The Republic of China: A Letter of Appointment Creates the Most Powerful Warlord

"Retreat, retreat, retreat, everyone retreat quickly!!"

On the main street of the government office, dense artillery shells fell like raindrops. The big boss, who was hiding in the pile of dead bodies, saw his brothers falling down one after another like wheat being cut. He was so heartbroken that his heart was about to bleed.

I thought today was an opportunity to make a name for myself, but unexpectedly, before everything even began, I had already stepped into a Shura field prepared by others.

Judging from the current situation, let alone these bandits, even if a legitimate army came, the result would be the same, and they would be beaten and run away for their lives.

Who fights a war in such a style? Mortars are like they are free, attacking round after round. With this kind of firepower, you use it to fight bandits. You really think too highly of these peasants.

"Hurry up, brothers, keep close to the wall, hurry up!"

Although the boss is a bit reckless, he is not completely stupid. With his keen observation skills, he found that there is a certain way for the shells to land.

They were afraid of accidentally hitting the government office compound, so they pushed all the impact points to the other side of the street. As a result, a 30-meter-wide bluestone road was blown to pieces for more than ten meters on the south side, with half-person-deep potholes one after another.

The street about ten meters to the north was unusually clean, without any damage. Only some broken limbs and arms lay across the road, announcing the brutality of the battle.

"Boss, let's go too. The firepower is too strong and we can't handle it!"

At this moment, a bandit who was lucky enough not to be killed by the explosion came up to the boss, lifted his arm and prepared to slip away by the wall.

However, the battle has reached this point, how could Zhang Ye let these people go easily?

At the corner of the street, the machine gun company's troops were lined up in neat rows, guarding the exit, with their cold gun barrels ready to fire. Anyone who dared to show their head would be met with a barrage of bullets.

"Huchihuchi..."

The big boss and his men ran until they were almost out of breath, and they barely escaped the bombing zone. At this moment, the frightened bandits only wanted to escape and would never obey orders.

Without waiting for the boss to give the order, two or three boys ran away, thinking that they could save their lives by running to the alley across the street.

Da da da……

Who would have thought that as soon as he showed up, he was shot into a sieve by the machine gun company, lying on the ground with an unwilling look on his face, ending his short life.

"Fuck, there's an ambush! How could a mere county magistrate have such powerful firepower?!"

The big boss watched his men die tragically in front of him again, his eyes red and he kept cursing.

Before coming, he heard that the other side had a large number of people and all of them were equipped with guns, but after this contact he found that the gap in strength between the two sides was extremely large.

Let’s not talk about anything else. In the bombing area just now, even an ordinary regimental unit would not be able to gather so many mortars.

With such firepower, why don't you go grab the territory and be a useless county magistrate here?!

"Listen up, everyone inside! If you surrender now, I'll let you live!"

"If anyone continues to resist, we will immediately launch a second round of artillery fire. I'll give you two minutes to think it over. Whether you want to live or die, think it over carefully!"

Outside on the street, the surrender horns sounded, and the harsh and extremely insulting sound reached everyone's ears.

At this moment, the sound of gunfire had stopped and the surroundings suddenly became quiet, with only the heavy breathing of the crowd remaining.

"Boss, how about we surrender..."

Seeing that everyone was silent, a teenager at the back of the team cried softly with a look of fear on his face and no blood on his face.

"I'm still young, and I don't want to die yet. Boss, since there's a chance to survive, why don't we go out and give it a try?"

"They are from the government and they are soldiers. They shouldn't lie to us."

As soon as these words were spoken, the remaining bandits at the scene all turned their heads and cast their gazes at the boss. Although they didn't say a word, the strong desire to survive in their eyes proved that they didn't want to die.

Why go up the mountain to become a bandit?

Apart from the majority of people who are cruel, lazy and greedy, there are also some people who simply want to make a living.

Now, the chance to survive is right in front of them. They are still very young. Who really wants to die?

"You all want to live?"

The boss stared at the familiar face in front of him and waited for about ten seconds, but received no response.

Although no one responded, their eager eyes betrayed them.

"Then surrender..."

The boss gave a bitter smile, raised his hands, and walked to the front of the team.

As he gave up, everyone behind him showed a look of relief, raised their guns, and slowly walked out of the narrow alley.

……

An hour later, in the meeting room of the government office, Zhang Ye picked up a cup of tea and stood in front of the map of Zhili Province, waiting for the battle summary report.

After a while, the burly young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes sitting at the conference table put down the pen in his hand and stood up to report.

"Report to the commander. The results of the battle in the city have been counted."

"Two of our troops were slightly injured in the battle, 320 rounds of artillery shells and 300 rounds of bullets were used, and a total of 420 bandits were eliminated and 289 prisoners were captured!"

"Two people were slightly injured?" Zhang Ye turned around in surprise, looking at He Wei's honest profile, and asked in confusion: "How could anyone be injured? We didn't engage in street fighting."

"That..." He Wei's face flushed upon hearing this. He scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "When those two were transporting the shells, one broke his finger, and the other hit his foot..."

"Heh..." Upon hearing this, Zhang Ye laughed out loud. Wow, so this is how a minor injury is caused.

No wonder He Wei’s face turned red. Anyone would feel embarrassed if this happened to them.

blah blah blah...

There were footsteps outside the door, and the next second, the door of the conference room was pushed open. It was another young officer with a handsome face that looked a little immature. After entering the room, he quickly ran to Zhang Ye, saluted and reported.

"Reporting to the commander, the Second Battalion successfully completed the encirclement and suppression mission. Tuoziling was captured effortlessly. We encountered no resistance at all. It was a very easy process."

"Okay, how do we deal with the bandits gathering outside the city?"

Zhang Ye looked at the map and asked in a deep voice.

Li Zai Tian gathered a lot of people. Together with all the people in the city, there should be a team of 800 people. There were also 400 to 500 people outside the city ready to provide support at any time.

If it weren't for He Wei's artillery, even if they could win tonight, they would have paid a heavy price.

If things go wrong, the nearby residents will be implicated. After all, those bandits don't follow the rules. If they finally get a chance to break into the county town, only a fool would leave without robbing it.