Chapter 172: First Battalion Commander
The movement of nearly 20,000 men and horses of the security army was such a big move, of course Liu Guitang would not be unaware, in order to be able to make a fortune when he left, and at the same time to vent a bad breath for himself, he took three regiments of troops and began to rush to Chicheng overnight. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
When the bandits heard that they were going to fight with the security army, they did not show their eagerness to try as Liu Guitang expected, but they were all uneasy, and it was obvious that they were not stupid.
Although after the training of the Japanese, they also felt that their combat effectiveness had been strengthened, but the Japanese themselves were beaten by the security forces and their noses and faces were swollen, and they suffered a lot of losses at the hands of Li Han, not to mention their half-level.
In addition, the number of the security army is several times that of theirs, and they are also equipped with a lot of artillery, although the bandits of the Chadong guerrilla detachment are usually arrogant, but they will inevitably feel a little uneasy when they want to confront the strong security army.
"Brothers, although there are many people in the security army, there is only one battalion of defenders in Akagi, and we have more than seven thousand people, and a single spit can drown them.
After defeating Akagi, the brothers can go to the free movement, and everything they grab also belongs to the brothers themselves, and they don't have to hand it in.
And when we left Akagi, there were troops of the Imperial Army to meet us, and although the security army was strong, it was not even a fart in the eyes of the Japanese. ”
Liu Guitang himself is a bandit, of course, he knows the nature of bandits very well, at this time, it is useless to say anything with money, as long as they feel that it is beneficial, no hardship is a problem.
The bandit leaders of the Chadong guerrilla detachment, large and small, listened to Liu Guitang's words, and their originally frightened eyes were instantly replaced by greed. Although the security army was strong, there was only one battalion in Akagi, and six or seven hundred people were killed, but they had more than 7,000 people.
What's more important is that they also know that Chahar has poured in a lot of businessmen during this time, and the money they have grabbed belongs to themselves, and they don't have to worry about grabbing one casually in this life, there are not many opportunities to do this kind of buying, people are greedy, not to mention that they are bandits in the first place.
Moreover, the commander also said that after withdrawing from Chahar, the Japanese would protect them, which made them have no worries.
These bandit leaders also took them with him in Chahar for a while, and they also knew that Li Han was not very afraid of the Japanese. However, it is one thing to take the initiative to go to Rehe to provoke Japan, in their opinion, as long as Li Han's brain is not broken, he will not chase Rehe.
Therefore, Liu Guitang gave an order, and more than 7,000 bandit troops slaughtered towards Chicheng with great momentum, and the place they passed was as if locusts had crossed the border.
All the common people are unlucky, as long as they are seen, not only all the family property is robbed, but also grain, cattle and horses are not spared, and even a lot of women from good families are looted to vent for these bandits. These will be what they usually want to do but dare not do, so it is especially crazy at this time.
Especially Liu Guitang, who was stopped by the security army by robbing the people's daughters in Chahar several times before, and lost a lot of brothers, this time he decided to fight Chahar, so it was not so estimated. In order to take revenge on Li Han, he snatched almost all the women he could see.
Chongli was not far from Chicheng, and it would only be seven or eight hours away if the army marched normally, but Liu Guitang's men were just a group of bandits after all, and they walked for more than a day to arrive.
has been able to see the shadow of the city, Liu Guitang's mood is also excited, he can't deal with the large force of the security army, but it is more than enough to fight these hundreds of people, only by capturing Chicheng, it is possible to recover his losses.
The loss caused to him by the confiscation of opium this time is too great, and all the bastards Li Han has been given to him for decades, and he hates it when he thinks of it.
"Brothers, the front is Akagi, as long as you take here, everyone can get rich, I still say the same thing, whoever grabs the things will belong to whomever they want."
"Kill!"
While speaking, Liu Guitang also gave the order to his artillery to open fire, although the mountain artillery and field artillery were snatched by Li Han, Liu Guitang still bought a lot of mortars and grenadiers through the Japanese.
Liu Guitang's subordinates were all bandits, and the artillery had no technology to speak of, it was basically a random bombardment, and the grenadier canister, a light weapon with superior performance to suppress firepower, was actually used by them as a trebuchet.
Although Chicheng County is not a strong city, it is still a county seat, and the city wall is also seven or eight meters high, and it has been reinforced a lot by the defenders with cement, which was originally used to defend against devils, but it turned out to be used first.
Responsible for recovering Chicheng is Deng Zishan's first battalion, the battalion commander is called Deng Yu, Deng Zishan's little fellow, Deng Zishan is now the commander of the 155th Brigade and 19th Regiment.
In the ranks of the security army, he was the only one who had been the head of the main regiment of the puppet army before, so Deng Zishan was grateful to Li Han from the bottom of his heart and gave him this opportunity to prove himself.
Although he has long been the commander of the regiment, how can the head of the security army and the commander of the pseudo-regiment have the same gold content, after becoming the commander of the main regiment, Deng Zishan of course also wants to perform well, and he is stricter than the 14th regiment when he trains the troops in peacetime.
The 14th Regiment had morning exercises at half past six o'clock, and they had morning exercises at six o'clock, and the 14 th Regiment trained for eight hours a day, and they trained ten hours a day.
The soldiers were trained hard, and the consumption was greater, if they didn't eat something good, the nutrition would not be able to keep up at all, and the food of the security army was not bad, and at least one meal of meat could be guaranteed every day.
However, in order to maintain the consumption of the soldiers' training, Deng Zishan changed the food to two meals of meat a day, and even added two eggs to breakfast, for which he also pasted the small treasury saved when he was the commander of the puppet army.
In the past few months, the combat effectiveness of the 19th Regiment has undergone a radical change, and it is difficult to say whether the combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the 14th Regiment.
However, the soldiers were all trained by Deng Zishan to become big men with bulging muscles, and the spirit was just established, and I didn't know how much better it was, and the soldiers of the 14th Regiment next to them were very envious.
The commander of the 14th Regiment had a sour expression all day long, and he also wanted to improve the food for the soldiers of his regiment, but when he thought of his breezy pockets, he had to make this tempting idea.
However, to Deng Zishan's disappointment, the task of attacking Liu Guitang was still robbed by the 14th Regiment, and the 19th Regiment finally got an order to defend the city.
Deng Yu was able to become the battalion commander, not only because he was still Deng Zishan's fellow countryman, but mainly because he was a rare officer under Deng Zishan who dared to fight and kill.
After the 14th Regiment was transferred, the task of defending Longguan fell to the 19th Regiment, Deng Zishan himself took the main force of the regiment to guard Longguan, and then let Deng Yu take a battalion to garrison Chicheng, which shows that Deng Zishan valued Deng Yu.
Liu Guitang's thousands of people rushed to Chicheng, and burned and looted all the way, of course, such a big movement could not hide anything, so when Liu Guitang's troops killed Chicheng, they had already prepared for battle.
After seeing the dense bandit soldiers coming over, Deng Yu not only did not have the slightest fear, but showed a trace of excitement.
He has also fought a lot of battles with Li Han, and the Japanese brigade and regiment-level artillery battles have all seen them, and the skills of Liu Guitang's bandit artillery are like children playing at home to him.
"Don't panic, everyone, get ready to fight!"
Deng Yu's performance made the pressure on the soldiers reduce a lot at once, and the officials were not afraid of death, so what did they have to worry about, they aimed their guns at these bandits.
The thick barrel of the heavy machine gun protruded half a head out of the female wall, and the ammunition man held a chain of tried bullets in his hand, looking intently ahead.
"Hit!"
"Da! Da! Da! ……”
Bang bang bang......
With Deng Yu's order, hundreds of rifles shot at the bandits, and the firepower of the Makqin heavy machine gun was also instantly vented, and the bandits were like being swept by a gust of wind, falling in groups, and the originally dense bandits quickly became thin.
In the blink of an eye, hundreds of bandits were killed, and a large number of wounded people were lying on the ground with painful sounds, and the remaining bandits immediately became panicked when they saw the miserable scene in front of them.
Looking at their falling companions, the bandits remembered the strength of the security army, and many bandits began to retreat, unconsciously retreating to the back of the charging team.
Liu Guitang started as a bandit, and he also knew that bandits could only fight with the wind, and if the war went well, one bandit student would even be able to burst out with the combat effectiveness of two bandit soldiers, but if he was frustrated at the beginning, then he couldn't beat the county town where there was only one battalion of defenders.
It was a matter of life and value, where would Liu Guitang allow such a situation to appear, and immediately sent his guard company out to serve as a supervising team.
The bandit soldiers in the guard company are all Liu Guitang's cronies, and the one hundred and fifty guards are each armed with a box cannon, as long as they see the bandit retreating, they will directly solve it with a bullet.
The guard company was originally Liu Guitang's cronies, and with Liu Guitang's life, it was really polite to make a move, and in less than five minutes, more than a dozen bandits who escaped from the battle were shot.
Of course, the effect was immediate, and the bandits saw that retreating was also a dead end, because they turned back and began to fight desperately with the security army, braving the rain of bullets, and the bandits rushed towards the security army like a tide.
This wave became more ferocious, and the bandits became more frenzied, showing all their previous outlaw ruthlessness.
After all, there were thousands of enemies, and Deng Yu didn't think about relying on his hundreds of people to repel them, so he had already reported the situation in Chicheng to the regiment commander, and all he had to do now was to block Liu Guitang here and wait for the reinforcements from the regimental and military seats to arrive.