Chapter 57: The Battle of the First Battalion
Seven Wolf Village, a very famous group of bandits in Huizhou Prefecture, gathered hundreds of outlaws, has broken through a number of landlords and manors, plundered countless caravans, has suffered several times of encirclement and suppression by the official army, but also survives tenaciously.
Under normal circumstances, the Seven Wolves Village will only do to the landlords and caravans, and they all know that the poor people have nothing to rob, but when the Seven Wolves Village encounters difficulties, in order to survive, they will also rob the poor people in and outside the mountains.
It can be said that the people in the villages close to the Seven Wolf Village have been living a life of fear, afraid that the bandits of the Seven Wolf Village will attack, even if they are not killed or injured, and the food is snatched away, it is equivalent to taking half the lives of the poor people.
But today, the good days of the thieves in the Seven Wolf Village are over, and a special team has touched the surroundings of the Seven Wolf Village.
"Report to the battalion commander, the situation around the Seven Wolf Village has been explored clearly, the bandits are very cautious, and there are more than twenty open and secret sentries around the Seven Wolf Village." After investigating the situation in the Seven Wolves Village, the reconnaissance squad came back to report to the battalion commander Wang Shengrong.
"There are so many bright and dark whistles, it is very difficult to sneak attack the Seven Wolf Village, and if the sneak attack fails, you can only attack, the number of bandits in the Seven Wolf Village is more than ours, but as long as it is not a close combat, open the distance, our soldiers can fight five at a time, and they can surround the Seven Wolf Village as a company, launch an attack together, and try not to let go of an enemy."
Hearing the report of the reconnaissance squad leader, Wang Shengrong thought about it and said to the battalion instructor Gao Wei and the deputy battalion commander Xiong Jian.
Wang Shengrong is the commander of the first battalion of the first regiment of the People's Army, a student of Fang Nan, who is 22 years old, Gao Wei and Xiong Jian are younger than Wang Shengrong, and they are both students taught by Wang Shengrong's senior brother and brother, Gao Wei is 18 years old, and Xiong Jian is 19 years old.
In today's People's Army, the positions above the platoon commander are basically occupied by graduates of three-year education, and their age is not as good as that of non-three-year education graduates, but they are greatly surpassed in knowledge.
The first battalion was the first battalion of the People's Army to complete the expansion and was also the first battalion to complete the initial military training.
Seven Wolf Village is already the third group of bandits encircled and suppressed by the first battalion, and has the experience of encircling and suppressing the first two groups of bandits, even if the strength of Seven Wolf Village is stronger, the soldiers of the People's Army of the first battalion are confident that they can take the Seven Wolf Village at a relatively small cost.
Wang Shengrong was the battalion commander, but he would not act arbitrarily when directing battles, and would often consult with the battalion instructor and deputy battalion commander, and if the two of them had no opinions, they would formally issue combat orders.
Gao Wei and Xiong Jian, on the other hand, basically do not put forward opinions that are contrary to Wang Shengrong, but check and fill in the gaps on the basis of Wang Shengrong's opinions and assist Wang Shengrong.
Wang Shengrong convened a meeting of the commanders of the first company, the second company, and the third company, and issued the battle plan.
Wang Shengrong led a company to attack the Seven Wolves Village from the front, Gao Wei led the second company, and Xiong Jian led the third company to attack the Seven Wolves Village from both sides.
When the soldiers of the People's Army appeared in the eyes of the bandits who were guarding the Seven Wolf Village, the bandits were shocked, and immediately some bandits ran to the cottage, telling the leader that there was an enemy attack, and some bandits did not leave immediately.
"The king is not good, the enemy is coming."
"King, there is an enemy attacking, it doesn't seem to be much, only more than a hundred people."
Bandit Leader: "Just over a hundred?" Dare to attack my Seven Wolf Village, little ones, pick up arms and follow Lao Tzu! ”
The battle was about to break out, and on the frontal battlefield, more than 130 people from a battalion and a company of the People's Army faced more than 300 bandits in Seven Wolf Village, and the bandits in Seven Wolf Village did not all come over, and they were also worried that there would be enemies in other directions.
The People's Army adopts a three-stage shooting tactic, with platoons as a unit, and the soldiers of each platoon then stand in three horizontal rows according to the squad, and the terrain can not be spread out in formation, and the Seven Wolf Village bandits use a swarm tactic, and the bandits rush directly to the People's Army with weapons in their hands under the leadership of the leader.
The battle officially began, when the bandits rushed to the position of only 100 meters of the People's Army, Wang Shengrong gave the order to fire, accompanied by black smoke and sparks, rows of lead bullets shot at the bandits who rushed over without fear of death, and in just a few seconds, the bandits of the Seven Wolf Village with one-third of the leader's casualties were directly routed.
"Up! There is no mercy for those who resist! ”
Under the encirclement and suppression of a battalion of the People's Army, the Seven Wolf Village bandits, who had been crisscrossing Huizhou Mansion for more than ten years, were completely wiped out in less than an hour.
The KPA suffered only two casualties, mainly when they searched the house for bandits, who were severely injured by the bandits who suddenly rushed out, and more than a dozen others were injured, but no one was seriously injured.
Although there were casualties, but the first battalion of the People's Army to exterminate the Seven Wolves Village battle was a relatively perfect battle, the casualties were within an acceptable range, if the officers and soldiers came to encircle and suppress the Seven Wolf Village, even if the number of bandits was ten times, the casualties would be several times or even more than ten times that of the People's Army, in the battle, the fierceness of the Seven Wolf Village bandits impressed the soldiers of the People's Army.
To exterminate the thieves of the Seven Wolf Village, the People's Army seized a lot, a large number of grain and grass, more than a dozen horses, antique calligraphy, paintings, jewelry, gold and silver, etc., worth nearly 10,000 taels of silver.
There are also captured bandits, who are picking out and killing those who do a lot of evil, and there are less than one hundred and fifty bandits left, among which there are no innocents, which shows how evil the thieves of the Seven Wolf Village are.
The first battalion of the People's Army rested for a day in the Seven Wolf Village, brought valuables and the grain and grass that could be brought, and escorted the bandits and their families back, and the final destination was not the station of the first battalion, but Hutou Village, and the families of the bandits and bandits basically had to be put in Hutou Village.
The first battalion's extermination of the Seven Wolf Village was only a routine expedition of the People's Army, and the People's Army began to expand, and the companies that completed the expansion all chose bandits for actual combat training after four months of training.
The People's Army exterminated a few more groups of bandits, so that the mountain people and the poor people outside the mountains could be protected from the attacks of the bandits.
Exterminate a gang of bandits, the People's Army can also get more or less gains, money is one thing, manpower is also very important.
Because a large number of bandits and their families live in Hutou Village, Hutou Village has almost become a small city in the mountains, and the population is increasing, and it has exceeded 4,000.
The increase in coolies has made the steel production of Hutou Village rise rapidly, and the output of tiger head guns and tiger head cannons is also increasing, but in order to prevent thieves from escaping or rioting, Hutou Village took out a batch of pig iron to make shackles to lock the coolies' feet, and at the same time set up a cold weapon guard team in Hutou Village to guard the coolies.