Chapter 142, broken at the touch
Gu Hang didn't know about the current situation in Garbage Town and the many love and hatred that had just happened.
The latest news he got came from Denison Henry.
According to the intelligence, the most important agent in Junk Town, Jason Swann, should have confirmed that he will try his best to lead the entire town to surrender.
It is true that there are resistance forces in the town, but they will enforce martial law and lock those opposition elements in the garbage town until they come to take over.
Logically speaking, shouldn't this go smoothly?
But when he led his troops to the outside of Junk Town, he encountered an adventure group of about a thousand people leaving.
It looked like an advance team.
At the beginning, there was no exchange of fire between the two sides, but they were just confronting each other at a long distance.
At this time, Gu Hang keenly judged that something might have happened in the garbage certificate.
When the frontline troops came over to ask what should be done, he just thought for a moment and gave an order: "Convey my order to those adventurers: Junk Town is the territory of the Alliance. At this moment, according to my order, Junk Town It should be under full martial law. Everyone is ordered to stop advancing immediately, return to Junzhu Town, and resolutely implement martial law.”
Soon, Gu Hang's order was passed on to the adventurers facing the front line through loudspeakers by the soldiers on the front line.
This statement made the adventurers hesitate.
Just return it if you say return it? What was going on before? Armed march?
But if we don't retreat, will we have to fight with the governor's army on the opposite side?
The army that came this time did not have so many intimidating armored units. At least those who appeared in front of them were ordinary infantrymen.
However, looking at their uniform black and gray military uniforms and combat uniforms, as well as firearms that look much more reliable than the iron tube rifles in their hands, there are also many more rocket launchers and machine guns than they do...
In short, he is much more elite than them.
But the soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division didn't care what the adventurers in front thought.
There were three companies on the front line confronting the adventurers. Some of the other troops are still marching from behind, while others are spreading out to both sides.
If the governor wants to enforce martial law, he must not just shout with a loudspeaker. He must have enough power to ensure that those who disobey the order will end up miserable.
In fact, the entire 2nd Division must implement the order to block the town and block the area outside the entrance of the town.
The three companies responsible for the most frontal work got busy in front of the adventurers.
Many of them took out their engineering shovels and began digging foxholes on the spot.
This large area outside of Garbage Town is an unobstructed wasteland. Even though they were not far apart from each other, the officers of the three companies were quite nervous. As long as the gun goes off, it will definitely not work if there is no cover.
If the situation is urgent, it is definitely not practical to dig temporary trenches, but digging a hole is always more useful than being exposed in the wilderness. Even if the pit is shallower, as long as it allows people to lie there and reduce the exposed area, that's enough.
Their actions made the adventurers on the opposite side even more helpless.
If you dare not fight, you will not be willing to retreat.
More importantly, none of them can even make up their mind.
The sub-regiment leaders and captains among them, in the embarrassing situation of not knowing what to do, heard Mark Ferry's order from the walkie-talkie, asking them to carry out an armed breakout.
But...
The adventure leaders did not immediately take action.
Who are you? Do I just listen to what you say? Where is my boss Nasser?
You, a guy who comes from nowhere, asked me to lead people to fight against the Governor's army, which looked very elite at first glance. Am I a fool? Did I listen to you? Brothers' lives are not lives?
Most people are still rational in this state.
But... when there are too many people, anything can happen.
What's more, this group of adventurers is far from being able to enforce orders and prohibitions like regular soldiers.
I don’t know if someone is really a fool and subconsciously obeyed the order from the walkie-talkie, no matter who said it; or maybe someone really went off the rails because the current situation was too tense. .
Anyway, in the wilderness, three sporadic gunshots came from among the adventurers.
But among the governor's soldiers a hundred or two hundred meters away, no one was injured. It is true that the tattered iron-tube rifles commonly used by adventurers can hit a maximum theoretical range of 500 meters, but in fact, there is really no accuracy when it flies 100 meters, and there is nothing that a sharpshooter can do. .
These three bullets were the same, except that they raised three pieces of dust in front of the two digging companies.
But this is a question of nature.
When the enemy launches a direct attack with lethal thermal weapons, counterattack becomes almost an inevitable option.
Three infantry companies, nearly 400 soldiers, began their counterattack almost simultaneously.
The most ruthless among them were more than 30 squad machine guns in total.
When digging holes and constructing temporary simple positions, the soldiers of the 2nd Division gave their highest priority to deploying various company-level firepower first. Mortars, rocket launchers, squad machine guns... all count.
The first to get angry were the more than thirty squad machine guns.
The high rate of fire, large ammunition capacity, and instantaneous burst of firepower, coupled with the firing of another three hundred rifles, caused extremely heavy casualties to the adventurers in front of them in an instant.
The iron tube rifles in the hands of those adventurers were inaccurate at a distance of one to two hundred meters, but the G9 rifles in the hands of Alliance soldiers were not.
Although at this distance, the person seen through the machine sight is extremely small, there is always a certain probability of hitting the target when pressing the muzzle of the gun and firing accurately at the approximate location of the enemy.
What's more, the nearly two thousand people were standing very densely, and there was no cover at all.
Some people fell down in pieces.
And those who are still alive can no longer remain indifferent at this moment.
They immediately dropped to the ground and began trying to fight back.
The two sides just fired at each other from a distance of one to two hundred meters.
The adventurers had more people and guns, but not only did they suffer greater casualties, but they were also completely suppressed in terms of firepower.
So what if there are almost two thousand guns? If you can't hit it accurately, it's no different from a fire stick that can make a loud noise. What's more, their two thousand guns were not only inaccurate, but also seriously lacked powerful suppressive firepower. In terms of firepower density alone, one G9C general-purpose machine gun can defeat a hundred iron-barreled rifles.
The three infantry companies on the front didn't suffer any casualties. They didn't dig enough foxholes. Those who had no place to hide could only lie down and grab and shoot at each other. But relatively speaking, fewer people died than those on the opposite side. That’s a lot less.
What's more, they then took out more powerful weapons.
Rocket launchers and mortars.
The three infantry companies combined had nearly a dozen mortars, plus twenty or thirty canisters. They concentrated a round of firepower to blow them down, which caused heavy casualties to the adventurers.
The bigger blow was to morale. Morale was low in the first place, and I didn’t know whether to fight. When a fight started, it was because a few people were not clear-headed, or their guns misfired. Most people knew they couldn’t fight.
As a result, after being forced to fight, they were unilaterally suppressed by firepower and massacred. As expected, they could not win at all.
If it gets bombed like this again, it will collapse immediately.
Someone started running.
But when running, they are afraid of being shot from behind, so most people still lie down and don't dare to move.
Then they discovered that those who turned around and ran were fine. On the contrary, wherever there was no one to run and those who dared to take the initiative to fight back, they would often be attacked by machine guns, and from time to time, mortars and rocket launchers would be fired at them.
Then, the adventurers all ran back in a swarm.
The whole process from the start of the fight to the collapse of the whole line may not take more than ten minutes. About two hundred adventurers died on the front line. The three infantry companies of the 2nd Division lost two people and injured seven or eight others.
While the fighting was going on here, the troops who launched blockades in other directions also clashed with the adventurers.
However, the results are more or less the same.
Gu Hang saw the situation on the front line and even felt a little 'disappointed'.
Ten kilometers away, the three artillery battalions of the 2nd Division and the artillery support company directly under the division headquarters have all set up artillery positions. The original plan was to fire three or five rounds of more than eighty 155 howitzers in total if there was any disadvantage in the frontline battle, giving these adventurers in the garbage town a little firepower shock.
It seems that it is not used at all.
Even the heavy artillery was not used, just the firepower of the infantry company, and the matter was settled. The armed adventurers, who cost over ten thousand in total, vividly demonstrated what it meant to be broken at the touch of a touch.
It's too much.
No wonder there were hundreds of thousands of people in the whole garbage town, but they were beaten to a pulp by the greenskins in the ruins of the tower.
Of course, from the perspective of Gu Hang taking over Garbage Town, this is a good thing.
Afterwards, Gu Hang thought for a moment and called Thaddeus, the division commander who was promoted quickly, over and issued new orders.
The infantry division that completed the blockade of Junk Town began to gradually move inward to narrow the encirclement.
At the same time, their loudspeakers are constantly conveying the Governor's orders to the adventurers:
"Lay down your arms! Resistance is considered rebellion!"
"Lay down your arms! Resistance is considered rebellion!"
Under the continuous loop playback, those adventurers who had seen the power of the governor's army, lack of organization, and lack of unified command, laid down their weapons and surrendered in large areas.
The few who did not surrender could only run back to Junk Town and hide with their weapons. They did not have the courage to fight the governor's army again.
However, even if you want to hide, it is difficult.
Garbage Town is not their territory.
Some of the people who were still loyal to Swann's "Clock Blade" adventure group were previously the armed forces that enforced martial law in Garbage Town. At this moment, they transformed again and became a line of defense blocking the return of those adventurers.
After their boss died and was betrayed by the 'leader', they, the rare elite among the adventurers of Junk Town, were indeed in chaos for a period of time, but now they have regrouped. Those middle-level leaders who are still loyal to Swann, They joined forces and continued to enforce martial law, blocking the entrance to Junk Town.
revenge? There may be a little meaning in this aspect, but the main thing is that after figuring out the current situation, they chose to stand on the side of the winner.
It is obviously more promising to hang out with the governor.
In addition to the people from the 'Clock Iron Blade', the other property agents who were still in the garbage town also united after the initial chaos. They had a share of credit for persuading the Clock Iron Blade to continue executing the order. At the same time, they also sent a small number of their own direct forces to join forces with the adventurers of the Clock Iron Blade to carry out the task of sealing off the city.
The adventurers who tried to escape were driven into panic and opened fire on them.
I can't defeat the Governor's army, so I can't defeat you?
The result was really unbeatable.
Although the Clock Blades are also an adventure group, they are indeed Swann's most direct team. He spent a lot of money to support this army. In terms of weapons, equipment, and training level, they are stronger than ordinary adventurers.
It's not that easy to quickly break through the defense line they formed.
With their numerical advantage, there might be a chance if it takes longer, but these adventurers obviously don't have enough time.
As more and more people surrendered behind them, several companies in the 2nd Division began to move forward quickly, reaching the rear of the adventurers who were unwilling to surrender and put down their weapons, and launched attacks on them. attack.
Under attack from both sides, these adventurers also collapsed very quickly.
There was no way to escape at this point, the only options were to lay down their weapons and surrender, or to resist until death.
Of course, there are very few people who are willing to die.
And if there is such a person, then they themselves will find a way to solve the problem without even having to take action from the alliance soldiers.
Among those who were dealt with were some of the adventure group leaders who planned to continue resisting, followers of Nasser, people who had experience as marauders... and a somewhat special guy.
Mark Ferry.
He was shot three times in the back of the head and six times in the back of the heart. Several adventure group leaders sacrificed them when they surrendered, saying he committed suicide out of fear of crime.
……
The problems outside the city are basically settled.
An infantry regiment under the 2nd Division stayed behind to guard these disarmed prisoners.
They will be imprisoned in the adventurer camp in Garbage Town.
Gu Hang, on the other hand, led the other two groups into the town.
What greeted him was the Clock Iron Blade who had put away his weapons, as well as many property agents.
Entering the largest council hall in Garbage Town, Gu Hang had just sat down, and the agents couldn't wait to come up and show their loyalty to the governor.
They are talking about what kind of industries they have and how much output they can produce; they are talking about what the production and management methods of Garbage Town are like; they are talking about what characteristics the best candidates for managing these things should have...
Gu Hang listened absentmindedly.
It wasn't until Thaddeus, who was still wearing a bright red hat as a division commander, opened the door and strode in that his expression became vivid.
These agents were indeed the owners of Garbage Town in the past, but from today on, they are no longer the owners.
Here, what Gu Hang cares about most is not them, but the army, those armed adventurers.
Thaddeus' appearance here means that the news he wants has arrived.
(End of chapter)