Chapter 520 Big Fish

Behind the southern wing of the entire front of the Northern Liao army, there is a town called Tanli. Unlike Zhongjun Town, Tanli did not become prosperous because of the past stationing of the army, but became a place where people were mixed. A large number of military funds did have to pass through Tanli to supply the front, and when the soldiers in front were resting, they also liked to come to Tanli for entertainment. The simplicity of the town was quickly exhausted, and Tanli has now become a restaurant with many brothels, with various channels to sell stolen goods or get scarce items. Before the war started, part of the special camp was in Tanli.

Since the war between Northern Liao and Eastern Ping started, Tanli had to expand its scale in a short time. The original city wall was no longer enough to accommodate all buildings, some less important buildings, and some newly built houses were outside the city wall. Outside the city wall, there was a two-story building, although not conspicuous at all, but it was one of the strongholds of the special battalion soldiers. This is a branch established by the Intelligence Bureau here, and there is also a set of special equipment that can transmit intelligence at any time, although it is troublesome. In the current control area of ​​Northern Liao, it is obviously impossible to set up telegram wires. But it does not mean that there is no way to contact the outside world, and it has to be very secretive.

This small building has a unique design under the roof, a tube with a signal light is aimed at a specific direction. On the hill a few miles away, there is another house, which is also an intelligence officer from Dongping, who will monitor the light signals in this pipeline. Correspondingly, there is such a pipeline there. Since the signal light is deep in the pipeline and its brightness is limited, it will be difficult to detect the movements inside unless you pay special attention. Only at a very specific angle can it be

It is possible to identify the signals in the pipeline. In other directions, at most, it is thought that the lights are gone. However, this method is more feasible on sunny nights. When it encounters storms or snowstorms that are often seen in the winter in the north, the pipeline between these two points used to maintain communications cannot play any role. Fortunately, it is late summer now, and although the wind is gradually getting stronger after nightfall, the signalmen on both sides can still transmit the information.

"Boss, the army has already set off from the villa. Let us be more careful." The signalman took off his glasses for easy observation, rubbed his eyes, and relayed the information he had just received. "Barrett is hunting outside and asked us what cooperation we need."

Zhang Wei smiled. Tanli was a bit too hasty now. There are only a few small fish here. Zhang Wei chose everyone to lurk in this small building and wait for the opportunity. He hoped that the two sniper rifles brought by the special forces camp from Ye Tao could appear on people who are important enough. Once this kind of thing appears on the battlefield, the other party will not not notice it. Although the range of the sniper rifle is 600 steps, if the error is not taken into consideration, it will be quite accurate to hit 800 steps. As long as the sniper rifle is unveiled, the other party's protection distance for important people will be extended to a long enough level in the future. Although Ye Tao said

In the future, sniper rifles will be a relatively general configuration, which will be used to snipe enemy generals, officers, and non-commissioned officers on the front line, and to dismantle the opponent's command. But for the time being, the entire Jinglifu now has two sniper rifles, the special battalion and the guard. It is really difficult to manufacture. Including those scrapped parts, the cost of a gun is now above 2,000 Yunzhou silver dollars, and the price can be said to be very outrageous. Until the cost is reduced to a certain level, Ye Tao will no longer make such luxury goods. Popularity? I wonder if it is possible within three to five years. Since it is to be used, it must be used well.

"Boss, I just came back from the city. It seems that there are really big fish here now. Dong Hushan is now in Siyu Tower." A soldier came to the side and reported. "I looked at it. It seemed that the other party was not very alert. I should not know that our army was advancing today, not commanding forward in preparation. It seemed that Dong Hushan was entertaining some guests."

"Oh?" Zhang Wei immediately became interested. He touched his chin, thought for a while and said, "It's still early now. Although this is the first target to be fought, the army will not be able to arrive here tomorrow morning. We... have at least seven hours left. Since Dong Hushan is here and meets us, he is not lucky and will naturally get rid of it. But it's too early now. Seven hours are enough for them to determine who is taking over the command. Then this time will not make much sense. This is like this..."

Zhang Wei made up his mind and said to the signal hand waiting on the side: "You send the message out and ask Barrett to cooperate with our actions. After two hours, harass us on the periphery. The movement will be big. Xiaolin, I will lead the first group to pull Dong Hushan out. You will finish your actions at that time and come back here. The first group and I will lead some enemies away. Then, before dawn, the second group and the third group, you can move freely in the city and make some noise. Xiaolin, you will take Pengzi to act when the opportunity is happening. Don't force it if there is no good opportunity, but it's best to kill the commander you take at that time. Or the person who is hosted by Dong Hushan now... Although I don't know who it is, I'm afraid there is nothing good to come here at this time. If you can't do it, at least you will understand who it is. Everyone knows the first policy of our special camp doing things... You are all precious soldiers, don't take risks that are not worth taking."

After Zhang Wei said something, several officers around him nodded and went to make arrangements separately. The special battalion is a silent force. Years of hard training have made their relationship and tacit understanding of each other as reliable as iron, but their long-term lurking, stealth, and activities in the enemy-occupied areas have also turned them into a very silent group. The officers have to control the troops, liven up the atmosphere, and often find topics to talk with the soldiers, but many of the soldiers do not speak unless necessary. The special battalion has been active in the enemy-occupied areas for too long, and this habit has become increasingly strong recently. Some of them have mastered the local accent, but most of them have no expertise in this regard. Silence is also a kind of self-protection for them.

All captains understood that Zhang Wei was preparing to divide the garrisons of Tanli toss Tanli several times. Although the killing effect may not be satisfactory, after several round trips of night, how many soldiers in the city can be energetic to welcome the war tomorrow morning is a big problem. Tanli's location is relatively important, with many garrisons, but since this is an important place for material transfer, there are less than 2,000 powerful combat troops, most of the rest are baggage, second-line troops, as well as some caravan guards, with a total force of only four or five thousand.

Barrett soon received a message from Zhang Wei. As long as the news arrives at the villa outside and then reaches these lurking troops, it is a very simple thing.

"Treat me as a gun..." Barrett muttered with dissatisfaction. He realized that Zhang Wei's actions must have made sense. This kind of harassing war is indeed very suitable for the current situation. Their special battalions were not used for attacking. However, it was a bit unwilling to let him give up his initiative in combat and cooperate with Zhang Wei purely. He knew that in fact, his personality was too rough. If he had not been outstanding in combat skills and had established a very high position in the minds of other soldiers since the selection. With his tactical qualities, it would be difficult to serve as the chief officer. He thought for a while and asked an officer around him that it was a captain under his command: "Old Xu, look at it, how can we do it?"

In contrast to Barrett, Old Xu, named Xu Zuoqing, has poor combat skills. Although he is much better than the soldiers in the general army, he can only be considered to be a medium-sized person in the special camp. However, in his previous confrontation exercises in the camp, he can always renovate and make his opponent look good.

Lao Xu thought for a while and said with a wry smile: "Boss Zhang really gave us a problem. This feint is never easy to do. We are so disturbed, what should we do if the guy they are about to do? There is no team for long-range sniping. If the movement is less and it will not work, the most powerful elite teams of Tieyun Cavalry have been making many of the ideas around."

Barrett felt that what Lao Xu said made sense, and nodded and said, "Then do you have any solutions?"

Old Xu casually pulled the grass stem, biting it while thinking, and the soldiers under his hands spread the map in front of them tacitly. Old Xu scanned back and forth, and suddenly pointed his finger on the map: "This... time is a bit tight, but it should be too late."

The target that Lao Xu was interested in was a small village north of Tanli. There are now stockpiling a large amount of horse feed and raising about 3,000 war horses. The various war horses on the southern line of the Western Army were directly supplemented from here. Originally, this horse farm was located south of Tanli, but due to the endless interweaving and harassment of Tieyun Cavalry and Jingyun Cavalry, and a feint attack launched a while ago in order to obtain a favorable attack position and control a larger buffer area, finally forced the low-key military horse farm to move to the north of Tanli. Originally, some people in the Western Army said that it was safer to set the military horse farm in the east of Tanli, or simply put it in the city. However, to the east of Tanli, there was no suitable field in a relatively close distance.

The land, and there are many people coming and going to Tanli now. The three thousand horses will add many supply issues to Tanli, which will make the entire town dirty and messy. After several considerations, the military horse farm and the piles are placed in the current place. There is still a battalion that is not satisfied with the military horse farm. It is said that the stock of war horses in the military horse farm will expand to 5,000 to 8,000 soon. Since the current military horse farm is much closer to Tanli than before, and the harassment of the small infiltration troops of the Dongping Army has been strengthened, the current garrison of the military horse farm uses the method of setting up posts on all sides. This battalion with only more than 1,700 people is divided into six battalions, stationed in different directions, and is a supportive position. There are high platforms for Tanli to ask for help at any time.

When Old Xu said this, Barrett understood what he meant. Such a defense is good for regular troops like Jingyun Cavalry, but for a special battalion, a small military camp of hundreds of people is simply a target of infiltration and night attacks. They don’t know how many times of this kind of exercises they have conducted. In this way, although there is no ready-made combat plan now, everyone will be fine if they have planned it together. Regardless of whether the attack is smooth or not, they will ignite the fire of reporting... According to Barrett and Old Xu’s usual habit of starting ruthlessly, most of them have to find ways to swallow a group of troops coming to aid.

Barrett's eyes flashed and he said, "That's it. Notify everyone and set off immediately. Including the time on the road, he must set off within a quarter of an hour."

Zhang Wei's troops had already started the action in Tanli. Zhang Wei personally brought a group of people to the vicinity of Tenglong Lane where Siyu Tower was located. Tenglong Lane was heavily guarded, and the surrounding Siyu Tower was surrounded by Dong Hushan's personal companions. Zhang Wei couldn't help but feel a little irritated when he saw this situation. In this situation, unless Dong Hushan can really be led outdoors to snipe, it would not be cost-effective to raid Siyu Tower.

"Boss, that red painted carriage is probably the mysterious visitor, right?" A soldier touched Zhang Wei with his elbow, but his eyes were aimed at the carriage parked in the aisle beside Siyu Tower. Zhang Wei was reminded by this and looked at the carriage carefully, and he suddenly felt excited. "Damn, I really encountered a big fish." The carriage had a characteristic golden bell hanging on it, which looked inconspicuous decorations, but this kind of golden bell was actually produced by the Ye Family Workshop Research Institute, and the sound was very penetrating when swayed. On the wheel hub of the carriage, the missing nails were not because the carriage was damaged, but because the missing nails were made into a brief explanation: Yunzhou Ye. This shows that the owner of the carriage belongs to Ye Tao, the General Administration of Yunzhou... that was his own person.

"Wait a minute, you are absolutely not allowed to touch that guest, do you understand? Send the order quickly." Zhang Wei scratched his head: "Don't inform those two guys... Don't snipe your own people, I'll be in trouble if I look back."

"Our own people? What should I do later? Just killing Dong Hushan people? In this way... will our own people be in trouble?"

When Zhang Wei heard this, he felt more and more headache. He glanced at the carriage: "Let's go... the coachman must be his own. This is the rule, let's go up and sniff."

Dong Hushan is a big fish, and the one he received is naturally a big fish. The person who came was not someone else, but Kong Xinhua. Kong Xinhua came to the front line this time with twelve airships and a large amount of supplies, and was still worried about what to do. Most of the airship matters were presided over, so he naturally did not want to create an awkward way to fight the airships now. Although he was not worried about Dongping's problems in this regard, it would have an impact on future actions after all. Using airships to squeeze out the wealth, confidence and confidence of Bei Liao's country, but it has always been a very challenging task. When Kong Xinhua sent these important supplies and combat weapons, Dong Hushan was naturally extremely excited, but Kong Xinhua was extremely distressed by such entertainment. At this moment, a subordinate suddenly came to his ear and said something, and Kong Xinhua immediately became excited.
Chapter completed!