Chapter 28: Thirty-six Strategies to Close the Door and Catch the Thief (2)

"Jucheng Chronicles" contains: "In the 36th year of King Zhao Huiwen, the younger brother of Jucheng Shou Guan Yi, Guan Zhi Dasuo, the whole city wanted to get King Wu Zhao, when King Wu Zhao went out of four and entered the city, avoided the real and the false, killed one hundred and ten enemies, and then escaped. ”

"Lazy, get up for me, the third young master has come to inspect." In the barracks in Jucheng, the officers unscrupulously insulted the soldiers and woke up the soldiers from their sleep. There are still two hundred soldiers left in the barracks, these are the soldiers left by Guan Zhi after Guan Yong led the troops away, and they are also the only mobile soldiers available to Guan Zhi now.

It took nearly half a column of incense for the soldiers to complete it one after another, and Guan Zhi also had a hint of foreboding when he saw this situation. Some of these 200 soldiers are the sons and daughters of the generals who serve the Guan clan, who have been pampered since childhood, and come to the barracks to mix qualifications, some are old, weak, sick and disabled, and are about to be discharged from the army, in order to mix military salaries, and some are gangsters in the city, who were arrested by the officials to serve as soldiers, among them, there are only nearly 100 people who can really fight, pass through the army, and know martial arts.

Guan Zhi walked up to a slightly higher mound of earth, wanting to boost his morale, he opened his mouth and said: "Recently, there is a person named Zhao Zhao in Linzi who wants to destroy our good life, do you agree?" ”

"No!" A loose reply from the group of two hundred people.

"There is news that the person named Zhao Zhao has come to Jucheng, and there are more than a dozen people with him, as the younger brother of the doctor in Guancheng, I ask you to find them and kill them, this time you want to see the corpse." Guan Zheng continued.

"No." This time, the soldier's voice was a little neater.

"This time, the first level of the thief will be rewarded with thousands of dollars. Those who get the head of the thief Zhao Zhaozhi will be rewarded with ten thousand dollars, and the official will be promoted to one pole. I hope that you will work hard to kill the enemy. Guan Zhi said the reward.

"Third Master Xie." The nearly 100 soldiers who can fight, pass through the army, and know martial arts are also self-motivated people, and they are very excited when they hear this, and from time to time there are soldiers who swear allegiance.

"Let's go." Guan Zheng shouted, and the 200 people were divided into two parts, one part of the people was neatly one, and the other part was loose. But no matter what, the operation of Guan Zhi Dasuo Ju City began, and for Zhao Jie, who was only twelve people, the catastrophe was about to come.

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The liaison office where Zhao Jie and his party were located was located near the inner city under the cover of the inn, and before dawn in the morning, Zhao Jie fell asleep again, resumed his old habits, and practiced swords in the courtyard of the inn.

"Horizontal chopping, vertical chopping, diagonal chopping, backstabbing ......" Zhao Jie muttered in his mouth while practicing his sword. The real competition was about to begin, and Zhao Jie had never killed anyone, which made him very nervous, and he was even afraid that he would encounter that kind of bloody scene and faint.

"Horizontal chopping, vertical chopping, diagonal chopping, backstabbing ......" Zhao Jie practiced one after another, and practiced again and again until the sun was shining in the sky.

At the same time, a force of 200 men appeared at the gates of the city, divided into eight groups of 25 men each, and searched along the eight main roads from north to south.

"Your Highness, about 200 Qi soldiers began to search the whole city, trying to find Your Highness, catch you and kill you." When he got the news of the whole city, the commander of the internal guard hurriedly came to inform Zhao Jiedao.

"Since I estimated it at the beginning, there is no need to be so nervous, the worst-case scenario is to be caught and killed." Zhao Jie practiced his sword seriously, and calmly said to the commander of the internal guard: "There is a car that wants to trouble my uncle, please ask my uncle to help me bring me a map of Juchengna." Zhao Jie didn't expect that this picture would save his life soon.

Near noon, 200 soldiers finally searched the liaison office where Zhao Jie and his party were located - Shiyuan Building.

"The third master doesn't know what to do in the shop today, what he wants to eat, I'll make it for you. Although the shop is small, it is full of organs, which will definitely make you feel at home. "A member of the internal guard, as soon as the boss of Shiyuan Building saw Guan Zhi leading 20 soldiers to come, he beckoned forward.

"No, we're not here to eat today, we're here to search for thieves, do you know this person, he's been here with you?" Guan Zhi took out two extremely similar portraits of characters. The boss naturally replied no, although he recognized the two people in Han's portrait. One of the portraits is Zhao Jie, the son of the prince of Zhao, and the other is Gao Le.

Just when the innkeeper and Guan Zhi were climbing down, a soldier came to report and said: "Sanshao, we have searched all the rooms, and only found this one." Guan Zhi stepped forward and looked at it, and everything was figured out. It turned out that this was a wedding dress, a happy stock worn by a woman.

Gao Zhi turned his head to the boss and said angrily: "You dare to lie to me, you are dead," After speaking, Gao Zhi and several people escorted the boss out of the inn. Before leaving, he shouted that if he wanted this person not to die, Zhao Zhao would come and surrender. After saying that, he left completely.

Zhao Jie saw with his own eyes that the boss was arrested, and sighed helplessly in his heart, so he could only fight in the streets.

Street fighting, also commonly known as "urban warfare", is because street fighting is a street-by-street, house-by-house battle, usually in a city or a large village. Its salient characteristics are, first, that the enemy and the enemy are in close hand-to-hand combat, and the cruelty is great; second, the enemy and the enemy are mixed with each other, and the dog's teeth are intertwined, and the danger is strong.

The biggest difference between street fighting and field warfare is that the battlefield is divided by countless buildings arranged according to certain rules, and any tactical unit is in a relatively closed and narrow scene, which brings restrictions to the observation and use of firepower on the side. At the same time, this problem is also present for your enemies, except that they are more familiar with the structure of the scene and are on the defensive, all of which makes the alley tactic the most complex infantry tactic, and the walls on both sides of the street block the enemy's view and also protect your tactical units from direct fire, so in a sense, the street combat tactic is a tactic that unfolds around the wall, which is directly reflected in the use of various corners, whether it is observation or attack and defense, it is achieved through corners. Corner-watching in an area where the enemy's situation is unknown is undoubtedly a double test of the courage and wisdom of the executor. In a complex and volatile environment, a one-second delay can often have devastating consequences for your team.

It is worth noting that the "standing probe with your back against the wall" action is very performative in cop movies, but in the real environment of the alley battlefield, this is a typical suicidal behavior, because it violates one of the basic principles of probe observation - the exposed position of the head should not appear in the position that the enemy's gun is used to pointing. If there happens to be a black hole with the muzzle of a gun on the corner, then the user of such a "be graceful and not old" action can only be "headshot".

In a complex and ever-changing street fighting environment, it is not easy to move quickly from street to street to destination. Complex street environments, ghostly enemies, and sudden cold guns will seriously restrict the speed of the entire squad. Here, street movement tactics are necessary. If you're in a long alleyway, it's safer to move all your team members sideways with their backs to the wall, so that the whole squad can suppress the enemy's fire from the opposite window at the first time, while they are in the blind spot of the enemy in the upper window (the enemy in the upper window must lean out of the window if they want to shoot at you).

There are many famous cases of street fighting in history. Here are two examples, one exploiting failure and one exploiting success, for example:

On April 15, 1945, the Soviets launched an offensive and fought for 11 days on the outskirts of Berlin, firing 1.2 million shells in a single day and more than 400,000 German soldiers lying in piles on the banks of the rivers Ness and Spree. Among them were many civilians between the ages of 15 and 60 who had just been drafted into the army. The Soviets showed no mercy. This is a battle between the Avengers and the Desperate, and no one is afraid. The largest street battle in a hundred years began. The vast majority of Soviet soldiers set foot in Berlin for the first time in their lives. They couldn't figure out the direction at all, they just rushed forward, and as a result, a dense stream of locust-like bullets came at them, knocking them down in batches. Although the Soviet tank group bombed more than 2 million buildings in the city, it did not weaken the fire from the ruins. Soon, the Soviets encountered a ** annoyance, and Berlin became the graveyard of tanks. Blown to pieces by anti-tank rockets and Molotov cocktails in the shadows, these long-driving behemoths lay across the narrow streets, blocking the advance of the tanks behind; And the infantry could not move an inch without the cover of tanks. There was not a single German to be found on the street. The soldiers exposed in broad daylight could not single out the Germans to vent their hatred, and they became a live target for the enemy. General Zhukov immediately adjusted his tactics - the large tank forces were divided into pieces, dispersed into several small units, and together with infantry, artillery and engineers, they formed assault groups and assault detachments to capture the German fortresses one by one. The soldiers strapped the captured mattress to the tank, softening the blow to it. They also lit smoke bottles. Under the cover of smoke, the soldiers rushed into the sewers and buildings, engaging in close combat with the Germans.

On April 30, Hitler committed suicide, but the Nazis did not stop. On 2 May, the Germans, seeing that the tide had turned, finally surrendered under the leadership of General Weidinger. In just 6 days, more than 100,000 Soviet soldiers were killed.

The Battle of Stalingrad, the first large-scale street battle in the true sense of modern warfare, was also a veritable "urban meat grinder". Its tragedy is unparalleled in the world and unprecedented. In July 1942, the Germans entered Stalingrad with superior forces. The arrogant Germans tried to crush the city with a tried-and-true blitzkrieg, but soon found themselves in a pit full of death. Under Stalin's strict order that "not to take a step back", the Soviet army relied on the complex terrain of the city and many artificial buildings to wage a desperate struggle with the enemy. A floor, a room, a water tower, a section of railroad embankment, or even a wall or a pile of rubble can lead to a fierce battle. The Germans often paid great costs to capture the ruins, and in the blink of an eye, they were recaptured by the Soviets. The train station changed hands 13 times. The whole of Stalingrad was in flames, and flesh and blood were flying. The enemy and us fought to the death, and when the bullets were finished, they started a white-knuckle fight, and the tank came up, and the grenade strapped to its body rushed over and died with it. Under the desperate resistance of the Soviet soldiers and civilians, the Germans suffered heavy casualties and could not move an inch, and the ensuing harsh winter weather made the German army even weaker. In February 1943, the Soviets launched a counteroffensive, and the German army, exhausted by street fighting, was crushed, and the 6th Army suffered a devastating blow. The Battle of Stalingrad became a turning point in World War II, and Nazi Germany began to lose ground from then on.