The patrol battalion was not a new army valued by the imperial court, even if in order to prepare for the two major powers of Japan and Russia and the Liaodong Army outside the customs outside the gate, the imperial court supplemented them with a lot of guns. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, for heavy machine guns, which even the new army is rarely equipped with, the patrol battalion should not even think about it.

Not only that, but even the guns replenished by the imperial court are many old firearms that have been eliminated by the new army.

These weapons were used on defense, and they might be able to inflict some casualties on the Liaodong Army, but they were useless on offense.

Therefore, in the face of the dense bullets fired by the Liaodong Army, except for a few soldiers equipped with new-style rifles who fired a few bullets forward from time to time, the remaining officers and men of the patrol battalion could only rush forward with their chests held out.

At first, the threat of the Overseer behind them is that they can still rush forward against the bullets.

But as more and more of them were killed, the little courage they had left in their hearts was gone.

No matter what the officers around him ordered, the remaining more than 100 soldiers of the patrol battalion, as if they had been discussed, lay on the ground at the same time, motionless.

At this time, the adjutant general could only report with a helpless face: "General, the firepower of the Liaodong Army is too strong, and the morale of the brothers is low, so they can't rush through at all." Unless we think of anything else, we're going to be stuck here. ”

"Go back to the barracks first!" After the last bit of hope was dashed, the commander's face was once again covered with a thick expression of despair, and he decisively ordered to the equally desperate subordinates around him.

As soon as the corpses left by the patrol battalion were withdrawn to the barracks, the Liaodong Army that surrounded them followed them and began to shrink the encirclement. During the whole process, six mortars did not sit idle, and continued to fire shells at the patrol battalion barracks.

Just when the patrol battalion looked desperate and didn't know what to do. The incessant sound of artillery stopped unexpectedly.

"Look, General, someone is coming!" A soldier wearing the uniform of the patrol battalion, holding a hundred steps, slowly trotted towards the barracks.

"Don't shoot, it's your own people!" The warlord, frowning, immediately ordered.

Soon, the soldier was brought before the Commander. Perhaps frightened, as soon as he saw the commander, the soldier knelt on the ground and told the commander about his capture by the Liaodong army just now.

After finishing, the soldier with a panicked expression on his face continued: "General, the Liaodong Army let me come back and let me pass a message to you!" ”

Seeing the soldier's expression of wanting to speak and stopping, the commander ordered angrily: "What to say, it's time to say, what else can't be said, say it quickly, let it go quickly." ”

The soldier was stunned for a moment and hurriedly said, "Yes, general, the Liaodong Army asked me to tell you." We were surrounded by at least one regiment of the Liaodong Army, and they told us to surrender in five minutes before we were all safe. Otherwise, they will continue to shell and launch an attack on us. When the time comes, they won't dare to guarantee our safety. ”

"Get out, we are the official army of the imperial court, they are rebels, how can the official army surrender to the rebels!" The commander, who was holding back a wave of anger in his stomach, subconsciously opened his mouth and scolded.

But after saying this, he regretted it.

Because, if there is really a regiment of the Liaodong Army around, then they really have no other way out except to surrender.

At this time, the adjutant general on the side relieved the siege in a timely manner and said: "General, what he said is likely to be true, the Liaodong Army is equipped with at least six artillery pieces, and the Liaodong Army around us is impossible to equip with so many artillery pieces if there are not one or two thousand people." Even the most elite Beiyang New Army in the imperial court, one or two thousand people could not be equipped with so many artillery. ”

The commander borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, and with the last bit of hope, asked, "Is there really no other way?" ”

Seeing that the lieutenant general shook his head without hesitation, the commander actually had a feeling of being released.

After a short hesitation, he decisively ordered: "Since you can't win the battle, then surrender, many brothers have died tonight, and you can't die anymore, inform the brothers to prepare to surrender to the Liaodong Army, don't shoot, don't cause any misunderstanding." ”

After finishing speaking, the commander immediately asked the soldiers who came to persuade him to surrender: "Did the Liaodong Army say how we surrendered?" ”

"Yes!" The soldier also breathed a sigh of relief.

After wiping the beads of sweat that kept flowing from his forehead because of nervousness, he immediately replied: "Raise three torches at the gate of the camp, then put down your weapons, line up, and walk to the position of the Liaodong Army empty-handed." ”

The Commander, who was already frightened and very afraid of dying here, agreed without thinking about it.

Besides, in this case, even if he doesn't agree, his soldiers will force him to agree.

After dawn, there were more than 800 people left in the patrol battalion, all of whom became prisoners of the Liaodong Army.

And it was only at this time that they discovered that the Liaodong army that surrounded them was not one or two thousand people, but only a handful of five or six hundred.

However, when they saw the excellent equipment of the five or six hundred Liaodong Army, none of them regretted it.

They all knew that even if the Liaodong Army did not have many troops, such a powerful firepower could still give them a fatal blow.

Therefore, even if they knew the true strength of the Liaodong Army that eliminated them, none of the more than 800 officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion had the idea of taking the opportunity to flee for their lives, and obediently entered the prisoner camp under the command of the Liaodong Army. ”

After handing over the prisoners to the guard platoon and the baggage platoon, several company commanders immediately gathered around the battalion commander to determine whether to attack the three county towns immediately.

"Don't worry, I just got the news that there are eight sentinels among our captives. After interrogation, the more than 1,000 people of the patrol battalion were all drawn from the three surrounding county towns, and if we took these sentinels to open the city gates, we would definitely be able to take these three county towns with minimal casualties. ”

"Listen up, according to the tasks assigned to you before the war, each of your companies will take away a sentry officer stationed in the target county, and then let all the soldiers change into patrol camp clothes, and set off immediately, striving to take down all the three county towns before dark today."

"During the operation, don't forget to ask you to explain to us all along, for the patrol battalion soldiers, if you can take prisoners, you can take prisoners, after all, they are all Chinese."

After the imperial court declared the Liaodong Army to be a rebel army, it was still controlled by the imperial court, but all the counties located near the Liaodong Army were under martial law by the local garrison. The three county towns where the first battalion was preparing to attack were no exception, not only increasing the number of checkpoints at the city gates to check passers-by, but also doubling the number of patrols at the city head to prevent accidents.

At this moment, a group of troops suddenly appeared at the end of the pipeline, and entered the field of vision of the defenders.

Because the other party was wearing the uniform of the patrol battalion, and the news of the annihilation of the patrol battalion had not yet spread. The defenders of the city were in confusion for only a few seconds before they stabilized,

In their opinion, with more than 1,000 people in the patrol battalion in front of them, there will definitely be no problems in the county where they are located.

Therefore, the defenders of the city did not have any vigilance, and watched the other side walk towards the city gate.

Especially when they found a familiar sentry at the front of the line, the defenders were even more relieved. He even helped drive away the people at the city gate, opened the city gate, and welcomed the patrol battalion back to the city. (To be continued.) )