Section 132: Anti-guerrilla

Ji Xin went around looking for someone to talk to alone. The conversation lasted for several hours, and the elders of the task force talked about it all over without missing a single one, and the indigenous cadres also talked to many people.

Mr. Liu was also called in for a talk, and during the more than three-hour conversation, he felt that he had made a difficult debriefing.

Ji Xin spoke very politely, but the question was very sharp. And he can quickly grasp some small details and inconsistencies in the words, and chase and ask hard. Especially in terms of logical grasp, he is sharper than the average person.

This guy is worthy of studying law, and he is really careful when he speaks. Liu Yichu finally finished drinking the tea, sweated profusely and walked out of the office, almost prostration.

I don't know what this guy will write about himself in the report

Leuchu wanted to know what the others had said, but no one would tell him - no one wanted to be involved too much in the matter. Besides, the content of the conversation is not allowed to be made public. This is the basic principle of the Commission of Inquiry.

A few more days passed after the team returned. Liu Muzhou called him from Lingao's radio.

"You kid got through the trick." Liu Muzhou said to Liu Yixiao on the radio, "But a letter of reprimand from the Senate is inevitable." ”

"What's a rebuke letter?"

"It is a summary of the mistakes and mistakes you have made, and solemnly tells you that you have made a mistake."

"Sounds good."

"It's not that cheap. The letter is to be placed in the personnel file. This is a small stain, Captain Liu," Liu Muzhou complained, "I will also receive a letter - what a blessing to you"

"I don't want to be like this," Liu Yixiao said hatefully, "After a while, I will arrange the work of suppressing bandits and start a comprehensive crackdown." ”

"There's no need to rush. You have to hand in a letter to the Senate before tomorrow to inspect it, and of course I have to check this glorious messenger in public. ”

"You are a capable person who works hard."

"Okay, no more. We will officially inform you that the Special Reconnaissance Team Command will send an anti-guerrilla warfare expert to Danzhou. You can leave the specific matter of suppressing the bandits to him - you have to help with all your might. ”

"Understood."

In the end, the committee submitted to the Senate for reference: Liu Yixiao has the main leadership responsibility, and Yu Zhiqian has the secondary responsibility. Liu Muzhou also has leadership responsibilities. All three demanded a "serious review" and received a letter of punishment from the Senate. Yu Zhiqian's acting battalion commander's "deputy" character not only could not be removed, but was also asked by the General Staff Department to wear it for six more months. "Depending on the performance of the work, it will be considered whether to become a regular".

The expert on counter-guerrilla warfare is Xue Ziliang. Wearing a civilian version of the U.S. military digital camouflage, carrying an oversized imitation U.S. military tactical backpack and carrying an automatic rifle. Wearing a civilian version of a Ni hat and imitation American-style tactical sunglasses made in Zhejiang. With a handmade cigar from Nanhai Farm in his mouth, he strode off the gangplank of the Navy transport ship. It looks like it's getting more and more feeling.

Xue Ziliang's collar was sewn with the scout's gold-threaded class collar badge, and he wore the rank of major on his shoulder. Compared to the solemn uniform and command knife of an infantry officer, he was dressed very casually

"This banana is really rampant." Yu Zhiqian secretly scolded, he had just eaten a punishment, and he was full of inexplicable dissatisfaction with this proud banana.

Xue Ziliang came to an American-style Lizhengjia salute: "I was entrusted by the General Staff to come to Danzhou to serve as an adviser on conducting anti-guerrilla warfare."

"Fortunately, fortunately." Yu Zhiqian was actually very dissatisfied in his heart - because his calculation was to rely on the third battalion to find the field by itself, rather than inexplicably coming to foreign aid.

"Let's go, let's go to the command." Yu Zhiqian said. A soldier pushes a 28-bar farm bicycle with a newly made major command flag hanging from the front of the bike.

"Your car, Major"

Xue Ziliang and Yu Zhiqian each rode on their respective 28 bars, escorted by a squad of bicycle grenadiers, and galloped towards Zhonghe Commune along the newly built Haode Highway.

The city has now officially become the headquarters of the Commune. The garrison headquarters and the Danzhou task force have all moved here to work - the biggest advantage of this place is that it is close to the seaport, so it is convenient to receive supplies from the sea.

Liu Yixiao originally had a great interest in the construction of the new city, but except for the Zhaopu Village incident, all his work priorities were focused on suppressing bandits.

Before Xue Ziliang arrived, he had already made several arrangements. The first is the narrowing of the scope of the Task Force's work. The focus of the task force was shifted to the Danzhou-Lingao Highway, which is under construction. Ensure the smooth and safe flow of land lines of communication. At the same time, they will intensify the renovation of the barracks of the guards and intensify the renovation of the military households of the guards -- this is the only population they can quickly grasp at present.

"Sit down, drink some water first." Yu Zhiqian beckoned him, and at the same time ordered a herald to quickly invite Liu Yixiao and the other elders in Zhonghe City to a meeting.

The female orderlies placed several large glass bottles of chilled kvass on the table and a bucket of ice in the bungalow, all supplies that had just been unloaded from the Navy's transport ship.

"Chief, please wipe your face." A female orderly smiled and brought a chilled towel.

“xiexie。” Xue Ziliang rubbed a few handfuls with a big grin, and poured a large glass of kvass with ice into his stomach, and let out a satisfied cry. He looked at the elders in the Danzhou headquarters with serious expressions in the room, and his originally happy faces became sneering.

"Brothers, this time the bandits' big ears shaved and made our faces crackle." Liu Yixiao spoke with a calm face, "This time, everyone brainstormed and thought about how to eliminate the bandits in Danzhou as soon as possible -- if we don't eliminate the bandits, it will seriously affect our prestige, and it will be difficult to carry out the work. ”

Yu Zhiqian said: "Captain Xue has just arrived, and he is not familiar with the situation in Danzhou, so I will first introduce the following fundamentals. ”

"I have read all the information about Danzhou from the Intelligence Bureau and the Political Security Bureau in Lingao. So I don't need to talk about background information, but let's focus on what countermeasures you took after the Wangpu Village incident. ”

Yu Zhiqian immediately gave an introduction to the measures they had taken, including merging villages, building roads, and forming militias.

Xue Ziliang nodded as he listened, and he said:

"The 3rd Infantry Battalion can't stay in Danzhou forever. Local governments should first ensure that they protect themselves, rather than relying on strong foreign garrisons. It is not enough to have a militia. ”

Although Xue Ziliang is an American citizen, he basically has a negative attitude towards the role of the militia.

"It is very difficult for the militia to be used as a mobile force. The will to fight of the militia, which had just been formed, was also questionable. Xue Ziliang said that it is still necessary to form a standing local security force.

"We have recruited about 100 people from among the activists to form a county garrison company, and a company from the 3rd Infantry Battalion will educate them one-on-one. In order to prepare a working armament among the locals who are familiar with the situation as soon as possible. ”

"Very well, so is the local intelligence gathering system already in place?"

Zhang Yixiao said: "The State Administration of Political Security has an investigation network in Danzhou. They passed on a lot of information to us. However, the focus of the reconnaissance network was between Danzhou City and the gentry, and the knowledge of bandits was very limited. ”

"The trouble is here, we are not familiar with the place, and we don't know enough about the banditry activities in Danzhou." Yu Zhiqian was very distressed about this. "This time the task force is fully contracted, and we have even fewer sources."

To suppress bandits, it is necessary to have information about bandits. Xue Ziliang proposed to set up an intelligence center in the headquarters.

"All the information about the bandits, regardless of the source channel, is aggregated to this center for processing and analysis."

"Sending an informant? We don't have a special establishment, and besides, the collection of intelligence should be under the management of the Intelligence Bureau or the Political Security Bureau. ”

Xue Ziliang shook his head: "The thinking is too rigid. I don't mean intelligence gathering to have a professional agent like 007. Instead, it integrates an intelligence collection and analysis system to collect bandit and social intelligence from multiple channels. ”

"As for the sources of intelligence, first of all: select some team members and soldiers with local accents to go out and find out about the news; secondly, to ask for intelligence information from captives and local people; The teams and patrols you sent out, what they saw and heard was also of great value. There is no shortage of information, what is lacking is the analysis and aggregation of intelligence"

"Okay. How about you take care of this? ”

“OK。” Xue Ziliang agreed without hesitation, "I want a few special rooms, and I have to have some manpower." In addition, the political security commissioner had to cooperate with me in his work - he had at least a minimum of training in intelligence gathering and interrogation. ”

"It can be done."

Yu Zhiqian continued: "We are ready to expand the armed patrol team, so that each patrol team is equipped with sufficient means of communication. In addition to the radio, there are dogs and pigeons. ”

These armed patrols have a capacity of 60~100 people. Patrols are carried out on a regular basis between several task forces. The task of the patrol is to eliminate all bandits between the work stations of the teams. and to prevent the new bandits from entering the area. In the event of an incident, the task force used fireworks as a signal to warn them, and armed patrols immediately provided support. Radio calls for HQ support are used only when the patrol itself is unable to deal with it.

"Small patrols suffered heavy losses in the ambush encounter." Xue Ziliang shook his head, "We are not the US military. The mobility and weapon projection capabilities are too far apart. ”

Ambushing patrols on sheltered roads and closing the distance is a common tactic for inferior guerrillas. Danzhou in this time and space, whether it is a mountain or a plain, can be ambushed everywhere, the enemy adopts a hit-and-run ambush, even with bows and arrows and old-fashioned muskets, relying on concealment within fifty paces is completely able to cause effective damage to the patrol.