For the People's Army, it is of course a good thing for the enemy to surrender. Not only does it take no bullets, but it can also reduce its own casualties. Naturally, it is also happy to accept the surrender of the soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance.

But Li Zhuangyong was extremely depressed, because he thought he could kill in the palace, but he did not expect that the Eight-Nation Alliance had no intention of fighting. The people's army pointed to was abandoning its guns and surrendering. As a result, Li Zhuangyong didn't even have the chance to shoot, so Li Zhuangyong was full of anger and had nowhere to scatter.

Finally, in Baohua Palace, about nearly 100 soldiers of the Eight-Nation Alliance were surrounded by soldiers who were unwilling to surrender and continued to resist stubbornly. Therefore, Li Zhuangyong was also very excited and finally had the opportunity to kill him.

However, after the two sides conducted a round of shooting for about 1 or 2 minutes, the opponent's firepower suddenly became silent. The People's Army did not know what the opponent had to do, so they did not dare to act rashly, but were just conducting some tentative shooting.

After more than a minute of testing, the company commander Ban Xiaowei was about to order a charge towards Baohua Palace, and the order had been said halfway, but a white flag was fired in Baohua Palace, and someone else was calling in English to express his willingness to surrender. So Ban Xiaowei immediately ordered the soldiers to wait a little longer.

It turned out that there were about 100 soldiers from the Eight-Nation Alliance in Baohua Hall at this time, mainly from the United States, Britain, France, and several Japanese and Russian soldiers. When the People's Army surrounded Baohua Hall, the Eight-Nation Alliance was a dozen officers who knew that it was impossible for him to defend Baohua Hall, so it would be better to surrender to the People's Army as soon as possible. After all, judging from the information obtained by these officers, overseas Chinese are still very civilized and are quite humane to prisoners. Therefore, surrendering to the People's Army can save lives and return to the country safely after negotiations between the two sides.

But several officers put forward a different opinion. They did not oppose surrender, but advocated that even if they surrender, they should keep the dignity of soldiers. Therefore, they advocated resistance for a while, drain all the bullets left, and then surrender to the People's Army. In this way, they surrendered to the People's Army when they were out of ammunition and food, and their lives were saved, and the dignity of soldiers was also preserved. In fact, the Eight-Nation Alliance was insufficient ammunition, and after this night of fierce fighting, the soldiers had not left a few bullets left, and they could not fire a few shots, just for face. So the Eight-Nation Alliance carried out a brief resistance, drained all the remaining bullets, and then fired a piece of white cloth and surrendered to the People's Army.

Company commander Ban Xiaowei could understand English, and when he saw the other party flaming a white flag, he knew that the other party was preparing to surrender, so he immediately replied to the other party in English, asking the other party to put down his weapons and walk out of Baohua Palace.

For Ban Xiaowei, it is naturally a good thing for the other party to surrender, which can save him a lot of trouble, but for Li Zhuangyong, it was a big reversal in his heart. It turned out that when he had accumulated enough energy and was about to kill a big game, the other party chose to surrender, and all his previous preparations were wasted. Therefore, Li Zhuangyong only felt that his blood was pouring out and his mind was in a mess.

At this time, three officers from the Eight-Nation Alliance appeared from the door of Baohua Palace. Each of them did not take a weapon, but carried a piece of white cloth with a wooden stick, and shouted to the People's Army in English, asking to see the head of the People's Army and negotiate the conditions for surrender in person. Ban Xiaowei did not refuse, and told them that they could come over and discuss in person.

So the three officers carried the white flag and walked out of Baohua Palace. At this moment, Li Zhuangyong roared suddenly, raised his gun and shot, killing the officer holding the white flag. Ban Xiaowei was also very surprised. Unexpectedly, Li Zhuangyong would explode suddenly and shout: "Li Zhuangyong, what are you going to do?" But Li Zhuangyong ignored him, but held a rifle and rushed towards Baohua Palace alone.

When the other two officers who were preparing to come to negotiate, they were shocked to death because they had never expected such a result. After all, they had fired a white flag and the other party expressed their willingness to accept Si Fang's surrender. No one would have thought that the other party would shoot and kill a man from Yi Fang. Just when he was stunned, Li Zhuangyong rushed to the front, raised his gun and stabbed another officer to death in his chest. The last officer then reacted and turned around and fled. Li Zhuangyong shot and shot the last officer to death.

At this moment, the Eight-Nation Alliance soldiers in Baohua Palace were also in an uproar. They didn't know what happened, but when they saw the other party shooting and killing their negotiators, they all thought that the other party did not intend to accept their surrender. They didn't know who took the lead. After taking the bayonet and rushing out of Baohua Palace, many soldiers immediately followed in and out, as if they were planning to fight the People's Army.

Although Ban Xiaowei was so angry that he only gritted his teeth at Li Zhuangyong's behavior, at this time, it was obvious that the other party could not surrender again, so he could only fight. So he had to order the entire army to attack and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. The punishment for Li Zhuangyong could only be discussed after the war.

So the soldiers of both sides launched hand-to-hand combat in front of Baohua Hall. Although the number of the Eight-Nation Alliance was far less than that of the People's Army, most of them were determined to die at this time. Therefore, everyone fought desperately, which caused considerable losses to the People's Army. However, the number of the People's Army was more, and the bayonet skills had great progress. In addition, the soldiers of the People's Army had bullets, and once they had the opportunity to shoot, they naturally had a great advantage.

The two sides fought for about 20 minutes, ending with the complete failure of the Eight-Nation Alliance. However, in the end, only 28 soldiers were captured, and they were basically captured because of their injuries and lost their combat effectiveness. However, the People's Army also paid the price of 9 casualties and 26 injured. Although strictly speaking, this loss is not large, and it is completely acceptable if it is on other battlefields, it is completely avoidable in this battle. Therefore, just as the battle ended, Ban Xiaowei immediately ordered Li Zhuangyong to be disarmed and sent a squad to escort the prisoners and Li Zhuangyong to Wenhua Hall, and reported to Luo Yue, asking Luo Yue to deal with Li Zhuangyong.

After hearing the whole story, Luo Yue's face became very ugly. In fact, killing several enemy prisoners on the battlefield vented anger, although it was a violation of military discipline, it was a common occurrence in the history of wars in various countries. After all, the emotions of soldiers on the battlefield are difficult to control, and it is inevitable that they will occasionally get impulsive. In a sense, it is a good thing to let soldiers vent.

But the consequences of this incident were very serious, because nine soldiers were killed. If Li Zhuangyong did not kill the opponent's negotiator, the nine soldiers would not have been killed. This is the most deadly part of this incident. It can be said to be a very serious negligence incident. Even if Li Zhuangyong and others surrendered, they would kill a few more people, and at most they would be a big mistake. In addition, Li Zhuangyong also made a lot of contributions in this battle, and he might not even have to surrender the level if he lost his merits.

Most of Luo Yue's first battalion are veterans with combat experience. Even if there are some newcomers, they will make progress much faster than other new recruits under the guidance of veterans. Therefore, in the entire People's Army, it can be said to be an ace unit. Every soldier is a valuable asset of the People's Army. It is not that there can be no casualties, but it must not be such unnecessary casualties. To be honest, the consequences of this incident are too serious, and even Luo Yue cannot control it and must report it to the regiment headquarters.

However, Luo Yue did not immediately ask Li Zhuangyong, but ordered him to find an empty house in Wenhua Hall and lock Li Zhuangyong up. Because Luo Yue had some understanding of Li Zhuangyong's psychological state, and Li Zhuangyong's emotions are definitely not stable now, so even if Li Zhuangyong was interrogated, he might not be able to ask any Mingtang. It would be better to lock him up and calm him down, and then talk about it after this momentum has passed.

Of course, for this war, Li Zhuangyong's violation of discipline was just a small episode and would not affect the entire situation. The Eight-Nation Alliance in the Palace surrendered to the People's Army in large numbers, and of course a small number of Japanese troops were still used to resist stubbornly, and the whole body was broken. By 7 o'clock in the morning, the battle in the Palace had basically ended, and the surrendered Eight-Nation Alliance soldiers sat in the square in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, at least a thousand people. The People's Army also specially pulled out two companies of soldiers to take care of the prisoners. After the incident of Li Zhuangyong's surrender, the company commanders of the two companies repeatedly advised the soldiers of the company not to kill the prisoners randomly.

At this time, the battle to attack Beijing came to an end. The People's Army basically reached its combat targets that it had planned before the war. Although the People's Army had not completely occupied the entire Beijing city, it had fully controlled the central axis of Beijing and the core palace of Beijing. After all, the People's Army now has only more than 7 o'clock, and it is impossible to control the entire Beijing city. It is already a very good situation to be able to firmly control the central axis of Beijing city and the imperial palace of Beijing. In this way, Beijing city was actually divided into two by the People's Army. The remaining Eight-Nation Alliance can only be scattered on the east and west ends of Beijing. It cannot connect with each other and has no unified command. It can only fight separately, which is difficult for the People's Army to pose any threat to the People's Army.
Chapter completed!