Chapter 441 Demonstration in person

The composition of the prisoners in the Haihan hard labor camp is very complex. There are prisoners from Yazhou prison, criminals among naturalized civilians, bandits and pirates captured in the mainland last year, and South Vietnamese prisoners of war from Annan Kingdom. The total number

There are thousands of them, and they are engaged in the most cumbersome and arduous manual labor at dozens of construction sites on Qiongzhou Island. The length of sentences sentenced to these people varies, ranging from one month to life, and the sentences are probably not long.

There is still hope, but some people who have no hope of leaving the hard labor camp alive will inevitably have some desperate thoughts.

This is not the first time that people have escaped through the supervision loopholes in working in the field. This happened almost every month. However, since the establishment of the hard labor camp, no one has ever been able to escape successfully. Because of these

The places where hard laborers work are almost all within the Haihan controlled area. These hard laborers have neither identity plates nor any supplies or circulation coupons to purchase supplies. Even if they can escape from the construction site, it is often difficult to escape for a long time.

Hiding their whereabouts. If a fugitive is caught, if he is not punished to death, he will often be sent to a remote black soil port to engage in the work of refining coal tar, which is extremely harmful to the human body.

However, this was the first time in history that the hard laborers escaped directly from the construction site into the city under the control of the Ming Dynasty government. But no matter where they fled, Qiao Zhiya could not let these daring hard laborers become the first batch of pioneers to successfully escape.

, so even if he adopts a tougher attitude, Qiao Zhiya must let the militiamen enter the city as soon as possible to arrest these prisoners.

In such a small city, it is difficult for outsiders to find a suitable shelter, so the militiamen who entered the city soon discovered several hard laborers under the city wall. Some of them ran away immediately when they saw that the situation was not good, and some

As soon as they saw the shadow of the militia soldiers, they knelt on the ground and did not dare to look up again - they probably also understood that it was basically impossible to escape from these evil stars again.

The militiamen were not in a hurry to hunt down the prisoners who escaped again, because Xiao Laosan had ordered the city gates to be closed an hour ago when these prisoners escaped into Changhua County, so no matter how they escaped, they could not leave this small county.

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Almost all of these militiamen who were sent to Changhua to perform tasks had participated in the battle in Annan. They could be considered veterans with formal combat experience. They were very familiar with handling these captured fugitives. They pinned them to the ground and shot them very quickly.

In a matter of seconds, their hands and feet were tied up with hemp ropes so that they could not move. Then someone brought strings of shackles and locked them one by one. Such fine iron shackles were generally only used during the transportation of hard labor.

To use it, ten or even twenty people can be dressed in a string and must act collectively. There is no way to escape. However, these constraints are usually removed during work to increase labor efficiency.

The arrest went smoothly at first. Within ten minutes of the militiamen entering the city, they had already captured nearly half of the fugitives. Xiao Laosan and Qiao Zhiya were also supervising the arrest process at the city gate. After all, these militiamen entered the city.

The city's attack was in the name of "assisting the government in apprehending fugitives", and each team of militiamen also sent several guardsmen to follow the action to avoid an out-of-control situation.

Xiao Laosan saw the fugitives in chains walking slowly towards the city gate under the escort of the militia. He seemed to say unintentionally: "The Haihan militia is really well-trained. It seems that the Yazhou area has been well trained in the past two years."

It makes sense for there to be stability and the disappearance of bandits.”

When Qiao Zhiya heard this, his mind immediately started to work. Xiao Laosan's words seemed not to be without purpose, but had some kind of overtone. He tentatively responded: "Over there in Yazhou, the government is very strict with our militia.

Trust me, the people in several inspection departments are now replaced by people from the militia. This can save the government a lot of personnel expenses. Secondly, there are a large number of Li and Miao young people in the militia, which can also help these mountain people.

Solve part of the livelihood problems."

Xiao Laosan responded: "This method is good. Our Changhua County is vast and sparsely populated, and the number of garrison troops is small. In the past years, we were often harassed by Nanyang pirates, and the people suffered terribly... I am an official of the imperial court, and I often fight for this.

I can’t sleep at night and I don’t know how to solve it!”

Speaking of which, even if Qiao Zhiya is an ABC who grew up in the West and doesn't quite understand the twists and turns in Eastern culture, he already understands what Xiao Laosan wants to convey - that is, to take the initiative to come and hug him.

Thighs!

Qiao Zhiya coughed dryly and said: "Since the people of Changhua have this need, we are also willing to provide money, people and efforts to help the local people solve this hidden danger. Mr. Xiao, what do you think of this? We will provide the people, weapons and supplies ourselves.

In addition, we will donate an amount of office funds to the Changhua Garrison every year, on the condition that the Haihan Militia can have a name for its legal activities in the local area."

Xiao Laosan knows that the Haihan people want money and people, and their strength is far superior to that of the local government. Since they have reached out to Changhua, sooner or later this place will become their territory like Yazhou. Instead of sitting back and watching, it is better to

It's better to take this opportunity to get some benefits for yourself. But since he is in the military, the scope of authority he can use is relatively limited. If he wants to get the Haihan people to pay for bribes, the methods he can use probably have to match the power he has.

Just hook it up. Xiao Laosan thought about it and finally came up with such a way. Today, the Haihan militia came to the city to catch fugitives, which is undoubtedly the best time to communicate with the Haihan people. The word "office funds", Xiao

The third child has heard that the people in Yacheng Yamen can now lie at home and eat free meals because of the so-called "office funds" paid by the Haihan people to the Yamen on schedule. As for whether the funds are used for office work or other things.

Everyone knows it well. Now that Qiao Zhiya has spoken out all this, Xiao Laosan naturally understands it.

"How could this happen?" Xiao Laosan pretended to decline.

"Xiao Laosan, there's no need to refuse. When today's matter is finished, someone will come to discuss the details of cooperation with you. You just have to wait." Qiao Zhiya didn't give Xiao Laosan any time to hesitate, and quickly finalized the matter with a few words.

.As for the follow-up details, Qiao Zhiya does not have the power to make commitments alone due to financial issues involved.

Similar forms of cooperation have been carried out many times before, not only in Yacheng, but also in Ganfen County between Changhua and Yazhou, as well as Lingshui and Wanning in the northeast of Sanya.

The situation. The garrison strength in these places is weak, and the soldiers have limited knowledge. They think that since the Haihan people are willing to contribute money and effort, they are happy to relax. Anyway, they can collect money while sitting at home, which is better than being exposed to the wind and sun outside.

Much better.

Both the Executive Committee and the Military Commission are happy to see this form of "cooperation", which can not only avoid direct armed conflict with the Ming Dynasty, but also achieve the purpose of actual control. As for the money spent on bribing Ming Dynasty officials in the process

The relevant departments don't particularly care about the money raised. After all, this amount is really just a drop in the bucket compared to the military expenditures needed to start a war.

When Qiao Zhiya and Xiao Laosan were chatting with great interest, they suddenly heard the sound of musket shooting coming from the city, and there were more than one sound. The expressions of both of them changed, and Qiao Zhiya immediately said: "I'll go see what's going on!

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"Let's go together!" Xiao Laosan was also afraid that something would get out of control, so he followed Qiao Zhiya and ran towards the direction where the gunfire came from.

The incident happened only two blocks away from the city gate, and the two of them rushed to the scene quickly. A group of militiamen blocked the entrance of an alley. The naturalized civilian officer leading the group saw Qiao Zhiya coming in person and quickly reported to him.

current situation.

It turned out that five fugitives fled here under the siege of the militia. In panic, they grabbed a passing mother and son and used them as shields. However, these fugitives were not familiar with the roads in the city, so they retreated into a dead end.

The militiamen who were chasing after them opened fire directly, killing two of the fugitives who were slower to move. Currently, the remaining three fugitives and the mother and son they held hostage are still in the alley.

"Take hostages!" Qiao Zhiya nodded, took off the rifle from his back, and began to move his hands and feet. Ordinary militiamen probably couldn't handle this kind of thing properly, so Qiao Zhiya decided to do it himself, and also asked Xiao Zhiya to do it.

Let me see what a great soldier is.

"Please Mr. Xiao, please raid the formation for me!" After saying that, Qiao Zhiya walked into the alley with a gun in hand, without waiting for Xiao Laosan's consent.

This alley is not long. Qiao Zhiya visually estimated that it was only about 20 meters long. Both sides and the other end of the alley were surrounded by courtyard walls about two meters high. When Qiao Zhiya walked into the alley, he saw three fugitives trying to pick up someone.

The ladder climbed over the wall, while the mother and son who were held hostage huddled in the corner and shivered.

Seeing that the target was unobstructed, in order to avoid missing the opportunity, Qiao Zhiya did not issue a warning and directly aimed the gun, then pulled the trigger and fired at a rate of two bursts per step while moving forward.

The three fugitives were almost caught off guard and were beaten to pieces by instantaneous bullets. The huge kinetic energy at close range caused the bullets to push their bodies heavily against the wall, making them living targets without the ability to resist.

Qiao Zhiya emptied the magazine with a steady rate of fire. At this time, he was less than ten meters away from the three fugitives. Qiao Zhiya put the rifle behind him, then pulled out the MK23 pistol inserted in the quick-draw holster on his chest, and fired

The three fugitives, whose bodies were slowly sliding down against the wall, were each shot three more times using the standard "Mozambique shooting method" - two shots to the torso and one shot to the head to ensure that these three people would never die again.

In fact, when Qiao Zhiya fired with the rifle, these three people had already been shot several times, and there was basically no chance of survival. Qiao Zhiya's follow-up shot was not so much to ensure that he killed the enemy, but rather to show off his force——

Especially showing off to Xiao Laosan, who was already stunned and stunned.

When Xiao Laosan just saw Qiao Zhiya single-handedly carrying the strange-looking firecracker into the alley, he couldn't help but wonder how he could kill three fugitives with a firecracker. But from the moment Qiao Zhiya opened fire,

Xiao Laosan was already stunned. The firegun in Qiao Zhiya's hand could be fired continuously without loading ammunition, and it seemed to be extremely powerful. The bullets almost nailed the three fugitives to the wall like nails.

After that, Qiao Zhiya fired again with a pistol at close range. Xiao Laosan was so shocked that he was numb - he could even fire the handgun continuously!

Qiao Zhiya closed the safety of the pistol, inserted it back into the holster, and then waved towards the entrance of the alley, and the militiamen swarmed in. These militiamen were all veterans, and they had seen the Haihan leaders use these sharp weapons on the Annan battlefield.

He killed enemies with strange weapons, so he was not as shocked as Xiao Laosan.

Qiao Zhiya ordered: "Send these two hostages out first and let them go home. Find a car, take the bodies of these three guys back, and show the itchy prisoners what the consequences of escaping will be! And

, clean this place and pick up every bullet casing for me!"

Qiao Zhiya returned to the entrance of the alley and asked Xiao Laosan, who was still in an out-of-body state: "How did Xiao Ba think I behaved just now?"

Xiao Laosan murmured: "So... so amazing..."

"Look, my performance just now proves that we are fully capable of protecting the safety of the local people, don't you think so, Mr. Xiao?" Qiao Zhiya continued to ask very proudly.

"Yes, yes!" Xiao Laosan finally came to his senses at this time, nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice: "What Major Qiao said is very true, I admire you very much."

Qiao Zhiya saw that his eyes were always on her and the two guns walking back and forth while he was talking, so she asked with a smile: "Xiao Ba always wants to play with these two weapons of mine?"

Xiao Laosan quickly waved his hand and said: "No, no, no, I didn't mean that. I just saw Major Qiao using it with great power, so I took a second look. I dare to ask Major Qiao, this kind of weapon is also produced by Haihan.

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"Of course, but the manufacturing process of this kind of weapon is very complicated, and only senior officers can equip it." Qiao Zhiya said boldly. Whether it is HK416 or MK23, these high-end weapons cannot be made in ten or twenty years in this time and space.

, but from what he said, it seems that Haihan already has the ability to produce such weapons.

Xiao Laosan didn't know the trick. In his opinion, the two weapons used by Haihan officer Qiao Zhiya were invincible. One person could serve as a team of musketeers. If 35,000 soldiers were equipped with these weapons,

People, I'm afraid they can conquer the whole world. And in this small Changhua County, the garrison combined together may not even be able to defeat Qiao Zhiya alone. It seems that he chose to cooperate with the Haihan people instead of confrontation, which is not a bad thing.

A wise move.

Because Qiao Zhiya just fired a burst of gunfire, the sound of gunfire was almost heard throughout the small county town, and the people all ran home to hide. At this time, no one could be seen on the street.

.However, in this way, it clears the way for the arrest of the remaining prisoners.
Chapter completed!