Chapter 80: No Prisoners Remained
Nie Shicheng was still hesitating, he was a general of the Great Qing Kingdom. And the Manchu Army's military aircraft department and the old man Cixi have not declared war until now!
"I'll fight. You stand for me. "Hu Xiaoyan doesn't want to wait for that old lady anymore.
"Near the Tanggu Fort, the Eight-Nation Alliance is already gathering. This time there were more than 50,000 enemies. If you don't defeat this remnant of Seymour's army, do you want to be flanked from front to back? ”
After pacing a few steps, Nie Shicheng was ruthless: "Fight!" ”
He did not ask Hu Xiaoyan about the source, because he saw Hu Xiaoyan's subordinates rushing into the camp with telegrams from the Tianjin Telegraph Office. And the telegram was on his desk right now.
Before the war, Nie Shicheng held a pre-military meeting. Hu Xiaoyan participated. A regiment of 3,000 men from his vanguard army also arrived. The leader was Zhang Shaozeng. The young Zhang Shaozeng's face no longer had the childishness of the milky smell when they first met, and his every move at this time was German-style dull and mechanical. But the voice is loud.
Every officer who came in to attend the meeting couldn't help but glance at the kid standing behind Hu Xiaoyan. That kind of iron-blooded temperament is more conspicuous than the old gangsters of Wu Yijun.
Zhang Shao was a real soldier with iron-blooded training. He had been bombarded by at least two hundred shells in the trenches, and he had at least three or four lives of robbers captured by the special forces.
Every time the special forces attacked successfully, they would transport the prisoners back as cargo and hand them over to the new army for training. Hu Xiaoyan has no interest in interrogation, whether these robbers are forced by the government to rebel or involuntarily. They had only one fate, and that was to die at the hands of the recruits of the new army.
It's not that Hu Xiaoyan doesn't want to give them a chance to mend their ways, but time is pressing, and his recruits don't have more training opportunities. And killing people is definitely the best way to get his recruits used to the battlefield faster.
A soldier who has never had blood on hand is always just a recruit! On the battlefield they are no different from untrained soldiers! The only benefit may be that there will be no widespread roaring.
Suddenly, Hu Xiaoyan's eyes narrowed, and he actually saw an acquaintance: Wu Dawei!
I haven't seen him for almost two years, and Hu Xiaoyan has almost forgotten that there was such a person who allowed him to quickly get used to and change the world. If it weren't for David Wu, maybe he would have returned to England to become his own farmer. If it weren't for Wu Dawei, maybe he would have fantasized about being able to get an official position in the Manchu Qing Dynasty and follow the old path of his father Hu Guangyong at that time.
But the damage that Wu Dawei brought to himself was also huge. For the first time, he discovered that human life was just worthless straw.
Nie Shicheng began to deploy the attack position, and the task of frontal attack was given to Zhang Shaozeng, Hu Xiaoyan's subordinate. Although Nie Shicheng's subordinates shouted one after another. But neither Nie Shicheng nor Hu Xiaoyan wavered. This group of old ruffians still has a hand in fighting, but they are outdated.
After the meeting was over, Hu Xiaoyan suddenly stood up: "There will be no prisoners in this battle!" All seizures were given to your army. I have only one request: no prisoners left! The blood of all foreigners must be used to pay tribute to the dead villagers. ”
For a moment, the barracks was silent. Nie Shicheng had already known about this and did not express his opinion. And everyone else is in a state of stupor. Only Zhang Shao behind him wanted to speak and stopped.
No one has an opinion on killing foreigners, but not leaving prisoners is a big or small thing! You must know that after so many years of cultivation, everyone knows that foreigners are not easy to mess with, and killing prisoners is the most taboo for foreigners!
"What are you waiting for?" Nie Shicheng shouted.
"The task of the main attack has been handed over to the friendly forces, aren't you ashamed!"
"Yes! Handsome! ”
"Yes! Military Gate. ”
After a burst of shouting, a group of old-fashioned officers went away in a whisper.
Hu Xiaoyan nodded at Nie Shicheng and walked out of the big tent. It wasn't that he took pity on the villagers. His Hu Xiaoyan's psychology is the world! Not to mention sacrificing hundreds of villagers, if he can save the country, he will not hesitate to kill tens of thousands of villagers without mercy.
He's angry! Westerners flaunt justice on the one hand, and on the other hand, they do things that are inferior to beasts. What is happening in the village is unknown to others, but the map in his mind is clearly happening.
From time to time, inhumane massacres and rape took place in that small village. These are the dregs of the so-called civilized world!
Hu Xiaoyan grew up in the UK, and because of his good family environment, he rarely came into contact with such situations. Before that, although he was a little dissatisfied with the Westerners' approach, it was only dissatisfaction. He then came into contact with the Mustaches of the English Slums, the bastards, and now the army of beasts led by Seymour. For the first time, he discovered that the darkness beneath the light was so abomination.
I can't change the world, but at least I'm trying to change everything around me.
Back in his tent, Zhang Shaozeng stepped forward.
"My lord! I'm afraid that leaving no prisoners will give the truth! ”
"I know!"
"Westerners don't matter, we have to face each other sooner or later. But it is difficult to explain to the imperial court, and I am only afraid that it will be unfavorable to the great cause of the adults. Zhang Shaozeng said eagerly. After he joined Hu Xiaoyan, he saw the changes in Anhui. Compared with everything he experienced in Wu Yijun before, he sincerely hopes that Hu Xiaoyan can go further.
"I know! Execute the order! ”
"Yes!" Zhang Shaozeng weakly retreated and went to reorganize the army.
There were no Germans in the big tent. Before the meeting, Hu Xiaoyan sent all the Germans to Tianjin. It is possible to do such a thing as not leaving prisoners, but it is not possible to leave evidence. As for Nie Shicheng's Wu Yijun, this news may break out later. Then it doesn't matter anymore. Hu Xiaoyan squinted his eyes and sneered secretly.
A regiment led by Zhang Shaozeng and Hu Xiaoyan's 500-strong guard were the first to form a team.
And it was only after two hours that Wu Yijun, who was on the other four sides, sent back the order to be ready.
It's just a small village, and it's a little bloated with more than a thousand coalition troops stationed in it. However, these people are already frightened birds, and I don't know how much real combat power they can have.
So Zhang Shaozeng didn't want to have an accident. The first wave of attacks came from shelling.
Zhang Shao once brought out five 75 mm rapid-fire guns, plus more than a dozen small cannons brought by Wu Yijun, and began to attack the village indiscriminately.
Seymour, in the largest room in the center of the village, was having a meeting with a sad face when he suddenly heard the sound of shelling and involuntarily stood up. His face turned pale: "The Qing people have come in!" ”
If Seymour was still confident before the war, he was desperate at this time. Raids along the way, he not only lost supplies and artillery. Some soldiers even lost their guns. More than a thousand people under his command are almost inferior to the ostrich-like recruits now.
"Seventy-five-millimeter rapid-fire gun!" The officers below had to hear it.
"Duck from the shelling!"
Seymour shook his head, and he didn't look at the coalition officers who were in a mess underground.
"Let's start breaking through! All break through from behind the village! Seymour shouted.
The quality of the coalition officers was still good, and although they were in a panic, they went out in an orderly manner and began to organize troops to break through.
Needless to say, the front of the village certainly goes without saying. It is the main force of the enemy, and the left and right sides can certainly break through, but then the pursuit of the enemy army will soon come. Only behind the village, which is full of paths! You might even be able to set up an ambush nearby.
But the Zhang Shaozeng he met was not a rookie at all.
As soon as the shelling began, he gave the order, and the 3,000 men began to divide into three echelons and begin to attack.
By the time the shelling was over, the first batch of a thousand people had reached the outskirts of the village. And the second batch is already on the way, and the third batch has already begun to run.
At this time, the village was in chaos. If a soldier cannot find a general, he will not find a soldier. Wait until the time when the formation is almost gathered. Zhang Shaozeng's infantry had already begun the offensive.
"Shoot!" Lieutenant Lu Shaorong of the 1st Battalion will not miss the opportunity. After a few rows of guns, he took the lead in kicking through the wooden fence. The soldiers who followed him poured in.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and Lu Shaorong staggered, and he saw the window of the thatched house shaking.
"Set fire!" Lu Shaorong received an order not to leave prisoners!
As soon as a platoon of guns passed, the subordinates lit the wooden sticks with fire oil that they had carried with them, and threw them out.
The guard hugged Lu Shaorong, who was a little unsteady, and Lu Shaorong pushed the guard away: "Hurry up and occupy a high position, and the sniper will go up." Heavy cover. ”
After speaking, Lu Shaorong almost fell. The shot hit him in the chest, and he didn't know if it hit the liver, but he did feel a little tired.
"The battalion commander was wounded, and the commander of a company commanded in place of the battalion commander." The staff officers beside Lu Shaorong were sharp-eyed, and they had already seen the part where Lu Shaorong was shot. After he shouted, the guards behind him hurriedly went to find a company commander.
"Take it down!" Lu Shaorong was about to argue, but he was hugged by the guard princess and stepped back.
After the first battalion stormed the village, the second battalion had already arrived.
And the next three sides also began to attack.
Because of Lu Shaorong's rapid attack, the first battalion disrupted Seymour's retreat plan, and also absorbed Seymour's retreat pace, if he escaped regardless of it, it would eventually turn into a rout. He had to organize people to stop him.
But at this time, the other three sides of the Wu Yi army also attacked.
The fact that Wu Yijun could not defeat the Japanese army on the Korean battlefield was not because of its combat effectiveness, but because of its weapons. The Austrian Charlie rifle was only the worst quality of the first generation of smokeless rifles, and it was not at all comparable to the Japanese-made Murata style. Similarly, the artillery of the Wu Yi Army is not comparable to the Japanese artillery at all. The defensive battle is still easy to fight, but if it is an offense, then it can only be filled with human lives.
But now the Mosin Nagan rifle of the Wu Yi Army is no worse than the gun of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and even no worse than the British Enfield rifle.
What is more important is that the coalition forces are now on the encircled side, and their morale is already less than thirty. They couldn't stop the opponent of Wu Yijun, who was tempted by Hu Xiaoyan's promised property all booty.
Less than an hour. And the armies on all sides attacked.
At this time, Hu Xiaoyan was under the protection of the 500 Guards, but he was eyeing the Boxers.
The Boxers had previously contacted Nie Shicheng and asked to join the attack, but Nie Shicheng was noncommittal. He had also killed the Boxers before. Now the same meaning and regiment join the attack? Are you kidding!
Subsequently, the Boxers found Hu Xiaoyan's new army. It's a pity that Hu Xiaoyan not only didn't agree, but instead let 500 people surround the Boxer Rebellion and approach the 3,000-strong team.
Zhang Shao had followed the third wave of the attack and stormed the village, and two hours later all but Seymour was captured in the outfit of a British lieutenant general and two generals in the attire of a major general.
"My lord! Our army lost two hundred men. All 1,000 enemy troops were annihilated, and 100 village names were rescued. Three generals were captured. "Zhang Shao came to report back.
Because the three generals were the last to be captured, and the things on their bodies belonged to the marshal according to convention, Wu Yijun did not move, and the other Westerner soldiers even had their clothes stripped off by Wu Yijun. The military uniforms of foreigners are much better than those of Wu Yijun.
"Disarm this Boxer! If you resist, you will be killed! Hu Xiaoyan turned around and ordered before going to see Seymour. He didn't have a good impression of the Boxers, although the discipline of this Boxer was better than that of Wu Yijun.