As soon as these planes flew away, Liu Zhi immediately ordered the artillery behind him to launch artillery bombardment on Yuan Shikai's position again.
This made the already fragmented position even worse.
And what was Yuan Shikai doing at this time? He had just climbed out of a ruins. It turned out that a 500-kilogram aerial bomb had just happened to land near his headquarters. His headquarters was instantly destroyed.
Destroyed like a piece of paper.
If it weren't for a staff officer next to Yuan Shikai who usually held him down, Yuan Shikai would not have survived on the spot.
As soon as Yuan Shikai climbed out of the ruins, he found a person not far from him moaning incessantly. Yuan Shikai took a closer look and saw that it was his chief staff officer Wang Shizhen.
Wang Shizhen owes a lot to Yuan Shikai's achievements today. Therefore, after Yuan Shikai found that he was not seriously injured, he immediately ran to Wang Shizhen's side, held him in his arms and shook him gently.
"Shizhen, how are you?"
Wang Shizhen seemed to wake up at this time. He looked up with hazy eyes and saw Yuan Shikai holding him, and he immediately began to struggle.
Yuan Shikai hurriedly held him down with one hand and said: "Don't move, or you will die."
Wang Shizhen looked at Yuan Shikai gratefully, and then said with all her strength: "My lord, we can't fight this battle. We'd better retreat before the enemy launches a second round of attacks. Otherwise, our little fortune will be lost."
Fall here."
After Yuan Shikai heard this, he couldn't help but think of the scene of the air strike just now, the overwhelming whistling sound, and the explosion sound that fell on the ground like an earthquake.
Yuan Shikai's scalp feels numb when he thinks about it now. If he goes through another round of such attacks, his family's fortune will really be over.
"Okay, I listen to you, let's withdraw now."
At this moment, Yuan Shikai's favorite general Duan Zhigui ran over.
"Sir, we can't stop you from the front. Our brothers have already suffered heavy losses. If we don't give the order to retreat, I'm afraid they will rebel."
After hearing this, Yuan Shikai's eyes widened and he wanted to scold Duan Zhigui, but before he could speak, Wang Shizhen in his arms gently pulled his sleeve.
Yuan Shikai was reminded by Wang Shizhen, so he breathed a sigh of relief and calmly said to Duan Zhigui: "Pass my order. All troops will slowly retreat to the second line of defense in accordance with the predetermined plan."
When Duan Zhigui heard that Yuan Shikai had ordered the fleet, he immediately smiled. He saluted Yuan Shikai and left in a hurry to convey Yuan Shikai's order.
At this time, several of Yuan Shikai's guards asked gently: "Master, should we withdraw too?"
"Pack your things, send a few more people to prepare a stretcher, carry Shizhen, and let's leave now."
Yuan Shikai quickly packed up the place. They carried Wang Shizhen and evacuated the position in advance.
This time Yuan Shikai retreated relatively quickly, because not long after Yuan Shikai had just evacuated, the roaring sound appeared again in the sky.
It turned out that after Wang Kang's plane returned to Xuzhou, it carried out an emergency refueling and supply operation for the second time.
These pilots did not even get off the plane. After the supplies were complete, they immediately launched the second round of air strikes.
When Wang Kang and the others came to the sky above the position, they found that there was a mess underneath. The soldiers who had been lying down in the trenches were now running backwards crazily as if they were retreating.
If they were lying down in the trenches, even though the 500-kilogram aerial bomb was very powerful, the trenches could still save the lives of a large number of people.
Now that they are all out of the trenches, they are simply seeking death. In this case, let's give them a ride.
So this time Wang Kang no longer commanded from the sky, but swooped down first.
As Wang Kang's JH-7's two 500-kilogram aerial bombs fell into the crowd, two small mushroom clouds were formed, and the sound of explosions appeared one after another on the position.
Originally, there was still some order in retreating, but Yuan Shikai's group was really in chaos this time.
Everyone was running away, not daring to gather in a group at all, because they had discovered that wherever people gathered in a group, those monsters in the sky would swoop down and drop a bomb.
However, no matter how fast they ran, they could not be as fast as the planes in the sky. As the bombs exploded one after another, Yuan Shikai's men were quickly wiped out in large numbers.
Liu Zhi, who was at the rear of the position, saw the chaos on Yuan Shikai's position and already knew it was time for a general attack.
Therefore, he immediately issued an order in the rear, asking Ye Faguang's troops in the front to launch an attack on the enemy.
And Ye Faguang had already seen clearly the scene ahead, so he had brought all his troops to the front without Liu Zhifa's orders.
Ye Fa did not take action when he was naked, but was observing the situation. The planes in the sky were roaring non-stop. Although they were all his own people and would not fall on his own army, his deterrence was very great. If now
The soldiers under the stormtroopers are afraid of the planes in the sky and may not advance with all their strength.
This is also human nature. When faced with something they have never seen before, it is normal for people to develop fear in their hearts.
Therefore, when Liu Zhi's order was conveyed to Ye Faguang, Ye Faguang still did not issue an order to advance, but explained the mentality of the frontline soldiers to Liu Zhi.
But Liu Zhi didn't care about this. Now is the best time to attack. If this opportunity is missed, when Yuan Shikai's troops retreat to the second line of defense and join the Qing army on the second line of defense, they will have to go through another battle.
It was a hard fight.
Therefore, Liu Zhi's second order was once again conveyed to Ye Faguang. The order forced Ye Faguang to attack immediately. If there was any further delay, military law would be engaged.
After receiving the second order, Ye Faguang felt helpless. In the end, he could only take the lead and rush out of the trenches and launch a charge towards Yuan Shikai's position.
At the beginning of the charge, Ye Faguang's soldiers of the Second Army were just as he thought. They were very afraid of the planes in the sky. Although they were charging forward, their feet were trembling and their steps were slow.
But as time went by, it was discovered that the planes in the sky had indeed avoided their side, which made these people increase their pace and began to rush forward.
Originally, Yuan Shikai's troops had collapsed at this time, and tens of thousands of troops fled in all directions, not daring to get together at all.
Now that Ye Faguang's troops were rushing forward, not only were these people not afraid, but they felt like they were seeing their parents.
It turned out to be a plane in the sky, which had frightened them. The eggs dropped by this thing were so powerful that everyone within tens or even hundreds of meters of the explosion would be killed.
They would rather surrender now than face the devil in heaven.
In this way, when Ye Faguang's Second Army rushed to the position, they encountered no resistance, and Yuan Shikai's soldiers began to surrender in droves.
When Wang Kang in the sky saw that these soldiers had surrendered, he stopped dropping bombs on them.
This made the surrendering soldiers finally breathe a sigh of relief, and they were secretly glad that they had chosen the right path.
Besides, when Yuan Shikai led his staff to retreat to the second line of defense, he looked back and saw that his position was already in chaos. When he was anxious, he saw Duan Qirui in a panic and with typhoid fever on his shoulders.
He was bleeding and running towards him.
When Yuan Shikai saw that his love was injured, he hurriedly ordered his guards to go to the rescue.
After a while, Duan Qirui came to Yuan Shikai's side with the support of two guards.
"Sir, it's all over. Our old foundation has been wiped out."
When Yuan Shikai heard what Duan Qirui said, he pushed away the guard who was supporting him, took a few steps forward, grabbed Duan Qirui's clothes, and asked sternly: "What's going on? Didn't I already evacuate?"
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"Sir, we just retreated. The monsters from the sky came again. The brothers were really scared, so they ran away. However, they seized the opportunity and charged. The brothers surrendered in groups."
When Yuan Shikai heard this, he was so angry that he slapped Duan Qirui in the face.
"Idiot, the enemy has to capture tens of thousands of pigs for several days. Tens of thousands of you actually let someone kill you with a single charge. Why do you have the nerve to stand in front of me?"
Duan Qirui was beaten and scolded by Yuan Shikai, which made him feel angry for a while. He really didn't blame him for this matter.
Whoever encounters this kind of weapon that he has never seen before will not be afraid. If he has a savior, he will naturally surrender to save his life.
Wang Shizhen, who was beside Yuan Shikai, had already noticed that Duan Qirui's face was not good-looking, and knew that if things continued like this, Duan Qirui would have to leave.
So Wang Shizhen persuaded Yuan Shikai, "My lord, this is not Duan Qirui's fault. The enemy monster in the sky is so powerful that there is nothing you can do if you are afraid."
With so many years of experience in officialdom, Yuan Shikai also knew that he had gone too far just now, so he took a long breath and said to Yuan Duan Qirui: "I was a little irritable just now, don't take it to heart."
Although Duan Qirui was still a little angry in his heart, he said with tears of gratitude on the surface: "Sir, what did you say? Our life is yours. Let alone a few hits, even if you want my head, Duan Qirui, I should do it."
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Yuan Shikai nodded, now thinking about what to do next.
"Now you go and order our troops to gather up, see how many more people there are, and then we go to the second line of defense to hand over to Nie Shicheng. We can't fight this battle."
Duan Qirui received the instructions from the evil ape Shi Kai and turned around to leave, but was held back by Wang Shizhen.
"Old Duan, you don't need to go there personally, just send someone to do it."
Yuan Shikai turned around and looked at Duan Qirui again. One of his arms was now stained red with blood. If he didn't save it, he might lose his arm.
At this time, Yuan Shikai felt a little sorry for him and hurriedly ordered the guards who followed him to treat Duan Qirui's injuries. At the same time, he said: "You don't need to do this. I will send someone to convey the order. You can cultivate yourself."