The tanks fired their cannons mercilessly, and the machine guns fired nonstop. Soon, they ran over the rough defense line of the enemy, and the infantry followed. After that, there was nothing else. What else could they do other than surrender?
Because of the addition of the tank, these metal boxes were like steel monsters to the soldiers who had never heard of them before. With such a strong shock, many soldiers either surrendered or ran away. Thus, a partial defeat began, and soon, a major defeat appeared. Once a defeat appeared, it would be impossible to stop it in this chaotic situation. Thus, the army's defeat was inevitable. On this battlefield that spanned a dozen miles, a great show of pursuit was played out.
The entire battle continued until dark. The tanks chased for dozens of kilometers until they ran out of machine gun bullets before reluctantly withdrawing. Most of the time, the people's army was capturing prisoners. As for after dark, there was nothing they could do. Everyone was very tired. They had to rest first!
barracks
There were people walking around everywhere. Some were returning to camp, some were eating and resting, some were escorting captives back to camp, and so on. Looking at the orderly and lively military camp, Nie Wenzhou slowly walked to the wounded barracks.
Although the soldiers were moaning in pain, no one complained or cursed. He walked over to the wounded soldiers. He wanted to talk to them, but he was afraid of disturbing their rest. She quietly listened to their painful moans and then left.
In this chaotic world, human lives were worse than dogs! The ancients did not deceive me.
On the second day, the army that had rested for a night began to advance in brigades towards Chahar.
At this moment, Zhang Jiakou was already in a gloomy state. The army attacked from the border of Suiyuan, but they did not have any great results. Instead, they suffered a crushing defeat.
Yesterday afternoon, ever since the People's Army started firing, Xu Shuzheng had immediately ordered his men to gather troops to deal with the upcoming attack. This was a good response. The bombardment of the people's army did not cause many casualties. The army left their original base and began to stabilize the defense line.
However, how can you not play by the rules? We agreed on a positional battle, but now you're using this steel box to bully us. Is there any justice in this world?
As a high-ranking official, Xu Shuzheng naturally knew that this thing had appeared in the European War. At that time, it was transliterated to be called a tank. However, this thing didn't seem to be very useful in the European War. He didn't see any of them end the war quickly. Why was it different for him?
The steel box was made of steel, so guns couldn't move it. There weren't many cannons, so they couldn't use cannons to shoot it. Therefore, everyone was miserable. The defeat at the front line led to the defeat at the back. The generals could only escape with the guards.
The current situation was that after the army was defeated, there were not many troops left. There were more than 30,000 people who had just been counted. Many of them had lost their way yesterday and had only returned this morning. As for those who had not returned, they were probably already captured.
The front line of the battlefield was only a hundred miles away from Zhang Jiakou. The imperial guards set off in the morning and arrived at Zhang Jiakou in less than an hour.
The 30,000 soldiers who had fled in a panic did not have all their firearms and cannons. If it were not for the fact that this was a logistics transit base, they would probably have run out of food and bullets. But now, they had no confidence in facing the armed people's army.
In the afternoon, before the cannons of the People's Army could unleash their might, the city had already sent people to negotiate.
Guan Donglai and Qin Fenglin, as the leaders of this operation, knew that they were here to occupy territory and take prisoners, so they did not object to the other party's surrender request. It was just to ensure their safety, and it could save a lot of artillery shells and soldiers 'lives.
Zhang Jiakou successfully took over, leaving a division to take over the other counties of Chahar, and the army marched towards the capital.
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the capital
This place was already a mess.
After receiving the report of the defeat of the northern troops and the tanks, the entire central command was at a loss. Although there were still tens of thousands of troops in the capital, they were a hundred thousand well-equipped victorious troops!
The Taihang Mountains had sent out troops, but it would take at least two days before they returned. The enemy's vanguard had already passed Huailai and was only a hundred kilometers away.
In the embassy of John Bull in Dongjiao Alley, many envoys had already gathered.
"Oh, my God! I heard that they used tanks. Is that true? Mr. Zhu Erdian, could it be that someone sold them weapons?”
Zhu Erdian was also mentally exhausted. He was already so old and was about to retire safely, but such a thing had happened. Previously, everyone had worked together to sell weapons. Now, they had made money, but the situation had worsened.
"Gentlemen, I don't know the specifics, but the news I received from Beiyang is indeed like this. I don't know who provided them with weapons, or if they really made them themselves, but the situation now is that they are coming here. This time, he invited everyone over to discuss what to do. After all, the warlords in the west were not very friendly.”
What else can we do? Now that they have attacked, do we want to fight them with the troops in the embassy? Everyone thought so, except for one person.
An Easterner stood up and said,"Gentlemen, we can't just sit back and do nothing! Now is not the time to be hopeless. We can still fight for it.”
The others followed his plan and asked what to do. He slowly said something, and everyone nodded in praise.
Nie Wenzhou had already rushed to the capital with the follow-up troops. The situation here was complicated, and there were many things that ordinary people might not dare to deal with. Only he would come personally.
"Report, there is news from the front. Our vanguard has arrived at the outskirts of the capital.”
"Report, the 12th Division has already dispatched troops to take over the other areas of Chahar."
"Report, the two armies in the south have already launched an attack on the enemy troops in front of them. However, the enemy is already prepared and has retreated to stabilize their defenses. Our army has yet to completely defeat the enemy in front of us.”
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Even though he was taking a break, he still had to continue receiving information from the battlefield and giving out relevant orders, although he rarely commanded remotely like this.
The current situation could only be said to have taken a turn for the better. They had begun to counterattack, but the other roads did not have the support of tanks. They could only defeat a portion of the enemy's troops. They could not chase after the enemy's scattered troops on a large scale.
Therefore, they had to fight steadily and steadily, defeating the enemy's main force step by step until they were completely wiped out. As long as this was the case, the people's army would not be affected in the follow-up operations. If most of them escaped, they would still fight against the People's Army in the future, which was not in line with the strategy of the People's Army.
He still didn't give any orders, but had someone call back and tell them to wipe out the main forces of Beiyang according to plan.
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