Chapter 533 The Second Battle of the Yalu River (4)
In fact, Zhou Zixing achieved good results. He killed 87 bandits and did not forget Luo Yue's request. He captured 25 bandits in total. He handed over all the prisoners to Luo Yue. In addition, there were more than 80 prisoners captured by Luo Yue, and 76 rifles were seized, including 21 m1891 Mosin-Nagan rifles, and 14 Hanyang-made 88-type rifles, which also confirmed Luo Yue's judgment that this group of bandits was likely instructed by Russia.
This is a normal thing. During the Boxer Rebellion, Russia occupied the Northeast and began to bribe bandits to assist in its rule in the Northeast. After Japan and Russia had a feud, they also actively helped the bandits to prepare for the war. Most of the bandits in the Northeast had no nation-state position. They were mothers and whoever gave guns would do their jobs. Therefore, during the Russo-Japanese War, most of the bandits in the Northeast chose to take sides, either helping Japan or helping Russia, mainly attacking the other side's supplementary points, transportation teams, etc. Although Russia has failed now, it still mobilized its own bandits to attack the People's Army's transportation routes, causing trouble for the People's Army.
The battle was not long. Luo Yue only took more than 20 minutes, and Zhou Zixing did not exceed 40 minutes. At this time, the People's Army's car change had not ended, so Luo Yue also used this period to interrogate the captured bandits.
However, most of the bandits were desperate people. Although they were captured, they still tilted their teeth and their eyebrows were slanted. They were dissatisfied and resentful, and their heads were as big as bowls.
Although Luo Yue was not old, he was a battlefield for a long time and had worked as a bandit in Shandong. He also saw many bandits who were polite. He knew that this kind of hob meat could not be cooked, so he could only grind it slowly bit by bit. He was locked up in the farm of the East China government for a few months, and then he would be honest in his farm work for several months.
But now Luo Yue has no time to slowly grind with them, so of course he has to establish his power first. So Luo Yue first found a bandit who looked dissatisfied and angry, stared at the eyes, and looked full of politeness and gazes, and said he had something to ask him, but in fact he was going to attack him.
Sure enough, the bandit did not disappoint Luo Yue's expectations, and he whispered something: What are you asking about? What are you capable of? You rely on your good deeds. I am not afraid of you. At worst, I will die. I will be a hero again in 20 years.
Originally, Luo Yue didn't want to ask anything from him, but just wanted to establish his authority. Of course, he would not be polite to him. He ordered the bandit to be shot in front of the bandits on the spot. So after a gunshot, the bandit fell to the ground and did not move. Many people among the bandits changed their colors, but some people were still unruly. Moreover, the People's Army did not collect the corpses, so they immediately went to ask the second bandit for questioning.
The second bandit was not a good person. After getting up, he did not leave the list first. Instead, he bowed to the bandits in Zhou State and said, "Brothers, I will take a step first, and wait for you brothers below."
Some of the bandits immediately cheered, and some shouted: "Brother Wang, I have a genital."
Two others stood up and replied, "Brother Wang, don't go too fast, brothers will come soon, let's get on the road together."
"Yes, brothers are on the road together. When I see the King of Hell, I will have a companion."
Luo Yue looked at it, nodded, and laughed and said, "Okay, I'm loyal enough, I'll help you." As he said that, he didn't order people to drag the three bandits out of the crowd and ordered the soldiers to shoot directly.
After the three gunshots, all three fell down, but one of them was shot and had not yet died, and they struggled hard on the ground. The bandits around him stood up and dodged, not daring to be caught by him, as if they were avoiding the plague. Several soldiers from the People's Army walked into the bandit group with rifles, and the bandits avoided them, and hurriedly avoided them like two sides. A soldier stepped forward and stabbed the bandit's heart with a bayonet, then dragged the Sanjia corpse out of the crowd and put them together with the first bandit who was shot.
Luo Yue said: "Is there anyone else who wants to be a hero? Let's stand up." As he said that, no one dared to look up at the bandits again, and no one dared to stand up. Luo Yue was also very satisfied with the effect, because there was nothing to say about these bandits, and he could only use tough means to kill a few people who came out to make trouble, which was better than any other means. Although bandits do blood licking on the edge of the knife, not everyone is really not afraid of death. They can survive and are still willing to live. Therefore, the People's Army's iron-blooded means have indeed suppressed all the bandits. Many people were trembling freely. Although some people were still dissatisfied, they did not dare to have excessive expressions of action, at least pretended to be honest.
Seeing that the bandits were all suppressed, Luo Yue then ordered and selected several bandits from among the bandits, and then began to conduct formal interrogation of them. Sure enough, after the establishment of the People's Army, the bandits' attitude became much more honest. Not only did they answer questions, but their tone also eased a lot. Of course, there were two bandits who did not cooperate and deliberately answered questions that were not questioned, pretending to be crazy and stupid. Of course, the result was conceivable, and they went with the four bandits who had been shot dead before.
After more than three hours of interrogation, more than 20 bandits were interrogated, and the results of the interrogation were compared and the situation of this bandit was basically clarified. This bandit was indeed instructed by Russia to attack the People's Army's transportation route. Moreover, they were not the only bandits. They only participated once in the first three attacks on the railway construction team, and the other two should be other bandits.
It turns out that although the Russian army has been completely defeated by the People's Army, it is still a powerful existence in front of the bandits. After all, over the past few decades, China has been poor and weak, and in the hearts of most Chinese people, it has long established the idea that foreigners are invincible in the hearts of the vast majority of Chinese people. The bandits are naturally no exception. Most bandits are rude and have no long-term vision. They don't know much about the external world and don't know what the People's Army is doing.
Of course, the fact that the Russian army was defeated by the People's Army in recent times is unavoidable. This is indeed a lot of bandits have lost confidence in the Russian army. However, the Russians have long had solutions to deal with it. After all, it is an old empire and has seen everything. The Russians first still claimed to the bandits that the reason why the Russian army was defeated by the People's Army was because they were both injured with the Japanese army. The People's Army was just a quick pick. Moreover, the Russian army is still firmly defending Shenyang, and a million troops will be sent to the country to fight to the death with the People's Army. After defeating the People's Army, Russia will reward the bandits with merits and give them some guns and ammunition.
After this deception, only a few smart people who knew the true and false decided to wait and see again, while most of the bandits were looking forward to making meritorious contributions and receiving rewards!
After understanding these situations, Luo Yue also realized that the situation was much more complicated than he expected. If the bandits were not handled well, it would inevitably cause great trouble to the People's Army. Therefore, he could no longer leave the bandits alone. He had to think of a way to deal with it. Even if he could not completely suppress the bandits, he would at least make the bandits restrain and dare not be so rampant.
In the old time and space, the ancestors of time travelers also faced serious bandit problems at the beginning of the founding of the country. The solution at that time was to use both soft and hard hands. The soft one was to divide the land to the people and let them live and work in peace. After all, most bandits were farmers who could not survive. Who would be willing to be bandits if they had land and food to eat? The hard one was to clear the attacks by force, and they used both soft and hard hands. As a result, it took only 2 or 3 years to basically eliminate the harm of bandits.
It takes time and a stable social environment to calm the people down. Now the war on the battlefield in the Northeast is not over yet. Therefore, although this soft move is necessary, there is no obvious effect in a short period of time. The biggest difficulty of armed clearance is that it cannot grasp the whereabouts of bandits and the location of old suppression. Because the bandits' old suppression is often very hidden, the northeast is vast and sparsely populated, with high mountains and dense forests. Most bandits set their old suppression in deep mountains and forests, which is difficult to find.
However, if you find the old bandits, it will be much easier to annihilate them. After all, the combat power and firepower of the bandits cannot be compared with regular troops. The People's Army can defeat any bandits by only one battalion at most. And as long as the old bandits are destroyed, even if someone escapes, it is not worth worrying. Although the Northeast region has a vast land and sparsely populated area, it also limits the development of bandits' development. It must rely on the old bandits to store materials. Sometimes there is no village for hundreds of miles, and a long distance is needed to do a business. Therefore, when bandits have no future. Moreover, although the battle in the Northeast War Zone has not ended now, it is still possible to draw out several battalions of troops from the large army to eliminate bandits.
In the old time and space, the strategy of the ancestors of the time travelers to eliminate bandits by force was nothing more than sending a team of elite personnel to form a special force squad to explore the location of the bandits' holes. When encountering small groups of bandits, the team can clear them on their own, while large groups of bandits dispatched conventional troops to fight for the expedition. The famous novel [Lin Haixueyuan] is basically this model. Now the People's Army has the conditions to implement this tactic, because the People's Army established a special force very early and was responsible for performing reconnaissance, surveying, and activities behind enemy lines in the previous wars. Now, in addition to the Shenyang battlefield, large-scale battles in the Northeast region have basically ended, and the tasks of special forces have also been reduced a lot, so it can be used to carry out the task of clearing bandits.
After understanding this, Luo Yue immediately sent a power to the acting commander of Harbin Liu Tie, explaining the situation he encountered on the way and the result of interrogating the bandit captives. He asked Liu Tie to immediately form 2-3 teams of special forces, with a number of between 30-50 people, responsible for the task of clearing out and reconnaissance of bandits. The captured bandit captives stayed at Pingshan Railway Station, and asked Liu Tie to send people to interrogate in detail. It is best to ask about the old suppression location of the bandits and send troops to clear out. The railway stations along the railway must strengthen the garrison, and each train must send at least one company of troops to escort the protection.
Chapter completed!