Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 174
Outside the city of Ningbo, it was already getting late. Ma Zouri looked at his watch and said indifferently: "Let's go, the dark line has been abolished."

Her Jin Yiwei did not question it. According to the plan, Le'an in the city should get in touch with Ma Zouri before the operation was launched, and then arrange further activities and give He Zhongsun instructions.But Le'an was three hours late and did not arrive at the meeting point, and even the other line did not come out to report, so there can only be one thing to explain, that is, the two intelligence service lines temporarily set up by Jin Yiwei in the city, or they will be taken away by the enemy , or special circumstances arise.

Ma Zouri led the people back to the camp of the Ming army, and reported the failure of the plan to Bai Mingxiu.

On the contrary, Bai Mingxiu comforted her and said: "If you fail, you will fail. It is not reliable to be able to persuade a duplicitous wall. to fight."

Ma Zouri reflected: "The establishment of the intelligence network on the Jiangnan side is still relatively rudimentary. Most of the intelligence personnel are either temporarily recruited, or they are hidden piles left by the original Jinyiwei. The judgment is not clear enough, this is where we need to adjust and improve in our future work.”

However, Ma Zouri quickly said: "The city has already begun to send troops, and began to deploy outside the city. It is obvious that the general manager of the Qing army named He Zhongsun is the secret agent who betrayed our Jinyiwei. The Qing army wants to turn us all over." Army, laying an ambush by the road outside the city, since that's the case, His Highness might as well send troops to wipe out the Qing army outside the city."

Bai Mingxiu smiled and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

In fact, before Ma Zouri went to Ningbo, the temporarily established Ming army camp had already begun to formulate an attack plan. The attack plan included several different plans, and naturally included a storm plan.Now that Bai Mingxiu wanted to eat the ambushes outside the city first, and then attacked the city, the plan was slightly adjusted.

The Qing army's ambush troops were not many, only about 5000 people, but this time Bai Mingxiu directly brought in more than [-] troops from the Independent Brigade, which was actually more than the Qing army's strength in the entire Ningbo Prefecture.

Nie Guanyong, the head of the 101st Regiment, did not want to give up this opportunity. He boasted in front of Bai Mingxiu, "His Royal Highness, entrust our regiment with the mission to ensure that all the enemy troops will be wiped out, and Ningbo will also be taken down by you."

Bai Mingxiu really believed that Nie Guanyong and his 101st Regiment had such strength. The Baizitou Regiment was composed of mixed regiments, and their ability to fight independently was still very strong. The 101st regiment has four battalions, two infantry battalions, one cavalry battalion and one artillery battalion, and has reconnaissance units and engineering units at the regiment level.

Bai Mingxiu still explained: "Eat the ambushes outside the city, and we'll talk about the siege."

Nie Guanyong could only agree. Although he had a strong desire to fight, the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army also had strict military discipline. If he violated the order of his superiors, the person responsible would be punished by the army or even a military court.

The location where the Qing army set up an ambush was near Dongqian Lake in the south of the city. The east and south sides of the lake are low hills.The Qing army planned to kill the "thief army" as soon as it came near Dongqian Lake and defeat the Ming army.

The infantry led by Nie Guanyong marched extremely fast. Although the 101st Regiment spent most of their time in coordinating Guangdong localities and assisting in establishing grassroots organizations in the past few months, their training was not left behind.

Carrying rifles and forming a column, the soldiers of the 101st regiment quickly went to the ambush circle of the Qing army.

"Quick, quick! Go around the hill in front. The Qing army is on the other side of the hill. We will attack from behind."

The infantry battalion of the 101st regiment was in charge of the counter-ambush battle. After a forced march, more than 300 soldiers took a short rest, then bypassed a low hill, and walked directly to the back of the Qing army on a mountain road.

The general of the Qing army who set up an ambush was precisely that He Zhongsun. At this time, He Zhongsun felt relieved, and secretly said: "This time I have made a great contribution, and I am sure that I will be rewarded by the court. If the commander-in-chief is not expected, at least he can mention a defensive guerrilla." What."

The infantry of the Ming army had already arrived on the top of the hill, and the battalion commander of the infantry of the Ming army looked at the Qing army ambushing by the roadside by the lake, and couldn't help expressing emotion: "It's true that we chose such an amateur place to set up an ambush. Does it exist? If you take a casual look on the high ground, you will know everything below, so what am I going to ambush?"

The Qing army basically did not make any camouflage, at most they hid in the tall grass and woods by the roadside, but people walking on the road may not be able to see clearly, but they can have a panoramic view from a high place.

"Attack!" The infantry battalion commander immediately gave the order, and the infantry of the Restoration Army on the hill began to rush down the hill.

He Zhongsun was waiting anxiously, but a soldier beside him exclaimed: "Master Qian, the rebellious army, it is the rebel army! They have come down from the mountain!"

"What?!" He Zhongsun hurriedly looked, and saw hundreds of Ming troops rushing down the hillside.These Ming troops didn't charge randomly at all, but after a certain distance, they found something like a big rock and rushed down alternately.

This is actually a means of alternately covering the charge. Although the Qing army did not carry out any effective suppression, the Ming army's operations still had to be carried out according to their manual.

Finally rushing to the foot of Kuaishan, the soldiers of the Ming army searched for cover, and started shooting towards the Qing army with the help of the cover.Their continuous M1 rifle firepower immediately killed and injured many Qing troops who were standing and not hiding.The muskets of the Ming army fired so fast and fiercely that He Zhongsun was stunned for a while.

He Zhongsun drew his sword angrily, and shouted, "Come on, brothers!"

But after he shouted this sentence for a long time, no one rushed out at all. He Zhongsun looked back in surprise, only to find that the ambush he brought out started to retreat continuously.

"The Ming army's guns are powerful, retreat quickly!" The soldiers of the green battalion were not stupid. They rushed up to keep them safe and were killed by the Ming army's guns.

He Zhongsun couldn't control the demoralized Qing army at all, and had no choice but to retreat under the protection of his own soldiers.

It’s just that the speed of the Ming army’s pursuit was also extremely fast. He Zhongsun’s soldiers were shot and killed one after another. He Zhongsun was so frightened that he had to kneel on the ground and shouted repeatedly: “I am my own man, I am my own man. In the Qing army!"

It's just that the infantry battalion commander of the Ming army knew about it a long time ago, and asked, "Your name is He Zhongsun?"

He Zhongsun was pleasantly surprised, and quickly said: "It's me, it's me!"

The infantry battalion commander nodded, took out his revolver, put it on He Zhongsun's forehead, and pulled the trigger while He Zhongsun was still in astonishment.

"Traitor." The infantry battalion commander said calmly.

(End of this chapter)