"Brother Jinglai, can you give us a detailed introduction to the situation of the Wahidler family?"

Jiang Fangzhen asked.

"The patriarch of the Wahidler family, Nima, is mainly engaged in import and export trade, and there are several minerals and a large number of rubber and sugar cane plantations, the family has about four or five thousand people, and has a very bad reputation in the local area, but this family has been based in Java for hundreds of years, and some officials of the local government are in cahoots, and some of the sons and nephews of the family are serving in the local army, and at the same time they have taken a qualification similar to the formation of a local militia group, and pulled up a team of about 3,000 people, these people are both soldiers and people, and they are also bandits, according to Huang Zhonghan ZhongwengThe Chinese who came to this area to beg for a living did not disappear, they were either killed or imprisoned in the pit for mining, the Chinese organization went to contact several times, but there was no follow-up, they also colluded with many local gangs, these people can not be estimated for the time being. ”

"This family wants to raise such a huge force, there is no way to do it on their own, so in the name of protecting the territory and the people, they also implement local apportionment, loot food and people's wealth, the local natives are really poor and have nothing to loot, so they will be locked up in the pit to open mines, and countless families have been bankrupt, forced by the power of the Wahid family, the locals dare not speak out, and those who have the conditions have gone away, and those who have no conditions can only either join them, or just wait for death."

"Before the Dutch wanted to buy the minerals of the Wahidler family at a low price, the Wahidler family refused, so the Dutch sent troops to meet the Wahidler family a few times, several times to drive them away, after the army retreated, Nima led people to constantly attack and harass, half a year down, the Dutch couldn't stand it, wanted to catch the Nima patriarch, but this person is like a mouse hiding in Tibet, has not been caught, the Dutch themselves are not many in Java, the station is far away from our side, there is no way, I have to withdraw, It's just that a few wanted warrants were issued painlessly, and it was gone. ”

"So the background strength of this family is very strong?"

"There are some backgrounds, but they can't be said to be very strong, it's just that our side is relatively remote and there are no powerful forces, so their family became the emperor of the soil here."

"Didn't you say they repelled the Dutch a few times?"

"Hey! The Dutch only came one or two hundred people in total, and they beat the two or three thousand men under Nima to a pulp, and hid in the ravine to attack the Dutch, which forced the Dutch to retreat, otherwise with their rabble and a small number of weapons, what could they do? After we arrived in Phoenix, we also had a few collisions with them, and they were repelled several times, and then we verbally agreed not to invade each other, and this incident, according to the information we received, was because the Dutch assigned a piece of Xueyuan Town to us, so the conflict was triggered. ”

"So, that piece of land in Xueyuan Town originally belonged to Nima?"

Chen Xuan asked.

"No, Xueyuan Town belongs to another small family, but it was defeated by Nima a few years ago, so most of the family has moved away, this time the Dutch handed over this place to us, we also had contact with that small family, and even paid some money to buy this place, which was confirmed by the local government!"

"What are you waiting for, let the escort team gather, defeat this Nima, capture it alive and shoot it, and avenge my sister-in-law and my brothers who sacrificed! Maybe the Dutch will thank us? ”

Sun Zhiheng stood up and said loudly.

"You have to fight, but you have to think about how to fight?"

Jiang Fangzhen said slowly.

"How else can I fight, Nima is the head snake of this place, different from our previous bandits, I'm afraid that our men and horses will be known by him as soon as they are assembled, so the sneak attack will not work, I suggest gathering the escort team and the escort team, drive out directly, crush them, we haven't shown our strength well in this place, we have to kill them all at once, so that any messy people can come to provoke us!"

"How many people can we deploy?"

Chen Xuan asked.

"The escort team now has 968 people, it is impossible to dispatch all of them at once, about 500 people can be drawn, the escort team has 652 people, 350 people can be drawn, adding up to more than 800 people, don't look at the thousands of people on Nima's side, in fact, there is no combat effectiveness, I have absolute confidence that I can defeat their team."

"How's the equipment?"

"The members of our escort team have always been equipped with **** rifles from the Germans, there are also 25 Makqin, 8 Krupp mountain guns, and the squad leader and above are equipped with Mauser pistols, and the ammunition is also sufficient!"

"What about geography?"

"This area of Nanyang is mountainous, but it is not big, there are a lot of jungles, there are certain difficulties in transportation, and now the cadets of the Army Academy have been trained for several months, and the guns are also in place, I suggest that the cadets are also pulled in as auxiliaries, isn't there a sapper in the school, and it can also test their ability to open roads and build bridges, and at the same time let them feel the atmosphere of the battlefield."

"No way!"

Chen Xuan categorically vetoed it, the students of the academy were used by Chen Xuan to train low-level officers with hard work, have they not undergone much tactical training, how can they be willing to waste it on small armed forces in this kind of place, if the sacrifice is great, then they must not die of distress!

"Yiyang, I think what Ah Heng said is very reasonable, good soldiers are not trained, but fought, you are afraid of losses, everyone knows, but without experiencing some battles, how can they quickly improve their personal ability, besides, Ah Heng just let them use them as auxiliaries, even if there are losses, it is not a big deal."

Chen Xuan thought about it and felt that what Jiang Fangzhen said made sense, so he agreed, but just told Sun Zhiheng to be careful and minimize losses.

"What about intelligence?"

"In terms of intelligence, we only have a general grasp of the situation, as for the details, we have to inquire again."

Ye Zhongyu said with a little blush, Chen Xuan also found that he was indeed not suitable for intelligence work, out of caution, Chen Xuan decided to launch an attack after half a month, in this half month, the escort team and the escort team need to assemble and reorganize, and also asked Wu Qi (Wu Laosi, he thinks the fourth is not good, and now he is also a person with a head and face, so please ask Ye Zhongyu to help him change his name), officially take over the work of the Nanyang Intelligence Department, and other departments are to cooperate with the preparation of strategic materials, Chen Jiageng serves as the director of the Strategic Logistics Department, Responsible for the collection of materials.

This operation of the escort force can actually be regarded as the first military operation in the serious past, the previous bandits were all to inquire about the other party's information clearly, and most of them launched night attacks, after a single shot, the bandits were either dispersed or surrendered, without any hard fighting.

Sun Zhiheng served as the commander-in-chief of this operation, Jiang Fangzhen and Chen Xuan served as staff officers, and Li Yuqing's political commissar remained unchanged, so these four people formed the headquarters, which had a staff office, a quartermaster office, and an army and auxiliaries.

In fact, Chen Xuan also put on a name, and after arranging the work, he processed some documents accumulated during this time, and went back to the hospital to take care of Xu Ruohan.

On December 5, the campus of the Army Academy.

Nearly 3,000 people dressed in camouflage uniforms stood on the school grounds, and 60 Maxim machine guns and 16 37 mm Krupp mountain guns were neatly placed in front of the team.

Not all of the students had the opportunity to participate in the operation, but after evaluation, 2,050 gentlemen were selected to participate in the operation, and the number of convoys and convoys approached 3,000.

There was no speech, no morale boost, the escort had long been overwhelmed by the recent sneak attack and assassination of the Wahidler family, and the students also knew that these natives actually dared to assassinate their principal, and they had long held their breath in their hearts, and they had long wanted to rush out to give these black-skinned monkeys a color.

Sun Zhiheng gave an order, and the team began to move, and the march of thousands of people was naturally not a long snake team marching from person to person, and soon several parts were formed, and they disappeared in the eyes of everyone who practiced.

This is the first large-scale march of Zhenhua since its establishment, Wu Qi did not disappoint everyone, the news that should be inquired about has long been inquired clearly, the march route, the number of enemies, weapons and equipment, etc., and this is also a big test of Zhenhua's organizational strength, not only to test the administrative ability of Chen Jiageng and others, but also to test Sun Zhiheng's decisive ability and Chen Xuan Jiang Fangzhen's military wisdom.

Wahidler's manor is nearly 80 kilometers away from the town of Blue Lake, according to intelligence, Nima was not idle during this time, gathered seven or eight thousand people in the manor, and purchased a lot of weapons and ammunition, clamoring to wait for Zhenhua's people to go over and send them to death, while the Dutch and the local government were silent, just quietly waiting for the two forces to divide the victory.

It is impossible to let the soldiers run 80 kilometers in full armor in one day, in that case there is no need to fight, if you are not tired to death, you will be exhausted, and you may be ambushed by others, so the first day of the march is only 60 kilometers, and you will come to a place that has been selected a long time ago to set up camp, and the scouts are all released, constantly inquiring about all kinds of news about the enemy.

Chen Xuan and Jiang Fangzhen stayed at Sun Zhiheng's headquarters, with some military academy instructors and carefully selected outstanding students to carry out various calculations, and at the same time deal with various problems that arose during the march, Sun Zhiheng was constantly giving orders, and there were constantly students who temporarily acted as messengers in and out.