Zhang Xueming was sitting in the temporary command center.
From the outside, this temporary command center looked like a dilapidated temple.
Originally, Zhang Xueming wanted to rent a courtyard house at a high price to serve as a temporary command post, but when the army passed through the village in an orderly manner, the pedestrians on the streets immediately scattered and locked the doors.
After all, in this era, when the government troops went to the countryside, other than collecting taxes by force, they were forced to recruit soldiers. In short, other than mountain bandits, the government troops were the worst.
After recognizing this reality, Zhang Xueming could only withdraw from the team and set up camp on the barren slope.
"Commander, according to the scouts at the front, before our army set off, Zhang Heizi had already received the news and retreated to White Millet Mountain. If we want to eliminate them, we still need to send troops into the mountain.”
The new 1st Division Chief of Staff reported with a serious expression.
Zhang Xueming nodded slowly after listening.
After all, this was his first time leading an army into battle.
However, mastering the theory might not necessarily lead to 100% practice.
With the combat strength of the newly formed 1st Division, it was undoubtedly much stronger than Zhang Heizi's bandit soldiers.
If they were to fight head-on, Zhang Xueming was confident that he could defeat the bandits with just one battalion.
If they were a group, they would be able to completely annihilate these bandits who had harmed the village.
However, in reality, this place was densely covered in mountains and forests, and the terrain was complicated. The new First Division had never fought in the mountains and forests before.
If they attacked rashly, they would definitely suffer a huge setback.
After all, there were cases where guerrilla warfare caused the well-trained Japanese troops to suffer a huge loss.
"In that case, we have two plans. One is to spend a lot of money to hire a few local villagers as guides and let the reconnaissance battalion enter the mountain to carry out early reconnaissance and provide coordinates for the main force.”
"The other plan is to block the path into the mountain and surround Zhang Heizi. There are many people in Zhang Heizi's bandit lair. According to the frequency of going down the mountain, there definitely isn't much food stored. Without supplies, they won't be able to hold on for long on the mountain.”
"Also, release the reward list. Anyone who provides clues about Zhang Heizi will be rewarded with 200 yuan. If they can capture Zhang Heizi, dead or alive, they will be rewarded with 100 million yuan.”
Zhang Xueming looked around at the officers and suggested.
"Commander, according to the usual practice, the reward for capturing the bandit leader is at most 1000 dollars. This is also the highest reward in the past 10 years!”
"That's right, Army Commander. Although we all know that you don't lack money, you can't be so reckless!”
Zhang Xueming revealed a sharp smile in the face of the officers 'discussion.
"Even if the bounty is sky-high, no one will arrest Heizi Zhang.”
But such a high bounty would definitely make Heizi Zhang suspect his subordinates.”
As soon as Zhang Xueming finished speaking, the officers who were originally confused suddenly realized.
"Commander, you really are Zhuge Liang!”
"No, the regimental commander is Liu Bowen!”
Faced with the officers 'noisy debate, Zhang Xueming waved his hand to signal silence and said,"
"Immediately select elite soldiers from the army and enter the mountain area to scout. We must complete the mission while ensuring safety.”
"Yes, Commander."
The officers answered in unison.
Three days later, the newly formed 1st Division's reconnaissance battalion, with a total of four reconnaissance companies and 1200 people, entered the mountain area to scout under the leadership of the local villagers.
At the same time, the other regiments also entered the mountain area according to the plan. They blocked all the roads that could enter the mountain and surrounded the bandit nest.
Zhang Xueming's division and the artillery regiment were stationed on a relatively empty hill.
In the depths of the Bai Liang Mountains, where no one could reach, was the lair of Zhang Heizi's thousands of bandits.
The terrain here was higher, so Zhang Heizi stored the food he had robbed a few days ago here.
"Big brother, the ears in town have sent us news of the government troops.”
A dark-skinned bandit with an extremely wretched appearance ran into Heizi Zhang's room and reported.
"Black Monkey, quickly tell me how many people are there in the bandit suppression army this time?”
Zhang Heizi asked anxiously. The old scholar beside him also had an abnormally nervous expression.
After all, this time, the government troops were Zhang Zuolin's second son, Zhang Xueming.
Although the traffic in the mountainous area was blocked, there was almost no news from the outside world.
However, the bandits still had their own ways to communicate with the spies outside.
The old scholar was also quite familiar with Zhang Xueming's style of doing things in Fengtian City.
He was also very clear that the soldiers entering the mountain to suppress the bandits this time was different from previous times.
"Boss, the government troops are coming at us menacingly right now, and I can see that they are transporting boxes of supplies.”
"Furthermore, I discovered that the main roads into the mountain had been blocked by the government troops. I had to walk a few miles around the mountain road and find a small hill to climb in.”
"In addition, this group of government troops is very cunning. They actually hired local villagers as guides to search the mountains!”
The black monkey said while panting heavily.
"Haha, this Zhang Xueming is indeed a young bastard. He dares to enter the mountain to search!”
"Do you still want to eat cheap in my territory?”
After listening to this, Heizi Zhang laughed heartily. He then turned his head to the old scholar and asked for an idea,
"Sir, should we use our previous strategy to find a place to ambush the government troops? As long as we scatter their momentum, they will still retreat like before.”
Zhang Heizi stuck his head out and humbly said.
"Zhang Heizi, you can't do this. The government troops know our advantage in the mountains, but they still dare to send troops to search.”
"According to Zhang Xueming's style, if I'm not wrong, the troops searching the mountain must be his elite soldiers.”The old scholar said bitterly.
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