Bai Lang and his men had never expected that the 101st Infantry Division would be so alert that their sneak attack was discovered.
Once a sneak attack was discovered, it would lose its element of surprise. It would not be so easy to succeed. If he did not do well, he would have to pay a huge price.
"Leader, what should we do?" One of his subordinates asked.
Bai Lang gritted his teeth, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes."Order our brothers to attack. Take down Lushan County and capture Second Young Master Yuan alive! Whoever is the first to charge in will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!”
Bai Lang had a good plan, as long as he could capture Yuan Kewen alive. Then, they would be able to turn the tables. He would not even have to worry about wealth for the rest of his life.
"Yes, leader!" His subordinates replied.
These subordinates whom Bai Lang regarded as his confidants were all outlaws.
After receiving the order, he immediately led his men to attack.
"Take down Lushan County and capture Yuan Kewen alive!”
Such slogans resounded throughout the entire battlefield.
Obviously, these bandits were agitated by the reward.
In the county town, Yuan Kewen was awoken by the sound of gunfire.
"What happened?" Yuan Kewen put on his clothes and opened the door.
"Commander, the bandits are attacking Lushan County. Baili is organizing troops to resist the bandits.”Zhang Xiaozhun replied.
"Oh? Was Bai Lang planning to capture the leader first? Can we resist?" Yuan Kewen asked.
"The engineer regiment has already set up defenses on the city walls. The logistics regiment is also ready. The Artillery Regiment was preparing and was expected to fire soon. In addition, we have already sent a telegram to the cavalry regiment. This group of bandits was just a motley crew. They thought that Lushan County City was empty. If they wanted to ambush this place, they would be courting death!”Zhang Xiaozhun said disdainfully.
Yuan Kewen nodded. There was nothing to worry about.
The engineer regiment and the logistics regiment added up to several thousand people.
Although they were not the frontline troops, they could only be considered as the second-line troops. But even so, it was definitely not something these bandits could deal with.
Just as Zhang Xiaozhun had said, these bandits attacking Lushan County City was simply courting death.
"Dong! Thump! Da da!"
The mortars and heavy machine guns set up on the city wall began to fire.
Even though a large number of bandits outside the city were attacking, the black mass of people surged towards the city wall like a tide.
However, in the face of concentrated firepower, their attacks were no different from sending themselves to their deaths.
"Pfft! Puchi!"
The bullets easily pierced through the bodies of these bandits and took their lives.
Soon, the artillery regiment of the 101st Infantry Division was ready to fire.
75mm field cannons and 105mm light howitzers had already entered the camp.
Artillery observers also climbed up the city wall to provide firing data for the artillery positions.
"Fire!"
Following the order from Colonel Zhou Liansheng, the artillery positions began to fire.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The 105mm light howitzers and 75mm field cannons began to fire.
The dense artillery shells rained down on the bandits outside the city.
Violent explosions continued to ring out as flames soared into the sky and shrapnel shot everywhere.
The bandits were blown away like fallen leaves.
Many bandits were blown to pieces, and their limbs were scattered everywhere.
Bai Lang, who was watching the battle from afar, was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.
Didn't they say that Lushan County City was empty?
But why were there so many people in the Northern Army? There were even cannons.
How was he going to fight this war?
If this continued, all of his subordinates would die soon.
However, there was no need for Bai Lang to give the order to retreat. Those bandits had no military discipline to speak of, let alone fighting spirit.
If they fought with numbers, these bandits might be very brave.
However, they did not have the courage to face the fierce artillery fire of the 101st Infantry Division.
Many of the bandits saw the tragic state of the bandits who were killed by the explosion and immediately ran away in fear.
As a result, the other bandits followed suit and fled.
Bai Lang's attack on Lushan County was a complete joke. Not only did they fail to take down Lushan County and capture Yuan Kewen alive, but they also lost a lot of manpower.、
This could be said to be stealing a chicken but failing to eat rice.
"Leader, in Lushan County City, the government troops are too strong. We can't take them down at all.”
"Yes, Leader, we were tricked.”
The bandits all felt a lingering fear in their hearts.
If they had not run away quickly, they would have died here.
"Leader, what should we do next? Back to Stone Man Mountain?" a bandit asked.
Bai Lang's brows were tightly knitted together.
He was staking everything on this attack on Lushan County.
However, if the attack failed, could they still retreat to the Crouching Bull Mountain Range?
After the Northern Army received news of their attack on Lushan County, they had probably blocked their escape routes.
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