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Starting in 1862, the army was issued three pairs of shoes each time. There were the liberation shoes for marching and fighting, the cloth shoes for daily use, and the leather shoes for the occasion when they were more particular about appearance. Just as Vézé had said, after the new shoelaces gave the cadre soldiers a huge surprise, the troops quickly experienced the meaning of hell in a brand new military training.
Aerobic exercise brought great pain to the body, especially when one's heart and lungs were improving. Even the military backbone in the army would find it hard to run three kilometers a day and five kilometers a week for six days a week. First, they trained on flat ground, then they trained to march in the mountains. With good shoes, the troops would have to undergo even more intensive military training.
Compared to the old soldiers, the recruits, who were younger on average, adapted to the new military training earlier. The bodies of young soldiers recovered very quickly. After arriving at the army, they could eat and sleep. After enduring the initial period of heavy exercise, no matter how hard they trained the day before, they would still be full of energy the next day after a good night's sleep.
After three months of military training, the troops basically had combat effectiveness. It was the American Army that was going to be used as a test. In the past six months, the American Army had been entering the territory controlled by the Liberation Army. With the efforts of the Liberation Army, the Hunan natives in this army learned that their families had been given land, so they all left the Hua Qi Army and went home.
Of course, the Liberation Army knew how badly the people had been forced by the previous world. There was really no next year. However, this sympathy was not limitless. After the people who were willing to farm left, the people who remained in the US Army gradually became homogenous, leaving behind a group of people who didn't want to go home and farm. Such an American Army did not become a revolutionary force, but an armed force that was half banditry and half rebellion.
"Report, it's confirmed that there's a Hua Qi army in Qilipu." The regiment's reconnaissance team quickly brought back the latest news. Political Commissar Zhou Jinguo did not say anything. In terms of authority, the regiment commander was the chief military officer. As the political commissar, Zhou Jinguo had to respect the regiment commander's military authority.
However, Regiment Commander Qian Liqun did not intend to act arbitrarily in military matters. Zhou Jinguo was also a battalion commander, and he was not a rookie in combat. Qian Liqun asked, "Lao Zhou, how should we deal with the captives? They are not the Xiang Army. After we release them, they still have a place to go. Even if these people let them go, they will still continue to wander outside. "
Zhou Jinguo looked around and saw that the people around him were all trustworthy. He then said, "The army intends to reform them through labor. They were sent to the mines or to the quarries. In any case, I won't let them continue to cause trouble here. "
There were some mines around Chenzhou and Yongxing. Even the local people who lived a hard life would not work in those harsh conditions unless it was absolutely necessary.
"This is good! That's good! "Qian Liqun praised. The other party committee members were also quite happy. After all, the army had a captive policy. Even the Xiang Army could not kill at will, let alone the Taiping army. If the American Army was willing to be more honest, the Liberation Army might not really want to spend so much effort to get rid of them.
However, an armed force that was reduced to half bandits was very disgusting. In their territory, they collected money and food from both the rich and the poor. The local village governments that were built on the basis of land reform hated these people to the bone. Especially the families that had people in the army, the rice in their homes was robbed by the American Army before they could finish eating.
However, the American Army was also very smart. Seeing that the Liberation Army had firmly controlled Yongxing, Ziyang, and other areas, they did not dare to fully enter the areas controlled by the Liberation Army. Instead, they chose to move around the periphery of the Liberation Army. At this time, the Qing Army no longer had the guts to deploy troops near the Liberation Army. With the Liberation Army as their back, the American Army gained some space to move around.
"Surround and annihilate the American Army in Qilipu," Qian Liqun ordered.
No one wanted to fight in Qilipu Village. The troops were sent far away, and a group went around the back of the American Army to set up an ambush. The troops at the front first fired a few artillery shells at Qilipu, and the American Army in Qilipu began to retreat with the things they had seized. When they retreated into the encirclement, the troops launched a surprise attack.
At two o 'clock in the afternoon, the battle ended. The troops took more than three hundred captives back on the road. The regiment commander was also quite surprised. They set off on the same day, fought on the same day, and returned on the same day. The round trip was more than sixty li. The troops did not feel too tired. It was obvious that the new training was very effective.
Not only did the second regiment launch an attack, but several other regiments also launched attacks on the American Army and annihilated the troops that entered the Liberation Army's area of control. The American Army originally had less than five thousand troops left. After being annihilated several times, their numbers fell to less than three thousand. Li Hongzhao, the leader of the American Army, Zheng Qiao, and Tan Xing, the vanguard, were confused by the sudden change.
Those troops had all disappeared in the Liberation Army's area of control, so it was easy to understand what had happened. The three leaders were so angry that they cursed the Liberation Army for doing things sneakily. But even though they cursed, it did not have any effect. Li Hongzhao was the first to calm down. "We can't stay here anymore. Li Shixian has sent people to invite us to join him many times. Let's go to the Taiping army in Zhejiang."
Tan Xing, the vanguard, said, "Big Brother, if we don't provoke the Liberation Army, we can still live here for a while." It was obvious that Tan Xing was reluctant to move freely in this kind of empty area between the Liberation Army and the Qing Army. It was not that they had never fought with the Qing Army before. Compared to the days where they could take and take from the local people, the days of licking blood on the edge of a knife was really unbearable.
Li Hongzhao tried to persuade him, "Brother, the Liberation Army has already made their move. Do you still expect them to stop? Don't you know how we got along here? It's just that the Liberation Army refuses to pay attention to us. If we don't go now, we can only wait for death! "
Zheng Qiao, the second leader, said with a little uncertainty, "Big Brother, we said too much last time. We said that we were going to divide Hunan with the Liberation Army. This time we will send people to find them and sincerely join the Liberation Army. What do you think? "
Li Hongzhao's face changed. He had always had a grudge against the Liberation Army. The Liberation Army had stepped on the corpses of the local rebels in Guangdong to get to where they were today. Six years ago, the local Heaven and Earth Society in Guangdong revolted and besieged Guangzhou. They failed to conquer it for half a year. In the end, under the attack of the Qing Army, the troops of Heaven and Earth Society retreated all the way to Guangxi.
The Liberation Army took advantage of this time to kill their way into Guangdong and have today's territory. From a psychological point of view, Li Hongzhao could not completely accept bowing to the Liberation Army.
However, since the situation had come to this, he thought for a while and finally said, "That's fine. We will send people to contact them right now."
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