Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 467 Chapter 467 Seven Days
This is the latest general-purpose grenade produced by Datang Group. It is smaller than the wooden-handled grenade used before. This is for the convenience of soldiers to carry and reduce the pressure on logistical support.

Although the wooden handle grenade can be thrown farther and can prevent rolling after landing, it is too large compared to the oval grenade, which takes up a lot of transportation volume and increases the cost of use.

Moreover, for individual soldiers, it is obviously easier to carry oval grenades than wooden handle grenades, and relatively speaking, it is easier to carry more quantities.

Obviously, Zheng Guo's army had never seen such a round explosive thing. When this soldier found something falling under his feet, his first reaction was to look at this thing full of horizontal and vertical lines.

The next second, the fuze ran out of time, and the grenade exploded in the trench, forming a storm of metal.

Flames and shock waves were mixed with the split grenade shells, rampaging in the trenches, swallowing all the crowded Zheng Guo troops.

A few seconds after the explosion, outside the trenches of Zheng Guo’s army, who were on their backs, a soldier of Datang rolled over and rolled into the trenches, holding a Thomson submachine gun in his hand, and vigilantly observing the movement in the trenches.

"Oops..." A Zheng Guo soldier who was overturned by a grenade lay moaning in the trench, his leg was pierced by shrapnel, and he was gushing blood.

In fact, he could no longer hear his own shouts, his ears were filled with buzzing.But he knew that he was injured, so he hoped to exchange his companions to save his dying self.

It's a pity that most of his companions could no longer hear his groans, the trenches were strewn with corpses, and those who could move were also recovering their states in a daze.

"Help!" Farther away, a Zheng Guo soldier was calling for help. Although he was also injured, it was obviously relatively minor, and he had already sat up at this time.

However, his shout drew bullets from soldiers of the Tang army who had already jumped into the trench.At the other end of the trench, the Tang army assaulter who had just turned into the trench picked up his submachine gun and started shooting.

"Thuk tuk tuk!" Before the smoke had completely cleared, the Thomson submachine gun, which was spouting flames, swept bullets like raindrops into the chaotic Zheng army crowd.

Immediately, all the people turned their backs!
The Zheng Jun soldier who had just sat up was shot in the chest and then lay down flatly. The Zheng Jun soldier who was squatting in the distance to hide was also knocked down by the bullet before he had time to stand up.

Seeing the enemy rushing over, Zheng Jun hurriedly pulled the bolt of the weapon in his hand, but they were hit by bullets before they could finish their movements.

The most unlucky soldier of the Zheng army raised his hands in fright, but the ruthless bullets still did not let go of the man who was about to surrender. A blood mist spewed out of his chest, and then he fell down.

Finally, the gunfire stopped, and the remaining Zheng Jun all raised their hands.They dropped their weapons and watched as the enemy opposite them changed their magazines. They watched as more enemy troops entered the trenches and drove them into the corner.

On the battlefield, the sound of cannons is still going on, but the distance from here has gradually gone away.Farther away, the battle was still going on, and the degree of adaptation of the two sides to the new tactics made the casualties of the two sides polarized.

Although Zheng Jun barely learned to lay out trenches at the last moment, they have not adapted to such tactics at all in their bones.

The soldiers huddled in the trenches without any corresponding tactical experience at all. They were completely different from the soldiers of the Tang Army who had been accepting modern tactics.

What's even more helpless is that these Zheng army soldiers did not have the support of heavy weapons. The artillery behind them could not help them support the defense line and maintain the stability of the trench defense line, both in terms of quantity and quality.

In some parts of the battle, Zheng Jun, who had no automatic weapons at all, was beaten helplessly, and without heavy machine guns to provide continuous fire support, these soldiers hiding in the trenches were simply a group of rats. Hiding in hiding (yes, I typed it right! Stubborn face) That's all.

Even if they fought hand to hand in the trenches, these soldiers who had only been equipped with new rifles for a few months were no match for the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who were equipped with submachine guns.

If they were lucky enough to fire a single shot in the trenches, they could only rely on bayonets to fight against Datang Group's submachine guns.

The firepower density of the two sides is very different. When Zheng Jun fired a bullet, the Datang Group may have fired dozens of bullets and several shells...

The powerful troops piled up entirely with gold coins, fighting against the natives who don't understand modern warfare at all, is basically a feast for capturing prisoners.

The Zheng army stationed in the factory and workshop area outside the city is also an elite, and there are many brave people. Just relying on the bayonet in their hands, they also caused casualties to the Datang army.

When they seized a bullet production factory on the outskirts of Wangcheng, hundreds of Zheng Jun soldiers prepared to fight a hand-to-hand battle with Datang Group with bayonets, and they did succeed in fact.

Surrounding several factory buildings, they fought off an infantry squad of Datang Group at the cost of annihilating their entire army... After the main force of the infantry company where this infantry squad was located came up, the battle situation became one-sided.

The angry Datang troops then adopted a more conservative machine gun follow-up flat-push tactic, advancing 400 meters in one breath, without capturing a single prisoner.

This kind of battle, which was more like a bloody revenge, made Zheng Jun terrified. He fought fiercely all day. In the evening, Zheng Jun withdrew from the war zone and retreated to the vicinity of the city wall.

More Zheng Guo troops deployed on the outskirts of Wangcheng finally chose to surrender. The two sides fought for only one day, and several Tang troops who besieged Wangcheng captured almost 1 Zheng Jun prisoners.

In the battle, Tang Jun killed at least 3000 Zheng Jun, which means that on the first day of the fierce battle, about a quarter of Zheng Jun who stood firm in the royal city was wiped out!

In the royal city, Zheng Tong became a little nervous after learning about the tragic situation of the battle.He couldn't believe that he would change from the master of ZTE to the king of subjugation in just over a month.

More than a month ago, he was still holding taxes that he never dared to think about in the past, and there were many more recruits than before, and he was still fantasizing about his grand plan and hegemony...

But in a blink of an eye, he was trapped in the isolated city, the palace was bombarded to pieces, and the enemy's swords and guns were already a few kilometers away!

"We... still, how long can we hold on?" Every time he heard the gunfire that was close at hand, Zheng Tong, whose hands would tremble, looked at Li Jun, who had the same ugly face, and asked an annoying question. question.

Li Jun rubbed the back of his hand, stared at the map of the city defense deployment, and replied with difficulty: "Morale may collapse at any time, so it's hard to say... However, it can last for seven days at most."

"So short?" Zhang Ming, who was on the side, was startled and looked at Li Jun.He and Li Jun had been fighting for power all his life, but at this moment, he found that he was still an old opponent who could be of little use at critical moments.

The remaining ministers ran and hid, and now there are not many of them!Some people had joined the enemy with their families long ago, and some were lost among the mob.

Yesterday, taking advantage of the chaos, Zhang Ming tried to find a few confidants to discuss how to deal with the current situation, but found that only one came.

The rest of the people either evaded and said they were sick, or they simply disappeared without a trace!These people have built private houses in the city on weekdays, and the worst ones have a hidden golden house. It is not easy to find them hiding at this time.

"It's not short! Maybe the situation will be better tomorrow, but your majesty must be prepared for the damage of the city wall and the entry of enemy troops." Li Jun continued to explain truthfully: "Looking at the enemy's artillery fire, the city wall cannot be defended. At most one morning……"

"What? The city wall will be lost tomorrow?" Zhang Ming was taken aback again. He is not a military expert, so in his opinion, if the city wall is lost, it is almost over.

"Didn't you say that you can last for seven days?" Zheng Tong was also taken aback by this statement. He thought Li Jun was talking about being able to last for seven days with a strong city wall.

Li Jun shook his head and explained to the two military blinds: "Your Majesty, Your Excellency! I was talking about seven days at the most, but if they can last five days, it is considered that the soldiers have exhausted their lives."

He paused, and continued: "The enemy's artillery fire is fierce, and the top of the city will definitely not be able to defend, so the defense line of the city wall will be breached soon. However, there are still houses and streets in the city to hold on to, and the civilians are in chaos... the enemy The army didn't dare to attack rashly, so they could take advantage of the chaos and barely defend for two days."

Having said that, he swept his hand across the map, sighed and continued: "After three days at most, the troops without supervision and command will be defeated, and the rest depends on how much resistance our soldiers have. Heart, when will the enemy army come to kill us again..."

Even during World War II, during the Battle of Stalingrad, the battle between the Soviet army and the German army was still half-chaotic. A large number of small groups of troops completely broke away from the superior command and fought brutally in the narrow and cramped terrain. This is a huge blow to morale and will. test.

This is still a confrontation between two troops with a high degree of modernization and a strong will to fight.Any non-modern army that requires officers to supervise battles will quickly collapse in street fighting.

Li Jun, who led the troops, naturally knew how much his troops weighed. He knew very well that once he lost his superior command, the small Zheng army that was cut and scattered would immediately fall into chaos and then start to collapse.

Although the most elite troops of the Zheng army were deployed near Wangcheng, the reason is the same.No matter how elite the army is, it cannot change the inevitable law.

(End of this chapter)