Standing on the watchtower of the Boss Castle, Bekai could see the slow-moving bandits in the distance without a telescope.

Yesterday he knew that the purpose of the bandits was Hongji, and a large group of people gathered only twenty miles away from this place with open fire, and he didn't know what he wanted to do. Moreover, a few days ago, Haiyang sent a letter asking him to pay attention to Hongji's vigilance: there are bandits who are pulling people on a large scale, preparing to "get a big ticket".

"Alert, alert, let me defend Hongji with thirty men?" Bei Kai muttered a sentence of prison sāo. Of course, he also had the Zhennan of Zhang Da Scara and the sailors of several small boats. **Ō shipping, although it is a "civilian shipping", the sailors on board are paramilitary personnel who have been trained by the navy. Many of them are still old pirates and have quite a lot of combat effectiveness.

More than 300 naturalized migrant laborers have received a certain amount of military training and have the necessary weapons and equipment, so they can be used as militia members when they start fighting. Coupled with the cannons of Hongji Fort itself and the support of the Zhennan at sea, the possibility of Hongji Fort being lost is extremely small. But Hongji is not only a fortress, but also an urban area composed of a fortress, two camps, and a commercial street. Of course, it is safe for naturalized migrant workers to defend Hongji Fort, but the two local labor camps and the shopping street will be poisoned. Unlike the naturalized people, the local laborers, although they felt that it was good to work here, had served the Lingao regime for a short time and lacked a sufficient sense of identity. Nor has he undergone strict military training,

Whether it is organization, discipline or resistance, the determination is low. As soon as the bandits arrived, they scattered and fled.

Local workers are now the main force of coal digging, and Hongji's production will be reduced by at least two-thirds. It will take some time for the commercial streets and labor camps that the bandits destroyed to take shape to take shape. There are also some small railways paved to the pit, and the hode hoisting pole and manpower winch are installed at the edge of the pit. These things are all easily destroyed by bandits, and once the facilities are destroyed, the productivity of the entire coal mine will plummet.

The most dangerous thing is that "the scattered workers will spread the news of the attack on Hongji, and if the bandits also massacre many local workers to vent their anger, it will be very difficult to recruit local workers in the future." After all, no one wants to live under the knife all the time.

Bei Kai felt a dilemma, and immediately summoned Dugu Proposal, Bai Guoshi and Zhao Xue in Hongji, and held a meeting of veterans to deal with it, and Zhang Dachara and the platoon commander of the Marine Platoon also participated in this meeting.

At the meeting, it was decided to immediately withdraw all the workers in the quarantine camp into the labor camp. Quarantine camps were abandoned to reduce the guarded area.

All the naturalized migrant workers were armed, some of them stayed behind at Hongji Fort, and some of them guarded the labor camp. The labor camp is only 250 meters away from the Hongji Fort, and the artillery of the Hongji Fort can effectively assist the laborers' nose in defense.

Protective trenches were dug and filled with seawater around the labor camp and the fort. As for the standardized bamboo skewers that were shipped, they were also planted in large quantities. The goods and equipment in the shopping streets and canteens naturally have to be fortified. Bei Kai originally wanted to land the sailors and artillery of the Zhennan and several other ships to "strengthen the defenses, but was dissuaded by Zhang Dascarla.

Zhang Dachara believed that the enemy was likely to advance by land and water, and that removing the sailors and artillery would be tantamount to abandoning his martial arts. Once blocked by the enemy, there is nowhere to flee if you want to run for your life. Secondly, sea ships could maneuver along the coast and strike with artillery fire the enemy who tried to make a detour back to the flank of Fort Hongji. Allowing it to attack the fortress from only a few directions was tantamount to relieving the defensive pressure on the fort itself.

As for the sailors, Zhang Dascarla thought that there was no need to stay in Hongji Fort, and the sailors could go up to the smallest

Aboard. Maneuver at sea and wait for the right moment. Once they see an opportunity, the navy can quickly land and launch a fierce attack from the bandits' weak spots.

The proposal was very much out of Beckey's idea. In his opinion, the best way to reduce all forces to the fortress is to resist, anyway, reinforcements from Lingao will be a matter of day and night at most. In this way, the troops were divided to engage in some kind of "attack from behind" and "guerrilla warfare". He was a little hesitant.

Zhang Da Scarla's thoughts are different from him: of course, Zhang Da Scarla also knows that Hongji can't be broken."

However, he is a new member of the obedient dragon, and his mind to "make meritorious contributions" is much greater than that of a veteran like Bei Kai. You have to kill as many enemies as you can to show what Hongji is capable of here. How can you just rely on shouting for help and others to help?

As for the commander of the Marine Corps, he also agreed with Zhang Dascarla's idea, and his proposal went further.

You have to take the mountain grenade with you. And a few more pusher laborers. Whether on a boat or on the shore, a mountain grenade that can be pushed and run by two or three people can provide great fire support.

"In addition to the sub-gunners, ten more laborers were assigned to act together, each carrying two pieces of ammunition. Bring some more on board. 10 shotguns, 4 grenades and 6 solid rounds. The second lieutenant gestured.

Bai Guoshi was very supportive of Zhang Da Scarla's idea to make him young and vigorous, and he had both muscles and courage to work in the long-range exploration team. Don't walk past the poor college wastewood. I really want to show everyone in military exploits, and by the way, I will also show Zhao Xue.

Guts and violence have always been men's peacock tails.

Zhao Xue was not interested in the matter of fighting and was opposed to going out to fight. However, Dugu proposed that he was very interested in going out to fight, and insisted on going out to "fight to the death". Of course, his purpose is to gain political capital for his "comeback". to return to the institutions of violence" "military merit",

is the most convincing.

The four elders voted two to two, and it was impossible to make decisions according to the system of collective decision-making of the elders of major events. However, Bai Guoshi, Zhao Xue and Dugu's marriage proposal are strictly speaking, all of them belong to the xìng nature of temporary expatriation.

The only veteran of Hongji Station is Bei Kai, who has the right to make Zuihou decisions.

Zuihou Bei Kai decided to take Zhang's suggestion. The ships of the Marine Platoon and the **ō Shipping were responsible for the maneuvering of the outer line, waiting for the opportunity to launch a flank rear attack on the veterans holding the camp. Dugu proposed marriage and took the initiative to ask a person to lead the team to the labor camp, and Bei Kai agreed one by one, he didn't want to attract Zhao Xue's tears again because of sending Bai Guoshi.

The entire Hongji mine was quickly mobilized. Naturalized laborers were armed and organized, and were immediately armed and deployed in separate squadrons. The main force was arranged at Fort Hongji, and a squadron was arranged in the labor battalion. Dugu proposed to wear an 80 iron hat on his head, wore a steel plate guard armor for the veteran, carried a Wenzhou-made "Ri" Bentai knife in his right hand, and a GLOCK17 pistol with an extended magazine in his left hand. Majestically climbed the walls of the labor camp. Below, local laborers have gathered, and more than a dozen interpreters who know Chinese and local dialects are strolling around.

The local laborers were gathered and they were informed that a large group of bandits was about to arrive in Hongji, and the laborers were mobilized. But being intimidated by something like "the bandits are seven or eight miles away, if you want to run out by yourself, you will be sent to death", everyone did not dare to run, after all, it is safest to hide in the stockade when there are bandits. Some laborers still drag their families with their families, and it is difficult for the old and young to escape from the hands of bandits.

"Don't worry when the bandits come, I'll take the gang to beat the bandits away!" , Dugu proposed to put on a confident look, waving the knife in his hand, "Everyone work together to keep the stockade, that is, to protect the mine and protect everyone!" If you don't work hard to defend the village and kill the enemy, everyone knows what the consequences are if the bandits break the village! ”，

Then, Dugu's marriage proposal ordered the distribution of equipment to the young adults, all of which were put together temporarily.

The young and middle-aged people each have a rattan helmet and hard hat, which was originally a work hat for the naturalized migrant workers, but the war is approaching, and now the naturalized migrant workers have replaced the "martial arts helmet" with cross-shaped reinforced steel bars on the top of the helmet. The replacement is given to local laborers. Hang improvised wooden planks or rattan rows on the body to fill the armor. A small wooden plank is also attached to the arm for a shield. There were not so many standard spears that could be used by local laborers, so a batch of sharpened and hardened bamboo and wooden guns were temporarily processed. Some of the laborers were also equipped with various tools used in mining, and if necessary, they could engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Then the local laborers were partly arranged at the entrance to the stockade, and partly on the outer slope of the earthen fence, on which a protective fence was erected with rattan and wooden planks. At the top of the earthen enclosure were the labor squadrons of the naturalized people, who served as the horns of the reserve and the overseers.

"I don't want to die! Poke the enemy out with the guy in your hand! Dugu proposed murderously brandishing a sword and roaring, "Otherwise, as soon as the bandits attack in, your whole family will die!" Don't be afraid! Die one, Hongji Mining Bureau will feed his wife and children for a lifetime! We'll treat the injury! Defeated the bandits, double the salary in a month! Which one is going to lay soft eggs, be a bone boy, or mess with yourself! Don't blame our men for being ruthless, and first violently assaulting his chrysanthemum with a spear! More than a dozen interpreters shouted at him to translate his words. Seeing that the naturalized people were well-equipped and murderous, the local workers knew that this group of Chinese people wanted to use themselves as cannon fodder, but they did not dare to resist. If you resist and die, it is better to fight off the bandits and have a way to live.

Bekai took care of all the grenades that had been transported. A total of 500 grenades were used to militia members of the naturalized migrant labourers, who had been trained to throw live ammunition at least once. In order to strengthen the firepower of Hongji Fort, the typewriter on the Zhennan was also dismantled and installed on the watchtower of Hongji Fort, and the small fleet of Hongji Station consisted of Zhennan and four other small boats. Every day the ship is fully equipped. A platoon of sailors and a mountain grenade boarded a long boat. Three other dragon boats took cover. The Zhennan directly covers the coastline of the Hongji station and stops all processing from the sea. @。