A sloppy building collapsed because a 155mm howitzer smashed into the building and directly disintegrated it.
The flying broken bricks involved everything around them. There were broken limbs, blood and corpses everywhere. The nearby building was affected and more than half collapsed, and the wooden floor collapsed diagonally.
The wall scattered onto the street, hitting many people passing by.
All the glass on the distant building was instantly shattered, and the child's cries were drowned in the huge explosion. Then the sound of stones falling to the ground continued and did not stop for a long time.
In a barricade, the officer holding the phone nervously reported to his superiors what he had just seen with his own eyes. His voice was very panicked and he spoke very fast: "Yes! It's a shelling! It's a shell! It hit.
A private house! Yes! It’s a private house!”
He was slightly stronger than the soldiers under his command, because he was a supplementary officer and had seen the artillery of the Tang army in Shu in the south.
He just got off the train a few days ago and was appointed as the platoon leader - but as a platoon leader, he only has 14 people under his command, and he can only figure out solutions for the remaining 30 people.
Later, he did think of a way and found more than 30 "recruits", but these recruits were generally a bit older, and the youngest one was 49 years old.
The old people who had witnessed shelling for the first time huddled next to the sandbags on the barricade and shivered. When they fought, the weapons were still flintlock guns. Who could have imagined that today's war would become so terrible and terrifying...
"Boom!" About 300 meters away, another shell tore through the air, made a harsh scream, and fell rapidly, directly hitting another building.
The building was not very strong. When the shell exploded, most of it shattered and the rest collapsed.
As that building collapsed, several nearby flimsy earthen buildings built by the Qin people also collapsed. In an instant, smoke and dust spread everywhere and covered the entire block.
The rolling air waves could be clearly seen thousands of meters away. The people of Qin State were confused. This time they did not hear the harsh air defense siren. For them, such an attack was too sudden, and it was too sudden.
It's too much to bear.
Zhang Xuan was in the headquarters in the east of the city, holding the phone and asking what happened. His subordinates reported to him the Tang Army's shelling, claiming that two shells had fallen into the city.
"Chengdong! Yes! It's the east of the city! There are only two artillery shells... 155mm caliber howitzers! It is predicted that the artillery position of the Tang Dynasty is at Dingfengpo... Do we need to fight back?" On the phone, the frontline officer asked Zhang Xuan anxiously
.
In the suburbs of Wuyang, the Qin army hid several valuable 200 mm caliber heavy artillery in the gaps in the buildings. This was their trump card and one of the few heavy weapons in their hands that could hit the Tang army.
The Qin army retreated and abandoned too many artillery and heavy weapons and equipment, such as large-caliber howitzers that were difficult to move, and they were all lost long ago.
Fortunately, due to the inconvenience of movement, some too bulky weapons were defeated and retreated before they were transported to the front line, so they were fortunately preserved until now.
This is how these 200mm caliber howitzers were saved. In addition, there are dozens of 155mm caliber towed howitzers, and there are also anti-aircraft guns of various calibers produced overtime...
"Save artillery shells... there is no need to fight back." Zhang Xuan knew that the heavy firepower in his hand could not match the Tang army, so he simply lay down and lay down: wait for the Tang army to really launch an attack, and then open fire to pull out a few unlucky guys on the back.
It was the most cost-effective strategy he could think of.
In addition, Zhang Xuan was also thinking about another question: why the Tang army ceased fire after only firing two rounds. This makes no sense at all. If the Tang army fired to warn the Qin army in the city, it would be more reasonable to launch a round of artillery bombardment.
What he didn't know was that on the Tang Army's artillery position, the commander was grabbing a radio communication device and angrily asking his superiors: "Why cease fire? Sir... I only fired two artillery shells! Yes, only two
Artillery shells! What? What does cancel the shelling mean?...Yes! Yes! Execute the order!"
After hooking up the intercom back to the communication device, the battalion commander looked at the officer on the side angrily: "Mission cancelled! Be careful, take out the shells... Damn it, what the hell is this?"
Just as he was complaining, in the headquarters of the Tang Army's rear, an officer wearing a Qin military uniform with a white armband wrapped around his arm, accompanied by several Tang Army guards, walked into Strauss's group army headquarters
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"The bombardment has been canceled according to your order, but the order was issued a little late. The front line said that two artillery shells were fired..." The chief of staff introduced the situation close to the ear of Strauss who was welcoming the guests.
"It doesn't matter! This time the other party said they are here to negotiate surrender, so I can't make the decision. If they want peace talks, I don't need to pay attention to them, but if they want to surrender, I have to report the situation." Strauss laughed.
He waved his hand and said to his staff officer.
"Our 3rd Group Army took the lead in arriving at Wuyang. The credit has been earned. The rest can be left to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs." After he finished speaking, he saw the Qin State's messenger coming in and immediately changed his clothes.
A formulaic smile: "Welcome."
The messenger's attitude was very low. He immediately stood up and saluted, and introduced himself: "Sir, I am here to discuss surrender matters on the order of Prime Minister Ying Ke... The war is meaningless. General, please kindly suspend it.
The Qin State...will definitely give the Tang State a satisfactory result in its attack on Wuyang."
"I'm waiting for the emperor's order... Kindness is the emperor's virtue. I'm just a general. Killing is my duty." Strauss gave all the credit to Emperor Tang Mo and said with a smile: "However, I have already ordered
The attack has stopped... Please rest assured, Mr. Messenger."
"The whole country of Qin is grateful..." The messenger handed the sealed letter from his pocket and handed it to Strauss: "This is a letter for your country. Please pass it to your country, General."
negotiators..."
"I will..." Strauss took the letter with one hand and handed it to the adjutant beside him: "I want to tell you some bad news... because when the news of your arrival reached me,
It's a little late... So, two shells fell into Wuyang... This was not our intention, I hope you can understand."
