Shadows flickered, and the dense crowd of independent battalion soldiers had already squeezed into the hall of the Black Cloud Stronghold.
After asking a few core bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold, they finally found the secret passage that Xie Baoqing and the other bandits used to escape from the Black Cloud Stronghold on a small road at the edge of the mountain on one side of the Black Cloud Stronghold. Unfortunately, Xie Baoqing and the other bandits had already run away and could not catch up.
In addition, it was night time, so it was difficult to pursue!
Li Congjing had no choice but to give up on sending people to pursue Xie Baoqing and the others. However, regretfully, there were still some gains and losses in taking down the Black Cloud Stronghold.
As expected, when everyone returned to the hall of the Black Cloud Stronghold, Li Congjing, Wei Dayong, and the others saw Luo Tong and the others who had successfully ambushed them from the cliff behind the Black Cloud Stronghold.
"Hahaha, Luo Tong, you brat, you played pretty well!”Li Congjing laughed and patted Luo Tong's shoulder.
Luo Tong did not expect things to go so smoothly. It seemed that the bandits of the Black Cloud Stronghold did not expect the independent battalion to suddenly appear in front of their mountain pass, and even successfully sneak attacked from the cliff behind the mountain.
"Battalion Commander, after we took down the main hall of the Black Cloud Stronghold's main peak and other places, we captured nearly two hundred drunk bandits in this hall. Some of them were still drunk, but they had sacrificed two brothers!”After Luo Tong briefly reported the results of the battle, he pointed at the two soldiers who had died and said to Li Congjing.
" The sacrifice of these brothers is worth it," Li Congjing said." By the way, what's the current situation?"”。
"Our people are seizing the time to clean up the battlefield. We have already sent people to seal off the cliff and the secret passage that Xie Baoqing and the others escaped from! Be alert!"
"Good!"
"Understood, Battalion Commander!" Everyone responded with a loud bang and then spread out.
Li Congjing, on the other hand, followed Wei Da Yong around the Black Cloud Stronghold.
It had to be said that the Black Cloud Stronghold was very suitable as the base of the independent battalion. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack. The mountain pass in front was very narrow. Even a company was enough to guard the only pass into the mountain. The front of the only mountain pass that entered the Black Cloud Stronghold was surrounded by mountains and highlands that were five to six hundred meters above sea level.
On the left was the Grass Shoes Ridge, and on the right was the Small Sharp Mountain Highland. The elevation of the two mountains was similar, and the difference was only more than ten meters.
The mountain pass between the two mountains was the entrance of the mountain path that was less than four meters wide. Behind it was a winding mountain path that was more than 400 meters long. On both sides of the mountain path were cliffs and peaks. After leaving the mountain path, there was a mountain peak. The Black Cloud Stronghold was within it! Behind the Black Cloud Stronghold was a cliff. If Xie Baoqing had not been careless, Li Congjing would have been worried that Luo Tong and the others would not have succeeded.
Then, Li Congjing walked to a row of houses behind the Black Cloud Stronghold. That was Xie Baoqing's warehouse. There were indeed some weapons and ammunition in it, but the quantity was still considerable. However, most of them were Japanese Type 38 rifles. There were also old rifles such as Hanyang and Old Sleeve.
There were only a few machine guns, but there were a few boxes of grenades and a mortar. Li Congjing looked at it and found that it was broken and could not be used.
"Battalion Commander, only half of the weapons and ammunition in Xie Baoqing's warehouse can be used. The rest are all junk!”Wei Da Yong also followed Li Congjing into the bandit's warehouse to take a look. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that Xie Baoqing's equipment wasn't good enough!
Li Congjing patted Wei Dayong's shoulder and smiled.""Haha, Da Yong, you are too greedy! Bandits are all guns. Do you think they have complete standard rifles and other equipment? It was just a little east and a little west.”。
Li Congjing continued to patrol the Black Cloud Stronghold with Wei Dayong and the others. The Black Cloud Stronghold in the night had already quieted down. More than a hundred soldiers of the independent battalion followed Li Congjing's orders and worked together to clean up the battlefield. The inventory of weapons, equipment, rations, and ammunition was in progress.
When Li Congjing returned to the main hall of the Black Cloud Stronghold after patrolling the place for half an hour, he had identified more than 200 drunk bandits in the main hall through the captured bandits. Those who were not guilty could be used to expand the independent battalion.
Seeing Li Congjing, Wei Dayong, and the others return to the hall, Luo Tong, who was in charge of screening the captives, immediately reported,""Battalion Commander, according to the statistics, there are still about 250 bandits who can help us.”。
As expected, Luo Tong smiled and said," Brothers, go out and clear out the areas below the Black Cloud Stronghold. Also, chase out some bandits from the bushes and forests of the Black Cloud Stronghold to avoid the fighting. There were actually more than a hundred people. After such a screening, there are indeed so many people who can be used by us! Battalion Commander!"
" We can now expand our military strength to about 370 or so!" Li Congjing chuckled.“。
Luo Tong nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.
"How about this! Each of your companies will have around fifty captives. As for the rest, they would be used as the reserve team directly under the battalion headquarters!”Li Congjing waved at Luo Tong, Wei Dayong, and Lin Dahai.
"Good! It was almost 4:30 in the morning. There were still about two and a half hours before dawn. After the brothers are reorganized, we can rest in the Black Cloud Stronghold for at least two to three days! This period of time is the time for us to digest the results of seizing the Black Cloud Stronghold!”Li Congjing said seriously.
"Understood, Battalion Commander!" Everyone looked at each other and saluted.
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