Chapter 74 Large-scale Suppression of Bandits
Jinshan Village.
Perhaps the bandit leader of Jinshanzhai wanted a mountain of gold, so he gave it such a name.
"Boss, Boss, the Eighth Route Army is here again!"
A ragged little bandit crawled into a wooden hall and shouted at the bandit leader who was lying on a chair covered with wild boar skin.
"How many of the Eighth Route Army soldiers are there? Are there two hundred?"
"No, there are about 70 or 80 people."
"If not, then what's there to be afraid of? Seventy or eighty people, you still want to destroy my stronghold?
Dream on, let the brothers stop the Eighth Route Army for me using the same method as before."
"But, big boss, I recently heard from the brats below that the commander of the Eighth Route Army who came over here is Li Yunlong, the one who blew up the old devil Sakata. Shouldn't we hide?"
The big boss glanced at the thin man who had spoken and said, "You believe this kind of thing?"
"Anyway, I don't believe it. When I was in the Central Army, I never heard of anyone being able to kill a Japanese colonel, let alone a general."
"The equipment level of the Eighth Route Army is not as good as ours. What did they use to blow up the Japanese major general?"
"The grenade they had that blew in half?
My deputy company commander, stop being ridiculous. You've been a bandit for two years, do you really think of yourself as a bandit?"
"Hmph, wait and see. I estimate that it won't be long before the northwest of Shanxi will be in chaos. By then, we can go down the mountain to recruit soldiers and horses. Who knows, maybe we can also sit on the throne of the King of Shanxi!"
"Well, as long as we wait for the Eighth Route Army to retreat, we can take advantage of the time when the Eighth Route Army retreats to develop."
"Hahaha, I guess no one would have thought that there would be an arsenal left by the Northwest Army at the bottom of Jinshan Village."
"We are also lucky. The equipment in the armory is enough to equip at least a regiment!"
"By then, I will be the leader and you will be the deputy leader. Then we will take advantage of the situation and I will be the King of Shanxi and you will be the King of Hebei!"
"Then I'll stay here..."
"boom!"
"Boss, the Eighth Route Army has artillery!"
"It's the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun!"
"Why are you panicking? We have some too, right? Push our cannons up!"
"Boss, none of us can use a cannon!"
"boom!"
After the smoke in the hall cleared, it returned to silence again.
The boss who dreams of becoming the King of Shanxi is now really dreaming.
……
Outside Jinshanzhai, Li Erhu was teaching the new artillerymen how to aim and how to find the constructed artillery positions on this terrain.
Moreover, his new recruits also fought the best of their lives under the guidance of various veterans.
New recruits must see blood.
"The bandits in Jinshan Village are all extremely evil. Don't feel any psychological burden!"
“Don’t be soft!”
"Yes!"
Because of the presence of veterans from the Pioneer Battalion, the new recruits from the Pioneer Battalion did not suffer much damage.
But the bandits in Jinshanzhai are different.
As long as you show your head, you will be hit.
Each artillery shot would break down a piece of the log wall that could at most block a few bullets.
"My fellow Eighth Route Army soldiers out there, we are willing to negotiate, could you please stop firing?"
A bandit was waving a white flag behind the wall.
The bandits were really scared. They didn't even see the Eighth Route Army, and almost twenty of them were killed.
The walls were almost completely blown up.
By that time, there will be no wall, and with the Eighth Route Army's marksmanship, wouldn't they die even faster?
As for running from behind?
It was too late. The Eighth Route Army soldiers behind were more powerful in shooting than those in front.
Although there is no cannon at the back, there is a machine gun!
Besides, the big boss is dead, what are they still fighting for?
It is better to surrender than to be killed by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army is famous for its good treatment of prisoners of war.
……
After seeing that all the bandits really walked out one by one with their hands on their heads and squatting on the ground, Qin Yangming also walked out with the soldiers.
"Who's the leader?"
"Sir, the leader was just killed by your artillery fire."
"I know, now which one of you is the oldest?"
"Him!" "He is our third in command!"
A bandit who was backing up and trying to escape stealthily was instantly pointed out by other bandits.
"Sir, sir, I have important information!"
The third in command saw Qin Yangming preparing to draw his gun and immediately started shouting.
"Arsenal, sir, there is an arsenal in Jinshan Village!
We just discovered it recently!"
"Only the three of us know. No one else knows. There are enough weapons and ammunition to equip an entire regiment!"
"Also, I know where all the treasures in Jinshan Village are."
Qin Yangming saw that before he even asked, the third in command told him everything.
Qin Yangming was surprised and immediately asked the other party to take himself and a squad of soldiers to see the so-called armory.
"Sir, the arsenal here should be left by the former Northwest Army."
"There are 1,343 Hanyang-made rifles in it.
One hundred and twenty-three German large mirrors made in Dagu,
Forty-eight Czech light machine guns made in Dagu,
There were also a few heavy machine guns whose names I couldn't remember.
Three mortars and one small mountain gun.
As for bullets, there are about 150,000 rifle bullets, 3,000 pistol bullets, 232 mortar shells, and a little less mountain artillery shells, only 78."
"How much money do you have left in your village?"
"Sir, last time the Japanese sent people to persuade us to surrender, they sent us a few gold bars and some dollars.
So our village currently has more than 3,000 yuan and 17 gold bars."
……
After Zhangye learned that Qin Yangming had found the armory again, he hurriedly led the entire vanguard camp to Jinshanzhai.
"Oh my God, Captain, you are so lucky. You found an arsenal in Baihu Ridge, but I didn't expect you to find another one here."
Zhangye looked at the Hanyang-made rifles wrapped in oil paper and straw in the armory, his tone full of envy for Qin Yangming.
"Captain, these guns are all new. Here, the one below is a submachine gun!"
"What kind of submachine gun is this? It doesn't look like the kind we used to use?"
"And this big box, no way, is this big box the magazine for this gun? Just like a drum, how many bullets can it hold?"
Those strange submachine guns discovered by the soldiers of the Vanguard Battalion were naturally the PPSh submachine guns made by Qin Yangming.
Now that we have discovered the armory, we might as well take more things back with us.
Soon, Qin Yangming led the vanguard battalion back to the base from the front of Yangcun, transporting a large amount of weapons and ammunition.
At this time, Political Commissar Zhao Gang just returned from the brigade headquarters.
As soon as he came back, he saw Qin Yangming leading a team of people escorting a group of prisoners of war and a large number of carts coming from another direction.
"Captain Qin, what's wrong with you?
How did they seize so many things? "
"Hello, Political Commissar, this is Zhang Ye, the instructor of our Pioneer Battalion."
"Hello, political commissar!"
"Um, hello, can you explain to me what's going on?"
"Oh, I'm not talking about your unauthorized actions. Your Captain Li has already explained this to me.
I understand, but if you have any action to take, it's best to tell the regiment headquarters in advance.
We have to let the regiment know where the troops have gone, don’t you think? Comrade Qin Yangming.
"Don't worry, Political Commissar, I'll definitely do it next time."
"These prisoners are bandits from Jinshan Village. Jinshan Village was wiped out by our Vanguard Battalion, and the cars are full of spoils of war."
Zhao Gang was somewhat shocked when he saw dozens of carts and two cannons being pulled. "How many spoils can we get from attacking a bandit's den?"
"Oh, that's right. There is an arsenal left by the Northwest Army in this bandit's den, so there are so many things."
……
Li Yunlong could no longer sit still when he learned that Qin Yangming had attacked a bandit's den and seized a large amount of spoils.
"Old Li, how come the bandits are fatter than the Japanese?"
"How would I know? Come on, you and Zhang Dabiao, each take a battalion, and go borrow two cannons from Xiao Qin."
"Otherwise, if other groups find out that the bandits are so rich, what will happen to us?"
"The bandits in Linyuan County were already very wealthy, but I didn't expect the ones here to be even more wealthy."
As the news spread, bandits throughout northwest Shanxi were in big trouble, and the Eighth Route Army in the area began a large-scale crackdown on bandits.
A large number of bandits either surrendered directly and joined the Eighth Route Army, or those bandits who committed many evil deeds directly defected to the Japanese.
For a while, the Eighth Route Army really got a lot of things from the bandits.
(End of this chapter)
