County yamen

In the study, Lin Hongfei was flipping through a thick material book. This was a material book about metallurgy he had just signed in this morning, which recorded in detail the forging methods and steps of various special steels.

The importance of this thing to a metallurgical factory is basically equivalent to a man cherishing his lifeline.

"Building guns and cannons is not possible without good steel."

"When the coal mine mining equipment and supporting coke plants are built, it is time to start building a steel mill."

Lin Hongfei closed the metallurgical information book and put it in the sign-in space. At this time, Wu Yongquan walked in from outside the house:

"Hongfei, Ren Jiu brings news that Hong Tianwu and the others have entered Xiaozhushan, which is only twenty miles away from the county town!"

"Also, they sent a few spies into the county town, and the people from the Special Investigation Office have already watched them."

Lin Hongfei nodded: "It seems that the day Hong Tianwu attacked the county town has been these two days."

"Let everyone start preparing and notify the people of the dock and surrounding villages to immediately bring valuable things from their families into the city to hide."

"I inform Guo Lang again and ask him to take three companies to set up an ambush with him. If Hong Tianwu retreats, Qipanshan is the only way to go."

Wu Yongquan did not delay and immediately went down to pass the order.

Not long after, Ren Jiu hurried in with several confessions, and as soon as he entered the door, he placed the confession in front of Lin Hongfei:

"County magistrate, we have arrested the spy whom Hong Tianwu sected into the city."

"At the same time, there were more than a dozen accomplices who entered the city early. These people planned to sneak attack the city gate when Hong Tianwu attacked the city and release Hong Tianwu into the city."

"The brothers from the Special Investigation Office have used some tricks, and these people have all taken action."

Lin Hongfei flipped through the confession, which recorded many important information about the Jiangbei Joint Defense Forces.

The most important thing is the time when Hong Tianwu attacked the county town!

"Tomorrow's Yin hour seven minutes..."

"That's 4:30 tomorrow morning."

"I'm pretty good at choosing the time. People are sleeping at this point. It's dark and it doesn't affect their sight."

"After the war, the sun was rising, so I didn't delay the robbery in the county."

"This Hong Tianwu is a little brainy!" Lin Hongfei couldn't help but praise.

After laughing a few times, Lin Hongfei looked up at Ren Jiu: "Tell Commander Wu immediately to tell him about this information and tell him to further adjust our combat plan based on Hong Tianwu's attack time."

"Yes!" Ren Jiu immediately left with his confession.

Lin Hongfei stood up from the seat, stretched his body for a while, and said with a smile: "There are no wars for many days, and finally there is a chance to move your muscles and bones!"

With Lin Hongfei's evacuation order issued, the originally lively wharf town quickly became deserted. The shops were closed one by one, and the shopkeeper counted the cash at the counter and kept the account books. The guys moved the expensive goods in the store one by one onto the carriage, and then followed the flow of people to the county town.

The surrounding villages are also bustling. In the villages near the county town, the people have helped the elderly and young, brought their pitiful savings from their families and headed towards the county town.

Some elderly people who were inconvenient in their legs and feet and couldn't get off, but they simply asked their families to lock the door and hide at home. Anyway, they were old and had enough to live, so let's come on the Jiangbei Joint Defense Forces.

Besides, if the county magistrate can win that [Jiangbei Joint Defense Force], he will not be able to die.

The evacuation of the civilians continued until the sun set. As the people of the last village poured into the county town, the gates of the county town slowly closed, and the door bolt made of a whole piece of wood tightened the city gate tightly.

The streets were filled with people hiding from the war. Wu Qiusheng and Lu Xiwa led police officers from the police station torches to patrol the streets, so as not to infiltrate the [Jiangbei Joint Defense Forces] and make trouble.

The patriarchs of several villages were also organized by Wu Qiusheng, asking them to lead the young young people in the clan to form a temporary patrol team to help the police station maintain order together.

If you find any suspicious person, you will immediately arrest them and send them to the Special Investigation Office for inquiry.

In order to prevent the people from evacuating, Hong Tianwu learned that the Special Investigation Office and some soldiers hid on all the main roads and paths leading to Xiaozhushan in the county town, cutting off Hong Tianwu's external contact channels.

However, no matter how well prepared, unexpected situations still arise. When Guo Lang brought three companies of the army to Qipanshan, the scouts dispatched in advance returned to the report:

"Captain Guo, there are people on the mountain!"

"Um?"

"Is the Jiangbei Joint Defense Force?" Guo Lang frowned.

The scout nodded: "Yes, Squad Leader Xu just counted it, there should be about 200 people."

"There are 30 people who have the gun, and the rest are all big swords and spears."

Hearing this, Guo Lang looked solemn for a moment, and then couldn't help but sneer, "This Hong Tianwu has indeed had two tricks and actually knew to divide his troops in the vital position to stay."

"Luckily, the old boy's team is enough to pull the ball, otherwise this would be a really difficult character."

Speaking of this, Guo Lang turned around and looked at an officer and said, "Company Commander Seventh, you brag about how powerful your company is all day long."

"Today, I will test you. It depends on whether your seventh company commander is really capable or only lip service!"

The seventh company commander naturally knew what Guo Lang meant. He immediately pulled out the pistol from the gun box and said confidently: "Captain Guo, don't worry. If I can't even deal with these people, you can chop off my head as a chamber pot!"

After saying that, the seventh company commander shouted to his subordinates behind him: "Brothers, follow me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the seventh company commander took the lead, and the soldiers of the seventh company followed closely and rushed towards Qipan Mountain like a tiger!

Soon, a fierce gunfire sounded not far away, mixed with shrill screams and panicked roars.

These Jiangbei Joint Defense Forces stationed in Qipan Mountain did not realize that the people from the Independent Regiment would attack, and the sudden attack immediately caused them to be in chaos!

It was originally a group of mobs, but now it has become a group of headless flies. Facing the independent soldiers like tigers, they are naturally powerless to resist.

Just half an hour later, the gunshots gradually stopped, and the deputy company commander of the 7th Company also trotted over and replied:

"Report to the deputy commander, all the enemies on Qipan Mountain have been eliminated, and more than 40 living people have been arrested!"

"The seventh company commander wants to ask you, are these survivors killed or kept?"

Guo Lang waved his hand and said, "Kill me, we still have to build an ambush position in Qipan Mountain, and we don't have the energy to look after these prisoners."
Chapter completed!