Wang Mingkun also accelerated progress. Fortunately, many forces saw that the situation was not right and ran away first, so they quickly completed the scheduled cleaning and expulsion tasks.
But this does not mean that it is stable. Their real enemy will not necessarily retreat, but may rise up and be eager to try in the dark.
Wang Mingkun separated some of his people, took over Xu Zhiyu's boat, and continued to patrol the surrounding area.
As for Xu Zhiyu, he was still wandering around the encirclement. As time went by, all the forces were thrown into chaos by them, which made the process of the encirclement troops' attack much smoother.
However, their main goal was not solved. These people were as slippery as loaches. When they saw something was wrong, they immediately ran away. Other forces interfered, so Xu Zhiyu never caught them.
There were even a few times when they almost fell into the opponent's trap. Fortunately, the opponent's strength was not as good as theirs, and the gangsters did not pose much of a threat. Moreover, they were vigilant enough and did not cause much trouble, only interference.
As time went by, the outer forces were gradually compressed into the inner circle surrounded by police and security forces, and the space for movement was reduced. Only then did Xu Zhiyu lead his people to withdraw and be responsible for patrolling the circle where exchanges of fire were more intense and frequent to avoid trouble.
In the inner circle, the pressure faced by Captain Li and others increased sharply. People outside were attacking, and people inside were also tentatively starting to move outward.
The melee in the inner circle has weakened a lot. One of them fought fiercely and suffered a lot of damage. Both of them are not blind. How can they not see the movement around them?
Inside the inn, the numb Boss Shan and his group are now reviving their vitality. The offensive on the land side behind the inn is still far away.
But on the other side and upstream and downstream, they were already close to us. The forces on the other side were far less than those on the other side of the river. The suppression campaign was very smooth and the bandits had been pushed to the river bank.
As for the upper reaches, there are a lot of bandits entrenched in the waterways, but facing the navy, these are almost all wooden ships, and there are not many bandits equipped with mechanically powered ships, not even Li Guan.
No matter how big or small, as long as it is a gun on a navy ship, almost any gun next to it will basically mean that the bandit ship is useless, and since they cannot threaten the warship, the warship can simply approach and shoot, and it will be difficult to miss the target.
However, they are all old guns, and their rate of fire is still a bit too slow. The ship-based machine guns are more powerful, and wooden ships have almost no resistance to them.
If you aim at the waterline, you will see a series of leaking gun holes. If you aim at the cabin, you will be able to penetrate a series of holes at once. Not only people, but also ships can be penetrated by you.
Facing the warships, these ships were in a situation where they could not run away or fight, so they could only hide. Therefore, the battle line was quickly pressed from both ends to the area surrounding the inn.
Of course, warships are limited and cannot completely block the water surface. The ship may not be able to pass, but the people in the water cannot be taken care of.
However, under the storm, the water level has risen rapidly, and the current is added, accompanied by a lot of whirlpools of debris. If it falls into the river, it depends on your fate whether you can survive.
"Sir, there is news in the city that the president's people are trapped inside. I hope we can lend a helping hand and get them out."
Takeuchi had already received the news about the sudden intervention of the army and had packed up and prepared to evacuate. However, he received such news from his collaborators.
Takeuchi couldn't help but frown and said: "Why did they arrange for people to go deep in? Didn't I remind them to try to watch from the outside?"
"It is said that I was touched by those people and felt humiliated. I wanted to show off to them here, but I was tricked again."
Panasonic quickly explained that these were the other party's original words, but who would believe such words if they heard them? So when he relayed them, he saved some face for the other party.
"Nonsense! I'm probably worried about these people and have found out something about them. I want to use our arrangement to take the opportunity to attack these people so as not to disturb them later.
The abacus was rattling, but I didn’t think about it. We didn’t get involved, but they were so brave. They didn’t understand the situation clearly, so they intervened recklessly, without knowing whether to live or die..."
Takeuchi didn't have anything nice to say. The two sides were nominally allies, but they were inseparable from each other. Although the situation was reported, they did not disclose any evidence-free speculations or guesses.
"Do we need to arrange for someone to rescue him?" Panasonic had not yet figured out the new commander's temper, so he could only ask bravely.
"Let those gangs take action! As for us, tell them that we are suspected of being targeted by the other side and are organizing an evacuation!"
The other party's move was obviously planning to take advantage of them. He didn't want to risk his men's lives or even their futures to clean up the other party's mess.
"...This..." Matsushita breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he was a little worried: "Sir, although the gang forces that have united have obeyed the order to stay on the periphery, they were attacked by the other party before and suffered a lot of losses. I am afraid they will not obey the order.
go back."
"Let them go, we just give the order. As for how they do it, that's their business!" Takeuchi waved his hand. He didn't really want to do it, he was just looking for an excuse afterwards.
"By the way, sir, news of the other party's use of the navy was also reported in class. A gang saw a warship heading this way near Cheng Lake, but the surrounding towns were closed and could not be entered in time, so the news could not be sent back in time."
Matsushita decisively changed the topic. He was not willing to fight with those people at this time. After confirming Takeuchi's attitude, he immediately stopped talking.
"Why did they go so far?" Takeuchi frowned. He ran so far and happened to see the warship in action. He was a little doubtful that there was something wrong with it.
"According to what they said, they wanted to go around to the rear and surround the people who had captured the silver. However, according to inquiries, they had been very inactive in the past two days. They probably wanted to go far away, so they used this as an excuse to stay away.
the other end.
As a result, I encountered a passing warship, and I probably knew that I couldn't inform him in time. This move was more to express our attitude and not to be held accountable by us afterwards."
Takeuchi nodded, he didn't care about the other party's cunning behavior, as long as there were no other problems.
Anyway, this time, he was only using these people as tools, but there were many tools available, and there was no shortage of them. On the contrary, they could wake up and realize the problem, and make Gao Gao take a second look.
Takeuchi quickly took the person away. He could continue to deal with the intelligence department, but if it was not necessary, he would not easily confront the opponent directly in a short period of time. This was a series of painful lessons that he knew best.
Cognition.
On the Wusong River side, someone tried to attack and ambush Wang Mingkun, but they were quickly repelled and killed so that these people abandoned their armor.
Needless to say, someone must have been instigating this. After a quick cross-examination, Wang Mingkun confirmed this. The attacker was a smuggling force, active in Haimen, Jiangbei and other places.
He has many connections with the Japanese on a daily basis. He was just ordered by some people to attack. Wang Mingkun cautiously called a large warship to go over to check, but the people had already fled and disappeared.
Wang Mingkun can be sure that the influence of the messenger should not be great, but the harm is not small. Unfortunately, after several rounds of inspection, he never encountered him again.
Of course, this may be related to the fact that he did not expand the scope, but his first priority is to ensure that the internal strangulation proceeds smoothly, rather than to attack them.
In the encirclement, Xu Zhiyu also encountered two situations where suspicious people tried to break out, but they were resolved by their timely intervention. Unfortunately, they were no longer able to pursue them.
However, he also changed his strategy. When encountering this kind of thing, he would knock out the other party's people first. If the other party didn't hide more people, it is estimated that less than half of them would be left.
As the encirclement narrowed, the bandits' resistance became more intense. Xu Zhiyu's mobile team no longer patrolled blindly. They would quickly intervene wherever the situation in the encirclement was not good or where a large number of enemies gathered.
In the inner circle, Captain Li and others were also under tremendous pressure. Fortunately, the gangsters' main intention was to break out of the encirclement. As long as they threatened to shoot, people outside would not easily break into the encirclement.
"...Stop fighting, we surrender..."
Under attack from both inside and outside, someone finally couldn't bear it anymore and led a group of people to surrender. This then triggered a chain reaction. Most of the gangsters in the inner and outer circles chose to surrender.
It took a lot of time to deal with the surrendered prisoners and clear out the remnants of the stubborn enemies. During this process, the army gradually took over the inner circle of encirclement and dealt with the bandits who reacted and frantically attacked the encirclement.
There are many more gangsters in the inner circle than in the outer circle, but at the same time, the encirclement is smaller and the blockade is tighter and more powerful, so the chance of breaking through actually decreases.
If the police and security forces in the inner circle want to take advantage of the opportunity to gain credit, they will continue to stay in the encirclement and participate in the suppression.
Those who were unwilling to take this risk were responsible for guarding prisoners of war and other tasks, so that the army could be freed to join in the encirclement and suppression.
As for the thoughts in some people's minds, if they don't give up at this time, it means they really have a brain problem... no... they don't even have a brain!
The warships also pressed up, and the enemies in the inner circle were already very dense. They could directly bombard them with naval guns, and even in some places, they could shoot randomly with machine guns without any problem.
It took a while to reorganize the encirclement. As more than a dozen flares were launched one after another, the encirclement began to shrink, and the final strangulation of the gangsters in the inner circle began.
The enemies on the river have basically been cleared, and the warships are strafing and shelling the enemies on the shore. On the land, the encirclement is pressing in from three sides, and people are being driven here.
Wang Mingkun's patrol scope was reduced to the inside. The command boat of Lin Mo and others also came to the battlefield to observe. Xu Zhiyu also intervened in the battlefield from time to time to eliminate the threat to the encirclement.
There are too many gangsters, and many of them are desperadoes. In other words, the proportion is not low. After all, those who can be brought here to do this are probably not some soy sauce.
Moreover, many of them knew very well what would happen if they were caught, and they went around to spread the word. Even if there were a large number of casualties, the progress of the strangulation was still very slow.
There are too many people surrounding it, and the encirclement is too small. Unlike on the periphery, forces can be defeated one by one, and captured prisoners can be defeated.
But here, a defeat will occur, but others will soon be forced onto the battlefield. There is no need to think about capturing prisoners. There is no way to stop the firefight and deal with the surrendered people.
The situation has fallen into the previous melee situation around the inn. Regardless of whether they like it or not, the gangsters can only fight to the death and have no other choice.
Fortunately, Lin Mo noticed something was wrong and signaled to slow down the tightening of the encirclement, and the encirclement continued to cease fire and call for surrender.
After all, if the opponent fights to the death, there will definitely be casualties. Anyway, he has become a turtle in the urn, so he has no choice but to push too hard.
Of course, there are some people who don't want to surrender and don't want to let others surrender, so as to cause trouble and disrupt the situation. However, if the warships fire a few guns and shuttles, people will become honest.