Chapter 1158 The Battle of Ban Hong (3)
The local mountain elder quickly explained to the officer of the 3rd Mountain Division that you did not leak the secret. When you attacked the Rounding Lan, one of our mountain kids happened to be in Gunlan City. He heard that you were speaking in Yunnan dialect, and he felt that you must be the Han army. This time, we came to rescue our Wa and Dai people. So the mountain kids ran back from Gounlan last night and ran to the cave we hid in the mountains. We had been waiting for you for a long time.
Liu Bin said disbelief: "Does your mountain kid run so fast?"
The elder immediately said proudly: "Don't look at this kid who has no father or mother since he was a child, but this kid can run for a day with just a little food. He grows up with a hundred families of food. He is a bad life and a tough life. Come here."
A boy who was about 1.5 meters tall and had a big head and a slimming body walked over timidly. He was pitch black, had a collapsed nose, a big mouth, and a pair of eyes that were not big but very bright.
"He is Laozi, which is what he told everyone. Laozi was picked up by everyone in the river, without a name or surname. Because he was picked up by the river, everyone named him Laozi. He grew up in Bagong Village, but a month ago, the people in Bagong Village were killed by the British, so he ran quickly to escape the disaster." The elder introduced.
Speaking of Bagong Village being destroyed, Laozi lowered his head and started crying. Although Laozi, who was raised by the people in the village since he was a child, lived a bad life, the village was his own home. Because his mother and father were unwilling to leave Bagong Village, they were locked up in a bamboo house and burned to death by the British.
Liu Bin sighed and said, "Don't worry, we will avenge this revenge." He looked at Lao Zai again and asked, "Are you running fast?"
"Yes." Lao Zai nodded and said. "No one can escape me."
Liu Bin asked, "You only have the name Laozai?"
"Everyone calls me Laozi." Laozi said.
"Do you want to join the army?"
"What is being a soldier?"
"As a soldier, I am following me and fighting the British. I can have enough food and wear new clothes, but I have to listen to me." Liu Bin said.
Laozi immediately shouted, "As long as I hit the British, I am willing to do anything."
Liu Bin laughed and said, "Okay, you can follow me in the future. Let's be my orderly first. You have no name or surname - let's just use this Laozi as your nickname. You have to be a big name. You are from Yunnan. Just have the surname Yun. Our army is the Seventh Army under the Phoenix Legion. How about you call Yun Fengqi?"
"Yun Fengqi?" Laozi muttered, "Yun Fengqi... OK, my name is Yun Fengqi! I have a name and surname. My name is Yun Fengqi! My name is Yun Fengqi!"
"Just stop calling him a nickname, no more. Laozi Laozi always reminds people of your father and mother being picked up by someone. I'll give you a nickname. Your nickname is Xiaoqi." Liu Bin patted his shoulder and said, then took out the dagger he carried and called in his hand, "Give you a weapon, and when you win the British and officially join the army, I'll give you a gun."
"Yeah." Yun Fengqi said excitedly.
After passing the upper Jiajia, he moved down Jiajia. He arrived at Fabao at 9 o'clock that night. Fabao was twenty kilometers away, but local villagers said that there were hundreds of large Baotou British soldiers (Indians) stationed in Manglai Village, five kilometers away from Fabao. Liu Bin immediately ordered the third battalion to rest, and then sent a squad of soldiers to Manglai Village under the leadership of the villagers to investigate. Yun Fengqi immediately said that our Bagong Village was near Manglai Village, where I was familiar with it. I will take you there. Seeing that he was eager to make contributions, Liu Bin reminded him and found two more villagers, a total of fourteen people to investigate Manglai Village.
The scouts soon learned that the British were stationed in Manglai, and the British troops were placed in Banhong to confront the first part of the 3rd Mountain Division, while the baggage troops were placed in Manglai Village fifteen kilometers away from Banhong.
The large army then arrived at Fabao Village. After the investigation, Liu Bin immediately reported to Xiao Yaonan. Xiao Yaonan asked about the hundreds of Indian soldiers. Liu Bin said that according to the number of tents by the soldiers, there should be at least 500 in it.
Xiao Yaonan thought for a while and said with a wry smile: "The five hundred Indian soldiers are not easy to deal with. According to information, Manglai Village is only fifteen kilometers away from Banhong. Once this place starts, Banhong will definitely find out. So to fight, part and two parts have to attack together."
It seems that catching turtles in a jar is not that easy.
"If you want to catch Manglai Village by accident, then march quickly, it is best to bypass Manglai Village. There are many people in our country, and more than 4,000 people don't have to be blocked by this small place." Hong Linge, the leader of the 257th Regiment, suggested.
"Yes." Wang Changhai, the leader of the 258th Regiment, said, "I'll call Liu Bin to come over and see how he communicates with the locals."
When he learned that the leaders were going to bypass Manglai Village, Liu Bin looked confused. He didn't think about bypass Manglai, so he called Yun Fengqi. Of course, Xiaoqi couldn't understand the official title, and only thought that these people should have a higher status than the leader of the village. As for how high it was, he, the little guy, couldn't understand. Liu Bin asked him if he had a way around Manglai and went directly to Ban Hong. Xiaoqi immediately said, "Yes, I'm afraid you can't do it when you walk on the mountain road."
Xiao Yaonan and others laughed and said, "We mountain masters are still afraid of walking on mountain roads? What we are most afraid of is mountain roads. How long does it take to walk from here to Banhong?"
"Travel for a day," Honglinger asked.
"Walking on the main road, walk for a long time," said Yun Fengqi.
Xiao Yaonan and others looked at each other. Is this still a small path? This small path is not a shortcut.
Yun Fengqi said: "Everyone told you that you are walking on a mountain road. You need to cross mountains and ridges. It is normal to walk for a day. If you encounter bad legs and feet, you have to walk for a day and a night."
"Do it!" Xiao Yaonandao, "Stay good rest tonight, tomorrow... Captain Hong."
"Come." Honglinger said.
Xiao Yaonan said: "Tomorrow you will stay with the first and second battalions, and your regiment's radio station will be left for you, waiting for orders to launch an attack on the British team in Manglai. I will take the 258th Regiment and your regiment's third battalion tomorrow and rush towards Ban Hong along the mountain road. Commander Wang, do you understand?"
Wang Changhai immediately said: "I understand the ginseng seat."
"Okay, the 257th Regiment arranged for people to stand guard and the others would rest." Xiao Yaonan Road.
Before going to bed, Xiao Yaonan and Li Shucheng, commander of the 3rd Mountain Division, sent the last telegram to contact him, saying that he had already gone around twenty kilometers behind the British, but he encountered the British baggage warehouse on the main road, and he planned to divide his troops into two groups again. Some of them stayed to annihilate the enemy baggage warehouse, and some bypassed the baggage warehouse and arrived along the path to Banhong's back. It is estimated that we will arrive tomorrow night. The time for our general attack is twelve o'clock tomorrow night, and we will launch a general attack on the British while the chaos is in trouble. The British will inevitably be locked together after they are frightened.
Li Shucheng immediately called back and said that our troops were ready to go, waiting for an order to be issued.
The next morning, more than 2,600 people from four battalions led by Xiao Yaonan began to enter the forest under Yun Fengqi's leadership. Each soldier was asked to unload bullets to prevent shooting and alerting the snake when encountering danger, and required the soldiers to deal with the danger with bayonets. Of course, the biggest danger when walking in the forest is the poisonous snake. Fortunately, this path avoids the place where the poisonous snakes appear, but the mosquitoes in the mountains get up early.
Everyone immediately took out the anti-worm medicine and applied it to their bodies, but there was always a place where they were applied, and they were still attacked by mosquitoes. They rested in the mountain at noon, ate some compressed biscuits, and drank some of their own water. Xiao Yaonan called Yun Fengqi to ask what was going on with this child. Liu Bin said everything. After hearing this, Xiao Yaonan laughed and said, "You can survive if you are thrown into the stream. You are born with a strong life. Who will join the army if you don't join the army?"
Yun Fengqi scratched his head and giggled.
Xiao Yaonan said: "I will give you a guarantee when I go back and admit you to the army in an extraordinary manner."
"Thank you uncle." Yun Fengqi immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank him, which made everyone laugh.
What frightened the Shanxi soldiers of the few soldiers on the road was that they encountered a group of monkeys. They mistakenly thought they were savages and were so scared that they were trying hard to get a bayonet. However, they were stopped by the Yunnan soldiers. After an introduction, several northern soldiers who had never seen monkeys were very interested in monkeys and said it was really interesting.
The Yunnan soldiers were so amused that they said: "If your family grows crops nearby, it would be bad. A monkey like Akita will pick fruits. These monkeys are smart and specialize in picking places with people to steal crops. Everyone is so annoyed."
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Yaonan's troops finally arrived at Banhong, but what made them depressed was that they actually came to the back mountain of Banhong's mine. If they wanted to attack the British, they had to slide down from the 70-degree slope that was more than 20 meters high. Everyone looked at it and thought that this angle was too dangerous and it was impossible to slide down. The slope of more than 20 meters was covered with rock and soil. If one accidentally rolled down, they would fall to death. They were simply mountain masters, all carrying ten-meter-long ropes. Three ropes were tied to trees and slid down along the ropes. It was safer.
Under the slope is a silver mine cave. Some British people are monitoring the work of workers, all of whom are arresting local Wa, Dai and Han young and strong.
Everyone decided to take a break for the time being and wait for the arrival of twelve o'clock in the evening.
Everyone was careful not to make any noise, and they didn't even dare to snore when they were sleeping. Finally, they were eleven and forty-four. Xiao Yaonan looked at his watch and nodded to everyone to start. Suddenly, ropes were thrown down from the mountain, and Du Baosan, the commander of the Seventh Army of the National Defense Forces, took action. They jumped out from behind the British and on the cliff on the mountainside.
At about 12 o'clock, all the 258th Regiment went down the mountain, and Xiao Yaonan shouted: "Kill the British guys for me!" The soldiers rushed to the British camp like tigers.
"Kill!" At the foot of the squad, Li Shucheng's 259th Regiment, the 260th Regiment, began to attack the British.
"Kill!" In the afternoon, the 1st and 2nd Battalion of the 257th Regiment, which had surrounded Manglai Village, began to attack the British baggage troops.
Chapter completed!