Chapter 612: Suppressing Bandits

A battalion of the Han Tiebu of the Yellow River Henan Defense Line Garrison Corps of the Independent Division, the whole army was annihilated, not when fighting with the Japanese army, but was ambushed by bandits, Tang Qiuli, who had just arrived in Zhengzhou from Dingbian, received this news, he was extremely angry, although he foresaw that the troops might have the idea of despising the bandits, but he did not expect to be so strict that it would cause such a tragedy.

Of course, he will not remove Han Tie from his post, after the Kaifeng blockade battle, the corps has just recovered its vitality, and many new recruits have been added, and it is a taboo for soldiers to change generals before the battle, so he gave a major demerit to the brigade and regiment commanders at all levels from Han Tie down, and notified all the troops of the independent division, hoping to arouse the vigilance and attention of all troops.

The rampant bandits in Shandong also exceeded his expectations, and he vaguely saw the shadow behind the incident from the phenomenon of a battalion being annihilated; if there were no people who understood military affairs, under specific command, and at the level of the bandits, it would be impossible to fight such an almost perfect ambush war; from this point of view, it must be the Japanese who intervened behind it, and Li Honggang's telegram had also mentioned this point earlier.

For the first time, he was worried about Brother Qiuquan's plan to exterminate the bandits at the end of May, this is no longer simply fighting with a group of untrained bandits, but fighting the Japanese from the other side, the front in North China is so deadlocked, it is not the result that the Japanese want, it is impossible to break through the front, and it is absolutely possible to find another way.

It is necessary to get ahead of the Japanese and eradicate the bandits in Shandong, and the existing troops cannot guarantee the completion of such a task; after careful consideration, Tang Qiuli decided to increase the number of troops in the direction of Shandong, and he issued an order to the Independent Division Training Headquarters, and the training was nearing the end of the training, which was formed by the coal miners of the former Jingcheng Coal Miner, and the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Independent Division Workers to Resist Japan, all of which totaled more than 28,000 troops, immediately drove out of Huangya Cave and rushed to Shandong.

As for the rest of the training subjects, let's complete it on the battlefield, the reason why Tang Qiuli mobilized the workers' anti-Japanese brigade that had not yet completed the training was based on his complete trust in these two units, which were all composed of coal miners, and the workers, who had a natural organization and cooperation, were organized separately at the beginning, and it was also considered from this aspect, and the information fed back from the training headquarters proved that Tang Qiuli was not wrong about these two units, and their training results were far beyond those of the other recruits who were trained together.

Moreover, Tang Qiuli had a deeper consideration to turn these two workers' brigades into fist units directly under the independent division, and he gave Tang Qiusheng's Sulu mobile corps an order to transfer more than 16,000 troops under Liu Feng's headquarters of the rapid reaction brigade of the independent division to immediately go to Shandong to participate in the battle against bandits.

Li Honggang was given an order to lead the cavalry brigade of the 29th Corps, Wang Dazhu, to immediately go to Xuzhou to participate in the campaign to suppress bandits, and in this way, in the area from Xuzhou to Lunan and southwest Lu, in addition to the original 48,000 troops of the Han Tie Corps, four cavalry brigades of each division of the independent division, plus three infantry brigades, a total of 110,000 troops, plus the independent division aviation team, three generals Tang Qiuquan, Li Honggang, and Han Tie were in command.

According to Tang Qiuli's plan, he changed the original strategy of breaking through one by one, and at the same time dealt a fatal blow to the three largest armed forces in Lunan and Southwest Lu, that is, Liu Motou, Zheng Sanguang's bandits, and Chen Tiannan's local forces, and strived to cut off the black hand of the Japanese in Shandong and eradicate the internal troubles before the Japanese army in North China launched a new offensive.

The establishment of Lunan and Southwest Lu Bandit Suppression Headquarters, with Tang Qiuquan as the commander-in-chief, full responsibility for the suppression of bandits in Shandong, Li Honggang and Han Tie as deputy commanders-in-chief, Tang Qiuli is to gather heavy troops, fight a war of annihilation, and completely kill one after another, and will not give the bandits a chance to bite back, otherwise, these bandits who have already been on the chariot of the Japanese will sooner or later pose a fatal threat to themselves.

When he arrived at the headquarters of the Han Tie Corps in Xuzhou, Tang Qiuquan saw Han Tie with a black line on his face, and he understood what was going on, when he came to Xuzhou, he had already received a telegram forwarded by the division commander, however, Qiuquan was a person who was not good at expressing his inner feelings, Han Tie was an old man who fought side by side with him since the time of the Bloody Hand Regiment, and he understood Han Tie's feelings.

Seeing Qiuquan come in, Han Tie was obviously relieved, he knew that at this time, the arrival of the leader of the special operations detachment meant something, the division commander did not remove him from his position, Han Tie's guilt was even deeper, Qiuquan did not comfort Han Tie, and said directly: "Commander Han, introduce the situation." ”

Han Tie knew that the leader of the special operations detachment, known as the cold-faced king of Hades, was actually a person with a fiery heart, and the two immediately studied the map with their heads on their heads, and on the morning of the third day, Li Honggang also rushed to Xuzhou, and behind him was a brigade of cavalry troops.

Qiuquan did not rush to drive troops into areas where bandit activities were frequent, but concentrated his troops in the mountains near Xuzhou to conduct special training in mountain operations, and selected some experienced veterans of special operations detachments to serve as instructors in these units to teach the most basic special operations tactics.

Qiu Quan knew very well in his heart that if he sent a large army up, before the troops approached, the bandits had already dispersed in a hurry, and they did not know where to go, and the troops would continue to be attacked and harassed by the scattered bandit forces, just like smashing fleas with his fists, he couldn't do it with strength, he didn't want the division headquarters to send so many troops, but since he came, there were many soldiers and more soldiers.

The task given to them by Qiuquan was very clear: to reconnoiter the whereabouts of the bandits, to find the nests where the bandits were entrenched, and not to exchange fire with the bandit forces until they had to do so, so as to conceal their tracks.

In the end, he warned his more than a dozen detachment commanders, knowing that you people, you will itch when you see the bandits, and you will panic when you don't fight for a day, everyone remember, you are not going to fight, and determining the location of the bandits for the large army is your main task.

When Qiuquan said these words, his voice suddenly turned cold, and the squad leaders below shrank their heads and secretly stuck out their tongues, they did have the intention of burrowing into the bandits' lair and making a fuss, now, they could only watch the bandits swallow saliva, the detachment leader was not joking, if it fell into his hands, he would have to peel off the skin if he didn't die.

Qiuquan also used a blindfold to let out the rumors that he wanted to go north to Cangzhou and start a war with the Japanese, he knew that so many troops, concentrated in Xuzhou, wanted to completely hide the ears and eyes of the bandits, it was impossible, then give the bandits a wrong signal, thinking that the troops were not aimed at them, the bandits relaxed their vigilance, came out to move, and the special operations detachment could catch their tails.

Hug the calf, located in the depths of the vast Yimeng Mountain, the mountain is high and dense, it is a natural and dangerous terrain, there is no familiar person to lead the way, do not want to find the entrance into the mountain in this deep mountain forest, Liu Motou regards this place as his own nest, is to fancy the advantage of easy to defend and difficult to attack, after his years of operation, around the calf, the dark fort is dense, the secret road extends in all directions, the iron bucket is generally strong, it is like a military fortress.

The most rare thing is that there is a natural spring on the mountain, regardless of the drought in the sky, the amount of water is a lot, there is no problem for tens of thousands of people on the mountain, Liu Motou called this place his blessed land, back then, Han Fuyu recruited An'an, and he did not buy his face as the chairman of the Shandong Provincial Government, the old Han was annoyed and ashamed, and sent a division of troops, surrounded for three months, and the machine gun artillery, and did not hold the calf what to do, and finally, he couldn't bear the strength and automatically retreated.

Back then, there were only more than 1,000 horses under his command, and today there are more than 8,000 horses, are you still afraid of him? Therefore, Liu Motou ambushed a battalion and returned to Baoqinggu with a large number of gold and silver goods, and there was no need to take this matter to heart, if it weren't for Wang Junshi's repeated reminders, no one should go down the mountain in the near future, and he should not act rashly, restricting the whereabouts of the cottage, Liu Motou would have run to Linyi City to meet the old man.

That's not all, Wang Junshi also sent a large number of eyes and ears to spy on the movements of the Central Army everywhere, Liu Motou looked funny, in the end, he was a scholar, that is, he was ** timid, killing a thousand Central Army, he was scared like a turtle with a shrunken head, thinking that he was loyal to himself, and for the sake of the cottage, Liu Motou was also tossed by Wang Junshi.

Seeing that ten days and half a month have passed, and I haven't seen the Central Army come to encircle and suppress, but the news has been transmitted back by the eyeliner, in Xuzhou, more than 100,000 Central Army has been concentrated, training all day long, and it looks like it is going to fight a big battle with the Japanese.

In the past few days, the brothers under his command have come to Liu Motou to complain, suffocated on the mountain, the brothers have itchy hands, do not go down the mountain to do business, play with women, all listless, Liu Motou thought that it is also such a reason, he has a few robbed beautiful girls waiting every day, there are more than 100 women on the mountain, dealing with more than 8,000 brothers, more wolves and less meat, you can't just care about your own happiness, the boss doesn't have such a way? Yesterday, there were two brothers who almost used their guns in order to compete for a woman, and if they continue like this, the army's morale will be unstable

He passed down the words, the brothers on the mountain, what should you do, you can't delay the livelihood, Wang Junshi rushed over to stop it when he heard the news, Liu Motou was very unimpressed, Wang Junshi saw that he couldn't stop it, so he went, and the information sent back by the eyeline made him feel a lot more relieved, however, this information, he had already passed through the secret channel and sent it to the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters, which was his main task, as for these bandits, they were just chess pieces in their hands, and they had use value.

This Mr. Wang, whose real identity is a senior spy of the Intelligence Headquarters of the Japanese North China Dispatch Army, has been active in China for many years, speaks fluent Chinese, and is familiar with the local geography and people's conditions.

(To be continued)