More than half an hour later, the postman rode over and reported, "Chief of Staff, we have cleaned up the area and found a dozen sneaky local thugs. I wonder if they are bandits. Do you want to kill them?"

"No, these people are more complicated. Bandits and mountain people can't tell the difference. You knock them out and throw them out!"

"good!"

…

Next, the soldiers guarded the coal and coking coal open-air warehouses all day long, going out for drills every day with nothing to do.

"Boss Ji is so partial. He left a few of us and hundreds of people here to bask in the sun. Damn it, the Skinny Monkeys and the others are having fun this time." The first company officer, nicknamed the Butcher, pouted.

Complaining.

The reality is that troops are stationed in various mining areas, and there is oil and water to be harvested. The mine directors and foremen must pay tribute or pay tribute to the garrison every month so that they can eat snacks.

Because there are no defenders, the mines are often attacked by bandits. Miners fight between different factions, and the defenders need to suppress them. If you have a gun in your hand, I will be the king of heaven.

"Yes, sir, let's start some business here. Didn't Boss Ji say we can do escort work? Then let's give it a try." Another company officer nicknamed Bald Man said.

"Convoy escort? I'm thinking about it too, but if there is a way to do this business, I have to find it slowly." Yang Shanxin, the commander of the third battalion, was stunned when he heard it.

The water bandits in the Lujiang River, Xiangjiang River Basin, and Dongting Lake are very rampant. Merchant ships passing by here have to pay high protection fees. If you are not careful, the merchant ships will be robbed. The family members of the ship boss and others will be robbed.

She was kidnapped and taken to a water village to serve as a prisoner's wife.

"Most importantly, we have no reputation at all in western Ganxi. Who dares to believe us and come to hire us?"

Yang Shanxin curled his lips and said depressedly.

"Sir, the Shadows have sent information a few days ago. The Vulture Gang is a small gang, with a total of less than 300 people. They are active in the Pingxiang area. They have access to both water and land. They don't have many firearms, but only some fire weapons.

Guns, matchlocks, etc., most people still use some cold weapons."

"Our place is on the edge of the Dongting Lake Basin. It's a mixed bag of fish and dragons. Big gangs don't like this place, so they have room to live. We might as well attack them and become famous!"

The bald man reported to Yang Shanxin and suggested.

Late the night before yesterday, that is, the day the freighter arrived, the Shadow Council sent someone over to inform Ji Chunsheng about the details of the Vulture Gang. Yang Shanxin led troops to set up defenses outside, and the bald man was beside him.

"The Vulture Gang doesn't have any background? What kind of gangster did he lie?" the butcher asked first.

"Well, it's a small gang formed by a group of local gangsters. They cheat and cheat everywhere, and make a living by collecting a little protection money. Most of them can't even use guns. They occasionally become water bandits, but they usually rob small businesses.

barge."

After the butcher heard this, he stood up and moved his body, "Damn it, that little black boy dared to deceive even Boss Ji, so that's not bad! Let me inform the brothers to prepare for an activity in the evening and let them eat our Zhejiang province."

The 200 yuan from the Third Army Association was spat out with interest!"

"Well done brother, I respond!"

"What do you want to do? Master Ji is not here, and I, Yang, am in charge of the Songjiafang military camp." Yang Shanxin said in a deep voice.

Ji Chunsheng and Lu Kaishan went to inspect the mining areas in Anyuan Mountain yesterday morning. Yang Shanxin finally became a friend, but these brothers became disrespectful.

"Hey, sir, let's go out for a walk tonight and feel the reality here so that we can start working next."

The bald man said with a playful smile, looking at each other and winking at the butcher and other officers.

"I don't have any objections to this action of smashing up the Vulture Gang. It's a good idea to find a young man in the world to make a name for himself, but bald guy, butcher, let me personally lead the team this time!

"

Yang Shanxin also seemed a little eager to give it a try.

During this time, several of them were almost crying.

People who have been active on the battlefield for a long time are not allowed to smell the smell of blood or gunpowder smoke. They are just shooting targets on the shooting range, training soldiers, etc., and their skin is itchy and uncomfortable.

This is probably an occupational disease of war.

"Sir, you are the supreme commander here, and you should be in charge at the base. This time you are at home, and I and Butcher will lead a company there. I will definitely let you go next time!"

After the bald man finished speaking, before Yang Shanxin could retaliate, he left with a smile, and the butcher followed immediately.

"You...you guys..."

Yang Shanxin grinned at the two of them, raised his middle finger, shook his head and returned to his military tent.

The bald man and the butcher were both his right-hand assistants and brothers. They wanted to be on equal footing. The last time they formed the third battalion, they took the initiative to give up their positions and push him to become the camp leader.

Therefore, he was too embarrassed to rob someone of a job that was both easy and profitable.

The main purpose of this operation was to let the Bald Man and the Butcher do some spying first. Each of them would draw two platoons from the controlled company, with a total of four platoons of about 160 men and guns, and attack the Vulture Gang at night.

Yang Shanxin took the remaining 200 people to garrison the dock base and sent people out to find business.

This group of people has already arrived in western Ganxi. They can't just drink the northwest wind in the base every day, and they have to go out to find work.

They are professional soldiers and mercenaries who receive fixed military pay every month.

But the military pay is only a pitiful amount of money, so I have to find ways to make some extra money.

In the entire Pingxiang County, except for Anyuan Mountain controlled by Fengzhong Hanyeping Iron and Steel United Company and the large mining areas around it, there are various small and medium-sized coal mines and hundreds of small coal kilns in the whole county and neighboring counties.

They have no mechanization. They dig with picks, chisel with drills, pull the coal out of the well by hand, and then use coal wheelbarrows to deliver it to the nearest water transport terminal.

In Pingxiang, the large water transport terminal built by Fengzhong is directly accessible by train, and then the coolies at the terminal can load the ships.

There are two large coal shipping terminals in Pingxiang, Changtan Pier and East Pier. There are merchants' large barges parked here all year round, and coal is purchased on site, often with a wheelbarrow.

It can be seen that this wheelbarrow coal truck has become the unit of measurement for local coal transactions.

"Hi Ship Boss, we are the garrison at Songjiafang Wharf. Does your fleet need escort? We have recently got a new business, escorting in the waters of Xiangjiang River and Dongting Lake."

"What? Escort?! Oh, we don't need this. We will cooperate again if we have the opportunity in the future!" The boss of the ship refused while smoking a dry cigarette.

"..."

The people Yang Shanxin sent out in the afternoon came back in disgrace in the evening, and no one could tell.
Chapter completed!