Chapter 41: Preparing for Battle
The reason why Tang Cheng decided to attack the bandits in Zouma Mountain was because Cai Shuisheng said that when this gang of bandits left Tieshan, they also carried more than a dozen large boxes with them. The big leader of this gang of bandits, Golden Label, is a habitual bandit who has been entrenched around Huangshi for many years, Tang Cheng guessed that those boxes should contain the family funds that Golden Standard has saved over the years, if an old bandit who has accumulated no family background, Tang Cheng will not believe it anyway.
You can't just think about making money to fight a war, Tang Cheng's reason for giving Song Tieshan is to train troops, the combat effectiveness of the guerrillas is too weak, this is something that even Song Tieshan himself knows, so Tang Cheng proposed to attack Zouma Mountain for the purpose of training, and Song Tieshan did not stop it, and they could also collect weapons and ammunition from the bandits. "Company Commander Tang, although we already know some things about the bandits, and know that they don't have many weapons, but there are only a dozen people we can fight, and there are more than 100 bandits, can we do it?"
Tang Cheng, who was secretly thinking about the plan in his heart, glanced at Song Tieshan when he heard this, knowing that Song Tieshan was worried about the guerrillas under him, Tang Cheng naturally did not ignore people with a cold face, and immediately said with a smile, "Captain Song, can you remove that word?" We already know the number of the bandits, the disposition of their weapons, and the general terrain of the Zouma Mountain. Although the number of people we can fight is less, but we have machine guns and small cannons, and as soon as the strong firepower comes out, I don't believe that these bandits can withstand it, not to mention that they have not built fortifications and bunkers on the mountain. ”
The peace of mind pill given by Tang Cheng did not make Song Tieshan completely relieved, and the closer he got to Zouma Mountain, the more difficult Song Tieshan's face became. Tang Cheng ignored these, just looked down on himself and calculated the steps of the action, the topographic map in his hand was only hand-drawn based on Cai Shuisheng's confession. As a commander, the responsibility for whether or not dozens of people could survive made Tang Cheng not take the confessions of those bandits lightly, and he had to wait now for the scouts to come back before making a final decision.
Cai Shuisheng went out in rags and starved and frozen, but the big leader of the bandits, Golden Label, was munching on a chicken leg at this time, and the oil stains on the chicken leg were left along the corners of his mouth, and his chin was full of oil. "Big brother, I told you a long time ago, Cai Shuisheng's kid is a-stirring stick, we should have thrown that kid on Iron Mountain in the first place. Look at the people who are with him, not only are they not grateful to the eldest brother for giving them a way out, but they also say bad things about you in private, eldest brother. "Eating with the golden label are his two sworn brothers, and it is the third Yang Xiaotian who is speaking.
"Big brother, just kill the surnamed Cai directly, the third child is right, the cottage is ours, the surname Cai is always encouraging the people below, it's not a way to go on like this, kill the surname Cai, and the others will be honest." The short-tempered second-in-command Qiao Jiachang was a butcher who specialized in killing pigs before he fell into the grass. This person is simple-minded, but he is convinced of what his sworn brother Yang Xiaotian said, because Yang Xiaotian is a scholar.
Gold Label threw the chicken bone in his hand on the table, pulled the woman standing next to him, and wiped his oily hand on the woman, Gold Label picked up the wine bowl and raised his head to take a sip this time. "We have just arrived in Zouma Mountain, and our brothers are naturally unstable, killing the one surnamed Cai is nothing, but if we let our brothers mess up, it will be very unfavorable to us. The man surnamed Cai is just a gangster, and as long as those old brothers don't join him, the one surnamed Cai won't be able to make much waves. ”
Seeing that the gold mark said this, Yang Xiaotian didn't say anything anymore, and learned that the Japanese army occupied Huangshi, and it was Yang Xiaotian who left Tieshan and went north to Zouma Mountain. Their gang of bandits may still be able to survive next to Yellowstone City, but if they meet the little devils, they will be taken in by the little devils in addition to being connected to the nest. Yang Xiaotian had gone to a foreign school in Wuhan before he fell into the grass, and he could be regarded as a person with a little knowledge, he didn't want to be beaten to death by the Japanese soldiers like a target, and he didn't want to be scolded as a traitor, so he could only encourage the gold mark to go north to Zouma Mountain.
Yang Xiaotian and Cai Shuisheng made a feud when they left Tieshan, Cai Shuisheng was a native of Yellowstone, and Yang Xiaotian raised a woman in Yellowstone City. Knowing that the Japanese army occupied Huangshi, Yang Xiaotian sent Cai Shuisheng back to Huangshi to help him bring the pregnant woman to Tieshan. Originally, it was very smooth, but when Cai Shuisheng and the others left Huangshi and returned to Tieshan, they encountered the Japanese army chasing the national army and routed the army, and the timid Cai Shuisheng actually left Yang Xiaotian's woman and ran away alone. If it weren't for the protection of a few refugees who ran away from the city, Yang Xiaotian's woman and the child in her womb might have been gone.
The woman who came to Tieshan under the escort of those refugees always spoke ill of Cai Shuisheng in Yang Xiaotian's ear, and it was precisely because of this that Yang Xiaotian wanted to get rid of Cai Shuisheng. The three brothers who gathered together for dinner didn't know that Cai Shuisheng, who was sent out to serve as a guard, had been arrested, and if Yang Xiaotian learned the news, he might jump with joy.
Tang Cheng's carriage stopped when it was still three miles away from Zoumashan, and a scout who had been waiting here for a long time rushed over quickly. Tang Cheng has too few people, so there are very few scouts that Tang Cheng can send, they can only pass the news in the form of relays, and the scout closest to the bandits has already entered Zouma Mountain at this moment. "Look, I'll just say, these bandits are just a rabble, their lookout posts are only arranged in Wujia Village, but this is their lair, but there is not even a patrol, this is not waiting to be put to the nest."
After receiving the news brought back by the scout, Tang Cheng was overjoyed, this is God's help. I thought that the bandits captured by the scouts were just their outpost posts, but I didn't think that the closer they got to Zouma Mountain, the more defenseless the bandits became. Tang Cheng had now overturned the plan of the night attack, and he planned to attack Zouma Mountain in broad daylight, and if he was a good person, he might be able to take it before dinner.
Song Tieshan obviously didn't expect such a situation, so it seems that these bandits entrenched in Zouma Mountain are not worried. Finding a leeward place, Tang Cheng gathered those who could still fight, "We now have more than a dozen wounded people who need to recuperate, but the few villages we met along the way are too small, and at the moment, only the Zouma Mountain proposed by Captain Song is not bad." The terrain of Zouma Mountain is dangerous, and it can be attacked and retreated, even if the Japanese army is coming, we are not afraid, but the fairy is in a mood, and Zouma Mountain has been occupied by a group of bandits from Huangshi. ”
After hearing Tang Cheng's words, the dozen or so people who were summoned by him began to discuss it, and most of the people's opinions coincided with Tang Cheng, all of them said that they wanted to suppress this gang of bandits. "After discussing with you Captain Song, I also think that taking the initiative to suppress this gang of bandits is the best policy. The Japanese army has already occupied Huangshi, and maybe they will cut off the passage to the south, so it has become the first thing to let those wounded take care of their wounds, and after suppressing the bandits in the mountains, we can have a stable area of activity, which is good for the wounded and us. ”
Seeing that the people present did not say anything against him, Tang Cheng continued, "We already know that the number of this gang of bandits is about 200, and the only people with guns are the three leaders and some of their hardcore henchmen, and there are only more than 20 people together. I pondered that as long as we defeated these 20 or so bandits who wielded guns, the remaining bandits who only had clubs and knives would not dare to fight us. Seeing Zhao Baokun standing beside Lao Dongbei, Tang Cheng suddenly stopped talking. He didn't want to keep it secret from Zhao Baokun or anything, but because almost all of the people he summoned were guerrillas, and it seemed unreasonable not to let Song Tieshan say a few words at this time.
"Company Commander Tang's words just now, everyone heard it, for the sake of our wounded comrades and comrades-in-arms, this Zoma Mountain must be fought, and it must be defeated." Looking around at the guerrillas present, Song Tieshan said in a cold voice, "I know that there are still some of you who are not convinced by Company Commander Tang's command, but I want to make it clear first, the encirclement and suppression of bandits is for our own comrades, if any of you are unwilling to accept Company Commander Tang's command, it is best to stand up now, lest the time arise to sabotage the entire operation." ”
The team members who were glanced at by Song Tieshan's eyes all lowered their heads, and there were indeed some people among them who were not convinced by Tang Cheng's command, thinking that Tang Cheng was just a milky kid. However, there are many people who are willing to accept Tang Cheng's command when they are in the center, such as Tie Niu and Gouzi, who are two of them, and they are direct witnesses to the Japanese ambush in Tugang. It will not be a simple person who can win more with less, and when facing the Japanese army on a rainy night, Tang Cheng and the two people under him showed their skills.
"Since no one has an opinion, then this matter is so decided, from now on, including me, we all have to accept the command of Company Commander Tang, if someone disobeys the order and drags his feet, weigh the consequences himself." Under the pressure of Song Tieshan's bullets, those guerrillas expressed their willingness to accept Tang Cheng's command, and the old northeast was a little disdainful of Song Tieshan's words that were similar to performance just now, but Tang Cheng nodded his head in response to Song Tieshan's support.
The details are decided, this is a sentence that Robert has taught Tang Cheng since he was a child, and before the scouts returned, Tang Cheng called out to the people who participated in the battle to repeatedly deduce the upcoming battle. They who do not have the advantage of numbers can only analyze it from small details, only in this way can they do their best, counting Zhao Baokun, Tang Cheng already has two machine gunners under him, plus his own grenadiers, Tang Cheng is quite confident in capturing Zouma Mountain.