Chapter 991: 992 welcome along the road
Chapter 991 Chapter 992 Welcome along the road
A transport ship full of soldiers slowly docked at the pier of Nanshan Port, the most important port in Chu State. The gangway was lowered, and one after another the soldiers walked off the deck, stood on the dock and began to line up.
These soldiers wore different military uniforms from those of the Chu State. Judging from the style, the two sides seemed to be in different eras. The soldiers of the Tang Empire already have the prototype of the lighthouse country in the 1990s, while the Chu State has a proper retro style of the 1939 German army.
The military uniforms of the soldiers of the Tang Empire were all jacket-style with narrow cuffs, while the military uniforms of the Chu State were still military uniforms aided by the Tang Empire. They were gray and green in single color and had no tightening design on the cuffs.
Compared to those of the Tang Empire, the military uniforms of the Chu State were more like formal attires, and the soldiers of the Tang Empire had completely separated formal attires from combat uniforms.
There is no way, money is so willful: ordinary soldiers in the Tang Empire have more than three sets of military uniforms, including formal ceremonial attire, training uniforms for daily wear, and military camouflage uniforms for official battles.
In addition to the difference in camouflage uniforms, the Chu soldiers wore the same military boots that were used by the Tang Empire. The traditional high-waisted riding boots inherited from Germany were not very useful on the battlefield.
The Tang Empire used more modern mid-waist military leather boots. The soles of the boots were made of synthetic materials, which were wear-resistant and soft. They were obviously more reasonable and easier to mass-produce.
The helmets on the heads of the soldiers on both sides are also completely different. Soldiers from the Tang Empire have begun to generally equip helmets made of synthetic materials, while soldiers from the Chu State are equipped with M35 helmets from the Tang Dynasty. They still look good, but they are more functional. A little worse.
In addition, the Tang Empire’s tactical vest design was not available in the Chu State. The Chu State used the Y-shaped suspenders that had been eliminated by the Tang Empire, but some designs were modified according to the special use environment of the Chu State.
The Tang Empire has equipped tactical vests on a large scale and uses more breathable materials. If necessary, these tactical vests can also be equipped with bulletproof steel plates, which can increase the protection of soldiers to some extent.
In addition, this kind of vest can disperse the weight and increase the carrying capacity of the troops. At the same time, it can distribute the equipment positions more reasonably and improve the combat response speed of the soldiers.
Tang soldiers, almost armed from head to toe, disembarked one after another and formed square formations on the pier.
The platoon commander and company commanders kept shouting commands. Amidst these commands, another transport ship slowly opened the side hatch on a pier specially built by the construction team of the Tang Empire.
As the springboard was lowered, a Type 113 armored vehicle drove out of the cabin and rushed to the dock. Those Chu country dock workers who usually carried goods on the dock were completely stunned by the scene in front of them. They didn't know what happened, and they didn't know why the soldiers of the Tang Empire appeared here.
“Isn’t it the sovereign state? Why are so many soldiers here?” an old dock worker asked in confusion.
“I don’t know, I haven’t heard anything happened.” Another dock worker looked at the Type 113 armored vehicles driving out of the cabin, and he felt a little embarrassed when he spoke.
They did not find the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to be intimidating, because in the past two years or so, they, the unloading workers, had long become familiar with the approachable crew members of the Tang Dynasty.
The other party is very reasonable, willing to give money, generous and friendly. Such people are easily welcomed, not to mention that many people in Chu State are already looking forward to becoming Tang people.
They were frightened because everything seemed to be fine yesterday, but today so many soldiers suddenly came: they were not worried about becoming Tang people, they were worried about war starting in their hometown...
Just kidding, it’s okay to become a Tang Dynasty person, but if you become a dead person before becoming a Tang Dynasty person, that would be a tragedy, wouldn’t it?
Everyone was looking at those huge transport ships. These two transport ships were not the ones they usually saw: the two large ships had a displacement of at least 20,000 to 30,000 tons. At first glance, they looked like they were big things that other countries could not build. .
"Ah!" Immediately afterwards, in the cabin of the large ship where 113 armored vehicles kept coming out, a Leopard tank slowly drove out and stopped behind the 113 armored vehicle.
Then came the second Panther tank, and the third Panther tank... The dock workers watching the excitement kept exclaiming, and at this time, a group of Datang Empire soldiers who had been pulled out of the phalanx had already arrived on the dock. In front of the Chu State checkpoint on guard duty.
"Sir! We have been notified..." The officer on duty in Chu State sounded a little reluctant, but he still extended his palm in a friendly manner.
The platoon leader led by the Tang Dynasty also extended his hand and shook hands with the other party. Then, he took a step back and stood at attention with a very standard salute: "The handover ceremony can begin! Please hand over the post to our army! Thank you for maintaining order in Nanshan Port!"
"Now! You can lay off your post, and we will take up our post!" After the platoon leader from the Tang Dynasty finished speaking, he stood at attention and saluted again: "Long live our emperor!"
Although the order stated that the handover ceremony would be held at 12 noon, the Chu officer opposite did not make any fuss about the time. He also stood at attention and saluted, and then took a step sideways to give up his position. All Chu soldiers in the entire checkpoint were unarmed. Their weapons had been transported out of the city yesterday.
Very smoothly, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty equipped with Type 56 assault rifles stood at the sentry box inside the checkpoint, holding steel guns in their hands and looking into the distance. The Chu soldiers who had already given up their positions climbed up to the side and were ready. truck.
According to the agreement reached between the Datang Empire and the Chu State, all the facilities in Chu State’s Nanshan Port and all the land within a certain range outside the city have been owned by the Datang Empire.
Including the pipelines extending into the port, the railways connecting to Shu and Qin, and even all residents in this area must be managed by the Datang Empire.
Everyone in Nanshan Port has now automatically obtained the citizenship of the Tang Empire. In the future, they must live under the laws of the Datang Empire, enjoy the rights of imperial citizens, and must also fulfill the obligations of imperial citizens.
Just after the handover of the guard posts, a burst of cheers suddenly came from the dock. This was the cheers erupted by the Chu country dock workers who knew the truth. They now finally knew everything.
On the main road, many people who already knew that the Tang Empire was about to take over Nanshan Port were already standing in the streets and alleys, waiting for the exciting moment.
They saw the armored vehicle driving out from the dock, with the Dragon Flag of the Tang Dynasty spread on the **** of the front of the vehicle. People waved their arms and cheered at the commander of the Tang Dynasty who was half leaning out of the armored vehicle.
"Long live the Tang Empire!" I don't know who started it, and the Chu people on the street began to shout this slogan, and then the slogan gathered into a continuous tsunami: "The Tang Empire Long live His Majesty the Emperor!"
In a flower shop on the corner of the street, the proprietress rushed to the side of the convoy with a basket and scattered a handful of flower petals at the soldiers on the armored vehicle.
His behavior frightened many people, because the lower-level commanders of the Tang Empire who were walking behind the armored vehicles knew very well that they were now armed with live ammunition.
Before the operation, on the ship, the group leader called everyone to a meeting and emphasized countless times that they might be attacked by resistance and civilians, so everyone should pay attention to their own safety.
This kind of meeting made all the soldiers of the Tang Empire who landed extremely nervous, until they saw a group of dockworkers crying with joy on the dock.
With the flower shop owner scattering flower petals at the beginning, the rest of the story begins to dance on the tip of a knife. More and more people began to poke their heads out of the building. People cheered and waved their arms, and many people began to hum songs from the Tang Empire.
The situation was getting out of control. There were so many windows and crowds of people on the road that the soldiers on guard could not see through them.
It's just that the snipers placed on the roof and the stones thrown at the Tang Empire troops that they were worried about did not appear, so they had to relax their vigilance and start to mess around.
Just kidding, if there is no one on the street, they can perform security duties. There are tens of thousands of people on the **** street now, and their eyes are not enough. What else can they do if they don't mess up?
Seeing that after walking through one street, there were more civilians on the second street. People sang various popular songs from the Tang Dynasty on both sides of the street. Those who didn't know it thought it was a victory parade.
The bread seller rushed to the side of the team and stuffed the bread into the soldiers' arms one by one. Seeing him doing this, some bun shop owners began to follow suit.
This is not the most magical thing. The most magical thing is that later on, some people began to forcefully deliver all kinds of weird food regardless of the categories they sold. As soon as they saw it, some people grabbed the noodles and stuffed them directly into the arms of the soldiers.
The noodle sauce spilled all over the soldier, and a lot of the noodles hung directly on the magazine bag on the soldier's chest. The soldier couldn't laugh or cry. He waved his hand in refusal and was stuffed with an egg in his hand.
"The Tang Dynasty! The Tang Dynasty! The Tang Dynasty!" I don't know who found a giant dragon flag from the Tang Dynasty Empire, and just rolled it down from the roof of the street, covering the entire building. Facing the wall.
Because the lower part was not fixed yet, the huge dragon flag began to flutter in the wind, pushing the celebrating crowd below to a climax.
"They are welcoming us! Can you believe it?" a soldier asked his comrades in disbelief. His comrade-in-arms was eating a burger that some civilian had given him, waving to a group of beautiful women in the distance, and had no time to pay attention to his friends around him.
(End of this chapter)