Over there, there were fierce gunshots and rays of light broke through the air in the night.
In a hilly gully, He Longtian looked at his watch.
There were many hills and gullies nearby, so the ambush troops who bypassed Xiaohuling Village could be unnoticed.
On the east side, there was sudden gunfire. It seemed that the team led by Military Advisor Wang had successfully attracted all the ambush troops.
"Let's go..." He Longtian said softly and made a gesture.
The soldiers in the ravine immediately took action. The adjutant beside He Longtian moved first, and then the soldiers crouched and followed one by one, running past He Longtian from behind, moving extremely quickly.
He Longtian nodded with satisfaction.
He used to be the captain of Cheng Dasui's guard. The current Five Hundred Men were expanded based on the members of the guard. After special training by Japanese instructors, their discipline and combat effectiveness have reached a new level.
Suddenly, several rays of light broke through the darkness in the night sky, and the outline of the nearby ravine became visible, including the figure running in the ravine.
He Longtian was stunned. What was going on
Fortunately, the light gradually went out after falling into the night.
The earth fell into darkness again.
The sounds of fierce gunfire became sparse after this sudden change.
"Stop first!" He Longtian felt something was wrong.
It was more like a "buzzing" sound coming from high in the sky.
The soldiers who were running forward in the ravine all lay down.
"Ah, what is that?" the adjutant suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the sky.
Even if the adjutant was not scared, He Longtian also looked up and saw that in the night sky, there were more than a dozen lights blooming like flowers scattered by fairies. At this time, they were slowly descending, just like bright stars floating to the ground. The speed was very slow, but it was exactly in their direction. The nearby gullies also gradually became brighter.
"What is that?" He Longtian also opened his eyes wide in surprise.
Suddenly, there was a loud "bang" not far away, followed by a series of explosions among the criss-crossing gullies, with dust flying in the firelight.
When a bomb finally landed nearby and several soldiers screamed, He Longtian finally woke up and shouted, "Get down! Get down!"
In fact, the intensive explosions disappeared quickly.
But no one dared to move, even He Longtian, his heart was pounding and his body was covered with fallen dust.
After a long time, He Longtian shook his body, stood up, looked around, and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!" Although he was not sure what happened, he knew intuitively that something was wrong.
The meteor was still falling slowly. In the dim light, several black shadows could be seen running hurriedly towards the north in the gullies.
Suddenly, a row of black gun muzzles appeared behind a hill, and the sound of machine guns rang out.
The black shadows in the front fell down immediately, and the rest retreated like headless flies.
In the night sky, more than a dozen meteors fell slowly, illuminating the earth.
At the same time, in the gully area where He Tianlong's troops fled, organized soldiers hurriedly arrived in the east, west and south and hastily deployed defenses, set up weapons and built simple positions in the hills and gullies.
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On the high mound in front of Xiaohuling Village, Lu Ming held a telescope in his hand and looked at the bright area illuminated by the flares dropped by the airship in the distance.
Lu Ming listened to the signals soldiers reporting from time to time that the mobile forces of the 302 Brigade had entered the area where they were supposed to be deployed and surrounded He Longtian's troops. He nodded, thinking that Sun Pojun was indeed good at commanding the army.
After gradually receiving the bombers and fighter jets from Sanmai Company, the 325th Army was restructured, including the helicopter aviation brigade and the airship formation, and incorporated them into the special service battalion directly under the military headquarters. Although it was called a battalion, it actually had a staff of about a thousand people.
Now a special agent company has come to southern Guangxi, following the orders of Commissioner Zhang to cooperate in suppressing bandits.
This special forces company is equipped with two airships.
Lu Ming has a clear understanding of the role of the airship.
It can still be used for bombing today, but it is actually OK against fixed targets, especially arsenals, but it is not very effective in positional warfare, not to mention that fighter jets will soon dominate the sky.
The present is not the past life.
Although the combat concept today is not as advanced as that during World War I, the technology has definitely reached the level of World War II.
During World War I, the first fighter plane designed to deal with airships took almost an hour to climb to an altitude of 3,000 meters, which the airship could reach. By then, the airship could have already avoided it. Moreover, the cruising speeds of fighter planes and airships were similar.
But now, as long as there is a need for fighter jets to deal with airships, the impact of propeller planes on airships can be described as devastating.
Of course, the airship can also be escorted by fighter jets, which is another scenario.
But no matter what, airships will definitely withdraw from the ranks of the dominant force in air combat.
Nowadays, our own airships are used for special operations.
Just like today, its main function is to launch flares.
They didn't bring many bombs, mainly flares.
During World War I in the previous life, airships even carried flares to deal with submarines.
It's really a waste of my talents to use them to deal with bandits nowadays.
The explosive flare with a 15 cm diameter and a built-in parachute is not cheap.
Wars are really fought for money.
Fortunately, the flares were also developed by the military factory in which they had a stake, and the engineers were also researching based on their own ideas.
After discovering the traces of He Tianlong's troops with gun-type flares, they used a small number of bombs on the airship to intimidate them and buy time. The special forces company took the opportunity to quickly enter the area that blocked their retreat. In fact, the special forces company initially sent a squad to each of the three areas in the east, south, and north to scare people. Later, the fast mobile forces among Sun Pojun's subordinates entered the position.
Now, the closure is complete.
Putting down the telescope, Lu Ming looked at the area that only had a faint glow from here and smiled: "It's not a failure at the last minute."
At this moment, a mechanical buzzing sound came from above his head. Lu Ming was helpless. It was the same feeling as in science fiction movies. Nowadays, the sound of airships turning, taking off, or climbing is very loud, making people feel like watching a steam-powered spaceship passing by in a science fiction movie.
Sun Pojun stood to the side, with no expression on his face, but there was a hint of shock in his eyes.
Lu Ming glanced at him and said nothing.
According to the latest top-secret intelligence from the Military Intelligence Department, Sun Pojun had correspondence with a top official in Haixi.
This guy is quite ambitious and I'm afraid he also wants to be the boss.
But he worked very hard to suppress the bandits, which naturally made the important officials in Haixi understand his importance, and then the conditions they offered would be better.
But what is he thinking at this moment
Perhaps, only he himself knows it.
But no matter what, before he makes any decision in the future, today's shocking scene will come to his mind.
"Master... it's windy here..."
Zou took two steps forward and gently draped the windbreaker in her hand over Lu Ming's shoulders.
She looked at Lu Ming's back.
Listening to the faint sound of gunfire in the distance, the magnificent scene of lines of fire and dazzling flares, it was like a hell of Shura. In it, human life was as insignificant as dust. Every line of fire that cut through the night sky was a horrifying destructive force that the fragile human body could not withstand.
And this man, while laughing and talking, countless lives, whether alive or dead, were in the hands of him.
Those who died were his enemies, and those who lived were his subordinates and allies.
Listening to the signals soldiers' reports again and again, that unspeakable feeling was particularly strong. The fear that his enemies were feeling at the moment and the glory that his subordinates and friends were about to enjoy were all interpreted in his light descriptions.
Although the night wind was a little cold, Zou felt her body shivering and getting hot for some reason, and she didn't know why.
He glanced at Pei Wanjun beside him and saw that she was also looking at the battlefield with complicated eyes. Perhaps, she felt the same as he did.
"It's cold, you two should go back." Lu Ming glanced at the two of them. He originally wanted them to rest, but he didn't expect that they all came to watch the fun.
In fact, if you think carefully about what happens on the battlefield, it's cannibalism. What a cruel and disgusting act!
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In the ravine, He Longtian covered his shoulder with his hands. Half of his body was soaked with blood. He sat there woodenly.
Next to him was a bloody corpse with a hole in its head.
"There's no popcorn! Lao Qi, how many do you have left?" someone shouted.
"Put on the bayonets! I'm going to fight them!" someone else shouted.
Screams and groans intertwined together.
He Longtian stared blankly at the black soil on the other side of the ditch where gnarled tree roots were exposed. It looked like an earthworm had been blown out by shrapnel, with half of its body missing, but it was still twisting and struggling to survive.
What about me and my brothers? Is there still a chance for us to survive
Many brothers have followed me for more than ten years. They are loyal and brave.
The combat effectiveness of his own 500 soldiers may not be inferior to that of a regiment of the ragtag army under General Cheng.
However, in the dark night, they all became sitting ducks, being hit by fierce firepower under the terrifying light that the enemy had created for no apparent reason.
The Japanese instructors taught him about modern warfare, but what he was experiencing now was hell.
“Raise the white flag and see if you can surrender…” He Longtian looked to the side, laughed miserably, pulled out a pistol, and pointed it at his temple.