Chapter nine hundred and fifty seventh self-chaotic
"Who is it? Stop."
"Fire arrows! These people are deserters and will be killed without mercy!"
Outside the military camp, various sounds soon rang out, and then the sound of arrows piercing the air was heard, causing the already tense camp to become chaotic again.
Half an hour later, the harassment was suppressed, and nearly a hundred corpses were placed in the center of the camp. These were deserters who were unlucky enough to be shot by bows and arrows while escaping. They became typical villains, General Che Keming.
Wearing a big cloak, he walked out, pointing arrogantly at the warm corpses and said: "This is the fate of being a deserter, dying without a burial place. General Zhang Shuo, take care of your subordinates. Yes."
To punish you, you will not have anything to eat tomorrow morning."
After saying this and venting his dissatisfaction, Qie Keming yawned and walked towards his heavily guarded tent.
"Hey, let's all go back and rest." Faced with Qie Keming's scolding, Zhang Shuo moved his mouth, but in the end he said nothing, waved his hand, and walked towards his tent.
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Shangdu City.
In one day, the north gate of Shangdu City was already covered with scars. Some of the walls had been blown down, and pieces of walls fell off.
In one day, the First Firearms Brigade took advantage of their artillery and plowed the entire city wall three times.
The soldiers guarding the city tower retreated into the city early. Seeing this good opportunity, Brigadier Shen Ping'an immediately ordered his commander Shanhui to lead the firecrackers and launch an attack on the city tower with prepared ladders.
But it was too cold, and the soldiers could not be as quick as they usually trained. As soon as their cannon fire stopped, the Qingzhou Army in the city returned to the tower, and the two sides inevitably had a confrontation.
Although they killed the enemy severely, they also lost hundreds of people and finally retreated from the tower.
This is the disadvantage of not having enough infantry to help. If the First Field Army or the Fourth Field Army were there, attacking cities and climbing buildings is their strength, so it would not be so difficult.
As the day passed, a lot of artillery shells were fired and some enemies were injured, but Shangdu City was not breached.
"Brigade Commander. The enemy is determined to defend. Their city gates have been blown to pieces by us, but they have already prepared some huge rocks to block the gates. It will take some time to completely blast them open."
Team leader Xia Hong is making a report to Shen Ping'an.
"Yes, the enemy knows that reinforcements are coming and has the confidence to defend the city." Shen Ping'an sighed, then looked south, thoughtfully. He didn't know how many soldiers the Fourth Field Army could block.
If they cannot withstand the South Vietnamese Army for a long time, once enemy reinforcements rush in front of them, it will be the beginning of the nightmare for the 1st Firearms Brigade.
"Is there any news from the Fourth Field Army?" Shen Pingan asked worriedly, thinking that the key was there.
"There is no news yet. The South Vietnamese reinforcements have not arrived at Eling Lake yet." He Tang, the leader of the second regiment, stood up and answered.
"Okay, since the enemy's reinforcements have not yet appeared, we will continue to attack tomorrow. Don't be stingy with the sky mine bombs. The brigade commander has already ordered people to urge the logistics department, and more sky mine bombs are being shipped to us. In short,
In a word, we must capture Shangdu City at any cost. If we cannot capture the city and enter it before the enemy's reinforcements arrive, then we, including the Fourth Field Army, will be in trouble."
"No." Listening to Shen Ping'an's words, several group leaders stood at attention and agreed.
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On the official road, the South Vietnamese army continued to advance towards the upper capital, but it was obvious that the team was moving slower.
Last night, almost everyone had a hard night's sleep. First, there was a lightning strike on the camp, and then there was an incident of desertion. Although some people died, more people escaped. I heard that there were more than 400 people.
Compared with those who escaped, those who stayed behind had no energy at all, and some of them began to regret it. If I had known that they would not even have breakfast if they stayed, and they would have to face dangers that may appear at any time. , then it would be better to escape last night, maybe there is still a glimmer of hope for survival.
At worst, there is no need to live such a useless life. Whatever you do, you have to look at the faces of the South Vietnamese aliens.
Just like now, a South Vietnamese cavalry team is behind them, watching them speed up. And if anyone walks slower, they will often be hit with a horse whip, and they will be merciless. Once the horse whip comes down, their skin will be ripped apart. After being chased by the cold wind, once inflammation begins, it is a narrow escape.
Facing the ferocity shown by the South Vietnamese cavalry, everyone was angry, but no one dared to resist. Firstly, they were not united and had no helpers; secondly, they were cavalry and they were infantry, so they had natural weaknesses. I'm afraid I won't be able to defeat him. If I don't get it right, I won't be injured, but I'll die directly.
The team was moving forward in this depressing atmosphere, but they still couldn't get faster. They hadn't eaten breakfast, and they couldn't absorb any heat from their bodies. How could they have the strength and how could they get up fast?
Even though there were South Vietnamese cavalry supervising them, the speed was still a bit slow, and more people were flogged, and more resentment arose in everyone's hearts.
Lei Ming was still standing on the side of the official road several miles away, watching this scene with a telescope. Last night, they made some noise in the first half of the night, and then went back to rest. As soon as dawn came, the soldiers got enough food. After sleeping, everyone was full of energy, and then sat down to wait and watch the scene where the enemy continued to step on mines.
Boom boom~boom boom...
The sound of explosions continued to ring out, resounding at the front of the Dianzhou soldiers, and a burst of commotion appeared involuntarily. Then some bodies were thrown to both sides of the road, and the injured were left behind. Maybe with luck If you can persist in living, those who are unlucky will be waiting to die.
The team is still moving forward, but the speed seems to be a bit slower.
"Commander, at this rate, it will take at least one night for these people to reach Eling Lake. We have gained another day." Seeing that the South Vietnamese army was marching slower and slower, some soldiers of the Fourth Army were worried. Said happily.
"Yes, we have gained another day, but it is not enough." Lei Ming replied, then looked at the soldiers behind him and said: "If we block the enemy here for one more day, we can buy one more day for the First Firearms Brigade. , and also to gain more initiative for our Fourth Army, so the sky mines will continue to be buried. Let’s see how many more sky mines there are, and they will all be placed on the road in a while.”
"No." All the soldiers agreed in a low voice, and then began to lay mines again.
For the next whole day, the South Vietnamese army did not move faster. When they set up camp at night, Che Keming called a group of generals and got angry.
"What are you doing? We only traveled twenty miles in one day today, which is worse than yesterday. If this continues, when will we be able to reach Shangdu?"
Under the loud rebuke, everyone lowered their heads, and some South Vietnamese generals were still staring at Zhang Shuo, as if the march was too slow because of this man.
Zhang Shuo felt wronged. It was his Dianzhou Army that had always taken the lead, and now it was already complaining, but why didn't the South Vietnamese Army seem to be satisfied?
Just when Zhang Shuo was wondering whether he should retort a few times, or at least use his own voice to explain the difficulties, Qie Keming spoke again. "General Zhang, make arrangements and send a death squad to walk in the team.
At the forefront, let them destroy all those sky thunders. In any case, we must rush to Eling Lake tomorrow night. We have already wasted a day and cannot delay any longer."
"Ah! This..." Zhang Shuo raised his head and wanted to say, isn't this just asking the soldiers to die?
But Qie Keming didn't listen to his explanation at all, "Okay, the matter is settled like this. You can make arrangements now and prepare yourself as a member of the death squad tomorrow. The meeting is over."
Waving his hands, Qie Keming looked like he was seeing off guests. Zhang Shuo walked out of the main tent in a daze, and then let out a long sigh. It's not that he didn't want to give the soldiers below a chance, but he was not as strong as others, so he did
Not enough.
In the following time, the entire Dianzhou Army camp began to draw lots to establish a death squad. One unlucky person from each military tent would be selected to be a death squad member and walk at the forefront of the team tomorrow.
This is clearly asking everyone to die, and many people are dissatisfied with this. But no one dares to stand up and say anything, so they can only try their luck and try their luck.
And soon, the sounds of crying and howling came from some large tents. Needless to say, these were the sounds of the soldiers who were selected to become the death squads. And those who were not selected, they all let out a sigh of relief.
, with a relaxed look on his face.
After all, this means that they don't have to die, or at least they can live for a while longer. As for whether other people live or die, what does it have to do with them?
In the face of death, how many friendships are solid? Not to mention that we don't know each other in the first place, and there is no emotion at all.
After a burst of crying, the big tents became quiet again. But in the middle of the night, many big tents became chaotic again. This was not because thunder led people to attack the camp, but because there appeared again
There were deserters. Those who escaped were those who were selected to become death squads.
Knowing that they would die tomorrow, even some timid people showed their courage, and each of them became bold in order to survive. When everyone else was asleep, they escaped from the big house.
account.
Some people had no experience at all and made noise as soon as they left the tent. They were seen by the patrolling soldiers and then caught. But some people were lucky and escaped, and the chaos caused quickly caused another
The soldiers who had fallen asleep woke up. Especially some of them found that the unlucky man in their main tent had escaped, so they had no choice but to recruit new death squads. This process took a long time.
After dawn, many people yawned and walked out of the military tent with red eyes.
