As soon as Wu Dianying and others entered the small ditch, the planes in the sky had already reached their respective targets.
Then the J-H-7s in the sky began to bomb the camp in turns.
This attack is different from the last one. Last time, only 4 aircraft used cloud bombs to attack, which can be said to be a small attack.
And this time, it can be said that a total of more than 30 JH-7 fighters were sent over their camp.
Although due to the limited number of cloud burst bombs, they only carried a total of more than 100 bombs this time, the remaining aircraft were also loaded with heavy aerial bombs weighing more than 500 kilograms.
Therefore, there was an attack by cloud bombs first, followed by a bombardment of hundreds of heavy aerial bombs.
When the attack was over and the more than 30 planes rocked their wings and left again, Wu Dianying's newly reassembled troops collapsed once again.
Different from the last time, after the army was dispersed last time, it still knew how to come back and regroup.
This time, these soldiers were not so stupid. Seeing that if they came back like this, they would be attacked by these iron birds in the sky, so these soldiers threw away their guns one by one and ran directly to the countryside.
After the air raid, Wu Dianying came out of the small ditch with the help of several soldiers. He looked at his camp again. This time it was worse than the last time. At least some tents remained last time.
Once the entire camp was in a mess, there were no intact buildings at all.
Wu Dianying couldn't bear it anymore. He fell to his knees and cried bitterly.
And his guards and officers next to him didn't know how to persuade her, because these people were also very desperate.
Wu Dianying just lay on the ground and cried for a long time. Finally, he slowly stopped crying. He stood up and gritted his teeth and said to the officers and guards beside him: "Reorganize the troops immediately and send people out at the same time."
Go to the mountains and people's homes to search for any deserters, and try to find all of them for me."
The officers under his command looked at each other after hearing Wu Dianying's order, and finally dispersed in a hurry to look for these deserters.
After a night of hard work, Wu Dianying finally gathered more than 30,000 people.
This time Wu Dianying learned his lesson and no longer dared to camp on a flat place. Instead, he camped his troops in a small mountain depression.
After Wu Dianying regrouped his troops, he immediately sent a horse to report to Zhang Zhidong in Wuhan on the current situation of his troops.
Zhang Zhidong in Wuhan was already in dire straits. After Wuhan was attacked by air raids, news from all directions quickly reached him via telegram.
Wuhan now can be said to be a mess, with dozens of passes bombed into ruins.
All the materials prepared for the expedition troops were also destroyed, and even his precious Hanyang Iron Works and Hanyang Arsenal were doomed.
Zhang Zhidong was already a little dizzy after receiving so much bad news. If it weren't for the spirit supporting him, he would have collapsed.
At this time, another piece of bad news reached him. The Hubei army had now lost more than half of the 80,000 people on the border. Only more than 30,000 people had been gathered by Wu Dianying and were hiding in a small mountain valley.
After Zhang Zhidong received the news, he was completely disappointed. His construction in Huguang over the years could be said to have been lost in one fell swoop.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhidong only felt that her eyesight went dark, her throat became sweet, and a stream of blood surged out of her throat. At this time, she could no longer hold back, and opened her mouth with a "swish" sound, and another mouthful of blood spurted out of her mouth.
out.
The staff and subordinates beside him hurriedly helped Zhang Zhidong into the room and let him lie on the bed.
The next step was to ask the doctor for a fuss, and it was only at night that Zhang Zhidong woke up again.
After Zhang Zhidong woke up, he burst into tears. His many years of hard work were now ruined.
At this time, Zhao Fengchang, Zhang Zhidong's staff, hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "Sir, there is no need to be sad. Although our Huguang area has suffered some losses this time, the fundamentals are still there. It only takes a few years of hard work to recover."
After hearing what his chief aide said, Zhang Zhidong shook his head, "I'm getting old. I'm afraid I won't have another 10 years to build Huguang."
After listening to Zhang Zhidong's words, Zhao Fengchang felt that there was already a negative obsession in his tone. If this continued, they might be in chaos in the Huguang area before Liu Hai's army arrived.
"Sir, you can't say such negative things now. Now is the time when Liu Hai rebels against the imperial court. Although Li Hongzhang in the north regrouped after the Sino-Japanese War, he has not regained his strength in the past few years. Now the only one the imperial court can rely on is you, your lord.
Already."
After listening to the other party's words of persuasion, Zhidong finally cheered up. He reluctantly sat up from the bed and asked a few aides next to him.
"How is the war outside? Have the monsters from that day come again?"
After hearing Zhang Zhidong's question, Cai Xiyong, another of his capable staff members, hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Sir, the monster from that day has not come again. I have sent orders to everyone to clean up the mess in preparation for another battle."
"How is Wu Dianying's place?"
"I'm afraid he can no longer fight there."
Zhang Zhidong sighed. The 80,000 troops currently on the Hubei border can be said to be the most elite troops in the Huguang area.
Now that this unit has been crippled, Huguang may only have defensive power from now on, but no offensive ability.
Cai Xiyong saw that Zhang Zhidong was silent there, and hurriedly stepped forward to admonish him again, "Your Excellency, Huguang is in crisis now. We can't just sit back and wait for death. We also ask your Excellency to order the green camps and patrol camps to be summoned to distribute weapons and strengthen training in preparation for Liu Hai."
Come and attack."
"That's right. You immediately ordered the local officials everywhere to assemble the green camp and prepare to resist Liu Hai at any time."
After Zhang Zhidong finished his instructions, he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he still had soldiers in his hands, even the old, weak, sick and disabled could make Huguang stable.
When Zhao Fengchang saw that Zhang Zhidong had finished the arrangement, he found that there were still loopholes in his arrangement, so he quickly came out to make up for it.
"Sir, Liu Hai is from Huguang. I think there are many people who support him in our territory. Your Excellency, you should be more vigilant to prevent these people from colluding with Liu Hai."
Zhang Zhidong is now a masterless man, and he will agree to whatever these aides say.
"Okay, you can handle this matter. We must not mess up now. If necessary, we can cut through the mess quickly."
After Zhang Zhidong gave these instructions, he looked at the other staff and saw that they had no other suggestions. He was relieved.
When the staff saw that Zhang Zhidong was very tired, they all left and went out to do things.
Besides, after several rounds of air strikes, the current Shanghai Airport has almost completely defeated the military forces in the two lakes areas.
As the commander of the Air Force, Liu Xiao analyzed the results of several rounds of air strikes and felt that it was not safe yet and should conduct another air strike on Huguang to weaken their war potential as much as possible.
So Liu Xiao ordered the air force to take off again after dark and carried out indiscriminate bombings on Hunan and Hubei.
Liu Xiao's attack was completely beyond the expectations of Zhang Zhidong and others.
These people thought that these iron birds in the sky might not come at night, so they relaxed their vigilance at night.
Especially the remnants of the Self-Strengthening Army led by Wu Dianying. When they saw Tianman in the small mountain col, they thought everything was peaceful, so Wu Dianying made the soldiers fall asleep.
As a result, this order almost destroyed the remaining tens of thousands of people.
On this night, they launched an air attack on their troops. Since all the thermobaric eggs had been used, they used a new type of bomb, which was napalm.
In the dark night, the roar of the aircraft spread far away, so this time the J-H-7 was approaching Wu Dianying's camp and was discovered by the soldiers on duty sent by Wu Dianying when it was far away.
The soldier immediately rang the gong according to Wu Dianying's instructions. At this moment, Wu Dianying's camp immediately turned into a mess.
Wu Dianying himself had just slept with his clothes on when he was suddenly pulled up by his back.
"My lord, please wake up. My lord, please wake up."
Wu Dianying opened his confused eyes in the darkness and looked to the side, only to see his personal guard shouting desperately.
"What happened?"
"Sir, that iron bird is here again, let's take a quick escape."
As soon as Wu Dianying heard this, he jumped up from the bed with a loud noise, and ran out of the tent quickly without caring about putting on his clothes.
When No Electronic Sound came out of the big tent, they saw that the entire camp was now in chaos, and the sound of people shouting and horses neighing reached the sky.
Seeing this situation, Wu Dianying hurriedly shouted, "Don't leave the camp in a chaotic manner and go to the foot of the mountain to take shelter."
But it was too late for Wu Dianying to issue orders now.
Before Wu Dianying could calm down the soldiers, the JH-7 in the sky had already arrived.
The JH-7s arrived at Wu Dianying's camp, and according to the pre-planned formation, with three aircraft in a row, they began to rapidly lower their altitude, and then dropped incendiary bombs on Wu Dianying's camp.
This time, the JH-7 was carrying terrifying white-scale bullets.
This weapon had already been used during World War II, and it was mainly dropped by aircraft.
After the white phosphorus bomb explodes in the air, the burning material is scattered everywhere, covering a large area. White phosphorus has a strong burning ability and generates high temperatures of thousands of degrees. As long as it sticks to objects, it will burn until it is burned out. This is very scary.
As white phosphorus bombs continued to explode in Wu Dianying's camp, the scene immediately turned into a hell on earth.
The sparks emitted by these white spirit bombs would not go out once they touched people's bodies, and many soldiers were burned alive in this way.
As for their commander Wu Dianying, this time he was not as lucky as the previous two times. An incendiary bomb exploded right next to him, and Wu Dianying turned into a burning man at that time.
The guards under Wu Dianying rushed forward desperately to rescue him, splashing water and soil. In the end, not only did they fail to save Wu Dianying, but those who went to rescue him were also stained with Bai Lin, and finally turned into ashes together with it.