Groups of soldiers walked out of the ruins. They raised their hands and gathered together along the path planned by the Tang army without saying a word.
They had persisted in Fengjiang City for more than a month, and now it was time for them to hand over their weapons.
In the process of gathering, they will place their rifles on the roadside, which is already filled with various weapons.
There is the Maxim heavy machine gun, and there is also the so-called light machine gun developed by Cyric. Its appearance is not very good, and its performance is not very good.
Precisely because the performance is not very good, except for the Tang Army, the main machine guns of many countries are still Maxims, which are still the equipment of the Tang Army eight or nine years ago.
This era is an era of great development of weapons. New weapons are born every year. The fact that a weapon can be used in the army for eight or nine years really speaks volumes.
The largest number is of course the committee rifle, which is the Cyric 1 rifle. This rifle has no advantages and no particularly intolerable shortcomings, so it has been used by people.
It has become the most successful bolt-action rifle in the world, because the Mauser kar98k used by the Tang Army itself was eliminated by the assault rifle long ago.
Many of the obsolete 98k rifles were given to allies of the Tang State at very low prices, including the refugees who had previously rioted in the northern part of the Chu State.
Datang Group has also sold related production technology for the kar98k rifle, including production lines, but it has not been purchased from many countries.
After all, most countries have already chosen the Cyric 1 rifle. Since there is no performance improvement, there is not much motivation to replace it.
They really hope to equip a large number of assault rifles, but they have not yet fully understood the relevant technology, and they have not had time to equip similar weapons for a while.
However, many countries are conducting research on assault rifles. Compared with tanks and aircraft with complex structures, it is relatively easy to imitate such individual weapons, so their progress is pretty good.
The Datang Group has also noticed this situation. There is a heated discussion within Tang State about whether Tang State should also start to put the Type 56 assault rifle on the market when Cyric puts the assault rifle it developed on the market.
This can avoid the embarrassing situation where the 98k rifle cannot seize the market and allow Cyric to make a fortune. At the same time, it can also use cheap weapons to fight price wars, making it impossible for Cyric to recover the technical costs of developing new weapons.
The battle in Fengjiang City progressed faster than Bolton expected. His troops quickly occupied a large number of key nodes and basically controlled more than four-fifths of the urban area of Fengjiang City.
Such rapid advancement also minimized the damage to the remaining buildings in the city, and some sturdy high-rise buildings, including the original City Lord's Palace, were preserved.
If Emperor Dahua hadn't issued an order to surrender, Feng Kezhi probably could have relied on the ruins to hold on for at least ten more days.
It is even said that if they work together, Fengjiang City may not fall into a tight siege. For them, the situation seems to be much better than now.
But in reality, there are not so many ifs. The Tang army has now occupied most of the city, and it is too late to regret.
The internal fighting among the Dahua garrison also accelerated the process of their collapse. In some places, battles broke out directly due to the scramble for command, and half of them died before the Tang army arrived.
The victorious main combatants were all disheartened. They were forced to surrender and hand over their weapons, and then followed the disarmed troops to gather at the preset detention location.
Originally, they wanted to continue fighting and serve the motherland. However, the cruel reality forced them to succumb: they had no logistical supplies and quickly ran out of ammunition, making it impossible for them to continue to persevere.
The Lord and the faction were even more happy to surrender. They handed over their supplies, including some storage locations in the city, directly to the Tang army, allowing the Tang army to get a big advantage.
Sitting in his command post, Feng Kezhi already knew that the situation was out of control. The situation was changing faster than he expected, and Zhao Kai's tricks to deceive him were more cunning than he imagined.
Among the 250,000 troops, at least 70,000 were affected by the royal order and directly chose to surrender. About 50,000 of them succeeded, and the determination of the other 20,000 to fight was affected.
The Tang army quickly broke through the defense line of 50,000 surrendered troops, and then chaos spread completely.
The troops that had not planned to surrender were suddenly attacked by the Tang army and had to rush to fight and suffered heavy losses. Many troops chose to surrender under inexplicable circumstances.
The neighboring troops who couldn't stand it turned around and cleaned up the traitors who were flying white flags and preparing to surrender. A fierce battle between the two sides soon broke out, and then the situation began to get completely out of control.
The Tang army didn't even know who to help, and many times they took advantage of the chaos to kill both sides of the firefight. This approach aggravated the casualties, and within a few hours, more than 10,000 people died.
The saddest thing is that these soldiers who were supposed to fight bravely died at the hands of their own people, and their death was even more mysterious.
The commanders sent out to try to take over the troops could not find their troops at all. Some troops left the station without authorization and were wiped out by friendly forces; some troops held on to their positions, but quickly ran out of bullets and were annihilated by the Tang army.
Feng Kezhi imagined many endings for himself, but he really didn't expect that he would be sitting in his basement headquarters in such embarrassment, losing control of almost all the troops.
Even the rumble of artillery could not be heard above his head. The heavy weapons firefight in the city had actually stopped completely. Most of the artillery positions scattered in the city by the Dahua army had been lost at this moment.
The Dahua artillerymen equipped with cannons of various calibers gave up resistance along with the surrounding security forces. They sat quietly next to their cannons, waiting for the Tang army to come over to count the shells and receive those cannons that actually had good performance.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although the number is not large, the Dahua troops have more than 400 cannons in the encirclement of Fengjiang City. These weapons and equipment can actually be sold at a discount.
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Even if it is second-hand, as long as it is cheap enough, there will definitely be people willing to pay for it: the Dahua Empire is actually a good buyer, as long as they don't mind paying for their own weapons.
"Looks like I'm going to explain it here today." Feng Kezhi smiled mockingly and poured himself a glass of fairly good quality distilled liquor.
It is not easy to find such alcoholic beverages in Fengjiang City. Only a general like him can still supply alcoholic beverages in the encirclement.
Only about two thousand meters away from him, the special forces infiltrated by the Tang Army finally ran into the core escort of the real General of the Dahua Empire.
The combat effectiveness of these garrison troops directly subordinate to the general is definitely online, and they are more inclined to fight for the general to the end. They still maintain a certain fighting spirit at this moment.
The special forces of the Tang State also knew that they could not rely on a few improvised fake identity certificates to deal with this kind of troops, so they dispersed the troops in advance, leaving only a few empty military vehicles for testing.
Sure enough, the other party made a request to inspect the vehicle. The soldiers on the left and right of Luka were very alert and even prepared to shoot directly at the truck.
The special forces of the Tang Army knew that they would be exposed soon, so they immediately chose to strike first. They knocked down the enemy soldiers who came to check through the car door, and then drove past the checkpoint, triggering a battle.
The special forces ambushing on both sides opened fire immediately, and the snipers shot down the Maxim machine gun shooter on the checkpoint that threatened the most.
A fierce battle ensued between the two sides. Three trucks driven by the special forces were destroyed and the drivers inside were also shot dead.
The fifty special forces soldiers who arrived in trucks quickly advanced and, after wiping out all the Dahua soldiers in the checkpoint, broke into the core area of the Dahua headquarters.
More and more Dahua Empire soldiers came after hearing the sound of gunfire. After all, there was at least one regiment of guard troops here, and at least one battalion of the general's personal guard in the inner circle. These were all Feng Kezhi's confidants, and they dared to fight to the death.
The ultimate kind.
But despite this, the Tang Army's special forces were still like steel needles, piercing the place where Feng Kezhi was hiding little by little.
In the basement, Feng Kezhi's adjutant pushed open the basement door and reported the news of Tang soldiers appearing near them: "General! A small group of Tang soldiers are trying to approach us."
"Tang Army?" Feng Kezhi was very curious. He really didn't think that this troop was really sent by the Tang State. He even thought that these people were assassins sent by Zhao Kai who were disguised as Tang Army and came to kill him.
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"We don't know the specific situation yet, but our people are stopping them. The other party's firepower is very strong, and our people have suffered heavy losses." The adjutant continued to add nervously.
He didn't know much about the situation on the battlefield over there, and the person who heard the report briefly described the situation of the battle.
The purpose of his coming here now is actually to persuade Feng Kezhi to move quickly or make some other plans.
"It's just a small force. Don't panic. Just let the security forces handle it." As a general, Feng Kezhi still has a calm demeanor in times of crisis.
He knew very well that even if the perimeter had completely collapsed, it would still take time for the Tang army to reach his side. It was unlikely that many enemies would appear here at this time.
It's far from the point where he needs to move away. Going out at this moment really gives others an opportunity.
But it's better to be prepared... Thinking of this, he walked behind his desk, opened the drawer, took out a very delicate pistol, and placed it on the table.
