At this time, it was not yet dark, Song Xing led a battalion to gallop, and the smoke and dust had already alarmed the horse bandits who were looking at the wind, and hurriedly reported that the main force of the Red Army was coming.

Han Sanjie, who received the report, was taken aback, and hurriedly climbed to the roof to take a telescope to see that a group of Red Army cavalry was rushing to the horse, not to mention 400 people. Looking at the dusty appearance, it seems that there are troops coming in the distance. Mom, I'm afraid this deal will be messed up, the Red Army cavalry is coming too fast, and it will be too late if you don't withdraw.

Han Sanjie was a habitual bandit, and he knew that he couldn't hesitate at this time, so he immediately whistled, and called the horse bandits to withdraw and retreat in the direction of Shenmu County.

The town was immediately in chaos, and a few horse bandits set their houses on fire before leaving, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the town was soon enveloped in fireworks.

Although Liu Yimin, who was marching, did not know what the enemy situation was, he knew that it must be a horse bandit after a little thought. There was no Central Army in the vicinity, the Jin Sui Army could not cross the Yellow River, the troops of Ma Hongbin and Ma Hongkui in the direction of Ningxia could not provoke the Red Army at all, and the direction of Inner Mongolia was now a plate of scattered sand, although there were many princes, there were no strong troops at all, and there were no generals who dared to attack the Red Army occupation forces. This must be a horse bandit scurrying on the grassland, who saw the Shaanxi and Mongolian trade transactions and wanted to loot a passing caravan.

Since it was a horse bandit, Liu Yimin was relieved, because although he didn't know how many horse bandits there were, he knew the combat effectiveness of his troops. An elite cavalry regiment against a group of horse bandits, not to mention that the number of horse bandits cannot be too many, even if there are four or five thousand people? With the equipment and firepower of the cavalry regiment, if the horse bandits cannot be dealt with, the cavalry regiment can be withdrawn.

The only worry was that the horse bandits would escape and the cavalry would not be able to catch up, so that it would be difficult to exterminate the horse bandits in the future.

Where can the bandits flee? They did not go in the direction of Yulin, where the main force of the cavalry division was there. It is also impossible to the east, where there is the Yellow River, and there are river defense troops. It is also impossible in the direction of Shenmu in the north, aren't the horse bandits afraid that there is a garrison in Shenmu County and will intercept them? Only this Mu Us Desert to the west could be a place for horse bandits to escape. After entering the desert, the horse bandits escaped, because the cavalry division had been in Yulin for a short time and was not familiar with the situation in the desert, while the horse bandits might be very familiar.

Liu Yimin immediately ordered Hu Laohu to stop the advance of the second battalion, return to Yao Town along the way it came, and set up a concealed ambush position in Yao Town. The 1st and 2nd Battalions were ordered to resolutely pursue the horse bandits and drive them in the direction of Yao Town.

At this time, Song Xing led a battalion into the town, and the slow-running horse bandits behind the palace became the swords of the soldiers.

When I entered the town, I saw that it was a mess and miserable. The doors of every house were open, and the corpses of residents and merchants were everywhere, and in some yards there were women who had been killed. Several members of the team died at the gate of a courtyard in the middle of the town, and they were all hacked to death by sabers, which was very miserable. The green tendons on Song Xing's head jumped up, and he ordered the first battalion commander to take the third company to stay behind to organize firefighting and rescue the injured people, turned around and raised his saber, and shouted to the first and second companies: "Catch up and kill all these bastards for Lao Tzu!" He led the team to chase after him in the direction of the bandits' escape.

After Conway arrived with the third battalion, when he saw the tragic situation of the town, he did not stop, and immediately chased after the pursuing troops of the first battalion.

Han Sanjie looked back while running, and saw the dust behind him, and his heart was cold, knowing that this was the Red Army cavalry desperately pursuing. Han Sanjie knew in his heart that his brother would rob a businessman, destroy a town, and get a woman, but if he wanted to meet the regular army, there were only two ways to escape. Now the road to surrender can not be said, first, I haven't had enough fun, where can I surrender to the Red Army? The second is that they have just killed people and set fire to the town, even if they want to surrender, they will not be able to surrender, and the Red Army will not let themselves live. It's just that how to escape this escape can be fatal, I'm afraid I have to think about it.

Han Sanjie circled the horse's head and said to the second master: "Second brother, we can't run blindly, otherwise everyone will die." You go and let the four brigades block the attack, we will immediately turn around and stop running in the direction of Shenmu, in case there is a Red Army in Shenmu, we will be finished. It is necessary to immediately turn around and head west, go to Yao Town, and then enter the desert. Tell the brethren that only when they enter the desert will they die. ”

The second boss immediately ordered the four teams to block the attack, but he followed the big boss to turn around and gallop towards Yao Town.

When Song Xing led the first battalion, the first company, and the second company to catch up, the four brigades of the horse bandits' palace blocking force had already lined up their formations, raised their sabers, and waited to fight.

Song Xing let out a sneer, drew his sword, and the team immediately formed a formation, drawing an arc in front of the four teams of horse bandits, and the soldiers' machine guns, submachine guns, and rifles began to shoot on the horses. The machine gun and the charge robbery are all a shuttle, the rifle is just a shot, Song Xing's war horse has run out of the arc circle, and returned to the position before the attack, turning his head to see, a round of bullets rained down, the horse bandits who blocked the attack have collapsed, leaving behind the corpses, scattered and fled, and there is no formation at all.

Song Xing waved his sword and led the soldiers to chase after him again.

Although it was summer, it was slowly getting dark at this time. Seeing that it was dark and swarthy in front of him, Han Sanjie should be about to arrive in Yao Town, so he immediately turned around and shouted: "Brothers, work hard, it will be safe to rush through Yao Town!" ”

Han Sanjie didn't expect that this was his last sentence in the world.

When Han Sanjie finished shouting, turned around and urged the war horse, and was about to rush through Yao Town, Hu Laohu, the commander of the cavalry division of the Red Seventh Legion, waved his big hand down, and several heavy machine guns of the second battalion beside him let out a roar, and the bullets emitted a string of brilliance, rushing towards Han Sanjie who was in the head.

Han Sanjie only felt a shock in his chest, and then fell off the war horse, and the scene of bullying his cousin for the first time when he was 16 years old appeared in his mind: the grassland in spring was full of wildflowers, he rode a horse to see his uncle from home, and saw that his cousin was soaking the futon in the yard, and when he put his face on the quilt, his high chest trembled, and the fire in the heart of the 16-year-old Han Sanjie went straight up. After glancing at the fact that there was no one else in the yard, 16-year-old Han Sanjie stepped forward and picked up his cousin and rushed into the yurt. My cousin's cry is as good as music, it is white, round, and straight, and my heart is as beautiful as drinking spring water on dog days. He kept rubbing his cousin's ** with one hand, tore his cousin's clothes with the other, and stepped forward into his cousin's body. My cousin seemed to be tired from struggling, lying on her back on the kang with empty eyes, and her mouth kept muttering about brutes and brutes. Just as he was having fun, his uncle came back, drew his waist knife and pounced on him. He got up from his cousin and fled. Since then, there has been one less sixteen-year-old boy on the grassland, and one more habitual bandit who kills people and exfiltrates goods, and does all kinds of evil.

Thinking about it, it seemed that her cousin was coming to her from the sky, and her breasts were still so high and bulging. The corners of Han Sanjie's mouth squirmed a few times, as if he wanted to call his cousin. But instead of making a sound, blood oozed from the corners of his mouth. This horse bandit leader who has been rampant in the grassland for many years finally ended his life of crime on this summer night.

After Han Sanjie was killed, the large army of horse bandits who were desperately fleeing for their lives did not stop, but rushed towards the position of the second battalion in a swarm.

When the cavalry charged, it was not something that could be stopped if it wanted to. If the people in front hesitate, they will be overwhelmed by the impact of the large group of people behind them and trampled into flesh.

Therefore, ignoring the fact that the big boss had been killed, the bandit brigade swept towards the position of the second battalion like a furious hurricane.

Liu Yimin knew that if the horse bandits were allowed to rush into the position of the second battalion and slash the horses, the defense line would collapse. Therefore, he ordered all his entourage to take up arms, light torches, go to positions and intensify fire. As long as they withstand this wave of horse bandits, the bandits are finished.

After giving the order, Liu Yimin picked up the submachine gun and spare magazine carried by his horse, pulled Tang Xingying and rushed to the position.

When I went to the position, I saw that the torches had been planted, and all the light and heavy machine guns, mortars, submachine guns, and rifles of the second battalion were firing.

Liu Yimin let Tang Xingying crawl beside him, pressed her head, and then began to shoot with a submachine gun.

At this time, the horse bandits were charging in groups, and the soldiers almost didn't need to aim, just shoot at the horse bandit brigade, and rarely missed.

The situation is better than Liu Yimin thought, the shock wave of this horse bandit is just a customary shock wave, and when the charging team is almost wiped out by the firepower of the second battalion, the team will be chaotic.

In fact, all bandits are like this, they generally collapse when they lose the battle, not to mention that the big boss is killed? The horse bandits could no longer organize effective resistance.

Historically, military scientists commented on the banditry style, not to say how bad the discipline was, to rob the people, but to say that once it was defeated, the ranks grazed the sheep. Most of the losses were not caused by fighting on the battlefield, but by grazing sheep in an unorganized and undisciplined retreat.

Now Han Sanjie's horse bandit remnants are like this, herding sheep!

The second master, the third master, the fourth master, and the fifth master are all with the big boss, their horses are good, and they can run away faster, and it is naturally faster to report to the king of Hades. The rest of the bandits were unable to control their habitual surnames at first, and rushed up against the fire. Now that the main force has been almost wiped out, the impact of the habitual surname is small, and the horse bandits who reflect faster have already known that they are finished, and they have fallen into an ambush circle. Those who reacted slowly and hesitated became the target of machine-gun fire. Those who ran behind, reflecting a little longer, naturally took the horse's head and fled in all directions.

Seeing that the horse bandits had collapsed, Hu Laohu ordered the soldiers to hold torches and get on their horses to attack.

The 1st and 3rd Battalions also caught up, and Song Xing and Kangwei saw that the horse bandits had collapsed, and in order to avoid accidental injury, they ordered the troops to stop and light torches. After the torches were lit, the two battalions galloped like a battlefield, holding torches, and intercepted the bandits from both wings.

Although the brigade herded the sheep, the scattered fleeing horse bandits either used guns or knives to confront the soldiers who caught up with them, and the Red Army cavalry began to suffer casualties.

Song Xing had been dizzy by the tragedy in Jinjie Town at this time, and felt that these horse bandits were scum and deserved to die, and when he saw the casualties of the troops, he became more and more angry, and strictly ordered the soldiers to use bullets to talk to the horse bandits, and all those who dared to resist were eliminated.

At this time, the end of the scattered and fleeing horse bandits is coming, and they can't compare marksmanship with the Red Army or practice swordsmanship, as long as they dare to shoot or wave their sabers, they will immediately be beaten into a hornet's nest.

The battle did not last long, and the horse bandits, who were blocked from the way and out, suffered heavy casualties under the superior fire of the cavalry. The rest of the bandits had to obediently roll off the saddle and raise their hands in surrender.

When Liu Yimin rushed to Jinjie Town, he was stunned by the tragic situation in the town. Since the crossing, although there have been many battles, I have seen the tragic scenes of dead people piling dead people on the battlefield. But it was a war between soldiers, and since they went to the battlefield, they had to have the consciousness of being killed, and no one complained. Although the Hunan Army, Ma Jiajun, and the Central Army had all done the massacre of ordinary people, Liu Yimin had not had the opportunity to see it, and his understanding was still based on the original book knowledge and the narration of the old Red Army. Although the people who ransacked Jinjie Town were horse bandits, we can know from this how the future army did it.

Seeing that the Red Army had returned to the town from the battle, with a long list of prisoners in their custody, the surviving people in the town knelt down in front of Liu Yimin and demanded that the Red Army shoot the bandits.

Liu Yimin knew that most of these bandits were habitual bandits and could not be dealt with according to the general prisoner policy, so he asked the surviving people to identify them, and as long as they had been forcibly annihilated, killed, fireproofed, or robbed in the town, they were all pulled out and waited for processing.

To Liu Yimin's surprise, most of the captives were pulled out.

There are a little more than 1,000 Han Sanjie horse bandits, most of whom have become the guns of the Red Army, and only more than 300 people have been captured.

What should I do if Hu Laohu asks for instructions?

Liu Yimin felt a headache, so he looked at Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng.

Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng both turned their heads away, as if they didn't know about Liu Yimin's existence.

Liu Yimin thought about it, this thing can't be reckless, he can't shoot them all at the first order, that will end up with a reputation for killing prisoners no matter what, and he wants to imprison this group of prisoners and let them do permanent unpaid labor for opening coal mines, but he thinks it's too cheap for this group of bastards. When he was in trouble, the surviving people of the town knelt in front of him again.

Liu Yimin hurriedly went to pull the villagers and let them get up and talk.

A man in his 40s at the head said: "Commander of the Red Army, if you don't shoot these bastards, you will kneel and die in front of you." The Red Army is the army of the poor in Russia, and this group of horse bandits has scourged the Russian towns like this, and if the Red Army does not shoot them, then Russia will not believe in the policy of the Red Army. ”

Liu Yimin thought that this place was close to the desert, and the security problem was really difficult to handle, so he had to make an example of it, and kill those horse bandits who did not dare to attack the base area anymore. It's just that it's inconvenient to do it yourself, and there should be a Shenmu County political axe to try these bandits and shoot them in a public trial.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin said to the man: "Fellow, our Red Army is a disciplined army and cannot kill prisoners. However, I immediately notified Shenmu County to resist the Ming Dynasty and ask them to come quickly, interrogate these horse bandits here, and hold a public trial meeting to publicly announce the verdict and shoot them in a public trial. Get up, the revenge of the villagers, our Red Army will definitely avenge it. In the future, we will let those horse bandits who are running around and committing crimes flee in embarrassment as soon as they hear the word Jinjie, and they will no longer dare to fight the idea here. ”

The man pulled the villagers to stand up, but they all gathered around Liu Yimin and refused to leave.

Liu Yimin knew what the villagers were thinking, and immediately ordered Hu Laohu to send the third battalion to Shenmu County to pick up the comrades of the county party committee and the county government axe to Jinjie to hold a public trial and report the news that all the team members had been killed.

The townsfolk dispersed, and soon the town began to cry.

Liu Yimin asked the remains of the team members and the remains of several soldiers who had died in battle to be put together, and asked Song Xing and Kangwei to lead a battalion to stay, organize the villagers to bury the remains of their relatives, repair the burned houses, and wait for the Shenmu County Party Committee and the county government axe comrades to arrive, first hold a burial ceremony for the martyrs, and then publicly try to shoot those evil horse bandits, and the rest of the horse bandits were escorted back to Yulin to be imprisoned, and then let them participate in road construction and coal mining. It is also necessary to organize the masses to bury the corpses of horse bandits as soon as possible, so as to prevent epidemics in hot weather. Tonight, I will interrogate the bandits, find out their lair, and try to get back the gold and silver treasures they have looted.

After the explanation, Liu Yimin, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Hu Laohu took the second camp to Dabaodang Town to camp.

That night, the town of Jinjie was brightly lit, and the villagers, under the organization of the Red Army, were busy pretending to bury the bodies of their relatives, carrying the bodies of the horse bandits out of the town, digging pits and burying them.

Song Xing and Kang Wei were busy completing the tasks assigned by the corps commander, interrogating all the captured horse bandits, figuring out the stronghold of Han Sanjie's horse bandits after they went south, and preparing to send troops to raid the horse bandits' lair tomorrow.

During this interrogation, Song Xing and Kangwei knew what scum was, most of these horse bandits were habitual bandits, killing people and destroying women, and doing bad things.

When the comrades of the Shenmu County Party Committee and the county government axe rushed to Jinjie, the sky was already clear, and they sorted out the appearance of several martyrs, buried them in coffins pulled from Shenmu County, and held a burial ceremony. He also found a stonemason to engrave the monuments to the Red Army martyrs in Jinjie and Yaozhen, and engraved the names and agency numbers of the martyrs clearly.

In the morning, according to the results of the overnight interrogation of the First Cavalry Regiment and the complaints of the villagers in Jinjie Town, Shenmu County held a public trial meeting in Jinjie and sentenced 273 habitual bandits to death and executed them immediately.

A firing squad of soldiers, surrounded by the villagers, dragged these heinous horse bandits to the sand west of the town and executed them.

After the public trial, the 1st Cavalry Regiment immediately handed over the weapons and ammunition seized by the horse bandits to the Shenmu County Political Axe, and asked them to quickly organize the militia and establish the Shenmu Garrison Regiment. The machine guns and some rifles needed by the garrison regiment were asked to pull up the ranks and go to Yulin to collect them.

After doing these things, Song Xing led a battalion to rest for a while, and then let a horse bandit who was not guilty of death lead the way and went to raid the horse bandit's lair. Conway led the 3rd Battalion to Dabaodang Town and joined the 2nd Battalion.

Liu Yi's homestay camped up, so he took Shen Qianyi and a dozen teachers and students to survey around Dabaodang, and when it turned to ten o'clock, Liu Yimin chose a few mining points that were not too far away. Ordered Hu Laohu to let the soldiers start digging.

I heard that the corps commander had found the coal mine, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing all came, and everyone wanted to witness the moment when the coal mine in northern Shaanxi was born. Jingjing even took out her camera, first took photos of the soldiers digging, and then took photos of Liu Yimin holding a cigarette and squatting to the side to watch the soldiers digging, and then waited for the moment when the coal was released.

Although Liu Yimin knew in his heart that this was definitely a high-grade coal mine, and as long as he excavated four or five meters, he would definitely see coal, and in the worst case, he could see coal after digging one or twenty meters. The reason is simple, because there is coal underground, which can be mined in the open pit. However, knowing in his heart, Liu Yimin is still a little nervous, if there is no coal to dig out of the case, the joke will be big. But it's nothing, this mining site doesn't produce coal, and there are a few below, anyway, there is coal everywhere here, and you can dig it casually.

Including Shen Qianyi, the cadres and soldiers of the Seventh Army Corps were convinced of the words of the regiment commander, and he said that if there is a coal mine, there must be a coal mine. If he had said on that day when Emperor Moto would have died, he would probably not have been wrong.

Only Shen Qian brought it to Sun Yat-sen College, that is, a few teachers and students didn't believe it, they had never heard of coal here, and they had not done geological surveys, how could they say that this was a coal mine? It's too unrigorous.

Tang Xingying saw that when Liu Yimin was smoking, his hand trembled slightly, and he knew that he was beating a drum in his heart, so he walked over, sat beside him, and gently pulled his clothes.

As soon as Liu Yimin turned around, he saw that it was Tang Xingying, and knew that he was concerned about him, so he nodded, and turned to look at the soldiers digging.

There are only three kinds of excavation tools, one is a sapper pickaxe, the other is an iron shovel, and the third is a wattle basket filled with soil.

Although the tools are simple, the warriors are strong and fast.

After digging about 6 meters, the fighters in the cave shouted out the coal. Soon, several baskets in a row were filled with raw coal with black oil.

Liu Yimin was overjoyed, stood up all of a sudden, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, jumped in front of the coal basket in a few steps, grabbed a handful of raw coal, and observed it carefully before laughing.

Shen Qianyi and the dozen or so teachers and students immediately gathered around and observed carefully. In the end, even the so beautiful Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing came over and took the black oily raw coal in their hands, as if they wanted to feel the texture of the raw coal.

After the excitement, Liu Yimin immediately ordered the entrance of the cave to be temporarily sealed, and asked Hu Laohu to leave the three battalions to garrison here. After returning to Yulin, the Shenmu Garrison Regiment was formed as soon as possible, and a battalion was sent by the Shenmu Garrison Regiment to undertake the task of protecting the safety of the coal mine.

Shen Qianyi asked whether to organize forces to drill and survey, prove reserves, and prepare development plans.

Liu Yimin immediately stopped him, ordering that only mines should be allowed to open in this area, and that the scope of exploration should not be expanded, and the news of coal mines here should not be announced to the public. No person, organization, or unit may engage in drilling and mining operations around the mining area without the approval of the Red Seventh Army Corps and the Shaanxi Provincial Military Region, otherwise they will be held responsible.

Shen Qian couldn't imagine that his good intentions would attract a series of bans.

(To be continued)