It is said that when the plane bombed, Long Jiguang was talking and laughing with his brother Long Jinguang in the front army, especially when he saw Guangzhou in the distance, the two of them were even more excited. High-speed update // Long Jinguang couldn't help but denounce the previous governors of Guangdong: "Hu Zhantang, Su Ziqi, and Zhang Zicao are a few fools, born like a thief, and they want to covet the position of governor of Guangdong!" If our Jijun army doesn't fire a shot or a bullet, they will be scared of their farts and urine, and they will obediently give up the city of Guangzhou, how can it be a little like having eggs? ”

Long Jiguang was also secretly proud in his heart, and his mouth was indeed old-fashioned: "They are too young, too simple Tucson breaks, Sam Taim takes clothes!" - Oh, this is a foreign language, you don't understand it. ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard the whistling of the plane from far and near. As the commander of the first army, Long Jiguang naturally would not be as ignorant as ordinary officers and soldiers in the army, so he pointed to the sky and asked Long Mingzao, the chief of staff beside him, in disbelief: "Mingzao, is this the plane under Sun Baixi?" How did it end up here? Does he also want to get involved in Guangdong? ”

Long Mingzao is not only the chief of staff of the Ji army, but also the younger brother of Long Jiguang. Although he had never seen what an airplane looked like, he could think of what these things were flying in the sky, and he hurriedly said: "Dashuai, those should be airplanes!" The so-called 'those who come are not good, and those who are good do not come', they must be trying to disadvantage us when they appear here on such a large scale. Please also leave the army temporarily and find a safe and sheltered place to hide in case of accidents! ”

Long Jiguang was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked, "What about my officers and soldiers?" Long has been in charge of the army for decades and has never had to leave the camp. Treating the robes in the army as flesh and blood brothers, An Neng abandoned the whole army because of temporary safety? The husband lives and dies, and wealth is in the sky. Long would rather live and die with his brothers in the army than live and die so hard! ”

"Dashuai, Jijun can have no one, but you can't do without Dashuai!" Long Mingzao shouted to the surrounding guards at the moment: "Don't take the handsome man away quickly, if you don't leave, it's too late!" As for the other brothers in the army, I will notify and deal with it, don't worry about it! ”

Seeing Long Jiguang and the others beating their horses and walking away, Long Mingzao shouted to the officers and soldiers of each battalion: "The officers and soldiers of each battalion disperse quickly. Watch out for bombs in the sky! ”

The officers and soldiers all looked at each other when they heard him shouting: There is a bomb in the sky? How could there be a bomb in the sky? Before they could figure it out, huge aerial bombs had fallen from the sky with a sharp whistling sound, followed by the explosion of landslides and earth cracks, and the dust and smoke rushed straight into the sky, and in an instant the heavens and the earth trembled, and the sun and the moon changed color. Where the shrapnel passed, the human body immediately turned into a pile of rotten flesh and blood. As the explosion gas drifted in the romantic sky, it seemed to be a rain of blood.

There was a loud rumble and screams.

As the bombs kept falling and exploding, people continued to fall in pools of blood, which finally caused great panic among the Ji army. The whole army felt a deep fear in their hearts, as if death was just around the corner. You can even see black and white impermanence shaking the iron chain on himself, and one by one he is frightened, throwing down his weapons like crazy, looking for shelter in all directions, hoping to escape the punishment from heaven. In pools, under trees, beside haystacks. Near these best places to escape the flames of war were huddled countless shivering soldiers. But soon these shelters became new targets for bombers, and the soldiers had to flee for their lives again amid the flying shrapnel. In the process of fleeing for their lives, more people were killed by the bombing, and those who were temporarily surviving could only plead bitterly to the gods and Buddhas.

Fortunately, the bomber had a limited bomb load, and all the bombs were dropped in just a few minutes. More than a dozen planes made a circle around their hunting grounds before they left satisfied. For the pilots on the bombers, this bloody game lasted only a few minutes, but for the officers and men on the ground, it was tantamount to living like a year, and it was not until nearly ten minutes after the plane flew away that they tentatively came out, fearing the life and death of their comrades.

Although the officers and men of the army have been on the battlefield for a long time, and it has long been common for intestines to flow all over the ground and corpses to be strewn all over the field, the scene in front of them still makes them terrified: dozens of huge craters have appeared on the road where the troops were marching, each of which is five or six meters deep and more than ten meters wide. There were corpses all over the crater, but few were intact, and the undead were still convulsing in pools of blood. Looking around, I found that the original dense and green banyan tree had already broken its branches and leaves, and various human organs and tissues that had been blown up were hanging on it.

The Jijun, who was lucky enough to escape with his life, was terrified when he saw this scene, and all of them were trembling and almost wanting to go first, and the nerves were so fragile that they even fell directly to the ground and vomited violently.

At this time, Long Jiguang also returned to the army, although he felt that it was difficult to see the battlefield so tragic, but the loss of the soldiers made him even more sad, and he choked up at the moment: "The brothers in the army have followed Long for more than ten years, and transferred to the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guizhou and Guangdong, and spent the rest of their lives in a hundred battles. When I think of this, I feel that my liver and gall are broken. Long swears here, if he doesn't avenge his brother, Long swears not to be a man! ”

Unexpectedly, Long Mingzao actually escaped the bombardment, and he had all five limbs. When he saw Long Jiguang, he persuaded: "Commander, the junior brother had heard that Sun Baixi had sent the Third Brigade of the Second Division of the Hubei Army into Guangdong, and now he has sent planes to cover our Ji Army, which shows that he also wants to meddle in Guangdong." Now the distance of the Third Brigade of the Hubei Army from our army is still unknown, and Zhang Zicao abandoned the city and fled, and the provincial capital has no owner, so the marshal should reluctantly collect his emotions at this time, lead several battalions of elite soldiers into Guangzhou as soon as possible, and force the Guangdong Provincial Assembly to elect the marshal as the governor and report to President Yuan for approval. ”

Long Jiguang was a little moved, but Long Jiguang hurriedly dissuaded: "Third brother, don't!" Just now, Brother Mingzao mentioned that 'the distance between the Third Brigade of the Hubei Army and our army is still unknown', and now our army has suffered heavy casualties and low morale after being bombed by planes, and it is already in danger, if you take away a few more battalions of elite soldiers, once the Hubei army appears near the left, won't the nearly 10,000 brothers outside the city be wiped out? ”

"What Brother Yiting said is very true! It's just that if the marshal serves as the official governor of Guangdong, Sun Baixi may not have the courage to start an all-out war with our Ji army. Long Mingzao immediately explained: "Dashuai, Yiting's eldest brother, although Sun Baixi is in the respect of the prime minister, but when the third brigade of the Hubei army went south, President Yuan appointed the marshal as the envoy of Guangdong and ordered the army to lead the eastern expedition to quell the chaos in Guangdong, which shows that President Yuan Daxi does not want Sun Baixi to possess Guangdong. As long as the marshal reports the results of the election of the Guangdong Provincial Council to the Grand Presidential Palace, he will inevitably be appointed as the governor of Guangdong soon.

"Although Sun Baixi and President Yuan Da have quite a disagreement in politics, at this time the two of them working together to deal with the revolutionary party are just 'knowing that they are not companions, and they are in a hurry and accompanying each other', but they are similar in power, and they are quite able to focus on the overall situation when dealing with disputes, especially Sun Baixi, his methods of handling things have always been known for moisturizing things silently and hiding knives in his smile, and it is impossible for him to fall out with President Yuan Da because of the matter of the governor of Guangdong, and the result can only be a tacit acquiescence. At that time, the marshal was in the position of governor of Guangdong, even if there were only a few battalions left in the Ji army, it would not be difficult to make a comeback! ”

"Pure nonsense!" Long Jinguang was dismissive of Long Mingzao's words, "I think Hu Zhantang, Su Ziqi, and Zhang Zicao were these fools, which one was not the governor elected by the Guangdong Provincial Council?" As soon as an army approached, they all ran faster than rabbits. What does this mean? It shows that the parliamentary election is a powder, as long as you have the ability, anyone can go, and the key is to have a gun in your hand! As long as there is a gun, even if the third brother does not become the governor of Guangdong, we will also live happily; If there is no gun, even if the third brother sits on the throne of the governor, how many days can he sit? ”

Long Jiguang felt that what Long Jinguang said was also quite reasonable.

Seeing that the two were going to argue again, Long Jiguang hurriedly said with the mud: "It's getting late now, it will be dark in another hour or two, the plane should be useless after dark, and the Hubei army can't be dispatched at that time, and we are only twenty or thirty miles away from Guangzhou, so it's better to take advantage of the light of day to rectify the army first, search and rescue casualties, and then lead several battalions of elite soldiers into the city after dark, and the other brothers will follow later!" ”

"Dashuai!" Long Mingzao hurriedly stepped forward.

Long Jiguang said in a low voice: "Brother Mingzao, why don't you know the benefits of entering the provincial capital first? It's just that if Long recklessly cares about the dead and wounded soldiers everywhere in order to fight for power and profit, won't it chill the hearts of the brothers of the whole army? The key to our existence today lies in the loyal Ji army in our hands. If people's hearts are scattered, what else can we do? Brother Yiting has a saying that is right, as long as there is a gun, whether we are the governor of Guangdong or not, we will also live happily; If you don't have a gun, what can you do if you sit on the governor of Yue? After speaking, he patted Long Mingzao on the shoulder, and then walked forward with Long Jingguang and the others along the traces of the bombing. Long Mingzao had no choice but to follow them with his head down.

I only listened to Long Jiguang from time to time ordering the officers and men of each battalion to line up in formation, check the weapons and equipment in their hands, and sometimes give warm words of comfort to the wounded officers and soldiers to boost morale. When he inspected all the twenty-two battalions of the army, he had a rough idea of the casualties in his heart.

Regardless of the huge bombing of the planes, in fact, only about 40 aerial bombs were dropped, and less than 20 were accurately hit. However, because the Ji army had no concept of the plane bombardment and did not know how to dodge, and it was on the march at that time, and the battalions were huddled together, the casualties were relatively heavy. According to Long Jiguang's rough estimate, 2 battalions were almost completely wiped out, 5 battalions were severely damaged, 7 battalions were affected, and the other battalions were half killed with fear. According to conservative estimates, at least 14,500 people were killed in battle, and nearly 2,000 were lightly and seriously wounded, and the casualties were nearly 30%!

You must know that the average army in ancient times would cringe as soon as it suffered casualties; Casualties were two percent, and almost 100% of the rout. An army like the Ji Army, which has not yet been completely modernized, has suffered more than 3 percent casualties and has not yet been defeated, and it is already a well-deserved elite. No wonder he won many victories in the suppression of the Guangxi Hui Party Uprising, the Zhennanguan Uprising, and the Hekou Uprising!

Long Jiguang was full of sorrow, and was about to lead several battalions that had not received the attack to Guangzhou, when suddenly the sentry came urgently to report: "Report to the commander, an unknown army has been found in the northwest direction, the number is not clear for the time being, and the number is more than 2,000." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian. )

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