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Chapter 95 Air Strike

At this time, the two helicopters of the Zhenguo Army flew from Changzhou to Zhenjiang City less than half an hour after receiving Cheng Dequan's request for help. The two helicopters were put into use on the position battlefield for the first time. They were originally intended to be used when the Zhenguo Army launched an attack on Danyang, but now they have been temporarily transferred to Zhenjiang.

"Da! Da! Da! Da!" Two helicopters began to launch a fierce artillery strike at Zhang Xun's troops in Fuyan. The helicopters hovered at about a hundred meters above the ground, aimed at Zhang Xun and his soldiers on the periphery, and began to shoot wildly. A roar immediately came from the ground.

"Admiral, they have aircraft support. That is the Zhenguo Army's aircraft. What should we do? Should we retreat?" When a general saw the helicopters that were squirting wildly in the air, he immediately guessed that they were sent by the Zhenguo Army. At present, the only fighter jets that can be put into use in the battlefield in China are the Zhenguo Army. This kind of helicopter has become a famous new weapon and equipment throughout the country after the Zhenguo Army captured Shanghai.

"Damn, I'm afraid of a bird ball, so I rushed into the building and lifted Cheng Dequan out, and then took him as a hostage. At that time, these two bird objects from Zhenguo Army will automatically shut down." Zhang Xun wiped the black cannon fodder on his face, looked up at the two helicopters hovering in the sky, glared and said fiercely.

"Finding Zhang Xun, he is at the tutelage of the Yai."

"Aim at Zhang Xun's position and fire!"

"Da da da da da da!"

Feiying No. 2 was approaching the sky above the building of the Fuya Office. After hovering for several weeks, he finally discovered Zhang Xun's location. Zhang Xun's photo had been studied several times by the soldiers on the helicopter, and everyone remembered his appearance.

"Ah!" Zhang Xun screamed, flew into the grass beside him, lying on the grass, in a mess, his clothes were blown up, revealing several broken places with rags, a two or three inches long wound was exposed on his left leg, and a sharp and angular white bone appeared to be exposed. Zhang Xun stroked the flesh around the wound with his hands, and the corners of his mouth twitched, screaming in pain.

"Sir!" Several guards next to him rushed over immediately to protect Zhang Xun, and then raised their guns to shoot at the helicopter in the sky. The helicopter flew very high, and the bullets reached a height of 100 meters. The kinetic energy was greatly reduced, and it was difficult to hit it. Even if it hit it, it was difficult to cause fatal damage to the helicopter. Unless there were anti-aircraft guns, it could pose a real threat to the helicopter. However, aircraft in this era are still new things. Anti-aircraft guns are not used in large quantities abroad, let alone domestically.

"Retreat!" Zhang Xun looked at the helicopter in the sky with resentment, and after making the last helpless scream, he fainted on one side of his face. Then the soldiers next to him carried Zhang Xun and quickly retreated outside the Fuya. Along the way, many people were swept by helicopter shells or guns and fell to the ground and died. However, Zhang Xun was gradually carried away with the cover of others, and hid in a house outside the Fuya, and did not appear again.

When Cheng Dequan saw Zhenguo's helicopter, he knew that he must have been saved. This thing could not defeat Zhang Xun's troops, and he could also directly take him away and escape from the battlefield.

Not long after, Cheng Dequan rushed out of the Fuya with the guards, and under the cover of helicopters, he ran out of the city. After arriving at the Qing army camp of the Tieliang tribe, he began to convene a temporary military meeting. At the meeting, several pro-court generals were replaced, and generals who were inclined to revolution were appointed. Two other confidants were sent to Zhang Xun's tribe to convey his orders, requiring Zhang Xun's tribe to stop resisting immediately and surrender to Zhenguo's army.

The two ministries then riots occurred. Three dismissed generals led their subordinates to resist Cheng Dequan and refused to surrender. They confronted their own troops with a total of about 2,000 troops. Finally, the two sides finally got out of gunfire and started a melee. There was chaos near the Qing army barracks, with gunfire and screams everywhere.

Not long afterwards, the vanguard of Zhenguo Army arrived at the two camps and joined the battle to clear out the stubborn resisters. After about an hour of the battle, about 1,000 stubborn resisters retreated in a hurry to Nanjing, and the rest were shot dead or surrendered. The Zhenguo Army left some personnel, responsible for reorganizing more than 12,000 Qing soldiers who surrendered. Some of the personnel of the Zhenguo Army were planted among these two troops, and most of the generals who had originally surrendered the Qing soldiers, gradually controlled the situation. Then, the Second Division of Zhenguo Army led by the division commander Li Yunlong, drove straight into Zhenjiang City, and then drove towards Nanjing without stopping.

Nanjing was originally under the control of Xu Shaoxiu, the commander of the Ninth Town of the New Army, but he neither wanted to participate in the revolution nor confront the revolutionary army, and pursued a self-protection attitude. Therefore, he asked to transfer himself from Nanjing two days ago and led more than 3,000 new troops to Yancheng. At this time, there were patrol teams, guards and anti-smuggling teams left in Nanjing. The old army of Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangjiang, was left.

But after Zhang Renjun heard that Tieliang was killed and Zhang Xun was seriously injured, Cheng Dequan then led his troops to rebel, he immediately began to clean up the fine and soft, fled from Nanjing City with his family and his subordinates, leaving his subordinates to defend the city.

When the Zhenguo army arrived in Nanjing, it was already evening. After the Zhenguo army fired fire and bombarded the Nanjing city wall, they sent people into the city to negotiate with the old army generals, asking them to either surrender or withdraw from Nanjing. Otherwise, the fierce artillery fire of the Zhenguo army would directly bombard the old army's garrisons and would never be ruthless.

Fearing from the strong combat power of the Zhenguo Army, the patrol team and anti-smuggling team with low combat effectiveness did not dare to resist. In the end, more than 5,000 people surrendered to the Zhenguo Army, and the rest partly withdrew from Nanjing and some partly disbanded on their own.

The Zhenguo Army thus entered Nanjing City, began to prepare for the troops and prepare to advance to the northern Jiangsu region. At this time, the new army and the imperial guards in Shandong, Henan, Tianjin and other places had already gone south to Wuchang, and the Qing army was empty in the north. The Zhenguo Army was preparing to start heading north and attack Huanglong, approaching Beijing City, the center of the Qing government ruled in one fell swoop.

Seeing that the situation had changed drastically, rebellions occurred from time to time in various places. The new and old army, which had originally given high expectations, mutiny frequently, and the Zhenguo Army became bigger and bigger. It incorporated a large number of original Qing troops, and its momentum was fierce and unstoppable. It immediately recalled the Imperial Guards and Feng Guozhang's army and ordered them to retreat from Wuchang to defend Beijing, Zhili and other places. Therefore, there were only two Qing soldiers left in Wuchang with less than 20,000 troops, which was still in the civilian army to fight fiercely, trying to control the chaos in Hubei.

Early the next morning, newspapers from all over the country were selling out, and the Qing soldiers in Jiangsu frequently revolted and surrendered. News that the Zhenguo army had occupied Nanjing was everywhere. People in the streets and alleys, teahouses and restaurants were discussing. Everyone was estimating the direction of the next situation, believing that the key point of the current situation was Wuchang. If Wuchang was occupied by the rebel army and the Qing army retreated, the Qing Dynasty was about to fall, but if the Wuchang civilian army was suppressed, then there was still a good show for the Qing army and the Zhenguo army to be staged. It would be difficult to determine whether it would be a fish to die or a net to be broken.

At this time, Cheng Dequan had moved back to the Nanjing Governor's Office overnight. He was appointed by Li Tiancheng as the president of the Executive Yuan of the Jiangsu Military Government early the next morning, responsible for managing Jiangsu civil affairs. Yan Lisanze was appointed chairman of the Jiangsu Military Government and responsible for coordinating Jiangsu military affairs. The position of the Executive Yuan is lower than that of the chairman of the military government. He works under the leadership of the chairman. Compared with later generations, it is equivalent to the relationship between the governor and the secretary of the provincial party committee.

At this time, Li Tiancheng was crossing his legs in Shanghai, looking excitedly at the newspaper's report on the record of the Zhenguo Army. He had already put on a light green military outfit and looked majestic, because today he would personally take charge of the battle and go to the front line to command the battle.

Li Tiancheng has formed an army of the First Division and the Fourth Division, which is the Central Army, and he personally serves as the commander of the Central Army.

After Li Yunlong's troops in Jiangsu incorporated the Qing army, they had quickly expanded to about 30,000 to form the Northern Route Army, which was coordinated and commanded by Yan Lisan. The Southern Route Army, namely the 13,000 troops of the Third Division, had left Quzhou City and headed towards Jiangxi.

"Chairman Li, the helicopter is on standby outside, we can set off to the front line soon!" Lan Wenhu knocked on the door and walked into the house and reported to Li Tiancheng that Lan Wenhu had been promoted to the commander of the guard company and would also accompany a company's guard this time.

"Okay, let's go!" Li Tiancheng put a military revolver on his waist, tidied up the thick brown military belt around his waist, and then fiddled with the military green cap with a flat top and round edge on his head a few times. After setting it straight, he said firmly.

As soon as I got down the stairs and walked to the door outside, I heard someone quarrel outside the door. It seemed that the guard had an argument with someone. There was also a woman's voice, which sounded quite familiar.

"Who is yelling outside?" Li Tiancheng walked towards the door. Before he could walk out of the door, he immediately turned around and asked Lan Wenhu next to him.

"Chairman, just now, a female reporter took someone outside with a camera to take a photo, and said she would leave if she saw you personally. We were worried that she would be bad, so we blocked her outside. She started arguing with the guards at the door, saying that she would never leave until she saw you." Lan Wenhu immediately responded solemnly.

"Female reporter, the voice is very familiar..." Li Tiancheng pricked up his ears and said with a little thought, then his eyes lit up, and he said in surprise: "It turned out to be the iron rose Yang Ziyin who declared. She came to make trouble at this time. Did he know that I was going to go to the battle personally, and he came to dig out the news at this time?"
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