Chapter 20: Counterattack of the Qing Army
Xixiang is a large village that can collect a lot of oil and water every year, in addition to land taxes, miscellaneous taxes add up to nearly 30,000 silver dollars.
For the county magistrate, how can this fat meat be abandoned?
If this piece of meat is lost, how can the shortage be made up? If it's not made up, how will we explain to Master Zhifu? Are we going to use our own share to make up for it?
None of these are reliable.
The county magistrate was furious after receiving the 'Xixiang Autonomy Manifesto' sent by the Xixiang gentry, and directly ordered the troops to attack Xixiang and smash that so-called Jianzhou Security Team.
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On October 3rd at 11 o'clock, Xia Jun received Zhang Sigou's report in Long Village and immediately sounded the assembly call. After 50 three-wheeled motorcycles roared to life, they quickly launched a surprise attack.
This time, Xia Jun brought two infantry platoons, half a machine gun squad, one reconnaissance squad, and a guard squad. Two reconnaissance squads, communication squad and cooking squad were left to garrison the camp.
According to Zhang Sigou's report, the Qing army took the North Gate route, which means they invaded from Xiaosong. Xia Jun decided to launch a counterattack against the government army.
After these days of training, driving a motorcycle is no longer a problem within the team. Xia Jun selects the 50 best drivers and lets them be in charge of driving motorcycles.
This time I didn't drive a truck either, the road in Xixiang is really not suitable for driving a truck.
The reconnaissance team's motorcycles rushed to the front, driving the fastest, and gradually left the main force out of sight, while the main force advanced at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
After marching for an hour, the main force left Xixiang and entered Xiaosong territory. The terrain of Xiaosong is relatively flat, and the road conditions improved immediately, so Xia Jun ordered to speed up.
At 12:36, when speeding to Huangtang Village, the reconnaissance team's motorcycle came back in the opposite direction.
"Report to the commander, the Qing army is outside Huangtang Village."
"Advance and prepare for battle." Xia Jun ordered, the motorcycle team continued to advance, but slowed down a bit. Before long, a long queue appeared in front of Xia Jun.
"The machine gunner fires, the others get off." Xia Jun shouted loudly, and with a humming sound, the motorcycle equipped with a machine gun moved forward immediately. The machine gunner aimed at the distant dragon and fired in short bursts.
Other soldiers quickly jumped off the motorcycle, picked up their weapons and fired a burst at a distance.
The Qing army was still on the march when a group of people in strange vehicles suddenly appeared in the distance. Before they could see what it was, gunfire rang out.
The fierce firepower instantly swept away the Qing army in front, and the Qing army behind suddenly woke up. A large group of Qing soldiers retreated continuously under the fierce firepower, holding guns and shooting randomly, with bullets flying into the sky.
The soldiers of the security team were lying on the ground or hiding behind motorcycles to shoot, and none of them were hit in the exchange of fire with the government troops.
In contrast, the Qing army suffered continuous casualties. The reconnaissance squad had a sniper-type M1 Garand rifle in each soldier's hand, and there were three snipers among the three infantry squads.
These snipers were accurate with every shot, and those who were clearly Qing army leaders became their first choice targets.
The Qing army collapsed at a touch, resisting for less than half a minute, and a group of government soldiers ran away with their legs open.
"Get on, chase." Xia Jun said, jumping onto the motorcycle, taking out a loudspeaker, the motorcycles started one after another, and chased after the fleeing Qing army.
"Those in front, listen up! You can't escape!" Xia Jun shouted through the loudspeaker, "Those who try to run will be killed without mercy, those who kneel down and cover their heads will be spared."
"Our security team treats captives well..."
Dozens of motorcycles advanced slowly, firing at the fleeing Qing troops as they ran wildly in all directions, some running into fields and others following the road.
This momentum is just like the urban management in later generations chasing street vendors, Xia Jun opened the exchange platform and found that the points were soaring all the way. It turned out that defeating the Qing army could also earn points.
After checking the detailed records, killing one Qing soldier and bandit is only worth 100 points. Xia Jun's eyes lit up instantly, as there were thousands of people in front of him!
Eliminate and get 100,000 points, then order a fierce pursuit.
The security team stepped on the gas and quickly caught up, firing their machine guns at the dense fleeing soldiers in a burst of shots. Flesh and blood were splattered everywhere, and many Qing troops saw the security team chasing after them fiercely and hastily knelt down to hug their heads.
The trick was effective, and the motorcycle sped past the Qing soldiers who were kneeling on the ground with their heads in their hands without shooting at them. However, someone soon jumped off the vehicle and took control of those Qing soldiers.
The Qing army running on the road was soon dispersed, either killed or kneeling to surrender, and at a glance, there were at least 400-500 people.
At the same time, looking around, on both sides of the road, in the flat fields, there were Qing troops running around everywhere.
"Kill." Xia Jun looked at the Qing army running into the fields, and since the ducks were about to run away anyway, he didn't mind losing those 100 points, and decided to take them down.
Gunfire broke out again in dense succession, machine guns and rifles ceaselessly firing at the Qing troops in the fields.
The field was very flat, except for those haystacks, it was impossible to find any cover, but the haystacks couldn't stop bullets either...
"You can't escape, kneel down to avoid death." Xia Jun shouted through the loudspeaker at the Qing army in the fields. Those Qing soldiers heard the sound of gunfire like fried beans by their ears, saw people falling one by one beside them, and some clever ones knelt on the ground, hugging their heads and crouching on their knees.
Those who wanted to run away were few and far between, the security team's motorcycles directly rushed into the rice field, dividing their heads to chase those fleeing Qing troops.
Komatari is in a valley area, the rice fields here are very flat and the rice has been harvested now, the fields are dry too, it's just that the ridges between the fields are a bit of an obstacle.
The villages on both sides heard the gunfire and locked their doors one by one.
Outside in the fields, a massacre-style battle was being performed, with motorcycle-mounted shooters taking aim and firing one by one, fleeing Qing troops were constantly being shot down.
Xia Jun left the guards to gather up the prisoners. The scattered prisoners were rounded up one after another, and the guards roughly counted them, with over 400 prisoners already captured.
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The battle continued until dusk, and each battalion brought back a group of prisoners, increasing the number of captured Qing troops to 530, while killing 476 Qing troops, and hundreds more fled.
This battle earned Xia Jun 150,000 points, which made Xia Jun sprout out and shout a slogan similar to "Overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming", and he could also defeat the Manchu with war.
But after thinking about it, I still feel that it's not reliable. Firstly, my own foundation is not sufficient to jump to that level. Once the fight starts, although I have confidence in killing Manchu, the situation is likely to get out of control.
Furthermore, Xia Jun's role as a traverser also gave him a huge advantage in understanding the direction of history. Once he made a wrong move, it would change the original route.
Before the Xinhai Revolution breaks out, just focus on your own development!
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