On 27 August, more than 20 days had passed since the occupation of the town of Shokos, and it had not been a few days before the system was upgraded to the village level, and the area occupied was now far greater than what was needed for the system to be upgraded to the town level. Pen~Fun~Ge www.biquge.info There are no more separate villages in the occupied area, and all the natives have been cleared, either killed or colonized as captives, serving Zhang Wei's forces in exchange for the materials needed for life.

Fang Liang decided to carry out the young master's plan and go to occupy Mandol first to prepare for upgrading to the county level. So he sent 3 battalions of troops to advance towards Mandor, just to occupy it, there is no need for so many troops, mainly to hold here, and block the troops that may come from Pontianak and Yamaguchiyang, after all, this is not far from these two cities, and after occupying here, leave the 7th battalion to garrison Mandol to maintain order and defense; The 8th Battalion will clear the surrounding Aborigines; The 9th Battalion will clear the Aborigines along the road back. Some people may ask, why not clean up when you go? The main reason is that the natives are afraid of the aborigines escaping and leaking the news.

Under Fang Liang's order, early in the morning of the 28th, the three battalions left the camp in turn and advanced towards Mandor. Here is more than 130 kilometers from Mandor, and the troops are preparing for a 3-day trip.

The planned first day of the journey was 75 km, the troops were to reach Cedars, and then rest for 1 day; Set out early in the morning of the 30th, march 55 kilometers urgently, and reach Mandol in the afternoon of the same day, and immediately begin the battle to completely occupy Mandor. If there is no suitable camp, it is easy to attrition in this environment, so it is required to force the march on the first day and rest for a day after reaching Cedars. On the third day, they set out early in the morning, occupied Mandol on the same day, and camped in Mandol.

The route from Southasco to Cedars is now Zhang Wei's territory, and all the indigenous people along and around it have been cleared. The road was also built, but where it had not been widened, it was now leveled, so the march was very rapid.

By the time the troops arrived at Cedars, the local garrison had already prepared their tents and food, and now there were so many slaves working hard that the service was still very attentive.

On the 29th, we had a day off to eliminate the fatigue of yesterday's forced march.

Early in the morning of 30 August, the officers and men of the 7th Battalion advanced lightly, carrying only rifles, light machine guns, and the necessary ammunition and two meals, while the heavy machine guns were left for the baggage troops, and the 8th and 9th Battalions followed later, although the pace of the march was not as fast as that of the 7th Battalion. The 7th Battalion was to force a march to occupy Mandor.

The forced march to Mandor was not because of how strong the enemy forces there were, but because they didn't want to leak the news. It is really not difficult to occupy such a small town at all.

And the local residents of Mandol don't know that the danger is approaching, or live their leisurely life, and some consider when to rob some Han people, they are too rich, and they are too honest, they don't know how to resist at all, and robbing Han people has no technical content at all; Some people think that they should rob a Han woman as a wife next time they rob, and they feel that Han women are more beautiful than women in our tribe? It is estimated that the elders will not agree, or play with it.

The 7th Battalion forced its march for 8 hours and arrived at 1 kilometer east of Mandor at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the battalion commander asked for 1 hour of rest, some dry food, some water, and launched an attack at 4 o'clock, making sure to take the town within half an hour, not letting go of a single person, and ensuring that the news was not leaked.

The battalion commander also ordered: 1 company and 1 platoon are responsible for guarding, and after half an hour, 2 platoons will be on guard. The reconnaissance squad of the 1st Company went to reconnoiter and had to return to the team within one hour to report the situation.

The scout set off immediately after changing his clothes, not with a long weapon, but only a pistol for self-defense.

The soldiers began to drink water and eat, and some were wiping their guns, inspecting their equipment, and preparing for war.

The battalion commander is also discussing the specific action plan with the 4 company commanders, or according to the staff officer's wishes, the 1st company is responsible for passing through the town as soon as possible and blocking the escape route of the natives, the 2nd company is responsible for the rear of the palace and detaining all the natives, and the 3rd and 4th companies are still outflanking left and right to prevent escape, as long as there are escapees, they must be shot and eliminated.

About an hour later, the scouts returned to report on the situation in the town, which had a main street, and a village to the north of the street, which was used as a settlement for the natives, and which was not garrisoned by any armed forces. The battalion commander's opinion is still to implement the original plan, but the task of the 4th company is larger, so the personnel directly under the battalion will also be strengthened to the 4th company, and the other 3 companies will jointly eliminate the natives in the village after the other 3 companies complete the task.

The whole war was as expected, there was no technical content, and the battle was over in 1 hour. A total of 308 people were killed, 2,232 were captured, and no escapers were taken.

The battalion commander ordered all the natives to be taken to the village square, first to find out the town chief and the village chief, and then to identify the families of those who died, and to separate them as a group; Families of young and able-bodied persons and families of beautiful unmarried women are also selected; As for the remaining useless people and the families of those who died, there were about 700 of them, but they were no longer executed in person, as in the town of Shokos, for fear of leaving a bad impact for the future.

The 1st and 2nd companies were responsible for guarding the natives, and the staff officers began to explain to them the policy, as long as they were obedient and worked on time, the whole family would have food, and if anyone escaped, the whole family would be executed. Then arrange for the young man to start digging a pit and bury the dead first, otherwise it is easy to spread diseases in such a hot weather.

The 3rd and 4th companies began to loot the booty in the town and village, and all the wealth in the town and village was considered the loot, but for the time being, only valuable materials such as gold and silver were collected, and other worthless things were not touched. and arranged for people to sort out the town government, which will be used as the camp headquarters in the future; The houses on both sides of the street were temporarily used as barracks, and some of the houses in the village were requisitioned for accommodation when the 8th and 9th battalions arrived.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the baggage units of the 8th and 9th battalions and the 7th battalion arrived.

The 1st and 2nd Companies of the 7th Battalion began to establish blocking positions north and south of the town, and the 8th and 9th Battalions began to arrange camping and management of the local natives.

On September 1, more than 700 people were secretly executed, reducing instability and increasing Zhang Wei's point income. Other work was also carried out, such as digging trenches to block the enemy who might come from the direction of Pontianak and Sankouyang; Looking for a local guide, tomorrow the 8th Battalion will start to clear the surrounding villages, and the 9th Battalion will start to clear the indigenous villages in the direction of the return journey, if there is a guide, the work will definitely be easier, and organize a baggage team to help transport the baggage supplies and booty tomorrow.

It's not hard to occupy Mandol, it's the menial work that's hard.