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Chapter 736 Chapter 736 What Do You Think?
It is actually not easy to find food in Xi Cong.It has almost been fortified and cleared, and most of the civilians have left this place before the war.

So when you go to Xicong to look for food, the subtext is actually that you go to Xicong and die in battle, and the saved food will be eaten by others.

Therefore, a large number of second-line Dahua troops were sent into Xicong, and fought hard in the ruins and streets.

Qian Jinhang learned that he was promoted to a general by His Majesty the Emperor while eating.His subordinates also congratulated him, and the kitchen added an extra meal for him.

But in the evening of the next day, he learned a bad news: the Tang army occupied the southern oil field, and had begun to repair the cut off pipeline from the oil field to the south air outlet.

Speaking of which, this pipeline was built with the help of Datang Group. At that time, the relationship between Dahua Empire and Datang Kingdom seemed to be pretty good on the surface, and the two sides launched many cooperation projects.

For example, the Datang Kingdom helped the Dahua Empire build an aircraft production line, specializing in the production of camel biplane fighters that looked pretty good at the time.

These planes were also exported by the Dahua Empire to the Chu and Qin countries, and the foreign exchange earned even made the Dahua Empire a small profit.

The oil pipeline project was built for a full year and a half. At that time, it suddenly stimulated the domestic demand of Dahua Empire, increased the oil production speed of Dahua Empire by more than ten times, and instantly solved the oil consumption problem of Dahua Empire.

Even at that time, some of the oil was exported to Tang State, and it was used as payment to Tang State, and a lot of mechanical equipment was purchased from Tang State.

With these machinery and equipment, the Dahua Empire began its own industrialization, and gradually gave this ancient empire an industrial foundation.

But now, these pipelines are under the control of Tang Jun, and they have become part of Tang State's oil facilities: With the southern oil field, the lack of oil in Tang State's mainland has been solved at once.

In fact, in Nanfengkou and the southern oil field, the military supplies seized by the Tang army included not only ground but also aerial weapons and equipment.

Because of the weather, the air force assembled by the Great China Empire in the southern region could not be transferred away. These planes parked in the field airport basically became the spoils of war for the troops of the Tang Dynasty.

In at least 10 different field airports, the Tang army seized more than 800 aircraft of various types from the Dahua Empire in one go.

It's just that for Tang Jun, these seized planes have no practical value at all, and are almost no different from rags.

It seems that many of the planes are actually camel fighters. This kind of plane is no different from Tang Jun's practical ones. Its performance is backward, and its wings and fuselage are made of wood.

In other words, these planes can't even sell scrap iron: the fuselage of the plane is made of wood, the wings are covered with canvas, and the only thing worth a little money in the whole plane is the engine.

In fact, the technology of this engine is completely backward, and even the Dahua Empire has looked down on this type of aircraft.

Previously, Dahua Empire used the engines of four camel fighters to independently design and develop a large multi-engine bomber. Although the performance was not very good, it solved the sales problem of some camel fighter engines.

This kind of bomber has a slow speed and low load, which can be said to be almost useless, but it still solves the problem of the availability of bombers in some countries. Qin State purchased 300 aircraft, and Chu State equipped about 200 aircraft.

The Dahua Empire itself equipped 500 of them, and the Tang Army even captured many of these patchwork bombers—but they were really useless, and the Tang National Air Force even sneered at these big toys in terms of safety.

Counting the seizures in the central region, the Tang army has almost captured more than 1000 aircraft of the Dahua Empire at this moment.

If you count the downed Dahua aircraft, the Dahua Empire has lost nearly 2000 aircraft of various types after the war.

Interestingly, according to Dahua Empire's own statistical records, due to problems such as rough production technology, they themselves crashed more than 100 planes, accounting for one-twentieth of the total loss!

Don't look at the huge number, but in fact the air force of the Dahua Empire is far from being injured.None of their advanced aircraft dared to deploy on the front line, so they escaped the fate of being destroyed.

A large number of aircraft were destroyed and captured on the ground, so the loss of air force pilots of the Dahua Empire was not too heavy, probably only a few hundred people were killed or injured.

However, such a loss still severely weakened the Great China Empire's control over the battlefield. As the weather gradually improved, Tang's air force took off more and more sorties, and the air supremacy was naturally controlled by Tang.

For the first time in two months, the sky in Sicong showed signs of clearing, and the sun shone on the wet and smoky city.

A Flying Fortress bomber hovered over the outskirts of Xicong, seemingly scouting and reassessing the number and location of the besieged Dahua troops.

No one cared about the plane above their heads anymore, because various voices began to emerge from the Dahua army, which was being gradually compressed into the depth of its defense.

Even Qian Jinhang's confidantes began to discuss the feasibility of breaking out: the rescue promised by the empire did not seem to exist at all, and there was no difference between being trapped in Xicong and waiting for death.

"General! We must try to break through! There is no way out here!" An officer reminded Qian Jindao worriedly.

The environment here looks good, because it is a residential area near Xicong, and there are a few houses that have not collapsed, dry and fully functional.

Although it is not as direct as sewers in some areas of the city, it can be said to be much better than stationed in the wild.

In the not-so-big room, another general looked at Qian Jinhang who was silent, and said, "Great general! The rescue and counterattack I mentioned before... didn't see anything, so I should give it to you." Shall we have an argument?"

Many of the generals in the room are actually Qian Jinhang's confidantes, and their troops can be regarded as the most capable of fighting among the besieged Dahua troops.

The troops that Qian Jinhang invested in before were all second-line and non-directed troops, so the losses of these direct descendants are actually not that big.

The generals in front of them are very anxious, because they still have capital, the troops are relatively complete, and the priority of supplies is relatively high, so their combat effectiveness is still guaranteed.

But seeing the situation getting worse and worse, the most hopeful of them are also the ones who want to struggle the most.

I only heard some generals complaining: "Yes, there is not even a single message! Where is the rescue unit going, and there are still a few days before it is close to the south wind mouth, why don't you tell us?"

The general standing beside him also spread his hands: "Let's persevere, let's continue to fight in Xicong. You should tell us when the reinforcements will arrive and when the supplies will be replenished!"

These generals are not blaming Qian Jinhang, but are pointing their fingers at the rescue promised by the empire - they have been fighting in Xicong for several days, and they promised to take back the reinforcements at Nanfengkou, but there has been no news for a long time .

They are all commanders of thousands or even tens of thousands of troops, who is really a fool?I believed that there were reinforcements before, but I believed that Dahua's top management would not be so bad that they really refused to save tens of thousands of people.

But with the passage of time, this trust has become lower and lower, and it has reached the point where it cannot be maintained.

At this moment, everyone has almost guessed that the so-called reinforcements actually do not exist at all.In fact, they did guess right. The previously promised counterattack against Nanfengkou was actually just a hoax.

Now that you have guessed it all, what is the use of coming here to say these words?In fact, it is useless.Everyone came here and stood here, not to complain about the people behind.

What I said just now was just foreshadowing, and the subtext was actually "We already know the truth, my lord, please stop acting."

At this point, everyone saw that Qian Jinhang didn't speak, and gradually brought the topic back to a more realistic direction: "The weather is getting better and better. When Tang Jun's planes start bombing, our situation will be even more passive. gone."

Since rescue is hopeless, we can always break through by ourselves, right?This is actually what everyone wants to talk about at this meeting.

So one of the generals reminded Qian Jinhang: "The soldiers have begun to complain that the food is getting worse and worse. We have consumed more than half of the food we carry, and now it is mixed with wood chips and mixed with water... the people below are complaining." It’s so big, it’s almost unstoppable.”

"The army's ammunition is decreasing every day, and if the fight continues, it may not even be enough to break through! You have to say something, General!" Someone in the corner followed suit.

Qian Jinhang glanced impatiently at the corner where the voice came from. He sighed and motioned for everyone to be quiet, before finally speaking, he pushed all the responsibility to Prince Zhao Chen who was far away in the Jiange: "I also I was tricked by that bastard Zhao Chen!"

"Then my lord..." Several generals wanted to speak, but were interrupted by Qian Jinhang.

He waved his hand and said, "We can't defeat the Tang Army's armored forces in the wild, and giving up Xi Cong is a dead end..."

Without waiting for these generals to continue to say anything, just listen to Qian Jinhang continue to say: "There is no point in continuing to fight now. Surrendering at this time is ashamed of the empire's cultivation of us."

"So, we can only consume it! Eat up all the food, run out of ammunition... Persist for ten and a half months, and the defense line dragged to the direction of Cangjian Gorge is stable. I will wait...to make plans." Qian Jinhang said and glanced around. Everyone present: "What do you think...?"

He seemed to be asking, but in fact he had already made a decision. Calling these generals was just to inform them.

(End of this chapter)