Bombing the City Gate
A day later, in the early morning of January 8th, the three infantry battalions and two artillery battalions finally arrived at a small village not far from the county.
The village, which had a population of less than 1000, became lively. Thousands of elite soldiers were already prepared to attack.
Then, under the command of Li Yun Long, the commander of the operation, thousands of soldiers rushed towards the county town.
Some of the old farmers around the county town immediately became silent out of fear when they saw this. Basically, one by one, they remembered the horror of war and hid in their homes, not daring to come out.
At this time, in Jiyuan City, the police and security guards on the city wall early in the morning also realized that something was wrong. From the morning onwards, the entire Jiyuan could basically be considered to be out and out!
This strange situation quickly attracted the attention of these veterans. They might not have much combat strength, but they were very sensitive to these things.
"Why isn't anyone entering the city today? Logically speaking, it's almost the new year, so the people around should enter the city to buy some things!”At the city gate, a militia soldier carrying an old-fashioned rifle asked.
The old class monitor next to him had a solemn expression on his face at this moment. He said with a slightly bitter expression,"I heard that there seems to be bandits in the south. Weren't the big families in the city running out one by one these two days?”
"No way! Even if they were bandits, there shouldn't be too much of a problem! There were so many villages outside, and at least tens of thousands of people would go to the city during the New Year. Could it be that all the villages in the entire county were affected? My house is still outside! Did something happen?" The soldier who had asked the question asked worriedly.
He still had many family members outside the city. If they were to encounter a disaster, it would not be easy to deal with. Although they were poor, they all attached great importance to their families.
"Don't worry! The bandits shouldn't be interested in those three melons and two dates in your house. We have to be careful on our side now. With that old fellow whose rifling has been polished, he's no match for those bandits!”The veteran beside him said very casually. He was not worried about some things.
And the question he had just mentioned was actually the most important thing. On the surface, the weapons in the hands of these soldiers were made in Hanyang and looked the same as the old-fashioned ones. They were basically considered to be passable.
However, the weapons in their hands were left behind by the patrol battalion of the previous dynasty. To put it bluntly, the lifespan of these guns was longer than the lifespan of 80% of the soldiers in the Security Corps!
Basically, they were all old guys with polished rifling. If they were used in battle, they would be able to hit the target from a distance of 30 meters. It could be said that they were a waste of firepower. Most importantly, these soldiers were still short of bullets for such a lousy thing!
Normally, other than the guards who could fire more than a dozen bullets, only Zhu Wei and his own platoon of guards did not worry about ammunition.
As for the ordinary soldiers, they were just holding empty guns with only a few bullets to scare people.
On normal days, the bullets given to them for training were even rarer. Those who had the idea could spend money to get two bullets, but for most soldiers, this was unrealistic.
Therefore, Zhu Wei was very clear about the combat strength of his soldiers. However, in reality, he did not pay special attention to those ordinary soldiers.
The elites that he really valued were only those trusted aides of the 100-odd people. As for the rest, they were just pulled over to support the field.
The young man wanted to say something, but at this moment, a long line of soldiers in earthen yellow camouflage was slowly approaching the county town from the fields and roads in the distance.
The young man who discovered this situation immediately said to the veteran beside him,"Class monitor, look, what are those things over there?”
Hearing the young soldier's question, the squad leader casually looked into the distance. When he saw the dense crowd, the squad leader was instantly stunned.
Then, he felt his scalp go numb and shouted to the people beside him,"Hurry up and enter the city. These are f * cking bandits. Hurry up and enter. Close the city gates and quickly inform the regiment commander and the others!”
The class monitor shouted at the top of his lungs. He looked at the neat rows of people in the distance and already knew what they were. This was obviously a large group of soldiers running!
Looking at the black mass of heads in the distance, the old class monitor could not help but feel a wave of helplessness in his heart. He realized that he could not hold on any longer.
Jiyuan County was not big. Zhu Wei, Zhou Zheng, and the others quickly received the news and came to the city wall.
The 3000 or so infantry soldiers outside the city had surrounded the entire county, leaving no way out.
They hurriedly ran to the top of the city wall and looked at the soldiers of the People's Army nearly a thousand meters away. Zhu Wei and the others who were on the top of the city wall could not help but feel their scalps go numb.
Not to mention the weapons and equipment, just the appearance of the army was enough to make the people's army surpass these civilian groups by more than eight streets!
Moreover, some of the higher-ups with binoculars saw machine guns and cannons through the binoculars. The appearance of these things made the higher-ups of these counties feel their scalps go numb!
"Commander Zhu, are these really bandits? I don't think so. Where did these bandits get their machine guns and cannons? Could they be some marshal's soldiers?”Zhou Zheng looked on from the top of the city wall and said with a trembling voice.
Zhu Wei, who was at the side, was not in a good state either. He said in a panic,"That can't be. When we contacted Leader Shang previously, they didn't have any messy information!”
Just as Zhou Zheng and Zhu Wei were arguing, the four 50mm anti-tank cannons outside the city wall opened fire.
Their target was not the people on the city wall, but the city gates and walls below. At the order, two high-explosive bombs bombarded the city gate, directly shattering the wooden walls.
The remaining two shells landed on the city wall at the side, causing two huge fireballs to explode. Then, some soil was thrown onto the city wall.
Zhou Zheng and Zhu Wei, who were still arguing on the city wall, immediately squatted down when they heard the cannon sound. Then, they saw some soil sprinkled on their bodies.
A soldier on the side quickly ran up and said,"Guild Leader, it's bad. The bandit cannons below have blown up our city gates! What should we do now?"
"What can we do? Guard it with all your might. If the bandits come in, we won't have a good time. Inform our brothers to hold on.”At this moment, Zhu Wei could only insist.
At this moment, a voice came from a loudspeaker outside the city.
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