24. Banditry
(Cat flutter Chinese) For dinner that day, the patriarch specially asked the three sisters to make a few more dishes, and then he sat down with He Xiaojun, squad leader Liu, the backbone of the village, Da Niu, and A Guang, and discussed training and village defense while eating and drinking.
Regarding the training, He Xiaojun had already communicated with squad leader Liu just now.
Since the county already has an order, squad leader Liu and the others will participate in the training of the people in the village from tomorrow except for the sentry posts arranged.
Moreover, He Xiaojun had already discussed the specific training plan with Squad Leader Liu just now, and this training was transferred to Squad Leader Liu, who had not been here for a long time, in advance.
He Xiaojun's appointment period is three months, while squad leader Liu and their garrison are only stationed for ten days, not to mention, soldiers must also be professional in this area, so it is just right for squad leader Liu and them to preside over the preliminary basic training.
When talking about defense, He Xiaojun first asked squad leader Liu about the bandits in this area.
Speaking of banditry, squad leader Liu simply reported the banditry situation in the entire county and the situation of their troops stationed in the county to He Xiaojun and other people at the table.
At that time, due to the difficult times and the social turmoil, there were really many bandits in the county, with six or seven large bandits and more than ten small ones. These bandits are stationed in the deep mountains and mountains that are rarely inhabited.
The actions of the bandits are generally to detect where there is oil and water, and they will adopt the mode of action of fast in and fast out, quickly dispatch, and leave after grabbing.
Since the garrison in the county has only one platoon, and the garrison also bears the heavy responsibility of defending the county seat, the garrison can only dispatch one or two squads under normal circumstances when there is a banditry.
The bandits in the county range from dozens to more than 100 people, and the small ones range from 10 to 20 people, and they are all building nests in the barren mountains and mountains far away from the county seat, and most of the bandits are masters who can cross the mountains and mountains, so the garrison does not have enough troops and time to encircle and suppress these bandits, so they can only send troops to help one or two wherever bandits appear.
In other words, to deal with bandits, you can't rely entirely on the army, but only on the defense forces of your own village.
Squad Leader Liu's words allowed He Xiaojun to solve a mystery that had been born in his previous life and had not been eliminated now, that is, why are there so many carved towers in almost every village? Why should they build a western-style building here with a strong defensive function?
Alas, in such a turbulent world, who does not care about saving his life? The situation of thieves crossing the army left the residents to try to ensure their own safety. This is the fundamental reason for the emergence of the carved tower and the defense function of the western-style building, and it is also the sorrow of a country's national strength and national conditions.
In a radius of more than 20 miles from Chen Village, there is only this gang of bandits led by "Ya Gongsheng".
Yesterday, through interrogation of He Xiaojun, we learned that there were more than 100 people in the "Yagongsheng" gang at its peak, and now it is estimated that there are about 60 or 70 people, so in addition to the more than 10 people who were eliminated and captured by Chen Village yesterday, there should be more than 50 people left.
From the bandits captured last night, squad leader Liu also learned that the bandit leader of this gang of bandits, "Duck Gongsheng", is violent, hot-tempered, and is a person who will take revenge, and I believe that he will definitely take retaliatory action after breaking his wings in Chen Village this time, so squad leader Liu asked He Xiaojun and the patriarch that they must do the work of defense to avoid being caught off guard at that time.
The patriarch's uncle, Da Niu, and Ah Guang, after listening to Squad Leader Liu's words, immediately looked sad. Yesterday, more than 20 bandits have beaten their village without the slightest power to fight back, and also injured their village's chief general, Brother Han, fortunately, it happened that He Xiaojun, a sharpshooter, helped to avoid the disaster of slaughtering the village. Can a single Sect Leader withstand more than 50 bandits?
Uncle Tai shuddered when he thought of this, and he hurriedly inquired about squad leader Liu and asked if he could apply to the county to extend their stationing period.
Squad Leader Liu shook his head and replied: Even if the county agrees to extend the garrison period, they will definitely not be able to stay here for a long time, and the bandits will not attack rashly when they know that there are officers and soldiers stationed, and they will only act after the officers and soldiers withdraw from the garrison, so to deal with this gang of bandits, the village still has to find its own way.
Uncle Tai asked squad leader Liu again, asking him if he knew where to buy a gun?
Squad Leader Liu still shook his head, but said to Uncle Tai that he could provide a channel to buy ammunition, but he really had no way to use guns.
Squad Leader Liu's answer made several people in Chen Village simply desperate. They even had the idea of whether to mobilize the people of the village to abandon the village and flee the whole village to escape this trouble.
In this whole process, what surprised squad leader Liu was He Xiaojun, the newly appointed head of Chen Village, who was contemplating. This sect leader surnamed He is no more than twenty years old, and he also said yesterday that he has never been in the army, so the calmness and calmness he is showing now makes squad leader Liu look sideways.
Generally speaking, people who have never been in the military are terrified by things like shootouts. Now, even more in the case of absolute disadvantage on his own side, how can this young man who bears the brunt of it still maintain such a good performance?
At this time, He Xiaojun really didn't have a trace of panic, although he had only experienced actual combat yesterday, but after seeing the bandits' actions that had neither discipline nor attack power, he was sure to lead Chen Cun through this difficulty. What he was thinking about now was what was the most effective way to deal with this group of bandits, so he wanted to know more detailed information.
So, He Xiaojun asked squad leader Liu about the bandits' firepower configuration.
Squad Leader Liu said that according to the information they had, this group of bandits should have no more than 30 guns, and these guns are basically old sleeves. When bandits without guns went into battle, they used rudimentary weapons such as broadswords and pikes. The leader of this gang of bandits, "Duck Gongsheng", got a 20-round shell gun with 70 percent new shells out of nowhere, and he never left him day and night. In terms of firepower, among this gang of bandits, this shell gun is the most powerful.
He Xiaojun, who is a military fan, of course knows the barge gun.
Barge guns, also known as box guns, box guns, and fast and slow machines, are the most commonly used **** in the first half of the 20th century by Chinese troops.
The shell gun uses 7.63mm or 9mm bullets. Because of its long barrel and long effective range, as long as it is roughly aimed, the hit rate is very high, basically pointing to where to hit. And it can fire both semi-automatic and fully automatic.
Because of its fierce firepower, high accuracy, and reliable use, the barge gun was deeply loved by the modern Chinese army, which was seriously short of heavy weapons and automatic firearms. It has become the first choice of various factions, such as Zhu De, the commander-in-chief of the rebel forces who fired the first shot of the Nanchang Uprising, using a shell gun. For another example, when the national hero General Yang Jingyu was martyred, he carried three shell guns.
The era when China used the most shell guns should be during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, so after knowing that even a bandit leader was equipped with a shell gun, He Xiaojun estimated that the era he had traveled back to should be at least after 1935.
After learning about the bandits' equipment, He Xiaojun fell into deep thought. What he was thinking about now was, of course, how to deal with this gang of bandits.
After drinking and eating, squad leader Liu saw that several people in Chen Village were not interested in talking, so he preemptively said that he would train tomorrow, and he wanted to go back to rest early.
He Xiaojun and several people in Chen Village had their own concerns, and they didn't want to stay like this anymore, so they dispersed.
Back at the carving tower, He Xiaojun took a shower, went to bed, and continued his idea of how to deal with bandits just now.
Before you know it, the moon climbed high in the sky and selflessly wholesaled Qinghui to the earth. At this time, the entire Chen Village had fallen into silence, and only the occasional dog barking or a child's cry added a little vitality to this quiet night.
Alas, in ancient times, especially in the countryside, who did not go to bed early and get up early to work in the morning when there was no entertainment at all, and besides, they had to get up early every morning to work?
Maybe now, in the entire Chen Village, in addition to worrying that the patriarch of the village will not be able to sleep, only He Xiaojun, the newly appointed sect leader, has not slept yet, because, first, he is not used to going to bed so early, and second, he is thinking about the good way to deal with the bandits that has not yet been settled.
No, there should still be people who haven't slept, because at this time, He Xiaojun heard a noise in his door. Cat flutter Chinese