Chapter Eighty-Nine: Special Training Kiln Gang Dispatches Troops

During this time, Li Jing's special forces continued to enter and leave the area south of Taiyuan to collect intelligence on the Dashun army. Ouyang He, Liu Yun, and Qin Peng also constantly revised their attack plans according to intelligence.

Chen Yufeng took the time to go to Taihang Mountain and invited back two hunters. This is the father and son, they have some friendship with Chen Yufeng, and Chen Yufeng also promised to hire them as instructors and get a high salary. After coming back, Chen Yufeng went to the edge of the Fen River again and invited "Langlijiao". Chen Yufeng is now very interested in special forces. He knew that in the past, assassination by martial arts masters had always been a very threatening means in war. Now that Yaogang has such a good weapon, if a group of masters with various skills are trained, it may be able to play a special role at a critical time.

Chen Yufeng told Qin Peng that when they were conducting combat training, in addition to the routines sorted out before the training, Chen Yufeng would personally give lessons to the special forces. Chen Yufeng knows that what special forces learn must be a one-hit killing move, and there must be no tricks to embroider legs.

Zhang Zhimu asked Orion to teach the soldiers how to survive in the wild, how to track prey, how to judge the direction in the mountains and forests, and how to find food. For example, identify which plants and fungi are edible. And how to hide in the mountains and forests.

Zhang Zhimu added to the soldiers that there is one more important thing to survive in the wild, that is, to supplement salt. For it is not possible if a man is short of salt for a long time. In the mountains and forests, one source of salt is plankton in ponds. It can be scooped up with a cloth and used as salt after drying, because plankton can enrich salts.

There is no shortage of mountains in Shanxi, and Orion's courses are basically carried out in the mountains.

Of course, the lessons on the "Langlijiao" are on the water, first of all, swimming, long-distance swimming and fast swimming, as well as diving without equipment.

These courses are held alternately. Zhang Zhimu needs these soldiers to forget everything outside and train wholeheartedly.

Zhang Zhimu felt that the degree to which these soldiers were enduring hardships and standing hard work was really amazing. No matter how hard the training was, the soldiers did not complain about being tired. The most unbearable training for the soldiers is reading and writing. The soldiers were trained to read five times a day, not to write, and not to sleep. Every day, you have to review what you have learned before, and if you forget the exam, you will be fined 400 meters for each word you forget.

Zhang Zhimu knows that it is very necessary for all special forces to master the foundation now. After the soldiers can grasp these things very solidly, they will be divided into snipers, machine gunners, demomen, mortar operators, etc., and then carry out special training.

Li Yunhe's good news made Zhang Zhimu very happy. Li Yunhe called Zhang Zhimu and said that they had already made 30 sets of diving equipment. Zhang Zhimu told Li Yunhe that those who were engaged in diving equipment would send ten people to participate in diving training.

After putting down the phone, Zhang Zhimu made a call to the command center and asked them to inform Fan Chengkun and Li Jing respectively and ask them to send ten team members to participate in the diving training class. In this class, Zhang Zhimu has to teach them in person. The trainees of the training course will be the seeds of diving training in the future. In the future, they will all be instructors.

These students are still very good, at least they can swim. Zhang Zhimu first asked them to do fins training, and then snorkeling training, which is the basic skill. The training went very well, and after two days of training, although the trainees were still a little less proficient, they already knew the essentials of correct posture and they could take the time to practice on their own.

Before the equipment diving training, these people who develop diving equipment give an introduction to the principle and use of diving equipment. Zhang Zhimu also gave some precautions to the students. Actually, for new divers. The biggest obstacle is psychological fear, some people usually seem to be very bold, but when they go into the water, they say that they dare not go into the water. One of the biggest problems is ear pressure. Because when people dive downward, with the increase of underwater pressure, the ears will be very painful, at this time, it is necessary to use the method of puffing up the ears to balance the internal pressure and water pressure in the body, and the process of ear pressure should be carried out at any time with the dive. Then there is the process of floating, and you must control the rising speed to be smaller than the rising speed of the bubbles that you spit out. Otherwise, decompression sickness is more likely to occur.

When Zhang Zhimu introduced these to everyone, someone asked: "Mr. Zhang, what is decompression sickness?" ”

Zhang Zhimu thought for a while and said: "That's the case, many of you have studied chemistry, and there is a law called Henry's law, which says that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid will increase with the increase of pressure. When we dive to a certain depth, the amount of nitrogen dissolved in the blood in the body also increases. If we float too fast, the gas in the blood will be released very quickly, and bubbles will easily form in the blood vessels and internal organs. These bubbles can easily clog blood vessels, causing damage to us. Symptoms of diving sickness are often itchy skin and rashes, joint pain, weakness of sensory organs, paralysis and even death. ”

Seeing that everyone was a little nervous, Zhang Zhimu said: "You don't have to be too nervous, as long as you do what you are asked to do, this kind of thing will not happen." In fact, if a slight diving illness occurs, we can also use a hyperbaric oxygen chamber for treatment. When I have time, I will tell our colleagues who developed diving equipment how to develop hyperbaric oxygen chambers. ”

In order to keep the diving students from being nervous, Zhang Zhimu took them to the diving pool of the academy for the first time. After these people who have dived through the water have passed the psychological level, they are all very excited. Those who were a little scared saw that others were diving well, and they were not afraid.

After everyone was able to dive, Zhang Zhimu let them practice on their own for two days. Zhang Zhimu trained them in underwater breathing apparatus. It took a bit of effort. The purpose of changing breathing apparatus is to share a respirator with each other in the event of an underwater problem. Some students said that it was very good on the water, but when they got underwater, when Zhang Zhimu wanted to change the breathing apparatus with him, they said that they didn't dare to take the respirator out of their mouths, and the angry Zhang Zhimu made a good gesture under the water, so they took out the respirator from their mouths, took Zhang Zhimu's respirator and breathed, Zhang Zhimu took a breath of the respirator in the east, and then gave him a thumbs up and encouraged him. Then I switched back to a respirator.

When everyone can swap respirators, they will be bolder. Finally, Zhang Zhimu threw the diving equipment under the pool, then asked the trainees to jump into the water, took the respirator and put it on their mouths to breathe, and then carried the equipment on their backs.

Another training session involves two divers, using a breathing apparatus, calling for breath underwater.

After a series of such training, the students have become very fond of diving from curiosity and fear.

Finally, Zhang Zhimu took them to Xishan Baozi for open diving training. This is mainly to train everyone to identify the direction through the compass and the light shining underwater.

In fact, that's all Zhang Zhimu can teach everyone. The other Zhang Zhimu asked them to discuss what kind of subject training they should do every day, that is, let them explore their own diving skills. This has greatly mobilized their enthusiasm.

When Zhang Zhimu left this training class, he asked them to summarize some training norms and teaching materials so that they could train other team members in the future. Originally, Zhang Zhimu wanted to do this by himself, but the attack of the kiln gang people was about to begin, and Zhang Zhimu didn't care about it. Besides, Zhang Zhimu wants them to summarize it by themselves, which is also a kind of exercise for them, because they will be new instructors in the future.

According to the current military strength of the Yaogang people, it is not a problem to directly conquer Taiyuan. However, Li Zicheng's hundreds of thousands of troops are concentrated near Taiyuan, and if Taiyuan is attacked hard, Li Zicheng will inevitably be forced to fight hard, needless to say that there will be casualties among the Yaogang people. If you want to win, you will also need to kill many of Li Zicheng's soldiers, and I am afraid that the number of dead and wounded will far exceed that of defending the kiln gang. Taiyuan will also be a city that has been severely damaged. Therefore, the plan formulated by Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He was a way to force Li Zicheng back. Last time, Li Jing and the others sent troops to seize the silver, first, they wanted to regain the silver, and secondly, they also put a little pressure on Li Zicheng to let him withdraw as soon as possible. But Li Zicheng did not go back.

Li Zicheng did not return for several reasons. One is that the Yaogang people have not attacked for so long, Li Zicheng is hesitating, is it true that the Yaogang people are really due to the strength of the troops, they dare not attack on a large scale, they only have the ability to rely on their positions to defend, or is it really like Prime Minister Niu Jinxing said, the Yaogang people are all workers and peasants, they can defend their homes, but they don't attack? Another reason is that although the army of the South Road led by Liu Fangliang did not conquer Lishan, after sending people to besiege Lishan, it did not entangle again, but went all the way east along the north bank of the Yellow River, making rapid progress and almost no fierce resistance. If it weren't for waiting for Li Zicheng to march together on the North Road, maybe he would have hit Beijing City by now. Li Zicheng knew that if he retreated on this road, it would be equivalent to cutting off the back road of the South Road army. So Li Zicheng still wants to wait to see if the situation will change.

But the kiln people, who had already completed the reorganization of the army, did not have time to wait for them.

Before the Yaogang people marched into the army, a military meeting was held. Mobilization was made for the current situation and the upcoming operation. However, for the sake of secrecy, the meeting did not specify the offensive plan. I just informed everyone that after the war began, Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, and Liu Yun formed the general headquarters of the former enemy, which was specifically responsible for combat operations. Lu Chengxiang is in charge of logistics, and Yan Boju is in charge of the safety of the kiln. Yang Jing is responsible for the transportation of grain and grass. An appointment was also made at the meeting, appointing Liu Yun as commander-in-chief of the army.

This is a day that the people of Yaogang have been looking forward to for a long time, Huang Yukun originally wanted to organize a farewell ceremony, but Zhang Zhimu and Chen Yufeng did not agree. The specific reason is not said, but it is because of the need for confidentiality.

The way and timing of the kiln gang people's attack this time must be grasped just right.

The specific arrangement is like this, the guards of the kiln post are in charge of Zhao Jinli's first division and reserve soldiers, and after Li Zicheng withdraws, the reserve will return to work.

The 2nd and 3rd Infantry Divisions of Yaogang and the five cavalry regiments of Liu Chenghuang immediately marched forward into Yangqu County. Because Yangqu County is between Xiurong and Taiyuan, and Li Zicheng's defense line has shrunk to the vicinity of Taiyuan, Yangqu County only has some troops left behind by the Dashun Army, and the Second Infantry Division of Yaogang took the lead, first blowing up the city gate, and occupied Yangqu County with almost no effort. The Yaogang People's Army, which occupied Yangqu County, approached Taiyuan.

The articles of the Yaogang people are not only here, at the Lingshui Wharf, the Yaogang Navy also held a grand oath meeting, with the slogan "Enter Taiyuan City and capture Li Zicheng alive!" ”

The daytime sorties of the navy began to set out in the direction of Taiyuan, saying that they wanted to use the ship's artillery fire to support the Yaogang people's army to capture Taiyuan. As a result, Li Zicheng stayed at the intelligence station at Lingshui Wharf and passed on the information with flying pigeons.

The warships of Yaogang, after going down the river during the day, went up the river at night, passed the Lingshui wharf, and continued to march to a flat place on the riverbank. Here gathered six divisions and five regiments of cavalry from Yaogang, as well as a large number of logistical baggage troops. The banks of the Fen River here have been completely placed under martial law, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. Fan Chengkun was so happy to see Chen Yufeng, Ouyang He, and Liu Yunna, Fan Chengkun said: "Mr. Chen, we have waited too long for this day. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Now is not the time to be happy, and if we do a good job in keeping our operations secret, the results of our actions will be much better." Maybe in a few days, Li Zicheng won't have any threat to our kiln. You get the team across the river as quickly as possible. ”

The large and small ships that had been prepared here a long time ago, plus Fan Chengkun's warships, took a day and a night to transport all the teams of the Yaogang People's Army across the river.

The first to cross the river were the 5th Yaogang Division and two cavalry regiments led by Liu Chenghuang. After crossing the river, they used the method of killing chickens with knives, first blocking all the southern passages of Lan County, and then raiding Lan County and quickly occupying it.

Since the Dashun army here was not a little guarded, Liu Chenghuang's cavalry rushed into the city directly through the open city gate.

There weren't many soldiers of the Dashun Army here. After occupying the county seat, he forced the county commander appointed by the Dashun Dynasty to hand over the officials sent by Yaogang. The officials sent by Yaogang brought twenty policemen, and the Yaogang People's Army left a company of soldiers for the current officials.

Liu Chenghuang has another task, that is, to take Linxian. Li Zicheng, a small county like Linxian, didn't pay attention to it at all, and there were not many soldiers in the county, but the county commander was appointed, and Liu Chenghuang didn't take much effort to solve it. Before leaving, Ouyang He told Liu Chenghuang that there was no need to fight other counties, because further south, it was close to Fenyang, where Li Yan was stationed. We try not to confront the Dashun army head-on. These two counties were taken because the counties from here to the north had already been occupied by us. These two places can be solved by the way. They were asked to complete the task, immediately after the army, to join the brigade.

After Chen Yufeng and the others crossed the river, they drove their troops south, aiming at a grain and grass base of Li Zicheng and Jiaocheng.

The strategy laid out by Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He has a lot to do with the geographical environment of Jiaocheng. There are three rivers flowing from north to south in this area, from west to east are Wenyu River, Ciyao River, and Fen River.

Li Yan garrisoned Fenyang to the west of the Wenyu River, Jiaocheng between the Wenyu River and the Ciyao River, the west bank of the Ciyao River, Qingxu on the west bank of the Fen River, and Taiyuan on the east bank of the Fen River.

Chen Yufeng sent Li Jing to lead the cavalry forward quickly, and when they reached the north of Qingxu, they found the selected bank to cross the Ciyao River. It is a shallow place with shallow water, and since it is not yet the rainy season, the river can be hiked through. Li Jing, who arrived on the river bank first, quickly cut down a lot of trees in the woods and began to build bridges over the river so that the carriages and horses could cross the river. Fortunately, they were well prepared, and they brought a lot of large iron nails for building bridges and wires for binding, and more importantly, many craftsmen. So the bridging went well. After Chen Yufeng and his team arrived, they didn't have to wait too long to cross the river.

While some people crossed the river, Chen Yufeng ordered the commander of the Fourth Division to take people to solve the problem in Qingxu County.

When the commander of the Fourth Division brought people to Qingxu County, the gate of Qingxu County had been closed. Due to the large number of people in the kiln gang, the defenders of Qingxu had already noticed that something was wrong, so they closed the city gates.

Ouyang He said: "It has taken two days since crossing the Fen River, and it is estimated that Li Zicheng has now discovered our actions. But he's late, I think it's getting late today, and Qingxu County will fight again tomorrow. However, we need to cross the river quickly, and it is better to make a successful raid on the city, so that we can get the food and grass there safely. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Li Jing has already crossed the river. When he returns, he'll know what's going on there. ”

Liu Yun came over and said, "I'd better go over and see if tomorrow as soon as they open the city gate, I'll lead the cavalry to rush in." ”

Chen Yufeng said: "You bastard, why haven't you grown, you are now the commander of the army, how can you take the lead in the charge." It's not your job. Just go and see how it's going. Let's all cross the river tonight, and Qingxu will be handed over to the fourth division. ”

After Chen Yufeng and the others crossed the river, Li Jing came back after a while and said, "I think the situation is good. Jiaocheng is a gate that is closed on time. I think tomorrow they will be able to open the gates on time. ”

The city defense and terrain of this Jiaocheng, Li Jing and they have already scouted back. Chen Yufeng said: "Then according to the original plan, early tomorrow morning, after their city gate was opened and the suspension bridge was opened, a cavalry regiment led and quickly rushed into the city. Outside the city, our heavy machine guns and mortars had to suppress the enemy in the city, otherwise their arrows would cause casualties to our cavalry. After the cavalry broke through, the sixth division behind quickly followed up and directly occupied the grain and grass camp. ”

Li Jing said: "The main thing in the city is grain, and their pastures are outside, so we have to attack at the same time." It is enough to use a regiment to solve the grassland, and it cannot be used if there are too many people. Their pasture was in a mountain col, and the gate was blocked, so that no one could escape. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "Tomorrow's matter, Liu Yun will arrange it, I want to see the excitement." ”

Ouyang He also said: "I don't care anymore, I'm just waiting for the commander of the fourth division to get some good vinegar and come back tomorrow to taste it." ”

Liu Yun knew that this was Chen Yufeng's ability to train him to complete tasks independently.

Li Jing said to Liu Yun: "Come on, let's go, don't affect Uncle Shi's rest." ”

Liu Yun knew that Li Jing must have some ghost idea.

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The Song and Yuan armies went to war in Japan. The Mongols annexed Western Europe and moved on to Africa. --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".