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"In addition to the above work, we also need to prepare for war, which is likely to be a big war. I estimate that the news of the existence of the "People's Guards" will reach the ears of the Shandong authorities in a few months. If the situation did not change significantly at that time, we might face encirclement and suppression by officers and soldiers. Therefore, Zhang Mingrui should strengthen the training of recruits and strive to carry out a certain degree of defensive combat tasks in three months under the leadership of veterans."

"Yes! Ensure the completion of the task!" Zhang Mingrui finished his loud answer and asked with some concern: "Sir, each company has drawn a platoon. Is the remaining troops in each company a little thin?"

"It should be no problem, nearby troops can be reinforced quickly." Zhao Zhenzhong explained: "The Duyishan Company in the northeast corner is 15 kilometers away from the cement factory in a straight line. If there is a problem, a business team stationed in the cement factory can arrive within 3 hours through the mountain shortcut; the Liu Jifeng Company in the southeast corner is only about 12 kilometers away from the Jiangyishan Company between Ji Wanggu, and the two companies can arrive within two hours; and the training camp in Donglidian is only 15 kilometers away from Han Wang, and the distance between the training camp in Donglidian and Han Wang is only 15 kilometers.

, only 12 kilometers between Ji Wanggu, and you can also reach the two places for reinforcements within two hours; Xu Chaoyuan Company in the southwest corner is 26 kilometers away from the Lucun Coal Mine Merchant Corps, and the Merchant Corps Company can reach reinforcements within four hours; while Xinzhuang, in Laiwu, the northwest corner is 25 kilometers away from Lucun, and the Merchant Corps Company can also arrive within three hours. The light and heavy firepower of our companies, using the advantages of geographical advantages to fight a regiment of Zhang Zongchang, will be no problem for 3 or 4 days."

"If we want to completely break the defense circle of our activity area, we must use a large number of troops and use heavy troops to attack at several key points at the same time, so that each unit cannot reinforce each other. If we really do that, at least about 16,000 troops will be needed. With so many troops entering the Yimeng Mountains, we will definitely get relevant information and take measures in advance. Moreover, the situation where our troops are short will last until the end of the year at most. Before the end of the year, it is basically impossible for Zhang Zongchang to use large-scale troops to suppress the Yimeng Mountains."

Zhao Zhenzhong said this with evidence.

In original history, Zhang Zongchang had just incorporated the original Fifth Division in Shandong and the Bohai Fleet in Qingdao before October 1925, and successively carried out the Zhejiang-Feng War, the Lu-Yu War, the Zhi-Lu Alliance Army and Zhi-Feng cooperated to attack the National Army in Beijing and Tianjin, went south to aid Sun Chuanfang, and the war against the Northern Expedition Army, etc. It can be said that Zhang Zongchang had never stopped in the more than three years of governing Lu. He had always blocked the east and killed the west, fought south and north, and was constantly in war.

Calculate the time, if there is no major change, Sun Chuanfang from Zhejiang will soon attack Jiangsu, and the Fengtian troops in Anhui will launch the Zhejiang-Feng War. Zhang Zongchang will also dispatch troops south to Xuzhou to participate in this war that lasted for more than a month. He will not pay attention to the changes caused by the fire in the Yimeng Mountains.

Zhao Zhenzhong and others can also use this time to speed up the arrangements to give themselves a good start in the Yimeng Mountains.

After the meeting on October 3, August 16, all the contents arranged at the meeting will be quickly implemented.

In addition to drawing 24 junior high school education personnel, the four companies of the business regiment also drew 153 soldiers from their hometowns in the activity area of ​​their team. Lieutenant Zhao Zhen transferred 24 junior high school education soldiers to Zhang Mingrui's subordinates to carry out cultural education while conducting newcomers training. In addition, he assigned 153 soldiers to five "guards" companies according to their general direction in their hometowns to facilitate them to perform tasks related to rescue the people in the subsequent way.

On the evening of October 3, the merchant regiment and the escort company, which had undergone a significant adjustment of personnel, began to enter each designated position according to the relevant arrangements after dinner.

Among them, the five companies of the Guards and the newly formed training camp of Zhang Mingrui rushed to their respective garrison sites.

Due to the fact that the 177 people were drawn out this time, and the 14 injured people were injured, and the 480 teams of four companies had almost lost half of their weight. Seeing this, Zhao Zhenzhong canceled the plan to let the merchant team return to Nanyao. In addition to asking Wang Tieshan to lead his remaining company with more than 70 people to return to the Dazhushan Quarry at night, Zhao Zhenzhong reorganized the remaining more than 210 people into two companies. Ding Yicheng led his company with more than 90 people to station in the cement factory after supplementation, and Zhang Gongyuan led the company with full membership to the Lucun Coal Mine.

Just the next morning, Sui Shiqing, Courtman, Lord and other shareholders of Sihai Industrial led the cement factory to learn about the production preparations.

But when he saw the dense bullet holes on the wall outside the factory, Sui Shiqing, Courtman, Lord and others felt a sank, full of bad feelings. After seeing Zhao Zhenzhong coming out to greet him, Sui Shiqing hurriedly asked: "Little brother, what are the gun holes on the wall? Are bandits coming to attack? But the bandits shouldn't have such fierce firepower."

Of course, Zhao Zhenzhong could not tell them the truth, so he pretended to be lingering fear and said, "It was a lucky thing. A few days ago, I transported some rice here for workers and garrison personnel. Who knew that it had alarmed many bandits. On the night of August 13, thousands of bandits came from outside the factory to rob grain. Fortunately, I gathered two companies from the Lu Village coal mine to celebrate the festival. In addition, a company in the factory originally had a total of 360 people. He used the environment here and the ditches outside to block the bandits outside, and finally did not let the bandits come in. Later, because the bandits outside were not subordinate to each other and had conflicts with each other before, they actually broke out. The bandits killed each other brutally, but could not cross the ditches and attacked the factory, so they retreated."

"It's only 360 people who can block thousands of bandits?" Sui Shiqing and others were unbelievable.

"It's not only manpower, but other arrangements. The most important thing is that we poured a lot of diesel into the ditch outside, forming a fire wall, which prevented the bandits from crossing the ditch. In addition, 360 people were hiding behind and shooting, so the bandits retreated." After Zhao Zhenzhong explained, he said to Courtman: "Mr. Coutman, I want to buy oil from Mobil again. That night, the more than 10 tons of oil we accumulated here were exhausted."

"No problem, Zhao, I can provide Sihai Industrial with the best price of fuel." Courtman agreed immediately.

"How many casualties are there?" Sui Shiqing asked.

"A total of 182 soldiers from the merchant regiment were killed and 9 were seriously injured. But at least they blocked the bandits." Zhao Zhenzhong simply included the 177 people transferred from the merchant regiment and also included the ranks of the sacrificial personnel, so he had to explain the places where these personnel were going.

"The loss is so serious?"

"If it weren't for the firewall formed by more than 10 tons of diesel and the continuous shooting of more than 360 people, I thought those desperate bandits were really willing to evacuate automatically? Even so, there would still be such heavy casualties." Zhao Zhenzhong's expression was very heavy.

"No wonder I saw that the soldiers in the merchant regiment were all red and swollen, and they were in a wrong mood." Sui Shiqing felt relieved.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhenzhong led several shareholders to inspect the construction of the cement plant and introduced the production preparations. Originally, these shareholders wanted to stay here for a few days to watch the factory's official production, but after learning that a large number of bandits had invaded, Sui Shiqing and his group hurried back to Qingdao in the afternoon of the same day.

In the next three days, Zhao Zhenzhong visited the five company bases and guided each company to carry out defense settings and how to implement relevant work arrangements in the future. Then, Zhao Zhenzhong spent another two days with Zhang Mingrui and others to plan the relevant situation of the construction of a training camp in the valley near Donglidian.

Donglidian is located between Shiqiao and Yishui. It is a mountainous hilly area with a high terrain in the north and low terrain. The main nearby mountains are the Yifeng Peak Top, Double Huluding Top, Tangshan, Fenghuangkou, Woshan, Yingyingkou, Paomaling, Baoankou, Liujia Dakou, Huang Laomu Mountain Top, Qingshan, Taohuakou, etc. Among them, Tangshan is the highest, with an altitude of 1,000 meters. The main rivers are Yihe, Beisanzhuang River, Shuibei River, Maquan River, Hongshui River, etc.

According to the surrounding situation, Zhao Zhenzhong and others decided to set up the training camp in a mountainous area centered on the Tangshan Mountains. First, it is located in the center of Yishui, Mengyin, Shiqiao, Xintai, Laiwu, Linqu and other places, and the terrain is also dangerous and can be attacked and defended. Second, the nearby area is sparsely populated and densely forested, which can easily hide thousands of troops. Build this place into a large military training base. In addition to training newcomers, several other companies can also be trained here in the future, and joint combat exercises with a battalion and regiment level of about 5,000 people can be held.

"Now there are 5 platoons of guards here, plus 24 merchant groups who have been transferred from the business group. In a few days, more than 40 cooks will be transferred to the front-end staff first, and everyone will perform their duties so that they can be orderly and not be in a hurry. In addition, some prefabricated cement boards, cement, grain and other materials can be transported from the stone bridge. By the end of this month, simple houses and other basic training facilities that can accommodate 4,000 people will be built. There are not many people and the task is very heavy." Zhao Zhenzhong reminded Zhang Mingrui.

"Sir, can we recruit some young and strong laborers from nearby to participate in the construction? After all, we have to rely on more than 200 people. We must be too busy to build a barracks with a capacity of 4,000 new people within one month. Besides, we have training, duty and other tasks," Zhang Mingrui asked.

Zhao Zhenzhong nodded in agreement with Zhang Mingrui's request and continued: "You can ask for help. However, it is best for soldiers from my hometown to come forward to find those young and reliable people who are helping. For these helpers, we can take care of the fullness of these people every day and give a small amount of food as appropriate. But in the end, you must arrange the arrangements for defense arrangements in person, and you cannot pretend to deal with others. Moreover, the fortifications must be built before the end of the year. In addition, you will tell the other companies about labor-for-relief and require them to follow the implementation when building the station."

Seeing Zhang Mingrui nodding, Zhao Zhenzhong said again: "There is insufficient staff on the stone bridge, so I have to hurry back and stare. If you have any questions here, you can contact me in time, or contact Liu Jifeng, Jiang Yishan and others nearby."
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