Chapter 39: The Massacre

While the special operations team was resupplying, a second group of fifty special combat personnel arrived in another submarine mining vehicle. This is Lu Liang worried that the number of the first batch of team members is too small, and it is easy to have problems under the encirclement and suppression of tens of thousands of coalition troops, so after the first batch of departure, he immediately let the steel base squeeze out resources to produce the second batch. The two groups of special combat personnel converged, and the number reached 100, and the combat effectiveness was immediately doubled.

Not only has the number increased, but the second group of special operators was accompanied by five military doctors who could treat the wounded on the spot. In addition, there are five jeeps and the five Type 92 infantry guns they pull, the special combat team has no heavy fire weapons, and it is easy to suffer losses when facing the enemy's large forces, and the arrival of infantry guns and jeeps gives the special combat team the strength to meet the enemy hard, and can also make the use of tactics more flexible and changeable.

The jeep is the classic Willis jeep of World War II America, which is a jeep with simple structure, strong off-road ability and diverse functions, which is famous for its use by American GIs along with Coca-Cola, Ray-Ban glasses and zippo lighters. The Huizhou Automobile Factory has not yet been put into operation, and the five jeeps are now produced by the steel base, so they cannot be used in large quantities; moreover, the jeeps not only need to pull infantry guns, but also carry artillery shells, fuel, auto parts, and other materials, and cannot carry people, and the special combat personnel have to rely on bicycles for their mobility.

After the supply was completed and the special combat team continued to set off after resting for half a day, Lu Mao still served as the leader of the special operations team, and the increase in numbers and firepower made Lu Mao full of spirits. Equipped with World War II-era weapons, the special operations team is capable of dealing with thousands of enemies with such firepower. However, it is still not careless, although the quality of the artillery equipped by the coalition forces is not as good as the Type 92 infantry gun, but the quantity is sufficient. Moreover, the effective firing range of the Type 92 infantry gun is more than two thousand meters, which is enough to fight the Krupp artillery of this period, and most of the artillery equipped by the coalition forces is rapid-fire guns, with small caliber and short range, and the Type 92 is enough to deal with it.

The target of the special combat team this time is directly aimed at Tianjin, which is now the most important supply center of the coalition forces, and there are not only arms and materials of the coalition forces, but also the property they have looted from various places, which are now piled up in Tianjin waiting to be loaded and transported back. More importantly, the coalition forces captured the Tianjin arsenal in the early stage of the operation, which stored a large number of advanced guns, artillery and ammunition. The coalition forces did not carry a large amount of weapons and ammunition at the beginning, and the artillery was insufficient, and the Tianjin arsenal provided the greatest support for its subsequent operations.

There are too many humiliating memories in modern China that people can't look at directly, who can imagine that an army equipped with the world's advanced level at that time would be easily defeated? The only thing that can be compared to the Manchus is probably the Ottoman Empire. The British minister's subsequent report to his government referred to the captured weapons and equipment of the Qing army: about 256 artillery pieces of various calibers, 30,000 Mauser and Manricher rifles with the latest markings, 30,000 bayonets, military supplies, and others, or about 2.5 million pounds. The British minister mentioned that the type of Carbine of the Manricher was even newer than that supplied to the Austro-Hungarian troops in China, and that the Krupp cannons were definitely even newer than all the cannons of the Germans. With the increase in the number of coalition forces, many weapons and ammunition were mobilized directly from the Tianjin arsenal. Ya, the Manchus were incompetent, and they lost their arsenal for foreigners to see as a joke, and this time the task of the special combat team was to blow up that arsenal!

It was less than 30 miles from the secret site where the special combat team landed and replenished supplies to Tianjin, and the team had to stop advancing just half an hour after it walked out. The sight before them made it impossible to remain silent, even if they were only genetic people produced on an assembly line, but they had been implanted with the spirit of nationalism and patriotism, and they had spontaneous emotions in this regard.

"The first squadron of the first squadron went to reconnoitre, and the rest of the people remained vigilant!" Lu Mao squinted at the town a few hundred meters ahead, where thick smoke and dust were rising, some places were still burning, and in the distance he could see many corpses lying on the street - this was a massacre scene!

Spread out the map, according to the signs, this is a big car market town twenty miles away from Tianjin City, is a trading town, merchants from the south will rest and trade here, and the usual season should be busy, but at this time it is a dead silence.

"Report to the captain, there is no trace of the coalition forces in the town, but it should have just left, a cursory reconnaissance, the town has been ransacked, there are many dead, and no surviving civilians have been found." The reconnaissance team came back to report, and Lu Mao gritted his teeth fiercely: "It must have been done by the group of brutes of the coalition army, the second squadron, immediately look for traces to chase after them, bring five infantry guns, and strive to catch up and eliminate them before they return to Tianjin, leaving no one behind!" The 1st Squadron followed me into the town to help the wounded. Lu Mao ordered, and the second squadron consisted of the second group of special combat members who arrived, and after receiving the order, they quickly crossed the town to pursue.

The historical memory implanted by the genetic people is not detailed, they only know that the coalition forces burned, killed and looted in China, but they do not know the detailed content. At that time, the reports described it as follows: In the name of arresting the Boxers, foreigners from all over the world gathered in groups of three or five, armed with foreign guns and sharp knives, and kicked in the streets and alleys from door to door. The inhabitants fled on all sides, their brothers and wives were separated, their faces were bleak, and women were humiliated. After the Eight-Nation Coalition entered the city of Beijing, they found that there were several female corpses in each well!

The first squadron entered the town and dispersed in small squads to find survivors and rescue the wounded. The search found that the streets of the town were full of murdered civilians, men, women and children, and women who had been humiliated to death could be found in remote places. After the special combat team searched, only a dozen surviving civilians were found, and the rest were all killed, and the survivors were also terrified and speechless in the face of the team members.

The 2nd Squadron was in pursuit, and there was a good chance of a battle, and it was too close to Tianjin to be supported by the coalition forces stationed in Tianjin at any time, and it could not stay in the town for long. Looking at the corpses all over the ground, Lu Mao could only reluctantly order to leave, and there was no time to help the townspeople clean up.

"Assemble, leave the food we carry, distribute it to the surviving townspeople, we must join the second squadron as soon as possible." Lu Mao ordered, the town was ransacked, and there must have been no food left, so the special combat team could only provide such a little help.

"My lord, may I ask if you are the Shandong Boxers? Where to go? A neatly dressed middle-aged man saw that the special combat team was leaving, and he boldly stepped forward and asked.

"We are volunteers who spontaneously organized to fight against foreigners, not the Boxers, and now we are going to pursue and destroy those foreigners here. By the way, do you know how many foreigners come here? ”

"My lord, there are about more than 300 foreigners who have come here, and they have escaped by hiding in the cellar when they see the opportunity. But in the next many years of business, and also dealt with foreigners, listening to their accent should be English, earlier Tianjin also had English foreign firms, in Xia from there goods imported. On weekdays, I look at foreigners with high spirits, but they are quite kind, but I didn't expect it to be a group of beasts! ”

Lu Mao pondered for a while and thought of an idea: "What's your name?" Can you get acquainted with nearby villagers? ”

"His name is Zhang Deshou, just a businessman who came to do business temporarily, his hometown is in Shanxi, and only one of the guys who came with him survived, and he is not familiar with the villagers here. However, that is a well-known squire in the neighborhood, and there is a mansion nearby, so you can ask him if you have anything. Zhang Deshou turned around and returned to the survivors, and pulled out a middle-aged man, who had a haggard and weak face, and seemed to be frightened, and he had not yet recovered.

Lu Mao arched his hand to this person and asked, "May I ask the honorable name?" ”

"Little Xu Maocai, my lord, but you have to be the master for us, our family was killed by that group of beasts, I came back to life by hiding in a secret room with my concubine, and the old lady and son are all gone!" Saying that, this person finally couldn't help crying. Lu Mao originally wanted to sneak into Tianjin and find a way to move out the property looted by the coalition forces, and these locals could help, but now this Xu Mao couldn't stop crying, and his spirit was almost broken, and the rest of the survivors were also trembling and speechless, so he could only give up this plan for the time being, and wait until he joined the second squadron.