Chapter 44: The First Battle Begins
It has entered May, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the breath of spring is intoxicating, but Wang Yongni, the governor of Taiping Prefecture, has been in a more and more anxious mood recently.
After walking more than a dozen times in his study, Wang Yongni finally stopped, sighed, sat down on the chair again, took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said to the young man who had been standing next to him: "Sun Shun, tell me, what kind of plan did your master do this time, can you get the patrol battalion?" Nothing could go wrong, right? ”
"Back to my lord, my lord has no last resort, this time Bao Zhun can destroy the patrol battalion! Moreover, since the plan has begun to be implemented, it is the water that has been spilled, and it can't be recovered, so it's useless for you to be in a hurry, so it's better to wait for news here. ”
"But what if it ......"
"No whatever!" Sun Shun lowered his head and smiled, "We have more than 1,000 people, all of them are equipped with British quick robbers, machine guns and foreign cannons, and they are pretending to be the revolutionary party to set up an ambush in advance. Even if something goes wrong and lets go of half of the patrol battalion soldiers, they won't be able to suspect your head, right? ”
That's right, just two days ago, Li Zhigao sent his chief to follow Sun Shun into Wang Yongni's house, Sun Shun in addition to bringing Li Zhigao's plan to eliminate the patrol battalion, but also brought a hand-cranked power generator, which can directly talk to Li Zhigao, so that Li Zhigao and Wang Yongni have established a direct contact, and after they can have direct dialogue through the radio and get direct communication with each other, the plan to eliminate the patrol battalion has officially begun.
Li Zhigao's plan was to lure the snake out of the hole, attract the main force of the patrol battalion out of the city, and then set up an ambush in advance to annihilate the main force of the patrol battalion.
The specific plan is not complicated, it can be regarded as learning from some of the tricks used by the patrol battalion to rob his boutique department store.
First of all, Li Zhigao asked some soldiers to pretend to be villagers, and deliberately quarreled with the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion who set up cards to collect taxes on a tax card on the official road outside the city, and then turned into a military fight.
Immediately afterwards, the officers of the patrol battalion who received this news would definitely be furious, but according to the system at this time, although the commander of the patrol battalion had the right to lead the troops, he could not transfer troops privately. Then, Lord Wang, who heard the news, could also feign anger and order all the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion to be sent over to suppress it.
After receiving the order of the prefect, the commander of the patrol battalion can legitimately lead his troops to the countryside, firstly, to suppress it, and secondly, to gain some benefits by the way.
You must know that the so-called repression during this period was actually quite cruel, and if it sounds good, it is suppression, and if it is not good, it is murder, arson, and robbery with open fire, which is a good time to make money and water. However, this kind of thing is not good after all, there must be a person who is responsible, and the person who is responsible is the person who gives the order, needless to say, this person is also Wang Yongni. Because of this system, under normal circumstances, the prefect and county officials at this time would not easily send troops out of the city.
After that, when the officers and men of the patrol battalion who left the city walked halfway, they would be ambushed by Li Zhigao in advance, put on ordinary clothes, pretend to be attacked by the revolutionary party's men and horses, and strive to be completely annihilated, and at worst, the patrol battalion would have to be wiped down.
After the main force of the patrol battalion was destroyed, Li Zhigao's men and horses would immediately change into the clothes of the regimental training, and then under the pretext of encountering a rebellion in the field, in order to prevent the thieves from attacking the city and causing greater damage, they would take advantage of the situation to drive into the Taiping Mansion to assist in the defense.
With the cooperation of the prefect and the prefect, this is absolutely justifiable and reasonable.
Now, half of the plan has been successful, except for a few policemen who must guard the prefect's yamen and the gate of the city, the large army has all driven out of the city under Wang Yongni's order, waiting for the good news from the ambush troops.
"Well, I hope so." Wang Yongni sighed again and slowly closed his eyes.
Actually, Wang Yongni regrets it a little now, but the matter has come to this, as the saying goes, there is no turning back when the bow is opened, and he is already a grasshopper on a rope with Li Zhigao, and if he does not destroy the patrol battalion, if others poke out their plot to clean up the patrol battalion, he will not feel good. Although Li Zhigao's identity is also a little suspicious, no matter how suspicious it is, at least it can give him a lot of benefits, which is enough.
Just when Wang Yongni was nervous in his study, on a small hillside fifteen miles outside the Taiping Mansion, Wang Erbiao was wearing a camouflage net, lying on the ground and carefully staring at the official road below with a high-powered telescope.
"Boss." At this moment, something like a pile of leaves next to it moved, and then a human head was revealed, and he smiled at Wang Yongni, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth, "Are those rabbit cubs here?" ”
"Hmph, it's you Zhao Yong again, hurry up and lie down, I can't spare you if someone finds out!"
"Hehe, it's so far away, your old binoculars can't see clearly, how can they see me." Zhao Yong smiled, but still climbed back again, "Boss, we've been waiting here for more than three hours, why haven't those bunnies come yet?" Is there a mistake in the message? I ......"
"Shh Suddenly, Wang Erbiao made a silent posture, and then he adjusted the angle of the telescope, and sure enough, he saw a scattered smoke and dust in the telescope.
After seeing the smoke and dust, Wang Erbiao's eyes narrowed, and then adjusted the magnification of the lower telescope, and sure enough, with the adjustment of the magnification, the scene became clearer and clearer, and there were many figures in the smoke and dust, and there was no doubt that they were the people of the patrol battalion!
"It's coming!" Wang Erbiao suppressed his excitement and said in a low voice, "Zhao Yong, hurry up and inform Master Li, just say, the rat is in the trap!" ”
"Yes!"
"Good!" After hearing the discovery of the patrol battalion's team, Li Zhigao, who was in the command vehicle converted from the Thunder Dragon off-road vehicle, only felt a shock all over, and then immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and replied, "Vampire obey orders!" I ask you to act according to the plan, don't be in a hurry to expose the target, let them all in, and wait until you hear the people in front of you start fighting, and then you will fight from the back to the front! Be sure not to let one go! ”
"Vampires understand, let all the people go, after the front fight, and then fight from the back to the front, and never let go of one!" Wang Erbiao replied.
"Good!" After putting down the walkie-talkie, Li Zhigao smiled, "It's good to have a communication advantage, although I am in the rear, but I have a full control of the battlefield situation, and the information is asymmetrical with the patrol battalion in the first place, and it is unintentional and unintentional, and this time it has failed, it is really unreasonable." ”
Indeed, after formulating a grand strategy to lure the snake out of the hole, Li Zhigao also put a lot of thought into the specific ambush tactics.
In this battle, Li Zhigao demanded total annihilation, so he released the strongest trump cards in his hand, that is, Wang Erbiao's vampire assault platoon and Lin Sanxi's flying tiger assault platoon, and arranged in advance to conceal them on a hillside not far from the road that the patrol battalion must pass. After they discovered the enemy's situation, they did not make a move and let the people of the patrol battalion go over, and then, as soon as the snipers on Li Zhigao's side opened fire, they fought from the back to the front, and attacked from the front and back, striving to leave all the 600 people in the patrol battalion behind.
Although there are not many people in Wang Erbiao and Lin Sanxi, only a hundred people in total, their firepower is absolutely powerful, and with a perfect communication system, I believe there will be no problems
As for his own side, with Zheng Yun's Hellfire Support Platoon as a bodyguard, and all the other ordinary officers and soldiers, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to dig fortifications in advance to block the attack.
Not to mention the firepower of the Hellfire support platoon, even if we only rely on those ordinary soldiers with Enfield rifles in their hands, plus six Maxim machine guns and four Krupp 75mm field guns, and they have prepared fortifications in advance to set up ambushes, there is basically no reason to fail in the face of unsuspecting officers and soldiers of patrol battalions who are generally equipped with old sleeves.
Thinking of this, Li Zhigao picked up the walkie-talkie, changed the channel again, and shouted loudly: "Zheng Yun, you notify me of all departments, just say that the enemy has begun to enter the ambush circle, cheer me up, prepare for battle, this is your first battle, you must give me a beautiful fight!" ”
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