Liu Hai's troops were not like the way he used to fight. The army formed a formation and charged forward neatly. When they reached the musket shooting distance, they started shooting at each other, depending on the will of both sides.
Liu Hai's troops won't engage in close combat with you at all. At the beginning, they fired from a dozen 122mm artillery pieces, then 80mm and 60mm mortars, then dozens of machine guns, and finally semi-automatic rifles.
shooting.
Wang Sandra didn't see any skills in this training, she only saw ammunition flying like raindrops on the battlefield.
Wang Sandra thought in her mind that if she led her troops and Liu Hai's army of more than 3,000 people met, in the end, I am afraid that even 20,000 to 30,000 people would not be able to enter the opponent's side. Even if a dozen of them come face to face, these people under her will be destroyed.
They all collapsed and ran away.
That night, after Wang Sandra returned to her residence, she stayed alone in her study and thought about it all night.
From now on, Wang Sandra had to lament that times have changed, and his previous style of play could no longer keep up with the times.
After more than ten days of continuous training, the soldiers under Liu Hai have also seen what modern warfare is like, and they also know how to fight and how to avoid casualties.
In Liu Hai's view, the unit under his command now has no rivals in the entire Qing Dynasty. If there is any shortcoming, it can only be that these new recruits have not seen blood yet.
Liu Hai thought that he had to let his soldiers see blood and fight a real battle. Otherwise, no matter how hard they trained and how powerful they were, they would probably suffer from diarrhea when they were dead like this on the battlefield.
To be honest, Liu Hai didn't know much about the affairs and situation of the Qing Dynasty plane. As for where the bandits were, he was even more confused.
So he could only recruit his own adviser Wang Jun, who was born and raised in the Qing Dynasty after all.
Wang Jun didn't dare to neglect Liu Hai's call, and hurried to Liu Hai's tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he saw a big fire burning in Liu Hai's tent, and a lamb was roasting on it.
Liu Hai was holding a knife, cutting the meat of the lamb, stuffing it into his mouth, and drinking an unknown drink.
When Liu Hai saw Wang Jun coming in, he hurriedly waved to him and brought him to the fire.
"Sit down and eat something together."
Wang Jun was a little polite, sat next to Liu Hai, picked up the knife, cut a piece of meat from the roast lamb, then put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully.
"How's it going? Isn't my lamb good?"
"It's really good. The lamb I ate was a lamb that was less than one year old, and I seem to have never tasted the roasting seasoning."
Liu Hai smiled in his heart. This lamb was bought in the Qing Dynasty, but the seasoning for roasting the lamb was brought from modern times.
This pure natural and pollution-free lamb meat, coupled with a variety of modern spices, and after such a bite, it is really addictive.
"Old Wang, our unit has been training for a long time and it's almost done. Do you think there are any shortcomings that need to be improved?"
When Wang Jun heard Liu Hai's question, he quickly put the meat cleaver and mutton on the table, took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth, and then said: "Judging from the humble position, our Marines are already trained
It's powerful enough, even compared to the foreign troops in the concession."
"Don't say yes, say something practical."
Wang Jun was a little embarrassed after hearing Liu Hai's words. What he said just now was indeed a compliment to Liu Hai. Now when Liu Hai asked him to speak realistically, he could only say with a straight face: "If you ask me to say, the only shortcoming of us soldiers is that we don't have
I have seen blood, sir, but you have never seen it. A few days ago, General Wang Shen sent some big fat pigs for us soldiers to kill and eat. As a result, many young men hid away when they saw the fat pigs.
From a distance, you just don’t dare to draw the sword, which would be a big problem on the battlefield."
"Your worries are exactly what I am considering. If this is not resolved, I'm afraid I won't be able to become a true elite on the battlefield."
Liu Hai stood up and walked around the tent, then came to the table in the center of the tent, looked at the map on the table, and then asked Wang Jun: "Do you think we have any big stocks in Jiangsu?"
bandit?"
After hearing this, Wang Jun shook his head with a wry smile, "Sir, we in Jiangsu can be said to be a land of plenty. There have been no wars in the past few years, and the people's lives are still manageable. How can there be any large groups of bandits?"
Liu Hai was a little disappointed. If there were no bandits, how could he let his soldiers see blood?
Wang Jun seemed to have noticed Liu Hai's difficulty. He closed his eyes and thought about the topography of the two rivers and the cultural scenery everywhere, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"Sir, the ground in Jiangsu is quiet, but there is a place in Liangjiang where there are large groups of bandits."
"Where?" Liu Hai asked anxiously.
"On the main transportation road from Anhui to Jiangsu, there is a mountain called Longtou Mountain. This hill is not big, but it is very steep, and it is close to the official road. There is a wave of wind on the mountain.
Bandits specialize in robbing merchants from Anhui to Jiangsu."
After hearing this, Liu Hai knocked on the table with the dagger in his hand, thought for a moment and asked, "Then why didn't the local government wipe out the attack?"
Wang Jun smiled bitterly after hearing this, "Every time the government goes to exterminate, I don't know why the other party gets wind of it. If the government sends a lot of people, these people will gather on the mountain to guard. Sir, you also know that the officers and soldiers in the local area
It seems that in the end we can only return without success."
"If few people go to the government, these bandits will even dare to come down the mountain to confront the officers and soldiers. As a result, the officers and soldiers will lose more every time."
Liu Hai felt a little confused when he heard this, "There is something fishy in this."
"Sir, who can say otherwise? From my humble opinion, it seems that the powerful landowners and gentry are trying to support the bandits."
Liu Hai now understands, which landlords keep these bandits, firstly, they can do things for them that are inconvenient for them to do, secondly, they can eradicate their competitors, and thirdly, they can also do what these bandits rob.
Buy it at a low price, and then resell it for several times the profit. In this way, the people will suffer in the end.
Liu Hai stabbed the knife on the table, "Let's go to Longtou Mountain to meet the mountain king for a while."
Liu Hai was also a do-it-yourself character. He immediately ordered the troops to start riding early the next day, left Yancheng, crossed the entire Jiangsu, and arrived near Longtou Mountain at the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui.
Liu Hai's army came to the vicinity of Longtou Mountain in great strength. This movement was not small, and it was immediately detected by the bandits on Longtou Mountain.
The terrain of Longtou Mountain is dangerous, and it is occupied by a bandit named Xia Shanhu, who has gathered one to two thousand people over the years.
Now Shanhu has been doing well over the years by relying on his connections with wealthy local families.
Unexpectedly, yesterday I suddenly received a report from the men who were exploring the road below, saying that there was an army of about three to four thousand people heading straight for Longtou Mountain.
Shanhu was a little puzzled when he heard this. Normally, he should have received a message from Shanxia about the government's actions. Why didn't anyone come to inform him this time?
Although the tiger down the mountain was a little puzzled, he didn't take the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain seriously. He had passed through the encirclement and suppression of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers over the years, let alone these three or four thousand people.
So according to the original strategy, Xiashanhu ordered all the bandits to defend in the stronghold, and also pulled out several iron cannons that he regarded as treasures and placed them on the stronghold wall on the mountain, waiting for the arrival of the army.
, giving a fatal blow.
Xiashanhu was waiting here, wanting to give Liu Hai a good look, but Liu Hai did not disappoint him. In just one day, Liu Hai's army arrived at the foot of Longtou Mountain.
When Liu Hai arrived at the foot of Longtou Mountain, it was getting late, and Liu Hai did not attack immediately. Instead, he ordered the troops to camp on the spot, and set up open and hidden sentries in the middle of the military camp to guard against sneak attacks.
Xiashanhu really wanted to bring his men down for a sneak attack, but he took a few sentries and came to the vicinity of Liu Haijun's camp to take a look. He immediately gave up his thoughts, because there were many open and secret sentries near Liu Haijun's camp.
It was on the first floor, and it was brightly lit, leaving no chance for myself.
That night was uneventful. The Marines had a good night's rest and recovered from the fatigue from running around for days.
Early on the morning of the second day, Liu Hai led his men and horses in formation and arrived at the foot of Longtou Mountain.
Xiashanhu, who was on the mountain, looked down the mountain and saw that the army had arrived, but he had no intention of being afraid. He pulled out the revolver on his waist and fired a shot into the sky.
After attracting the attention of all the bandits, he stood on the high platform and said to the bandits below: "Brothers, the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain are coming to find you again. Let's give him a good look today. I am here to make a promise to the brothers.
, as long as the officers and soldiers are defeated, each person will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and each person will have a chance to sleep with a woman."
At the instigation of the tiger going down the mountain, the bandits below all screamed excitedly. Although there is no need to worry about food and drink in this mountain, there is no entertainment. All bandits like you want is to make more money and sleep with a woman.
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The bandits got the promise of going down the mountain, and their morale was high. They grabbed the big blades in their hands, waiting for Liu Hai's army to attack the mountain, so they could kill them?
And what is Liu Hai doing now? He is standing at the foot of the mountain, holding a telescope and looking at the fortress on the mountain carefully.
After looking at it, he also felt that the mountain was really well defended. No wonder the original army could not attack it. Even if they tried to attack such a stronghold with foreign guns, they would lose a lot of people in the end.
Liu Hai put down the telescope and said to Lu Chun from the artillery battalion standing next to him: "Have you seen the village gate on the mountain? Can our cannon blast it open?"