelling, the wall was blasted out of several large gaps.

Then the soldiers of the People's Army launched a charge and rushed into the Wangjiazhai through the gap.