Luo Yue can fully understand the villagers' mentality, and this is also a very normal mentality. It is not easy to gain the full trust of the people, nor can it be coaxed by a few simple words. Unless you do several things in a solid manner and carry out land reform in the early stage, the government has gained the trust of a group of villagers, but not all of them. I believe that the situation in other areas is similar. Of course, if the bandits are wiped out, it should be almost the same.

At this time, Ding Chao called Sun Xianlu to everyone, told the villagers that there was Sun Xianlu's help this time, and praised Sun Xianlu in public and rewarded him with ten yuan. He also stated that after the bandits were wiped out, the government would arrange Sun Xianlu's family to live in Jinan City, and arrange for Sun Xianlu to work in the government agency, etc.

This statement is also very important, because the whole village knows that Sun Xianlu is a bandit's intermediary, and even he stands on the side of the government, of course, can boost many villagers' confidence in the government, and also allow villagers to establish the institutional standards for the government's merits, rewards and punishments in their hearts. This is also one of the government's credibility.

Of course, the next work was to wipe out the bandits, so the People's Army immediately interrogated the captured bandits. This time, a total of 29 people were captured, including Sun Xianlu, 7 of whom were seriously injured, but 22 were enough to ask for the information the People's Army needed.

The interrogation would not be so smooth. There was a lot of hob meat among the bandits, but the People's Army was not polite. After whipping the sticks and whipping, except for some people who really couldn't steam or cook them, the others became much more honest and told them all about what they knew.

According to the confession of the captured bandits, the villages in Wohu Mountain and Jiuru Mountain are not large in size, with a length and width of about 50-60 zhang, and the total area is about the size of three football fields. The walls of the village are mainly wooden fences, about 1 zhang, 2 and 3 feet high, and soil and gravel about 4-5 feet high are filled with soil and gravel at the lower part. The houses in the village are mainly wooden structures, which are relatively simple. Firstly, because Wohu Mountain and Jiuru Mountain have not been established for a long time, only 4 or 5 years; secondly, Wohu Mountain and Jiuru Mountain are not big mountains, so they cannot build a large village.

The number of people in each village is about 300, of which there are more than 200 combatants. The rest are some of the bandits' families, of course, some of the bandit members with status. Most of the families of bandits' minions are still in the Taishan camp, and their weapons are mainly cold weapons, and there are also a small number of old-style firearms.

In contrast, the Taishan General Village is much larger in scale. The main village is located in a mountain depression in the northwest of Mount Tai. It is more than 200 meters in length and width, which is almost equivalent to a small county town. Moreover, the village wall is made of rammed earth and mud-mixed stones, and a city tower and arrow tower are built, about 1 zhang and 5 feet high. A trench more than 3 zhang wide was dug on the periphery and introduced mountain streams. It is not only one of the water sources in the village, but also a line of defense. In the surrounding areas outside the mountain depression, 4 sentry towers have been built, which can be stationed for about 20 people, as an early warning for the main village.

The total number of people in the village is about 2,000, of which the combatants are between 800 and 900. Most of them settled in the villages, and about 150 people come from villages around Mount Tai. Since Mount Tai is a famous scenic spot, there are many scattered villages distributed in the mountainous areas. In fact, most of them cannot be considered villages, but can only be considered a small gathering area, with only a dozen or twenty households.

In addition, hundreds of acres of land were also avoided outside the main village, mainly cultivated by the bandits' families, and the output was distributed uniformly by the copycats. However, most of the crops such as vegetables, fruits and melons were planted. In addition, some food crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes were also planted. This is mainly because the geology in the mountains is not suitable for growing crops of grains. However, overall, the output of the field is far from enough to supply the copycats, and can only be used as supplements or adjustments. Therefore, the main source of supply for the copycats depends on the bandits' old business.

The reason why Taishan Zongzhai set up a branch village in Wohu Mountain and Jiuru Mountain is that the general village has not been able to accommodate the expanded population; on the other hand, it is because the Lin family was facing common problems in all Chinese families at this time and the determination of the heirs.

Although Lin Shenwang, the old leader of the village, was still healthy, he was nearly 60 years old after all. The eldest son Lin Weizheng and the second son Lin Weixin were both over 30 years old and were both in their thirties. They were not far apart in age, so competitive relationships inevitably arise. A group of people gathered around them, and they were asked to go to Wohu Mountain and Jiuru Mountain to establish a branch village. First, they were separated to avoid conflicts; second, they were tested their abilities to determine their successors.

Finally, based on the confession of the bandits, simple drawings of each copycat were drawn, which basically achieved the purpose of the People's Army.

After understanding the situation of the bandits, the regiment headquarters discussed and determined that a two-pronged tactic was adopted, and another battalion was transferred from Jinan City. To launch an attack on Wohu Mountain and Jiuru Mountain at the same time tomorrow morning, demanding that the two mountain villages be captured in one fell swoop, and then concentrating their troops to attack the main village of Taishan. This is because the main village of Taishan is strong and must concentrate its troops. Moreover, Taishan is located at the junction of Jinan Prefecture and Taian Prefecture, and Taian Prefecture is the defense area of ​​Qingdao garrison, so it is necessary to coordinate and cooperate with Qingdao.

After the resolution, Luo Yue immediately ordered people to transfer the Second Battalion to Beiya Village overnight, preparing to start operations early tomorrow morning. The plan for this battle will carry out coordinated infantry and artillery operations, first launching bombardment at the mountain village with artillery, and then launching an attack by the infantry. According to the organization of the People's Army, one battalion has a mortar company with 12 82mm mortars; one machine gun company with 12 general-purpose machine guns, and each company is equipped with 6 60 mortars, a total of 18, plus a total of 54 grenades for each squad. Now all types of grenades are fully equipped, and general-purpose machine guns are still under development, so 6 Maxim machine guns are temporarily replaced.

After more than three months of training, the grenades and mortars of each company battalion are now very skillful in operating weapons, and they have quite accurate. At the same time, they have conducted several joint trainings of insurgent artillery, which only needs to pass actual combat inspections. This battle is not difficult, but because the bandits are condescending, there are walls to defend, and heavy weapons to provide firepower support, it is just right for this battle to test the grenades and mortars and mortars to train, and at the same time, they also practice the insurgent artillery coordination tactics.

So early the next morning, the people's army of the two battalions set off from Beiya Village and went to their target sites. Luo Yue was in charge of Beiya Village and commanded in full. Because the battalion-level troops were equipped with individual contact equipment, they could ensure communication within 50 kilometers, Luo Yue could receive news from the two fronts in Beiya Village. Although Jiang Haidong went to fight with the first battalion, Luo Yue's guards arrived at Beiya Village, and the militias in the village could completely ensure safety.

The battalion commander Ban Xiaowei led his team, after nearly an hour of march, he arrived in front of Wohu Mountain, and could vaguely see the mountain building built on the hillside.

However, Ban Xiaowei did not rush to attack the mountain village, but first hid the troops in the woods and sent scouts to conduct on-site reconnaissance of the mountain village terrain and verify the accuracy of the drawings. Because the map used now is drawn based on the confession of the captives, but it has not been surveyed on the field and is relatively simple, it is entirely necessary to verify and improve the map before launching the attack.

One hour later, the scouts came back and handed over the verification and improvement of the drawings to Ban Xiaowei. So Ban Xiaowei immediately dispatched troops to defend the important routes up the mountain, and advanced to a distance of less than 500 meters from the mountain village, and arranged mortar positions, of course, mainly 82 mortars, because the effective range of the 60 mortars is only about 1,500, and they can only fight with the synchronous infantry, and cannot provide long-range strike firepower.

Although Ban Xiaowei knew that the bandits did not have heavy firepower, so there was basically no threat to the People's Army's mortars, according to the principle of separation of firepower, the 12 mortars in the battalion were divided into three positions, and it was stipulated that one round of fire was 4 shells. After the shooting, the position was changed immediately. All tactical steps were arranged the same as formal combat.

After all the troops entered their positions, Ban Xiaowei ordered the artillery to open fire. The three positions first fired a shell and conducted a test fire. Only one of them fell into the village, and the other two were outside the village, but they were not far away, and were basically within 20 meters.

The position that was set in the first shot was immediately opened with all fire. All four mortars were fired at full speed. After the other two positions were corrected, they also opened fire.

As for the rate of firing of the mortar, four shells only took more than ten seconds. Although the first round of shelling ended soon, the sound of cannons roared and rumbling, resounding throughout the mountains and fields. Almost all the shells fell into the mountain village, causing a series of explosions. The entire village was almost covered by gunpowder smoke, and even the walls of the village were blown down.

The first round of artillery fires, plus the first three test shots, a total of 51 shells were fired, of which 46 were all in the parody, and only 5 shots fell outside the parody. If 2 shots were tested, there were only 3 shots, and the hit rate was above 95%, which was quite considerable. On the one hand, this was because in the previous stage, the People's Army did carry out rigorous training, and now it is the initial effect. On the other hand, the scope of the target is too large, so the difficulty is naturally far lower than that in normal training, which has created such a high hit rate.
Chapter completed!