1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 681 Relief
Since Haihan landed in Sanya, there have been several armed conflicts with the Li people, but most of them were unexpected situations. Like this time, the Li people took the initiative to set up an ambush to attack the Haihan militia. Happened for the first time.

Qiao Zhiya is not worried that these Li people in the deep mountains can really arm themselves to attack the towns under Haihan's rule. Even if they have the desire, they will not be able to achieve it. After all, these primitive Lidong people can't even have a hook knife. How can it be possible to arm a decent army.But if these Li people are determined to destroy rather than plunder the city, it will indeed give Hai Han a headache.Especially like this time, colluding with the prisoners in the hard labor camp inside and outside, setting up an ambush in the mountains to attack the militia troops that were drawn out, it is really hard to guard against.

wait!Collusion between the inside and outside, leading the snake out of the hole... Qiao Zhiya suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. If the vanguard of the ambushed army was lured out, then the reinforcement troop he led was not the warning signal of the vanguard. To lead out?
However, Qiao Zhiya led more than 200 troops, and he had already been on guard. If the Li people wanted to keep this army in the mountains, they would have to pay thousands of lives, and this is not a big deal for Dingkou. It was definitely an unacceptable price for Li Dong.It seems a bit inappropriate to put the words "leading the snake out of the hole" here, so Qiao Zhiya immediately thought of another possibility, which is to divert the tiger away from the mountain.

The troops stationed in the Shilu mining area are not small. The two reinforced companies of the militia and two police squadrons are enough to maintain daily law and order.But if part of this troop allocation is removed, and some people deliberately cause trouble, it will be hard to say.

Thinking of this, Qiao Zhiya didn't dare to continue fighting. The safety of the Shilu mining area was obviously more important than killing these daring Li people.He immediately ordered the soldiers to retreat in batches in an organized manner.

However, the enemies in the dense forest obviously didn't intend to accept them as soon as they were good, and actually rushed forward. Seeing this, Qiao Zhiya became more certain about his guess, and while commanding the soldiers to cover each other and retreat, he used The military radio he carried called Gu Kai at the Shilu camp.

Qiao Zhiya's worry has indeed become a reality, and Gu Kai's voice on the radio seemed a little flustered: "Suddenly, the prison area where the prisoners are held and the mine are in chaos...I have ordered the mining to be stopped, and all exit passages closed, so that all All armed personnel were dispatched to maintain order."

"Has the tour group left?" Qiao Zhiya calmed down after hearing the news, and began to ask about the current situation of the camp.

"I haven't had time to leave yet. I heard that some prisoners tried to destroy the facilities of the train station. The station has already opened fire. I was afraid of accidents, so I didn't dare to let the visiting group leave." Gu Kai reported.

"Get in touch with 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 didn't care about his subordinates. The relationship between them, and directly issued an order to Gu Kai.

"Okay! How long will it take for you to come back?" Gu Kai asked.

"It's hard to say, maybe for an hour, I also encountered some troubles and got stuck. In short, you take people to guard the camp, and you and the visiting group don't get into trouble!" After the phone call, Qiao Zhiya said about what happened. Also have a general understanding.

It is obvious that today's successive disturbances are not isolated accidents, but a series of well-planned actions.From the organized escape of the prisoners, everything was a well-arranged trap. The Li people who set up an ambush in the mountains launched an attack on the Haihan militia who were chasing them, which led Qiao Zhiya to lead more armed men to leave the mining area and go deep into the mountains.At this time, some prisoners took the opportunity to mobilize 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 quite a few of them are dissatisfied with Haihan. With such an opportunity, 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.Both the visiting group and Gu Kai were placed in the military barracks where the militia was stationed, and there was no doubt that it was the safest place in the entire Shilu mining area.The camp is located on the hillside on the west side of the No. [-] pit. There are fortifications composed of high walls and trenches. Only one or two hundred rifles are enough to hold this place.Even if the garrison forces in the camp could not control the riots in the mining area and the prison area, as long as they retreated to the camp in time, it would be enough to withstand the impact of the prisoners.

But Qiao Zhiya still didn't understand at this time, why the Li people planned to instigate the 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 it would be enough to organize a large-scale prison escape. Why did they have to make so many follow-up actions? Could it be that they still hoped to shake Haihan's rule through this form of riot?
The only thing Qiao Zhiya was worried about was that Gu Kai, a pacifist, would relapse at such a time and be harmed by his own attributes of the Virgin Mary, so he specifically emphasized that it is good for him to retreat to the camp when the situation is tight, so as not to The guy had a whimsical way to stop the riot.

However, Qiao Zhiya's worry was a little superfluous. Even a firm pacifist like Gu Kai would still give priority to the overall situation at this juncture.He first appeased the uneasy visiting group, and then called the militia company commander and the head of the police department who stayed behind in the mining area to discuss countermeasures.

"What was the routine method used by the labor camp to deal with this kind of thing?" Gu Kai asked straight to the point.

"Looking back at the chief, the police 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 who was born as a policeman in Yazhou. He previously worked in Sanya Port and was transferred last year. He came to Shilu to manage the labor camp.For him, it was also the first time he encountered such a big mess.

"Then what's the current situation?" Gu Kai continued to ask.

Aftershock replied: "Looking back at the commander, the mining area is out of control. The thugs used mining tools to destroy some facilities and kidnapped hundreds of people to attack the prison area. There are also riots in the prison area, but they are still under our control. .”

Gu Kai didn't ask about the casualties in detail. These figures are of no practical significance at the moment. He turned his head and asked the militia company commander: "How is your people doing now?"

"One platoon is in charge of 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 out of control..." Gu Kai asked, "If your people are dispatched, how will you solve the current problem?"

"Rebels, kill!" The company commander's answer was short and powerful, without any hesitation.

Gu Kai had to change the way of asking: "I'm asking you how to do it."

The company commander replied: "First of all, we must disperse the rioters who are attacking the prison area, and prevent them from forming a joint force. According to the information obtained by the humble officer, only a part of the prisoners are currently participating in the riot outside, mainly Li people and prisoners of war. , as long as these people who take the lead are killed, the riot will subside."

"The thinking is quite clear!" Gu Kai couldn't help but praised: "Have you trained in the Shengli Port Military Academy before?"

"Lu Li, a low-ranking officer, joined the army in the first year of Chongzhen, a second-term student of the Shengli Port Military Academy, and is currently a lieutenant company commander in the army." Hearing the chief's question about his personal situation, the naturalized civilian officer hurriedly reported.If you can leave a little impression in the mind of a big man like Gu Kai, it will definitely benefit a lot.

Gu Kai said with a solemn face: "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! Guaranteed to complete the task!" Lu Li raised his hand and gave a military salute, then turned and left with Aftershock.

Gu Kai took a deep breath, put on a smile before returning to the restaurant, and continued to appease the merchants in the visiting group.

Lu Li's countermeasures were very bold. He left the police who were not good at fighting in the camp as the main defense force, and he himself led the militia soldiers to take the initiative.Although these policemen have also received training in the use of flintlock guns, most of them have never participated in actual combat at all, and their combat effectiveness is quite worrying.However, Lu Li believed that the rioting prisoners would not take the initiative to attack the most heavily guarded barracks in a short period of time, but would take down the prison area and rescue their accomplices in the prison area first.Based on this judgment, Lu Li decided to rescue the prison area first, and then gradually sweep up the rioters.

The prison area for detaining prisoners is divided into east and west districts. The east district is larger, and all prisoners with relatively minor crimes are detained. They usually work in the mining area and are basically in a free-range state.The West District is small, and most of the detainees are 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 arranged to work outside, they are often handcuffed to prevent them from escaping.If these people have the opportunity to escape from supervision, they will undoubtedly become the backbone of the riots.And now the thugs are trying to attack, and it is precisely the West Prison where these serious criminals are held.

Although no isolation measures have been set up on the periphery of 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 can still rely on more than a dozen allotted guns. The flintlock temporarily thwarted the purpose of the thugs, armed only with shovels and picks.

When designing the layout of various departments in the Shilu mining area, the military camp was set up only a few hundred meters away from the two prison areas, so that they could respond as quickly as possible when necessary.So when Lu Li led three platoons of soldiers out of the barracks and rushed over, the mobs hadn't had time to pose a substantial threat to the west prison area, so they could only vent their dissatisfaction by throwing gravel in the distance. Of course, this kind of trick can't cause too much trouble for the police in the west prison area.

Lu Li did not take any warning measures, but directly asked all the soldiers to mount their bayonets in advance, and approached the rioting crowd in firing formation.Some prisoners of war who had seen the powerful Haihan platoon on the battlefield immediately chose to turn around and run away, and quite a few of them didn't realize what the neatly pressing Haihan army meant.

"Raise the gun!" Lu Li ordered the soldiers to stop marching when they were still about [-] meters away from the target and put the soldiers into a fighting state.

"Shoot!" Lu Li gave an order, and the soldiers who had already lined up pulled the trigger, firing a row of bullets.Immediately afterwards, the soldiers behind him walked to the front through the gap, raised their loaded rifles and pointed forward, and as the copper whistle in Lu Li's mouth blew, another row of bullets was fired.The soldiers in the next row immediately stepped forward, shooting in rotation like this over and over again, advancing slowly and steadily.

The thugs who didn't even have armor were immediately beaten to pieces by the volley of guns. Every time the gunshots sounded, several people fell down. It was only then that the people on the opposite side realized that their opponent was the legendary invincible Haihan militia, and they began to flee in panic.

After only five rounds of shooting, the hundreds of thugs who tried to attack the West Ward had already been dispersed. About [-] or [-] people were killed or wounded under the attack of the vigilante.Of course, even if they survived by chance, the lives of these people have entered a countdown state.

"Clean up the battlefield, interrogate the survivors, who is the main messenger, and those who refuse to cooperate will be executed immediately!" Lu Li only ordered one sentence, and then rushed to the prison area to inquire about the situation there.

Before Gu Kai came to talk to him, there was already a warning message from the West Prison, and some people in the prison were cooperating with the outside and setting fire to riot.Fortunately, Lu Li came in time, and the riots in the prison area hadn't broken through the prison.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 fired.After knocking down more than 20 people who rushed to the front, the remaining thugs chose to retreat to the cell, trying to continue their tenacious resistance.

However, this is obviously very difficult to work. Taking advantage of this slowing down, the police force has put on all the anti-riot armor and weapons in stock, and began to enter the cells, cleaning up the prisoners one by one. .In addition to the protective gear and helmet on the body, the riot weapons here are not the oak batons used in civilian areas, but five-foot-long triangular iron-pointed short spears. When encountering resistance, a few short spears are directly poked at the body .This kind of triangular iron point also imitates the craftsmanship of a triangular bayonet, as long as it is poked, it is basically explained.

"I'll leave it to you to deal with it here." Lu Li saw that the people who entered the police force had controlled the situation, so he led his men to evacuate from the west prison area and continued to chase the thugs.

(End of this chapter)