On the big red mountain, people were already panicked and chaotic at this time.

More than 200 corpses were thrown off the cliff after the fire, and on the gentle ground in front of the Justice Hall, pools of blood and blackened marks after the explosion of grenades could be seen everywhere.

The hall was overcrowded, the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and a pair of red or frightened eyes all looked at Zhang Minghe on the main seat, and no one dared to say "no" to this thirty-eight-year-old bandit leader who looked like a teacher.

The mountain wind was whistling, and the bright sunlight seemed to be unable to bring any warmth to Dahong Mountain, and Zhang Minghe's low and sharp voice echoed in the Juyi Hall for a long time:

"In less than three days, the officers and soldiers under the mountain will definitely fight, and even tomorrow there will be a battle of life and death. A few masters have been persuading me to break through from the south, because everyone knows that only the small river in the south and the dense forest five miles wide have not seen any movement, and all other crossings in all directions are full of light and heavy machine guns erected by officers and soldiers, and there are more than 500 of them, and there are also many small steel cannons hidden in the shadows. ”

The hearts of the leaders immediately turned cold with a "damn thing", and many people's eyes showed a look of despair.

Zhang Minghe stood up slowly, shook the hem of his robe very gracefully, looked around, and talked eloquently: "In the past five years, all the officers and soldiers who came to clean up and suppress have not been as many as this time, and there is no danger this time, in the past, we were able to get the brothers hidden among the officers and soldiers to report in advance, and the officials and lords of the surrounding counties and towns notified us in advance every time, and even the headquarters of Zhang Huaizhi, the overseer of Shandong, also had our good brothers, so we were able to turn the danger into a disaster every time, and even take advantage of the situation and get a lot of benefits......

"However, this time it is different, it is not the army of Shandong that surrounds Dahongshan, but the Sichuan army that has won the whole country and won a hundred battles in the past ten years! They will never be bought, and they will never have the slightest sympathy for us, think of Woniu Mountain, think of the Cockscomb Valley, as well as the Baoqi Gang in the east and the Lion Peak in the south, the whole twelve cottages and more than 6,000 brothers are gone, and the Sichuan army under the mountain is far more cruel than the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty! ”

Sporadic cries sounded, and soon turned into howling and crying, and in a sad sigh, more than a dozen bandit leaders who fled from the above destroyed cottages to Dahong Mountain couldn't help but burst into tears.

Zhang Minghe also had tears in his eyes, raised his head and looked at the roof, his Adam's apple squirmed up and down, and he couldn't speak for a long time, and his cousin Zhang Mingjiu and four or five bandit leaders around him were even more full of grief and indignation, and their breathing was short, only the military advisor Ogasa Fuji who was sitting behind Zhang Minghe was still so quiet and peaceful.

After a long time, Zhang Minghe coughed a few times, and the Juyi Hall, which was sighing endlessly, immediately quieted down, who knew that before Zhang Minghe spoke again, the terrifying roar of the plane had already come, and the Juyi Hall was immediately in chaos, dozens of bandit leaders did not seem to hear the loud shouts of Zhang Mingjiu and others, and rushed out of the Juyi Hall, ran to the flat ground and looked nervously, many people had already pulled out the shell gun on their waists, and hurriedly loaded the guns.

Zhang Mingjiu, who hated iron but not steel, quickly rushed to the middle of the crowd, glanced at the blue sky with white clouds and sunny sunshine, and shouted loudly:

"What's his grandmother's panic? Hmmm?! Isn't it just a few broken planes with bells and whistles? I'm scared like this, bastard! Listen, the military advisor said, those planes are all fucking reconnaissance planes, you can only look down, you can't shoot guns and cannons down, if you fly low, you can take him down with a few Hatch Chase machine guns! So don't panic, do you hear that? Go back to the meeting and don't panic...... The red braised nose of Qingshan Ridge, what do you see? Say you......"

"That's not right...... Coming, coming, my mother! The black pressure is flying over, everyone run! ”

The exclamation immediately rang out, and hundreds of bandits in front of the entire Justice Hall fled in all directions like headless flies, but it was too late, and the twenty-four planes flying from the north lowered their noses in a formation of three or three, and the aviation machine guns installed on both sides of the wings spewed out violent tongues of fire, and the dense rain of bullets smashed the Justice Hall and the ground with a radius of more than 1,000 square meters into dust and smoke, and blood mist was rising.

Hundreds of bandits were beaten to pieces before they could scream, and high-powered bullets shattered bodies and broken arms and thighs.

After three rounds of dive firing, the 24 fighters regrouped in the airspace seven kilometers to the south, then divided into six formations and flew again to Dahongshan, where they took the lead in flying to the three two-seater fighters above the target; under the command of the reconnaissance planes in front, they successively dropped 18 incendiary bombs that had just been successfully developed by the Ya'an Arsenal and had not yet been finalized, and the other formations also flew over their own bombing targets and threw one incendiary bomb after another at one firepower point after another in the middle of the mountain and on the cliffs, and even the chain bridge on the east side of Dahongshan was not spared.

"Boom, boom—boom, boom, boom—"

The continuous detonation of the incendiary bomb lasted for more than two minutes, and the main peak of the Dahong Mountain, which was full of yellow, shook violently for several miles, and the roaring flames rose into the sky in the thick smoke of the mountain, and the blazing air flow and strong shock wave destroyed all the plants and trees within a radius of five miles.

The whistling sound of the burning air current, like the screams of evil spirits, actually spread ten miles away, and in an instant the mountains shook, the mountains echoed, and the big red mountain that rolled up the sky-high fire was like a purgatory on earth.

More than 10 minutes later, the explosion of mortar shells and the burst fire of light and heavy machine guns began to sound, and more than 100 Chinese and foreign reporters and diplomats from various countries who had gathered behind their positions at the western foot of Dahong Mountain looked at the flames rushing into the air on the mountain, and exclaimed one after another, extremely shocked. More than a dozen Chinese and foreign reporters held up their cameras with trembling hands, and many more foreign reporters silently crossed their chests, looking at the fire in a radius of miles with a sad face.

"Molotov cocktails never seen before! A powerful incendiary bomb! My God, when did China have such a terrible weapon? ”

Victor's face was red from the firelight, and he looked at the ashes flying higher and higher in the sky, listening to the screaming sound of the high-speed movement of the air, and the whole person fell into extreme shock.

George, who had already pulled Victor back more than a dozen steps, came back to his senses, pulled Victor's sleeve excitedly, and shouted: "Can you have thought of such a hellish blow before?" Can you imagine that the Nanjing side has so many fighters? Shit! We have all been deceived, and we have all been deceived! This is not a bandit, but a show-off, a naked show-off! ”

Victor shook his head, his eyes still staring at the burning mountain in front of him: "It's showing off, but it's also really a bandit, no matter what, we all saw an unforgettable scene for a lifetime, and we also got inspiration from it, just the concentrated bombing this point gives us a deep understanding of the huge role of aircraft in the war, in Chinese terms, it is worth the trip!" ”

George looked annoyed at the Italians and Frenchmen who were cowering in the fortifications not far away, craned their necks and looked around, easily opened Victor's sleeve, and nodded with great difficulty:

"Victor, thank you for the reminder, I think I know how to write a report, at least the report sent back home doesn't need any ideas."

Victor turned his head and a smile appeared on his face: "George, you should thank General Wang Qian, and General Xiao Yimin, who is still active in Yanjing, for teaching us a vivid lesson, a very good lesson." ”

"You're saying they deliberately let us see these things?" George was slightly surprised.

Victor nodded solemnly: "Yes, they did it on purpose, think about it calmly, not deliberately show off, I'm afraid it's more to express a kind of sincerity - Xiao Yimin-style sincerity!" You should be more impressed by this than I am, after all, British diplomats have dealt with the camp in Nanking far more often than we American diplomats, haven't they? ”

George pondered for a moment, and finally let out a low sigh:

"Maybe you're right! It seems that Xiao Yimin is telling us that he is not afraid of any foreign interference, and he is fully capable of using force to unify China, which is the deepest feeling I have in my heart at the moment, and then linked to Wu Peifu's upcoming appointment as the supreme military governor of Shandong, and Zhang Huaizhi's transfer to the Yanjing Army Headquarters to serve in these two things, Xiao Yimin's footsteps in occupying Shandong have been unstoppable, even if he himself cannot stop his determination and confidence, from this extended analysis, the Paris Peace Conference that is being held will inevitably undergo major changes, At least China doesn't need to continue to suffer too much pressure and discrimination. ”

Seeing Wang Qian and Xiao Fei striding over, George and Victor stopped talking, cheered up and stepped forward to congratulate Wang Qian and Xiao Fei, and their attitudes were much better than at noon.

Wang Qian politely replied: "We have come to report two situations: first, the attacking troops from the east and north have climbed to the top of Dahong Mountain and begun to carry out the final sweep; Second, according to the reports of the four secret posts we have set up on the south side of the Great Red Mountain, about 800 remaining bandits are fleeing through the turbulent stream to the southern foot of the Great Red Mountain. ”

George and Victor glanced at each other, and George responded to Wang Qian's words:

"Thanks to the general's timely briefing, the reason why we asked for the capture of the soldier named Ogasa Fuji is not to doubt the general's intelligence and integrity, because in last week's anti-bandit operation, we have seen the bodies of two captured Yue himself and three Yu himself, as well as family letters and other items found from the captured Yu himself, but, in any case, we still express our gratitude to the general for his briefing and warm hospitality!"

"It's okay, that's what we're supposed to do! In order to clarify the facts behind the Lunan robbery, we are willing to pay more. ”

Wang Qian politely shook hands with George and Victor: "There is basically nothing to see at this stage of the battle, if you still want to stay here, please forgive me for going back first, I need to send the battle situation back to Nanjing in time, if reporters from various countries need to transmit news, I think we can free up two radio stations, after all, the battle is over, our army will also withdraw to Nanjing tomorrow morning, and the communication restrictions can be lifted." ”

"Thank you, General, thank you!" Victor held out his hand again.

Looking at Wang Qian's upright back getting farther and farther away, George suddenly asked Victor: "According to my report, it is very likely that this Wang Qian joined the German Army during his four years of study in Germany, participated in a series of battles against our Entente [***] team, and is one of the war criminals, what do you think about this?" ”

Victor smiled bitterly: "Unless the German war is completely declassified, there is no evidence that dozens of soldiers sent by China to study in Germany participated in the world war...... However, I personally think that my speculation is still more credible, and I have seen the shadow of the German [***] team from the army led by Xiao Yimin, or it can be said that the army in front of us has already laid the brand of the German army, if you let them change into the German military uniform, you will find that their every move is almost the same as the German [***] team, and even more rigorous than the German [***] team. ”

George turned his head to look at the fortifications dug deep in front of him, and at the officers and men of a battalion who were crawling at the front of the fortifications, and exclaimed, "Yes! It's a terrible army, and China is slowly changing, and it's becoming a little strange to me. ”

(To be continued)