Chapter 4: After the Defeat
"Hurry, hurry." A group of soldiers built a defensive line in a small village on either side of the road, which was the only way from Sun City to Xijing.
Gunpowder was surrounded by a mountain as tall as a giant, and behind him was He Yuqian's stretcher. He Yutian sat beside the stretcher in a daze, and it had been more than two hours, without saying a word.
Looking at the situation behind him, Gunpowder shook his head helplessly. The war broke out so suddenly, without any warning, Vincennes suffered heavy losses, not only the city of the sun was lost, but one of Vincent's two women was unwilling to be humiliated and chose to commit suicide, and the other betrayed and joined the enemy inside and out. Only 12 of the 50 defenders of CitΓ© Soleil escaped, while only 130 of the more than 3,000 inhabitants remained.
Dashan looked angrily at the location of Sun City to the west, if it weren't for the Scorpion just calling to say that the armed men who invaded Sun City had completely controlled it, he would have rushed to regain the lost territory now.
Gunpowder sighed, he didn't expect the situation to be so bad at all, at first everyone thought it was just a group of mobs trying to take advantage of the chaos to rob, but according to the drone reconnaissance, there were more than 2,000 people on the other side. Neither the equipment nor the number of people is inferior to theirs, apparently, the other side has also ransacked a military camp and obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition. The only advantage for their side is that the other side has no armored troops and aircraft, but the other side has more than 30 howitzers.
Tension permeated the entire camp, and Gunpowder brought 500 people this time, originally thinking that he could take Sun City in one fell swoop, but the development of the situation was obviously beyond their expectations, and he had no choice but to turn from offensive to defensive now to prevent the situation from worsening.
At this time, a group of figures appeared in front of them, and the muscular man who walked in front was particularly conspicuous, it was the scorpion and they were back. It's just that the original 50 elites of the scorpion are now only more than 30, and at a glance, you can tell that they have just experienced a tragic battle.
The scorpion held the fortifications with one hand, then rose to its feet, leaped over with ease, and then collapsed to the ground. At this time, everyone found that he had a gunshot wound on his left arm and right shoulder, and the medical soldiers immediately stepped forward to help the scorpion perform surgery on the spot to remove bullets. The scorpion took out a pack of cigarettes from his gunpowder pocket, lit it and took a hard puff, and since he had not been anesthetic, the sharp pain in the removal of the bullet made his face look unusually distorted.
He spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm mixed with blood, and said in a cruel voice: "Damn, Bailey's little ** really rebelled, the other party's head is a foreigner, and it should have been with that little **." They were so damn powerful that all 14 of my brothers threw them there. But they didn't have a good time, Lao Tzu at least spelled out his one hundred and eighty people. But where did they probably come across the barracks of an artillery company, his grandmother's, more than 30 howitzers, fortunately Lao Tzu quickly withdrew when he saw them pull the guns out, otherwise it is estimated that they would have to give all the explanations over there. β
Gunpowder groaned for a while, and said fiercely: "Their strength far exceeds our expectations, after drone reconnaissance, they originally had at least more than 2,000 people, and they folded more than 100 when attacking the city, and more than 100 in your hands, and now it is estimated that there are more than 1,800 people, and they are superior to us in terms of strength." Moreover, they took down Sun City, and the 12 anti-aircraft guns in Sun City must have fallen into their hands, which greatly weakened our air power. You're lucky, when they went in by helicopter just now, it is estimated that they have not fully mastered those anti-aircraft guns, and they will not be able to come out so easily when they go next time. I didn't expect that the anti-aircraft artillery I insisted on setting up at the beginning has now become a restraining existence, damn it. β
The scorpion took a hard puff of cigarette again, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, their artillery fire is too fierce, it is difficult for our dozen tanks and armored vehicles to grasp the advantage of firepower, who knows if they have armor-piercing shells." But now both they and we have encountered an embarrassment, that is, they can't get out of Sun City, once they get to the field, their air defense advantage will be gone, and our 4 Wuzhi 10 and 3 Wuzhi 9 can kill them in turn. But if they cower in Sun City and don't come out, we can't do anything about them, 12 empty cannons, more than 30 howitzers, enough to suppress us can't raise our heads, maybe this is what they want to do, and share the world with us? Hum! β
At this time, Dashan on one side interjected: "Don't we have missiles?" Give them a look, what artillery positions, what anti-aircraft guns, everything is scum. β
The scorpion glanced at him, did not speak, and Gunpowder smiled helplessly: "This is where they have nothing to fear, as long as they stay in Sun City and don't come out, we can't do anything about them if we have missiles." With Bailey here, they know very well our feelings for Sun City, our missiles are all medium-range missiles, they are too powerful, as long as there is one, the whole Sun City will not exist. Sun City is gone, what's the point of us taking him? With missiles, that's the last resort. β
Dashan looked at the two of them blankly, and said again: "Then I'll go back and recruit soldiers, we have a population of more than 10,000, and then recruit another 2,000 people, and use the tactics of crowds to kill them." β
At this time, even Gunpowder was not happy to answer such a stupid question as him, but after all, it was his own subordinate, and although the scorpion was impatient, he still replied: "What role can 2000 recruits play on the real battlefield?" A salvo of their artillery fire can wipe out a small half, and if the recruits are defeated, it will inevitably affect the morale of the veterans, which will lead to the collapse of the whole front, understand? β
Dashan nodded as if he didn't understand, and finally decided not to speak anymore, he was good at fighting, and such a situation of giving advice was definitely not what he was good at.
Gunpowder also lit a cigarette, slowly exhaled a smoke ring, and asked, "What now?" Just hold on? Every day it drags on, morale will drop by one point, and it won't be long before people's hearts will disperse. The guarantee of our current regime is our strong force, and if anyone finds that our force is not as strong as they imagined, then those who are careful will become a time bomb within us. β
At this time, the warhead on the scorpion's right shoulder had been removed, and his left arm was only bruised, and it was fine with a bandage. He threw the cigarette butt into the distance and said in a muffled voice: "Leave this kind of tactical problem to the boss, let's guard this place first to ensure that the situation does not deteriorate further, and the rest is not something we should worry about." β