At this time, the Hubei Army did not know that their doom was about to come. Now the Hubei New Army, under the command of Wu Dianying, arrived at the junction of Hubei and Anhui.
Wu Dianying's army did not attack immediately after arriving at the border because the logistical supplies were not yet fully in place.
But Wu Dianying is not in vain. Although he cannot attack now, he is well prepared to defend.
Because Wu Dianying was born as a scholar after all, the aggressiveness in his heart was not as strong as that of other soldiers. In Wu Dianying's thinking, in battle, one should think of defeat before thinking of victory, and think of retreat before thinking of advancement.
When facing a strong enemy, Wu Dianying instinctively prepared to be attacked by the enemy.
Therefore, the 80,000 Hubei troops on the border can be said to be heavily guarded and ready to face surprise attacks from all directions at any time.
In this way, Wu Dianying still had to patrol back and forth in the camp every day.
After several days of preparation, Wu Dianying believed that his defense was impeccable. Even if hundreds of thousands of troops from Western powers attacked, it would still take a lot of effort to defeat him.
However, he did not expect that the enemy's attack would not be launched on land, but in the sky, which he had never thought of.
On this day, Wu Dianying's troops had just had lunch, and each of them was chatting at the door of their camp. This was also the rare time they had free time in the day.
Suddenly some soldiers noticed a roar in the sky, and then more and more soldiers looked up and saw seven or eight small black dots appearing in the sky, and they quickly flew towards the camp.
These soldiers had no idea what was flying in the sky, so they all made guesses underground.
"The eagle in the sky must be too big. I have never seen such a big bird in my life."
"What nonsense are you talking about? How can an eagle scream so loudly? If I look at it, it must be a monster from the Classic of Mountains and Seas."
"You can pull me down. What era are we in now? There are still monsters."
"It's not a monster. He screams so loudly? Besides, even if foreigners now have foreign guns and cannons, don't they believe in their Jade Emperor?"
While these people were raising their heads to compete with each other, the black spot in the sky quickly dropped, and then some people with good eyesight also discovered something was wrong. What kind of bird was this? It was simply a steel monster flying in the sky.
Yes, what these people discovered was the JH-7 that came for an air strike.
Each of the J-H-7s that came for air strikes this time carried 11 500-kilogram aerial bombs.
Originally, the JH-7 also needed to be equipped with some self-defense weapons, such as combat missiles and the like.
But in this dimension, the JH-7 has no opponent in the air, so when it came to the air attack this time, all the combat bombs were simply unloaded and used to install high-yield aerial bombs.
Therefore, the four JH-7s in the sky are equipped with a total of 44, 500-kilogram aerial bombs.
At this weight, the power of aerial bombs is already very huge, not to mention that this time the JH-7 is not carrying ordinary aerial bombs but more powerful thermobaric bombs.
Its internal filling is not explosives, but mainly high-energy liquid fuel. After detonating the projectile with a small amount of explosives, the fuel is spread into the surrounding air and mixed with the air to form an aerosol cloud; the aerosol cloud is then ignited, producing a temperature as high as 1,300 degrees Celsius.
~1500℃ large fireball, and consumes the oxygen in the surrounding air in a very short period of time, forming a near vacuum state, thereby forming an ultra-high pressure effect. It also has a suffocation effect, the oxygen in the air is consumed, and contains
Toxic gases, etc.
High-pressure shock wave and high-energy heat killing, which is where the name thermobaric bomb comes from, is very suitable for killing people in a large area. It is more effective in enclosed spaces, and its killing radius reaches 600 meters.
This weapon can be said to be the biggest killer in an era without nuclear weapons, and it is also Liu Hai's current trump card.
This time Liu Hai used this powerful bomb for the first time in order to massively destroy the attacking troops in Hubei.
These killers in the sky were already lined up in a row when they came to the Hubei army camp, with a distance of about 1 kilometer between them.
In this way, they flew forward at a constant speed at this distance, and then dropped the bombs on the pylons.
As the first cloud bomb exploded in the Hubei military camp, a small mushroom cloud appeared over the camp.
Then there were explosions, one after another, and by the time the four planes left the camp, the entire camp was engulfed in a sea of fire.
But in this sea of fire, there were very few soldiers running around, because the moment the thermobaric bomb exploded, all the nearby air was sucked away.
All soldiers within the attack range of the cloud bomb were suffocated to death at this moment.
At this time, Wu Dianying, the commander-in-chief of the Hubei Army, was in a nearby county town, building relations with the county magistrate.
Because the troops under his command are all dishonest, they have caused a lot of trouble to the county in just a few days.
Although there have been no vicious incidents such as rape and murder, petty theft has never stopped.
Just yesterday, a few soldiers broke into a nearby village and robbed a wealthy household in the village. This family also had some connections in the court, so the county magistrate did not dare to just let it go.
Therefore, Wu Dianying was invited to discuss the aftermath.
When Wu Dianying came to the county and found out that the soldiers under his command had caused trouble again, he was not as domineering as the other generals. Instead, he apologized and assured the county magistrate that those who violated laws and disciplines would be severely punished.
soldier.
Just like this, the two parties had just negotiated the current situation and were thinking of inviting Wu Dianying to have a meal at the best restaurant in the county. Suddenly, they heard a loud noise outside the city, followed by flames shooting into the sky.
After all, Wu Dianying had been a soldier for so many years. When he saw this situation and saw that the place where the flames rose was near his military camp outside the city, he immediately felt a sudden change in his heart.
So he couldn't care about anything else and flew out of the county government office, then mounted his horse and ran wildly out of the city.
Wu Dianying had just arrived outside the city. Before he reached his camp, he saw continuous flames in the direction of the military camp. He was so far away that he could feel a heat wave surging towards this side.
By the time Wu Dianying arrived in front of the camp, he was stunned with fear.
I only saw that the military camp that was still intact when he left was now almost in ruins, and on the ruins, there were still raging fires.
While Wu Dianying was stunned, some surviving officers and soldiers ran out one after another from other parts of the camp.
As soon as they saw Wu Dianying, they immediately cried and fell forward in front of him.
"General, it's all over. The soldiers died miserably."
Wu Dianying was awakened by their cries. He immediately stepped forward and grabbed an official in front of him, "What's going on? I was fine when I left. Why do you look like this now?"
The officer was crying now, "General, general, we don't know what's going on. Just when we were in the camp, dozens of birds flew over, and then these birds laid eggs. Unexpectedly, the eggs laid by these birds fell apart as soon as they hit the ground.
It exploded, and the whole camp ended up like this."
After hearing this, Wu Dianying felt weak for a while. If the guard next to him hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground now.
However, as the commander-in-chief of this army, he quickly recovered.
"Immediately gather all the survivors and see how many survivors there are."
After listening to Wu Dianying's secret order, several officers and guards under him immediately ran towards the military camp and began to gather the surviving officers and soldiers.
Not to mention that Wu Dianying is here to clean up the mess, and Hubei is already in chaos now.
Wu Dianying's troops were hit by air strikes here, and other important care and military areas were also hit to varying degrees.
The base where Zhang Zhidong prepared logistics supplies for Wu Dianying has also been hit by two rounds of air strikes, and almost all the supplies prepared were destroyed.
Moreover, the Hanyang Iron Works and the Hanyang Arsenal, Zhang Zhidong's pet peeves, also received special attention.
They were attacked in three rounds, with a total of more than 120 bombs falling within the arsenal and iron factory, completely destroying the largest steel plant and arsenal in the Far East.
In addition, even Wuhan City was not spared, and all warehouses in Wuhan City were attacked.
Even Zhang Zhidong's Governor's Mansion was hit by two bombs.
If Zhang Zhidong's guards hadn't fought tooth and nail to protect him, even Zhang Zhidong might not have been spared.
After the first round of attacks, all aircraft returned to the Nanjing airport to refuel and load ammunition in preparation for the second round of attacks.
This second round of attacks is essentially different from the first round. In the first round, the main target was not the troops at the border, but to eliminate their logistical supplies and combat sustainability.
Wu Dianying was attacked by more than 40 cloudburst bombs, but it was just a casual attack.
As for the second round of attacks, the key target was Wu Dianying's army of more than 80,000.
Wu Dianying, who was at the border at this time, had just tidied up his military camp. At last count, his army had lost nearly 20,000 men in this first round of attacks.
Wu Dianying looked at the report sheet in her hand in a temporary tent and was already on the verge of crying.
Because although he only lost 20,000 people, the courage of the soldiers under him was already shattered.
If we want these soldiers who have no courage to attack desperately, I am afraid these people will mutiny before they can even wait for such an enemy.
Just when Wu Dianying was about to cry, there was another roar in the sky.
Wu Dianying was not familiar with this sound, but the officer next to him who reported to him had heard this sound, and now he immediately became angry when he heard this sound.
The officer ignored the other people, grabbed Wu Dianying and ran out. When he came outside the tent, he dragged Wu Dianying directly and threw him into a small ditch. Then he never dared to get up again.