As far as the People's Army is concerned, it is of course a good thing for the enemy to surrender, not only does it not need to use guns and ammunition, but it can also reduce its own casualties, and it is naturally happy to accept the surrender of the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But Li Zhuangyong was extremely depressed, because he thought that he could kill happily in the palace, but he didn't expect that the Eight-Nation Coalition Army had no fighting spirit, and the People's Army's soldiers were all pointing to abandon their guns and surrender, but as a result, Li Zhuangyong didn't even have a chance to shoot a few times, so Li Zhuangyong held back the fire in his stomach and had nowhere to sprinkle.

Finally, in the Baohua Palace, about 100 soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance were surrounded and refused to surrender and continued to resist stubbornly, so Li Zhuangyong was also very excited, and finally waited for the opportunity to kill.

However, after about 1 or 2 minutes of firing between the two sides, the opponent's firepower suddenly became mute, and the KPA did not know what the opponent's tricks were, so they did not dare to act rashly, but only carried out some tentative shooting.

After more than 1 minute of testing, the company commander Ban Xiaowei was about to give the order to launch a charge towards the Baohua Palace, and half of the order had been said, but he saw a white flag in the Baohua Palace, and at the same time, there were people inside shouting in English, expressing their willingness to surrender. So Ban Xiaowei immediately ordered the soldiers to wait a little longer.

It turned out that there were about 100 soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance in the Baohua Hall at this time, and they were mainly soldiers from the United States, Britain and France, as well as several Japanese and Russian soldiers. And when the People's Army surrounded the Baohua Palace, the officers of the Eight-Nation Alliance, led by more than a dozen of them, knew in their hearts that it was impossible for them to defend the Baohua Palace, and it was better to surrender to the People's Army as soon as possible, after all, from the information obtained by these officers, the overseas Chinese were still very civilized, and the treatment of prisoners was relatively humane, so surrendering to the People's Army could still save their lives, and they could return home safely after negotiations between the two sides.

However, several officers put forward a different opinion, they were not opposed to surrender, but they advocated that even if they surrendered, they should preserve the dignity of the soldiers, so they advocated resisting for a while, using all the ammunition they had left, and then surrendering to the KPA, so that they surrendered to the KPA when they ran out of ammunition and food, and their lives were saved, and the dignity of the soldiers was also preserved. In fact, the ammunition of the Eight-Nation Alliance was already insufficient, and after this night's fierce fighting, the soldiers had no ammunition left, and they couldn't fire a few shots, just to save face. So the Eight-Nation Coalition Army put up a short resistance, and used up all the remaining bullets, and then made a white cloth and surrendered to the People's Army.

The company commander Ban Xiaowei understood English, and saw that the other party waved a white flag, so he also knew that the other party was ready to surrender, so he immediately replied to the other party in English, asking the other party to lay down his arms and walk out of the Baohua Palace.

For Ban Xiaowei, it is naturally a good thing that the other party is willing to surrender, and it can save him a lot of things, but for Li Zhuangyong, it is a big reversal in his heart.

At this time, from the door of the Baohua Palace, three officers of the Eight-Nation Alliance appeared, each of whom did not hold a weapon, but only carried a piece of white cloth with a wooden stick, and shouted to the People's Army in English, asking to see the commander of the People's Army and negotiate the conditions of surrender in person. And Ban Xiaowei didn't refuse, telling them that they could come and talk in person.

So the three officers walked out of the Baohua Hall with the white flag, and at this moment, Li Zhuangyong suddenly roared, raised his gun and shot the officer holding the white flag to death. And Ban Xiaowei was also very surprised, he didn't expect Li Zhuangyong to suddenly erupt, and shouted: "Li Zhuangyong, what are you going to do?" But Li Zhuangyong ignored it, but held his rifle and rushed towards the Baohua Hall alone.

The other two officers who were about to come over to negotiate couldn't help but be stunned when they saw it, because they absolutely did not expect such a result, after all, the white flag was raised, and the other party also expressed its willingness to accept the surrender of the side, no one would have thought that the other side would shoot and kill one of them. And just when he was stunned, Li Zhuangyong rushed to the front, raised his gun and stabbed another officer to death. Only then did the last officer react and hurriedly turned around and fled, while Li Zhuangyong opened fire, killing the last officer as well.

They didn't know what was going on, but when they saw that the other side shot and killed their negotiators, they all thought that the other party did not intend to accept their own surrender, and they didn't know who took the lead, put on their bayonets, and rushed out of the Baohua Palace.

Although Ban Xiaowei was so angry with Li Zhuangyong's behavior that he only gritted his teeth, at this time, it was obviously impossible for the other party to surrender again, so he could only fight, so he had to order the whole army to attack and engage in a white-knuckle battle with the enemy, and the punishment of Li Zhuangyong could only wait until after the battle.

So the soldiers of both sides started a white-knuckle fight in front of the Baohua Palace, although the number of the Eight-Nation Alliance was far less than that of the People's Army, but at this time most of them were determined to die, so everyone worked hard, and also caused a lot of losses to the People's Army. However, after all, the number of the KPA is larger, and the bayonet skills have also improved greatly, and the soldiers of the KPA still have bullets, and if they have the opportunity to shoot, they will naturally have a big advantage.

The two sides fought for about 20 minutes, which ended in the complete defeat of the Eight-Nation Alliance, but in the end only 28 soldiers were captured, and most of them were captured because they were wounded and lost their combat effectiveness. However, the KPA also paid the price of 9 killed and 26 wounded. Although strictly speaking this loss is not large, and if it is on another battlefield, it is completely acceptable, but in this battle it is completely avoidable. Therefore, as soon as the battle ended, Ban Xiaowei immediately ordered Li Zhuangyong to be disarmed, and sent a squad to escort the prisoners and Li Zhuangyong to the Wenhua Palace, and reported to Luo Yue, asking Luo Yue to deal with Li Zhuangyong.

After listening to the whole thing, Luo Yue's face also became very difficult to look at. In fact, killing a few enemy prisoners on the battlefield to vent their anger is a violation of military discipline, but it is a common occurrence in the history of war in various countries, after all, the emotions of soldiers on the battlefield are difficult to control, and it is inevitable to be impulsive occasionally, in a sense, it is also a good thing to let soldiers vent.

But the consequences of this incident are very serious, because it led to the death of 9 soldiers, if Li Zhuangyong does not kill the other party's negotiators, these 9 soldiers will not be killed, this is the most deadly part of this incident, it can be said that it is a very serious negligence incident, even if Li Zhuangyong and other enemy troops have surrendered, and then kill a few people, then it will be much easier, at most it is a big mistake or something, and Li Zhuangyong also made a lot of contributions in this battle, and the merit may not even need to be lowered。

Most of Luo Yue's battalion are veterans with combat experience, even if there are some newcomers, but under the drive of veterans, the progress is much faster than other recruits, so it can be said that it is a trump card force in the entire People's Army, and every soldier is a valuable asset of the People's Army, not that there can be no casualties, but it must not be such unnecessary casualties, to be honest, the consequences of this incident are too serious now, even Luo Yue can't control it, and it must be reported to the regiment headquarters.

However, Luo Yue did not immediately question Li Zhuangyong, but ordered to find an empty room in the Wenhua Hall and lock Li Zhuangyong up. Because Luo Yue has some understanding of Li Zhuangyong's psychological state, and Li Zhuangyong's mood is definitely not stable now, so even if Li Zhuangyong is interrogated, I am afraid that he will not be able to ask anything Mingtang, so it is better to lock him up, let him calm down, and wait for this momentum to pass.

Of course, for this war, Li Zhuangyong's disciplinary violation is just a small episode, and it will not affect the entire battle situation. A large number of the Eight-Nation Coalition forces in the Imperial Palace surrendered to the People's Army, and of course a small number of Japanese troops were still stubbornly resisting, and all of them were broken. By more than 7 o'clock in the morning, the battle in the palace had basically ended, and the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance who surrendered filled the square in front of the Taihe Palace, at least more than 1,000 people. The People's Army also specially selected two companies of soldiers to guard the prisoners, and after the incident of Li Zhuangyong's killing and surrender, the company commanders of the two companies also repeatedly told the soldiers of their own companies not to kill the prisoners indiscriminately.

At this time, the battle to attack Beijing has also come to an initial end, and the People's Army has basically reached its predetermined combat objectives, although the People's Army has not completely occupied the entire Beijing City, but has fully controlled the central axis of Beijing City and the core palace of Beijing, after all, the People's Army now has only more than 7,000 people, it is impossible to control the entire Beijing City, and it is already a very good situation to be able to firmly control the central axis and the imperial palace of Beijing City, because in this way, Beijing City is actually divided into two by the People's Army, and the remaining Eight-Nation Coalition Forces can only be scattered at the east and west ends of Beijing, and can neither be connected with each other, nor have a unified command, and can only fight separatelyIt is difficult to pose any threat to the People's Army.

The most urgent task now is not to immediately clear up the remaining Eight-Nation Allied Army, but to stabilize the results achieved so far, and only after the remaining two battalions of the Fifth Regiment stationed at the Tongzhou Railway Station have arrived in Beijing can we concentrate our forces and gradually take control of the city of Beijing. Although there are only two battalions, there are about 1,600 troops, and with this additional force, the KPA will have more room for maneuver.