On the last day of early February, the gunboat took off from Hangzhou with all the crew members and Zhou Changfeng, who was hitchhiking, and arrived at Hanyang Airport after a flight of more than three hours.

After returning to the unit, the 1st Marine Regiment continued on the road and took the train all the way west to Yilingzhou.

The Sichuan-Han Railway has to pass through Yiling Prefecture, which is very convenient for the deployment of troops.

Since the order of the military headquarters has been issued, a large area from Guizhou in the west, Yuan'an County in the north, and Zhijiang County in the east has been designated as military control areas, and military police have been deployed at street intersections, railway stations, and important transportation points in and out of the city.

As far as the eye can see, there are piles of sandbag bunkers and heavily loaded soldiers of the Yi'an Army.

"It's all martial law, it seems to be serious." Xie Wancheng got off the train, looked left and right twice, and said.

The Yi'an Army and the normal field army are two systems, and if you have to say anything, they should be regarded as today's "guards". Historically, after the defeat of the guard system, the Ming Dynasty gradually used the battalion system of recruiting soldiers on a large scale, and since then it has been the guard system and the battalion system in parallel.

Hou Ming naturally didn't expect the guards to be able to fight in the field, so they simply re-clarified their responsibilities - farming and drills were open to June Fourth, and they were responsible for maintaining local law and order.

At the same time, they don't expect their military cantonment to be fed back, they can plant as much as they want, and they can be self-sufficient for their own consumption.

Due to the complete change in the nature of the task, many guards have also been abolished, for example, Baoding Mansion originally had five guards in Baoding, front, rear, left, right, and center, and then there were only two guards left, after all, there was no need for so many people to maintain law and order.

Since the establishment of the Constitution, the local guard posts have been unified and reorganized into the Yi'an Army, which is responsible for the security and garrison of their respective defense areas.

Last year, when the 3rd Mixed Brigade was on its way to Lingzhi and passed through the Nujiang Suspension Bridge, it was stationed in a Yi'an Army unit.

In order to affect the lives of the people in Yiling Prefecture as little as possible, Zhou Changfeng set up the regiment headquarters in a warehouse in the northern suburbs, and various units also camped nearby.

"This group of bandits disappeared after the last attack, lurking in the mountains, and has not yet discovered their movements." Zhao Hanfeng said.

The regimental headquarters had not yet been set up, and the communications platoon was still laying out telephone lines and exchanges, but the preliminary meeting had already been held.

"It's trying to avoid the limelight, normal." Xue Can said disdainfully: "Now it's a game of cats and rats." ”

Everyone chattered for a while, but they didn't say why.

During this period, Zhou Changfeng had been looking at the map, and after a while, he picked up the baton and said: "There is nothing to say about the overall strategy, in order to expand the search area, the teams are dispersed, and each team is divided into two to ensure self-defense capabilities." ”

If the number of people is too small, such as a platoon, it is easier to be ambushed in the event of a hasty attack, so more must be used.

In order to further enhance his own firepower superiority, Zhou Changfeng had temporarily borrowed 300 submachine guns and 100 automatic guns from the 14th Infantry Division of the Army stationed in Wuhan to ensure that each squad had at least four or five automatic weapons.

“…… That's it for the four support plans and response plans, right? All parts have to be read clearly and memorized carefully. ”

After announcing the order to enter and suppress, Zhou Changfeng suddenly thought of something, looked at Xie Wancheng, and asked: "The troops have just arrived, and it is easy to get lost in the mountains in a hurry, are the local people willing to be guides?" ”

The latter shook his head and replied regretfully: "I don't want to, the local people are afraid of bandits like tigers, and there are not a few people who have been brutalized and retaliated by bandits for leading the way for more than ten years...... We can't force it, right? ”

Fan Qijin, who frowned, asked, "Isn't it okay to be anonymous and masked?" ”

Yao Liangchuan glanced at him and replied helplessly: "You don't know, the thieves here really dare to slaughter the whole village, more than ten years ago, at least three villages were slaughtered, and no one was spared women and children, which was extremely miserable." ”

Everyone was silent.

"It's so vicious and brutal, if you are caught later, can you not be escorted to prison first?" Han Yi, the leader of the reconnaissance team, suddenly spoke.

Li Bin couldn't help laughing, he quipped, "What? Are you going to burn them alive again? ”

"If you learn to be obedient, you definitely can't die at our hands, but there are quite a lot of ways to choose from without dying."

"Indeed."

Zhou Changfeng shook his head slightly, waved his hand and said: "It's useless to say this, the premise of dealing with them is to be able to find them first." ”

In order to cooperate with the 1st Marine Regiment to enter the mountains to suppress bandits, the Shannan Governor's Office also specially transferred a military dog detachment to help, with a total of six groups, 12 military dogs, and more than 20 officers and soldiers.

However, since the smell lingers for a limited period of time and dissipates in a few hours or so, the premise that military dogs can come in handy is that they can first detect the recent activities of the bandits, and then they can track them all the way.

There are many dog breeds used by the military dog units of the Ming Army, but they are usually dominated by the lower division dogs, Qingchuan dogs, and Shaanxi fine dogs.

The lower division dog is produced in Majiang County, Guizhou, with white coat, thick head, developed limbs, fast running speed, strong endurance and explosiveness, and is quite an excellent hunting dog.

Qingchuan dog is born in Qingchuan County, Sichuan, also known as the mountain dog, the head is an inverted triangle, quite flexible, speed and endurance are very good; The Shaanxi Dog has a longer history, with a slender head and a slender body, which is also a good hunting dog.

It can be said that this bandit led by the "Ten Thousand Heavenly Tigers" has caused a catastrophe, and in order to completely eradicate it, the imperial court can be said to have invested in a capital that does not fit its scale.

Zhou Changfeng felt that he should not be careful in this regard, this kind of extremely harmful bandit should be solved as soon as possible, no matter how much it costs, as an official government, if it still considers the cost, it will be too irresponsible.

On 13 February, the two infantry divisions deployed on the outer line were all in place, basically blocking the possibility of bandits wandering within a radius of several hundred miles, and the 1st Marine Regiment had also completed its preliminary reconnaissance.

The gunboat, which had high hopes, had also not been idle in the past few days, and had been flying back and forth over the mountains, familiarizing itself with the terrain and areas against the map.

At the same time, next to the foothills of the northeast of the main peak of Lijia Mountain......

The trees and shrubs here are so dense that it is almost impossible to walk, and you have to cut and walk with a knife to get through.

Several figures, however, were unusual, moving nimbly through them, as if they knew where there was a pre-created path.

After walking hundreds of steps along the path, it suddenly became clear that the shrubs in a radius of dozens of meters had been cleared, and many trees had been cut down, making it quite spacious.

There were twenty or thirty tents set up here, and all the way were bandits eating barbecue and drinking wine, laughing and scolding, and weapons were neatly crossed aside.

Further on, there is a mountain wall, but there is a cave here, which is neatly tidy, with beds, cupboards, and chairs.

“…… In the past two days, the planes of the officers and soldiers have been circling in the sky, and I am afraid that there will be no big moves. ”

A few chieftain-looking guys inside were talking, when a short man came in.

As soon as he entered, he stepped forward with a sword and said, "That's right, the brother who went to investigate has returned, and the officers and soldiers are about to enter the mountain." ”

The second chapter card has been reviewed, and it will be later.

(End of chapter)