Chapter 520: Big Fish

Behind the southern flank of the entire front of the Northern Liao army, there is a town called Tanli, which is different from the town of Zhongjun, Tanli has not become prosperous because of the past stationing of the army. The simplicity of the town soon wore away, and Tanli has now become a city with many restaurants and green buildings, with all kinds of channels to sell stolen goods or get in-demand items. And before the war, the first special battalion was in Tanli.

Due to the war between Northern Liao and Dongping, Tanli had to expand in a short period of time, and the original city wall was no longer enough to accommodate all the buildings, and some less important buildings and some newly built houses were outside the city wall. And outside the city walls, there is a small two-story building, although it is not at all inconspicuous, but it is one of the strongholds of the fighters of the special battalion. This is the branch of the Intelligence Bureau set up here, and there is a set of special equipment that can transmit information at any time, although it is troublesome. In the area under the control of Northern Liao, it is obviously impossible to erect telegraph wires. But that doesn't mean there's no way to communicate with the outside world, and it has to be very secretive.

The small building has a unique design under the roof, a tube with built-in signal lights, directed in a specific direction. A few miles away on the hill, there was another house, which was also occupied by Dongping's intelligence officers, who would monitor the light signals in this pipe, and correspondingly, there was also one such pipe. Because the signal light is installed in the depths of the pipeline, and the brightness is limited, it is difficult to detect the movement inside unless you pay special attention, and only a very specific angle can identify the signal in the pipe. In other directions, the most you think is that the lights are on and off. However, this method is still more feasible on a clear night, and in the event of a storm or a snowstorm that is common in the winter in the north, the pipe between the two points to maintain communication will not play any role. Fortunately, it was the end of summer, and although the wind gradually increased after nightfall, the signalmen on both sides were able to pass on the information after several verifications.

"Boss, the news from the villa, the army has already set off, let's be more careful." The signalman took off his glasses, rubbed his eyes, and relayed the information he had just received. "Barrett is hunting on the periphery, asking what we need to cooperate."

Zhang Wei smiled, this place in Tanli is a bit too hasty to act now. There are now three or two small fish here, and Zhang Wei chose everyone to lurk in this small building, waiting for the opportunity. He hoped that the two sniper rifles that the special battalion took from Ye Tao would be able to appear on someone important enough. Once such a thing appears on the battlefield, it is impossible for the other party not to notice. Although the range of the sniper rifle is a full 600 paces, if the error is not taken into account, it can hit 800 paces with considerable accuracy. As long as the sniper rifle is unveiled, the opponent's protection distance for important people will be extended far enough in the future. Although Ye Tao said that in the future, the sniper rifle will be a relatively general configuration, which will be used to snipe the enemy's generals, officers, and non-commissioned officers on the front line and disintegrate the other party's command, but for the time being, the entire Jingluo Mansion, there are only two sniper rifles each for the special battalion and the guard. It is too difficult to manufacture, counting those scrapped parts, the cost of a gun is now more than two thousand Yunzhou silver dollars, and the price can be said to be very outrageous. Until the cost is reduced to a certain extent, Ye Tao will no longer make this kind of luxury. Spread? I don't know if it's possible in three or five years. If you want to use it, you have to use it well.

"Boss, I just came back from a spin around town. It seems that there are really big fish here now, and Dong Hushan is now in Siyulou. A soldier leaned over and reported. I looked at it, and it seemed that the other party was not very vigilant, and should not know that our army was marching today, not to command the advance in preparation. It looks like Dong Hushan is entertaining some guests. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Wei immediately became interested, he touched his chin, thought about it and said, "It's still early." Although this is the first target to be hit, why will the army not be here until tomorrow morning. We...... There are at least seven hours left. Since Dong Hushan is here and runs into us, it is his bad luck that he naturally wants to get rid of. But it was too early, seven hours, enough for them to determine who would take over the command. Then it doesn't mean much. ...... like this"

Zhang Wei made up his mind and said to the signalman who was waiting on the side: "You send the news out, let Barrett cooperate with our actions, and in two hours, carry out a harassment on the periphery, and the movement will be big." Xiaolin, I'll take the first group to lure Dong Hushan out, and when you're done, come back here. The first group and I diverted some of the enemy. Then, before dawn, the second group, the third group, you are free to move around the city, so that you can make some movement. Xiaolin, you take Pengzi to act when the time comes, don't force it if you don't have a good opportunity, but it's best to slaughter the commander who took over at that time. Or is it the person who is now entertained by Dong Hushan...... Although I don't know who it is, I'm afraid it's not a good thing to come here at this time. If you can't kill it, at least you can figure out who it is. Everyone knows the first policy of our special battalion...... You are all precious warriors, don't take risks that aren't worth taking. ”

After Zhang Wei finished speaking, several officers around him nodded and went separately to arrange. The special battalion is a silent force, and years of hard training have made their relationship and tacit understanding with each other as solid as iron, but their years of lurking, stealth, and activities in enemy-occupied areas have also made them a very silent group of people. The officers had to control the troops, liven up the atmosphere, and often talk to the soldiers about what they wanted, but many of the soldiers would never speak unless necessary. Special battalions have been operating in enemy-occupied areas for too long, and this habit has become more and more common recently. Some of them have mastered the local accent, but most of them have little expertise in this area, and silence is also a kind of self-protection for them.

Each captain understood that Zhang Wei was going to divide the garrison into several tosses and tosses, although the killing effect may not be satisfactory, but after tossing and turning back and forth several times in one night, how many soldiers in the entire city can be energetic to meet the battle tomorrow morning, that is a big problem. The location of Tanli is relatively important, and there are many garrisons, but because this is an important place for the transit of materials, there are less than 2,000 strong combat troops, and most of the rest are baggage and second-line troops, as well as some caravan escorts, with a total strength of four or five thousand people.

Barrett soon received a summons from Zhang Wei. As long as the news reaches the villa outside, and then it needs to be conveyed to these lurking troops, it is a very simple matter.

"Use me as a gunman......" Barrett muttered with some dissatisfaction. He realized that Zhang Wei must have a reason to do this, this kind of attack and harassment war is indeed very suitable for the current situation, and their special battalion was not originally used for attacking fortifications. However, it is clear that he is a little unwilling to let him give up the initiative in the battle and purely cooperate with Zhang Wei. He himself knew that in fact, his personality was too rough, if it weren't for his outstanding combat skills, and he had established a very high status in the minds of other fighters from the beginning of the selection, with his tactical literacy, it would be difficult to assume the position of the commander-in-chief. He thought for a while and asked an officer beside him, who was a captain under him: "Lao Xu, look at it, how do we toss?" ”

Contrary to Barrett, the old Xu named Xu Zuoqing is not very good at combat skills, although he is still much stronger than the soldiers in the general army, but in the special battalion, he can only be regarded as below average. However, in all the confrontation drills in the battalion, he was always able to renovate and look good for the opponent.

Lao Xu thought about it for a while, and said with a wry smile: "Boss Zhang really gave us a problem, this feint is never easy to do." We're moving a lot, that ...... What if they force out the guy they're going to do it with? We don't have a ranged sniper team on our side. If the movement is small and it doesn't work, the most elite teams of Tieyun Cavalry are making decisions around. ”

Barrett felt that what Lao Xu said made sense, nodded and said, "Then do you have a way?" ”

Lao Xu casually pulled the grass stalks, thinking while biting, and the soldiers under his hands tacitly spread out the map in front of them. Lao Xu scanned back and forth, and suddenly pointed his finger on the map: "Here...... Time is a bit tight, but it should be in time. ”

Lao Xu's target is a small village north of Tanli. There is now a large amount of horse material hoarded there, and about 3,000 war horses are also raised, and all kinds of war horses on the southern front of the Western Route Army are directly replenished from here. Originally, this horse farm was located in the south of Tanli, but due to the endless interspersed harassment of Tie Yun Cavalry and Jing Yun Cavalry, as well as a feint attack launched a while ago in order to obtain a favorable sortie position and control a larger buffer area, this low-key military horse farm finally had to move to the north of Tanli. Originally, some people in the Western Route Army said that it was safer to set up the military horse farm in the east of Tanli, or simply in the city. However, to the east of Tanli, there is no suitable site to be found within a relatively close distance, and now there are many people coming and going in Tanli, and 3,000 military horses will add many supply problems to Danli, and will also make the whole town dirty and messy. After several considerations, the military horse farm and the stack were placed in the current place. There is also a disserviced battalion stationed in the military horse farm, and it is said that the stock of war horses in the military horse farm will soon be expanded to 5,000 to 8,000. Because the current site of the military horse farm is much closer to Tanli than before, and the harassment of the small infiltration troops of the Dongping military has increased, the current garrison of the military horse farm is deployed in the form of setting up posts on all sides. This battalion, which was less than 1,700 people, was divided into six units, stationed in different directions, each other's horns, and all had high platforms to ask for help from Tanli at any time.

As soon as Lao Xu said this, Barrett understood what he meant. This kind of defense is fine for a regular army like Jingyun Cavalry and Tieyun Cavalry, but for a unit like a special battalion, a small military camp of a few hundred people is simply a target for infiltration and night attacks. They don't know how many times they have conducted such exercises, so although there is no ready-made battle plan now, everyone will be close to each other when they sum it up. And whether the attack is successful or not, they will light the fire of the message...... According to Barrett and Lao Xu's usual ruthless habits, most of them had to find a way to swallow a group of troops that came to help.

Barrett's eyes flashed, and he said, "That's it, notify everyone, and get ready to go immediately." Counting the time on the road, it must be set off in a quarter of an hour. ”

Zhang Wei's department has already started operations in Tanli. Zhang Wei personally led a group of people and quietly came to the vicinity of Tenglong Lane, where Si Yulou was located. Tenglong Lane was heavily guarded, and Si Yulou was surrounded by Dong Hushan's personal entourage. Zhang Wei couldn't help but be a little irritated when he saw this situation, in this situation, unless he could really lure Dong Hushan outdoors to snipe, if he wanted to raid Si Yulou, it didn't seem to be cost-effective.

"Boss, that red-painted carriage is probably the mysterious visitor, right?" A soldier touched Zhang Wei with his elbow, but his eyes were on the carriage parked in the aisle next to Si Yulou. Zhang Wei was reminded like this, looked at the carriage carefully, and suddenly felt a thrill in his heart. "Damn, I really ran into a big fish." The carriage had a special golden bell hanging on it, which looked like an inconspicuous ornament, but this kind of golden bell was actually produced by the Ye Workshop Research Institute, and the sound of shaking was extremely penetrating. And on the wheels of the carriage, those missing nails are not because the carriage is damaged, but because the missing nails spell out a short description: Yunzhou leaf. This shows that the owner of the carriage belongs to Ye Tao, Yunzhou Jingluo Mansion...... That's your own people in the truest sense of the word.

"Wait a minute, you're not allowed to touch that guest, understand? Hurry up and give the order. Zhang Wei scratched his head: "Don't notify those two guys...... Don't snipe your own people, I'll be in trouble when I turn back. ”

"Your own people? So what do you do later? The person who killed Dong Hushan alone? Such...... Will our own people be in trouble? ”

When Zhang Wei heard this, he had a headache more and more. He glanced at the carriage: "Let's go...... The coachman must be his own man. It's the rule, let's go up and find out. ”

Dong Hushan is a big fish, and the nature he receives is also a big fish, and the person who came is none other than Kong Xinhua. Kong Xinhua came to the front line this time with twelve airships and a large number of supplies, and he was still worried about what to do. Most of the airship matter is presided over by him, and he naturally doesn't want to make an airship confrontation now, although he is not worried that Dongping will have any problems in this regard, but after all, it will have an impact on future actions. Using such a thing as an airship to squeeze out the national wealth, confidence and confidence of Northern Liao has always been a very challenging task. When Kong Xinhua sent these important baggage and combat weapons, Dong Hushan was naturally very excited, but after receiving such hospitality, Kong Xinhua was extremely tormented. At this time, suddenly one of his subordinates leaned into his ear and said something, and Kong Xinhua immediately cheered up.