Chapter 142: Shattered at the Touch
Gu Hang had no idea about the current situation of Garbage Town and the many love-hate stories that had just happened.
The latest news he received came from Denison Henry.
According to intelligence, Jason Swann, the most important agent in Junk Town, should have confirmed that he would 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 opponents in the garbage town until they come to take over.
Logically, shouldn't this go smoothly?
But when he led his troops to the outside of Garbage Town, he ran into an adventure group of about a thousand people who were 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 gone wrong with the junk certificate.
When the frontline troops came to ask what to do, he just thought for a moment and gave an order: "Convey my order to those adventurers: Junk Town is the territory of the Alliance. According to my order, Junk Town should be under full martial law at this moment. Order everyone to stop advancing immediately, retreat to Junk Town, and resolutely enforce the martial law order."
Soon, Gu Hang's order was conveyed to the adventurers on the front line by the soldiers on the front line through loudspeakers.
This statement made the adventurers hesitate.
Can we just return it if we say so? Then what was going on before? An armed march?
But if we don’t retreat, do we have to fight a battle with the opposing governor’s army?
The army that came this time did not have so many intimidating armored units. At least, the ones that appeared in front of them were just ordinary infantry.
However, looking at their uniform black and gray military uniforms and combat uniforms, as well as their firearms that looked much more reliable than the iron rifles in their hands, and their rocket launchers and machine guns that were much more numerous than theirs...
In short, they are 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 of troops at the front line confronting the adventurers. Some of the other troops were still advancing in the back, while others were deployed to the sides.
If the governor wants to enforce martial law, he certainly can't just shout it through a loudspeaker. He must have enough force to ensure that those who disobey orders will suffer a miserable end.
In fact, the entire 2nd Division will have to follow the order to blockade the town and seal off the area outside the town entrance.
The three companies responsible for the front line started working in front of the adventurers.
Many of them took out their engineering shovels and began digging foxholes on the spot.
The vast area outside the garbage town was an open wilderness. Although the distance between them was not far, the officers of the three companies were quite nervous. If there was an accidental discharge of a gun, they would definitely fail without even a cover.
In an emergency, it is definitely not realistic to dig a trench temporarily, but digging a pit is always more useful than being exposed in the wilderness. Even if the pit is shallow, as long as people can lie down there to reduce the exposed area, that is enough.
Their actions made the adventurers on the opposite side even more at a loss.
I dare not fight, but I am unwilling to retreat.
What’s more important is that not even one of them can make a decision.
The squad leaders and team leaders among them were in an awkward situation of not knowing what to do, but they heard Mark Ferry's order coming from the walkie-talkie, asking them to launch an armed breakout.
but……
These adventure leaders did not take action immediately.
Who are you? Do you think I will listen to you? Where is my boss Nasser?
You, a man who came from nowhere, asked me to lead people to fight against the Governor's elite army. Am I a fool to listen to you? The lives of my brothers 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 are far from being able to follow orders as well as the regular army.
I don't know if someone was really a fool who subconsciously followed the orders on the walkie-talkie no matter who said them; or maybe someone really fired the gun because the current situation was too tense.
Anyway, in the wilderness, three sporadic gunshots were heard from among the adventurers.
As for the governor's soldiers who were a hundred or two hundred meters away, no one was injured. The shabby iron rifles commonly used by adventurers had a maximum theoretical range of 500 meters, but in reality, they were not very accurate after flying out of 100 meters, and even a sharpshooter would be useless.
These three bullets were the same, except that they raised three clouds of dust in front of the two companies digging the pits.
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 four hundred soldiers, launched a counterattack almost at the same time.
The most powerful of them are the more than 30 squad machine guns.
When digging pits and building temporary simple positions, the first thing the soldiers of the 2nd Division did was to deploy various company-level firepower, including mortars, rocket launchers, squad machine guns, etc.
The first to get angry were the more than 30 squad machine guns.
The high rate of fire, large bullet capacity, and the instantaneous burst of firepower, coupled with the shooting from another three hundred rifles, instantly caused extremely heavy casualties to the adventurers in the front.
The iron barrel rifles in the hands of those adventurers have no accuracy at a distance of one or two hundred meters, but the G9 rifles in the hands of the alliance soldiers are not.
Although the person seen through the machine sight is very small at this distance, there is always a certain probability of hitting the target by holding down the muzzle of the gun and firing accurately at the enemy's approximate position.
What's more, there were nearly two thousand people standing very densely, and there was no shelter at all.
People fell down in groups.
And those who are still alive can no longer remain indifferent at this moment.
They immediately lay prone and began trying to return fire.
The two sides fired at each other from a distance of one or two hundred meters.
The adventurers had more people and more guns, but not only did they suffer greater casualties, but they were also completely suppressed in terms of firepower.
What's the use of having nearly 2,000 guns? If they can't shoot accurately, they are no different from a fire stick that can make a noise. What's more, their 2,000 guns are not only inaccurate, but also seriously lack strong suppressive firepower. In terms of firepower density alone, a G9C general-purpose machine gun can match a hundred iron rifles.
The three infantry companies on the front did suffer some casualties. They did not dig enough foxholes, and those who had nowhere to hide could only lie down and shoot back with their guns. But relatively speaking, the number of deaths was far less than that of the opposite side.
What's more, they then pulled out more powerful weapons.
Bazookas and mortars.
The three infantry companies had nearly a dozen mortars in total, plus twenty or thirty shells. A concentrated round of firepower brought heavy casualties to the adventurers.
The bigger blow was to morale.
Morale was low to begin with, and people didn't know whether they should fight or not. If a fight broke out, it was because a small number of people were not clear-headed or it was an accidental discharge of guns. Most people knew that they couldn't fight.
As a result, after being forced into a fight, they were unilaterally suppressed and slaughtered by firepower. Just as expected, they could not win at all.
If it is bombed like this again, it will collapse immediately.
Some people started running.
But if they ran, they were afraid of being shot from behind, so most people just lay down and didn't dare to move.
Then they discovered that those who turned around and ran were really fine, but those who did not run or dared to show up to fight back would often be swept by machine guns, and occasionally mortars and rocket launchers would fire a few rounds at them.
Then, all the adventurers ran back in a swarm.
From the start of the fight to the total collapse, the entire process probably took no more than ten minutes. About two hundred adventurers died on the front lines, and the three infantry companies of the 2nd Division lost two men and about seven or eight were injured.
At the same time as the fighting was going on here, the troops that were setting up blockades in other directions also clashed with the adventurers.
However, the results are similar.
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 their artillery positions. Originally, they planned to fire three or five rounds of more than eighty 155mm howitzers if the front-line battle was unfavorable, giving these adventurers in the garbage town a little firepower shock.
It seems that it is of no use at all.
Even heavy artillery was not used, and the firepower of the infantry company alone was enough to get the job done. The number of armed adventurers, numbering over ten thousand, vividly demonstrated what it meant to be shattered at the slightest touch.
It's too much of a waste.
No wonder the entire garbage town, with a population of 100,000, was beaten to pieces by the greenskins in the ruins of the tower.
Of course, from the perspective of Gu Hang taking over the garbage town, this is a good thing.
Afterwards, Gu Hang thought about it for a moment, and called over Thadius, the rapidly promoted division commander, and issued new orders.
After completing the blockade of Garbage Town, the infantry division began to gradually move inward to narrow the encirclement.
At the same time, their loudspeakers were constantly conveying the Governor's orders to the adventurers:
"Put down your weapons! Resistance will be considered rebellion!"
"Put down your weapons! Resistance will be considered rebellion!"
As the video played in a continuous loop, adventurers who had seen the Governor's army's strength, lack of organization, and lack of unified command laid down their weapons and surrendered on a large scale.
The few who did not surrender could only run back to the Garbage Town with their weapons and hide. They did not have the courage to fight against the Governor's army again.
However, it is difficult to hide even if you want to.
Garbage Town is not their territory.
The part of the Clock Iron Blade Adventurers who were still loyal to Swan were the armed forces that enforced the martial law in Garbage Town. But now, they had transformed themselves into a line of defense to prevent the adventurers from returning.
With the death of their boss and betrayal by the 'captain', these few elite adventurers in Junk Town were indeed thrown into chaos for a while. But now they have regrouped. Those middle-level leaders who are still loyal to Swan have united and continue to enforce the martial law order, blocking the main entrance to Junk Town.
Revenge? Maybe a little bit of that, but the main point is that after figuring out the current situation, they chose to stand on the side of the winner.
Following the Governor obviously has more prospects.
In addition to the people from Clock Iron Blade, the other wealthy agents who were still in the garbage town also united after the initial chaos. They had a part in convincing Clock Iron Blade to continue to execute orders, and they also sent a small part of their own direct forces to join the adventurers of Clock Iron Blade to carry out the task of blocking the city.
Those adventurers who tried to escape back were forced into a corner and opened fire on them.
If I can’t defeat the Governor’s army, can I still defeat you?
In the end, I couldn't beat him.
Although Clock Iron Blade was also an adventure group, it was indeed Swan's most loyal team. He had spent a lot of money to raise this team. In terms of weapons and equipment, and training level, they were stronger than ordinary adventurers.
It is not easy to quickly break through the defense line they have formed.
With the advantage in numbers, there might be a chance if the time was longer, but these adventurers obviously did not have enough time.
As more and more people surrendered in the rear, several companies of the 2nd Division began to move forward quickly, came to the rear of those adventurers who were unwilling to surrender and lay down their weapons, and launched an attack on them.
Under attack from both sides, these adventurers also collapsed at a very fast speed.
There is no way to escape now. The only options are to lay down your weapons and surrender, or resist to death.
Of course, there are very few people who are willing to die.
And if there really is such a person, the Alliance soldiers don't even need to take action, their own people will find a way to solve the problem.
Among those who were dealt with, there were some leaders of adventure groups who planned to continue to resist, followers of Nasser, people with experience as raiders... and a guy who was a little special.
Mark Ferri.
He was shot three times in the back of the head and six times in the back of the heart. He was handed over by several adventure team leaders when they surrendered, saying that he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
…
The problems outside the city have basically been solved.
An infantry regiment under the 2nd Division stayed behind to guard the disarmed prisoners.
They will be detained in the adventurer camp in Junk Town.
Gu Hang, on the other hand, led two other regiments into the town.
He was greeted by Clock Iron Blade who had put away his weapons, and many wealthy agents.
After entering the largest council hall in Garbage Town, Gu Hang had just sat down when the agents couldn't wait to rush up and pay their loyalty to the governor.
They were talking about what industries they had and how much they could produce; they were talking about the production and management methods of Garbage Town; they were talking about what qualities the best person to manage these things should have...
Gu Hang listened absent-mindedly.
It was not until Thadius, who was still wearing a bright red hat as a division commander, pushed open the door and strode in that his expression became lively.
These agents were indeed the masters of Garbage Town in the past, but starting from today, they are no longer.
Here, what Gu Hang cares about most is not them, but the army and those armed adventurers.
Thadius's appearance here means that the news he wanted has arrived.
(End of this chapter)
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