Bright Sword: I am the old squad leader of the Northwest Shanxi Iron Triangle

Chapter 9: Kill all the red bandits

When the people saw these evil white dogs being shot to death, they cheered.

"Fellow villagers, with our Red Army here, no one dares to act recklessly."

"These bastards got the punishment they deserved. Hurry up and get up."

The soldiers stepped forward quickly and helped them up from the ground.

Soon, clouds of smoke rose from the city of Songpan County.

Li Yunlong and his cooking team set up a big pot.

"Old squad leader, we have seized a lot of yak meat."

"Today we can give the soldiers a good meal."

"Li Yunlong, how is your cooking skills?" Ling Yunzhi asked jokingly.

"Old squad leader, please stop laughing at me. Ever since our old Li was dismissed from his post for allowing his soldiers to steal food, he has been working as a cauldron carrier in the kitchen squad.

Our Mr. Li’s cooking skills have improved these days.

I am not bragging, the food cooked by me is good enough for the brothers to eat and swallow their tongues into their stomachs. "

After saying this, Li Yunlong chuckled.

Seven or eight huge new military pots were bubbling with steam.

Large chunks of beef were tossing up and down in the boiling water.

The soup quickly turned into a thick white color.

The fragrance filled the air for a moment.

"Add some dried vegetables and wild vegetables, and it will taste delicious."

"It's ready. Serve a bowl of soup to the wounded and the sick first." Ling Yunzhi led his men to check the seized items.

Zhang Dabiao stood in front of Ling Yunzhi and scratched his head: "Old squad leader, you are right.

If you lose your life for a weapon, then the weapon is of no use.

In this battle, we captured two more Maxim heavy machine guns."

"Old squad leader, we have captured six Type 60 mortars."

Looking at the neatly arranged spoils, Ling Yunzhi still shook his head. It was almost a daydream to think of carrying these spoils across the Songpan grassland ahead.

"Old squad leader, why are you shaking your head again?" Zhang Dabiao and Wang Chengzhu asked in unison.

"The big meadow ahead is more terrifying than the snowy mountains. There are swamps everywhere."

As Wang Chengzhu and Zhang Dabiao came from the north, they had no idea how terrible the swamp was.

But with the experience from last time, Wang Chengzhu, Zhang Dabiao and others believed Ling Yunzhi's words without a doubt.

"After you pass the Songpan Grassland, take as much of the captured items as possible with you."

Li Yunlong came over with two bowls of broth.

"Old squad leader, try our Lao Li's cooking. I guarantee you'll swallow your tongue with such deliciousness."

Ling Yunzhi's bowl was filled with beef and only half a bowl of broth.

Kong Jie, Ding Wei and others quickly came over.

Each of these people had their meal in a large bowl, which was filled with half a bowl of broth.

"Old squad leader, what should we do next?"

"The carpenters have all been found and are waiting outside."

After listening to this, Ling Yunzhi quickly finished the rice in his hand.

"Where is it? Take me to see it."

There were fifty or sixty carpenters outside the regiment headquarters.

When the carpenters heard that they were working for the Red Army, they brought all their eating utensils with them.

"Fellow villagers, the main reason I came here this time is to ask you to build something for our Red Army."

Ling Yunzhi picked up a branch and started drawing on the ground, calling the carpenters to come over and watch while he was drawing.

Ling Yunzhi's paintings are simpler.

It is a modified large surfboard, two meters and five meters long and 60 centimeters wide.

However, he added a handrail in the middle of the surfboard, with a height of one meter.

The Red Army soldiers could not surf, but they could stand on it and use bamboo poles to support themselves as they moved forward.

Or you can kneel on one knee on this surfboard, hold the handrails with both hands, and push off the ground with your other leg.

This way you can pass through the swamp quickly.

The structure of Ling Yunzhi's drawing was simple and the carpenters understood it at a glance.

“Fellow villagers, I hope you can build five or six hundred surfboards for us within two days.

The middle armrest should be higher.”

The reason why Ling Yunzhi added a handrail in the middle of the surfboard is not only to allow people to hold on, but also to hang a small sail.

Anyone who has been to the prairie knows that there are no trees around to block the wind and the wind is particularly strong.

If the sail is hoisted when the wind is favorable, the speed will be absolutely amazing. This way, the soldiers will save a lot of energy when crossing the grassland.

Ling Yunzhi knew that more than 20,000 brave soldiers were forever buried in this man-eating swamp.

We must rescue as many as we can and rescue these soldiers as much as possible.

These carpenters quickly dispersed, looking for wood, marking lines, sawing wood, planing wood...

Local women were also organized, and many women spontaneously took out bed sheets, curtains, mosquito nets... They made sails according to the sizes given by Ling Yunzhi.

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Blackwater County.

The garrison of the Third Brigade of the Fourth Division of Hu Zongnan.

"What? Songpan County was taken down?" Brigade Commander Wang Songshan was shocked.

"Haven't we driven these bandits into the Songpan grasslands?"

"Commander, the enemy is a small group of troops wearing Sichuan Army uniforms and launching a surprise attack on our Songpan County.

The commander of the Second Regiment, Zhang Qianjun, was killed, and the Second Regiment was completely wiped out. Most of the soldiers were shot in the street by these bandits. "

"Zhang Qianjun, the opium-addicted idiot, deserves to die." Wang Songshan slammed the table and stood up. "A few remnants of the defeated army were able to capture Songpan County."

"Commander, Songpan County is about to fall. We can't afford to be blamed by Commander Hu."

"How many Red Bandits are there in the city?"

"According to our investigation, there are more than 300 people in the city, of which more than 100 are wounded and sick."

"Pass my order on. Except for one company left behind, the rest of our Third Brigade will head straight for Songpan County.

How did these red bandits take Songpan County? How will they give it up? "

"Commander, do we really need to mobilize all members of the Third Brigade to deal with hundreds of Red bandits?" asked Chen Pingan, commander of the First Regiment.

"I only have one word for fighting: safe and sound. As long as we can wipe out this bunch of red bandits, it's worth it no matter how much it costs."

"Yes……"

"Listen to me clearly, there is only one word to deal with the Red Bandits, and that is to kill them all."

"understand……"

An hour later, more than 3000 people from the Third Brigade of the Fourth Division of Hu Zongnan marched straight to Songpan County.

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Songpan County.

Li Yunlong quickly ran to Ling Yunzhi.

"Old squad leader, our scouts just sent back news."

"The Central Army has at least two regiments of troops, just like us, swarming in. These guys are well-equipped."

“We can’t wait to die in Songpan County.

This place is easy to attack but difficult to defend, there is no dangerous place to defend at all.