Chapter 81 Heavy losses, heavy price
Tens of thousands of people were driven around Victor Castle and firmly protected Victor Castle, and since then, no matter which direction Xu Kuang attacked, he could not bypass these tens of thousands of people.
At the same time, Victor sent thousands of people into Orange Town to search, and soon discovered a large number of tunnels.
Victor stood in front of the nearest tunnel, snorted coldly, and said to his hand:
"Put on the people's clothes and go out from here tonight with a short knife, doesn't Xu Kuang cherish the people? And I will show him how the people he cherishes have hurt him. ”。
In the middle of the night, countless soldiers in disguise emerged from the tunnels and quickly rushed to the checkpoint guarded by the soldiers.
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In front of a checkpoint in the west, soldiers in disguise were being questioned one by one, and some of them had already passed the checkpoint but had not gone far.
This made the platoon commander stationed at the checkpoint here frown slightly, and he always felt that something was wrong.
He took a closer look at the group of people, and suddenly realized, why are all the sturdy men who have come over?
The platoon commander hurriedly shouted:
"Something is wrong, stop them!".
It was too late, and the more than thirty soldiers, although they had guns, could not withstand hundreds of soldiers armed with sharp blades at this distance.
The hellish scene was played out at various checkpoints, some of them were alert and could see it at the beginning, some of them were sluggish and took a long time to see it, and some of them didn't see it at all, and they were directly attacked by people.
Ten minutes later, more than thirty soldiers were wiped out, and the bodies of seventy or eighty soldiers of Xiangcheng Town lay on the ground.
The Xiangcheng soldiers led by Xiangcheng Town kicked the platoon leader's corpse fiercely, cursing incessantly.
The soldiers on the side hurriedly grabbed him, pointed to the guns on the ground, and said to him:
"Let's hurry up, this thing is loud, and when the other party's reinforcements come, we won't be able to leave."
The man also reacted, and he said to the people around him:
"Take all these alchemical weapons with you."
When reinforcements arrived, only corpses were left behind.
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"Thirty-nine checkpoints on the western and northern fronts were attacked by surprise, and eleven checkpoints were completely destroyed, with a total of 557 killed and 215 lightly and seriously wounded......."
The battle report reached Xu Kuang's ears, and Xu Kuang suspected that he had heard it wrong.
He snatched the telegram and looked sideways and vertically, trying to find another answer from the words.
But it's a pity that the reality is so heavy and so cruel.
Xu Kuang's face was gloomy and terrifying, and he said to the herald:
"Herald Battalion, from now on, all rocket artillery will fire ammunition at Xiangcheng Town without a base!".
Xu Zheng hurriedly walked over and pulled Xu Kuang back, at this moment he was already in tears, and he said to Xu Kuang:
"Lord, don't be angry, this matter depends on me, I have been absent from the battle for a long time, and I have long forgotten how cruel war is......."
Xu Kuang glanced at Xu Zheng and sighed secretly, he said to Xu Zheng:
"Mr. Xu, I don't blame you for this matter, it's my fault, and when the war is over, I will inform the whole army of my fault."
When Xu Zheng heard this, his heart was even more twisted.
He sat down on the ground with a face as dead as ashes.
For a person like him, it's okay to pit himself, but it's worse than death to pit others.
Zhuge frowned and shouted:
"Wake up! It's not time to say such a thing, my lord, I suggest that you don't fire artillery at the town of Xiangcheng for the time being, and first cover the traps and barracks outside the town a few times, at least so that the army can reach the city without hindrance. ”。
Xu Kuang nodded, he found that he was a little swayed by emotions, and he said to Zhuge Duan:
"Just listen to Mr., please send a report to Zhou Jin, I need to take it slowly."
Zhuge Duan was ordered to do it.
Jian Yu and Huo Guang walked over, one left and one right, and pulled Xu Zheng up from the ground.
Xu Kuang said to the three:
"Mr. Xu, I am at fault for this matter, but everyone will blame you for the mistake, I can't stop this kind of thing, I can only punish you."
Xu Zheng nodded heavily, he was ready to accept any punishment.
"After the end of the war, the aftermath work will be carried out by you and me, maybe you and I will be very uncomfortable after this trip, so please you and I can be wronged, and let the families of those soldiers vent their anger."
Xu Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then said to Xu Kuang:
"Lord, let me do this kind of thing myself."
Xu Kuang shook his head and said to Xu Zheng:
"I gave the order, I have the responsibility to overlook, the recorder, I want to record this matter in my work log, I want to read it every day, and alert myself!"
Xu Zheng was even more uncomfortable.
Xu Kuang said to Xu Zheng:
"Sir, please get your mood in order and prepare, for in about ten days, or perhaps other times, we will face together the grief-stricken families of the dead soldiers."
After Xu Kuang said this, he left the office quickly, he walked outside the door, lying on the guardrail, looking at the mushroom ridge below, he wanted to cry and couldn't cry, he was blocked by a breath of air.
He really wanted to have a cigarette in his hand now, but unfortunately he didn't, not even a cold rain and cold wind.
Xu Kuang now understands that the successive successes have made him lose his vigilance, he doesn't know how to face the families of those dead soldiers next, and he doesn't know how much money to buy the lives of those dead soldiers.
Xu Kuang took a deep breath to calm himself down, then turned around and walked into the office and continued to work.
Everyone else has also started working, including Xu Zheng.
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Orange Town Frontier.
Dozens of rocket launchers were aimed at the swarm of traps ahead.
The gun commander's command flag waved, and countless rockets flew out of the gun mounts, setting off waves of fire on the local positions.
Frio and Victor stood under the city, listening to the incessant sound of cannonballs, and both smiled sinisterly.
Frio couldn't help but give Victor a thumbs up, and he smiled:
"Uncle is really scheming, look at this Xu Kuang, obviously annoyed and angry."
Victor laughed dryly, but suddenly realized that something was wrong.
He hurriedly said to Frio:
"Hurry up and let the soldiers outside the city go into the city to avoid the artillery.".
Frio laughed:
"I gave the order a long time ago, and most of the soldiers were withdrawn."
Victor nodded and asked:
"How many soldiers and horses do we have now?"
Frio did the math slightly, and said to Victor:
"More than nine thousand.".
Victor breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the casualties outside the city were not too serious.
More than a thousand people died during the sneak attack on Xu Kuang, so it seems that only a few hundred soldiers outside the city died.
Victor was eerily silent, as if the casualty count was just a number.
But soon, Victor's complexion changed again.
Frio hurriedly asked:
"What's wrong?".
Victor Road:
"In this case, the arrangement outside the city is useless."
Frio also lamented.