() Seeing that their family members were planning to use money to ransom them, and Liu Xiaofu couldn't really be a kidnapper, so the family members of those families were extremely grateful and let these old men go back. However,
, through this contact with the local government, Liu Xiaofu made a request, that is, the mountain division would pay for it, and the local government would come forward to hire local people to help the Taiwanese army build roads.
After hearing Liu Xiaofu's request, the local government did not dare to refuse immediately. They could only agree and help hire 500 lumberjacks first. They would not dare to agree to more. Liu Xiaofu did not force these officials to hire more.
If more people come, 500 skilled lumberjacks are enough for the current progress of the project. Those locals who have been following adults to cut down trees in the rainforest since childhood can take down several people with a machete.
The labor of the criminals, coupled with the large saws and axes provided by the mountain divisions, will make them more efficient.
As the criminals became familiar with the work, the progress of the project gradually improved. Since the economy near Davao City is relatively developed, there are more dirt roads built by locals and Americans, and some of them can be used directly.
, there is no need to cut down trees or dig roadbed, so the progress will be faster.
One month later, the cement plant has started trial burning, and three kilometers of roadbed have been laid 10 kilometers away from Davao City. As the distance from Davao City gets farther and farther, the number of dirt roads that can be borrowed becomes smaller and smaller.
There were fewer and fewer visits, and the surrounding rainforest became more and more dense. Finally, the first attack on the road construction team occurred at the construction site of the Western Highway.
The attackers launched an attack from the rainforest just after noon. They used a variety of weapons such as rifles, bows and arrows, and slings to attack the mountain brigade company that was guarding the criminals at work.
They basically refused to attack, and even shouted and made gestures, probably to let these criminals escape.
However, almost no criminals choose to escape, because their families are detained next to the military camp in Davao City. It doesn’t matter whether they can escape or not. If they escape, then their families will be finished. Those who escaped or resisted in the past few times
The people and their families were all shot in front of everyone.
The mountain brigade company that was attacked did not panic. First, the density and accuracy of those bullets were really poor. Second, there were two armored vehicles accompanying them to guard the prisoners. Since the victory of the Taiwan Defense War, Taiwan's army has
This kind of armored vehicle is becoming more and more popular. As long as an ordinary soldier has an armored vehicle by his side, his confidence and courage can increase by several orders of magnitude.
The armored vehicle was not the first to launch a counterattack against the attackers. Considering the need to capture prisoners, the company commander of the mountain brigade did not let the armored vehicle fire first. In that case, there would be no prisoners. It is probably a luxury to pick up intact corpses. This
The company commander directed the soldiers to retreat in an organized manner, using the surrounding piles of wood, earth and rocks as bunkers. He also ordered two squads of soldiers to enter the rainforest from the right, detour behind the attackers, and launch a counterattack here.
time to block the escape routes of these attackers.
After pretending to defend for more than ten minutes, the soldiers of the mountain brigade began to clear the way from the armor and advance towards the attackers. Although the armored vehicle did not fire heavy machine guns, there were firing ports on both sides of the armored vehicle, and the vehicle could carry 8-22 rifles.
soldiers, and the armor of this armored vehicle was said to be broken by the guns in the hands of these militiamen. Even if they brought light machine guns, they could not penetrate it.
The two armored vehicles rushed into the attackers' position at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, not only disrupting their formation, but also driving out some gunmen who were ambushing in tree stumps and grass. Then, they were shot from the firing ports of the armored vehicles.
, firing a few rounds of bullets from time to time, knocking down the attackers who tried to approach.
The armored vehicles drove back and forth through the hundreds of attackers' positions like ducks. More than a dozen attackers who tried to get close or who looked like commanders were knocked down. Probably seeing that the attack was hopeless, the attackers let out a sharp burst of sharp energy.
At the sound of whistles, they began to retreat into the rain forest. But it was too late. The two squads that had detoured through the rain forest had already set up their firing angles. Although the forests in Taiwan were not as dense and wet as here, they were soldiers of the mountain brigade after all.
, fighting and marching in the woods, Taiwan's mountain brigade is not bad.
The rain of bullets fired from the rain forest knocked down several attackers running in front. The attackers behind all hid behind trees to avoid the bullets fired from the front. But behind them were armored vehicles and soldiers from the Mountain Division.
This is when the 12mm heavy machine gun on the armored vehicle began to fire. After a few shots, the attackers hiding behind the trees were hit by tree fragments exploded by the powerful 12mm warheads, and became bloody men.
The remaining attackers were so frightened by these disgusting scenes that they did not dare to fight against such equipment that could penetrate the trees and hit people's bodies. However, they had no place to run, so they had no choice but to kneel down and surrender.
After more than 30 minutes of fighting, the mountain brigade killed 21 attackers, captured 55 people, and seized a variety of broken rifles, machetes, bows and arrows and other miscellaneous weapons at the cost of 2 injuries. What I want to explain here is that the attackers were killed.
Several of the attackers were injured, but according to Liu Xiaofu's order, the wounded would not be accepted. The wounded who suffered slightly more serious injuries that could not be healed by the human body would be treated as if they were shot.
While cleaning the battlefield, the soldiers of this company counted the number of criminals. As a result, except for 2 prisoners who were killed and wounded, the rest were all there. No one chose to escape, but there were a few locally hired criminals.
The lumberjacks chose to escape. As for whether they fled into the rain forest to find the guerrillas or took a detour home, the mountain division had nothing to do with it. They packed up the corpses and wounded. The company commander announced that it was a holiday today and sent people to escort the prisoners.
He returned to the mountain camp and specially cooked a meat dish for the prisoners to reward them for not choosing the dead end of escape during the unexpected incident.
Since the construction site of the western highway was attacked, in just two months, the construction bases of the three highways have been attacked more than 30 times, with an average of one attack every two days. Although the equipment and soldiers of the mountain brigade are relatively
The attackers were much taller, but some attacks were really unpredictable. In these attacks, the mountain brigade sacrificed 2 company commanders, 4 platoon commanders and 14 soldiers. Compared with the casualties, the gains of the mountain brigade were quite sufficient.
, a total of more than 800 attackers were killed, and the number of prisoners reached more than 1,700. These prisoners were escorted to individual camps in Davao City. After several days of isolation and counting, after being dispersed, three repairmen were distributed.
On the road construction site, wearing handcuffs and shackles, they specialize in dangerous and heavy physical labor.
After more than two months of attacks and harassment, the local armed forces finally discovered that such attacks did not cause great harm to the mountain brigade, but they caused a great loss to their own strength. Therefore, such attacks slowly
has been reduced. However, these armed forces have not retreated from the difficulties. They are planning a more effective way to prevent and destroy the construction of the highway.
In September 1907, road construction in Mindanao had been underway for three months. During these three months, except for the East Road on the east side due to the complicated terrain, only roadbeds were built from Davao City to Tagum, 50 kilometers away.
, and nearly 50 kilometers of cement pavement have been paved; the remaining two roads in the west and the middle are progressing faster, with more than 100 kilometers of roadbeds built, and more than 50 kilometers of cement pavement. The roads in the middle are even closer to construction.
The roadbed was built to the edge of Valencia, one of the 11 garrison points.
