Chapter 719: 719 Han Zhiyuan
Chapter 719 719 Han Zhiyuan
“Chu, chu, chu!” The directional machine gun on the hull of this No. 4 tank spit out tongues of flame, and tracer bullets ran wildly among the crowd.
A moment of blood and flesh flew everywhere. The female secretary who had just screamed was hit in the head by a bullet and lost her voice instantly. The male officer beside her was shot in the abdomen and screamed and fell next to the woman's body.
The car that had no time to start was riddled with machine gun bullets. The driver fell down in the cab and leaned on the steering wheel so that the horn kept blaring.
The Tang Army soldiers following the tank were very close. One soldier threw out a grenade and rolled it into the crowd.
Then there was a loud noise, and the explosion blew away the surrounding Dahua officers and soldiers, and then these grenadiers started killing with Type 56 assault rifles.
The dense bullets formed a rain of bullets, covering most places in the yard at once. The Dahua officers who were shot fell one after another. Han Zhiyuan, who had just drawn his pistol, was shot in the arm, and blood immediately splattered everywhere.
“Ah!” He screamed, and the gun in his hand fell to the ground. The guard captain next to him immediately shouted in panic: "The general has been shot! The general has been shot! Hurry! Cover us! Cover the general's retreat!"
He supported Han Zhiyuan, almost dragging the injured Han Zhiyuan to a safer place.
Han Zhiyuan lost his pistol and looked at his bleeding arm. The excruciating pain made his forehead covered with sweat.
He kind of regretted coming to this **** Wangchun City, and he kind of regretted trusting those city guards and second-line troops too much.
"Fire! Fire! Don't run! Don't run!" Although his body was covered with blood, Han Zhiyuan still kept shouting.
There are many guards in the whole yard, and the officers also carry pistols. They should not be slaughtered by others in any case.
But the current situation is that everyone in the yard is running away frantically, some kneeling down to beg for mercy, but no one shoots back.
Man No. 100 was actually massacred by several Tang Army grenadiers, and then knelt on the ground like a bereaved dog, begging for mercy and waiting to die. Han Zhiyuan suddenly felt a little sad.
Which of the officers who usually follow him does not pride himself on being brave and unparalleled? When I was sitting in the rear and commanding, I saw that everyone was very powerful. Sometimes they would even pull out their pistols and slap them on the table during an argument.
What is regrettable is that now, those heroic officers who usually dare to draw guns when they are quarreling, drinking and fighting over women are crying like pussies!
Turns out, they were all just pretending! These people were just pretending to be in front of him, Han Zhiyuan, just to suit his liking.
Those people knew that Han Zhiyuan liked a rough and wild style, so they would pretend to be fearless.
Now, the real battlefield is right in front of us. These officers, who have never been on the battlefield, don’t even have the courage to pull out their guns and pull the trigger.
"They're all trash! They're all losers!" Han Zhiyuan covered the wound on his arm, eyes wide open, and cursed loudly in anger.
But the people passing in front of him didn't even look at him, as if they didn't notice such a madman at all.
"Shoot! Resist! You are all soldiers of Dahua!" Han Zhiyuan yelled, reaching out to grab a passing subordinate.
But he had only reached halfway when a bullet came over, hitting the deserter next to Han Zhiyuan.
The officer who was about to flee staggered a few steps and finally fell a few meters away from the gate.
Han Zhiyuan's guard captain began to persuade: "General! It's not suitable to stay here for a long time! We have to leave here as soon as possible!"
“You want to run too?” Han Zhiyuan stared at his guard captain and questioned sternly.
"No, General! This place is dangerous, and your safety is the most important thing!" the guard captain continued to persuade with an anxious look.
You must know that Han Zhiyuan is a general, the commander of an army of more than 200,000 people in the central region! As long as he is still there, these troops will not be in chaos, but if he is gone, how can these troops continue to block the Tang army heading south?
"This is not the time to be competitive! General! If something happens to you, General Qian Jinhang will be in danger!" The captain supported Han Zhiyuan and tried to pull him into the building while continuing to persuade.
But just when he pulled Han Zhiyuan, the heading machine gun of the No. 4 tank behind him finally swept over.
The bullet first penetrated Han Zhiyuan and then the guard captain. As if they were hit in the chest by a sledgehammer, the two men trembled and struggled and fell down.
Han Zhiyuan, the mighty general of the Dahua Empire, died a somewhat careless death in Wangchun City, leaving behind a defense line that was in disgrace and was in name only.
The attacking grenadiers of the Tang Army did not bother to look at the fallen Han Zhiyuan, because there were too many Dahua troops here.
They fired desperately until the whole courtyard fell silent and there were groups of prisoners kneeling in the corner, holding their heads and kneeling. The fighting stopped.
These lucky Tang grenadiers captured dozens of senior officers with little effort. "Who is Han Zhiyuan!" Finally remembering the most important purpose of his surprise attack here, the grenadier officer leading the team asked the prisoners kneeling on the ground.
"Sir, sir... He, he is Han Zhiyuan!" A handsome officer tremblingly stretched out his finger and pointed at the corpse not far away.
The grenadier commander of the Tang Army looked along the man's finger and happened to see Han Zhiyuan's body lying on it.
He walked over, looked down at the corpse, and found that the clothes were indeed very gorgeous. Judging from the style, it looks like a general, so it might actually be Han Zhiyuan.
"Is he really Han Zhiyuan?" A little bit unconvinced that the corpse lying at his feet was the target of the operation, the Tang Army commander spoke again to confirm.
Many Dahua officers nodded quickly and replied very firmly: "Yes, yes! He is Han Zhiyuan! Han Zhiyuan!"
Say a few more words at this time and be a good person, at least you may feel more comfortable when you are a prisoner. These Dahua officers who knew everything were thinking weakly in their hearts.
The street fighting in the city gradually subsided, and the sound of gunfire became sparse. The follow-up Tang army arrived and the large force entered Wangchun City.
The soldiers of the Tang Army who first captured the city have continued to move south, and they gracefully left the prisoners and the city they captured to those who came after them.
Because the Dahua army's fighting will was slack and the Tang army was caught off guard, the Dahua defenders did not even have time to deal with the railway at Wangchun City.
The Tang Army occupied an intact station, and the rails were also in good condition. There was even a locomotive parked in the train station.
Because the battle ended so quickly, even the Dahua civilians in the city did not realize that their city already belonged to the Tang army.
By the time they realized this, the Tang troops had already begun to change defenses here, and these Tang troops were very friendly and did not have much impact on the civilians of Wangchun City.
In the afternoon of the same day, the news that Wangchun City changed hands and was occupied by the Tang Army reached Feng Kezhi's general headquarters. He was silent and didn't say a word for a long time.
Han Zhiyuan’s military rank is not high, but his status is indeed not low! At least in the eyes of many people, Han Zhiyuan is one of the few soldiers who still has some courage left.
But now, Han Zhiyuan is dead!
The front line of the Dahua troops was in chaos. The Tang army had occupied Wangchun City. Feng Kezhi was no longer sure whether Tengyun City could still be defended.
If Tengyun City is lost, Nanfengkou will be in danger! At that time, the troops commanded by nearly one million Qian Jinhang will be surrounded and helpless.
Feng Kezhi could not think of any good way to change the dilemma he faced: withdrawing troops was unrealistic, and his own emperor Zhao Kai had just issued a death order two days ago, and he did not dare to easily disobey his emperor's arrangements.
His own emperor was willing to micromanage and often issued some fatal orders that made people laugh or cry. Feng Kezhi was already used to it.
At the same time, Redman was riding in an armored command vehicle, speeding toward the south on the road in Dahua. The vehicle was traveling on land that was not flat, bumping slightly due to poor road conditions.
The radio operator sitting next to him took off his earphones and handed a telegram to his general: "Sir! The telegram just sent! The air force has been dispatched!"
The weather in Wangchun City began to improve again, and the subsequent bomber groups of the Tang Army began to bombard the Dahua Army outside the city. The bombs dropped easily dispersed the enemy troops approaching the Tang Army.
One Stuka after another hovered near Wangchun City, attacking any Dahua skirmishers who tried to rush into Wangchun City.
On the other side, the gap in the defense line of the Dahua Army behind Redman was expanded by the Tang Army. The depth and width there are now more than 20 kilometers.
That afternoon, at the same time that Shen Chuan learned the news of Han Zhiyuan's death in battle, a military column of the Tang Army arrived at Wangchun City.
The tank battalion of Liu Guozhu, who had been chasing behind, had been holding back until now, and finally reached the front line.
According to the scheduled plan, they will cover the main attack force on the flanks and attack Tengyun City further away.
There is news that the Dahua army is gathering on the flanks of the Tang army, and there are also large-scale tank troops active.
Redman didn’t want to have problems on his flanks, so he placed elite troops equipped with new tanks here, preparing to surprise the Dahua Empire’s counterattack forces.
This surprise is a long-barreled 75mm tank gun with matching high-performance armor-piercing projectiles! With these new tanks stationed on the flanks, Redman boldly used the remaining armored forces to continue southward.
In the evening of that day, the Dahua army began to gather on a large scale. They shouted the slogan "Revenge for General Han Zhiyuan" and gathered together under the cover of night, preparing to launch a counterattack tomorrow morning and cut off the Tang Army's logistics supply line.
(End of this chapter)