After the scale of industrial construction was expanded, Lu Liang found that the work was heavy, and a steel plant could not be built so simply, even if there were machinery, talents, and ores provided by the base, it could not be completed and started in a short time. In China, where productivity is low, the construction of a cotton mill can last for several years, let alone a steel mill and a complete industrial system.

When the construction of various factories was in full swing, a piece of news made Lu Liang furious -- a recruitment team was attacked by bandits in the Foshan area, and suffered heavy casualties, only two out of ten people returned, three were killed on the spot, five were captured, and the goods they were carrying were all robbed, and they also brought back the news of the bandits, and they wanted to use 100,000 taels to ransom the five captured people in the Ziqiang factory. The two men who came back were genetics, they were carrying pistols, and they escaped after killing three bandits in the chaos, according to them, the gang of bandits was about thirty people, a dozen guns, but all were backward front-loading rifles, and most likely smoothbore guns.

This incident made Lu Liang realize the trouble of bandits rampant in Guangdong, and there were actually many bandits near Huizhou, but because the squire was powerful and well-organized, no one dared to provoke him without opening his eyes. During the Qing Dynasty, Guangdong was a well-known bandit area in the country, and successive prefects, governors, and governors took office in Guangdong to arrest bandits as an important matter, and the criminal law was severe. For example, during his tenure of office, Ye Mingchen spared no effort to arrest the mainland and foreign bandits, and in the 28th year of Daoguang, he took 80 bandits including He Yazhuan, so that the foreign bandits everywhere "have been scattered", the captives were released, and the sea channel turned quiet. Guangdong's sea traffic is developed, bandits or wandering the sea, or landing to rob, the bandit problem that lasted for hundreds of years made the Qing court scratch its head, until recently directly sent Li Hongzhang to fight the underworld and eliminate evil, but only the intensity of the change, did not really solve the problem.

The main component of the bandits mostly comes from the unemployed vagrants, there are many people in Guangdong, there is little land, the folk customs are fierce, the folk customs are frivolous, there are few people engaged in agriculture, and most of the people are mainly domestic workers; once they lose their jobs, they are easy to evolve from homeless people to bandits. However, because of the complex terrain and dense population, it is difficult to completely eradicate it.

Lu Liang, a bandit in the ocean, could not take care of it for the time being, and he did not pose any threat to himself -- there were two ways to sell the products, one was by land, and the other was to transport them to Guangzhou and get on the ship, and at this stage they were mainly transported by land. There was a security team organized by the squires themselves near the factory area and in the caravans, and it was imperative to rescue the captives. The three companies of the genetic people and the security regiment under his command all have tasks, and they are not suitable for this kind of rescue operation, so Lu Liang sent a special team under Lu Min.

Some time ago, Lu Liang organized the soldiers under him, and the genetic guards of the three companies were called the first company, the second company, and the third company, which were mainly responsible for the protection of the steel base and the transit base; Two thousand ordinary soldiers were organized into a regiment, called the 1st Security Regiment, and the main tasks at this stage were training and cultural studies, part-time escort work in the factory area. The escort and security regiments are all equipped with light weapons, Mauser rifles, Browning pistols, Czech light machine guns, Makqin heavy machine guns, and grenades, but there are no artillery, which is also considering that artillery training attracts attention in a densely populated place like Huizhou, but artillery talents are being cultivated, and more than a dozen small-caliber artillery pieces are also stored in the base, and Lu Liang is considering finding a hidden place for training.

The special squad under Lu Min was fine when Lu Liang did not go out, and the team of thirty people was sent ten people, and the leader of the rescue team was named Lu Mao, and after camouflage, these ten people set off disguised as a recruitment team, and a carriage carried weapons and equipment that were not suitable for exposure, and a genetic person who escaped and a local person served as a guide, and went straight to Foshan.

"Captain Lu, the news has been inquired, the leader of the bandits who hijacked the recruiters is called Lao Harrier, who is a habitual bandit for many years, ruthless, and has more than 40 people under him, all of whom practice martial arts, and the government has not caught them for many years. I don't know the specific location now, but my uncle said that it should be in the west of Foshan and the east of Hedong. The local guide I found was named Zhang Zhilong, who went to the second phase of recruitment, and his hometown was in Foshan.

Lu Mao spread out the map and said to the team members around him: "We are here now, Xialiang, according to the bandits, the transaction will be completed in Hedong, and the time is tomorrow morning." We first go there to reconnoitre, and then develop a plan of action according to the situation. The team rushed to Hedong that afternoon, and after conducting reconnaissance at the trading site, they found a place where no one was camping and wearing equipment, and the guide Zhang Zhilong was arranged to stay in the temporary camp, and the team members entered the ambush position overnight.

"Number one is in place, report the situation." Lu Mao, who was hidden in the grass in a gilly suit, aimed at the trading place with his gun, and said to the radio intercom with his lips. "Number two is in place." "Number three is in place!" "Sniper in position!" Except for the three people who made the transaction, the other eight people scattered and surrounded the trading place.

A few miles away in the grass, there was also a group of people looking at this side, these people were in tattered clothes and had strong faces, and they did not look like good people. "Big brother, what are we waiting for? Go for the trade! ”

"Shut up, how can I have such a stupid brother as you, who hasn't learned to be smart with me for so long! What we provoked this time was a big household in Huizhou, and they were big landlords, so they didn't have dozens or hundreds of guns in their hands? Can you trade willingly, wait and see the situation, you guys go to both sides to take a closer look, don't get on the road when the time comes! "The old harrier is very cautious, doing this business that adds blood to the knife, and if he is not careful, he will die, and he has lived to this day by being cautious.

"Pay attention to concealment, someone is searching from both sides, six people on the left, three smoothbore guns, five people on the right, two smoothbore guns." The Sniper's hiding place is a large tree, and he has the best vision, and is the first to see the crowd searching on both sides.

"Received, let them go, don't be discovered!" Lu Mao ordered. The gillary suit made of dyed cloth strips and leaves worked well in camouflage, and a searching bandit was less than three meters away from Lu Mao, wielding a machete left and right without finding an enemy close at hand. An hour passed, and the robbers who were searching for them all withdrew, and the old harrier finally appeared with his men.

The old harrier approached the trading place with twenty bandits armed with machetes and other cold weapons, and behind him twenty bandits armed with smoothbore guns followed behind and raised their guns as a warning.

"These bandits are very professional!"

"Professional fart, I'll give the five on the left."

"I'm in charge of the five on the left in the back."

"Five on my right."

"Head, do you want to leave one for you?"

"Keep your channel clean!" Lu Mao whispered helplessly, his subordinates didn't have any awe at all, and they formulated a strike plan in a few words, and they hadn't spoken yet.

"It's the old harrier?"

"What nonsense! I haven't seen my old harrier grandfather, have you brought the money? "Because the old harrier did not find an ambush in the reconnaissance, his mentality is very relaxed now, and with twenty guns pointed, I believe that these three people will not be able to set off the storm.

"The money is in the carriage, I have to see the hostages before trading!"

"Hahahaha, I'm up to me here, kill them all, I want my life and money!" The old harrier just turned his head and ordered with his subordinates behind him, "Bang! A gunshot rang out, and a bullet passed through the old harrier's head.

"Fire!" Lu Mao yelled, Made, I originally wanted to ensure the safety of the hostages first, but I didn't expect these bandits to play their cards according to common sense at all.

"Tom!" Barrett's muzzle on the tree shook violently, and a 12.7 mm bullet interrupted a gun-wielding bandit, and the team members who were ambushed around opened fire one after another, and the fierce fire caught dozens of bandits off guard, and more than a dozen fell in an instant. When the three team members heard the gunshots, they immediately rolled on the spot, hid behind the carriage, pulled out three assault rifles from the carriage and began firing at close range. Twenty bandits armed with smoothbore guns were knocked down before they could fire a single shot, and these people were blinded by the heavy fire, and they all fell to the ground before they turned around and did not even run twenty meters.

"Damn! What a broken gun, it doesn't work! One of the team members stood up and said a word when he saw the end of the battle, and his teammates not far away nodded in agreement. The imitation SCAR assault rifle could not fight at all, because it used the technology before 1942, so it could not play the performance of the real rifle at all, and it can be said that Lu Liang's bureaucratic style caused the team members to not have suitable guns. Lu Mao also realized that such feedback had already appeared in the previous shooting training, and he would definitely suggest that the chief replace the gun after returning this time.