Chapter Twenty-Seven: Suppressing Bandits Again

This time, Regiment Commander Li personally led the team to suppress the bandits, apparently determined to eradicate the bandits. It's just that although the previous crackdown on bandits failed, they didn't pay too much attention to it. After breakfast, a soldier came to call Ogura and said that he wanted to suppress the bandits and invited all the shopkeepers to watch the ceremony together.

When I came to the grain house, many treasurers had already arrived. Just after nine o'clock, the troops set off in full gear. Commander Li rode out of the courtyard on a tall horse, and his sword and spear were very heroic.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this time the bandits are bound to be won. Please go with me and see how I set foot in Tianma Village! Captain Li said proudly, "Let's go!" ”

Under the order, the troops marched towards Tianma Village with neat steps. Two cannons were pulled in the middle of the ranks. Soldiers carried mortars in the back, as many as a dozen of them. The troops walked for more than ten minutes before they all left the courtyard, and Kokura counted the strength of at least two battalions. Kogura and they got into the carriage and followed the troops.

"I'm afraid Tianma Village is going to end this time!" Shopkeeper Wu sighed.

"With so many soldiers, ten to one is enough to destroy this group of bandits!" Shopkeeper He said.

More than two hours later, the team stopped at the foot of a hill called Cattle Slope, and a dozen soldiers escorted two cannons to the east of the mountain, apparently to arrange artillery positions. Ogura smiled strangely. Last night, Wang Yi asked them to do tricks and feet in several places where they could set up artillery positions, either digging traps or piling up boulders, leaving only this one place for them to arrange their positions, and as soon as the war started, it was harvest time. Although Ogura doesn't know the specific parameters of the cannon, there are a lot of dramas in the modern Anti-Japanese War, and with a little recall, you can guess nine times out of ten. Ogura took out the handkerchief of the jujube flower and threw it out of the window while everyone was not paying attention.

The large force continued to move forward, stopping at a distance of a kilometer from the Zhaimen to build a position. Regiment Commander Li asked the soldiers to occupy the commanding heights on the slopes on both sides, and the soldiers piled up sacks and set up guns on the main road to block the intersection. This was followed by mortar positions, with twelve mortars lined up in two rows. After that, there was the command post, which was surrounded by guards with guns. After a while, the arrangement was completed and the battle was waiting, and it was obvious that the soldiers had formed a tactic after many trainings. Ogura: They watched from a distance behind the position.

Commander Li picked up the binoculars and looked into the cottage, where many people were standing densely on the wall, either armed with guns or holding crossbows. An old man in a leather suit stood in the center of the crowd, obviously a big boss! I saw him stretch out his right hand, give a thumbs up and slowly flip it, and his thumb rushed down and lightly tapped it twice, with an expression of infinite contempt! Captain Li was furious! How dare a rabble be so provocative!

"Tell the mountain monkey to fire!" Commander Li ordered.

"Yes," a soldier ran to the side and back, holding two small flags, one red and one green, in each hand, waving left and right to make a series of flags. The soldiers waited for the sound of artillery with solemn expressions. A few minutes passed, and the cannon did not sound.

"What's going on? Why don't the mountain monkeys open fire? You, go to the artillery position and take a look, delay the fighter and I'll shoot him! Commander Li ordered.

"Yes," one of the guards commanded, and rode to the rear.

"No matter, mortar fire!" Commanded again.

A soldier raised his right hand: "Ready!" "The artillerymen grabbed the shells and stopped at the muzzle, but at this time there was a boom, a shell sounded in front of the mortar position, everyone didn't react, there were two more cannon shots, this time it didn't miss, the mortar position splashed a piece of dirt, and the soldiers wailed......

"Hit! Hit! There was a cheer on the wall!

The guards hurriedly surrounded Commander Li and dodged to one side. After a little calm, I looked at the mortar position, the corpses and the barrels were lying down, the field was full of messes, and the position was scrapped!

"Grandma's, where to shoot? Where did the bandits get their artillery? Commander Li roared angrily.

"The cannonballs are coming from that side!" A soldier said, pointing to the side and behind him.

"Three company commanders, take a platoon to pursue at full speed!" Commander Li ordered, "Order the first battalion and the second battalion to cover the advance alternately and attack with all their might!" He stared at the wall angrily and shouted, "Don't think that these petty thefts will scare Lao Tzu!" Let you rabble see what it means to fight! ”