Chapter Eighteen: Occupation of Sansha Town

  Chapter Eighteen: Occupation of Sansha Town

  Ma's family is the largest landlord in Sansha Town, occupying thousands of acres of good land and controlling half of the town's shops. Moreover, the mayor of Sansha Town is the eldest son of Old Man Ma, so even the county magistrate has to give face to the Ma family. As a result, the Ma family, which usually bullies and tyrannizes the market and the countryside, has no one daring to control it!

  At that time, the Qing dynasty was not the new China of later generations. The administrative organs of the Qing government were only set up to the county level, and the towns below were managed by the gentry who supported their rule. As long as they paid taxes on time, the masters in the counties would no longer ask questions! Originally, Huo Shan also considered using the "Three People's Principles" implemented by the Nationalist Party to slowly reform China. However, after some consideration, he found that at this time, the Qing government had not yet experienced the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War, and even after the Westernization Movement was vigorously promoted to develop industry, it was still the scholar-official class who held power in their hands and saw the hope of reviving the country. In addition, the idea of "democratic republic" at that time had not yet penetrated deep into people's hearts like it did thirty or forty years later. Therefore, using the Three People's Principles to guide China's revolution was simply futile.

  And at that time, China had just begun to send students abroad, not the high-level talents of the national upper class in the future. Most of them came from the landlord class, so Huoshan made a wise choice to abandon the landlord class that controlled the country and chose to become a representative of the government representing the fundamental interests of peasants, workers and national capitalists!

  "Strike down the local tyrants, divide up the land." "Political propaganda," "speak bitterness movement" was an important means for Huo Shan to give his troops and solve the fundamental problem. He wanted to follow in the footsteps of the great man and liberate this country! Of course, the current Huo family is also considered a landlord class, although their own family has been good to their tenants due to their origins, but Huo Shan has already planned to distribute these lands! However, the current situation does not allow him to do so! Otherwise, the Huo family would really become fools in people's eyes, who would give away land without a penny?

  "Squad leader, this is the Ma family!" Zhang Long said, pointing at the tall surrounding wall in the distance.

  "Ah, I see!"

  "Company commander!" "Present!"

  "Bring it on with your men and surround me, if one of them escapes, I'll hold you responsible, go ahead!"

  After finishing speaking, Huo Hu suddenly turned his head to a robust young soldier beside him and said with a smile: "All day long I've been hearing your company commander boasting in front of me about how formidable the Cheetah Special Forces are! Today I'd like to see it for myself!"

  It's been over three months since the special forces were formed! Of the 400 people initially recruited, after continuous training and elimination, only 214 remained after three months, forming a complete army. They established twenty small teams and seven medium-sized teams. Although military equipment was constantly updated later on, and the number of personnel continued to increase, the elite Leopard Special Forces never grew beyond the original 214 members! And "Leopard" became synonymous with elite forces.

  To coordinate with the actions of brother units and also to increase their own combat experience, this time the Cheetahs have brought thirty elite special forces!

  "Yes, sir! I'm sure Cheetah's performance won't disappoint you!"

  Looking at the young and confident face, Huo Hu smiled and said: "Captain, it seems you're quite confident!"

  "Yes, sir!" "Then let's see it!"

  Picking up the Type 80 sniper rifle with a four-fold sighting mirror in his hand, he turned back and said: "The second squad follows me!"

  As his words fell, a team of soldiers in camouflage uniforms, holding rifles, with canvas backpacks on their backs, steel helmets on their heads and camouflage paint on their faces quickly gathered together.

  "One squad follows me from the front, second and third squads enter from left and right sides respectively. Try not to use firearms, they are all our compatriots inside. If possible, do not kill them, just knock them unconscious!"

  "Do you understand?"

  "I understand!"

  "Let's go!"

  Watching thirty people quickly disappear into the night, Huo Hu sat down on the ground with a thud and laughed, saying: "These guys are not simple, Young Master treats them like treasures, as soon as the light machine guns, pistols, and grenade launchers were developed, they were equipped with them, I was drooling just watching!"

  "Haha, yes! With equipment and training, one special forces soldier is worth the cost of ten of our soldiers. It's really extravagant! But these guys' combat effectiveness is indeed very strong. Just a dozen or so scouts from our regiment are all rejects from their side, but when they fight against our soldiers, one of them can take down several of ours. They're really formidable!" Political Commissar Zhao Guang said on the side.

  "That's right, young master. What he did that time was a failure, but since he dared to pay such a huge price to build the Cheetah Special Forces, it's naturally not comparable to ordinary troops!" Huo Hu said with a smile.

  "Report! The main gate of Majiazhuang has been opened!" Just as everyone was chatting, a young soldier who was on guard in the distance came running over to report.

  "Less than five minutes!" said Chief of Staff Qian Gang after taking out his issued pocket watch and glancing at it.

  "Go take a look!"

  At night, Ma's village was already illuminated by torches, and the carefully arranged garden in the courtyard made Huo Huo, who was used to seeing the grand mansion of the Huo family, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise!

  "Enfield rifles from Britain! Haha, they're really rich! Now the Qing government's army is still mostly using big knives and long spears! These local tyrants are already using modern firearms!" Huo Hu looked at the pile of rifles beside him and said with a smile to his comrade behind.

  "You bandits, do you know that my family's old master is a close friend of the county magistrate? If you know what's good for you, you'd better retreat quickly, or else you'll be sorry!" This guy seemed to have just woken up and was still in his usual arrogant state, so he didn't even understand the situation around him before starting to curse.

  However, this time he found the wrong target and was kicked to the ground by a guard following Hu Hu, rolling into a ball and crying out in pain.

  "Heroes, I don't know which mountain you are from, my family is willing to offer gold and silver, please don't make things difficult for my family!" Old Master Ma has been a shrewd person all his life, although he usually bullies people in the town, but his eyes are very poisonous! These people wearing colorful clothes, with a gun in each hand, and no braids on their heads, look like they can't be trifled with! So, when speaking, he is especially polite!

  "Heh heh, who are we? You'll find out soon enough! Take them all down!" Huo Hu said with a cold smile.

  "Alright, everyone has been busy all day and is tired. Let's rest here for today and leave the soldiers on duty to keep watch. We'll talk about the rest tomorrow!"

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  A few hours passed quickly, and after dawn, the people in the town who opened their doors for business almost immediately discovered the soldiers of the Huo family standing guard on the main street.

  Yesterday's operation went smoothly, and with the army's strict discipline, except for a few households near the Ma family mansion who heard some movement, everyone else didn't know what had happened in town. However, the soldiers carrying guns on the main street made them all close their doors, only peeking out from the gaps to guess what was happening in town.

  "This operation went very smoothly, and so far we have taken down the entire Sansha Town, arresting 11 landlords, gaining 25,300 taels of gold, 13.8 million taels of silver, 19 boxes of jewelry, jade, and various antiques, 10,200 mu of land deeds, 156 houses, 68 shops, and in the process, we confiscated 367 rifles, **, several earth cannons, 589 cold weapons such as knives and guns. After estimation, the total value of this batch of goods is over 30 million taels of silver!" As soon as the soldier responsible for reporting finished speaking, a burst of gasps echoed through the spacious living room.

  "My goodness! Just this small town and we've plundered so much silver! These wealthy landlords are too rich! Now the young master can't say that our army only spends money and doesn't make any! Do you think I should ask the young master for some more weapons and equipment?" Huo Hu exclaimed, his face full of excitement as he stroked his chin.

  "Right, right! The squad leader should get another ten Type 60 mortars. Those things are powerful and convenient to carry..."

  "Get the light machine gun! I've been eyeing that M1 'Viper' light machine gun we brought back for testing last time..."

  "It would be best if they equipped us with 'Black Star' pistols. That thing hangs at the waist, and in Young Master's words, 'That's what you call stylish!'"

  A large group of officers, completely stunned by the huge amount of gold and silver seized, began to discuss heatedly.

  "All right, stop arguing! What's gotten into you?" Huo Hu shouted.

  "Alright, you go on!"

  "Because we took action at night and acted very quickly, there were no casualties!" The soldier said, handing over the paper with various information in his hand.

  Huo Hu took it over and didn't look at it, then handed it over to Political Commissar Zhao Guang beside him.

  "Alright, the action is easier than we thought! However, we can't be complacent! After all, we've only just taken down Sansha Town, and Xiapu County has six towns, so our task has only just begun. Now I announce new combat orders: First Battalion, First Company and Second Company, attack Xinnan Town; Third Company and Fourth Company, attack Shajiang Town; Second Battalion, Fifth Company and Sixth Company, attack Changchun Town; Seventh Company and Eighth Company, attack Xiapu Town; Third Battalion, Ninth Company and Tenth Company, attack Yacheng Town; Eleventh Company and Twelfth Company, garrison Sansha Town; Fourth Battalion and Instructional Company as reserve troops, and defend against the Green Standard Army in the county seat. Does everyone understand?"

  "Understood! Captain!"

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