Looking at the layout of the enemy and us on the map, Zhao Yun sighed, "Although in the past half a year, I have controlled the middle and high-level of various armies in southern Jiangsu, but due to the large number of lower-level and ordinary soldiers, it is still difficult to popularize it for a while, so once the battle situation is unfavorable to us, anything may happen." ”

"Young Master, the situation is so critical now, what should we do?" Shao Lao Er did not panic in his eyes at the moment, anyway, he had already seen Zhao Yun's family background, if Jiangnan was lost, it would be a big deal to take a plane to Mongolia for development. There are currently no less than a million camp troops there, and as long as they have this army in their hands, it is only a matter of time before they recover Jiangnan.

So Shao Lao Er paused slightly, and comforted him, "It's a pity, young master, you were afraid of mistakes for the war in the north before, so you left the army in the north, otherwise the 123,000 horses in the hands of Wu Peifu and the surnamed Qi can still force us to be like this?" ”

"Don't think about those soldiers and horses, even if there are me, I don't want to use them. Chinese people fight Chinese people, they fight so hard, it's fun, isn't it? "Zhao Yun didn't tell Shao Lao Er, but there were still 400,000 troops hidden in the parchment scroll on his body. It's just that this war is a civil war, and Zhao Yun really doesn't want to hurt more people's lives, if he was facing Lao Maozi, he would have used crowd tactics a long time ago.

"So what do we do now?" Hearing that Zhao Yun was unwilling to transfer the army from the north, Shao Lao Er also had to face up to the battle in front of him.

"I'm going to withdraw Juxi's team to the city!" Zhao Yun said with a smile.

Shao Lao Er opened his mouth, looked at Zhao Yun in surprise and suspicion, and asked in a deep voice after a long time, "This... Is it to completely abandon the position outside the city? ”

Zhao Yun smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No, no, no, it's wrong, it's to mobilize all the troops and defend the city!" How do you have a better way? ”

Glancing at Zhao Yun, Shao Lao Er hesitated, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "It's not impossible to give up, now the outside of Nanjing is within the range of British gunboats, and we shouldn't offend the British now, young master!" Are you sure you want Division Commander Zhu to give up the position? Then I'll go and inform Master Zhu now! ”

"Wait, Lao Shao, you, the soldier is in vain!"

When Shao Lao Er heard this, he was puzzled, so he could only be stunned and responded, "...... Be! ”

"If Master Zhu withdraws now, then Wu Peifu will not have to pursue him overnight and chase all the way to the city of Nanjing, right?"

When Shao Lao Er heard this, he thought about it, and was embarrassed to disturb his head, and said, "...... Be! ”

"Once you are pursued, and it is in the dark night, it is easy for people with intentions to be bewitched, and then the retreat will become a rout!" Zhao Yun can now remind Shao Lao Er that this is still because in later generations, it is still good to have an army to fight positional warfare, but once it retreats, it is defeated, and there has never been a decent retreat.

"yes, it won't be what we thought it would be...... Young master, what should we do? ...... "Shao Lao Er suddenly found that Zhao Yun seemed to be particularly powerful tonight, could it be that he had grown up due to the constant fighting during this time?"

"Or retreat overnight!" Zhao Yunran said solemnly, and in Shao Laoer's surprised eyes, he suddenly added, "Go quickly!" ”

Hearing this, Shao Lao Er glanced at Zhao Yun deeply, saluted, and quickly went to find the signal soldier.

commanded the signal soldiers to work all the way, and when Shao Lao Er returned to Zhao Yun's office again, he found that Zhao Yun had fallen asleep on the map.

Shao Lao Er didn't dare to disturb Zhao Yun, and quietly retreated, and as soon as he retreated to the door, he heard a heavy object moving.

Shao Lao Er followed the sound to find it, and saw that in the square in front of Zhao Yun's office building, 72 horses were dragging a monster, oh! It shouldn't be said to be a monster, it should be said to be a cannon, a cannon so big that people can't believe their eyes, at least Shao Laoer, who has seen the Beiyang fortress cannon, has never seen such a huge caliber artillery.

Shao Lao Er was dumbfounded, and it took a while to come back to his senses, run downstairs, pull over an officer transporting cannons, and asked, "What kind of cannon is this?" ”

The officer was originally busy, and was pulled by Shao Lao Er, and when he saw Shao Lao Er coming out of the main building of Zhao Yun's office building, he suddenly understood, hugged his fist towards Shao Lao Er, and said with a smile, "Lord Hui, this is a super heavy howitzer mortar, this kind of gun is 7 meters long, the muzzle diameter is 420 mm, and the gun body and gun truck weigh 120 tons, which can fire nearly 1 ton shell to a target 14.5 kilometers away. Each shell used up nearly 200 kilograms of propellant and required more than 200 gunners. Even the British Queen Elizabeth-class naval guns are only 381 mm guns, not so much.

However, due to the fact that it was too large and produced a huge recoil force when fired, it was necessary to pour a concrete base several meters deep and blow it up when it was moved, so it took 6 hours to place the gun emplacement. ”

"A ton!?" Shao Lao Er looked at the officer in disbelief, and secretly thought to himself, I had heard Zhao Yun say before that the British Queen Elizabeth-class 381 mm main gun was enough to blow up a big hole the size of a basketball court on the ground, and one shell was enough to destroy an infantry company, not to mention a muzzle diameter of 420 mm and a 1-ton shell, obediently, how powerful this is!

"That's right, retreat!" Shao Lao Er suddenly became enlightened, this time the young master is going to use cannons to buy time for the retreating team! Hehe! If Wu Peifu sends troops to cover up the killing, then there will be a good show to watch.

"Is the other party really ready to withdraw its troops? They still have a lot of fortifications on the outskirts of Nanjing? As a good at analyzing intelligence, Wu Peifu didn't really believe in the information reported by the secret agent.

"Boss, it's the Japanese trading company that gave us the news this time! I've sent someone to check it, and it's true! The other party is indeed already packing up and cleaning up the battlefield, and the remains of some soldiers are also being loaded and transported. ”

"Japanese?!" Wu Peifu didn't listen to the report of his subordinate Zhai Zhao, but the Japanese were thoughtful.

"Yes, the Japanese want us to protect their property in Nanjing, so they gave us this information at a low price!"

"Low price! Japanese! Wu Peifu was silent for a while, "Hey! What an eventful time! ”

Wu Peifu closed his eyes and thought that this product was very popular in China, and many warlords, including his direct family, bought a lot of this product from there, and because the Japanese goods were cheap, it also became one of the mainstream weapons.

It is precisely because of this relationship that the Japanese have infiltrated the intelligence network in China very strongly, and this time the direct line has not received Zhao Yun's exact action instructions, but the Japanese have walked in front of the direct line, which makes Wu Peifu feel very uncomfortable.

But he felt uncomfortable, he didn't feel good, and some things could not be changed in a short period of time, so he could only accept them silently.

Our troops fought on the land of southern Jiangsu, and due to the loss of territory in the north, it was already affected economically. After the battle for Shandong and northern Jiangsu, the pressure on logistics increased. The Yangtze River has always been the territory of the British, so the team of the Qi Overseer Army is different from the Russian-style and Japanese-style weapons we use, so many things are lacking, and we have to find a way to transport them from the north, which invisibly increases the pressure on logistics.

Fortunately, he was forced to surrender and was able to use the guns of the Qi Overseers. With these munitions, the pressure of attrition in the army has been greatly reduced. But there are no decent arsenals in northern Jiangsu and Anhui, and this surnamed Zhao has set up both arsenals and shipyards in Jiangnan, and only by taking Jiangnan can he do it once and for all.

But his subordinate Zhai Zhao didn't know that Wu Peifu was thinking so much at the moment, and glanced at Wu Peifu, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, and he asked in a low voice, "Dashuai, are we attacking or defending on the spot?" ”

Wu Peifu opened his eyes slightly, chuckled and said, "What, do you think this is the Battle of Weishui?" That Zhao Yun wants to be Xie Shi's defeat boss? - Well, most of you think the same thing, so I'm sorry to say it! ”

"Huh!" Everyone laughed and said, "Dashuai, that's Han Baohu, who destroyed Jiangnan in one fell swoop, where is Fu Jian comparable." ”

"Han Baohu? Ben Shuai is going to be accepted, Zhao Yun, the little tiger, let him work for Ben Shuai, this kid takes care of finances, but he is a good hand! ”

"Boss Zhao, is it really for us to retreat?" This is the sixth time Jush has asked the same question.

"Yes, sir!" The communications soldier wearing the Beiyang military uniform and holding a letter written by Zhao Yun saluted and replied.

"Retreat!" Zhu Xi had a toothache when he heard this order, is this retreat easy to retreat? It's not that I don't know what kind of goods my subordinates are. When he was hesitating, Lu Zhuoan, the adjutant next to him, secretly pulled the corner of his clothes.

"Isn't retreat a retreat, what's the difference?" Zhu Xi turned around and glared at Lu Zhuoan, and then muttered, "I don't know who gave the boss a bad idea, retreat overnight, is this retreat easy to retreat!" If Wu Peifu knew about this, he would be able to cover up and kill for a while, and it is estimated that he would be able to retreat to Nanjing City! ”

"My good teacher, the boss asked us to retreat, also to protect us, don't you see?" Lu Zhuoan shook his arms and stretched.

He was talking about the Seventh Regiment, which, although it had made a name for itself in the battles of the previous days, had suffered losses that were not ordinarily large. Many of the old men in this regiment are under Zhu Xi, and now they are attacked by the team of the Qi Overseer Army and Wu Peifu's team in turn, in case they are all left here, it will be hollowed out of Zhu Xi's family funds over the years.

Zhu Xi didn't understand what he meant, snorted lowly, looked at the communication soldier who was still standing there, nodded appreciatively, and said casually, "The boss has transferred our position, but I'm worried about whether the uncompetitive things under our command will be able to reach the city smoothly!" ”

Lu Zhuoan frowned, glanced at Zhu Xi, and after Zhu Xi nodded slightly, he snorted and said, "When is it, how much can you escape!" Division commander, if you continue to spend here, you will either be bombarded by the British army, or you will be surrounded by Wu Peifu's team, by the way, did the boss say how to respond to us? ”