Chapter 46: Return to the county seat
readx;? As soon as the soldiers rushed out of a few tens of meters, the bandits on the mountain who reacted began to shoot at the soldiers who rushed up, and some of the charging soldiers were constantly shot and fell to the ground. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Fortunately, the machine gun never went off, and the casualties among the fighters were much less. After rushing a hundred meters, several shell guns rang out from behind the walls of the cottage, and the fighters were knocked down several at once.
The fighters who rushed in front took out their grenades and threw them forward, although there was a wall to block them, and they could not kill the enemy, but the smoke that rose became the best cover. At the same time, several machine guns were fired more accurately. When rushing within fifty meters, a voice came from within the wall: "Retreat, quickly withdraw to the cave." With the shouting, the gunfire behind the wall stopped, and the fighters took the opportunity to rush in along the gap in the wall.
Wang Haitao, Long Zai, and Tang Yiqun also walked to the wall with the remaining soldiers. And Tang Weizhong was organizing soldiers to rescue the wounded. Wang Haitao came to the wall and looked inside, behind the wall was a not very big square, and now the square had been blown up by shells, and there were corpses of bandits everywhere, and there were nearly 100 corpses at a cursory glance. And fifty meters away from the wall, there is a natural cave.
The entrance to the cave was made of rubble and made a makeshift bunker, and a dozen or so bandits lay behind me, shooting outside without a single shot. This should be the last lair of the mountain bandits, and the bandit leader Liu Gun King should be in it. The light machine guns that were already in place began to fire, and then the heavy machine guns also began to join in, and in just a while, more than half of the dozen bandits at the mouth of the cave were killed and wounded, and the rest did not dare to probe.
Long Tsai ordered the charge again, and after the soldiers aimed at the entrance of the cave, threw more than a dozen grenades, took advantage of the smoke to attack the entrance of the cave, and threw a few grenades into the cave, dozens of fighters in a platoon, with the cooperation of the reconnaissance company combat team, attacked the cave. A burst of gunfire rang out in the cave from time to time, and Wang Haitao wanted to go in person, but was stopped by Long Zai, so he had to wait anxiously outside the cave.
Forty minutes later, the gunfire in the cave stopped, and just when Long Tsai was about to send someone in to check, a soldier ran out of the cave, came to Wang Haitao and them, stood up and saluted, and then said: "Report to the regiment commander and battalion commander, the bandits in the cave have all been killed, and the bandit leader Liu Gunwang refused to surrender and was also killed, and a platoon leader is cleaning the battlefield." ”
Wang Haitao: When they heard the soldier's report, their hearts relaxed. Long Tsai also ordered the soldiers to start cleaning up the battlefield, while Wang Haitao walked towards the wounded. By the time Wang Haitao had finished dealing with the wounded, it was already noon, and the soldiers had all cleaned up the battlefield. As soon as Wang Haitao took a breath, Long Zai walked over.
As soon as Long Zai came over, he saluted, and then said: "Report to the regiment commander, the battlefield has been cleaned up, and a total of three bandit leaders and three of his leaders were killed in this battle, 224 bandits, one leader was captured alive, and 68 bandits, including 32 injured bandits. A total of 82 Japanese Type 38 rifles, 40 earthen guns, 12 shell guns, and one earthen cannon were captured. The remaining damaged firearms and ammunition are being counted. ”
Wang Haitao nodded and asked, "How about the casualties of the troops?" Long Zai replied in a somewhat heavy tone: "The troops sacrificed sixteen soldiers, one squad leader, eight seriously injured and twenty-three lightly wounded. Wang Haitao sighed and said: "A small Guishan has caused nearly fifty soldiers to be killed and injured in the army, but I didn't do my job well." ”
Just one battle let Wang Haitao know the fierceness of the Guangxi people. Almost all of these mountain bandits fought to the death, and several bandit leaders, except for one who was wounded and captured, were all killed in battle, and the king of Liu Gun would rather die in battle than surrender when he was desperate at the end. This is the case for himself to command here, what will happen to the rest of the places? A shadow flashed in Wang Haitao's heart.
After a simple lunch, the troops began to bury the bodies of the slain bandits, while Wang Haitao and Long Tsai went to the bandits' warehouse in the cave. Wang Haitao entered the treasury and saw that there was a large amount of food, some guns and ammunition, but no gold or silver treasures. Wang Haitao did not believe that these bandits, who had been kings of the mountains for many years, would have no gold and silver, and decided to interrogate the leader who had been captured alive.
After some interrogation, the leader confessed where they had hidden the gold and silver, and it turned out that there was a cellar under the bed in the bedroom of the bandit leader Liu Gunwang, where the gold and silver treasures were hidden. When the kiln was opened, the warriors found a large number of gold bars, silver dollars, and banknotes, adding up to nearly 100,000 yuan. After completing these things, it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and Wang Haitao decided to stay here for one night and return to Longzhou County the next day.
The next morning, Wang Haitao led his troops, carried the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers, escorted the prisoners, took the booty, and began to walk on the road back to the county seat of Longzhou. The broken battle team burned the cave to the ground. This is to prevent people from using the cave to do evil again.
The troops returned to the county seat of Longzhou at four o'clock in the afternoon, and by this time the company had returned to the barracks. After Wang Haitao's company returned to the barracks, Tang Renli and Zhao Zhongwu handled the aftermath, and Wang Haitao hurriedly returned to the office and asked the officers of the company to come back. At this time, the six companies that were engaged in the annihilation war against the evil bandits, together with the second battalion and one company led by themselves, came together with four companies, and only the third battalion and one company that attacked Longshan and the fourth battalion and one company that attacked Pailang Mountain had not yet returned.
The rest of the troops who mainly surrendered have not yet returned, and only those who went to Fengliang Mountain and Tian Moshan have not returned, and several other troops have also returned. Wang Haitao first told the commanders of these units that they had worked hard, and then briefly inquired about the situation, and after learning that these troops had almost no casualties, he let them go back to rest, and explained that he would listen to their detailed reports when the summing up meeting was held after the troops returned.
After these people left, there were only four people left in the office: Tang Renxin, commander of the first battalion, Tang Weimin, commander of the first battalion and first company, Li Yuanhong, commander of the second company of the first battalion, and Li Changwu, commander of the second company of the second battalion. All four bowed their heads and said nothing. The more they were like this, the more anxious Wang Haitao became, and asked: "What's the matter? Are you dumb? "
Tang Renli, the commander of the first battalion, immediately said: "Report to the regiment commander, my first battalion and one company were ordered to attack the bandits in Baltouling Mountain, killing the bandit leader Yun Gaitian, killing four leaders, killing 212 bandits, capturing 90 people, and escaping eight people. One hundred and forty guns of various types, including one light machine gun, were seized. A number of food and property were seized. We lost 12 casualties and 22 wounded. Report complete. ”
Then Li Yuanhong, commander of the second company of the first battalion, said: "Report to the regiment commander, the second company of my first battalion was ordered to attack the bandits in Baima Mountain, killing the leader of the bandits, killing two leaders, killing 240 bandits, capturing one leader, and 85 bandits. One hundred and sixty guns of various types and one earthen cannon were seized. A number of food and property were seized. We lost fifteen casualties and thirty-one wounded. Report complete. ”
Finally, Li Changwu, the commander of the second company of the second battalion, said: "Report to the regiment commander, the second company of our second battalion was ordered to attack the bandits in Daqingshan Mountain, killing the bandit leader Li Mazi, killing three leaders, killing three hundred and four bandits, capturing two leaders, capturing one hundred and thirty bandits, and two escaping. 226 guns of various types, one light machine gun and two earthen cannons were seized. A number of food and property were seized. We lost eight casualties and forty-five wounded. Report complete. ”
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