After a heart-stopping shock, Liu Zhian flicked the dust off his hat. His headquarters was also within the artillery strike range of the Tang army. The Tang army opened fire on the Dahua Old Palace without any psychological pressure at all.
To be honest, if this palace had some artistic and archaeological value before, after several rounds of destruction and renovation, there is almost nothing worth remembering.
If an underground bunker was dug next to the Forbidden City, the palace collapsed and has not been repaired for a long time, and the contents inside have been removed long ago. In fact, it is hard to say how much value it has left.
Finally, Strauss had never even thought about wasting the lives of Tang Empire soldiers for these illusory things.
His current purpose is very simple, which is to capture this so-called old capital of Dahua at the minimum cost, so that the entire Dahua battlefield can be completely controlled by the Tang Empire.
It was obvious that his efforts were almost successful: Liu Zhian's troops were collapsing, and the old capital defense line built by the Qin army at a huge cost was now riddled with holes and on the verge of destruction.
"Are all the documents burned?" Liu Zhian looked at his adjutant and asked a question he had asked many times today.
The adjutant nodded and said with certainty: "General! All the documents in the headquarters have been burned. The remaining documents of the various military departments, my subordinates have also supervised the burning of the most important parts."
There are letters exchanged, as well as backups of orders, as well as unit data and personnel details. The documents of a unit are quite complex and the number is quite huge.
These documents are very important. Examining the history of a unit, proving the existence of this unit, looking back on the achievements of this unit... many things require these written documents.
Burning these documents at a critical moment can cause immeasurable damage to a force. Its past will be buried in history, and may never be seen again in the future.
Therefore, burning the flag of an army and destroying the documents of an army are choices that would not be made easily. Only a team that is completely desperate would make such a choice.
Li Zhian had to order many Qin troops to do this: if he didn't do this, there might be some documents used to prove that the use of landmines was tacitly approved by Qin's top brass, which would implicate more people. people.
So he must ensure that all relevant records are burned, or at least a large part of them. In this way, the remaining parts have no value for mutual reference and mutual confirmation. Emperor Qin Yingduo behind him, as well as other officials of the Qin State, are all safe.
As for the various Qin troops who had burned their archives and had no way to verify the process and results of their participation in the war, they could only admit that they were unlucky.
There was a burning smell in the air, and many secretarial officers continued to burn files and documents. For them, the old capital at this moment can no longer hold on.
The local Chinese people had begun to cooperate with the Tang army in fighting. They led the way for the Tang army and reported the hiding areas of Qin troops. Some even took out their hidden weapons and ambush Qin's logistics supply detachment.
Under such circumstances, the Qin army's operations in the old capital had completely fallen into chaos. They lost one-third of the residential area, and the outer factory area has also been controlled by the Tang army.
Now, the connection between the Qin army in the city and the Qin field troops outside the city has been intermittent. All roads leading outside the city are dangerous and there are gunshots everywhere.
"It seems that this place doesn't belong to us after all." Looking at everything around him with a wry smile, Liu Zhian stood up and put the hat on his head.
His adjutant handed him a steel helmet. The helmet was the classic M35 helmet that was eliminated by the Tang Army. It looked very beautiful.
Liu Zhian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and took off his military cap and replaced it with a steel helmet. He is a frontline general, so of course he knows how to protect himself. He just wasn't used to it, he wasn't used to the fact that he was already on the front line.
"Let's go!" Liu Zhian, who was already determined to evacuate, did not hesitate and walked out of his office with his adjutant and guards.
In the hall outside, some officers were gathering together to smoke. Next to them, several soldiers were burning outdated maps.
These maps are all areas outside the old capital and are completely useless now. It has become a position for the Tang Army, and many places have even become safe zones.
The Qin army's artillery fire can barely reach the ruins of the factories, which have now become refugee camps, crowded with Dahua aborigines who came to seek refuge.
The situation was better than the Tang army imagined. They successfully controlled most of the neighborhoods. In fact, the Qin army in the old capital had no room to continue struggling.
They can only control some buildings and streets, and are compressed into a long and narrow area as a whole, struggling to survive as trapped beasts.
"Stand at attention!" Seeing Liu Zhian coming out, all the officers and soldiers saluted him. At least in the cluster headquarters, this kind of etiquette cannot be abandoned.
Liu Zhian returned a scrawled military salute to them, and then led his adjutant and guards out of the underground bunker and walked to the garden of the Dahua Palace.
There were several Type 113 armored vehicles parked there, covered with camouflage nets. The bomb crater not far away was still steaming, and some Qin soldiers were building machine gun positions.
The Tang army is very close to here, and the nearby Qin army is in fighting state. Their clothes were covered in dust, and some soldiers even had faint traces of blood on them.
"How long can we hold on here?" Liu Zhian saw a Qin regiment commander next to the armored vehicle waiting for him.
The regiment leader was worried and thought for a few seconds before replying: "General, I think it depends on how long the Tang Army is prepared to let us hold on here."
"Thank you for your hard work... Your bravery will not be forgotten! The Qin Congress finally won this war." Liu Zhian patted the other party's shoulder and said a few words of encouragement that no one believed.
Then, he got into the armored vehicle in the middle, and other guards got on board. Then the armored vehicles started, running over the broken rubble, passing through the collapsed courtyard wall, and leaving the Dahua Empire. old royal palace.
About ten minutes later, fierce gunfire rang out from next door to the palace. The tanks of the Tang Army ran rampant and broke through the palace wall amidst the hail of bullets from the MG42 machine gun. The soldiers covering the Tang Army began to launch a fierce attack on the place where Liu Zhian left.
(End of chapter)
