"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
Explosions rang out on the city walls of the north gate of Da Tong.
Han Ling stood in front of his command post with a pair of binoculars and observed the situation.
"It's almost time! He ordered all the artillery battalions to stop firing and let the mortars fire. The first regiment attacked and blew up their city gates!”
"Yes, sir! Commander!"
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Just as the First Regiment was about to launch their attack, inside the Da Tong Garrison Command!
"Commander, the Pingyuan Army's cannons are too powerful. They are using the 75mm cannon to suppress us.
They even placed a large number of mortars outside of our firing range to bombard us. Now, our brothers can't hold on any longer!”
A major stood in front of Qin Shaoguan. His face was covered in blood. It seemed that he had come down from the north gate.
"Can't hold on? Couldn't withstand it? Bastard! Where did this Pingyuan Army come from? It had only been a few months, but their combat strength was actually so high!”
Qin Shaoguan cursed in anger.
"How many people do you have left?"
Qin Shaoguan asked after walking around the headquarters.
"There are about 1,500 people left! Nearly a thousand people have already been killed!"
The major looked at Qin Shaoguan eagerly, hoping that he could send reinforcements.
"Nearly a thousand people? How long had it been? They attacked the north gate for less than an hour. Why did we suffer so many casualties?”
Qin Shaoguan couldn't help frowning.
"Their cannonballs seem to have eyes. Every shot rarely misses!”
The major's eyes flashed with fear.
The mortars of the Pingyuan Army were too accurate.
He almost didn't see any cannonballs that missed. Many soldiers were killed even if they were hiding behind the city walls. This kind of accuracy was truly terrifying.
"Eyes?"
Qin Shaoguan couldn't help frowning.
After a few seconds, he said,"Abandon the north gate immediately and retreat into the city."
I don't believe that the Pingyuan Army would dare to bombard the residential area!”
Qin Shaoguan gritted his teeth in order to protect Datong.
"Commander, no! This would cause a large number of civilian casualties!”
Deputy Commander Liu Zhuoqing exclaimed.
"Zhuo Qing, do you think we have any other way now?”
Qin Shaoguan turned to Liu Zhuoqing and asked.
"Eh!"
Liu Zhuoqing was speechless. That's right!
If the Pingyuan Army continued to bombard the city, it wouldn't be long before the regiment at the north gate was almost completely destroyed.
Letting the Pingyuan Army enter the city and negating their advantage in artillery might allow them to defend Datong until reinforcements arrived.
"Sigh! It seems that this is the only way!"
Liu Zhuoqing said helplessly.
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"Commander! They've given up on the north gate!"
Huang Kelin suddenly walked into the command center and stood in front of Han Ling.
"Abandoned the North Gate?"
Han Ling's gaze was a little strange. Just as the group was about to reach the city gate and prepare to blow it up, they actually gave up on the north gate.
What was he doing?
Han Ling slowly sat down and thought for a moment before saying,""Order the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th regiments to enter the city and annihilate Qin Shaoguan's troops. Tell the soldiers to be quick. He had to take down the entire Da Tong before 6 PM today. Otherwise, their reinforcements would arrive tomorrow!”
"Yes, sir!"
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The Pingyuan Army had entered the city. Qin Shaoguan wanted to use street fighting to stall them.
However, he was thinking too much.
In front of absolute strength, even street fighting was useless.
Qin Shaoguan had imagined that the Pingyuan Army would not be held back in the city. On the contrary, his troops were constantly retreating.
The four infantry regiments that Han Ling had sent into the city started a brutal street battle with Qin Shaoguan's army.
However, this was the case for the soldiers of the Jinsui Army.
Their morale had already dropped quite a bit after their previous failures.
In addition, the equipment of the Pingyuan Army was too lacking.
In the city, it was very difficult for the Pingyuan Army to encounter such a powerful pillar of firepower.
Even if there was a machine gun, it would be a light machine gun from the Soviet Republic.
Although this machine gun had been used in China for a long time, it could even be said that it had a wide range of uses.
All the warlords would equip it, but Han Ling thought that it was a light machine gun of little value.
A 20-round magazine.
Theoretically, it could shoot up to 550 rounds per minute.
However, you have to look carefully. It's a theoretical firing rate.
His actual firing speed was so bad that Han Ling had never thought of using him.
To be honest, the light machine gun was not very good. Xiaolong had done some research. It was said that during World War II. Some of our Chinese troops use the light machine guns of the Soviet Republic. One machine gun can only fire a thousand rounds in a day.
What was the reason? The gun barrel was prone to heat. Although he could change the gun barrel quickly, it would also affect the durability of his vitality.
His 20-round magazine supply severely affected the firepower's durability. For the main character, this was simply something of little value. It didn't matter if he didn't equip it!
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No matter how much the warlords in China thought highly of the mechs, they would still call it a general-purpose machine gun in front of the Type 30 machine gun! Xiaolong felt that this was more like a general machine gun than a light machine gun.
He was simply trash.
Whether it was in terms of power, firepower, or anything else, he could not compare to the Type 30 general purpose machine gun.
In addition, the quality of the cloned soldiers was very high. Qin Shaoguan's army was completely suppressed from the moment they entered the city.
As the battle progressed, Qin Shaoguan's army began to decrease rapidly.
By 4 p. m., only the center of Datong remained in Qin Shaoguan's hands.
And he only had less than 3,000 people left.
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"Sigh! Zhuo Qing! Do you think we've failed just like that? More than ten thousand people! It had only been a day, and they had been eaten by the Pingyuan Army!”
In Qin Shaoguan's garrison headquarters.
He said worriedly.
"Shaoguan, why are you like this? We were eaten, but the Pingyuan Army didn't have many people. There were only a few tens of thousands of them! When Officer Yan had the time, he would naturally deal with him!”
Although they knew that they had failed, Liu Zhuoqing believed that Han Ling's army was strong, but not strong enough to fight against hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
As long as they defeated Jiang Jun, Han Ling would still be killed!
"Sigh! Hopefully! Zhuo Qing, go and ask our brothers to put down their weapons and surrender! There's no need to resist anymore!"
Qin Shaoguan paused and said unwillingly.
He hadn't been able to hold on for even a day. Thinking back, he had led an army of more than 18,000 people and had originally wanted to go all out.
But now, 18,000 soldiers were equivalent to two infantry divisions.
However, Han Ling's Pingyuan Army had devoured them in a single day. He didn't know if he would still have the face to face Officer Yan in the future.
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