Chapter 60 Zhenba County
At the dinner, grandpa and grandpa personally picked up the wind. When they saw me come in, there were all kinds of chattering and asking for gifts; Grandpa had to tell them; The gift was also easy to persuade the reluctant grandfather to come, and he told the grandfather that letting them show off everywhere was also a kind of advertisement. Instructed Dawu to bring out the bullet gift type firearm box, each little girl has a Luger bolt-action rifle, and the little boy has a Mauser bolt-action rifle each; The children who saw such a beautiful little gun burst into the fryer! Hula la hula with a gun flew away like a sparrow! Grandpa looked at the two big tables and there were only three people left, pointed at me and said, you eat more ......!
I returned to Yongshou overnight and started the task assignment meeting in the morning. Zhenba County is located at the southern end of Shaanxi Province, the southeast corner of Hanzhong City, the eastern section of Micang Mountain, and the west of Daba Mountain, and is known as the "South Gate" of Shaanxi Province, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with no more than 8 miles from north to south and less than one mile from east to west, and the Jingyang River passes through on the west side. Now that the bandits are fighting with the Red Army in Sichuan, it is a good opportunity, and of course the guards left behind should be more vigilant than usual. The route of advance and retreat is selected to advance along the Jingyang River after passing through Xianyang, Ningshan, Shiquan and Xixiang; Before Ningshan, it was a caravan transportation to the outside world, and Ningshan was a business trip of the provincial government! When they arrived at the area controlled by the bandits, they began to advance in a surprise attack, killing all the bandits who set up a card, and not pursuing those who escaped. Special attention should be paid to crossing the bridge over the Jingyang River, and when it was impossible to advance by surprise, retreat immediately, and use it as a training exercise. All towns and villages controlled by bandits are to be raided, leaving a sniper group, an assault group, and a support squad to be responsible for clearing and suppressing them, and all bandits will be killed, all those with guns will be killed, and those who are wounded will be shot with supplementary shots, and no prisoners will be left. Just capture the floating wealth and chase the team in 15 minutes!
The marching queue consisted of 3 vehicles of Han Ping's half-sniper combined assault group and 1 machine-gun vehicle, and I brought 1 machine gun vehicle to be responsible for forward command and battlefield first aid, Peng Chengfu's half-sniper combined assault group was 3 vehicles, 1 support squad vehicle, 1 machine gun vehicle, chief of staff command vehicle, 2 mortars and 1 support squad vehicle, which were adjusted to 14 vehicles carrying 14 barrels of gasoline and carrying 200 kilograms of explosives.
The little grandfather is responsible for external communication, paying attention to the change of clothes and the change of roles. Han Ping was in charge of the assault, and Peng Chengfu was in charge of the clearance. After breaking through Zhenba County, the seizure time was 2 hours, and the return was carried out according to the original route.
In the afternoon, a mobilization meeting was held, and the chief of staff explained the purpose, significance and basic requirements of the operation; Uncle Tang reaffirmed battlefield discipline, stressed that all actions should be under command, and stipulated that all militia groups would be seized and returned to the public in the future, and 10 percent of the seized would be used as bonuses and 20 percent should be used as a pension fund. Wu Tiezhu also talked about the persecution of his family by the bandits, which caused everyone to be angry, and any mercy to them was the greatest injustice to the people. After the meeting, the group inspected the equipment and vehicles, and discussed the mission requirements and tactical coordination.
Set off at 6 o'clock in the morning of the 15th, and were accustomed to the automobile transport team in Xi'an, Shaanxi, and still attracted the attention of the locals after Ningshan. After passing Ningshan, the car has set up a machine gun on the top of the cab, all the way to the Jingyang River in Xixiang, when crossing the bridge, encountered the Xixiang County militia checkpoint, saw a slip of trucks and military uniforms, did not dare to let people get out of the car, far away from the roadblock.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, it was time to enter the bandit-controlled area, the cars were refilled with gasoline, and everyone was checked for equipment. It is also fortunate that the action time is relatively early, and the river in the mountainous area is still frozen and solid, otherwise there is no way for cars to cross the Jingyang River without bridges. Almost every village along the river has bandits showing off their might, a few less, more than a dozen, inevitably bandits sounded, but Han Ping arranged 3 sniper rifles in the first one, including himself, and there was an automatic rifle in the cab. As soon as the gun went off, the people scattered and fled, and if they ran away, forget it. The relatively large battle took place in a place called Miaoping, causing 2 abrasions, Miaoping is a relatively large village, there are 50 households, almost every family is bandits, it is estimated that the original inhabitants were driven away or killed. Within five minutes of shooting, the bandits began to disperse, it should be that the leader is dead, and the bandits who can run climb the mountain with their guns, as long as there is a shadow, almost all of them die on the hillside; Those who run along the road must be pursued, leaving the clearing team to continue to advance.
In less than four o'clock in the afternoon, they broke into a place called Chenjiatan, and all the bandits who were preparing to eat at home were blocked, and as long as they had guns, they didn't want to save their lives. It is about ten miles away from the county seat, and Han Ping was arranged to lead people to attack on foot, Peng Chengfu led people to follow up with the second echelon, and I brought 2 groups of machine guns and a support squad to press the formation. The chief of staff took mortar cars and machine gun trucks to prepare for the assault. Two miles away, the telescope saw that the county town had low city walls, on which machine guns and mortar fortifications were reinforced, and there were permanent fortifications and grass huts on the hills on both sides, and the bandits looked like more than a dozen people. The county has only city walls in the north and south, mountains in the east, and rivers in the west.
It was dinner time, there were only a few people in the fortifications, and looking at the actions of the militia group, it should be Han Ping and Peng Chengfu who were going to attack at the same time. The assault group, cover group, and support group were in complete formation, and with the rapid progress of the mountains and forests, when they saw the fortifications and bandits falling to the ground, the assault grass huts also began to be cleared. In addition to the sniper rifle, there is a faint bright light, and there is no noticeable gunshot! When the bandits at the city wall and the city gate also fell to the ground, the lurkers were less than 150 meters away from the city wall, and when they saw that the militia had successfully controlled the city gate and climbed the city wall, they knew that the raid was basically successful. The commander immediately followed up, and the sniper team set up positions on the slopes of the hills on both sides, and the whole county was within the range of the sniper rifles. Took Dawu to the city wall, two sniper rifles also joined the cover, the county town was too narrow, when the bandits at the south city gate fell to the ground, an assault team immediately occupied the south city wall, Han Ping and Peng Chengfu divided into two teams to attack the county government and the police station, and finally the gunshots rang out. In the direction of the police station, a grenade exploded, and the whole city fell silent.
Some people started to go out to check the situation, and only those with guns were killed! After establishing a car position in the streets, the whole city was basically controlled. Light the torches you find at the police station and start clearing the bandit leader's home, mint, arsenal, and other places. The resistance encountered was almost weak, and according to my own analysis, a large number of bandits were taken to fight the Red Army, and then the bandits were scattered in various houses and could not form combat effectiveness!
I specially looked at the situation in Wang Sanchun's house, except for a few bodyguards who were killed, the others were locked up in the wing room and told them to carefully find the treasure house of the bandits. The construction of the study is good, I saw that Wang Sanchun is also a vassal and elegant person, all the books are taken away, his books are read into the dog's stomach, and the antique calligraphy and paintings are taken away! Looking at the layout of the house, there will be no dark room. There was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old maid who said that she was under the Buddha hall in the backyard! begged to take her away, and she was the only one left in her family who was killed by bandits. Nodding in agreement, he arranged for someone to take her to the chief of staff for placement. Opening the basement, more than a dozen wooden boxes were piled up with gold bars, silver dollars, jewelry, and some unknown antiques, as well as a few boxes of opium, and ordered Han Ping to load the car quickly!
Visiting his arsenal, which was basically a native factory, with no valuable equipment, he ordered the explosives to be planted, and the fuse to be laid for 10 minutes. The mint actually had a stamping machine, and it was just used to press some silver coins in the area under his control, and it was too heavy to blow up. Except for a few bandit leaders and some gold and silver items, some weapons and opium are worth taking!
The chief of staff studied it and felt that it was dangerous to retreat directly and take the night road, so he decided to set out tomorrow morning. At present, the south city wall is controlled, the county town is not in much danger, Peng Chengfu is arranged to lead people to control the city wall and the main road, except for a car at the south gate and two cars in the middle of the main street to do control fortifications, all the others drive to the north of the city to rest, there is no problem with collecting bedding and fur coats overnight, and the car is regularly launched to preheat and prevent freezing.