Erlong Mountain, 40 kilometers west of Liantai County
The scorching sun was high, and the surface temperature was at least forty degrees.
However, in the forest of Erlong Mountain, the cool breeze is blowing in the woods, the hazel trees provide shade, and the gurgling streams surround the valley.
More than a hundred bandits headed by Xie Baoqing arranged their den on the top of Erlong Mountain, and also built more than ten civil structure crenellations and fire points at the entrance of the village. With these fire points, the troops without heavy weapons wanted to
Taking Erlong Mountain is quite laborious.
After more than half a year of hard work, Xie Baoqing turned Erlong Mountain into a bandit den that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and successfully repelled several encirclement and suppression attacks by police from several neighboring counties.
In a Juyi hall built with earthen wood, sitting on a tiger-skin chair, was a fat middle-aged man, wearing a black shorts, with a tall build, dark complexion, and a short beard under his chin.
A pair of triangular eyes revealed a fierce glare from time to time.
Sitting on his left is Fan Lianghu, the second head of Erlong Mountain. This man has a thin face, fair complexion, a long beard under his chin, and an elegant demeanor. People who don't know better think he is a teacher.
But now the two of them were talking with smiling faces to a man of short stature, with a beard under his chin and a round face who was sitting on the right side of Xie Baoqing.
Xie Baoqing said with a flattering face: "Taijun Daocun, we have already made an agreement with Director Wang of the Liantai County Police Department. In a few days, he will ask County Commissioner Wang to invite Gao Hongming's eldest wife Qin Xiulian in the name of suppressing bandits.
The security company was mobilized in the name of suppressing bandits.
At that time, as long as we take them in circles in the mountains, they will not be able to come out for three to five days.
As long as there are no guards guarding the house, the old house of the Gao family will be an undefended place. At that time, you can lead people to rush in and arrest all Gao Hongming's family members.
As long as you have these family members in your hands, are you still afraid that Gao Hongming will not obey?"
"Yoshi!"
Inamura Ichiro nodded with satisfaction, patted Xie Baoqiang's shoulder and gave him a thumbs up: "You are very loyal to the imperial army.
Don't worry, as long as things are done, whether you want weapons, gold or women, the Imperial Army has always been the most generous to true friends!"
Xie Baoqing showed a flattered smile on his face and bowed to Inamura Ichiro: "Thank you, Taijun. Don't worry. We will work hard for the imperial army and try our best to get things done."
“It’s not about trying your best to do it well, it’s about doing it well.”
Inamura Ichiro suddenly straightened his face. In less than two seconds, the original smile disappeared without a trace, replaced by a ferocious look on his face. "This matter is very important to the imperial army. If it can't be done well,
, you know the consequences!"
Xie Baoqing's expression changed, and then he quickly lowered his head and bowed to Inamura Ichiro, apologizing again and again: "Yes, yes... I didn't say it right, we will definitely handle it!"
"Yo Xi, this is the good friend of the imperial army!" Seeing Xie Baoqing bowing repeatedly, the ferocious look on Inamura Ichiro's face immediately turned into a smile, and his speed was comparable to the face-changing in Sichuan Opera.
Fan Lianghu, the second boss on the side, looked at Xie Baoqing's dog-legged appearance. Although his face was calm, he felt particularly bored in his heart.
He finally figured out that these Japanese people basically regarded them as chamber pots, throwing a bone when they were in use, and throwing them aside when not in use.
It's just that it's too late to say these words now. A few days ago, Ichiro Inamura just sent them one hundred rifles with ten crooked handles and three thousand rounds of ammunition, all of which were brand new goods just out of the factory.
Since the Japanese have spent such a huge sum of money, they naturally have great intentions. Otherwise, with their stingy nature, how could they possibly give them things for free?
Moreover, Inamura Ichiro did not come alone. There were more than fifty Japanese soldiers who followed him secretly.
Fan Lianghu had seen these Japanese soldiers before, and they were all top-notch in terms of weapons, equipment, and even military quality. To put it bluntly, these people alone were enough to wipe out all the hundreds of bandits in Erlong Mountain several times.
Of course, Fan Lianghu also knew that those Japanese went through all kinds of troubles to lurk in Erlong Mountain not to deal with them.
It was not that Fan Liang was destroying his own prestige, and he knew that his group was no different from rotten fish and shrimps in the eyes of the Japanese. Even if they died a hundred times, they would not frown.
The only role of my group is to serve as their bait. As long as they can mobilize the guard battalion responsible for guarding the Gao family's old residence and delay it for a period of time, their mission will be completed.
As for their fate...he didn't think anyone would care about the life and death of a bunch of rotten fish and shrimps.
Thinking of this, Fan Lianghu started to remind Xie Baoqing to be careful, but he swallowed the words back.
There is no other reason than that the Japanese gave me too much.
One hundred Type 38 rifles and ten crooked handles are enough to make them the most well-equipped group of bandits within a hundred miles. These days, as long as you have enough guys in hand, even ghosts can work for you.
Just when Fan Lianghu was thinking about how to preserve his strength to the greatest extent, with a shrill roar, a cannonball landed in front of the Juyi Hall, making a huge explosion, and then a thick wave of smoke rose.
black smoke.
"No... shelling!"
Before Fan Lianghu and the other bandits could react, Inamura Ichiro shouted loudly, and then he and his body rushed out of the Juyi Hall at a sprinting speed.
Then came Xie Baoqing and Fan Lianghu, more than a dozen bandit leaders.
Although these bandits are far inferior to Ichiro Inamura in terms of military quality, their perception of danger is no worse than that of excellent soldiers who are constantly licking blood with their swords.
After learning that they were under shelling, they were even sure that the shell just now was obviously a test fire. After they corrected the trajectory, subsequent artillery fire would definitely cover it immediately.
So their first reaction was to leave the Juyi Hall with an obvious goal.
Sure enough, within a few seconds when they rushed out of the Juyi Hall, five or six more shells landed on the Juyi Hall and the surrounding areas almost at the same time.
Amidst the bursts of explosions, the tallest and largest building in Erlong Mountain collapsed under the bombardment, and more than 20 bandits who were unable to escape were trapped alive underneath.
Xie Baoqing and the others, who had just escaped, heard a sharp whistle from the front door of the cottage before they could rejoice in their lives.
"Beep...beep beep beep..."
Then bursts of fierce gunfire also rang out.
"Dong dong dong... dong dong dong..."
Xie Baoqing recognized it. This was the sound of the only Type 92 heavy machine gun in Erlong Mountain. Accompanying the heavy machine gun were the firing sounds of several crooked machine guns.
The other party also reacted immediately.
"Kick-kick-kick...kick-kick-kick..."
Bursts of gunshots like chainsaws also sounded.
"No, it's the Liantai Vigilante Group. They're here!" Inamura Ichiro's expression suddenly changed, and he ran towards the back mountain without looking back...