District 9

After two years of development, Qin Yu used the capital loans obtained from the Eighth District to frantically recruit troops and expand the army.

At present, the total number of regular troops of the Sichuan Army, plus the local garrison regiment, security regiment, and logistics support troops in Sichuan Town, has exceeded 50,000. However, this is only the number of active service personnel, because Qin Yu also implemented reserve service in Sichuan Prefecture. Due to the system, many laid-off veterans and new local reserve soldiers receive fixed security payments, while those who have not been enlisted are not on the roll.

So now, except for the Sichuan Division, other forces don't know how many soldiers there are here and what kind of combat effectiveness they have.

Qin Yu established a garrison and security regiment in the fourth town, with the purpose of training new soldiers and stationing troops. Because there are relatively few professional officers on his side, and there are too many soldiers now, there will not be enough. He can only wait for the officers from the Eighth District who have returned from their studies to get home, and then he can instantly fill these soldiers into the regular army, so as to quickly recruit a few combat-effective officers. Team.

Of course, this is a later story and will be mentioned in detail later.

According to the previous thinking, the two brigades of Daya and Xun Chengwei have been completely reorganized. They are the First Field Brigade under the Independent Division, with Daya as the brigade commander, and the newly reorganized 121st Mixed Brigade, led by Xun Chengwei.

These two brigades are the absolute trump cards of the Sichuan faction, and they are the combat troops that Qin Yu has high hopes for. Nearly half of the military expenditures approved in the past two years have been spent on them.

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Xun Chengwei's 121st Mixed Brigade had a field regiment under it, which was also stationed at the Sichuan border. Therefore, when Qin Yu learned that his officer was killed by Xingshan bandits, he immediately gave him the order.

After receiving the combat order, Xun Chengwei called Xue Zheng, the leader of the first field regiment, in a hurry: "Move the reconnaissance battalion and the firepower battalion to quickly move closer to Xingshan. As soon as the troops here move, the helicopters of the reconnaissance battalion will take off to provide I will conduct reconnaissance along the ridgelines on both sides of Xingshan. Before I arrive, your chief of staff will produce operational maps."

"Yes!" Xue Zheng replied.

Five minutes later, three helicopters from the 121st Mixed Brigade took off and headed straight to the vicinity of Chencangkou.

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Two hours later, Xingshan.

He Dajiang and the leading bandits from all walks of life were drinking and playing with women. They didn't know that Lao Ba was already cold and sold him to them immediately. They didn't even know that the Sichuan government had deployed troops and the danger was coming quietly.

On the top of the mountain, towards the left, there is a simple brick house, which is Meng Xi's room.

The layout of the brick house is very simple, with only two rooms. The house on the left is occupied by a friend of Meng Xi, while the house on the right belongs to him.

There was no furniture in the hut, but it was tidied up. The cabinet on the kang was wiped clean, with some neat clothes folded on it and some books placed on it. Some cold water was sprinkled on the earthy floor to keep it dust-free.

Meng Xi was sitting on the kang, feeling a little panicked for no reason.

He was not a gangster, let alone an old man who started his career with He Dajiang. Many people in the village did not know what he did before, but they saw him making plans beside He Dajiang inexplicably.

Meng Xi was opposed to this carjacking and had tried to persuade He Dajiang many times, but the latter felt that without money, people would not be able to gather together. In addition, the Chinese New Year was coming soon, and the mountains were almost running out of ammunition and food. Get some money back, and then the gang leaders will cause trouble.

The purpose of everyone getting together is definitely not to squat in the mountains and woods together, suffer hardships, and sing about the good things about the two brothers. They follow He Dajiang just to make money, profit, and join forces. If the eldest brother can't even get food and salary, then who can hang out with him?

He Dajiang knew this well, so he had to work hard to solve the current crisis and win over people first. But Meng Xi didn't see it that way. He felt that He Dajiang was going astray. Burning, killing and looting is not a long-term solution, especially not to do such desperate things at home. If you want to settle down and make a living, you must have a stable way to make money, otherwise you won't be able to grow by just doing these things.

But He Dajiang felt that Meng Xi was thinking too far, and he felt that if he wanted to escape these days, someone must have a gun. He often compared Qin Yu, saying that Qin Laohei led more than 2,000 people from Songjiang and took root in Sichuan. Now he has more than 2,000 people. He wants to imitate Qin Yu and set up operations in Chencangkou to do great things.

The two had different opinions, and Meng Xi had no actual power, so she could only watch him struggle.

After the train was hijacked, Meng Xi already had a premonition that something bad was going to happen when he saw that He Dajiang had killed an officer from the Sichuan government and made too much noise on the train.

After sitting on the kang for more than an hour, Meng Xi still didn't receive a call from He Dachuan. He felt a little confused and immediately called his friend He Qiang.

"Hello?"

"...I asked you to ask about Lao Ba, did you do it?" Meng Xi asked.

"I'm inquiring, but this guy hasn't gone home, and we don't know many people locally." He Qiang pondered for a while and said, "Don't worry, I'll ask again."

"Try to be quick."

"good."

After saying that, the two ended the call.

Meng Xi turned her head and glanced out the window. When she was thinking about whether to call He Dachuan, her cell phone suddenly rang again.

"Hello?"

"Lao Ba was kidnapped at Yang Nan's gambling stall. It's not clear who did it." He Dachuan's voice sounded.

Meng Xi was stunned for a long time, then stood up suddenly: "It's over, something happened to him."

"Can it?" He Dachuan asked with some uncertainty.

"Something must have happened." Meng Xi paused and said, "Go and tell your brother right away."

"What about you?" He Dachuan asked.

"I'm going to the security post. Something big might happen."

"good."

"Firstly."

Meng Xi hurriedly hung up the phone, turned and rushed to the cabinet on the kang, took out a bag of cash, got dressed, turned around and ran out without saying a word.

Something must have happened to Lao Ba. The Sichuan government has garrisoned troops on the sidelines. So what will happen next? You can figure it out with your heels.

Meng Xi ran down the path at the top of the mountain and dialed He Qiang's phone number, preparing to tell him to run away too.

"Buzz!"

At this moment, a helicopter formation suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain.

Meng Xi held the phone, looked at the sky, and instantly cursed: "Damn it! Air control is over, it's over."

Helicopter formation, inside cabin No. 1.

"Report, we have entered the designated location." The officer in the co-pilot shouted over the intercom.

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Around Xingshan, in the temporary brigade headquarters of the 121st Mixed Brigade, the staff officer of the field regiment took his drawing and said: "Brigadier Commander, the scale of the bandits on the mountain is much larger than we imagined. From the picture given by the helicopter, this There are at least about 1,500 people living in the center of the village group, and if you want to go up the mountain, there are only four paths that are inaccessible to vehicles."

Xun Chengwei glanced at the staff drawing and asked in surprise: "What do these marked red dots mean? Are there fucking garrison areas on this hilltop?"

"Yes." The staff member immediately nodded and replied: "There is a standard mountain garrison layout on the mountain, with four in front, two in front, one in front. There are four fortifications and guard posts halfway up the mountain. Guards are stationed on both sides along the four roads into the mountain. , and even built simple air defense bunkers... Pushing about fifty meters further to the top of the mountain, there are main roads on both sides of the mountain, and there are two garrison areas for supplementary firepower, and the fortifications are also completely excavated."

Xun Chengwei was confused for a long time: "Damn it, just these scum, how can they build mountain defenses with four in, two in, and one in?"