You see, once you think of a strategic escape as a winter vacation, things are completely different.
You can throw away guns and cannons, as long as you keep the food. Everyone thought so, so they brought out all the food they found.
It was impossible to expect to find those who had fled. Even the remaining people in the Qin infantry regiment did not know whether they had really encountered Tang soldiers.
They just heard gunfire and heard someone shouting that Tang Jun was coming, and then everyone ran desperately until they got here.
When the regiment leader knew that he could not even recruit a battalion of soldiers, he was not depressed. At least they now have a lot of food besides not having much weapons and ammunition.
Before nightfall, he set up camp again, and everyone started to heat things up again. This time, no gunfire was heard, and no one shouted that the Tang army was coming.
Everyone was extremely tired, and some people just found a comfortable place to sleep without even eating. Snoring was everywhere, and the remaining people began to eat listlessly. Everyone was very harmonious.
The commander of the 1st Battalion, who was almost unable to run, found that he was basically a company commander now. There were only a few guards at the regiment headquarters who were separated, there were about seventy or eighty people.
The worst thing was the Third Battalion. The previous gunshots came from the direction of the Third Battalion, so there were not many of them left.
The three battalion commanders could not be found. Only a few dozen people fled here with the troops, and the rest have disappeared.
This is a portrayal of the battle situation of the Qin army's infantry. Most of the infantry began to rout without knowing what happened. They routed all the way. They couldn't even see the shadow of the enemy and kept running. They frightened themselves, like a frightened bird, and all the vegetation and trees along the way were soldiers.
No matter what trouble they encounter, they will scare themselves half to death, abandon their armor, and be exactly the same as they were decades ago. In essence, tactical advances did not make rout more reasonable, but made it more chaotic.
In fact, judging from the comparison of records between the two sides after the war, there is no record of the Tang army encountering the Qin army in the north of Dongqing City and opening fire on that day.
If the Tang army did not regard this battle as a battle, then in fact it was the Qin army's infantry regiment that misfired for unknown reasons and frightened itself to collapse.
They are not an exception, but most of the Qin army's troops on the entire front are like this. They had no way of receiving command orders from any of their units, and they didn't know what to do, so they had only one way to escape.
The former headquarters is now a hundred kilometers or even hundreds of kilometers away. It is not known whether it exists or not. Of course, it is impossible to effectively command these troops.
The nearby friendly troops had too much to take care of themselves, so they couldn't find the mood to care about these unfamiliar troops that were defeated from the direction of Xiajuan.
Even if you want to control it, you actually can't: communications have been interfered with, and the ownership orders are unclear. Why do you send a communications soldier to take over the command of a regiment or even a division?
From another perspective, there is no need to take over: the Qin army in Dongqing was also defeated. Does it matter who will command the two defeated Qin armies? Not important? Is it important? …
Everyone is running, no one cares about anyone else, and even the distribution of materials, which was originally decent, has become magical as the war situation continues to worsen.
Some troops were running and found that all their weapons and equipment had been found: Yes, they were all found! Along the way, they can pick up rifles that have been abandoned on the side of the road, and even retrieve their own lost cannons if they so choose.
It's a pity that no one is willing to drag the cannons that have been paralyzed on the road, and no one cares about the cars whose windows have been shattered by shrapnel, but can actually still run.
Because the soldiers of the Qin Army who were able to escape here know very well that these large-scale equipment that can be activated are the things that summon the god of death! Only by discarding all such gadgets would they be safer.
Things that no one dared to touch because of military discipline, now no one cares about because of the escape. The weapons and ammunition truck is paralyzed on the roadside, and the weapons on it can be easily accessed.
The problem is that weapons are not in hot demand, and many troops have even lost their weapons, because heavy and useless things are often the first to be discarded on the way to escape.
There is really nothing you can do about this. There is no need to stop and fight back anyway, so why do you still have weapons?
At first, the soldiers secretly discarded some bullets to make the march easier.
What was later discarded were machine gun bullets, the tripod of the MG42 machine gun, and then more bullet belts, ammunition boxes... Finally, after the infantrymen lost all their bullets, they no longer liked the fire sticks in their hands.
Is this what it is all about: I’ve lost all my damn bullets, why do I still have a useless rifle? Are you talking about self-defense? Isn’t there also a bayonet? It can cut meat, open cans, and stab people at critical moments. It’s easy to use and lightweight, isn’t it?
If you continue running, the number of helmets will decrease. Don’t dare to throw away your raincoat, tent and blanket, because the weather is getting colder and colder, and you still expect these things to save your life at critical moments.
Naturally, the lunch box cannot be thrown away. If the person eating is gone, it is really unimaginable. Even if you lose your engineering shovel, you can't lose your lunch box, right?
As for why the engineer's shovel wasn't thrown away... isn't it because it hasn't been its turn yet? The key is that it can still be used for digging holes and cutting branches to build a camp, and it's not too late to throw away the helmet after throwing it away.
For such an army that seems to have no need for any equipment, they will encounter all kinds of abandoned vehicles on the road, and they can also find all kinds of supplies and equipment.
Weapons and ammunition can really be seen everywhere, and occasionally you can see some cotton-padded clothes and quilts that have been turned over and thrown on the ground - these cotton-padded clothes were originally going to be sent to the front line, after all, it has already entered winter, right?
But the problem is that the transport team was destroyed by Tang Jun's planes on the way, and these materials will never be transported to where they should go.
After all, that place... is now under the control of the Tang Army. Most of the troops preparing to use these supplies have become prisoners of the Tang army.
After finally having some time to sleep, and arranging for more than 400 soldiers to eat something, the Qin Army infantry regiment finally recovered to some extent.
It is impossible to expect them to fight, but there is no problem in letting them continue to run. On such a peaceful night, disturbing things were happening.
(End of chapter)
