Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Scourge
Today, the guerrillas led by Zhang Shigang, who had infiltrated the Southern Barbarian Kingdom from the Han Kingdom, have grown to more than 10,000 people today.
Except for the marines led by Zhang Shigang, most of the guerrilla members were recruited from the local Han Chinese.
Most of the people in this army can speak Nanban, which gives the outside world the impression that it is a local Nanban armed force, fighting like a fish in water in the southern coastal areas of Nanban.
Zhang Shigang's armed forces flown the banner of the Nanban People's United Front Army, and because the scope of activities was relatively far away from Hue, the government army was unable to eliminate it.
For some time before that, the People's United Front Army had been relatively cautious in its actions, giving people the impression that it was a small armed force.
Since the split of the Nanban government, there have been many large and small armed forces in the central region, with small armed forces of 2 or 300 people and large armed forces of 1 or 2,000 people being divided everywhere. These armed forces were originally local armies, but now the country is in turmoil, and it has evolved into local separatist forces.
Although the three forces of the Southern Barbarians knew that there were some military forces, they also wanted to recruit them under their own sphere of influence.
At least some of the small forces close to Hue have been recruited, and those from a distance have not been taken care of, including Zhang Shigang's United Front.
Compared with the other three Nanban armed forces, the United Front has a small reputation and is not very valued.
At present, Zhang Shigang's team is mainly active in the area south of Dak Lak Province, and in the early stage, it was mainly focused on eliminating small armed forces and consolidating the foundation of the south. Now that new combat missions are coming, the methods and methods of combat must also change accordingly.
According to the latest order of the General Staff, Zhang Shigang wanted to divide the 10,000 troops in Nanban into 20 regiments, and each regiment would need a total of more than 30,000 people according to the standard number of 1,500 people.
There is no need to worry about the number of people, the Han State has begun to secretly send trained troops here, and Zhang Shigang only needs to pull up a shelf here.
Even the above commanders are all former members of the Marine Corps, and almost none of the original team members are soldiers, and they all have some duties.
Why set up twenty regiments?
Because Hao Han's first step plan was to form ten brigades of infantry combat units, two infantry regiments were the basic combat units of a brigade, plus other arms, all of them were a brigade.
As for the other branches of the armed forces, it is not necessary to limit them to cross-border operations.
There is no shortage of heavy equipment in the Han Kingdom, such as artillery and armored equipment, and all the equipment of the Mi Army, which can completely form a modern infantry brigade.
However, now known as the Southern Barbarian People's United Front Army, can these weapons and equipment be used?
Obviously, this does not match Zhang Shigang's combat strategy here in Nanban.
The strength of a brigade is about 5 to 7,000 people, so the total strength of ten brigades is up to 70,000.
The full strength of 70,000 people means that the war in Nanban was mainly guerrilla warfare, and the weapons and equipment were mainly light weapons.
At least at the present stage, it is impossible for armored arms, artillery, etc. to appear on the territory of the Nanban.
According to the new battle plan, according to the needs of the Southern Barbarian War at the present stage, Zhang Shigang needs to deploy an army of 30,000 to 50,000 people here.
The native army of the Han State needed to take turns to fight on the front line, using the Nanban battlefield as a place for military training.
In the early morning, in a small village in Phu Yen province near Dak Lak province, people are busy preparing breakfast and starting their day's work.
Cooking smoke fills the small village, chickens, ducks and dogs bark, and there is no trace of war in the quiet life.
A gunshot in the distance broke the tranquility of the village, and many people in the village heard the gunshots, and some even ran out to investigate.
"Da-da-da-da-da."
A rush of gunfire came from a distance, and judging by the sound of gunfire, it seemed to be approaching this side from far and near.
The people in the village were suddenly a little panicked, and many men ran out of the bamboo and wood houses, and they all raised their eyes to look south.
A shriveled old man pulled the shirt of a tall and thin man in his forties and asked, "Eldest nephew, you have been a soldier, you should know whether it is an army or a bandit when you hear this gunshot?" ”
The tall and thin man looked in the direction of the gunshot, turned back to the old man and said, "Uncle, now that the country is in chaos, the army is no different from bandits."
Listening to the gunshots, all I knew was that they were coming this way, and the village was going to be in trouble. ”
Several villagers also gathered around, and one of them said, "Third brother, you said these people are coming to us?" Will they harm the village? ”
The tall and thin villager was also unsure, and said, "Let's take a look again, maybe I turned around and went somewhere else."
If it's really coming to our village, it's best to go out and hide, who knows what's going on. ”
At this time, a villager came over and interjected: "I heard that the north is fighting very strongly, and there are three armies fighting. Hey, evil, there's no peace anywhere. ”
The gunfire was getting closer and closer, and suddenly, a shell landed on the south side of the village, and there was a loud explosion with a "boom".
The thin and tall villager's face changed, and he said, "Oh no, it's really coming to us, it was a mortar shell just now."
No, I'd better go out and hide. ”
With that, the tall and thin man turned his head and walked in the direction of his house, apparently going back to pack his things and run away.
"Boom Boom Boom ——。"
Several shells exploded south of the village, getting closer and closer to the village.
As soon as the tall and thin villager left, the hearts of the other villagers began to waver, and the explosion of these shells undoubtedly strengthened the thoughts of the villagers.
Run, in case you are harmed, the gains outweigh the losses.
Suddenly the village became chaotic, people rushed home to pack their things and prepare to go out, most of them fled to the north, and no one dared to go in the south.
"Boom--boom--"
Several shells landed on the edge of the village, causing panic among the villagers, and those who were still hesitating did not dare to delay any longer, and joined the fleeing crowd.
Flee, it's better than dead, a large stream of people thought about fleeing to the north of the village.
The southernmost bamboo and wooden houses in the village were hit by the shells and caught fire, and the smoke and fire spread to the people's fear, and in a short time the small village was empty.
In fact, this is the latest plan of Zhang Shigang's People's Army, to create panic and create a wave of refugees in Nanban.
Not only this village, but the whole plan started from the seashore and lined up from east to west, and the army was advancing from the south to the north.
Almost every village faced the same situation, first hearing gunfire in the distance, from far to near, and then to the sound of cannons.
The gunfire was a reminder of the arrival of the rebels, and the villagers did not notice the gunfire before they got closer and closer, with the aim of creating panic.
Originally, the population of the north was already crowded enough, but a while ago, the Han bombing of the south caused a large number of southerners to move north, and now this method is being adopted, isn't the north overcrowded?
The southerners did not necessarily all run north, and some must have fled to the Cambodian country in the west.
Think about it, a large number of refugees have fled to the north, and there are more people who are not engaged in production, is there enough food to eat?
Besides, the north is not at peace.
There is a war going on there, and the best way to stay safe is to flee to the surrounding countries.
Anyway, this hand is really vicious, enough for the Southern Barbarians.
The army led by Zhang Shigang advanced northward, creating an atmosphere of panic. When encountering local forces, they were easily eliminated and slowly moved north.
It can be said that Zhang Shigang's armed forces are a scourge, think about it, in a few days, Hue will be surrounded by a god and a horse.
Nima, that's too bad.
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