Chapter 681 Rescue
Since Haihan landed in Sanya, there have been several armed conflicts with the Li people, but most of the time they were emergencies. Like this time when the Li people took the initiative to set up an ambush to attack the Haihan militia, Qiao Zhiya still seems to remember it. The first time it happened.
Qiao Zhiya is not worried that these Li people in the mountains can really arm themselves and attack the towns under Haihan's rule. Even if they have this intention, they are not capable of realizing it. After all, these primitive Li Dongs can't even hold a hook knife. It is impossible to arm a decent army. But if these Li people want to destroy the city instead of conquering the city, it will really give Haihan a headache. Especially like this time, it is really hard to guard against colluding with the prisoners in the hard labor camp, inside and outside, to set up an ambush in the mountains and forests to attack the militia troops who were lured out.
etc! Collusion between internal and external forces, luring snakes out of their holes... A bad premonition suddenly arose in Qiao Zhiya's heart. If the vanguard force that was ambushed was lured out, then how could the reinforcements he led not be a warning signal from the vanguard force? Led out?
However, the troops led by Qiao Zhiya numbered more than 200, and they were already on guard. If the Li people wanted to keep this army in the mountains and forests, they would have to pay thousands of lives, and this was not enough for Dingkou. It is definitely an unacceptable price for Li Dong. The phrase "lead the snake out of the hole" seems a bit inappropriate here, so Qiao Zhiya immediately thought of another possibility, which was to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
The number of troops stationed in the Shilu Mining Area is not small. The two reinforced companies of the militia and the two police squadrons are enough to maintain daily security. But if part of this troop configuration is removed and someone is deliberately causing trouble, it will be difficult to say.
Thinking of this, Qiao Zhiya did not dare to continue fighting. Compared with killing these daring Li people, the safety of the Shilu mining area was obviously more important. He immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat in batches in an organized manner.
However, the enemies in the dense forest obviously did not intend to give up when they were ready, and actually chased them up without mercy. Seeing this, Qiao Zhiya became more certain about his guess. While directing the soldiers to cover each other and retreat, he used The military radio he carried called Gu Kai at Shilu Camp.
Qiao Zhiya's worries have indeed become a reality. Gu Kai's voice on the radio sounded a little panicked: "The prison area and the mine where the prisoners are held suddenly became chaotic... I have ordered to stop mining and close all exits. All armed personnel were deployed to maintain order.”
"Have the visiting group left?" Qiao Zhiya calmed down after hearing the news and began to ask about the current situation of the camp.
"Before I had time to leave, I heard that some prisoners were trying to destroy the facilities of the train station. Fire was already being fired at the station. I was afraid of something happening, so I didn't dare to let the visiting group leave," Gu Kai reported.
"You should contact Changhua immediately and ask them to transfer two companies to Shilu for reinforcements! If there is too much trouble in the mining area, you can command the troops to shrink back and hold the camp until we come back!" Qiao Zhiya did not care about his superiors and subordinates. Because of the relationship, he directly gave instructions to Gu Kai.
"Okay! How long will it take for you to come back?" Gu Kai asked.
"It's hard to say, maybe within an hour, I also encountered some troubles and was held back. In short, you lead people to guard the camp, and just don't let anything happen to you and the visiting group!" After the call ended, Qiao Zhiya said about what happened. I already have a general understanding.
It is obvious that the series of chaos that occurred today are not isolated accidental incidents, but a series of carefully planned actions. Starting from the organized escape of the prisoners, everything was an arranged trap. The Li people who set up an ambush in the mountains and forests launched an attack on the pursuing Haihan militia, which led Qiao Zhiya to lead more armed personnel to leave the mining area and go deep into the mountains and forests. At this time, some prisoners took the opportunity to launch attacks in the prison area and the mining area at the same time, trying to take advantage of this opportunity to create a large-scale riot. There are thousands of prisoners in the Shilu Mining Area, and a considerable number of them are dissatisfied with Haihan. If such an opportunity arises, there is no need to doubt what choices these people can make.
However, Qiao Zhiya was not particularly worried about the personal safety of Gu Kai and others. The visiting group and Gu Kai were both placed in the military barracks where the militia was stationed, which was undoubtedly the safest place in the entire Shilu mining area. The camp is located on the hillside on the west side of Mine No. 1. It has fortifications composed of high walls and trenches. Only one or two hundred rifles are enough to defend this place. Even if the garrison forces in the camp cannot control the riots in the mining area and prison area, as long as they retreat to the camp in time, they can still withstand the onslaught of prisoners.
But Qiao Zhiya still didn't understand why the Li people launched an attack on the Shilu Mining Area. Is it because many Li people were imprisoned here? If it was just to rescue these Li prisoners, then just organize a large-scale prison break. Why do they need to carry out so many follow-up actions? Do they still hope to shake Haihan's rule through this kind of riot?
The only thing Qiao Zhiya was worried about was that Gu Kai, a pacifist, would relapse at this time and be harmed by his own Virgin attributes, so he specifically emphasized that he should retreat to the defense camp when the situation was tense, so as not to This guy thought of other ways to stop the riot.
However, Qiao Zhiya's worries were a little unnecessary. Even a firm pacifist like Gu Kai would still give priority to the overall situation at this juncture. He first calmed down the somewhat anxious visiting group, and then called together the company commanders of the vigilante groups and the heads of the police department who were staying in the mining area to discuss countermeasures.
"What was the routine method of handling this kind of thing in the hard labor camp in the past?" Gu Kai asked straight to the point.
"Back to the commander, the police will first disperse them. If it doesn't work, the militia will intervene." The current person in charge of the hard labor camp is Yu Zhen, a naturalized cadre. He was a police officer in Yazhou. He previously worked at Sanya Port and was promoted last year. He came to Shilu to take charge of the hard labor camp. For him, this was the first time he encountered such a big mess.
"So what's the situation now?" Gu Kai continued to ask.
Aftershock responded: "Looking back to the commander, the mining area is currently out of control. The thugs used mining tools to destroy some facilities, and took hundreds of people to attack the prison area. There are also people in the prison area who are causing chaos, but they are still under our control. .”
Gu Kai did not ask about the casualties in detail. These numbers have no practical significance at present. He turned to the militia company commander and asked: "How are your people doing now?"
"There is a platoon responsible for guarding the station, and the others are currently on standby in the camp." The company commander responded immediately.
"Looking at the current situation, the police force should be unable to control it..." Gu Kai asked: "If your people are sent out, how will you solve the current problem?"
"Kill those who cause trouble!" The company commander's answer was brief and powerful, without any hesitation. Gu Kai had to change his question: "I'm asking you what you want to do specifically."
The company commander responded: "First of all, we must disperse the thugs who are attacking the prison area and prevent them from forming a joint force. According to the information obtained by the humble post, only some of the prisoners are currently participating in the riots outside, mainly Li and prisoners of war. , as long as these people who are taking the lead are eliminated, the riot will subside.”
"The thinking is quite clear!" Gu Kai couldn't help but praise: "Have you been trained at the Shengli Port Military Academy before?"
"Hong Kong Lu Li, joined the army in the first year of Chongzhen. He is a second-term student of Shengli Port Military Academy. He is currently the lieutenant company commander of the army." When the chief asked about his personal situation, the naturalized civilian officer reported quickly. If it can leave an impression in the mind of a big shot like Gu Kai, it will definitely bring a lot of benefits.
Gu Kai looked solemn and said: "Lieutenant Lu Li, I now grant you command authority to mobilize all armed personnel in the Shilu Mining Area and take all necessary measures according to the needs of the situation. Do you understand?"
"Yes! Promise to complete the mission!" Lu Li raised his hand in a military salute, then turned and left with Yuzhen.
Gu Kai took a deep breath, put on a smile before returning to the restaurant, and continued to appease the visiting merchants.
The response measures taken by Lu Li were very bold. He left the police who were not good at fighting in the camp as the main defense force, while he led the militia soldiers to take the initiative. Although these police officers have also received training in using flintlock rifles, most of them have never participated in actual combat, and their combat effectiveness is relatively worrying. Lu Li believed that the rioting prisoners would not take the initiative to attack the most heavily defended military camp in a short period of time, but would instead seize the prison area and rescue their accomplices in the prison area first. Based on this judgment, Lu Li decided to relieve the prison area first, and then gradually eliminate the rioters.
The prison area where prisoners are held is divided into east and west areas. The east area is larger and holds prisoners with lighter crimes. They usually work in the mining area in a free-range state. The Western District is smaller and mostly detains serious criminals. Most of them have no hope of being released from prison and can only spend the rest of their lives in hard labor camps. Even if these people are assigned to work outside, they are often shackled to prevent them from escaping. If these people were given the opportunity to escape supervision, they would undoubtedly become the backbone of the riots. And now what the thugs are trying to attack is the Western Ward where these serious criminals are imprisoned.
Although there are no isolation measures set up around the entire Shilu Mining Area, the prison area is still surrounded by high walls. Therefore, although the rioters tried to attack the west prison area, the police stationed there could still rely on the more than ten guns distributed. The flintlock musket made it temporarily impossible for the thugs, who had only shovels and hoes in their hands, to achieve their goals.
When the layout of various departments in the Shilu Mining Area was originally designed, the military camp was set up just a few hundred meters away from the two prison areas so that it could respond as quickly as possible when necessary. So when Lu Li led three platoons of soldiers out of the military camp and rushed over, the thugs had not had time to pose a substantial threat to the West Prison District, so they could only vent their dissatisfaction by throwing gravel from a distance. Of course, this trick can't cause too much trouble for the police in the West Ward.
Lu Li did not take any warning measures, but simply asked all soldiers to fix their bayonets in advance and approach the rioting crowd in shooting formation. Some prisoners of war who had witnessed the powerful Haihan volleyball formation on the battlefield immediately chose to turn around and escape, while quite a few people did not realize what the Haihan military formation that was approaching in full force meant.
"Raise your gun!" When he was still about a hundred meters away from the target, Lu Li ordered to stop marching and let the soldiers enter combat status.
"Shoot!" Lu Li ordered, and the soldiers who had lined up pulled the trigger and fired a row of bullets. Then the soldier behind him walked from the gap to the front, raised his loaded rifle and aimed forward. As the copper whistle from Lu Li's mouth blew, another row of bullets was fired. The soldiers in the next row immediately stepped forward, firing in turns over and over again, slowly and steadily advancing forward.
The thugs who didn't even have armor were immediately beaten to death by the volleys of gunfire. Several people fell down every time the gunfire sounded. The thugs at the front fell to the ground like ears of rice cut down by a sickle. It was only then that the people on the opposite side realized that their opponent was the legendary invincible Haihan militia, and began to flee in panic.
After only five rounds of shooting, hundreds of thugs who tried to attack the West Prison District were dispersed. About forty or fifty casualties fell to the ground under the attack of the militia. Of course, even if they survive by chance, the lives of these people have already entered a countdown.
"Clean up the battlefield and interrogate those who are alive to see who is the main messenger. Those who refuse to cooperate will be executed immediately!" Lu Li only gave one order and rushed to the prison area to inquire about the situation there.
Before Gu Kai came to talk to him, a warning message had been sent out in the West Prison District. There were also people in the prison district cooperating with the outside to set fire and cause chaos. Fortunately, Lu Li arrived in time, and the chaos in the prison area had not yet broken through the prison building. After confirming that there were only about a hundred rioters in the west prison area, Lu Li asked the police stationed here to open the iron gate of the prison area and let these people out.
However, what greeted the thugs was not freedom and blue sky, but a wave of hot bullets that had just been discharged. After defeating more than 20 people who rushed in front, the remaining thugs chose to retreat into the prison cell and tried to continue to resist.
However, this was obviously difficult to achieve. Taking advantage of this period of relief, the police team had put on all the riot control equipment and weapons in stock and began to enter the prison cells to clean up the prisoners one by one. . In addition to the protective helmets on the body, the riot weapons here are not the oak batons used in civilian areas, but five-foot-long triangular iron-tipped short spears. When encountering resistance, a few short spears are directly used to stab the body. . This triangular iron tip also imitates the craftsmanship of a three-edged bayonet. Just poke it and it will basically tell the truth.
"I'll leave it to you to deal with it." Seeing that the people who entered the police force had the situation under control, Lu Li led his own people to evacuate the West Prison District and continued to chase the thugs.
(End of chapter)