Chapter 307: Countermeasures (5)
Luo Yue put down the binoculars, nodded, and said, "The artillery is doing well, come again." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
Then the only KPA artillery opened fire continuously, and after more than a dozen rounds of shelling, the company hit three more houses, killing and wounding the bandits in the houses. When the bandits hiding in other houses saw it, they couldn't stand it, so they had to come out of the house one after another. In fact, even when you come to the courtyard, it's the same, after the cannonball falls, you still can't parry, but from the perspective of people's psychology, of course, they don't want to hide in the house and wait for death, at least run to the courtyard, and the room for maneuver and dodge is much greater.
In the shelling just now, the Daxiong Treasure Hall was hit by two cannons, and even the clay statue of the Buddha was half blown up, and another tiger and a horse were buried in the artillery fire, and Zheng Yihu saw the opportunity quickly, hiding behind a big pillar, with only a few abrasions on his body.
But hiding in the house like this is not an option, and it must be changed as soon as possible. Zheng Yihu didn't think about running, but Zheng Yihu knew very well the bird nature of this group of bandits under his command, so that they could still hold out for a while, once they retreated, it would inevitably be a rout, and the People's Army would definitely suffer heavy casualties if they pursued it later, so they should not retreat easily unless they had no choice but to do so.
In addition, up to now, the number of bandits is still more than 300, far more than the enemy, so they retreated like this, Zheng Yihu is still a little unwilling, if he can close the distance with the other party, the two sides start a white-knives battle, Zheng Yihu thinks that his side still has a great chance of winning.
And look at the enemy's array, only about 50 meters away from the temple wall, it can be said that it is to reach with his legs, so Zheng Yihu gritted his teeth, pulled out his nine-ring broadsword, rushed out of the Daxiong Treasure Hall in a few steps, waved the big knife in his hand, and said: "Brothers, guarding in this temple is just a dead end, let's rush out and fight to the death with them, you see that they have few people, fight the knife, it is definitely not our opponent, rush out and kill them without leaving a piece of armor." As he spoke, he first took the lead and rushed outside the temple.
When the other bandits heard this, they didn't feel refreshed, because they had such combat experience when they fought with the Qing army before, as long as they fought hard to pay a few casualties and kill in front of the Qing army, they could easily defeat the Qing army, so they all raised their weapons and killed them from the broken courtyard wall. In fact, when Zheng Yihu rushed to the side of the courtyard wall, he stopped, just waved his knife and shouted, but he did not rush out. At this point, many bandits were hot-headed, stepped out of the courtyard wall, and rushed towards the array of the People's Army.
Luo Yue looked very clear in the rear formation, and also nodded, and said, "Stop the shelling and order the German army to attack." ”
At this time, although the number of the People's Army in front of the formation was small, they were not frightened when they saw the bandits coming out of the courtyard, after all, they had seen a few battles with the foreigners, how could they put these bandits in front of them, so they all put on their bayonets and prepared to start a white-knuckle battle with the bandits.
Although the number of bandits was larger than that of the People's Army, the ranks were uneven, and not all of them dared to charge in the rain of bullets, and some people hid in their houses and did not hear Zheng Yihu's orders, so some bandits had already rushed to the front of the People's Army's array, and some bandits came out of the houses. In fact, there were not many bandits who were the first to engage in white-knuckle combat with the KPA.
In fact, since the formation of the People's Army, the People's Army has been conducting strict bayonet training, even exceeding the shooting training, so the People's Army's melee combat ability is not bad at all, not to mention that the discipline and morale of the People's Army are far above the bandits, and the bandits are not opponents at all.
However, after all, there were many bandits, and there were many outlaws among them, and after the two sides started a white-knuckle battle, the artillery and rifles stopped firing, so the bandits also became emboldened, and they all poured out of the monastery and joined the war group.
At this moment, the German army also rushed to the battlefield and joined the battle group. The soldiers of the German army are all professional soldiers, and in terms of military quality alone, they are still above the soldiers of the People's Army, and after adding the German army, the People's Army is not weaker than the bandits in terms of numbers, so the two sides launched a position, and the bandits are not opponents at all, and they have been killed and killed by the People's Army.
The white-knuckle battle lasted only ten minutes, and more than 100 bandits were wounded and killed, and the remaining bandits had no fighting spirit and no intention of fighting any longer, so they fled one after another. However, the KPA uses a semi-arc encirclement formation, so it is almost impossible for the bandits to find a way to escape in the left, center, and right directions.
Fortunately, the People's Army is only surrounded on three sides, and the bandits still have a way to retreat, and there is no People's Army at the back door of Ciming Temple, so the remaining bandits have fled to the backyard of Ciming Temple, but the back door of Ciming Temple is narrow, and the bandits compete and push each other, and they become a mess. And the People's Army then entered the Ciming Temple, chasing and killing the bandits, but the bandits fought even more, you pushed me, trampled on each other, but blocked the back door.
Zheng Yihu was much more shrewd than the other bandits, and when he saw that the situation on the battlefield was unfavorable to his side, he also knew that the general trend was gone, so he took the lead in escaping from the back door of Ciming Temple. Zheng Yihu had already seen the way out, that is, he escaped from the back door of Ciming Temple and entered the mountains.
Out of the back door of Ciming Temple, Zheng Yihu also breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked around him, there was only one tiger and four horses left, and the other small bandits were only fifty or sixty people, and the gunshots and shouts behind him were endless, Zheng Yihu didn't dare to delay any longer, so he had to take these people into the mountain on the small road.
While walking, Zheng Yihu's mood was very low, when he sent troops from the cottage, he brought out more than 400 people, and his majesty was unstoppable, and now there are only fifty or sixty people left, which can be said to be a great injury.
And only at this time, Zheng Yihu knew what kind of opponent he had encountered, not only the Qing army could not be compared, but even the army of foreigners was inferior, and in this battle, the People's Army actually dispatched an army composed of foreigners. The brothers of the Wang family have never said to themselves that the People's Army is strong, and if they knew, they would not send troops again this time. Therefore, even if the Wang brothers did not betray themselves, they definitely intended to deceive themselves, and after they escaped this time, they would definitely not be able to get away with the Wang brothers, of course, they had to escape first.
At this moment, I heard a burst of gunfire suddenly from the front of the side, and the bandits did not rush to take precautions, and suddenly seven or eight people were shot and fell to the ground, and it turned out that the People's Army guarding the back gate of Ciming Temple finally launched an attack.
Zheng Yihu realized that the other party did not miss the back door of Ciming Temple, but just set up the army guarding the back door in the mountains and waited for him, which was completely not giving himself a way to live.
In fact, there is only one squad of the People's Army guarding the back gate of Ciming Temple, if the bandits struggle to resist, it is not without the strength of a fight, but now the bandits have become frightened birds, there is still fighting spirit, they have scattered and fled, some return from the same way, some occupy the bushes, Zheng Yihu only has two horses left by his side, plus a few small bandits, burrowed into the bushes and fled.
The whole battle took less than an hour to end, and the People's Army won a comprehensive victory, and after counting, a total of 233 bandits were killed and 159 bandits were captured. In addition, more than 200 knives, guns and weapons were seized, as well as 32 old-fashioned single-shot rifles with more than 800 rounds of ammunition, as well as a small amount of money and food. The KPA itself, including the German prisoners, was not killed, and only 21 were wounded.
In addition, during the search of the temple, 16 monks were found in the backyard, all of whom were originally monks of Ciming Temple. After Luo Yue inquired about the situation, he ordered all these monks to be released, and gave all the captured bandits' property to the monks to make up for the loss of the temple. The monks were naturally grateful to Luo Yue and chanted the Buddha's name.
Luo Yue comforted the monks again, and ordered the heads of the four tigers and six horses to be cut off and taken away, and escorted the captives back to Wangjiazhai Village.
At this time, Yang Rui and Qian Guoyu had returned to the village, although they failed to kill the Wang brothers, but they rescued Wang Qing, which was also a gain, and this battle almost wiped out the bandits, even if the Wang brothers escaped with their lives, they couldn't make much waves.
Luo Yue immediately ordered to gather all the villagers in the village, including the arrested Wang Gui's family, to gather in the village, and publicly announce the cause and effect of the whole incident, and also told the villagers that after the hard work of the people's army, Wang Qing was rescued from the hands of the Wang brothers, and all the bandits were annihilated, and the heads of the four tigers and six huspered bandit leaders who were killed were displayed in public, and of course, the poison given to Wang Gui by the Wang brothers to poison the whole village.
Although Wang Qinjiu had already explained to the whole village that Wang Gui had colluded with the Wang brothers to poison the whole village, the village committee arrested Wang Gui and his family. However, many villagers were skeptical about this, Wang Gui was a well-known and honest man in the village, how could he collude with the Wang brothers and poison the whole village? Could it be that overseas Chinese deliberately wanted to rectify Wang Gui?
However, some people do not understand, what are the overseas Chinese doing when they have nothing to do with Wang Gui? Wang Gui's family has no power, no power, and no wealth, and his wife and daughter are also average-looking, so it is difficult for overseas Chinese to be able to survive when they are full? Therefore, the whole village is also talking about it, and there are many opinions, and now the whole village has realized that it was the Wang brothers who caught Wang Qing and threatened Wang Gui to help them do things, so it is reasonable.
Among the villagers, there were some who sympathized with Wang Gui, after all, it would be difficult for anyone to handle such a thing, and some people gritted their teeth at Wang Gui, because Wang Gui planned to poison him with him.
And now in this formation, the overseas Chinese obviously want to deal with Wang Gui, so the whole village wants to see how the overseas Chinese are going to deal with Wang Gui's family.